Sunday morning cover story. When you hear the words, based on a true story, inspired by actual events, what goes through your minds . Hang on to your hat. Four of tonights eight nominees for best picture fall into one of those categories. Ahead this sunday morning, mining the movies with a meaning of true. Pauley elton john is a music legend not to mention a legendary Oscar Night Party host. Hes talking this morning with anthony mason. Sir elton john has been writing hit songs with lyricist Bernie Taupin nearly 50 years now. Never had an argument. Ever. Theres no point. Hes getting readyy for his big oscar p pty tonight. Guess who will be performing . Sir elton john. Later on senday morning. In a world where studios constantly try to dazzle us with their coming attractions, movie trailers can be big business and sometimes even an art form. As lee cowan will show us. Weome to the movies to see. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water. The legend continues. They can get us back to the movies in a hurry. The all new jaws 2. Cutting edge of the movie trailer latern sunday morning. Pauley among those waiting for the envelope please a distinctive name which shehe very patiently helpede learn. I have two movies. Yes. Even if the first is disaster. Pauley best actress tonights youngest contender. Saoiorsse. Coming up. Sore a ronan. Elizabeth palmer meets the film buff behind the imdb movie website. Tavis smiley weighs in. David edelstein shares his oscar picks and more. First, the headlines for the sunday morningnghe 28th of february, 2016. Hillary clinton handily defeated Bernie Sanders in yesterdays she enjoyed overwhelmimi support from black democrats. Republican candidates ted cruz and marco rubio both released several years of tax returns yesterday. Both then called on billionaire businessman drum to to do same. Despite numerous violations a cease fire seeee to have gonee into effect in sear california the Islamic State isnt observing the cease fire. A Virginia Police officer was killed respondingo a call last night in subject you are an washington. It was her first shift after being sworn in on friday. Shes the 10th officer killed in the nation so far this nth. Ey gave out the razz hes last night in los angeles. And the win are of the golden raspberry for the worst film, the movie, 50 shades of grey snow is likely in the Northern Plains into the break lakes. Same goes for maine and the pacific northwest. Everywhere ee warmer than usual temperatures. Showers are forecast for many areas of the start of the new week but sunny in the southeast and southwest. Ahead movie trailers. Coming soon to a tv near you. And later, music legend sir jane based on a true story, its a boast that can be a plus for a movie during oscar season. Whether the claim holds up is quite another matter. Our cover story is reported by martha teichner. We are pleased to announce the film selected as the best picture nominee. Of the eight nominees for best pture, see if you can guess what four of them have in common. These four, the revenent. Bridge of spies. And the big short. In other words, half the nominated films this year claim to be based on a true story, or inspiredy true events. Last years best picture nominees, same thing. Four out of eight. The year before that, a whopping six out of nine. Including 12 years a slave which won. Hollywood tends to trot these stories out right around awards season. How true are they . How true should they b b when you hear the words based on a true story. Inspired by actual events. What goes through your mind . Hack on to your hat. Anne is chief film critic with the washington post. Generally if you see based lm maker isending the signal that everything happened. When you see inspired by you get the signal that some more liberties are going to be taken. What happened was true. It wasnt true, thats how the chain saw massacre was marketed. More recently 2013 best picture winner argo was he about the actual rescue of u. S. Diplomat from iran. You are cleared for take off. But the nailbiter scene where they are chasing their departing plane. Didnt happen. Some of the things were so over the top, had not had people but even s screen writer deviated from finance from the memoir. For example, he changed his unfortunate car from a mercedes into a lamborghini. To think i can look at the story say, t ts is germane to the telling of it. This is in the spirit of what actually happened. And i can mix and match facts. If its not a documentary, nothing that ive worked on has ever purported to be i have the latitude to say, this is an entertainment. Welcome to afghanistan. The new tina fey movie out this friday is based on reporter kim barkers experiences in afghanantan. Today the first licensed driver hits the road. Shes much shorter than i am, i am 510 but her name in the movie is kim baker not kim warker. In the movie she is a tv journalist, i am a print journalist. Just part of the experiencing her life and her book about it. My reaction during the entire movie was, please let this be over, please let ittot embarrass me. At a certain point i started breathing more. I felt like, this is okay, this is actually a movie. Its good. In the end she felt the liberties taken were okay. Like these are the things that happen with movies. The fact that the narrative in the movie and the book are pretty much the same. Thatat what i c cred about. Sort of true. What is the story being told is history. Think of oliver stones 1991 film jfk. Still controversial because it explores the Conspiracy Theory version n the kennedy assassinatioio why was kennedy killed . Who benefited . Who has the power to cover it up. Theje are many pople who saw oliver stonee jfk who absolutely believe the version of events that they saw in that film. Thats where they get the history. I think for sophisticated viewers heakes the verer clear that this is an almost visionary interpretation of events on his part. Inherent danger. Responsibility lies with the viewer as well. If schools arent teaching history thats a problem. But they should be teaching Media Literacy at this s int. Want to win a gold medal film. The makers of the bio pic race about runner jessie owens were given practically no opportunity to fudge the facts. The fastest sprinter jessie owens. Owens won four gold medals at the 1936 berlin olympics and hitler watched. Reviewed the script page by page, line by line, made a number of adjustments which they honored. And the reason that was wouldnt be rewritten. And that the facts be right. Owens daughters, marlene and gloria insisted on script approval. There was a theme that they thought, no, that doesnt need to stay in there. You wont tell me what it is . It was there some was nudity and we just didnt think it was n needed, necessary or appropriate. People who make movies exercise artistic license. But this is also our life. This is oururife. Accuracy also matters to the Los Angeles Press club. Which thursday handed out first ever veritass awardd for the best film based on or inspired by real events or people. Boston priests. Judged equally on fidelity to the subject matter and artistic excellence. The winnnn spotlightht about the boston globes investigation about pedophile priests. So, is it an omen, when the envelope is openeded tonight, willl the winner be the truth . Pauley coming up. He said, thank you, i love imdb. Imdb. Someones hacked all our technology. Technology. Say, have you seen all the Amazing Technology in geicos mobile app . Mobile app . Look. Electronic id cards, emergency roadside service, i can even submit a claim. Wow. Yep, geicos mobile app works like a charm. Geico. Pauley tomorrow, february 29, we celebrate that anomaly known as leap year day. Blamam the earth awkwardly paced journey sun. Takes roughly 365 and quarter days to complete the loop. The ancient roman calendar tried to fix the problem by adding a leap year day every four years. Close, but slightly too often. By 1582 the roman calendar was 24 days outf sync with the seasons which is where pope gregory comes in. That year he had new calendar which eliminated leap year days in any century year not divisible by 400. For example, in 1900 there wasnt a leap year r y. In 2000, you may remember, there was. None which resolves the nagging question. When does a leap year day baby celebrate his birth. On february 28th . Or march 1st . Woman its been a journey to get where i am. And i didnt get here alone. There were people who listened along the way. People who gave me options. Kept me on track. And through it all, my retirement never got left behind. So today, im prepared for anything every someday needs a plan. Lets talk about your old 401 k today. Your body was made for Better Things than rheumatoid arthritis. Before you and your rheumatologist move to a biologic ask if xeljanz is right for you. Xeljanz is a small pill for adulul with moderate to severe ra for whom methotrexate did not work well. Xeljanz can reduce joint pain and swelling in as little as two weeks, and help stop further joint damage. Xeljanz can lower your abilititto fight infections,s, including g berculosis. Serious, sometimes fatal infections, lymphoma, and other cancers have happened. Dont start xeljanz if you have an infection. Tears in the stomach or intestines, low blood cell counts, and higher liver tests and cholesterol levels have happened. Your doctor should perform blood tests before you start and while taking xeljanz, and monitor certain liver tests. Tell your doctor if you were in a region where fungal infections are common, and if you have had tb, hepatitis b or c, or are prone to infections. Xeljanz can reduce even without methotrexate. Ask your rheumatologist about xeljanz. Pauley imdb the internet movie database. Is the goto website for movie fans which recently marked its 25th anniversary. Elizabeth palmer found its creator. Where else, at the movies. Think back to the fall. Its Opening Night for a movie called suffragett, theres meryl streep. And herere is gina davis. The biggest hollywood insider here this evening is with his wife completely unrecognized. Walking movie encyclopedia the the internet movie database was one of the v vy first website is now one of the most popular, its focus may be hollywood, but it was born here in rural england where he works, if you can call this work. This is the place. Can you call up any film. I have 11,000 bluray dvds i can start any of them from just the press of a button. His alltime favorite is hitchcocks vertigo. When did you see it first . 22nd of november, 1989. How do you know . I have a diary where i recorded it. I know every i have the day ive seen ery movie ive ever seenn since the first o of thats a bit nerdy. It started in 1990 when carla young computer engineer posted s film diary to share with other movie fans. Very simple. What did it do . Well, it had basic information. U could search. You could search for a movie. That was then. This is now. Imdb was bought in 1998 by amazons ceo as a powerful tool to hel amazon expand beyond books and into moes. How much did he pay you . Thats not a number that weve ever disclosed. The home cinema thats hoot way of saying, a lot. Decided to stay o o as ceo carl became a player. Offers everything from actors biographies to place fan can share. Like the time traveling iphone in true story. Theres an iphone, advanced model iphone that didnt make it at the time. Oops. Imdb has a star meter, fans can click toate who is hot and who is not. The actor robert pat in son got so many clicks he was invited to audition for twilight and landed the heros role. I met rob, we have smiled about this. Even Steven Spielberg uses imdb, when they met at the oscars. He grabbed my hand he said, use it all theime. Ive used thehe app, join the ceremony. It was just wonderful. Then i got to tell him how much i love jaws. And he does. Really, really loves jaws. All movies for that matter. Carls passion is pure a aever. Leles go to the first movie you ever saw. I do have that. How old were you . I was five. That was the beginning i was in love from that point. Fast forward to imdbs 25th anniversary celebration not long ago and intimate dinner its remarkable to have come from something that was just my little online film diary to something that has 250 Million People around the world every month. Cheers. Cheers. Happy 5. And later a starstudded gala in hollylyod. When the party is over, you know exactly where carl is heading. I get dizzy. Pauley next. Is its in the bag. An join for free. Hurry, join by march 3rd and get 1 month free. When cigarette cravings hit, all i can think about is getting relief. Only nicorette mini has a patented fastdissolving formula. A. It starts to relieve sudden cravings fast. Thats why i only choose nicorette mini. Pauley now our Second Annual look at the oscar swag bags. By the numbers. The gift bags are put together by one company, diststctive assets. Los angeles marketing film being offered to 5 nominees in five categories. Vaporizer worth 250. Slimware plates at 30. Theres toilet paper, priced at 275. Something called a vampire breast lift for 1900. A slew of travel packages, everything from a threeday, 4800 stay at the golden door resort and spa. A tenday, 55,000 all expenses paid trip to isreal. And much more besides. Something you might want to consider is that the estimated value of each bag is said to be some 232,000. Which brings us to one last number of note. Zero. Zero being the connection between gift giver and Motion Picture academy. The academy actually filed suit against Distinctive Assets using the academys trademark to create an impression of affiliation. Still to come, Actress Saoirse Ronan from brooklyn to the red carpet. And later Oscar Night Party for my dearest darling whom i worship with respect to adoration, admiration, kisses, grath taught. Pauley shared a moment in the 2014 film the grand Budapest Hotel tonight shes waiting for the envelope please at the oscars. Which she traveled to by way of brooklyn. Im not irish. You donon sound irish. Pauley with her ross cover familiar nature role in the film brooklyn Saoirse Ronan is making a name f f herself. Its tough to pronounce and saorse . Almost. Its saoirse. Its on irish word it means freedom or liberty. We need irish girls in brooklyn. Stop feeling that i want to be an irish girl in ireland. Nominees are at 21 shes the youngest two timous could car nominee since Angela Lansbury in 1946. Her first when she was just 13 for supporting actress in atonement. Ive done nothing wrong. Never had an oscar nomination. Mia farrow. Never . Really . What are you chasing meryl streep or something . Awful lot is luck. Was brooklyn big film . And no one expected us. Passport please. Welcome to the united states, maam. Brooklyn is the story of young woman who leaves her family and friends in ireland to come to new york for work and finds a new life and love in 1950s america. Dont know. Best food in the world. I like italian food. How much practice didt take yoyo i turned up the day, had read in the script she has a bit of difficulty eating spaghetti, i thought, okay, ill act that one im going to see just splashed his mother, his father and the world. Hands down the most difficulul thing i have ever done in any film. The movie resonates for saoirse in deeply person way as a child of irish immigrants. I cameere to work, they came here to work and no work at home. And the bronx was an area tt had quite a large irish population. You are an american citizen. Yep. In fact saoirse was born in the bronx and used to come to this diner with her parents. You have been here for awhile. I havent been here since i was three. It was so weird. I remember everything. I remember where we used to sit. What the outside looks like. The sounun a ae the same. Everything. Grilled cheese. The family moved back to ireland when she was three. Her father had become an actor and introduced saoirse to his agent. I was quite imaginatiti. I used different voices and accents. Could you just not do that at breakfast . Known for her skill with accents, shes gone fromn american t tenager in the lovely bone. That guy looks pauley to a teenage german assssin in hanna. I cant want to hurt anyone any more. Pauley the role opposite cate blanchette brought her to the attention of theater director. I happened to get in touch when she was making that movie. Im working with a fabulous young actress. Own awayy h h p pformance. Pauley he cast her in the starring role of the warrer this miller play the crucible. Such a strong man with a sickly blackened my name. In rehearsal to open next month on broadway. When they say this is your first play, really . Like first ever. Ive never apart from pauley what was youou biggest role in school . One year i played the local principle. Which was really new for me. It was a stretch after the tree season. Hold on a sec. Youre putting me on the spot here. Pauley youre a professional. A rock would be like this. A rock is a rock. And if a rock had eyes. Would be like that. Pauley oscar nomination and broadway debut could make anyones head spin. But saoirse stays grounded and keeps ireland close. Speaking with her mother every day. I remember reading that early is a particularly challenging thing for young women. Im not surprise that it affects young women more. Theres more pressure. Not only, of course, when it way were all compared to each other, what we wear and compared to what someone else may wear on the red carpet even beyond that it comes to success. Its almost that you have to be apologetic about. Yet there she is as the crucible abigail williams, Saoirse Ronan graces one of t t tallest marquees on broadway. Its very weird to have your face plastered all over theater. But i have to say even though i do get quite shy about that sort of stuff, there is something about seeing your name or your face attached to a broadway theater that makes you go, oh, wow, this is a bit of a dream. Pauley except that its next, some coming attractions. Ga i wanted to put the odds in my fav. 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