he fought to make sure. laura: why? it runs brack to the democrats that s why and hillary. and glenn simpson came before the committee, he asked: what should we look at? taking ideas from him. laura: a scandal. if he holds himself to the same level as nunes, he should recuse himself. laura: we will talk to you later about the senate. thanks for joining us tonight. get your black-tie on and grab your champagne. raymond is back from l.a. even though he said the oscars don t mean what they once did the back lash over the best picture win could have wide implications. stay there. we all dream about our next vacation. but some of us turn those dreams. into action. the bookers. the doers.
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welcome back. welcome back. the big story this morning, of course, is the academy awards. you think? joining us to talk more about the oscars, brianne heldman. bureau chief for yahoo! entertainment. we have to kick off with argo. won best picture. was it expected or unexpected? i think it was a bit expected. what was really exciting was seeing a movie win for best picture that had not been nominated for best director. the last time that happened was 1989 with driving miss daisy. do you think the public got behind this? do you think it built some sympathy having that dynamic built in? i definitely think it built some sympathy but it is a great movie that deserved a best picture win. moving on to the winner of the best actress. this is jennifer lawrence. i think everybody expected her
it s always super exciting. reporter: especially this year she says because of this film, the artist, a silent film that has movie fans on the continent hoping for a best picture win. the artist, since it s mainly a european movie, you know, super excited about that. reporter: maggie tong of china central tv has a big goal this oscar sunday. interview tom cruise. and for good reason. his mission impossible 4 is in china right now. and i think has reached over 200 million in two days, the box office. reporter: rob hayes reporting for abc news. did that iranian journalist really say that this is the biggest thing going on in iran now? that i can t imagine. i think maybe there are a few other things going on that are a little more important in iran. but that story was amazing to me because it really does show the global reach of american culture and movies. it s amazing. and of course we will be there live on the red carpet. yes. we ll have to accept our oscar for