Everybody went to the movies and everyone cared. That is no longer true. People are very comfortable now being outspoken about the sexism, the inequality that women have suffered through for decades. Tonight, we frigging broke that Glass Ceiling audience cheers. Smooth jazz music. Hello from los angeles. Im tom brook, and welcome to talking movies. In todays programme, in the wake of the Academy Awards, we look back at the changing face of hollywood, the efforts that are being made to bring about greater diversity and inclusion. Muffled speech through loudspeaker. With the oscars now over, the Film Industry is reflecting on how it all went. The First Academy Award Ceremony took place in this Landmark Hollywood Hotel in 1929. 95 years on, the oscars is facing challenges. Prickly orchestral score. Wings was the very first movie to win an Academy Award for best picture. A silent film, A Story Involving World War I combat pilots in love with the same woman. The Oscars Ceremony that year wa
they haven t noticed that over the past four months, 20% of russia s black sea fleet has been destroyed. and he goes on to say that, russia s dominance in the black sea is now challenged, and the new uk and norway led maritime capability coalition is helping to ensure ukraine will win at sea. our correspondent, james waterhouse who is in the poltava region in central ukraine has been explaining what this means. it is significant in the sense that ukraine can still navigate russian air defences and strike in the heart of a peninsula that russia has held so tightly onto since 2014. now, the novocherkassk was in port, in feodosiya, suggesting that it was probably being loaded with men, equipment, or both. now, this is a major vessel, it s enormous, and it will no doubt hamper russia s ability to supply troops further north in ukrainian territory it occupies. what is less clear is for how long operations will be disrupted. we ve seen ukraine launch long range missiles over
everybody went to the movies and everyone cared. that is no longer true. people are very comfortable now being outspoken about the sexism, the inequality that women have suffered through for decades. tonight, we frigging broke that glass ceiling! audience cheers. smooth jazz music. hello from los angeles. i m tom brook, and welcome to talking movies. in today s programme, in the wake of the academy awards, we look back at the changing face of hollywood, the efforts that are being made to bring about greater diversity and inclusion. muffled speech through loudspeaker. with the oscars now over, the film industry is reflecting on how it all went. the first academy award ceremony took place in this landmark hollywood hotel in 1929. 95 years on, the oscars is facing challenges. prickly orchestral score. wings was the very first movie to win an academy award for best picture. a silent film, a story involving world war i combat pilots in love with the same woman. the oscars ceremony
his visit to germany later in the week will go ahead. the bbc has paused plans to scrap the bbc singers, the uk s only full time professional chamber choir, after a public backlash against the move. the singers were due to be axed just before their centenary because of bbc budget cuts, but now, the corporation says they will continue performing while it looks at other ways of funding them, as our media correspondent david sillito reports. singing the bbc singers a part of british musical life for nearly 100 years. however, what began as the wireless chorus of 192a didn t look as though it was going to make it to its centenary year. the bbc said it had to make cuts the choir would close in september. however, there s been a u turn. and in the queue for today s concert, there was relief that britain s only full time, salaried professional choir looks to have been saved. it s something to aspire to, certainly for young singers coming up professionally. ijust read on my phone
Categories in the london marathon. now on bbc news, talking movies: the changing face of hollywood. 10 seconds. people were genuinely excited about the movies and about movie stars. 0n oscar night, it was a big deal. it was huge. everybody went to the movies, and everyone cared. that is no longer true. people are very comfortable now i being outspoken about the sexism, the inequality that women have