for guillermo del toro the oscars provided a great night. not only did his film win the best picture trophy but he also won for best director. so let's hear from the man himself and take a look at his oscar—winning picture in greater depth. if i told you about her, the princess without voice, what would i say? the shape of water is set in baltimore in 1962. much of the action taking place in a top—secret government laboratory where a mute cleaning lady played by sally hawkins falls in love with an aquatic creature from south america being held in captivity at the facility. part of the reason for the film's oscar successes is its ambition. it draws from many different genres. fantasy, horror, cold war, noir thriller, science—fiction. guillermo del toro welcomed the challenge of bringing it all together. i thought the movie could be very risky because it combined, comedy, melodrama, musical theatre, creature feature, you know. it is all these things at the same time and i thought, that's difficult but that's why you should make it. is sh

the first pacific rim, guillermo del toro, took great joy pacific rim, guillermo del toro, took greatjoy in the spectacle of really big robots hitting really big creatures, ok, so made by somebody who loved all that stuff, and i think the del toro is sorely missed on the sequel, this is set ten years after the battle at the end of that one, black marketeer jake after the battle at the end of that one, black marketeerjake pentecost, son of idris elba's character from the first, though to prison or go back and work as an instructor for more people to learn how to drive these massive robots, these jaegers, and of course, he agrees to be an instructor. how are you doing. . . ? this is a military base. you remember how that works. ranger pentecost. ranger, sir. let's get you squared away. try not to steal any thing while you are here. did that haircutjust call any thing while you are here. did that haircut just call you pentecost? as in stacker pentecost? pilot of coyote tango, hero of basically the whole world? pilot of coyote tango, hero of basically the whole world ?m pilot of coyote tango

guillermo del toro is the person i would put my money on. this could indeed be the year that the shape of water is the film that makes the biggest... splash? will gompertz, bbc news, hollywood. let's go live to hollywood. you are looking stunning. we can see people are riding behind you. what is your sense, oui’ are riding behind you. what is your sense, our people focused on the films all the controversy? it is impossible to separate the two. this is the culmination of the awards season with the biggest awards yet to come. people are celebrating some of the most adverse range of movies we have had for best picture nominee. we have tragic comedies in three billboards to romances in call me by your name, and the shape of water. among those films we have seen a lot of diversity and storyli nes seen a lot of diversity and storylines talking about the underdogs, the underrepresented, capturing the culture right now. there are very real controversy surrounding the oscars. the me too movement is capturing the fact that there has been rampant sex

you have to give guillermo del toro, the director, credit for having boldness and vision. if you heard about this film oi'i vision. if you heard about this film on paper, you would think it was a ludicrous idea, and it, cleaning lady falling in love with a mythical creature, but he does make it work. i think some people were left cold emotionally by the film but in terms of craft and filmmaking, it really was meticulous. that is perhaps one reason out of many why the academy we nt reason out of many why the academy went for the film and gave it as picture and best director. some credit has to go to doug jones, who played the amphibious creature in that film. we never see his face but he isa that film. we never see his face but he is a great actor and monster, thatis he is a great actor and monster, that is what he has made his name for, and that is his part in this film. in terms of the issue of sexual harassment, how the oscars dealt with it, do you think it was done appropriately?” dealt with it, do you think it was done appropriately? i do, ithink it was front and cen

guillermo del toro is the person i would put my money on. this could indeed be the year that the shape of water is the film that makes the biggest... splash? will gompertz, bbc news, hollywood. our correspondent nada tawfik is in hollywood. this year, of course is against a backdrop there are so many calls for cultural change in the industry. absolutely, and we are seeing that really reflected tonight. you have for example calls for a more women in two years, about 2020 to be equal representation in the industry with men, so today we have been focussing a lot on the women who have made history tonight, as will said there, rachel morrison, the first female prize for cinematography, and if you look at what the organisers of the times up movement have said, they said they don't want to be known as an award protest group, they won't be wearing black the way they did at the gloelden globes but they will find other ways to keep the momentum up. to focus on the successes they have had so far. on the other hand we still are the oscars so white contr

guillermo del toro is the person i would put my money on. this could indeed be the year, but the shape of water is the film that makes the biggest... but the shape of water is the film splash? but the shape of water is the film will gompertz, bbc news, hollywood. but the shape of water is the film there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel, we are back with the late news at xxxx — now on bbc1 its time hello, this is bbc news. theresa may has told donald trump of her "deep concern" at the president's plan to introduce tariffs on steel and aluminium imports to the united states which have sparked fears of a trade war. the us president's announcement on thursday to impose tariffs prompted a backlash from nations around the world. but as our business correspondent joe lynam told me — there's no sign president trump is changing his mind. quite the opposite. the appearance to us at this weekend is the administration is doubling down, the us commerce secretary a billionaire in his own right has been on the us talk shows this mo

yeah, guillermo del toro, who is the director there, he is a visually fantastic director. —— was awarding it for that. his individual style is unique and that is very special. celebrated today. absolutely, but i would like to say it where are the marvel films that we will go and see? let's take a look the guardian really quickly, we will not have time for cornish pasties, i do not think. bradley wiggins and team sky are accused in a damning drug support. yes, this is a dcms report, select committee enquiry into this and they have made the case that this is not a violation of world and you don't thing policy but it is crossing in ethical line, actually so crossing in ethical line, actually so dave brailsford, and was the leader of team sky, set out at the start of this project that they would be whiter than white, they would be whiter than white, they would not do anything that would bring it the sport into disrepute. this is tarnishing that amazing support that he, sir bradley wiggins and team sky have had. they had their right to reply on this, let's see what they say. thank you very muc

the first pacific rim, guillermo del toro took greatjoy in the spectacle of really big robots hitting really big creatures. ok, so made by somebody who loved all that stuff, and i think del toro is sorely missed on the sequel. this is set ten years after the battle at the end of that one. black marketeer jake pentecost, son of idris elba's character from the first, has to go to prison or go back and work as an instructor for more people to learn how to drive these massive robots, these jaegers, and of course, he agrees to be an instructor. how are you doing? this is a military base. you remember how that works. ranger pentecost. ranger, sir. let's get you squared away. it is a really cool name! in its favour, it is a film about massive robots hitting each other, it has none of the leering nastiness of a michael bay movie, that is good. 0n the other hand, what it does not have is any of the magic and wonder and awe of a guillermo del toro film. nor does it have the fun of real steel, for instance, with huthackman and big fighting robots. very quickly, despite the fact we have some inte

the first pacific rim, guillermo del toro took greatjoy in the spectacle of really big robots hitting really big creatures. ok, so made by somebody who loved all that stuff, and i think del toro is sorely missed on the sequel. this is set ten years after the battle at the end of that one. black marketeer jake pentecost, son of idris elba's character from the first, stacker pentecost, has to go to prison or go back and work as an instructor for more people to learn how to drive these massive robots, these jaegers, and of course, he agrees to be an instructor. how you doing, nate? this is a military base. you remember how that works. "ranger" pentecost. ranger, sir. let's get you squared away. try not to steal anything while you are here. did that haircutjust call you pentecost? as in badass stacker pentecost? pilot of coyote tango, hero of basically the whole world? it's just a name. yeah, a really cool name! in its favour, it is a film about massive robots hitting each other, it has none of the leering nastiness of a michael bay movie, that is good. 0n the other hand, what it does not

the call for equality and tolerance was made time and again and was perhaps best captured by guillermo del toro, whose film the shape of water, a story of misfits and outcasts, won best picture and he best director. i am an immigrant, and like many, many of you, the greatest thing our art does and our industry does is to erase the lines in the sand. we should continue doing that when the world tells us to make them deeper. roger a deakins... there were long—awaited wins for two british veterans. after 13 failed attempts, the cinematographer roger deakins finally converted a nomination into a golden statue for his work on blade runner 20119. and for his portrayal of winston churchill in the darkest hour, gary oldman won his first oscar. i say to my mother, thank you for your love and support. put the kettle on, i'm bringing oscar home! the silent child, a british film about a deaf four—year—old, played by maisie sly, won the short film category. i made a promise to our six—year—old lead actress that i'd sign this speech. my hands are shaking a little bit, so i apologise. cheer

guillermo del toro's fantasy the shape of water is the leading contender with 13 nominations. it's been a turbulent year for the film industry which saw the downfall of the producer harvey weinstein. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for hardtalk.

the call for equality and tolerance was made time and again and was perhaps best captured by guillermo del toro, whose film the shape of water, a story of misfits and outcasts, won best picture and he best director. i am an immigrant, and like many, many of you, the greatest our art does and our industry does is to erase the lines in the sand. we should continue doing that when the world tells us to make them deeper. roger a deakins... there were long—awaited wins for two british veterans. after 13 failed attempts, the cinematographer roger deakins finally converted a nomination into a golden statue for his work on blade runner 2049. and for his portrayal of winston churchill in the darkest hour, gary oldman won his first oscar. i say to my mother, thank you for your love and support. put the kettle on, i'm bringing oscar home! the silent child, a british film about a deaf four—year—old, played by maisie sly, won the short film category. i made a promise to our six—year—old lead actress that i'd sign this speech. my hands are shaking a little bit, so i apologise. cheering and

the next few minutes, best actress and best picture still to come and we have just had best director, guillermo del toro, for the shape of water, this is one of the categories most people thought he would win and so he did and that film has also won for best music for its original scoi’e for best music for its original score and production design. running through a few of the other categories, the film with the most wins so far is... now it is equal three, it has film editing, sound editing and sound mixing for dunkirk, equalling the shape of water and we have darkest hour winning for make up and hairstyling, phantom thread, the film about the fashion industry, appropriately winning for design. call me by my name, adapted screenplay winner, and a surprise win forjordan peel for original screenplay for get out, the black horror film that is now perhaps in the running for best picture. it certainly wasn't a few weeks ago but in the last few days people have said perhaps it could sneak in and take the top prize, it one at the independent spirit awards. we can talk to amanda hutchinson, and linds

director guillermo del toro won best director for the director guillermo del toro won best directorfor the shape director guillermo del toro won best director for the shape of water and this is him watching one of the awards getting engraved. that's one of the things you can do at the after show party. we spoke to fay dunaway earlier, rebecca jones spoke to her live at the vanity fair party, she was once away giving away the best picture for shape of water, which gmo del toro came up to collect, and did you see what he did? he came up to collect the shape of water and he did a little... to check after last year when warren beatty and faye dunaway read out the wrong film. the didn't make, want to give an acceptance speech and then get collared off. customers in parts of london and the south east of england have been told to limit their use of water after thawing temperatures caused burst pipes. thousands of others have been left with no water at all. simon clemison is in west london where emergency supplies of bottled water are being distributed. simon, after quite a few days of freezin

the call for equality and tolerance was made time and again, and was perhaps best captured by guillermo del toro, whose film the shape of water, a story of misfits and outcasts, won best picture, and he best director. i am an immigrant like many, many of you. the greatest thing our art does and our industry does is to erase the lines in the sand. we should continue doing that when the world tells us to make them deeper. roger deakins, blade runner... there were long—awaited wins for two british veterans. after 13 failed attempts, the cinematographer roger deakins finally converted a nomination into a golden statue for his work on blade runner 20119. and for his portrayal of winston churchill in the darkest hour, gary oldman won his first 0scar. i say to my mother, thank you for your love and support. put the kettle on. i'm bringing 0scar home. the silent child, a british film about a deaf four—year—old played by maisie sly, won the short film category. i made a promise to our six—year—old lead actress that i'd sign this speech, but my hands are shaking a little bit, so i apolo

the call for equality and tolerance was made time and again, and was perhaps best captured by guillermo del toro, whose film the shape of water, a story of misfits and outcasts, won best picture, and he best director. i am an immigrant like many, many of you. the greatest thing our art does and our industry does is to erase the lines in the sand. we should continue doing that when the world tells us to make them deeper. rogera deakins, blade runner... there were long—awaited wins for two british veterans. after 13 failed attempts, the cinematographer roger deakins finally converted a nomination into a golden statue for his work on blade runner 2049. and for his portrayal of winston churchill in the darkest hour, gary oldman won his first oscar. i say to my mother, thank you for your love and support. put the kettle on. i'm bringing oscar home. the silent child, a british film about a deaf four—year—old played by maisie sly, won the short film category. i made a promise to our six—year—old lead actress that i'd sign this speech, but my hands are shaking a little bit, so i apolo

the shape of water took four awards, including best film and best director for the mexican film—maker guillermo del toro. gary oldman won best actor for his performance as winston churchill in darkest hour — and another notable british win, the silent child, starring six—year—old deaf girl maisie sly — won best live—action short. we have talked about it on the programme last week and we will talk about it this week. well done to her. congratulations to maisie. and joining us now from new york is larry hackett, former editor of people magazine. it was a very long oscars ceremony this time around and did the best films win? i think so. it was long but what is new? it is always long. it gets longer every year. i think so. they had a tricky time this year. obviously whatever the pictures or the performances were it was all overshadowed by the harvey weinstein news and the me too movement. they also had several award shows leading up also had several award shows leading up to this where they had people wearing black at the golden globes and other events at the sag awards. i think the issue

guillermo del toro has not arrived, the mexican director who won best directorfor the shape the mexican director who won best director for the shape of water, which also won best picture. it's a fa ntasy which also won best picture. it's a fantasy film about a del the‘ me 41... the‘ me at 41... the‘ me at oscar 41... the‘ me at oscar - time of news s...,.x.l..~.....~.sss.s yr... 7 brown 47.ab.7.7...~..7;7.7.s a»... 7 brown in the bbc the cyclist sir bradley wiggins and team sky have been accused of "crossing an ethical line" in their use of medication, in a report by mps. a report by the digital, culture, media and sport committee says the prescriptions were used to enhance performance rather than just for medical need. bradley wiggins and team sky have strongly refuted the claims. and our sports correspondent will have more on this in a moment. thousands of people in wales and london and the south east have been without water or told to limit their use, because of burst pipes. it follows a rapid thaw after several days of sub—zero temperatures. it's led to the closure of a n

director guillermo del toro‘s film, the shape of water, won four academy awards, more than any other picture. we bring you his thoughts on his oscar—winning movie. the idea was to make a movie about love and cinema. it was a night of inclusion at the oscars. we hear how the chilean picture a fantastic woman made history when it won the best foreign—language film trophy. and we ask why does the academy keep giving its top best picture prize to little scene films. why doesn't it embrace blockbusters? all that and more in this special review of the oscars edition of talking movies. the academy awards really engage the film—making community here in hollywood and this year there were a lot of unanswered questions going into the ceremony. everybody wanted to know which film would win best picture and what impact would the time's up movement have on the proceedings. let's take a look back at the evening. it was not an oscars in which any one picture made a major sweep. the shape of water came away with the most trophies, four in all, for best picture, original score, production design

guillermo del toro‘s fantasy the shape of water is the leading contender with 13 nominations. it's been a turbulent year for the film industry which saw the downfall of the producer harvey weinstein. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. nowadays, arkansas, little rock, is associated with bill clinton. but little rock has another import blaze in american recent history. it was here at little rock central high school that one of the key battles of the civil rights era was fought. in september 1957, nine african american students, including elizabeth eckford, entered the all—white little rock central high school in arkansas, thereby breaking the racial segregation barrier in us schools for the first time. they became known as the little rock nine. two years earlier the us supreme court had ruled segregation in schools to be unconstitutional. little rock nine one of their right to enter little rock central high school. like rosa parks before them, they came to embody the bravery behind th