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Is it open season on the presidents race? >> no, when you say it and if youre an african-american, if youre a minority and felt at any point time in your life youve been subject to racism there are certain things that will get your back up. >> reporter: using an outhouse for the first black presidents library smacks of blatant racism to many. >> have you lost your mind? >> no maam, but you about to. >> reporter: it brings to mind the 2011 academy award nominated film "the help." according to knt...

Took a trip and you went on the same route traveled by the freedom writers to have a better understanding of that time. >> yeah. i took a road trip through the south through alabama and up to memphis and i went to montgomery to selma to birmingham, and then to memphis. i just went to all of these major civil rights sites that are portrayed in the movie and just being there was an extremely powerful experience. montgomery such a rich city historically. not just the civil rights movement but the c...

Same thing. its about frustration with the public school system. the inability to measure whats going on there, the inability to measure whether or not the children are learning anything and whether or not the teachers are doing their jobs. and that frustration is what, i think, pointed to things like charter school and standardized tests. >> joining me here on the red carpet, one of the stars of "wont back down," two-time oscar nominee, viola davis. a pleasure to be here. >> thank you very much...

>> guys have it easier. >> easy for the guys, not fair. >> and nine films are up for best picture tonight. six, by the way, based on books, all of the buzz of course is surrounding the film, "the artist" critics predict it will make a sweep in the major categories, including, you know, best actor, best director. all of the big ones, a silent french film, the first time a silent film, by the way has been considered for best picture since 1930, but thats actually not the film up for best picture w...

Terminal illness. theres no way this guy would not have won the award tonight. finally, all due to him, this was a great role, he did a tremendous job in. i would have loved to see max van sydow or nick nolte. but this was christopher plummier mer toss win. >> from the most eloquent speech to the most emotional. octavia spencer for "the help." >> octavia spencer owned the role of minnie jackson showing such emotion and grit. and tonight she was so choked up about everything. you could tell she w...

>> yeah. after the show. >> after we watch "the help" and cry. >> and maybe just hold me? i want to be hold. i love it so much. i still watch "beaches." a story out of the "new york daily news" here. apparently, there was a flight from baltimore up here to new york to long island and the pilot wanted to give a shout out to the mother of an air traffic controller and he used the term "mom on board." people, the passengers thought he said "bomb on board." they freaked out and kind of complained to...

>> academy award winner oca spee genuine, but hers was so heartfelt. and we want you to take a listen. >> the "help" family. please wrap up. im wrapping up. im sorry. im freaking out. thank you, world. oh, god. and thank you to wme and viewpoint l.a. im sorry, guys. i love you. im sorry. >> so well deserved. i love that. it was a fantastic movie. and my husband loved it. >> and you can tell the difference between people who are genuinely humbled and honored to win and those who say i never expec...

And hysterical. >> and sexually aggressive. >> very sexually aggressive. >> i want to introduce you to a friend of mine. i think youre going to like her. shes a lot of fun. >> wow. limber. i still have to introduce ben stiller and emma stone. >> yeah, i really have to introduce you to her sister. >> i think she -- that was one of my favorite supporting actress roles, for "bridesmaids." that was hysterical. >> shes great. funny, seems so genuine and sweet. >> and from illinois. >> is she really? ...

♪ am i a man ♪ or am i a muppet well be right back.5 ♪ am i a man ♪ or am i a muppet a question weve all asked ourselves at one point or another. >> who are you? >> a man or a muppet. >> im a wo-man. music right there, oscar winner "am i a man or a muppet." beat out the one other song that was nominated. >> if you saw our show on friday morning you saw our oscar picks, our personal ones. so time to check out how we did. lets start out with the big kahuna, award of the night, best pictu...

And for a movie that was silent there was a lot of chatter about its potential early on. it became the favorite after the golden globes last month. >> and looking back on the night, really no major surprises in the acting categories. so lets go through the list here. starting with meryl streep and best actress. im sorry. best actor. im sorry. >> best actor, up until a few weeks ago it was clooney and brad pitt, they were battling it out. but the tide started turning after jean dujardin, the fren...