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Cyber security conference yesterday, quote -- this is important -- there is no attribution to north korea at this point. the reason people are looking to north korea is north korea is furious over an upcoming sony pictures comedy "the interview" which centers on a plot to kill kim jong un. the company praised it as a righteous deed of the supporters and sympathizers. while the origin of the attack is still unclear, sony pictures executives seemed to be worried about the film before the hack took place. studio executives were cautioned by the department of homeland security this summer the film...

This point. the reason people are looking to north korea is north korea is furious over an upcoming sony pictures comedy "the interview" which centers on a plot to kill kim jong un. the company praised it as a righteous deed of the supporters and sympathizers. while the origin of the attack is still unclear, sony pictures executives seemed to be worried about the film before the hack took place. studio executives were cautioned by the department of homeland security this summer the film could provoke retaliation. a spokesperson tells the "times" there was no warning from homeland security. the...

They want to know how did this happen and how do they prevent it from ever happening again. john and diana. >> mary, thank you. >> top director facing shocking allegations of child sex abuse. x-men director brian singer is accused by a former child model who claimed he was molested for years starting when he was just 15. michael eagan says it took place in l.a. and hawaii and studio executives looked the other way. >> i had drugs put in drinks. i had liquor poured down my throat. there were rules of no swim suits, no clothes by the pool area. i was raped numerous times in that house. you were ...

Different part, but he impressed joe schumaker to the part that he red for jake bergantz. >> the lead role, based on personal experiences as a lawyer. >> i'm young and i'm inexperienced. >> studio executives balk at putting a unknown in the lead. >> this was not a small movie. this was a big, expensive movie. and the leading role was played by a guy that nobody had heard of. and he was just some guy from texas. >> the marketing campaign heats up on the eve of the film's release in the summer of 1996. >> remember this name and remember this face. he is the star of "a time to kill" and his name ...

>> do we think this is the year for matthew mcconaughey or the year for "12 years a slave"? >> this is all right, all right, all right. it's matthew mcconaughey all the way in this category. he swept all the pre-oscar awards. he's the favorite here. >> when you drop 40 pounds for a role, i mean, i guess it's probably easier to get the academy to -- speaking of that, really quickly, for folks who aren't familiar with how this thing happens. who votes? >> the academy is made up of 6,000 voters. about one-fifth of them are actors. so the actors do dominate the academy. but then it's also producer...