BODY. >> THAT, BY THE WAY, WAS "YOU
ARE FREE" BY LAKE STREET DRIVE.
SO WOULD YOU LIKE SOME WORDS OF
WISDOM?
WISDOM? >> SURE, WHY NOT?
IT’S WEDNESDAY, AFTER ALL.
>> HERE WE GO.
READY?
READY? >> YES.
>> YES. >> NOT ALL STORMS COME TO
DISRUPT YOUR LIFE.
SOME COME TO CLEAR YOUR PATH
BECAUSE YOU KNOW SOMETIMES WHEN
SOMETHING GOES WRONG YOU’RE,
LIKE, WHY IS THIS HAPPENING AND
THEN IN HINDSIGHT YOU REALIZE
THAT RELATIONSHIP WAS NOT
SUPPOSED TO WORK.
I THOUGHT IT WAS THE WORST TIME
OF MY LIFE, BUT IT OPENED THE
DOORS TO ALL OF THE OTHER STUFF.
>> BEAUTY.
>> BEAUTY. >> HERE’S THE FUNNY THING ABOUT
LIFE.
LIFE. YOU RARELY GET TO WITNESS A
MOMENT WHEN SOMEONE’S LIFE
CHANGES.
CHANGES. TO ACTUALLY SEE A MOMENT WHERE
THEY ARE EITHER -- EITHER
THEY’VE GOTTEN GREAT NEWS AND
IT’S LIKE AN OLYMPIAN GETTING
GREAT NEWS AND YOU GET TO
WITNESS IT.
WITNESS IT. WHEN THE OSCAR NOMINATIONS CAME
OUT WE ACTUALLY GOT TO SEE WHAT
IT FELT LIKE.
>> WAIT, WE HAVE NOT BEEN
NOMINATED FOR ANYTHING AND
PROBABLY WILL NEVER BE, BUT WHAT
WAS THAT MOMENT FOR YOU THAT YOU
WISHED, OH, MY GOSH?
>> PROBABLY THAT MOMENT FOR ME
WAS I WAS IN LOCAL NEWS AND I
LEARNED THAT I GOT A JOB AT
"DATELINE" AND I DIALED MY MOM’S
NUMBER AND I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE
SHE SITS.
SHE SITS. I
I SHE WORKED AT THE LIBRARY OF
CONGRESS AND I KNEW HER CUBICLE
AND WHO WORKED AROUND HER AND I
CALLED HER AND SAID MOM?
SHE SAID WHAT’S HAPPENED?
I GOT THE JOB AT KWOT"DATELINE."
AND SHE SAID MY DAUGHTER’S
WORKING FOR DATE LINE NBC.
IT WAS LIKE AN OVATION.
I THINK I WAS MORE EXCITED TO
TELL MY MOM.
>> LIKE, SHE REALLY -- THE
SUPPORT.
SUPPORT. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> YOU FEEL IT THERE.
WHAT WAS YOURS?
>> WHAT WAS YOUR -- I DON’T
KNOW.
KNOW. I CAN’T THINK OF ONE.
WHEN I ASKED YOU, DO I HAVE ONE?
THERE HAS TO BE LITTLE MOMENTS
THAT HAVE MADE ME FEEL BIG.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> BUT I HAVE TO SAY WHEN I
FIRST STARTED WORKING HERE I WAS
ALSO TEACHING IN BALTIMORE.
I WAS A READING SPECIALIST, AND
I COULDN’T FIGURE IT OUT.
I LIVED IN BALTIMORE AND WORKED
OUT OF THE D.C. OFFICE AND I
DIDN’T KNOW ANYBODY AND WAS THIS
EVEN WORKING AND DON NASH CALLED
ME, I WAS WALKING HOME FROM
SCHOOL AT 5:30 P.M. AND DON
NASHER, CALLED ME AND SAID DO
YOU WANT TO GO TO THE OLYMPICS?
I WAS THINKING, ME?
THIS WAY I CAN REALLY LEARN.
I CAN BE THERE WITH EVERYBODY
AND SEE AND THAT WAS THE
VANCOUVER OLYMPICS HOWEVER MANY
YEARS AGO, A LONG TIME AGO.
>> TEN YEARS AGO?
>> OH, MY GOD, THAT’S RIGHT.
>> LET’S WATCH PEOPLE’S LIFE
CHANGE.
CHANGE. >> SPIKE LEE HAS BEEN NOMINATED
A TON OF TIMES AND HE’S HAD A
LOT OF FILMS AND HAS NEVER BEEN
NOMINATED FOR AN OSCAR WHICH WAS
INSANE.
INSANE. >> I THOUGHT I READ THAT STAT
WRONG, BUT WATCH HIM AS HE GETS
NOMINATED FOR BEST DIRECTOR.
>> THE PHONE’S BLOWING UP.
[ CHEERING ]
>> YEAH!
>> YEAH! YEAH!
YEAH! >> THEY’RE ALL IN BED.
THEY’RE ALL SCREAMING.
I MEAN, THAT IS SO AWESOME!
>> I LOVE IT BECAUSE HE’S WITH
HIS FAMILY, EVEN HIS LITTLE DOG
IS ON THE END OF THE BED,
LIKE --
LIKE -- >> WE DID IT!
>> REMEMBER WHEN GLEN CLOSE SAID
SHE FOUND OUT YESTERDAY?
THAT WAS THE CUTEST.
SHE WAS NOMINATED.
THAT MOVIE, BY THE WAY, GOT TONS
OF NOMINATION.
OF NOMINATION. >> "THE WIFE"?
>> BLACKKKLANSMAN.
>> BLACKKKLANSMAN. >> I DON’T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNOW
THIS, BUT I HAVE A FRIEND WHO
WORKED AT "DATELINE," JULIE
COHEN AND WE’VE DONE STORIES FOR
"DATELINE" AND SHE DID A
DOCUMENTARY CALLED RBG, I THINK
YOU’RE HEARD OF IT.
>> ALL OF A SUDDEN SHE’S
WONDERING, ARE WE GOING TO GET
AN OSCAR NOMINATION.
THIS IS JULIE COHEN FROM THE
FOURTH FLOOR ACROSS THE STREET
OVER THERE.
OVER THERE. SO SHE, ALONG WITH HER
CO-DIRECTOR BETSY WEST WERE
SWEATING THROUGH THE
NOMINATIONS.
NOMINATIONS. JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
>> OH, MY GOD.
OH, MY GOD.
>> "RBG".
>> "RBG". >> OH, MY GOD!
>> OH, MY GOD.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY. [ LAUGHTER ]
>> I CAN’T BELIEVE IT!
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> I KNOW!
>> AND BY THE WAY, IT WENT
THROUGH ALL OF THEM SO THEY
WERE, LIKE, OKAY, THERE ARE
STILL THREE LEFT.
OH, NO, OH, JUST ONE LEFT AND
ALL OF A SUDDEN.
CAN YOU IMAGINE?
>> YOU KNOW WHAT MAKES THESE SO
AWESOME?
AWESOME? >> WHEN GLEN CLOSE CALLED
YESTERDAY AND TALKED ABOUT HER
BROTHER BEING IN THE TRUCK STOP.
THAT YOU HAVE PEOPLE TO
CELEBRATE WITH.
CELEBRATE WITH. SHE’S CELEBRATING WITH HER
PARTNER AND SOMEONE THAT SHE
WORKED HARD WITH AND THERE’S
SOMEONE TO HER LEFT, MAYBE HER
HUSBAND WHO IS THRILLED FOR HER.
I THINK THAT SHOWS THE
IMPORTANCE OF HAVING THESE
PEOPLE AROUND US.
YOU’RE RIGHT.
YOU’RE RIGHT. >> BECAUSE TO GET AN AWARD OR A
NOMINATION LIKE THAT AND TO HAVE
IT BE YOUR AGENT CALL YOU IN THE
PHONE AND YOU’RE IN AN EMPTY
PLACE, YOU’RE RIGHT.
THEY ALL SHARE THAT --