04/03/2018 Newsround

Afternoon Newsrounders, I'm Ayshah.

Right now weve got...

The six-year-old

heading to the Oscars.

And, who needs fireworks

when you've got drones?

First, six-year-old Maisie

from Swindon will be mixing

with the biggest movie stars

on the planet at the Oscars tonight.

She stars in a film

called The Silent Child.

She's deaf, the same

as the character she plays.

So what's it like to be six

and up for an Oscar?

Lets see.

It is a story so happy,

it could be the plot

of a Hollywood movie.

Maisie hadn't even acted before,

then her parents were told about a

film looking for deaf

children to star in it.

And now here are the nominees

for best live action short film.

This is the moment the film team got

together, to find out if

they could get an Oscar.

My Nephew Emmett.

The Silent Child.

CHEEERING.

Hello.

Welcome on board.

And so Maisie, along with her cuddly

toy, made her way to LA.

When she got there,

she made sure she did all

the important things.

Now all we have to wait

for is to see if there

will be a happy Hollywood ending

for six-year-old Maisie.

Good luck.

Steve Backshall hasn't got long now

until he attempts to climb the North

face of the Eiger, but you can't

just climb a mountain

like that without doing

some serious training.

He's sent us an update

from the Dolomites where he's

to take on a smaller

mountain as practice.

The first glimpse of our mountain.

It is utterly stunning, really

imposing. I think these are the

snowmobiles that will take us up

now. We are going to use those to

get right up to the base of the

mountain and again our climb. It is

the most staggering climb. Hopefully

it will be worth the fact that we

have slogged our way across four

different countries to get here. You

can follow, progress on the see BBC

website. The expedition is not done

yet.

In the Premier League today,

Arsenal will be looking to get back

to winnning ways when they take

on Brighton in the early kick-off.

They are currently sixth

in the league, 13 points off fourth

place, and and that all-important

Champions League spot.

One team who have no worries

about making the top four are league

leaders Manchester City,

who take on last year's champions

Chelsea later at 4pm.

Here's someone hoping to making

sport history now - Billy Monger.

Despite losing both of his legs

in an accident, (he's

never given up on his dream

of becoming a racing driver.

Here's Billy.

I am Billy, I am here to show you

around my car that is at that lead

so I can race. Baize last year Billy

lost both of his legs in a crash

while racing. Now the aching growth

is back behind the wheel

behind a

single seater car. How does he do

it?

I spent 12 years driving a

certain way and I have to change

everything I learned and tried a

different way. I'm getting used to

it. The adaptations are that most of

it is on the wheel. The most

important part is the left-hand

side, my floor pedal, that

accelerates the car and allows me to

accelerate in straight lines. Every

lap I do, I learn something new

about which way it is better to

control. I break with my right foot.

I have a bit more control over it.

On the right-hand side of the

steering wheel and has two paddles,

the top and being up Diaz, the

bottom down. The hand clutched to

pull away, and that is the controls

that we have come up with. It has

been a most calm place since my

accident to be back behind the wheel

of a racing car. To get back behind

the wheel is... I feel completely in

control and relax when I am out

there. It is a bit surreal, but when

it comes to that first race in

April, I will be ready by the

challenge ahead of us. -- ready for

the challenge.

Next, a baby monkey

helping to fly a plane.

Yes, really.

He was saved by a charity

in Central Aftrica who've

found him a new home.

Cue the cuteness.

Meet this baby.

He has been taken to his new home

at a sanctuary in the

Democratic Republic of Congo.

He was taken from the

wild by poachers, but

rescued by a charity.

He quickly made friends

with the pilot and

seemed to enjoy the view.

But it has all got a bit

tiring, and he has had

to have a wee nap.

And look, he seems pleased

to meet the people who

will keep him safe at the sanctuary.

Take a look at these drones

lighting up the sky.

It is part of the Lantern

Festival in China.

500 drones were let loose

to dance in the night sky

for the crowd below.

Well, that's all, but we'll

have the latest football

and all the oscar goss

for you at 2:15pm.

Bye.