05/03/2018 Newsround

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Morning all, I'm Martin

with all the news just for you.

First, six-year-old Maisie

from Swindon has just found out

the film she stars in has

won an Oscar.

She's over in LA in America

with all the stars!

Maisie is deaf, the same

as the character she plays.

Newsround is with her in Hollywood.

The Silent Child by Rachel Shenton!

This was the moment the team

behind the film found out

they'd won an Oscar!

I made a promise to our six-year-old

lead actress that I would find the

speech and my hands are shaking so I

apologise.

So who is the six-year-old

apologise.

It's a story so happy it could have

been the plot of a Hollywood movie.

Maisie hadn't even acted before,

then her parents were told

about the film looking for deaf

children to star in it.

And here are the nominees for Best

live action Short film...

This is the moment the film team

found out they'd been

nominated for an Oscar.

My Nephew Emmitt, The Silent

Child...

And so, Maisie, along

with her cuddly toy,

made her way to LA to take her place

as part of Hollywood history.

When she got there she made sure

she did all the important things.

And last night was the big night.

So how are they feeling

about the big win?

The film's writer, Rachel Shenton,

says it's amazing to win,

and she's so proud of the team

behind the film for bringing

the topic of deafness

to a huge audience.

She told us she's surprised Maisie

managed to stay awake

for the announcement

because the ceremony was so late!

But that she was shouting

with excitement.

What a fantastic achievement!

Let's just hope Maisie

wasn't too tired to join

in with the celebrations.

Next, snow has caused

problems across the UK,

but it's a huge problem for those

without homes, living

on the streets.

Newsround caught up with some

students who wanted to do something

to help the homeless.

Ladies first.

OK.

I'm supposed to go first

and you said, "Ladies..."

Yeah, ladies first, on about myself!

Oh.

They're having a mass sleep out

in solidarity for young people

who find themselves homeless.

We can't replicate what homeless

people have to go through,

because nobody should have to go

through that, but we're

sleeping on the floor

and the heating is off,

and phones, no, MP3 players,

none of that, at all.

I think the most challenging thing

that will happen tonight is sleeping

on the ground because most people,

like me, I'm used

to sleeping on a bed.

I think the most challenging thing

for me is trying to keep warm.

Tonight, the thing that I'm

going to miss the most is my family,

because I usually have them there.

I think the students will get

a really small flavour of what it

might be like to sleep

without their home comforts,

put themselves in the shoes

of someone who's experiencing life

on the streets.

I can't wait until the morning

because I'm not going to wake

up, it's too early,

and it's the weekend.

On a scale of one to ten, I was one.

It was awful, freezing

cold, I was hungry.

I was about a three.

I was minus five.

I think if I was uncomfortable

inside on a cold wooden floor,

then how is it for them

when they don't have

any sort of shelter?

I think it's going to be ten times,

even 100 times harder on people that

are sleeping outside,

with no home, no room, no shelter.

More people should be

taking the time to talk

to them and try to get them

out of homelessness.

I think it's giving me the best

insight because there's no other

experience to make you feel

what they're feeling.

That's it from me.

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