this is "nightline." >> tonight, disappeared. this 6-year-old vanished from her home. so, why did a full day go by before the search began. >> i hope she's spending the night somewhere. >> with new questions about her father's past, what we're learning about neighbors who believed their community was safe, join investigators in the desperate hunt for clues. plus, two movie giants joining forces for the 100-foot journey. >> it's not an old, tired marriage. it is a passionate affair. >> now, oprah and steven spielberg are taking us behind the scenes of their epic reunion. >> i cried three times. >> and spilling secrets about what's next. >> anymore acting?

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good evening. at this hour, new information is casting a dark paul over a frantic search to find a missing 6-year-old girl. as minutes go by, the questions pile up. why did a full day pass before she was reported missing? why is it a neighbor, not her parents, who finally called 911? and could her own father's past have anything to do with the mystery? here's abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: this is the young face at the center of a frantic search. 6-year-old jenise wright, vanished without a trace. >> she's a daughter of east

bremmerton. she's a daughter of all the of folks who live there. we want her back. >> reporter: she was seen around 10:00 p.m. on saturday night, by her parents. as they put her and her sister to bed. by sunday morning, jenise was gone. >> what we're looking for here is any trace of what happened to jenise or where she may be. >> reporter: what some find puzzling is that her parents did not call 911 right away. in fact, the police weren't called until 10:00 p.m. on sunday night. a full 24 hours after they had last seen here. and even then, the phone call came from a neighbor. >> that is something that will certainly address. but right now, our focus is finding this child, with regard to issues why the delay, it was explained to us that this was normal behavior for this child. >> reporter: the parents cold police, they weren't worried at first because their mobile home park community is fenced in. and jenise would often wander the neighborhood, something they

reported allowing their 6-year-old daughter to do. but in the past, she had always come home. >> there's no rational reason or responsible reason to not immediately contact the police if you don't know where your child is. a 6-year-old outside, either an adult's view is in danger. they are extremely vulnerable moving around on their own. anytime it gets beyond an adult that knows the child supervising them, there's a real potential of danger or harm coming to a child. >> reporter: but tonight, new details emerging about the dark past of the missing girl's father. abc news has obtained court records that show james wright was charged with molesting his stepdaughter back in 1999. he pled guilty to assault. but the molestation charges were dropped. yesterday, wright consented to a police search of the family home. and took a lie detector test. although investigators won't release the results.

and even though child protective services removed two of jenise's siblings from the home, police stated he is not a suspect or a person of interest. jenise's father spoke to our station komo yesterday. >> she's tenacious. she know where's home is. >> reporter: today marked day two of the frantic search for the bubbly three-foot tall, 45-pound girl, known around the neighborhood as sweet and trusting. now, drawing to an end with no leads and no clues. unable to confirm what jenise was wearing when she went missing. more than 100 officers from 10 agencies, including the fbi, the sheriff's office and the center for missing and exploited children, from descended on this small, suburban neighborhood. no one allowed in or out, except residents. searching the backseat and truck of every, single car coming and going. and halfway through the search of every, single 1 of the 103

homes in that community. nothing allowed out of the area until it's been examined, including all of the residents' recycle bins and dumpsters. volunteers searching for any clues, have been requested to stop to allow police to focus on the other residences. everyone knows the clock is ticking. >> this is heart wrenching. there isn't an officer or first responder, their hearts go out to this little girl. and we're going to do everything we can to try and find her. >> reporter: the chances of finding a missing child plummet after the first 24 hours. and for the wright family it is past 72. >> unconfirmed is the clothing he was last seen wearing. there's sightings from witnesses in the park, who say she was wearing a pink shirt and blue jeans and may have been wearing flip-flops or being barefoot. >> reporter: still, this shaken community refuses to give up on

the girl, with that contagious smile. neighbors say little jenise loved to knock on doors and ask if anyone could come out to play. everyone hoping and praying that little jenise may soon get to start first grade in the fall. >> i hope the child's well and she's okay. >> reporter: i'm gio benitez for "nightline," in new york. next, oprah takes us to france on the set of her new movie, with steven spielberg. we used to have so many emptymom!ls!

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and filmmaking, pretty good bet you would say oprah winfrey and stevenspielberg. now, they're making a film about foo fo food. amy robach got the secrets from the superduo. >> reporter: it's a heartwarming tale of family and food. brought to you by oprah winfrey and steven spielberg. >> i hope that people who love the idea of great food, celebrating connections and friendship will come out and watch it. >> reporter: steven, you mention that, for you, it's a fusion between two cultures. >> it takes a second to sit down and share a meal. when you share a meal, you know usually, if it's a good meal, it puts a smile on your face. >> reporter: it is a reunion nearly 30 years in the making.

>> we've been looking for something to do for years. >> reporter: spielberg and oprah, working for the first time since oprah's performance in "the color purple" in 1985. >> one day, i was going to get to come home. >> reporter: now, they are producing partners for a new film called "the hundred-foot journey," starring helen mirren. >> if your food is like your music, i suggest you turn it down. >> i will turn it down. but i will turn the heat up. >> it's about two families. and the funniest part of the movie is the competition. these two restaurants are literally 100 feet away from them. >> reporter: mirren runs one of the finest restaurants in france. >> it is not an old, tired marriage. it is a passionate affair. >> reporter: she is horrified when a boisterous indian family opens up a restaurant right across the street. >> look at them. do they have a building permit for this? >> of course they do not.

>> reporter: it's a charming story of culture and cuisine. >> certainty of flavor. >> it's called meanness of spirit. you have a spice, use it. don't sprinkle it. spoon it in. >> reporter: "the hundred-foot journey" is out friday. this is by our parent company, disney. it's oprah's fourth screen-producing credit. >> it's the hundred-foot journey. >> door-to-door. that's beautiful, you know? it's a hundred-foot journey. but also the journey of the cultural divide. >> reporter: the tv mogul is establishing herself as a hollywood powerhouse. producing films like "precious." >> hey, precious. >> reporter: and starring in hits like "the butler." >> everything you are, and everything you have, is because of that butler. >> reporter: it was oprah on-set during the filming of "the hundred-year journey," not

spielberg. oprah got to go on location in the french countryside. you were in an edit room in burbank. how did you end up with that? >> i got the short end of the stick because she got to go to one of the most beautiful places in france. i was in an editing room working on television. >> reporter: in the leading role, a relative unknown. this was a breakout role for him. tell me what it was about him that made you want to put him in this movie. >> isn't he the cutest? >> reporter: he's adorable. >> a lot of young men came in and read for the part. he beat them out for the role. he was the best person for the role. >> he's delicious. he's yummy. >> why change a recipe that is 200 years old? >> maybe 200 years, is long enough. >> reporter: oprah is giving other actors their big break. but that doesn't mean she's finished with the big screen herself. i want to ask, obviously, we saw you in "the butler."

>> i'm sorry, mr. butler. i didn't mean to make fun of your heroes. >> reporter: anymore acting? >> i have a little more acting coming. i just finished another film that i'm producing, along with plan b, called "selma," starting david, who played my son in the butler, who is playing martin luther king. and i have a tiny role in that. just being able to get it on screen was the best thing. >> reporter: we will look forward to that. steven, you may not remember this, but maybe you do. ten years ago, you were on "good morning america" and you said you really wanted to do a musical. and there was a little rumor a few months ago that maybe that musical might be "west side story." any truth to that? >> you know something? "west side story" is one of my favorite broadway musicals. and one of the greatest pieces of musical literature. my goodness, one of the greatest scores and some of the greatest lyrics ever written for a musical. you put it this way.

it's on my mind. >> reporter: oh. at the world premiere of "the hundred-foot journey" last night, oprah was all-smiles. she told me she got emotional watching the movie the first time. what was it like to watch the final cut? >> well, you know, you're watching dailies every day. to see it all come together that way, okay. i cried three times. three times. i've been with it since the beginning, to cry when you know what's going to happen. >> reporter: and how many times here? >> and laughed a lot, too. i did cheer up a little bit. >> i'm really happy that what brought us back together on our own hundred-foot journey was this particular story. >> this was a -- >> it was. for us. a hundred-foot journey. >> reporter: for "nightline," i'm amy robach in new york. next, fresh off his performance at the cma music festival, hunter hayes sets his sights on a new world record. ♪

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hunter hayes tore it up tonight at the country music awards. but this young heartthrob isn't just making records, he's breaking them. 10 concerts in just 24 hours. all for charity. and my "nightline" co-anchor juju chang was there for the crazy ride. >> reporter: hunter hayes electrified the crowd tonight

with his performance at the cma music festival. ♪ your name next to mine >> reporter: he's come a long way. >> five, four, three, two, one. >> reporter: just a few months back, "nightline" went on a wild ride with hayes for a guitar-strumming, gut-busting race against the clock. ten cities, ten concerts, in less than 24 hours, without so much as a red bull. this 22-year-old country star was trying to break the world record for the most concerts in one day. he's a prodigy who can play 30 musical instruments. and write hit songs like "i want crazy." ♪ i don't want easy i want crazy ♪ ♪ are you with me, baby let's be crazy ♪ >> reporter: hayes' debut album went platinum.

and industry insiders see him as a legend in the making. >> this is the dream. to be here and do what we do, you know? >> reporter: and as the opening act on taylor swift's tour, he became an instant favorite among teenage girls. but he's surprisingly humble. >> just being in this room period, is kind of a dream come true. because that means we get to put on our arena tour. >> reporter: timed with the release of his second album, "story line" hayes put his sights on a world record, for a cause. >> the fact we're doing it with child hunger ends here, we get to spread the message. >> reporter: we followed hayes as he was about to embark on a tour, spanning from boston to philadelphia, in just 24 hours. and we were with him every step of the way. >> i don't know how you prepare or if you prepare for something like this. you just have to roll with the flow. >> reporter: on-hand the entire time, official timekeepers from guinness. >> on the attempt, it is

important for me to measure that hunter does play for at least 15 minutes. so, i will be at every show, ensuring that the 15 minutes are met. >> reporter: it kicked off bright and early in times square, on the set of "good morning america." >> trying to break a guinness world record for most concerts in a single day. here he is now. >> reporter: right after the "gma" gig, hayes and his band hopped a plane to boston for concert number two. >> what's up, y'all? it's 11:30 a.m. on a school day. but there are huge crowds of young fans everywhere. mouthing the words to each and every song. >> are we ready to make some noise? >> is that your first cup of coffee this whole time? >> reporter: you think hayes would be guzzling coffee or energy drinks, but he says the adrenaline of performing is his drug of choice. you look like you have so much

energy. you don't look tired. >> good. that's my secret goal. i wanted to say something to that effect. >> reporter: is it just an act? are you feeling that way? >> no. that's how i feel, man. we get on stage, it's a natural adrenaline. >> reporter: it's 10:30 p.m. and his seventh concert. and the venue is still jam-packed. how is your voice holding up? are you feeling it, the strain? >> i have a lot of allergy issues. and ten cities, there's ten different climates. i have a voice. able to hit some notes i didn't think i would hit at this point. >> reporter: it's 2:30 in the morning in asbury, new jersey. and there's a crowd inside very excited. it's 4:30 in the morning, and hunter finishes playing concert number nine. the guinness record official has

the final word. >> on behalf of guinness world records, we want to say congratulations, you've broken the record for most -- >> reporter: you just broke the world's record. how are you feeling? >> feeling good. feeling good. just fun. just jam. >> reporter: finally, at the troccadero in philly, hayes plays his last show. for "nightline," juju chang in philadelphia. >> hunter and juju doing the 24-hour shift. thank you for watching abc news. "world news now" has breaking news. and tune into "good morning america" tomorrow. and as always, we're online at abcnews.com. good night.