♪ ♪ any lessons that you've learned so far this year? >> be grateful for even the bad things. >> i have a sit-down with the newly single gwen stefany. >> and victoria beckham is slammed for sending too thin models down the cat walk. >> coming up right now on "entertainment tonight." >> models are .0001 of the population. >> labelled skeleton spice, are beckham's girls too skinny? >> some of them were painfully thin. >> fashion week's model weight wars. just what should a woman on the cat walk look like? plus -- >> receiving great. >> is gwen stefani putting on a brave face? >> then -- >> oh yeah. >> and unless they like wear a

sequinned out or something. >> jessica simpson, stumbling and always unfild. were fans concerned? >> the first ever entertainment tonight magazine. stars before they were famous. >> don't tell anyone. >> i'm having a great time. >> child stars. >> i'm just in second grade. >> emmy stars. >> to tell you the truth, i was just excited to get a job. >> remember these couples who dated way back when. >> hi, sarah jessica and robert. >> as we celebrate 35 years on air. we have the stars looking back at their "e.t." debuts. >> do you remember your first time at "e.t."? >> am i at a bowling alley? that's a strike in my book. >> now in our 35th season, this is "entertainment tonight." >> thanks for joining us, everyone. on emmy weekend. by the way, we put together a very special show for you. like the flash back to end all flash backs. with our first look ever at entertainment tonight magazine. >> fantastic. all of your favorite stars before they were famous.

we will get to all of that in a second. first, let's dig into some of the biggest star headlines. was jessica simpson drunk on hsn thursday night or just a little ditzy the way we have come to know and love her? >> i don't know this is like -- i am looking at myself -- in the monitor. >> oh. >> and we glitz and glamoured it for the anniversary. and really like ashley is like the best at wearing gray. my sister. >> while jess and her mom pushed her fashion line, a lot of viewers were wondering about her behavior. >> so 10 years ago, no diapers on the scene. >> oh gosh no. unless i was wearing one. >> of course she wasn't drunk. she was here. thrilled to be here. i can tell you, our team loved working with her. >> we spoke with hsn's president bill brand who is standing by the star. calling her a top-notch professional. >> when you're on hsn, it is not

just a q & a on a talk show where you get a question, you get an answer. this is two hours live. a completely different beast. >> party, party, party. >> meanwhile, in new york, criticism over victoria beckham's fashion show. your models were very thin. a few that were -- that distracted you. and it is shocking. >> critics blasted beckham calling her runway show skeletal spice and anorexia chic. >> victoria designs for women that look like her. and she should. however, try and choose models that are healthier. >> i think it would be unfair to point out one designer for having models allegedly too thin. >> author amy odell, author "tales from the back row." >> she the have to be fit in order to fit into the samples. >> and our interview with gwen stefany at her split.

>> do you have any lessons you've learned so far this year? >> of course, i have. i think the number one thing is probably living in the moment. because if you can do that and you can just sit there and be grateful, for even the bad things and good things, then you will have peace. >> following her break up with husband gavin, gwen is keeping focused on her new hit. she will rock the stage at a solo master card concert in new york. but are her boys fans? >> do your kids listen to your classic no doubt album? ♪ oh, i'm just a girl ♪ >> they do not. i took them to aspen. and it was super cool and i feel like that's the first time that they've seen the show and cason was like, mom, were you drunk? because the way you were acting, you were telling the audience like you knew them or something. i was like, first of all, no. i wasn't. and no, how do you know about

drunk? kingston definitely wants me to write hits. he's like mom, you got to write a hit. i'm like, okay. >> all right, let's move on. and let's get to the special on our commemorative magazine. "e.t." before they were famous just hitting news stands across the country. >> pouring through our first interviews with so many of today's super stars. it is fascinating to see what they were like before they hit it big. has fame changed them? you decide. take a look. >> i'm having a great time. >> least important thing to me is becoming famous. >> i want to do everything, everything i want. >> tom at just 21. that youthful voice showing "e.t." his "risky business" bill board. and what we noticed, he was unguarded, open and revealing his struggle with dyslexia for the first time. >> sometimes i have a hard time reading. that's why i didn't want to go to college and the structured education for four or five more years wasn't something i was looking forward to.

and i was just going to travel around. but in reading, sometimes it is difficult for me. when i get tired and it's not that exciting. >> mullet hair george at 24 is kind of serious talking about joining the facts of life. >> they don't need me for ratings. i think they just want to keep things fresh. keep things going. and i think i might be in some way a small part of keeping things fresh. i'm not there for ratings. >> but then we saw that self depricating jokester has been there all along. >> little make-up? >> i never said anything about your drinking. >> we can totally see why george and sandra are friends today. both of them love to have fun and don't take themselves too seriously but sandra almost gave up acting. she was just giving it a try when she went for the part on the sitcom "working girl." >> i was here for three months just vacationing and seeing what l.a. was like. because i had never been here before.

i was getting ready to leave. and just came out of the blue. out of the blue, i read it. said this is great but i'll never get it. there are 50,000 other women there that can do it just as well as i could. so i did it on thursday and got it on monday. i did my laundry, grocery shopping and went to work. >> brad was a raw kid from missouri who skipped his final year of college to try this acting thing. >> my real name is brad pitt. i was born with it. >> while angie grew up in hollywood with oscar winning dad jon voight. >> first academy award. >> gorgeous dress. >> thank you. >> beautiful. >> are you nervous for your dad tonight? >> sort of. >> and we love how tom hanks kept that boyish quality that made us love him. >> i've been told by people in real life that hey, you're a wimp. on tv you look huge. >> julia glam and confident now. but when we met her, a small

unpolished girl from georgia. a friend of mine said, i saw the poster, have you a mustache. but that means they like you. they wouldn't bother to take the time do do it if they didn't like you. i guess i'm officially initiated into the new york public eye. >> the same person can sweetheart personal at she still has now. >> my first kiss was in a roll are skating rink. i was 12 years old. i add boyfriend. his name was graham. he was a good kisser. pretty good, graham. >> johnny depp has always been about the work. even when he was just 24 years old and "21 jump street" heart-throb, he didn't want to be pigeon hold. >> i didn't want to be teen idol, pretty boy, singing up there. that's not what i'm about. if the one thing you're worrying about is how you look, then you're not there to act, you're there to model. >> a true diva at 26, but at 21

trying out to be a fly girl on in living color, she was nervous. ♪ i never thought i ♪ >> and oprah, we were there before her talk show went national. >> i believe that when you believe in yourself, when you really truly believe in yourself and i don't mean just liking yourself and buying a pair of shoees. but believe in yourself and your own possibilities, that the world is open to you. i really do. people say i'm hot now, doing so great now. i've been in television since i was 19 years old. so i've been warming up for a while to get to this point. so i think that what's happening to me is exactly what is supposed to be happening to me. i'm delighted. i'm joyful and i, everyday, is a celebration for me. but i'm not really surprised. >> and today, chris evan says considered a super hhero heart-throb but he was pretty green when we took him bowling. >> that's a strike m my book.

>> do you remember your first time on "e.t."? >> am i in a bowling alley? >> yes. >> am i in a belg alley? >> yes. >> impressive he remembered. back then, chris was starring in the spoof "not another teen movie." his sister, on "grey's anatomy." >> super girl sister on cbs. and coming ♪ ♪ there's something in me... ♪ ♪ ♪ there's something in me... ♪ ♪ if the dunkin' golden cup were given to you as a major award, your acceptance speech

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tell your doctor if you have been to a region where fungal infections are common, and if you have had tb, hepatitis b or c, or are prone to infections. tell your doctor about all the medicines you take. one pill, twice daily, xeljanz can reduce ra pain and help stop further joint damage, even without methotrexate. ask your rheumatologist about xeljanz. welcome back on this emmy awartds weekend to our "e.t." before they were famous special. we've been with so many of this year's nominees long before they were honored by the tv academy. you just have to see their very first interviewes with "e.t.." we love julie mad cap personality and she first showed it to us shooting on a snowy mountain on "extreme." >> i'm a one-woman kind of guy on this show. and in real life. i could get in so much trouble.

already like 30 second, i'm in trouble. >> claire danes battles mental illness on "homeland." but at 15 on "my so-called life" she was just trying to keep her head straight. >> i just want to be a sane person. i want to be a person who has a life and to act. i don't want to be an actress. >> cookie lion looks to be around for a while. but back during "husbatle and flow" she didn't know where her next check would come from. >> i have a hot moveriy coming out and i'm unemployed. >> that's julia louis-dreyfus with her husband. >> it is hard to play a serious sarcastic character and that's what i do. >> you see the break-in of the

cop. i get shot. the pimp gets shot. cops come in from the bathroom, front door. i was played by a cop who was going to be my trick. >> first time on "e.t." playing a nurse on "city of angels." >> i'm an actor. 98% of us at any point are unemployed. whenever you get a job, it's fabulous. >> matt leblanc plays an exaggeration version of himself on episodes but "friends" was not his big heat. >> i come from newton, outside of massachusetts, and there is not very many people from back home that decide to be actors and move to new york and to california. >> jeffrey tambor just might bring home the golden gal for his role in "transparent." he was just happy for the gig on "mr. sunshine." >> actors didn't act. i didn't go in this for fame or

suc success. i just needed to act. >> "house of lies", but here is a role you may not remember, he was on "golden palace." >> look, i good to have this big talk, i just wish i knew what to tell him. >> how did your parents tell you? >> she is real good. so it's fun. we're good friends. you know, it's nice it play something else. >> back to claire danes, she's got two emmy nods this year with producing "homeland." sixth and seventh nominations. >> you said it, don't count her out. >> we look back at star couples you may have forgotten about. >> commitment ring. >> plan to get married. >> 30 years ago, emilio and demi were

brad and angelina. george and amall. some of the biggest couples. those a-list guys were all married to someone else. >> at one point, they were were. "e.t.'s" cameras captured plenty of romance and unexpected pairings in our 35 years on the air. sometimes we he catch ourselves when we look back and go, wait. they dated? >> remember this cup snell jennifer anston and actor tait donovan. dating onset and in life.

>> you have rings on? >> yeah. irish commitment rings. for our first anniversary we gave them to each other. >> tate was one lucky guy. before jen, he was involved with sandra. now she and jen are new bffs. sandra then briefly dated letter "a time to kill" co-star matthew mcconaughey. >> have you ever loved and lost? >> yeah. i think when you get to -- yeah, i think everyone at this age as lovered and lost. but it's worth it. >> after that, ryan gosling, 17 years younger. ryan later became involv with rachel mcadams, his notebook co-star. julia roberts almost became mrs. dillon mcdermott. after that, kiefer sutherland. they were supposed to get married on the fox studios lot. >> planning to get married. i've never been involved in planning a wedding before. >> but it was called off just days before the i dos.

she moved on to jason patrick, lyle lovett, then benjamin bratt. >> lovely young lady with me is demi moore. and she is my valentine. >> demi and emilio were once engaged. he married paula abdul. demi's marriage it bruce willis lasted yearly 13 years before tying the knot with ashton. before demi, with mad man january jones and then fell for the late brittany murphy. >> we're a pair. >> just married. >> they were kidding but they lived together for many years. >> hi, sarah jessica and robert. >> brad pitt to july yet lieu wibs gwyneth paltrow and then they bailed on theired withing at the last minute. matt damon with mini driver but she didn't know he would announce this on oprah. >> i was with mini for a while but we're not really romantically involve nid more.

we're just really good friend. and i love her dearly. >> post mini, he dated winona ryder who was once with johnny depp and you got love cher and her younger men. we wish her romance with tom cruz had go cruise had gone the distance. >> it was a long time ago. a long long time ago. and never one of us ever talked about it. cher and tom cruise. also linked to gene simmons, eric clapton, michael bolton and almost add romance with elvis presley but regrets turning him down. >> how do you turn down the king? >> you also saw demi moore and emilioes emilio estevez in this piece. and the first brat pack movery and "e.t." was there on the scene.

>> work with judd and ali. i knew demi before we started shooting. >> i understand everybody hates each other and you don't get along. >> oh, yes, absolutely. and we are quite a crowd. if gets to the point where they love their own jokes so of and they are so bad that we end up having to laugh anyway. >> like a life achievement or this is your life, rob. you know. >> i think medical school is now out. >> absolutely. i'm now a student of life. >> i feel so comfortable with them already. i feel like emilio and judd are brothers to me in a lot of ways. >> i wasn't really part of the brat pack. because they had that main group. >> that main group, emilio, alley she'dy, demi moore, judd nelson, andrew mccarthy and rob lowe were at the peak.

they were young, wealthy. >> i went out with them one night. it was a blast. it was a lot of fun. >> if we're not working we good to the great bars a the georgetown. they put us at this hotel in front of these great bars. i don't know why if they want us to worth. we've been doing a lot of exercising the old elbow. >> i went to college for two years in new york. i zrdidn't have a real college experience. it was at nyu. >> drinking beer. but the same kind of madness with the whole group of us as then when you go out with everyone, you know. >> they played together on the set, too. we were there as they shot the opening scene in caps and gowns. you got the feeling anything could happen. >> it's fun. because a bunch of us were together. it's fun. and there are so many people to -- [ laughter ] >> what andrew is laughing at, is this.

>> i know everybody is sick and tired of that and somebody is dropping their shorts. i knew it. put that camera around. let's prove this is really happening here. >> okay, okay. about time. >> the cast dropped trow on each other during every interview. >> everything has to evolve around drama all the time. >> ♪ what you want, baby got it ♪ ♪ what you need, you know i got it ♪ ♪ all i can do, is a little respect oh, yeah ♪ . >> no more than two of the brat pack ever appeared on screen ever together. 1985 was there moment. their time. >> i feel he comfortable enough within myself to come out and say all right, guys, let's good at it. in a competitive way. all right, i dare you to be as good as me. i dare you to be as good as me. and it's great. >> all right.

michelle was just singing at the music in st. elmo's fire. it is like its own track, hitting the chart for two weeks in september of 1985. >> still one of my favorites to this day. from movies to television. up next, we look back at our time with two "ncis" stars decades. and get this -- >> i like that. >> soap opera people are not real people. >> that's ahead. >> closed captioning provided by --

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please. >> sophia have a gara's first english speaking role, it was clear than she add great sense of style. she has had her share of wardrobe mishaps like one of the dresses she today wear in the movi movie. >> it was plastic. >> and she squeaked. >> it was summer. so in the sun it would melt under my legs. >> and from red dresses to red lingerie. >> you must think i'm pretty weird, huh? >> that's the first time i've worn a g string in my life. it was an interesting experience. red's my color. >> before he was part of the brat pack, rob lowe bravely wore women'senedies and shared it with us. >> i didn't know how to do a bra. it was very funny. awkward kind of fun. to have this bra and

uncomfortable. jesus. i pity you guys. >> today an emmy nominated sag award a-lister. baldwin had his start in the "cutter to houston" where he gave us his impression of being a doctor. >> i think we detected a serious case of -- >> jon cryer will forever be -- >> don't think anyone will know how terrific after important you are. >> not really. >> before "pretty in pacific" put him in his status, he he was at the -- >> i was supposed it take over for him. at the last minute the producer said i wasn't ready. i guess he was probably right. i was very nervous about the whole thing because matthew just won a tony. and i was just -- and my first job and i was really a wreck.

nervous wise. >> ♪ >> will smith got his start as fresh brings of bell air but oscar nominated star might not have gotten into the entertainment business if his mom had her way. he told us all about it during his first interview in 1988. >> my mom was so upset when i came home. july 20, in that area, just graduated and everything. and said, mom, i want to pursue a record career. you're joking, right? ? my mom is like, you're joking, right? okay, well while you're in school i'm sure can you work on different things. i was like, mom, i don't think i can do it in school, mom. and you know, for two weeks. >> now early visit with "ncis" heart-throb mark harmon at his alma mater ucla wrb where he

shared advice in 1981. >> hang on, do whatever you believe in and that is special and different about yourself and other people and hang real tough as far as compromise is concerned. >> before they were mr. and mrs., ashton kutcher and mila kunis, cast mates on "that 70s show." ashton was modeling. mila was only 14 years old when she was cast. we met them before they started shooting and ashton told us all about his '7 os look. >> this hooded sweatshirt. and it is cute. can you warm up when it is cold in those cold wisconsin or my case iowa winters. and fall and can you look at the leaves change. >> morning entertainment tonight or good night entertainment tonight. i'm going to work here. and oh, it's early. >> michael weatherly spent the

day on the set. back in 1994, hard to believe, the "ncis" star was this goofy. >> are you watching? . marky mark knows nothing. >> soap opera people are not real people. we don't exist in the world with the rest of you. we exist in an alternate universe full of really typical dialogue andster why types. >> have a surf board? in 1996 we got go skating in central park where he told us all about his accidental acting career. >> i was attending university of alberta in canada. i was going to be a high school teacher. and just before i finished my last semester, just a few months to go, i got a call and they shipped me out. so from that to this. and quite a shock. i dpt have any -- there's no

transition period. >> the soap may have branded him a hunk. but humble, he wasn't buying it. >> you we all laughed. because we know who the real mason is. i feel like i have everyone fooled. like i'm going to catch them one day. wait a sec, nothing special about this guy. >> ashton kutcher, we showed you his past with the late britney movie, after she became famous in "clueless." >> i can't believe that movie came out to years ago. i was five. >> still talking with

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of the film. we were there for its epic 1995 premier. >> oh, as if! >> i was just a little actress doing another job. i had no idea what was to job. >> the not tire experience was thrilling from beginning to end. and here we are talking about it 20-year anniversary. it is very grtfying. and slightly disturbing. but 20 years old. >> oh, my god. i'm totally bugging. >> summer hit no one saw coming. a band of spoiled beverly hilled kid and transformed alicia silverstene. >> it is timeless. they he go on forever. i think if this is a movie people will love for a really really really long time. which is nice.

>> this is my new best friend. i love him. >> "e.t." was on the set with other stars but can you believe rice whither spoon and tiffany he amber thesen were once considered for the role of cher. >> when i grew up, i did not like these kind of girls. couldn't understand them. >> how many hours a day to you groom yourself in some people are not naturally adorable as you are. >> paul rudd was so lovely. it was really a great job. a hard job, but a great job. >> i just remember being so overwhelmed. the movie is also knew. i remember thinking on to the paramount lot and seeing the gates. oh, my god, i had a parking pass on a studio lot. >> also launched the career of

the late brittany murphy, a break-out role for the star who passed away in 2009. >> i love little brittany murphy's face who she tells me i'm a little virgin who can drive. >> you're a virgin who can't drive. >> was ty anything like britney? >> sure. we look a hell of a lot alike. >> there's the teen speak. >> getting her digit. >> i created this dictionary so i would have the word at my fingertips. >> and for different people there could be different styles. >> if i ever say the word, whatever, it is like, you know, and i think, oh, okay. i guess i'm just not even allowed to say that movie or said something like, she's so cueless and so long ago. it is in people's vocabulary but i can't use those words still. because people think i'm somehow trying to draw attention to it

or something. and i mean, all of it, it is just by star. whatever. and who can forget the fashion. >> my pager, phone, all that make-up. >> very in. you know. very expensive. very chic and vogue and we keep up because we he can. >> movie premier is just as stylish p. we were there with our special own correspondent. >> hey, i'm stacey dash, i'm in "clueless." and tell us, where did you good to high school? >> shawnee west high school. >> where is this. >> shawnee mission kansas. >> i think there is amazing there is some small crease. >> it was a blur for me. >> are you happy with the movie, amy? >> i'm delirious with the move

y. >> i'm forever in amy's debt. >> i wasn't 18. i just was a little theater now our vault isn't just full of interviewes with tv and film stars. today, michael and whitney houston and the the dogs we've seen on the ride. drew berry moore and six years old. >> i know a the lot of grown-up stuff. i'm just inflicting. >> first, this weekend in the entertainment tonight first day, which talk show most. entertainment tonight first day, which talk show most. jon stewart, squlimy your body was made for better things than the pain, stiffness, and joint damage of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. entertainment tonight first day, which talk show most. jon stewart, squlimy before you and your rheumatologist decide on a biologic,

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first interview and we could tell this precocious kid add long career ahead of her. now 40 and mother of two, drew remembers growing up in front of our cameras. >> i will never forget seeing that microphone, like et, what is going on. et in the movie "e.t." on the microphone. playing a homeless kid even then showing confidence that would later make him a heart-throb. >> hard an easy. because for seven years, they are all used to each other. they know each other. i come in as a new caketer this year. it would be hard adjusting but they were nice to me. letting me in. >> ryan gosling at 34, but at 17 a little bit geeky.

rehearsing to play young hercules. >> oh my mom, every time something happens, my mother would call every kid that used to beat me up. remember how you used to beat him up? well he is hercules now, so shut up. she is very proud. very excited. it is fun. ridiculous. i told them, i would play the young zenith. >> this fresh faced british lad is christian bale at 13. now he is known for the intense way he preps for a role and he hasn't changed. >> i just try to put myself in the character's shoes. i become the character. oh, i hate watching myself. >> we call her scar jo now and this future bomb shell is only 13 for her "e.t." debut while promoting "the horse whisperer." >> i think on every film -- stop that, what's wrong with you? bad pony. i had no horse training whatsoever. i didn't know what i was doing.

i was very unsure of myself. but i'm a lot more confident now. and after taking many lessons and working with the wranglers, i became obsessed with it. >> really? >> yeah. it's a new thing for me. i'm very excited. >> hey, coming to you from rockefeller center. >> natalie portman graduated from harvard. didn't surprise us when she said this at just 13. >> school was more important to me anyway. i'm trying to keep it movies on the side. not like someone who does movies and does school on the side. >> that edgy vibe has helped make kristen stewart a star and at 11 she sounded like an adult havingedy foster as a move oe mom in panic room. >> we got to know each other really well. the chemistry was good.

it wasn't hard to be her daughter. >> ethan hawke has been in the business a long time. at 14 his voice hadn't changed yet. >> i was really nervous. on the first day, a bundle of nerves. i didn't know what it do. but everybody made it really easy for me. >> ready in. >> yes, good. go. >> that's jason bateman shooting shut balles with ricky schroder on silver spoons. on 13, he was serious about his career. >> with things meant to happen, everything has a purpose. i guess something better will come along. >> when alfonso rivera was just 12 he was soft spoken about joining jason on "silver spoons." >> the show has been a good show but i think i bring a special talent and with me and without me, the show will be a great show. >> now alphonso wasn't the only famous face it hit the set of "silver spoons." >> no.

whitney houston add guest star. and we got to know plenty of the names in the recording history as they hit it big. including some we lost too soon. >> my main focus is my music and singing career but this is something i like to do. >> 22-year-old whitney and acting on "silver spoons" in 1985. >> i have to get back to the hotel. >> it comes naturally in a way. being a performer and being on stage and deliver a song, everybody knows what you are talking about. i think it rides on the same wave. >> the same year her chart topping album made her a force to be reckoned with. whitney became the most awarded artist with 11 number one hits, 6 grammies and tragically silenced in 2012 at age 48, wlit

whitney's memory will be carried on. a hologram starting next month. she would be pleased. >> this is what i do. i love it. >> iconic doesn't begin to define michael jackson. we he first spent time with him during the edit sessions for his music video "beat it" in 1983 where he confessed being a regular guy was hard for him. >> i was raised on stage. i'm happy on stage. i can sleep on stage. i'm comfortable on stage in front of thousands of people. >> widely recognized for transforming the art of music videos, jackson earned the title the king of pop. at the time of his death in 2009 he was rumored to be deeply in debt in 12 months following his debts jackson told a total of 35 million albums worldwide. he left behind an estate reported to be over $1 billion and a new generation of jacksons to carry on his legacy.

>> i want it entertain people. it is an escape to the magic of the world. that's what i'm here to do. honored to have the job. >> i think when i have more control over my career and that makes me more after threat to people. people in the interus try and i think i'm at the beginning of a very fruitful career. >> that was an understatement. madonna was bent on world domination and over 30 years later she still is a pop culture phenomenon. she shocked us, entertained us and at 57 she is worth $800 million, making her the world's richest recording artist. >> i knew i could be a hit a long time ago. just a matter of people believing in that. >> from ma did notmadonna, beyos child. >> to have the success we've had

in the past two years is unbelievable. >> we were on the set with them when they found out they sit the big time. >> we found out our album debuted at number 1. we broke into the can record at columbia records. we are so excited. i can't think of a word right now. >> since then queen b struck out on her own and built a music empire along with rapper husband jay-z. blue ivy's mom sold 118 million records worldwide and won 20 grammyets. >> i'm just blessed. i can't tell you how excited i am and how blessed i am. >> katy perry first caught our attention in 20088 when she did this ♪ i kissed a girl and i liked it ♪ . >> you hear the stories about different artist who wake up and have that song in their head and they have to write it down in the middle of the night. i always thought that's total bs. that never happens. then i woke up one day and i had

"i kissed a girl and i liked it quotes and i thought, how strange. >> she made her way to the highest paid of male artist but mega pop star status goes to taylor swift. >> i literally wrote this song in 15 minutes. the fact that it has become a hit and propelled my car is just so amazing. i'm so grateful. cano. >> making her debut with tim mcgraw, today adding 16 grammies. first time we met her is on the red carpet at american country music awards. a nominee and feeling very royal. >> i think everybody should get the chance it feel like princess. whether it is prom or red carpet. i skipped out on prom so this is my chance to feel like prom.

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lots of stars celebrating birthdays this weekend. now on saturday, we have 44, trisha yearwood turning 51. beautiful sophia lauren turns 81. now, which talk show host majored in computer science? jimmy fallon who turns 41 on saturday. >> monday on "e.t.." we break down fashion hits and misses. and in honor of the awards we're also teaming up with your neighborhood beauty destination, rite-aid. they have all of the products you need to get that red carpet ready look. >> we're almost out of time. but for more flashbacks go to our website. where you can also pick up classible magazine. >> before we good tonight, check out this video from teen sensation shawn mendez from his song off his album

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>> vicki: now at eight. triple-digit temperatures soar across the bay area. today's hot, smoggy, and smokey weather from wildfires has

triggered another spare the air alert for tomorrow. good evening, i'm vicki liviakis. here you can see the sunshine at the golden gate bridge. san mateo bridge. and bay bridge. temperatures reached into the hundreds in parts of the east bay today. record-breaking temperatures were recorded at s-f-o, richmond, and gilroy. >> vicki: we could be seeing a slight cool down later this week. kron 4's brian van aken has been tracking the forecast. brian, what can we expect for tomorrow? 9 >> brian: it's been pretty hot and sunny on this last weekend of summer. highs sunday afternoon were into the 90s and triple-digits across much of the bay area. the sea breeze has been largely absent this weekend, and without that cool ocean air it can really warm up. weekend, and without that cool ocean air it can really warm up.