tens of thousands turned out for the annual pilgrimage. we will have a live report. >> the search is on for three suspects who attacked an elderly man on the blue line. and a two-day extension helps congress avoid a government shutdown... when the senate might vote on a funding package. good morning. i'm lourdes duarte. dan is off today. thanks for joining us on the wgn morning news at *4 a-m.* demetrius ivory has a check of our weather. >> good morning. the all important weekend forecast is heating up. temperatures will go up. we dodged

another bullet. i know everybody is waiting for the snow blocked to drop. but the cold weather will not arrive this weekend. patchy fog early on could slowdown. we have fog especially in areas outside of chicago. near average high in the '30's. right now visibility only 3 mi. and bartlett. in dekalb only half a mile. joliet, 1.7 mi.. 5 mi. in kankakee. this will linger close to 10 or 11:00. keep that in mind. 23 at o'hare. chicago reads at 26. 21 in kankakee. some light composite shows we are dry. you may see where that falk is coming into this area. sun and clouds today highs in the upper 30s. typically we are in the mid-30s. with say warmer than normal for the weekend. 48 on saturday.

and then on sunday we get to a high of 50 degrees chance of showers sunday evening into monday. i'm making lots of friends here. >> that's the good research project. fin out where we were at halloween. >> more homework. great. we have some construction over by the jane addams. it looks like the dan ryan westbound this is for the intersection is. it is partially blocking the exit ramp until 58 them. at least one hour of slow traffic through there. the road conditions are looking good so far. hopefully that means a nice easy start as you head out the door. we will break down those numbers and bring you another hot spot coming up in a few minutes. a small fire in a senior center high-rise on the south side killed a resident and injured two others. the alarm came shortly before eight o'clock last night from the building in the 700 block of east 69th

street in the park manor neighborhood. smoke detectors in the building were working when firefighters got there. the fire wasn't noticeable from the outside. the wheelchair bound victim been made their way out to the third floor. the hallway was clear of smoke but when we opened the door there were exposed to the fire so it was quickly put out to. one man to die. >> the wheelchair-bound victim was 51-years-old. his identity has not been released. two elderly women were hospitalized in serious condition. two fire fighters are recovering from minor injuries.. after a multi- alarm fire at resurrection medical center. flames broke out just after 9:30 last night.. in the 74- hundred block of west talcott avenue -- on the city's northwest side. authorities say the fire started in second floor chapel. no patients or hospital staff were injured, but the second and third floors

were evacuated. investigators are looking into what caused the fire. a massive celebration continues in des plaines this morning. tens ot thousands of pilgrims are gathered to offer their prayers and promises to "our lady of guadalupe." nancy loo is there with more. them up there are quite a few people here, even at 4:00 a.m.. the crowd is a dinner for the overnight mass but pilgrims continue to flock to the shrine. hundreds gathered at midnight for the mass led by the new archbishop. >> he addressed pilgrims in spanish for most of the time reflecting the latin american routes of this annual tradition. the shrine

is the only one like it outside of mexico city. by the closing of mass at 7:00 p.m. tonight, the total number of programs is expected to top 120,000. many will walk up to 10 mi. or more back to their home parish. the archbishop addressed the significance of the journey. >> we take this group together, we go slowly with those who go slower we also search out to those who have lost their way. >> we comment to celebrate the faith. the face in the lord and in our lady guadeloupe. >> more than 40 percent of the 2.2 million catholics in the chicago area are hispanic. the celebration continues with another mass in about one hour.

>> an attack on the blue line -- caught on camera by the perpetrators themselves. it's helping out police. take a look. this recording shows two men taking turns smacking and jabbing an elderly man. no police report was filed... but the video was uploaded to youtube. police saw it. with nearly 90 thousand views...there's a lot of anger over it. >> it's an assault when you put your hands of somebody it an assault. >> it's heartbreaking to see how somebody would terrorize somebody like this. >> the recording *did capture the faces of the attackers. it's not clear when they attack happened. the c-t-a is turning-over additional surveillance video to police. police want the victim to come forward and file a report. the house survived an eleventh-hour rebellion by democrats, to endorse a spending bill to keep the government running through september. andrew spencer

reports....it's now up to the *senate to prevent a government shutdown. >> of the 1.1 trillion dollars spending bill would fund most of the government through september. running short on time, the senate avoided the shutdown at midnight by agreeing to a two day extension. the bill, negotiated by both houses ran into the opposition in the house. even the most outspoken critics- >> here we are being blackmailed, blackmailed to vote for in appropriations bill . >> the say shutdown won't happen. a month are you willing to be held responsible for shutting down the government? >> we are not shutting down here >> i know there is a lot of concern but at the last part of session to have trauma it's like saying the sun is coming up tomorrow. >> the house was able to squeeze the bill through before midnight here >> the motion is adopted.

>> invoked in the senate will likely happen sometime today. back to. >> there won't be any immediate push for a special election to chose a new illinois state comptroller. judy baar topinka died of a stroke earlier this week, before she could be sworn in for her second term. house speaker mike madigan says it's up to the governor, either pat quinn or bruce rauner, to appoint topinka's successor. madigan says the legislature will stay out of it. a memorial service for judy baar topinka has been scheduled for next wednesday morning. it'll be held at the headquarters of the international union of operating engineers, in countryside. topinka reportedly stated in her final legal documents that she did *not want a funeral or wake... but said her friends and family members could hold a memorial service for her, following her cremation. the final proposals are in for the obama presidential library. the university of chicago

and the university of illinois at chicago are among the four finalists. but officials at the university of chicago say the city isn't a "shoo-in". the university still needs the land to build it. new york city's "columbia university" is considered the college's biggest challenger. the university of hawaii is also in the running. it could be a devine sign in a frying pan. at least that's what andrew key of austin, texas, thinks of a burn mark on a cooked tortilla. he thinks it looks a lot like the face of jesus with a beard. he says he won't use it in a taco....but will keep it safe. of course, it also looks a lot like the most interesting man in the world from those beer commercials. the case of a missing family i am always torn . and never know what to think of these. >> state thursday by friend. that's what i say . let's

take a look outside. it's friday. the weather is not like december. we do have some haze out there and very confused temperatures we will be much warmer than normal. a foggy start today. sun and clouds this afternoon . mostly cloudy tonight. the fall for turns to night. right now visibility down only half a mile. that's the type of stuff that slows you down. bartlett down to 3 mi.. remember use your low beams and keep enough distance between you and the car ahead of you. 26 degrees right now. 21 in kankakee. satellite and radar show we are tried today. expect a high temperature of 48 on saturday, sunday we make 50. chance of rain sunday night into monday. temperatures stay up until tuesday. >> coming up, but dramatic end to the case of the missing family in

california. and where you can buy pot whether it is illegal in your state. plus, a powerful storm strikes of the west coast spring flooding and wind and outages. will tell you what was found in a one capsul in the case of the missing

family in california has been solved. it ended in a dramatic standoff on a highway overpass near san diego. that's where police arrested daniel perez, and freed his four sons. perez, his wife erica and the boys vanished last friday. erica perez's body was found wednesday in the trunk of the family car. her husband is suspected of killing her and kidnapping his sons. no charges have been filed yet. a federal judge in saint louis says police there, and those in nearby ferguson, were too quick to use tear gas on people who protested the michael brown case. a federal lawsuit was filed, to try to force limits on the use of tear gas. the police argued that they used it, only after the protests turned violent and destructive. the judge ruled that saint louis area police must issue warnings, and give protesters plenty of time to disperse, before resorting to tear gas. but the judge did *not say tear gas must be used only as a last resort. native american tribes can

grow and sell marijuana on their lands as long as they follow the same rules as states that have legalized it. that ruling from the justice department yesterday. whether pot will become a big business on reservations like casino gambling has is unclear. many tribes oppose legalization and only a few have expressed interest in the cannabis industry. there are over 550 tribes recognized by the federal government. a time capsule buried for more than 200 years has accidentally been found. it happened yesterday in boston. crews working on water main break, stumbled upon the capsule... under a cornerstone of the massachusetts state house. it's believed to be the oldest unopened time capsule in the u-s.. containing artifacts and coins dating back to 17-95. it was first buried by governor samuel adams, paul revere and william scollay. the capsule will be restored and preserved at the museum of fine arts in boston. a powerful storm known as the "pineapple express"

ripped through the west coast, causing at least 2 deaths. winds nearing 100-miles-per- hour and heavy rains caused streets to flood.. leaving more than 150-thousand homes and businesses in the bay area without power. the rising tide destroyed 2 houses. many brave surfers took advantage of the 7-foot waves.. but... as the storm moved south, official warned that dangerous rip currents and 15-foot waves are likely. that's a big wave. >> that storm and another storm, one of the east coast are all working to keep things pretty nice for us. out to the west we have that storm, the pineapple express, in a low pressure system that just comes in from the south. you can see it the moisture california is covered even down to los angeles. to the east we have a nor'easter and pressing

off for their. 20 in. of snow in syracuse new york. we are in the middle and that's a good place to be. high temperatures will be warmer than normal for the potential for nice, weather. 43 degrees right now. in a school starts. elsewhere it's 23 and walking in. down in kankakee its 21 . 24 and bartlett. the visibility could be an issue today. we have current visibility is down to only half a mile in some areas. give yourself some extra time and be careful. satellite composite shows we are dry today through friday. next chance for precipitation is saturday night and sunday . chance of drizzle saturday night and early sunday. chance of rain sunday and monday. he the way, warm temperatures, december weather. it's just not here and won't arrive until the weekend. 30 degrees today . patchy fog early on.

tonight's slow down to 32. the fault will return late . mostly cloudy. saturday's high 48. we talked up by 2 degrees on sunday by reaching 50 degrees. monday is even warmer pure chance of rain mixed with something else. >> continuing to tease us with this forecast parent we have a quick look outside. we have bridgework that started this week 18th street is closed. this is a significant kosher. it will be blocking off all the way down to canal and not open again until april 2015. here is the bridge they are working on built in the late '60s and needs a lot of repair. they're working on the sidewalks and street below as well. everybody will basically be de toward right through the heart of chinatown. westbound dan ryan some interest work there. should be picked up in about 45 minutes. the

numbers are looking good so far. nice dried roots. we will break down the numbers in just a few minutes. the amount nice and easy. coming up and look at the hiring trend for 2015. and calling himself the positive prankster. the local student his video is going fadel. and in sports, the black hawks look to make it in a row. >> good morning. we are cornerback to school but not just any school, we are going to hot dogs university where you can learn how to open your own hot dog stand, were also getting tips on what you can use at home on your grill. that story coming up next. the black the morning. the blackhawks

amazing eight wins in a row, 11 of the last 12. dave lost just one game in 25 days off the calendar. a lot of quality victories against good teams on the road. last night in boston the lead in the first period. off the boards it's the first nhl goal for him. it 1-0. later, smith gets a

reward, but cleaned up goal, third of the year. the lead 2-0 after one. and they are under way. on the move once again, this time he waits and close the top shelf is 3-0. and that was pretty much it. but the captain takes a vicious hit in the second period. he hits the boards. they get him from behind he finishes but did not return in the third. coaches cullet a precautionary measure. the blackhawks win 3-2. afterward the talk about capt.. >> we will see how he is more . looks like he will be all right. it's an upper body injury but think he will be ok. >> when he was hit did he want to stay in? >> he didn't want to come off. nobody wants to come off in that situation. he

got thrown out but he is a competitive guy. that's for his act. >> the topees ok. >> a youtube sense station is giving a lot of attention. known for his positive prankster videos online he has invented a mistletoe kissing contraption. try to wrap up as many cases as possible. in the end he counted 64 with many more hits on youtube. we talked about it on the news yesterday . >> i think the best part is the reaction and the people smiling and enjoying what is happening in front of them. it is a bit different. stuff like that is exciting for our entire team. >> that's how works. he's a

junior and says he is already working on his next video. so he puts together with this thing so that girls have to kiss him all the time. he's going to make millions. >> these kids know everything. >> is and it flew season? >> i'd be pulling out to the antibacterial wipes. >> the next class will be on assault and misdemeanor . >> or business and marketing. >> 23 degrees today. temperatures up to 36. climb to 38. typically we would be 35. we will be warmer than normal. we are expecting warmer conditions this entire weekend. upper 40's as to get into saturday. sunday even better we climb up to 50. by monday a high temperatures are in the '50s. chance for rain. >> we are watching a serious

accident. this is heading westbound on 80, all planes are down because of an accident. there is a fuel spill. they're mopping up it could be closed for some time. watching this accident we also have some construction in the process of being picked up. outbound dan ryan at 55 right lane blocked ongoing car fire. numbers are good another breakdown coming out. >> more to come including the dairy skier who took on an extremist ski run. >> and the director of the cia is defending the agency against a recently repeat police torture a report . >> and the fallout from the sony pact continues. and dean tens of thousands turned out

to the annual our lady of guadalupe pilgrimage. the search is on for three suspects who attacked an elderly man on the blue line. all caught on camera. and a two day extension

helps congress to avoid a government shutdown. good morning, i'm lourdes duarte. dan is off today. let's go to demetrius ivory for a check of the weather. >> we have a great forecast for the weekend. i think dan got off early. nobody believes he is sick, on a friday before christmas. when you are sick on wednesday we buy it. but not on a friday. let's take a look across the region. 1.7 mi. visibility in our . to down 2.5 in the kelp. this ability could be an issue. satellite composite shows cloud cover we will have cloud cover but that's it. it really a nice weekend coming . fairly nice temperatures. 48 on saturday. maybe it is good to be off today. monday, another day to enjoy at home. 51 there . chance of rain on monday. rained mixing with snow on tuesday.

>> i'm off on monday. among europe's in the forecast and you know. >> she's heading down to that kissing booth. picking up something. take a look outside we have an accident was then 80 all planes down everyone being pushed off. this involved a semi trucks, fuel spilled all over. could take some time to clean that up. still dealing with an aftermath of the outbound dan ryan with install at 55 right lane blocked. >> a massive celebration continues in des plaines this morning. tens of thousands of pilgrims are gathered to offer their prayers and promises to "our lady of guadalupe." nancy loo is there with more. i expect there must be another mass coming up shortly. >> it is starting at five a m. the crowd is starting to

grow again here at the shrine despite the cold and the early hour . behind me, you can see over 100 people here hundreds more were here at midnight for the mast led by the new archbishop. >> he addressed pilgrims in spanish for the most part reflecting the latin american routes of this in you will tradition. it dates back over 470 years. the shrine is the only one like it outside of mexico city. by the closing mass at 7:00 p.m. tonight, the total number of pilgrims is expected to top 120,000. many will walk up to 10 mi. or more back to their home parish. the archbishop

addressed the significance of the journey. >> it is an opportunity for us as catholics, as people who are of faith to make sure we remind ourselves that we are on a pilgrimage. >> it's cold, but for us, it's really important to be here. >> back here live, you can see the crowd growing. there are masses happening every two-three hours. all kinds of events. it's quite a festive atmosphere. we are live. back to you. >> a former teacher from winnetka is now accused of molesting a third child more than 40 years ago. bill bricker is now 94 years old. he spent decades as a boy scout leader and gym teacher in winnetka. in september, he was charged for molesting two boys at a wyoming summer camp in the 60s and 80s. now, a woman has stepped

forward... saying bricker fondled her on a wyoming camping trip in 19-68. meantime, bricker is in hospice care in his michigan home... fighting extradition to wyoming. taking a look at the *other top stories this morning. fire broke out in a senior living center in the park manor neighborhood, killing a man who was confined to a wheelchair. two women were hospitalized in serious condition. the cause is under investigation. the fire was contained to one apartment on the third floor where the man was found. police are looking for two men who assaulted an elderly man on the blue line. this recording shows them smacking and jabbing at the man. it's unclear when the attack actually happened. the c-t-a is turning-over additional surveillance video to police. authorities say they need the victim to come forward and file a police report. former chicago cop steven mandell will spend the rest of his life in prison for plotting to torture, kill and chop up a riverside

businessman. in rambling remarks before sentencing, he claimed he was framed by an informant. a torture chamber set up on west devon avenue was rigged with a hidden f-b-i camera. a memorial service has been scheduled next wednesday morning for judy baar topinka. the illinois comptroller died of a stroke this week. the service will be held at the headquarters of the international union of operating engineers, in countryside. in legal papers, topinka reportedly asked for a memorial service instead of a funeral. the republican-led house survived a late rebellion by democrats, to pass a bill funding the federal government through next september. dozens of democrats objected to the proposed lifting of some banking regulations. but in the end, they voted with republicans to endorse the bill. >> here we are in the house being blackmailed to vote for an appropriations bill . the mud in congress at the last part of session there is trauma, it's like saying to the sun is coming up

tomorrow morning. they will get this worked out. >> the spending bill funds obamacare for another year. and it funds president obama's controversial immigrant amnesty and registration through february. the house passage averts a government shutdown, unless the democrat-controlled *senate rejects the spending bill. a vote could come as early as today. c-i-a director john brennan held an unprecedented televised news conference at the agency's headquarters to respond to the senate's scathing report on brutal interrogation techniques. brennan admitted agents abused terror suspects after 9-11, but he challenged the report's conclusion that torture techniques didn't work. >> our reviews indicate that the interrogation program produced useful intelligence to help the u.s. to capture terrorists and save lives. but, let me be clear, we have not concluded that it was the use of the fight

he's with in the program that allowed us to obtain useful information from detainee's subjected to that. >> brennan denied the c-i-a lied to congress about enhanced interrogation techniques... or e-i-t's. and he said the agency is making changes to ensure more oversight of interrogations. congressional staffers are sending a message about police brutality. they walked off the job yesterday -- on one of capitol hill's busiest days of the year. the move protests the decisions not to indict police officers in the deaths of mike brown and eric garner. the group raised their hands in the now famous protest symbol, "hands up don't shoot." some of their bosses -- well known congressmen -- joined in the stance. a ten-day suspension, for the chicago police officer who blared the song "sweet home alabama", while escorting protestors on the west side. those protesters were

marching against police violence. critics say the 1974 song has been used by some bigoted groups as an anthem of southern pride with confederate-type values. the officer in question said he was blaring the song as a fan of the university of alabama. the team won a big game on saturday. attorney general eric holder will be in chicago today. he'll talk about trust between law enforcement and civilians. he'll also lead a discussion... on how the obama administration can improve the relations between police departments and its citizens. similar events also happened in other cities across the country. sony's co-president is apologizing for comments she made about some hollywood's a-listers. personal emails were leaked during sony's massive hack.. including those between co- chairman amy pascal and producer scott rudin. the emails included insensitive comments about angelina jolie, kevin hart and president obamna.... pascal apologized and accepted full

responsibility for her comments. rudin also issued an apology. behold the ultimate ski run. take a look.. this is cody townsend, a professional skier, navigating a treacherous narrow crevice on an alaskan mountain, as his helmet camera recorded the entire incredible feat. at times, he had to squeeze between walls of stone and ice, just six feet apart. it lasted only 15 seconds... and it included a high-speed turn to avoid hitting one of those walls. >> look at that guy. >> it was so hard to not hit the wall in front. >> he won the run of the year award. it almost doesn't even look real. >> we have to get off the bunny hill. this guy inspires me. the kids can play. we are going to

release to the light green level. current conditions, 23 degrees right now . wind of the west at 8 mi.. there will be fallbrook with a light wind. week to clear out. that will happen overnight. the wind remains,. the we get the fall. 20 degrees at o'hare . 24 in bartlett. to the south we are at 24. morris at 24. temperatures are 22 in michigan city. gary reading and 28. you will see the low visibility out there. in morris we are only at 3 mi.. give yourself some extra time today and use your low beams. some light composite shows no rain or snow that's good news. the forecast shows today's high temperature 38 degrees. when you take a look at the upcoming three day forecast,

tomorrow we make 48. sunday, 50 degrees. with a mild for the weekend. fingers crossed if this trend continues. we could have a white christmas. maybe it warm christmas. >> that sounds good. still ahead, what the pope is saying about dogs and have been. and a super model coming forward with new accusations against bill cosby. what she is saying next. and the mystery deepens about where the water on earth came from. new findings discovered from new findings discovered from the comment. oil fell below $60 l

for the first time since july 2009. stocks still game. nasdaq up 24 . s&p finishes higher. if you are looking for a job, 2015 may be your year. 60 percent of employers expect to increase hiring in 2015 but according to a survey, 40 percent said they have trouble finding the proper candidates. the problem is many are overqualified for those positions available so the

hardest jobs to fill all those requiring only a high- school degree like truck drivers and factory workers and sales managers. some dogs have turned out it really goes to heaven according to the pope. that's what he's saying in his weekly address. the pope said all the animals can make it into heaven. his remark was meant to convert a young boy in moderate morning the death of his dog he said one day we will see our animals again. paradise is open to all of god's creatures. >> allegedly a son of in our key factor threatened to make criminal threats . his due in court december 30th. faces up to four years and eight months in prison if

convicted. >> of the bill cosby's son gets uglier . more women continue to come forward with assault allegations. this time in his beverly johnson. she now accuses the committee and of assaulting her back in the mid-80s. "sons of anarchy" actorshe says cosby invited her to his home after casting her on his t-v show... and drugged her cappuccino before trying to grope her. she says she fought him off and later blacked out in a cab on the way home. the rosetta spacecraft that put a lander on a comet last month... has detected water on that comet. but... it's apparently nothing like the water here on earth. and that has scientists rethinking the theory that earth got its water from melting comets billions of years ago. with this information, astronomers are now assuming water came from asteroids. >> of course. that makes sense. >> i like a witch's rep on

scientists like we are doing important things ourselves. a good transition, we are going to hot dog university. teaching people how to run their own hot dog cart, now have a graduate school where they teach how to run in your own hot dog stand and how to create some unique menu items. take a look. >> >> the graduate course we call a hot dog stand course, we train people had to open up an actual stands which are brick and mortar restaurants. you can do all kinds of things they could not do with a cart. >> were going to do that today to >> today we will do things your studio audience has never seen. let's do it. >> when you are doing grilled onions like this, we usually do them in oil and it takes a long time to get them done. the lumber and

they stay in the become caramelized and these i did earlier this morning, check out the difference. the more they stay on here but sweeter they get. however, we cheat and we take some coca-cola and instead of adding sugar to the onions with for some of this on top. it increases the time for them to be caramelized. you can see the difference. we're going to make a chart salami sandwich. the trick here is when you throw these on the grill, you don't want them to curl up. so what i am doing, is by a matching the four corners. here we have one of our charter of salami sandwiches. let me show you how to do this the hot dog university style. i take one of these out,

everybody watching? >> what are you doing to my hot dog? >> i am aerating the bond. >> look at that. it's like a little bit late. >> you'll take--taste every spice. >> that's incredible it's like pigs in a blanket pierre >> that is incredible. >> you are graduating. magnum, lava. here is your diploma . i'm here to present to on the counter 3 tosser hat into the air i will toss it with you. that you count. 1, 2, 3. the amount that was the highlight of my life. i have to degrees in hot dog university. at the factory there at no. damon avenue, they can get you ready to be

out on the street with your own hot dog cart and the continued to open your own hot dog stand. 900 people have gone through the program 90% are still working. >> you are a graduate in parents must be so proud >> my and i you diploma is off the wall and this one is up. >> by the way, check this out. it's your birthday! >> it is today. don't upstaged the hourly rate lady of guadalupe day. but thank you very much for noticing my birthday. >> now you can drink! >> i can't party. >> what are you doing this weekend? >> i don't know what we are doing. >> going home to bed may be at 7:00. >> thank you for telling me. >> if all the beginning we will have falk early on. some areas of visibility less than 1 mi.. that could slow you down. the on the

lookout. taking a look at the 74 cast, high temperature 38 today here tonight down to 32. tomorrow we mage 48. sunday we make 50. monday, 51 with the chance for rain. speaking of a fall the beginning erin has traffic . >> is that before the coffee for kicks in? that is completely true. we have some things happening out on the roads. new accident near watching at 35. there are some injuries so emergency crews are on the scene. we had a serious crash involving a semi and fuel is all over the road. everyone was forced off. this is just off the ec had in westbound. everything shutdown could be a while before them off this up. and still dealing with a great claim blocked. we will have more details on the traffic coming up. >> in the meantime, chris brock takes on the celebrity

life. dean reduce the new movies. in the i'm afraid these men

would only slow down. >> we popular at school? >> obnoxious mathematician who is recruited by the british military in world war 2, to crack hitler's enigma code. deans says it's a more than compelling story about a group of brainiacs in a turbulent time.. it's a deans list "a". also this weekend... the biblical story of moses, "exodus gods and kings" starring christian bale. the parting of the red sea and the burning bush that you've seen a hundred times in other versions of the story are played down... while the brutality is played up. dean says, "exodus" is an interesting update on one of the words most familiar stories. it's a deans list "d minus" and for some laughs this weekend chris rock tries again for some movie gold in "top five." it's a story of a superstar comedian whose lived life in the fast lane... now

sober trying to find some balance in his life and to be taken seriously as an actor. dean says aside from the laughs, it's surprisingly thought provoking. its a deans list "b" good stuff. >> i want to see the first one, what's it called again? the one about the genius. it sounded good. >>

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