this is "nightline." >> tonight, a league of their own. it's an invite-oy dating gup that promises to put attractive successful singles within reach. now 100,000 people are trying to get into the league. tonight we ask is it really worth the wait? from the outside she's flawless. underneath all the glamor it's a whole different story. >> i had a corset squeezing me within an inch of my life. >> behinds scenes of a new classic and into the making of a thoroughly modern princess. larger than life. to millions of followers josh is known as the fat jewish on purpose. tonight katie couric is with this social media sensation talking his plans to be the new oprah. >> you get a croissant and you

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could this be how couples or at least the pretty ones find love in the future? here's abc's rachel smith. >> reporter: rihanna and 30 of her friends have traveled to one of wine country's most prestigious ventures. >> >> at hour. >> reporter: she receives her daily romantic matches kurt ity of a dating app called the league. >> i think the league has been probably on 40 total at this point. >> reporter: it's dubbed the ivy league of dating apps promising to pair you with attractive, successful, highly educated members. the total package. and when word spread briana is a member of the invite-only app her friends want in. >> it's great to know you're going to have an experience with the dating app and know the quality of the matches that you're going to be given is up to your standards.

there's a really big wait list right now. >> 84,000. >> reporter: this bachelor is number 65,000 on a growing list of singles waiting to cross the app's digital velvet rope. currently only available in san francisco and launching next month in new york. >> there's got to be a way to jump it, right? >> it's a manual process making sure they're selecting anyone. >> reporter: briana has a date tonight with one of her new matches. she's thrilled. >> i think i'm ready. his name is matt seems really cool. he seems like he is passionate about outdoor activity. a lot of his photos were outside doing hiking. >> reporter: only a few months old, the league matches are earning buzz in the crowded online dating space. joining the likes of niche dating sites like beautiful people, farmers only and christian mingle. >> i've been a matchmaker over six years. what i've noticed is that clients come through the door and they want someone who is

like them. they want someone who grew up like them, whose educated like them, making as much money as they are. >> reporter: a former google employee and stanford business grad, 30-year-old amanda bradford started the app when she grew frustrated with her own online dating experience. >> i didn't know much about the user other than what they looked like on a lot of apps. i'm attracted to a lot more than just looks. >> reporter: she said she wasted far too much time vetting potential dates. >> every woman that i know googles someone before they meet them for coffee. at least 90%. i'm not going to meet someone, some stranger for coffee without doing due diligence on them. this is happening so let's just be up front about it. >> reporter: the app limits membership to referrals and applicants whose photos, facebook, and linked inn accounts pass muster. the result, the app claim is a hand-selected pool of catches. >> he's a great guy, architect.

league-worthy kind of guy. >> reporter: ivyilingy league degrees, white collar jobs. >> a doctor that worked at the air force, double tap him if you like him. >> you hearted him, oh! >> reporter: it's hard not to notice a pattern. >> is this the latest app? elitist app? >> it's classy, for people with high standards. >> reporter: the standards have led some to accuse her of building a tinder for snobs, a 4% acceptance rate. >> some have called it elitist. >> any time you're selecting a group of people, you are going to get that criticism. but if you look at where people meet their significant others it's through work, it's through friends of friends, it's through college college. all of those are very vetted cure rated communities. so i don't see why a dating app wouldn't employ the same methods. >> reporter: that may be so but experts warn that this type of extreme cureation may limit our dating pool.

we can miss spontaneous connections, the stuff of great love stories. >> we're focused on our phones, walking on the streets looking down instead of looking up at people. what's incredible to me is the person that may be perfect for you may be standing in front of you and you're too busy looking at your phone to even realize. >> reporter: a risk these daters are willing to take. >> has the league renewed your faith in relationships and getting out there on the dating scene? >> yeah. i think it has. >> reporter: 28-year-old alexandra is a self-described overachiever. check out her profile. a former olympic skater, accomplished athlete a fourth-year med student at university of pennsylvania. >> when you only have so much time to take to go on a date with someone you've never met before you really need to have confidence that this has been cure rated. the guys on the league are actually really interested in finding smart, career-driven women. i think it's important for me to find someone that values that and supports that. >> reporter: alexandra is now happily dating josh.

a 6'3" finance guy with a degree from columbia business school who's also a pianist and a skilled archer. alexandra met him at a league mixer like this one happening tonight. where matchers are encouraged to meet offline and get person alvis from amanda one by one, she goes through this user's photos. >> you know i can't even tell which one is you in this. it's completely blurry. you're wearing goggles. and there's no full-body photos. >> i have to get better photos, okay. >> now we have a really good balance. people seem to be loosening up a little bit. it's been fun. >> i don't know, i feel this is a little too tight for a first date. >> reporter: across town briana's getting ready for her big date with matt. >> i'm excited just to meet him and see him in person.

>> reporter: a 31-year-old content manager at a tech company. >> you look good. >> so do you. >> reporter: the two immediately connect. >> i had a really nice date tonight. >> the date's going really well. i think that he's definitely somebody that i'd be interested in going out with again. >> reporter: if matt and briana make a love connection and get off the app there's a list of 100,000 became across the country ready to take their place. >> the wait list is for a reason. and i think that's probably one of the benefits of it, you know. is it elitist? i don't think so. if it puts the right people -- people who have a lot of similarities together. >> i have a feeling there will definitely be a second date. i'm looking forward to that. >> reporter: for "nightline" i'm rachel smith in san francisco. >> so is the league smart or snobbish? head to our facebook page to tell us what you think. next --

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princesses have come a long way since their cookie cutter days. tonight the star-studded cast of "cinderella" explains how the fairy tale got a modern update. here's abc's nick watt. >> whoa, whoa whoa challenge. >> are you all right?

>> what did he call you? >> never mind what they call me. >> reporter: the pivotal scene in cinderella. >> where do you live? >> at the palace. my father's teaching me his trade. >> reporter: a chance meeting with the prince in the forest long before the ball. >> was that in the cartoon? >> no, in the cartoon the prince is in it for two minutes. they dance she's dreaming of the prince right from the start. this is a really different take on that. >> reporter: they fall in love when she's in rags and has no idea who he is. >> they treat you well? >> better than i deserve, most likely. >> reporter: real love. >> i hope to see you again, miss. >> and i you. >> reporter: a subtle retelling of an ancient tale. >> there's a real possibility to re-express, refresh the character of cinderella. not being a passive victim someone waiting for a man to rescue her. it seems that was not the message i particularly wanted to be part of sending out. >> so you see, equal meeting of

minds -- >> reporter: cate blanchett the wicked stepmother. >> is there someone you've forgotten? oh, it seems too much to expect you to prepare breakfast, serve it, and still sit with us. wouldn't you prefer to eat when all the work is done ella? or should i say cinderella? >> that was the only bit where i got annoyed at her passivity. >> right. but i think what's great from what lily is doing with the character is that in every measure the stepmother has turned jealous, cold mean vindictive spiteful because of the tragedy that she has experienced, the tragedy has allowed an impasse in cinderella. >> madam will do. >> how did you get this role? >> i went in f onef the sisters, to play anastasia. i had this awful pink orange jumper and my hair had been blond with big brown roots. >> happy to meet you. >> you have such pretty hair.

you should have it styled. >> oh. i'm sure you're right. >> i think because i had blond hair, they said, oh you should read for ella. >> do you actually have blond hair? >> i'm naturally a brunette. >> okay. >> it's all lies. >> reporter: visual trickery. confined to correspondartoons when disney made "cinderella." >> we can do quite a lot in the photo real world, produce mice and horses and geese and footmen that are alarmingly real. that have creative control over that in a way that might previously have only been in animated films. >> there's been a little controversy over whether cinderella's waist was cgi. i'm more interested in richard madden's eyes. >> was he wearing aqua blue contact lenses? >> he genuinely isn't. >> those are really his eyes? >> it's really distressing. it's quite distracting. and wonderful. to look into his eyes. >> they had the most

extraordinary chemistry. watching them dance in the ball. >> did they have an affair? >> i cannot say. but there's -- oh you're that kind of journalist. >> reporter: i'm not. i'm really all about have they the first time telling this tale filled out cinderella's life her motivation? >> you understand cinderella's backstory, why she stays in a tore truss situation. >> reporter: it makes her triumph all the sweeter. >> everyone's looking at you. >> believe me they're all looking at you. >> reporter: now they're all looking at lily james, her previous biggest role was in "downton abbey." >> i had a tiny part in "clash of the titans," handmaiden. >> okay so -- >> yeah this is a bigger bit. >> i thought breakfast was ready. >> it is madam. i'm only lighting the fire. >> reporter: who else could have played cinderella? >> you auditioned to play

cinderella? >> of course of course. i'm a little bit cross. they were doing cgi, they could do a little of this. i said friends say to me when i told them what i was doing they were looking at me with slightly concerned, how do they ask me the question. aren't you slightly too old? the idea of me playing cinderella. but you do -- it's wonderful to be offered the villain. >> is it? you like being the villain? >> it's great, fantastic. >> why? >> because i'm so lovely in real life. >> may i present my daughters anastasia, drusella? >> reporter: she got to wear great dresses and so did cinderella. >> worst part of the whole experience? >> having to put a under my skirt to go to the bathroom. the dress took 20 minutes to get in, 20 minutes to get out. sort of an hour turnaround. >> maybe keep that to yourself.

>> no really. >> reporter: costume designer sandy powell brought us through a secret boor at saks fifth avenue to show us the actual dress, now on display in the store's win. >> this dress probably took longer than any other dress i've designed for any film. >> reporter: it took an army to build. >> 500 man hours. 20 different people did different things on the dress. one person adjusting the hem, one person pressing all the crystal, one person would dye the fabric, four miles of thread in the hem. >> reporter: a fabulous old-fashioned dress worn by a fairy tale figure who now has a modern story to tell. >> this isn't a girl waiting for a prince to rescue her. this is a girl that's dealing with her own life, a hard life and has such strength and courage that she's doing it really well and making her own choices. >> you must simply have courage and be kind. >> reporter: i'm nick watt for "nightline" in hollywood. >> "cinderella" brought to you

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he made a name for himself being slovenly. his alias as offensive to some as it is popular with others. the fat jewish. he has millions of internet followers to show for it. even his dog is famous. but there is one woman he'll

clean up for. that's our colleague and global anchor katie couric. >> reporter: josh aka the fat jewish, the fat jew, has been making quite a name for himself as the king of instagram. known for his hilarious and at times even thought-provoking posts, his crazy antics -- >> this is a cardio party! whoo! >> reporter: and even crazier hair, the fat jewish now has more than 3 million followers. i wanted to know how he got his foot in the door so we met up recently in new york at a nail salon. >> i think what really makes the fat jewish the fat jewish is the kangss, obviously. how do you come up with these captions? >> how did george washington found america? how did whoever painted the system chapel do that? michelangelo? whatever. it just is. >> it's just a gift? >> it just comes.

>> reporter: a recent favorite is the sign from the subway. >> satisfy your valentine with a foot long. right. they're probably not referencing jewish people, yeah. >> i like hillbilly. half hillary, half bill >> yep. >> kanye west, what he wants his baby to look like. >> which is him. he got in touch with me and we had brunch. >> what this. >> i don't know if he's not seeing it or doesn't care or maybe he's feeling it. >> tell me sort of the genesis of this whole thing. >> it basically just started as like me putting up funny stuff. and now it's gone like -- >> mainstream. >> it became this big thing. i've gotten hit up by people like you've really pulled me out of daily struggle. >> you and oprah. >> i'm very even ra except i cannot give away a car. you can get a croissant, you can get a croissant, you'll

reimburse me. >> reporter: 31 and recently married he's turned his at that time jewish persona into a gig. >> tell me about the money. >> there's money in this. >> give me an example. >> craftsman tools. it's like you're building me a giant bowl of chili. >> jimmy: you got in the bowl which looked disgusting was that gross? >> gross and not gross, it exfoliated me a little bit. i had a glow i looked pregnant when i got out. >> reporter: he's not the only one in his house bringing home the bacon. his dog toast, a cavalier king charles spaniel, is also an instagram celebrity. >> how did you find toast? >> toast was a rescue dog. actually all of her teeth were rotted. and so once all of her teeth were taken out, her lung hangs out all the time. >> it gives her a unique look. >> like j. lo's butt or cindy crawford's mole. totally, toast got the tongue. >> you must think the world is mad.

>> 2015 is weird yeah. i'm like super into it. i'm getting pedicures with you. like, this is awesome. >> our thanks to katie. you can get to yahoo.com to see more of her wacky day with josh and toast. charlie chaplin said a day without laughter is a day wasted. tune into "good morning america" tomorrow. we're online at abcnews.com. good night, america. hey, robert, cayou momove over a little bit, please? no. take the middle. i don't want the middle. gianni you move over to the middle. i'll go to the end. will you just sit down? all right, youou're gonna feel a little man-thigh. how does that grab you? you like that? come on! cool it already. people, shut up, all of you guys. what? what's wrong? nothing. it's... dedebra's not eling well bio...hormonally. oh...got it.

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