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a study done at stanford university says sleeping amid short flashes of light the night before your trip can help you speed up the process of adjusting to a different time zone. that so-called light therapy is a way of speeding up the brain's adjustment to time changes. >> what are you saying? sleep with the disco ball. >> pretty much. it's not hot flashes you're having. it's just you're getting used to jet lag. >> i don't know about that one. >> me either. >> he hollywood stars who attended the oscars nominee luncheon would probably jet lagged. they gathered at the beverly hilton hotel. >> there was plenty you have discussion about diversity. and some news. a control of teenagers involved in the winning films will roll on the screen during acceptance speeches. >> producers say it's a way of allowing the winners to say

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the new year is always a time to celebrate. of course, in china with nearly 1.5 billion people you know the celebration has to be a big one. >> when it comes to one of the country's most beautiful fireworks displays, you might be surprised to find out just how they pull it off. here's abc's bob woodruff. >> reporter: in this remote corner of china, the night skylights up with a remarkable and unique kind of fireworks. few people in the world will

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♪ after his epic fail at the miss universe pageant, the phrase "you're hired" must be music to steve harvey's ears. so when he popped up during that super bowl ad, you saw it, it was nice to see that he made it

out of the scandal and to the other side. >> not only that, he's now having fun with the flub proving it's not whether you win or lose. well, okay, apparently that does matter. >> reporter: leave it to steve harvey. >> listen, folks, i have to an pol jazz. >> reporter: to turn a big blunder. >> i have to apologize miss universe 2015 is philippines. >> reporter: into big laughs. >> verizon got it wrong. yes, not me. >> reporter: the t-mobile super bowl add poking fun at his december hosting mishap when he announced wrong winner at the miss universe panel gent. >> it was a tough thing that happened but after awhile you got to start smiling about this. i liked te mobile and love the concept. nice little big at myself. >> reporter: we were right there going behind the scenes with the comedian he shot his big ad for the big game. >> whoa, whoa, listen, folks, i

have to apologize. those were last year's numbers it says it right here on the card. i'm not taking responsibility on this one. huh-uh, verizon got it wrong, yes, not me. >> reporter: after all the controversy, harvey now says he's finally able to laugh at it. >> when something major happens that's kind of negative in your life, you got to ride the storm out. whoever thought that this mishap with miss universe would turn into a super bowl commercial. >> yes, not me. >> a super bowl windfall is more like it. man, he's just rolling in the deep right now. >> i'm a huge fan of steve's. i think he's so funny. >> he's a good guy. >> he turned lemons into lemonade. >> yes, did he. >> he was really hurt by it though but he recovered. >> that's the news for this half hour.

this morning on "world news now," the first primary of 2016. >> some new hampshire voters have already cast their ballots this morning with trump and sand issues leading the polls. will undecided voters are lead to any upsets today. >> dangerous conditions. powerful snowstorm from the midwest to the northeast. the terrible bus accident and the next round of snow coming today. >> vacation nightmare. the cruz ship passengers injured after a luxury liner sails into hurricane force winds and 30-foot seas. the complaints and apology. and later, peyton manning's next move an after winning the super bowl and celebrating at disneyland, will he make up his mind and retire? it's tuesday, february 9th.