the tyler perry-spike lee smack down or race and comedy.ow the "showbiz news ticker" and more stories making news right now. >> you are watching "showbiz tonight." keep watching the bottom of your screen for more nonstop, compelling and provocative news from "showbiz tonight." >>> the great debate over the balloon boy hoax. the startling new admission that the balloon scam was a bunch of hot air. today a big name comes to the defense of the heene family. shouldn't we feel sorry for balloon boy dad? >>> tonight bad news for oprah. "showbiz tonight" breaks big news about oprah and her weight loss advice. she is not going to like what we are revealing. is oprah giving jennifer aniston her own talk show? jon and kate face off the same day kate answers heated questions on national tv. more stories from the "showbiz news ticker." tv's first most provocative entertainment news show starts right now. >> welcome back to "showbiz tonight." i'm a.j. hammer broadcasting tonight and every night from new york city. >> i'm brooke anderson from hollywood.

why spike lee is lashing out at tyler perry's sense of humor. >>> people in orange park florida, near jacksonville paying respects to somer thompson followed by a memorial service tomorrow. here was the scene outside the thompson home this morning. yesterday the neighborhood held a festival that doubled as a fund-raiser for somer's family. after the event the mom thanks the community for its support. >> all i want to happen is that my baby didn't die in vain. and that we catch them. everything everybody's done for me, it means the world to me. i love all of y'all. >> so far police are frustrated. they have no one in custody. somer went missing last monday walking home from school. her body found later at a georgia landfill across the state line. >>> teammates, family friends paying tribute to the university of connecticut football player stabbed to death eight days ago. the funeral for jasper howard is being held in miami today. the entire team flew down to florida to be there. here's live picture there. viewing for howard held yesterday. he was fatally stabbed outside a campus dance

spike lee has said, and i quote, "i think there's a lot of stuff out today that is coonery and buffoonerye ads for 'meet the browns' and 'house of payne,' and i'm scratching my head. we've got a black president, and we're going back. the image is troubling, and it harkens back to 'amos 'n' andy.'" he's talking about you. >> perry: i would love to read that to my fan base. let me tell you what madea, brown, all these characters are are bait; disarming, charming, make-you-laugh bait. so i can slap madea in something and talk about god, love, faith, forgiveness, family, any of those things, you know. so, yes, i... i think... you know, that pisses me off, it really does, because it... >> pitts: i can tell. >> perry: yeah. it's so insulting. it's attitudes like that that make hollywood think that these people do not exist. and that's why there's no material speaking to them, speaking to us. >> welcome to cbs sports update. i'm james brown in new york with the scores from around the nfl today. new england dominates in its overseas visit, cruising by winless tampa bay. the saints have come back

tonight, tyler perry is spriking back after spike lee slammed his work. you've got to hear why tyler called his words insulting. this is "showbiz tonight" on hln. >>> now the showbiz news ticker. more stories making news right now. >>> you're watching "showbiz tonight" on hln. right now keep on watching the bottom of your screen for more nonstop compelling and provocative news from "showbiz tonight." >>> beginning with breaking news right now. police have charged one person with murder in connection with the death of uconn football player jasper howard. defense attorney darin freeman says his client john william lomax, was taken into custody this morning. to remind you what happened 20-year-old jasper howard was stabbed to death outside the student union building on campus back on october 18th. police are holding a news conference in about a half hour to discuss all of the latest developments. we will bring that to you live. again, an arrest has been made. >>> also, an entire north florida community comes together to say good-bye to somer thompson. the fu

the list of alumni include martin luther king jr., spike lee and samuel l.ackson. >>> you have seen this ad before. it says, we can get rid of anything on your credit score. you better watch out. people who are desperate to clean up their credit reports are getting ripped off along the way. money expert jen westhoven is looking out for you, us, everybody. you have to look out for these ads that promise everything. >> you do, richard. there are so many people who want to refinance or get a car loan. it could be tempting when you see companies who say they can get anything off your credit record. the headline is that two companies are settling with the ftc, but they're small companies. really, i wanted to bring the story up as a way of reminding you, you have to be careful. if a company said they can come in and get rid of the evidence, your warning bells should go off. the bottom line is only mistakes on your credit record can be cleaned up but only old items. anything that is true in current, that has to stay. that's the ftc rules. beware of a company that p

its list of alumni include martin luther king jr., spike lee, and samuel l. jackson. >>> can you take a mouth grill out? i never -- i did not think you could take a mouth grill out. i thought it was like -- you can? i thought they were like diamonds and silver on your teeth. if an addict says i must be wrong -- i guess you can take it out. people on the crew are going, you can take it out. if an act sd says we can get ri anything on your credit score, watch out. our money expert jennifer westhoven is looking out for you. >> a lot of people think there's a blemish on my credit score. maybe you're angry about it or you think it's not fair. you have to be very careful about getting rid of it. there are two companies settling with the ftc right now over charges basically that they made stuff up, they made illegal claims. in case you were hoping that a company could just come many and kind of get rid of the evidence, they can't. the bottom line is that only fake things, problems, mistakes on your credit report can be removed. if it's true and current, they're stuc

some morehouse alumni include martin luther king, jr., spike lee, and sam sul uel l. jackson. >>> imagine being kicked out of the hospital because someone else may need the bed. >>> how about this? a huge shift in the way the government polices marijuana. the justice department is telling federal prosecutors not to go after patients who use medical marijuana as long as it's legal in their state. and the same holds true for the suppliers. but the justice department says it is not good use of federal manpower. 14 states allow some use of marijuana for medical purposes. >>> some people with incurable cancer or instage muflt approximately sclerosis could be denied access to florida hospitals if there's a massive flu outbreak. that is from a draft plan that a nonprofit news agency got their hands on from the state and gave to the "sun sentinel." it also says doctors may take people off ventilators if others who have a better chance of surveyal needs them. >>> the power of social networking shows in the ruts of a twitter campaign to beat cancer. they set out to raise a penn