i'm going to let a.j. sum it up since this is your beat, a.j. a story really of not only just only just uber talented people but it was really a true story of diversity because they were good friends and would come out and play together and they would draw people from all backgrounds together. those two men and the rest of the e street band. >> sure, and that's something we may be very accustomed to now. but you know, think back 35, 40 years ago when the e street band was first coming together, that wasn't the case. and i think clemons himself you know, sums it up as far as his talent and as far as his calling when he called his instrument, that's tenor saxophone, a vehicle to move my spirit around. that's what it did. he had every intention, despite his ailing health over the past couple years and spinal surgeries, had he every intention of getting out on tour with the band in 2012, because that was his life blood. and how terrific for a new generation to see him right now in the lady gaga video, "the edge of glory." this is the simplest most m

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great to see, a.j. >> if you want everything from the entertainment world. a.j. got it.t. hln, 11:00 p.m. on "showbiz tonight." >> all right. from 30 rock, in the wake of wi weinergate, alec baldwin pull ace run for political mayor. a political buzz panelist cast their votes next. >> at bayer, we've been relieving pain for over 100 years. and today, we're re-inventing aspirin for pain relief. with new extra-strength bayer advanced aspirin. it has microparticles so enters the bloodstream faster and rushes relief right to the site of your tough pain. in fact, it's clinically proven to relieve pain twice as fast. new bayer advanced aspirin. extra strength pain relief, twice as fast. [ male announcer ] try it at no cost. look out for your coupon in this sunday's papers. >>> in the sexting scandal. congressman anthony weiner called bill clinton say, sorry. late night comedians having a field day. >> this is true, he did call president clinton to apologize, when bill suggested he also called hillary. weiner said, don't worry, i just sent her a text. >> what? congressman had a

a.j. hammer is here. how did he get out of this one?d this one, but it turns out he didn't have to sing his way out of trouble. his lawyers negotiated a more typical deal. a $500 fine, and according to his lawyers, the charges will disappear from his criminal record as long as he stays clean for the next 30 days. the prosecutor previously suggested he could pay just a $100 fine, like the money matters to him, if he would serenade the court with his hit "blue eyes crying in the rain." the judge overruled that plan, said the courtroom was not a jester court. still would have liked to have seen that happen. he's a known use of marijuana, but he has nothing on this next story on flava flav. >>> he talks about this huge crack cocaine addition, a.j., $2600 a day? >> yeah, these are some staggering numbers. flav is talking about his drug use and a lot more in a new book. and while promoting the book, he just told pop eater he spent that every day for six years. that's almost $5.7 million worth of cocaine. that's not the only surprise that he a

a.j.e to talk about all three. what do you think? should we talk about katie? >> are you ready to talk about katie? she's doing syndication. of course with her stature in the industry, her move over to abc where oprah was, a lot of people are now anointing her as a successor to oprah winfrey. she spoke with katie couric last night. she's what she had to say about that. >> nobody can replace oprah, and, you know, it makes me uncomfortable that people are even suggesting that. i think there will be a vacuum for intelligent conversation. i think in the afternoon, and i think no one will be the cultural icon that oprah has been and will continue to be. but just an opportunity to talk about important issue, and to have conversations that will hopefully enlighten people and help them leadbetter lives. it's just a very exciting proposition for me. >> i think she'll be great at it, too. the yet to be named show will premiere in september 2012 in the 3:00 p.m. time slot where general hospital curre

a.j. hammer joins us. i don't know, a.j. i have a feeling piper would not say yes to this.trouble with her new relatives. >> you might think. certainly. if nothing else, hey, this is a great pr stunt. usher is saying he has the sights set on pippa middleton and she became a worldwide sensation when her sister married prince william. "look" says usher said i don't think there's more talked about woman in the in the world at the moment. that may be true and if you're looking far model, makes sense to reach out to a celebrity with facebook sites devoted to her backside and now attention just for saying he plans to reach out to pippa without paying a penny. as for the odds of this happening, i don't think they would appreciate it if the princess sister-in-law modeled underwear. i don't hear the queen signing off on that. >> i don't think so. we should point out that she is a very smart and educated, as well. george clooney, back on the market. what more are you uncovering about this break-up? >> well, of course, everybody's talking about this and a bunch of stories out there ab

we say congratulations to america and ryan. >> thanks, a.j. you want information on everything in the entertainment world, a.j. has it at 11:00 p.m. on hln. >>> coming up, sarah palin tells her daughter bristol to button her lip after bristol says she had made up her mind overrunning for president. >>> let's take you live to orlando, florida. casey anthony and her father, george, testifying. >> relevance. >> sustained. >> you are aware of the possible penalties of child molesting, don't you, sir? >> objection. relevance. >> sustained. >> you would never admit to molesting your child. would you sir? >> objection. argumentative. >> objection. >> sir, i would never do anything like that to my daughter. >> my question is you would never admit to it, would you sir? >> sir, i would never do anything to harm my daughter in that way. >> only in that way. >> objection. >> sustained. >> move to strike. >> sir, do you recall when we questioned you the first time in reference to the gas can? >> sir, i have been asked about those gas cans numerous times. >

a.j. hammer is here. we definitely should start with tracy morgan.the talk over the weekend. >> it didn't slack off one bit. the story brought on friday. he went on a homophobic tear in a show, saying among other things he would stab his son to death if he was gay. he as apologized for the unfunny jokes. it was a big topic on the red carpet at the tony awards last night. "showbiz tonight" was there, of course, catching up with many stars. this reaction pretty much summed up a great deal of what we heard last night. >> what do you say to that? that's not funny alone in the house behind the door. so people do stupid things. i don't know him, i think the judgment has been passed. i haven't heard one person who's like, yeah. i'll bet no one laughed. it's just not funny. >> he's not even getting support from chris rock, wanda sykes, and i should point out, kyra, he only apologized a week after the comments and only a week after it came to light. >> it's a true shame. >> there's been tabloid headlines about kim kardashian having an affair, but you may have

a.j. hammer is here.o apologize, i understand. >> well, actually, he's trying to make amends. he's returning to nashville, because he does want to apologize face to face to all of those people. they paid money to go to the comedy show instead hurt a vial rant. monday, he spoke with the gay and lesbian alliance. he did announce a plan not just to go back to the scene of the crime to apologize, but also meet with gay, lesbian and transsexual teams this week. they also will appear in a psa for g.l.a.d. take a look at some of what we heard last night. >> i think what he did was wrong. i respect the fact, he said it was wrong. i think he's doing the right thing to go with g.l.a.d. and make amends. wrong is wrong. >> al sharpton, clearly not backing up tracy morgan and quite frankly that's what i've been hearing from a lot of people, including one particular comedian who worked with him in the past and said unfortunately he doesn't think about what he says and just spews it out. at least he's on the right path

>> a.j.is not any official statement what went wrong. everybody had thoughts. hef tweeted crystal had a change of heart. crystal wasn't any clearer on her website. she announced the wedding was off but added she still has utmost respect for hue hef another. some people are asking if the whole thing was just a publicity stunt. crystal did coincidentally release a new song on itunes. she's on the july issue of "playboy" that comes out friday. it's too late to change the cover which has a cover line reading "america's princess introducing mrs. crystal heffner." oops. the new york post said crystal planned to leave hef at the altar and sell her story to somebody for $500,000. other reports say she left heffner for another man. specifically jordan mcgraw, who is dr. phil mcgraw's son. hef does seem to be dealing with his disappointment. over the last few hours he's tweeting the better now than after the marriage. another tweet followed where he said, i love this, since we're not getting married on

"showbiz tonight's" a.j. hammer following that and more.w you've been following this impending wedding very closely. never mind the stories you may have read. they've not called off their wedding. this wedding is on between tattoo artist l.a. ink star kat von d and jesse james. they are planning to get married this summer on the one-year anniversary of when they started dating, that's according to james. this will be the fourth marriage for james who began dating kat von d in august of 2010. they announced their engagement this past january. what are the chances this wedding will wind up on reality tv? i say pretty good. >> they know how to work it, don't they? >>> some not so happy marriage news for a former astronaut. what can you tell bus buzz? >> i never like reporting this stuff. he was the second man to walk on the moon but quite frankly a lot of people know him now as a popular "dancing with the stars" contestant for last year. buzz aldrin and his third wife have split after 23 years together. buzz filed for divorce in california on

democrat has ation they're not a letter to the west only this is a humanity now sort of helped a.j. and that's why we shouldn't lead by him being western you know at the end people have been watching across the world how the wherefore for them to take share on and to actually take part in the in running their own daily affairs and we hadn't nobody could invent something different although of the you know the the experimenter and looks different from one country to another obviously and here in london the westminster democracy is quite different from the democracy back of the goal but still at the end you know when you mean by democratization i mean to give the people the ability the you know the chance to take share and to in running their own affairs and this is what people have been asking instead of having this is a question we are facing now actually in the in the in the arab world is we have never had a sort of parliamentary system most of the systems in the arab world republican systems where a presidential system which which by looks like the this is the luck not unlike your

who is interested no matter if they have disabilities or not or some of them it could be reeling her a.j. i know it works as i've seen it with my own eyes many times. like it's very nice i may say she's a great example for all of us some people would have given up but once they saw her and yes story they didn't chapters change our lives well done only so. despite her achievements many would still call people like alyssa love the disabled but in many respects they proved to be more able than all of us. marty. great stuff let's switch to tennis now the mary will play joe will free to tsonga in the final it queens in a few minutes time the brits incompetent mood after demolishing four time champ andy roddick yesterday a marriage all round game coming together for this one smashing thirty eight feet in the one which leaves the first set six three and two thousand and nine champion went on to be in the second six one one hundred experience for roddick he's back after injury after missing the french open. the next day with mary jo will free to tsonga he not stop fourteen aces in his straight s

. >> thank you, a.j. we will see you back here tomorrow. and everything breaking in entertainment, go to a.j. every night. "showbiz tonight," 11:00 p.m. on hln. >>> and tom hanks will join me in the studio, and we'll talk about the news. how does he think president obama is doing? tom hanks, tomorrow morning. >>> and then the president attends a gay fund-raiser in new york. and yesterday the president describes his position on same-sex marriage as evolving. okay, team! after age 40, we can start losing muscle -- 8% every 10 years. wow. wow. but you can help fight muscle loss with exercise and ensure muscle health. i've got revigor. what's revigor? it's the amino acid metabolite, hmb to help rebuild muscle and strength naturally lost over time. [ female announcer ] ensure muscle health has revigor and protein to help protect, preserve, and promote muscle health. keeps you from getting soft. [ major nutrition ] ensure. nutrition in charge! ♪ now the healing power of touch just got more powerful. introducing precise from the makers of tylenol.

i'm joined by a.j. roy, an economist and adviser to the federation of indian chambers of commerce.you very much for coming on cnn. ten interest rate hikes in 1 months. that's a pretty shocking figure. >> yes, inflation is very high and interest rates have been going high. what actually we need is lower inflation and higher investment. because inflation has got generalized from food inflation to manufactured goods inflation. what we are witnessing now is shortage, shortage of industrial raw materials, intermediate products. this is pushing up costs for industry. and that's how manufactured goods prices are going up. what we need is exactly creation of capacity down the line, for example, in creation of capacity for more coal production, oil production, cotton production. this will be affected by the constant hikes in interest rates. >> will today's interest rate hike, as i was just saying, will it be enough to try and tame these runaway prices? how long will it be before india manages to get inflation under control? >> it will depend critically on the availability of food grains and

. >>> we always have something saucy for a.j. to talk about.ing a twitter debate about circumstance sigs. a.j. hammer joining us live from new york with more on the controversy. oh, boy. >> nothing i would rather talk about on a friday morning. russell crowe in the middle of a twitter fuehrer, waiting to wait for the debate about male circumcision, this is a topic that makes men wince. listen to what he first tweeted. circumstance sigs is bar baric and stupid. who are you to correct nature? is it real god denies the foreskin babies perfect. he was asked about the jewish practice of having a ritual circumcision. i love the jewish friends, apples, and honey and funny little hats. but stop cutting your babies. just about an hour ago, he tweeted this. my personnel beliefs aside. i realize once will interpret the debate as me mocking rituals and traditions of others, i am very sorry. that doesn't mean crowe feels any differently. certainly wasn't intending to pro fied fodder for lazy journalists, i can't apologize for my heart-felt belief. russell,

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a.j. hammer joins us with all these stories and more.tart with actor doug hutchinson. a little weird. >> yeah, creepy is the word i've been throwing around. he's a 51-year-old actor and announced his marriage to a 16-year-old aspiring singer. that's a 35-year age difference there. the newlyweds released a statement say they were rooe married on may 20th. they said they live together happily in their hollywood hills home with their pups. despite their age difference they are very much in love. the bride's mother was right there to make it all legal. hutchinson has appeared in "the green mile" and "lost" he wasn't a household name, until perhaps now. his young bride's music at this stage is only available through youtube, so i really hope they're not doing this for the publicity, as some have suggested. >> oh, the inside scoop, possibly. all right. something very legit, "the voice," this show has been doing really well but i understand there were sparks flying on the set? >> maybe. you need some drama in these shows. it's one of my favorit

and, finally, white sox catcher a.j.rzynski couldn't catch a foul ball last night and it almost hit george w. bush. pierzynski apologized, but bush was like, "no sweat. i dropped the ball for eight years. don't worry about it." [ laughter ] ladies and gentlemen, we have a great show tonight. give it up for the roots! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: hey, you guys, "thank you notes" is a book. that's right! [ cheers and applause ] it just came out yesterday. it is just $12. what's $12? it's half a cup of coffee. [ laughter ] >> steve: yeah. come on. >> jimmy: and, normally, i just tell to you go out and buy it. but, today, i've got new plan. listen up. they have this thing on amazon.com called amazon sales rank. that's what the publishers call them. they're like, "oh, the sales numbers, you're up to 15 or something like that." so, we're 15th. that's pretty good. oh, 13? that's even better. >> steve: that's better than 15. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, better than 15. those other two losers. yeah. [ laughter ] but

a.j. hammer interviewed mr. flav about his all biography and other subjects.ount the number of times in that two and a half minutes that flavor flav said you know what i'm saying. >> just glad that god let me live there all of that, you know what i'm saying? and the reason why is so that that way today i can teach about it, you know what i'm saying, because drugs are easy to get on and they are hard as hell to get off of, you know what i'm saying? i've always been a funny guy. you know what i'm saying? i mean, a man is a comedian, you know what oom saying? i mean, there are certain jokes, you know what i'm saying, should be told a little more easier, you know what i'm saying? you know what i'm saying? everybody got a lot of gay family members in their family, you know what i'm saying? some of the gay people -- best friend you ever had in your life, you know what i'm saying, and the whole nine. you know what i'm saying? [ applause ] >> jimmy: we now know what he's saying. he would make an extremely dangerous air traffic controller, you know what i'm saying? how

willingham off of a.j. burnett. coming on for nick swisher diswhrarks is gone.c with a three run bomb off geogonzalez who knew it was out the moment h left his hands. yankees back on top 4-2. bottom 8. jackson line drive smeared by chamberlain results in a double play and the a's swept by new york. giants in st. louis tonight. tim lincecum on the mound. giants down 3-0 at one point. two outs. andres tore rose the other way. double into the corner. scores cra crawford and tied at three. huff in the midst of a miserable slump taking out a season of frustration on the fastball. doodledum! his fifth of the year. allen craig deep off tim lincecum. can't hold the lead. 5-4 cards. timmy six plus allowed ten hits. nate delivers a clutch single. scores burris. five apiece. in the 11th nate the great again. another two out knock. three hits in the game. scores fredt fred did i sanche. brian wilson one out away from the save a'c suddenly the lights go out at bush. both teams have to leave the field. 16 minute delay. they wait and come back. first pitch, first pitch after

. >>> and i'm a.j. hammer. a special edition of shshowbiz tonight. look of whether being a child star leads to trouble down the road. and big newsmakers brad garrett and nick cannon, and we are seen exclusively week nights at 11:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on hln. >> thank you. and now for tomorrow's commute tonight. alexandra steele, good or bad news? >> bad news. we have two tough days, monday and tuesday, the potential for severe weather around the country. i want to show you the radar picture right now and show you what we have got. we are seeing the scattered storms and showers, and especially in nebraska where we are seeing three-inch diameter hail and isolated tornadoes. you can see the tornado watches. in missouri that tornado watch is posted until 2:00 in the morning. and where are you going to see the read lights tomorrow? well, tomorrow in minneapolis, and the delays are certainly likely at the airports. hail and strong winds and even an isolated tornado. kansas city as well, and certainly not out of the question for an isolated tornado, b

. >> i'm "showbiz tonight's" a.j. hammer.and the season premiere of "keeping up with the care dayshaans," kim and her fiance talking baby names, but there will be more news about the kim kardashian cheating scandal. "showbiz tonight" exclusively at 10:00 fm eastern and pacific on hln. >> all right. thanks, guys. live in new hampshire where cnn is getting ready for tomorrow night's gop debate. right now let's get you caught up on some of the hour's top stories. for that we turn to richelle carey at cnn world headquarters. >> hello, don. been holding it down for you. top stories right now. more explicit and embarrassing photos of congressman anti-any weiner keep surfacing. tmz posted these pictures since they were taken in the house member's gym. wooener is off seeking professional help after the democratic leadership called for his resignation on saturday. however, delaware police closed their investigation into the twitter contact with a 17-year-old girl without finding any wrongdoing. gabrielle giffords will leave a houston

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danny, donnie, a.j., joey, jordan, nick carter and jonathan knight. good morning. how is the schedule treating you guys? >> you know, we're hanging in there. a little stretching, working out. a lot of naps on the tour bus. we'll be all right. >> who came up with the idea of putting the two groups together? >> a collective idea between the two groups. we did a perfect formance with new kids at radio city. we came on stage with them and fell in love with each other. >> now, we mentioned naps. let's talk about the tour bus. back in the day, i would imagine the tour bus was a crazy place to be. has it calmed down a little bit or do we still want to be a fly on the wall? >> there's crazy tour buses and then there's the family tour buses. howie has his wife and son on the road. my wife and son are out on the road. you have your family buses and you have some of the single guys. we won't talk about that. >> speaking of family, joey, a new addition to your family this week. joey has his first little girl. look how beautiful. >> that's my son griffin colding keira. we had t