the host of the oscars, none other than ellen degeneres is here tonight. i was a guest on ellen's show and she was on my show. it's a little something called cooperation. under no circumstances are you to dance. you are my audience, not hers. also tonight, the director and famed designer tom ford is with us. if you are wearing uggs or a fanny pack, please remove them immediately. i hope tom doesn't steal my idea for the loom suit. this could be a huge seller. should we make him sign something that says he won't. recreational use of marijuana is legal in washington and colorado. and by the way, if they're watching me right now, they're probably freaking out. for the most part, it seems to be going well. they're making a lot of money, but they're experiencing some unexpected problems. for instance, in colorado, veterinarians have observed an alarming increase in the number of dogs on drugs. >> this is yoda. he's drowsy, a little disoriented and let's face it. looks a little goofy. since january 1, the clinic said dogs are getting into their owner's supply of

. >> the 8 6 academy awards is se to be hollywood's biggest party, with ellen degeneres as ringleader. hollywood heavyweights like jew julia roberts and brad pitt are up for some of the nights biggest awards ensuring there will be no shortage of star power. 1970s con against astronauts. >> i don't want to survive. >> facing off against 12 years a slave, philipeana, captain phillips, nebraska and the wolf of wall street in one of the tightest best picture races in oscar history. >> for some reason my xanax isn't kickinging in. >> golden globe winner cate

we'll show you how tonight's host, ellen degeneres did something that has never been done before. plus a look at fashion. >>> this is what you call an epic selfie, tweeted by ellen degeneres tonight, earned more than a million retweets in less than an hour. she added if only bradley's arm was longer, best photo ever. hollywood royalty crowding around, including jennifer lawrence and brad pitt. >>> ellen degeneres hosting the awards tonight. the rainy weather wrapped up just in time. degeneres mingled with the crowd, using many of the crowd for her jokes. she set up a pizza delivery. best actress award went to kate blanchette fpla -- cate blanchette. >> sit down, you're too old to be standing. sandra, i could watch that performance till the end of time, and i sort of felt like i had. julia, #suckit. you know what i mean? >> the only explanation is what she gave at a bar. 12 years a slave won the oscar for best picture. >> do you think she was trying to slam sandra bullock? >> it started out by saying sit down, you're too old. that didn't went a lot of warmth. >>> switching gears a

. >> it look like oscar hopes ellen degeneres collected enough money to pay the pizza guy who deliverede pies to the stars . the deliverer delivered the pies to the oscars on sunday night and yesterday on her talk show she gave him a fat tip including the $huff she -- the $600 she collected from the stars, and she add the her own money of $400. he said he was shocked to be handing out slices to the biggest stars in hollywood. >> a bay area police department is challenging the oscar host, old ellen degeneres after herselfy made history. you saw that she got bradley cooper taking the group picture which has been re-tweeted three million times of the a-listers and the police department tweeted this saying let's see how many retweets public safety can get. help us beat hollywood: best public safety pick ever. it has been retweeted it 300 times and kristen just re-tweeted it. >> it has been re-tweeted 341 times so i call that viral. >> now, the best forecast, ever, and our meteorologist, what can you do today for mike? >> we will see ever the next couple of days which is good news. some of y

ellen degeneres is a big social media queen appeared everyone is -- queen now.one is a winner. >> such an awesome moment there from the oscars. i thought she did pretty good. what do you think? >> i love her. pepsico was a sponsor. the pizza boxes have coca-cola logos on them. pepsi may not be so happy either. i like her spontaneity and vibe. >> great to see you. thank you so much for joining us. more executive shakeup at microsoft. we are going to talk about the changes and what they might mean nadella new ceo satya when we come back. ♪ >> welcome back to "bloomberg west." satya nadella is shuffling management and effort to reignite growth here at he is putting former political operative mark penn in the role of chief strategy officer. it is the most expensive for nadella yet. he was named ceo just last month. cory johnson is in new york. with me here is ari leavy. who is mark penn? >> a longtime political strategist. he was a ceo of a pr firm. a big global pr firm. a longtime friend of the clintons. worked on hillary's campaign, and failed campaign in 2008. he

the one and only ellen degeneres. robin roberts sat down with the woman leading the show.going to step up her game. but how? >> it's one of the catchiest oscar announcements in years. fun, lively, and oh, so ellen degeneres. strutting in a tux and her hallmark tennis shoes. but make no mistake. the pressure is on ellen. what's it look to look up and see yourself. >> that's normally in my yard. i moved it here to help them out. we just tweaked it and said oscars. driving here is the first time i saw it and it's enormous. >> indeed. this will be ellen's second time hosting the oscars. >> do you mind if i get a picture with you. >> make sure we're both in, steven. >> reporter: her upcoming performances places her in a pantheon alongside soft of the best actors in history. steve martin to billy crystal. with some 40 million people watching, it's a light hearted role she does not take lightly. >> it will be fun and silly in some parts, but it should be honored and it should be classy and respected. it's not a standup gig. it's the oscars. i do take it seriously. >> this is a bi

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coming up next on jimmy kimmle, ellen degeneres. >> have a good night. have a good weekend.es -- and now, here's jimmy kimmel! >> from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight ellen degeneres -- tom ford -- and music from sky ferreira -- with cleto and the cletones -- and now, here's jimmy kimmel! [ applause ] >> hello. thank you for coming tonight.

are you concerned when he's hanging out with ellen degeneres while vladimir putin is literally redraulg the global map. are you concerned? >> no, not at all. in addition to going on ellen he is doing other things. this is not the frame i just reject. this is not about russia versus the u.s. as a super power. this is about working with our allies to hold russia accountable, deterring further aggression and making sure that we support the ukrainian people. when i listen to michelle's remarks i'm like, whoa, wait a second, we as americans are supposed to remember politics stops at the water's edge. we do not dis our country and our president in that way. >> do you think going from 11 to 24 people russian's sanctions is enough bite to change anything in putin's mind? >> there's a lot more that can be done. the sanctions can be increased. i think our european allies have a lot to do and can put some sanctions on the table, removing the money that they depend on, but that also means they can't depend on that oil. >> wayne, putin has a 70% approval rating in his own country. president obama is

talk show hold ellen degeneres is hosting.es including american hustle, graph reu and 12 years a slave. those are the headlines think i am jonathan betz i will be back in an hour with more news, but up next the documentary toughest place taxi driver starts now for updates all day go to al jazerra doll come. have a good day. taxi driver to join the taxi wallahs in the indian megacity of mumbai. >> whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. big bus, big bus, big bus. what have i got myself into here, eh? >> he'll have to come to grips with some unusual driving conditions... >> jesus. >> too much problem if you are

the president stopped by the ellen degenerous show.ht here. >> nothing like it. >> i like the strategy. >> sometimes you got to do what you got to to make it work. and this worked for him. and this worked for him. let's see what you got. rv -- covered. why would you pay for a hotel? i never do. motorcycles -- check. atv. i ride those. do you? no. boat. ahoy, mateys. house? hello, dear. hello. hello. van with airbrushed fire-breathing dragons. ah! check. thank you. the more you bundle, the more you save. now, that's progressive. ♪ ellejen ellen degeneres ♪ ♪ >>> this is how you get it when you want a souvenir. you have the meltdown to get the foul time. >> did he say it was dinner time? >> that is the dodgers playing in australia playing against an all-star team. that young man wanted a gun. a security guard flipped the ball to the wrong person. give the ball to bird! that kid in yellow let's the fru frustration get the best of him. >> that is wrong. i don't agree. >> he got the ball. >>> with the deadline approaching a week away, the p

the pressure was on ellen degeneres. who returned as host for a second time. handed out pizza to the audience. ellen degeneress' goal of setting a retweet record with her star-studded selfie was achieved before the oscars telecast was even over. ellen getting a lot of praise for her second stint as oscar host this morning. about that selfie, it got more than 1 million retweets. that's 300,000 more than the previous record set by president obama. john and marci? >> thank you, akiko fujita in hollywood for us. >>> and stay with abc news for your oscar coverage. coming up later on "america this morning" rotten tomatoes senior editor gray drake will join us with her thoughts on the big night. >>> another winter storm headed for the mid-atlantic states. >> take a look at the radar. a mixed bag. it's centered right about where tahman bradley is standing in washington, d.c., good morning, tahman. >> reporter: here we go again. more winter misery. a massive storm marched into the mid-atlantic overnight, threatening 100 million americans. forecast, 6 to 10 inches of sno

. >> do you want -- >> meryl can -- >> ellen degeneres bradley cooper took this selfie the most retweeted picture ever. >> we crashed and broke twitter. we have made history. >> on "cbs this morning." >> i don't have any money. >> a pizza delivery at this year's academy award. sir, do you have money? you have a lot of money. where's harvey weinstein? harvey. >> this morning's "eye-opener" is brought to you by toyota. let's go places. >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." gayle king is off. good morning norah. >> good morning to you, charlie. the president has a big test today. >> and we begin there. the united states and russia are nose-to-nose in their biggest confrontation since the days of the soviet union. russian forces are tightening their grip on crimea, a vital region of ukraine. the obama administration is threatening russian president vladimir putin with economic sanctions. >> and ukraine's new prime minister said this morning that his country will not give up crimea to anyone. he's accusing russia of declaring war, and ukraine's military is getting ready to fight. elizabeth palmer

ellen degeneres spoke with robin americaon "good morning ." >> i have accomplished more than i have ever hope to a, jim metlife. neeson get the text that someone will buy -- kill someone on his flight every 20 minutes. here is the weekend movie guide. four stars for american hustle. and for gravity. and for 12 years a slave. i think one of those three will win the oscar. almost four for the dallas buyers club. almost three for about last night. two stars for three days to kill. two stars for nonstop and the willful wall street. abc 7 entertainment. >> watch the oscars tomorrow night starting at 7:00 right here on abc seven. >> expect a lot of big changes when dancing with the stars kicks off its new season next week. new cohost. be the the old host was fired along with the bandleader. the new cast will be announced on tuesday. it begins march 18. to hang out with mickey mouse and the other disney characters. disney prices are going up at walt disney world good one to get to the magic kingdom in orlando will now cost $99 for an adult grid that is of four dollars from last year. keep in mi

ellen degeneres gave her phone selfie cooper who took a at a star-studded group including julia robertsitt, jennifer lawrence, kevin spacey. it has become the most retweeted tweet and twitter history, getting almost 2 million retweet in just three hours and timberlake disrupting twitter. samson was a big sponsor of the oscars. will the product placement pay off? the ceo from freshwater is with me. his clients include that sicko and insurance -- pepsico. and e-surance. ellen never said the word specifically. how important was it for them? >> that is the danger authenticity. it is the best object placement i've seen. kudos. she made it seem like it was not a paid thing at all. the danger is samson was not mentioned. now samsung have to let everyone know that the most tweeted photo was on their phone. >> how much do you imagine samson paid for this? all of it combined, the commercials, product placement. >> they are charging 1.8 million per add-on the oscars. they bought five ads plus integration. barb and discount maybe? five million bucks easily? do you think they had to pay additional f

>>ellen degeneres promised she'd deliver pizza to the oscars audience and she pulled through... ellen walked through the crowed with the delivery man handing out slices. when it came down to paying the sandra bullock for cash, but she didn't have any on her. ellen also broke a twitter record with this celebrity- filled selfie. it was re-tweeted more times than any photograph in twitter history. --one-point-three million re-tweets in less than an hour. well done. >> it's still cold outside. it will warm up today. typically we will be at 41. we will be lucky if we make 20 across the whole region. bundle up this monday. it's - one degree at o'hare. - 4 in waukegan. - 5 down and garlic. kankakee is warmer. one degree at this hour. current windchill is quite low. -26 in the cal. we have a wind chill advisory in effect until 9:00 a.m.. looking at clearing skies. it will help you cooled down we're seeing that this morning. no snow except a line of snow showers on the flip side of minnesota. it won't get here until tonight. light snow comes late tonight. it could affect us tomorrow morni

host ellen degeneres snap a selfie. w the most retweeted tweet of all times with more than 2 million retweets it actually broke twitter. they said they were sorry. ellen even had pizza delivered by a real pizza guy. video of a de river ry guy coming back to the pizza shop and more pizza. there were no losers at the oscars this year. any one who didn't take home a golden statue got a gift bag worth a reported 80,000 dollars. ainsley? >> must be nice. that's pocket change for them. >>> all right, all right, all right. thanks, kelly. >> that brings us to our brew on this go to foxnews.com and we will share them on the show. >> olympian oscar piss to tore yous accused of shooting his girlfriend. this is not a jury trial. his fate is in the hands of the judge. >> oo happening today the biggest terrorism trial since 9-11. the al qaeda spokesman is charged with conspireing to kill americans on 9-11. prosecutors say he played a pivotal role in the attack. he is the highest ranking al qaeda terrorist to face trial since 9-11. sec

>> ellen degeneres. she did great. she was funny.e point, she bought a pizza delivery man and didn't know he was coming to the oscars and delivered pizza out to all the actresses in their beautiful gowns. >> any big surprises for you? he introduced her. >> that's shocking. poor john. >>> 12 minutes before the hour. let's get a check on traffic. >> the all-important question, best dressed? >> oh, gosh. charlize theron. >> blue was the color of the night. let's talk traffic. we are still following this breaking news. in terra linda from kcbs traffic. it's an irrigation pipe that burst. streets are flooded or at least freitas parkway is between los galenas. no metering light. they're out of delays that are continuing to grow and turn the metering lights here any minute. here's a live look at the minutes. # 80 in oakland and looks great. downtown oakland exit. 580 is beginning to slow and actually probably one of the slowest driving times. not saying a whole lot because there's not many incidents but the freeway through berkeley, nice an

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the night's host ellen degeneres. the awards program is being billed as one of the biggest shows ever. for the very first time it will be streamed live online. of course all eyes are going to be on who wins best picture. there are nine films vying for the top prize. "gravity" and "american hustle" top the list of contenders each with 10 nominations. can you count down to the oscars tonight with cnn, oscar special hollywood's biggest night, "the road to gold, airs at 6:00 p.m. after the oscars, beginning at midnight, join our owe own michelle turner and piers morgan for our live post show "and the winner is." >>> hi, everyone. thanks so much for joining us, i'm debra feyerick in for fredricka whitfield. on the road to disaster in crimea. nato condemned russia's military action after an urgent meeting. today president obama is meeting with his national security team on the crisis. he's expected to call key u.s. allies. all of this comes after ukraine's prime minister says russia's military moves amount to a declaration

 ellen degeneres returns for her q0blb?ion, expect plenty of o surprises to round out hollywood's biggest night. and in addition to some singing and dancing from ellen we're expecting big named performances tonight from t1fóadina%xÑ zell,# pink, farrell and bette midler. live in hollywood, akiko fujita, abc 7 news. >>> another big name katie marzullo is in los angeles now and will join us live with the oscar winners tonight on abc 7 news atjz ÷uw9d oscar updatrñx @ka÷ hhll% pick" ñqÛ91(rjjutcÔ)gÑofr÷ >> reporter: san francisco has been getting all of its drinking water from the hetch hetchy áúj reservoir in yosemite for years. 5:íágroundwater, too.y on the plan is to drill as many as six wells on the city's west bu ground is set to break this foul. >> reporter: the san francisco puc will also be asking some of the drought money be used to fund a city program that will not just give away water-efficient toilets, faucets and shower heads but install them, too. the east bay utility district is focusing on recycled water it

ellen degenerates crashed the site. for the first time ever, twitter and e!ine allowed users to vote. a social conversation analyzing startup. the ceo joins me now. congratulations, by the way. >> thank you. cheryl: you have all of these companies setting up. was everything that happeeed last night what you expected? >> i think that they are ready to start incorporating opinions. >> you measured the interaction from users. you also have these partnerships with the nfl going on right now. how did you get this all going within a year? we've focused a lot of our efforts on just building an algorithm that understands unstructured conversation. we are continuing to see as emerging markets start to see the device. more people are voicing their opinion. i am wondering if these publicists will be calling you and looking for ways for them to advance their celebrity platform on twitter. >> when you think about their weekly brands, celebrities is kind of elevating their social currency, so to speak. cheryl: what have people been saying to you today? companies will line

. >> ellen degeneres hosts the awards broadcast to 225 countries around the world. >> this year many of the films nominated were taken from real-life tales. in hollywood, real is limited. >> this was a movie year in which art didn't imitate life as copy it. "12 years a slave," it says there on screen. this film is based on a true story. "captain phillips," based on the 2009 hijacking of a cargo ship off somalia, al-amin khalifa ihimah, "the wolf of wall street, "-- "philomena," "the wolf of wall street," all true or truish. all have been scrutinized muched. >> the problem is when you put the words on the screen people are checking to see if the real story is what you have depicted. "the wolf of wall street" has been criticised for not mentioning the victims of jordan belfort's financial crimes. 12 years left out details and "saving mr banks" goes easy on walt disney amid criticism he was anti-semitic >> it's hard for a movie like "american hustler," to be entertaining and accurate. hussle's disclaimer, "some of this actually happened", there's no way near the truth. >> mel weinberg i

>> oscars and ellen degeneres trending this morning. give leo an oscar. dicaprio deserving one. the hat turned a lot of heads when farrell won it in january and oscar pistorius trending the paraolympic athlete under way in south africa. he didn't mean to kill his girlfriend, he said. you can follow us on twitter at cbssf. >> at least he's got a good excuse. wait until you hear how one lawyer and why he missed the game yesterday and the sharks visit a former trend in jersey coming up. ot-com. we may >> a great excuse. he was in lake tahoe. what's cool about your school? you can e-mail your nomination to coolschools@kpix.com. we may feature your school right here on our show. ,,,,,, hales corners, wisconsin. nice pass by alyson dudek. can she hang on to that spot? and she does! [ male announcer ] with the u-verse wireless receiver, your tv goes where you take it, allowing inspiration to follow. ♪ [ dad ] looks pretty good, right? [ girl ] yeah. [ male announcer ] switch to u-verse and add a wireless receiver today. ♪ >> good morning, everybody. we had a cou

. >> reporter: ellen degeneral je d ellen degeneres is returning as host. >> she is always funny doesn'tcheap shots at actors. >> maybe there will be dancing, who knows. >> reporter: wolf gang puck will be doing the food. he describes it as a royal feast. to wash it down, you're looking at more than 1300 bottles of champagne. katie marzullo, abc 7. >> katie will join us live here on abc 7 news. she's tweeting oscar updates. abc 7 is the only place where you can see the oscars tomorrow. our coverage begins at 2:00 p.m. click on "countdown to oscar sunday" and get a printable ballot so you can choose the winners. it's right here on abc 7. >>> so how is the weather looking for them down in l.a.? we check in with lisa argen live on the rooftop here at the abc 7 broadcast center. will they be wearing rain boots instead of the fancy shoes? >> only light showers in southern california but we're still looking at a pretty unsettled atmosphere. very heavy rain along the central coast. davenport, southern monterey, this is where we've been looking at heavy downpours, upwards at over half an inch an

they took a stab at ellen degeneres and johnny weir. ready. i'm sure we're going to see what she has up her sleeve. >> the awards program is being billed as one of the biggest shows ever. these toes are typically big. for the very first time it will be streamed live online. >> all eyes are going to be on who wins best picture. nine films vying for the top prize. "gravity" and "american hustle" lead with ten nominations a piece. >> the oscars coverage begins tonight at 6:00. >>> it is a good night to hunker down because this weather is so nas nasty. >> thanks for starting your sunday morning with us. inside politics with john king starts right now. >>> president obama isn't getting many campaign 2014 invites, but insists he still helps democrats more than he hurts. >> we won't just win in november. we'll win for america! >>> hillary clinton is on the road. sounding more and more like a 2016 candidate. >> no one can or should sit on the sidelines. >> but will newly released documents from the bill clinton presidency hurt her chances? >>>

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it will be hosted i ellen degeneres.to head in the best film category along with "the dallas iris club post quote and others. club" andlas buyers others. they are making their way into the auditorium on the red card it's. chinese find out why investors are buying. we will be live in sydney after the short rate. ♪ -- after this short break. ♪ clack welcome back to "first up" this monday morning. australia is market has experienced a fundamental shift would chinese investors not the biggest foreign buyers. last year alone they splashed out almost 6 billion dollars on commercial and residential property. paul allen is in sydney for us this morning. why is there a growing chinese interest in australia? >> good morning. there is a bunch of reasons. one of the simplest one is just to take a look out the window. compared to the images we were seeing from beijing last week. the quality of life in australia is very good indeed. there are some push factors from china as well. government has been attempting to close down the proper

ellen degeneres snapped a selfie with hollywood a lister. san francisco ranked 11th in the world when it cups to people uploading selfees to insta gram according to "time" magazine. oakland is 27th. new york's manhattan is top in the u.s. for selfees two suburbs in manila top the list world wide oochl interesting stuff. there is talk there is a resurgence of lice in teenagers because they're getting they're heads so close. >> keeping your heads slightly apart perhaps. >> we'll see y >>> welcome to "world news." tonight, breaking news about what happened to that missing passenger plane. was it a deliberate act at the heart of the plane's disappearance. we bring you new clues, as u.s. ships race to a new site. >>> on the move. are russian forces prepared to invade crimea in ukraine? >>> and news about "made in america" tonight. should shoes worn by u.s. military be made here in the usa? david muir, in a big decision, coming our way. >> we can make it here. >>> good evening, on this thursday night. we bring you breaking news in the mystery of t

after "12 years a slave" backs the first movie by a black director to take the top prize and host ellen degeneres literally broke twitter. >> your "new day" starts now. >>> good morning. welcome to "new day" this monday, march 3rd, 6:00 in the east. ukraine officials say they're on the brink of war with russia. just this morning there was an assault at a weapons depot in crimea where armed men attacked a military base. we are going to try to understand it as it comes in. officially thousands of russian troops have ousted ukrainian forces and taken complete control of crimea. ukraine is in yellow, crimea in red. crimea is so key to russia. just ten miles separate russia from crimea, but there's a lot of history there, there have been famous battles there, crimeans have been at odds with russia. >> and the white house has been holding emergency meetings, and the u.s. just one of the countries threatening to skip the g-8 summit. we have the crisis covered around the world for you this morning, starting in ukraine. diana? >> reporter: hi. well, we hear from the ukrainian naval commander recently appo

. >>> and ellen degeneres handing out slices of pizza at the oscars.rdered a pizza in the middle of the broadcast and used singer pharrell williams' hat to collect tips for the delivery man. >>> well, new controversy over charter schools in america. the publicly funded but independently run schools that are not unionized. they've worked well in places like chicago and new york city, reducing the dropout rate and increasing the learning in math and reading. now new york mayor bill de blasio is looking to curve their growth, axing three planned charter schools. joining us now to debate, leslie marshall and bob bowden. bob, why is this an outrage in your mind that mayor de blasio is going to strip kids from going to charter schools? >> well, the new york city charters have performed even better than the charters nationally. the recent study from stanford university showed that nationwide charters outperformed for african-american boys, for example. those in charters get an equivalent of 31 additional days of math instruction time every year they're in a c

. >> the 86th academy award is said to be hollywood's biggest party with ellen degeneres as ring leaders, expect matthew mcconaughey and merrylstreep to get in the groove. there will be no shortage of star power. 1920s con yaiforts are pinned against astronauts. gravity and american hustle leading the pack with 10 nominations apiece. >> facing off against 12 years a slave, philomena, captain phillips, dallas buyers club, wolf of wall street. >> golden globe winner kate blancheett is a best actress contenter going head to head with jude did i dench, amy adams, sandra bullock. >> first time announced, matthew mcconaughey lands against others. this year could be all about the music. ♪ let it go, let it go >> set to perform the best original song nominee. they can be oscars one the biggest concerts of the year. with hot performances and a host like ellen, it may not be the winners that get everybody talking. >> we have some guy skies today. >> a lot of it is rain but things are looking better for tomorrow. we'll see some more showers, i think. also some breaks of sun, not a completely gray d

this year's host ellen degeneres played it safe and simple.picture that managed to grind the social network to a halt. cate blanchett won best actress in "blue jasmine". >> thank you so much, woody, for casting me. and matthew mcconnaughey for best actor for "dallas buyers club." "12 years a slave" best film. >> one man who brought us all together to tell the story. that is the in dom inable mr. steve mcqueen. and what a way to celebrate. bbc news in hollywood. >> the trial of oscar pistorius is under way in pretoria just coming back from the lunch break. he is charged with the murder of his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. we are following the trial there in pretoria. just sum up what we have heard so far. >> reporter: well, this morning we saw oscar pistorius arriving in court with a dark suit, in a dark tie. his expression was normal. he did not look apprehensive like we saw during the bail application where he was sobbing alike. this time he was much more composed. reeva steenkamp's family is there. june steenkamp hoped to look oscar in the eye

ellen degeneres, comedian, hosts the awards, broadcast over 225 countries. we have a live look at the red carpet outside the dowl by theatre. geena joins us live. there's a lot of anticipation over who will win this year. >> there is. there's a lot of anticipation because we have in my opinion nominees for best picture, and five in all the rest of the categories. but really there shouldn't be too many surprises. there are clear favourites going into the show tonight. the three-way race in best picture is expected to be between "gravity," "american hustler," and "12 years a slave," with "12 years a slave" being the favourite, and the best actor category is matthew mcconna hay, but the critics say he'll probably win and dallas, his co-store, jared leto should sweep in the best supporting actor. there's surprises in the snub area. they are tom hanks. he was not nominated for "saving mr banks", for "captain phillips." that is a best picture and robert redford overlooked for his film about a silent sailing journey. >> i'm going to go offscript. where are you stan

because between kara silverman who kills me, i adore her and ellen degeneres and so many great ones, carol burnett and carried the comedy, and you know, it's nonsense. ladies are just as funny as men and not as funny looking but funny. >> well, mel, i have a question for you, i noticed that you know young frankenstein beautifully directed and brooks filming making elephant man and society they love the comedians but not giving them proper respect for the seriousness behind the craft, so you role is not respected as it should in society? >> that is a good question, it is a matter of baggage. you take the baggage with you. i am mel brooks and make sunny faces and write funny things and make people laugh and i also produce ued the elephant man and kept my name away from it. if i bring the baggage of my name to it the audience expects something funny and silly and stupid and that was a very important story to tell with a very important character. >> brooks films is unbelievable enterprise. >> we have done, brooks films have done terrific films. the first one my late great wife ann bancro

up >> reporter: neal marion and craig zadan say along with entertaining viewers at home host ellen degeneres a comedic game plan designed to soothe out stressed out nominees. >> they're scared to death. that's why we won't do all the comedy up front and how they're more and more nervous as the night goes on she can relax them. >> reporter: ellen herself told robin roberts she'd be getting off the stage and getting into the mix. >> because i'll be in the audience a lot. there's going to be a lot of playing with people in the audience. all throughout the show. >> reporter: yes. >> we're bringing her into the audience so you're getting to hang out with ellen. >> reporter: they offered more tasty teases about what viewers can look forward to. ♪ come clean >> reporter: including news of one powerhouse pop star. what can we expect pink do. >> here's the big reveal. pink is going to sing. we're able to utilize pink in the oscar show in a way that the audience is not expecting to see her. >> reporter: you have a theme of heroes. >> animated heroes, everyday heros from at cuss finch to norma rae from

. >> ellen degeneres is returning as host for the second time. >> a lot of people will be asking whatill be wearing. the question is what will i not be wearing? >> she's always funny but she doesn't take cheap shots at actors. >> and the producers are promising surprises. >> maybe even dancing, who knows. there is a royal feast afterwards and to wash it down you are looking at more than 1300 bottles of champagne. on the red carpet at the oscar, katie marzullo, abc7 news. >> save one of those for katie. katie will join us live from l.a. at 5:00 and 6:00 p.m. here. she's also tweeting oscars updates. abc7 is the only place you can see the oscars tomorrow. coverage begins at 2:00 p.m. visit abc7news.com and click on count down to oscar sunday. there is a ballot so you can choose the winners. oscars 7 is tomorrow here on abc7. we saw the live look in l.a. we will check in with lisa argen. how is the forecast look for tomorrow for the oscars there, lisa? >> it's improving. in fact, it will be improving everywhere, even here, northern california. but the heaviest rain is along the central c

oscar producers neal marin and craig zadan say along with entertaining viewers at home, host ellen degeneres a comedic game plan designed to soothe those stressed out nominees. >> she said we need to understand that these people are scared to death. that's why we're not going to do all the comedy up front and as people are more and more nervous as the night goes on, she can relax them. >> reporter: ellen herself told robin roberts she'd be getting off the stage and getting into the mix. >> because i'll be in the audience a lot. there's going to be a lot of playing with people in the audience all throughout the show. >> we're bringing her into the audience so that you're going to her home for a dinner party and you're getting to hang out with ellen and these movie stars. >> reporter: the producing pair offered more tasty teases about what viewers can look forward to. ♪ come clean >> reporter: including news of one powerhouse pop star. ♪ just a little bit >> reporter: what can we expect to see pink do? >> here's the big reveal. pink is going to sing. ♪ where there is -- >> we're able to utiliz

. >> you may remember when ellen degeneres was collecting money for a tip for the pizza delivery man on sunday. >> what is that? >> lupita's lip balm. that is worth something. >> turns out she was right it became a viral hit. in case you're wondering it's made by a french company clarins. >> well, you know how little kids can pick up a device and know how it works? >> coming up, gadget gurus. [dad] [lau [boy] mom!ughs] [mom] yes? [boy] whoa,whoa,whoa... [mom and dad] [laughing] [boy] whoa,whoa,whoa... [mom] you've got two left feet,boo. and the first thing that came to mind is, "can i afford to go to the hospital?" now that i've got covered california, i know that if something happens to me that i'm covered. i'm in. [ female announcer ] everyone deserves health insurance. are you in? visit coveredca.com and get covered today. >>> coming up, california lawmakers under the microscope, tonight the sweeping new proposal to bring better accountability to lawmakers in sacramento. >> also, remembering a hero of the united flight 936789 a new film about mark bingham from his rugby days to hi

he and ellen degeneres and her wife portia de rossi had a tender moment watching the show.ews now" tech team is keeping an eye on all the social buzz. peter martinez and tina trinh. i know, tina, you have some cool backstage photos to share with us. >> yeah. while everybody was having a blast watching the oscars, a lot of cool stuff was happening behind the scenes. one of the fun pictures we ran across was this one of jessica biel, thinking she was taking a shot, but actually looked who photo bombed her. anne hathaway. the one and only anne hathaway, master photo bomber. then now that the oscars are over, everybody is ready to party. and wolfgang puck is the official chef for the oscars after-party, the governor's ball. and he tweeted out this photo of raspberry and lemon ganache oscar-shaped lollipops. >> delicious. >> looks good. >> everybody has that to look forward to at the after-party. >> tina, thanks. peter, let's go to you. john travolta taking a hit on social media. fill us in. >> yeah. he had this major flub up. i think we have a tape we want to play at that exact

. >>> the pressure was also on ellen degeneres, who returned as host for a second time and even handedpetition for best actress was tough this year. >> the oscar goes to, cate blanchett. and best actor went to matthew mcconaughey. in the category of best director, alfonso cauron. >> now, it's on to the after parties, you see the guests leaving behind me, many will be going to the governor's ball, where 1500 guests will be celebrating with more than 1300 bottles of champagne. reporting live, abc news. >>> well, several oscars saw a boost at the box office. none made it to the top 5. for the first time, ""lego" was dethrowned. >> in second place, "son of god," the movie uses footage from a history channel mini series to tell the story of jesus. it earned 26 million, the lego movie, and monument's men rounded it out. i like ellen. >> i thought she was very good. she crushed lizaminelli, the pizza bit got old as they kept going back to it. but she was very good, very smooth and comfortable. >> well, that sit for abc 7 news at 9:00. >> our next news cast at 11:00 p.m. on abc 7, for all of u

planned if a selfie shot with eded -- she gave a $3 million donation to the favorite charities of ellen degeneres. >> that is a nice gesture. >> you don't plan it that way but it town out better. >> now a look at mike nicco in the sunshine today. >> a lot of sun, more than 12 hours of sunshine on this day before the equinox. now, behind me you can see it is calm outside. a little bit of haze. but not a "spare the air" day and we have not had one in a long time. live doppler 7 hd shows the trend will continue and you can see how dry the air is with a few clouds off the coast and those are clouds that will come in later. as far as the winds they are fat of the at half moon bay and fairfield, but notice which way they are pounding, toward the water so that is the land breeze or offshore breeze. the reason why, right now, half moon bay is 68 degrees after a low of 37 this morning. all us in the low-to-mid 60's but for half moon bay and los gatos at 67 and novato is a little bit behind at 59. you will catch up. in san jose, can you see a few high clouds that will become more prevalent headed into the

coming up we're going to hear from the host of the show, ellen degeneres the countdown is on. ask weather is taking a toll. something i overheard if there is a slight chance of rain sunday which looks to be the case, these tents are coming down. >> katie, thank you. looking forward to the reports. abc7 news will be giving you live updates on oscars throughout the weekend here on abc7 news >> abc7 is the only place you can see oscars on sunday. you can click on countdown to oscar sunday so you can choose winners. >> today's rain made it slippery for people just trying to get around town. showers doused folks towards the ferry building. so how long will we see these scenes around the bay? >> well we're not done with scenes like that, yet. we're getting breaks equipment. you can see we don't have a blanket of there is a rainbow but it's now. we'll show you areas of scattered rain around the bay area and bobbingits of locally heavy rain moving eastward. some here is a look across the bay. at this location looks dry at the moment. current readings 57 degrees in san francisco. 58 in

look, i just think just to help out ellen degeneres. e white house should be more aggressive. to give he will lebanon some information so -- ellen some information so when she interviews the president. >> ellen is new orleansen like i am. we will be surprised. how many people paid. something under 75 percent, that's that's probably not a number to make him happy. >> if it is that number, and i suspect it will be lower, will you, james carville, come on this program and say, you know, o'reilly, you were right from the very beginning about this and i james carville were wrong. >> first of all i said that the rollout was a joke. secondly, you are most the on the upside. you said there is a 25% chance this thing could work which is more than your colleagues. >> i am a fair man. i think 25% is a fair assessment. but 75% is a big number. >> 75% chance it will work. >> 25% chance it will work. plenty more ahead as the factor moves along this evening. big time rapper criticizing his own industry for corrupting the kids. megyn kelly on what airli