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these "star wars" fans have camped on hollywood boulevard since april 7th to buy the first tickets tot installment. and the movie doesn't open till may 19th. "star wars" is a life obsession. >> watching each movie about 0 times maybe. >> being the first to see the next "star wars" movie would be something to tell the grand children. they pass the time staying in touch by telephone with friends and family. >> you wonder about your son waiting in line to see "star wars"? you wonder about your son about a lot of things. like the hand prints at the chinese theater, they've become another curiosity on hollywood boulevard. they're also a curiosity on the internet. dial in and see what they're doing like being interviewed about being first in line. is there any possibility that this movie won't be worth the wait? >> this is the movie that steven spielberg described as an instant classic. i don't think there's going to be any possibility it's going to suck. >> by now they've got too much invested in it not to like the movie. brian rooney, abc news, hollywood. >> i'm afraid his prediction did

a half-mile section of hollywood boulevard has been closed to traffic and a giant tent now stretches through four blocks of many of hollywood's top stars and hundreds of costumed fans will view the movie inside three theaters located on hollywood boulevard. the movie is expected to make 223-million dollars in its opening weekend in the u.s. and two-point-one-billion worldwide. the iowa d-o-t has caught star wars fever as well. today they posted five different messages on electronic billboards across the state... including: "the force is strong with you ... put down the phone" flashing intermittently with traffic fatality statistics for the state. one of the best lines... "road rage? let the wookie win." when we come back....how you can help loved ones dealing with addiction around the holiday season. << hi, this is caain george tobias stationed out here at yokota air base with 5th air force with wife franco and daughter sophia. we wanted to wish my brother demitri and his wife mary a happy holiday and a happy new year. end music it's time for a tested and proven leader who won't try t

of hollywood boulevard is shut down. security is everywhere. this could be the biggest premier in history. it's also one of the most secretive. >> we know they're asking celebrities to wear "star wars" chic attire. and the movie will be played at three theaters that are right here. the dolby and the tcl chinese and across the street, the el capitan. we have the theaters here. all the films stars will be there including mark hamil, carrie fisher and harrison ford. getting two tickets. >> i have more than two tickets. truth be told. >> the force was with our spies as they snapped the pictur secret preps over the weekend. and the filmmakers are asking everyone at tonight's premier refrain from revealing spoilers in detailed story points. >> you have selected your dress? >> yeah. ma >> more secrecy. i'm going to be there tonight. i literally cannot wait. whatever lupita ends up wearing, you know she'll bring it on the red carpet. >> no doubt about. that and so does jennifer lawrence. we were with her in new york for the prem

we've got a star size ten, a mile of hollywood boulevard is shut down. security is everywhere. this could be the biggest premier inhistory. but let me tell you something, it's also one of the most secretive. >> we know they're asking celebrities to wear "star wars" chic attire. we have t theaters here. all the films stars will be there including mark hamil, carrie fisher and harrison ford. >> we hear everybody is just getting two tickets. >> i have more than two tickets. truth be >> the force was with our spies as they snapped the pictures of secret press ofrt weekend. and the filmmakers are asking everyone at tonight's premier refrain from revealing spoilers >> you have selected your dress? >> yeah. maybe. > secrecy. i'm going to be there tonight. i literally cannot wait. whatever she wears, you know she'll bring it on the red carpet. >> no about. that and so does jennifer lawrence. we were with her in new york for the premier of "joy." she is nominated for a golden globe against her bff amy schumer. i spoke to amy right after the nomination was announc

there's an after party going on behind me on this red carpet on this portion of hollywood boulevard that's been shutdown for this huge event. >> if they're partying, lauren, any indication about the movie's plot? have we learned anything new about it without spoiling it. >> don't spoil it. >> you know, i actually tried to me. happened. these fans are so diehard, they wouldn't tell me. as you heard one person said weren't expecting. one of the things that people were excited for was the return original trilogy. and fans told us they really loved how that came out, that the combination of the newcomers with the old characters was done really well. in addition, people loved the practical effects. things like the droids, as opposed to the computer generated effects in the last trilogy. j.j. abrams tried to get back to the practical effects. people loved it. >> that's a start. we're going to monitor social media to see if people are break the embargo tonight because they're not meant to. someone is bound to spill, right? >> you know. that. >> we are. i want to know if the ewoks are back in or n

people have been camping out on hollywood boulevard tore days on end. we're hoping that our affiliate, knbc, our partner in los angeles will put the bird up, when i say put the bird up, i'm talking about the chopper. tom looked at me like, kim, this is a family program. we're hoping to get aerial shots of everyone camped out below. we have this pristine shot. no one camping out in this particular area. live look from los angeles, but hopefully they'll get the coverage. thursday. we're down a player as you can see, kelly curran is off, her mom is in town from detroit. that means you have your weather hat on this morning. >> dana: we had a cold front move through last night. temperatures dipped big time and we're expected to go below freezing by wednesday morning. from southeast career & technical academy current temperature of 42 degrees. winds out of the south right now at 10 miles per hour. showers rolled through before midnight, very light rain, and even a little dusting of snow in the local mountains. all of that has now moved off to the east of us.

they got tickets to sit in the bleachers out here on hollywood boulevard.s for tonight's event, it is huge. security is tight. 70 additional officers out here, as well, as well as a lot of security officers and some screening like metal detectors and things like that. a big event out here. a lot of excitement for this premie premiere. of course, a lot of people are waiting for it. one woman who is camping here. she is going to be flying back to london to watch the premiere there. so, you know, of course, these fans are die hard. they have been waiting a long time for this and soon enough we will all get to watch "the force awakens." >> some of us may have to wait a couple weeks for the line down there. >> could be. finally people camping out for something other than iphones. thank you very much. rick from hollywood. >>> 6:25. back in the bay area, happening today. opponents lay out their reasons why money for a new jail in san francisco would be better spent else where. san francisco is supposed to receive $80 million in state funding to help cover costs fo

. >>> hollywood boulevard was locked down tighter than the death star last night for tinseltown's biggest premiere in recent memory. it was an amazing site. check outhe storm troopers on the red carpet stretched for half a mile and the most elite of celebrities last night at the premiere of star wars was shown to vip crowds in three separate theaters including the chinese theater where the original "star wars" played 38 years ago. this movie out there for the audience and see how they feel about it. >> of course, the force awakens will open later this week. more than 4,000 screens from coast to coast. an update here at abc news, our alarms have been going off here. we thought it was a fire alarm. we thought actually it was in fact somebody. >> breaking the embargo. we've been monitoring because they've all seen the film. >> we should say it's a false alarm, for the fire alarm and for "star wars." >> the post premiere excitement is very much alive this morning in hollywood. >> lauren lyster is there. good morning to you. why is this movie so anticipated and have you gotten any details abou

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for blocks of hollywood boulevard has been closed off since last thursday night. to give you a sense of how big, for oscars they only shut down one block of hollywood boulevard. the like you could get a little ill will from people who -- but huge stars are expected to show for the premiere tonight and the different theaters. including a theater where premiered in 1977. some fans have camped out cents december 5. >> ben: there also going to have a screen for critics later today as well. so we'll start hearing tomorrow the first blurbs. >> anna: they are really asking critics not to give much away at all. >> ben: but i think they can talk about if it's good or not good. >> anna: this whole week is going to be about star wars. speaking of another movie franchise, jennifer lawrence lawrence is not game for more hunger games. she actually address the buzz about the hunger games prequel, she told variety i would not be involved, i think it is too soon. they have to let the body get cold, in my opinion. the latest hunger game was supposed to be the last but they have int

. >> fans camped out for days on hollywood boulevard to look at the the "star wars." . >> it is a great success then and gave me the opportunity to be busy. >> my very first film. seeing the movie and i'll prove my point. it will be a terrible mistake to it has to be age appropriate. and they got it right. and got the heroes and villains and they are smart. >> you could pinpoint but it is the essence of something that was totally captured and generations of people and this will continue to do that. >> the original trilogy. it made people happy. makes you feel sad a excited and happy. and i think that is really important. and i'm looking forward to the lights going down and the film will make people happy again. >> it is a story about finding one's purpose and the meaning of family and togetherness and we resonate with that. >> and it is a world far, far >> to go somewhere where people have similar interests and unique and unforgetable way is a desire that is slowly eroding and getting lost. what george lucas did is create an event that people can come around. and i understand it. i don'

like the hand prints at the another curiosity on hollywood boulevard. they're also a curiosity on the internet. dial in and see what they're about being first in line. is there any possibility that this movie won't be worth the wait? >> this is the movie that steven instant classic. i don't think there's going to be any possibility it's going to suck. >> by now they've got too much invested in it not to like the movie. brian rooney, abc news, hollywood. >> i'm afraid his prediction did not hold true. whene said it's a thing to tell their grandkids about, i imagine when they tell their grandkids, their grandkids will have said tell me you didn't queue up for the "phanm menace." >> get in line. >> seriously. >> some of the hollywood cebs have waited. shonda rhimes tweeting holy crap, "the force awakens" so good in the best old school way. >> is that technically a breach of the embargo? >> no, no. shonda wouldn't do that. facebook, wnnfans.com. [sound of crickets] brii,brii,brii [male narrator] we've all is morning on "world news now," tonight's political

hollywood boulevard forced to shut down. tonight the biggest premier in the history of the movie industries, star wars part 7 in the series that started 40 years ago. we are on the red carpet. >>> but first, a developing story in a bizarre murder good evening. i'm bill ritter. >> i'm sade baderinwa. the victim, an elderly woman, but who did it and why? cops have no idea. >> the body was found in the home and thought it was from natural causes. >> developing details. tim. >> reporter: sade and bill, female first thought to be from natural causes. now it turns out to be a homicide. police responded to a wellness check on myrtle mckinney back on november 9th. when they got to her 6th floor apartment which is now padlocked and sealed, she was unresponsive and unconscious. ems pronounced her dead. but eyewitness news is learning while her body was being prepared for burial hear at the caribbean funeral services a knife wound was found on the back of her neck which police confirmed. during the course of the investigation examiner

first we've got two different wrap others hollywood boulevard. let's check in with greg and tim and the gift wrap guru alton delaney. trees. than i would have done. it really is. alton, before we select a winner, how should something what is the proper way to wrap a vacuum cleaner? >> it is all about creativity. i did one which i'll share with you guys. >> jimmy: you did, all right, great. show-off. >> oh, wow. >> jimmy: oh my god, yeah, wow. yeah. you put that under the tree, the kids would never guess what it is. >> thanks for the bicycle! >> jimmy: that is beautifully done. all right. alton in your expert opinion, who is the least terrible of our two gift wrappers? >> again, i was looking for crisp corners. and i'm not seeing a lot of crisp corners going on here at all. >> jimmy: okay. >> i was looking for clean edges. >> jimmy: yes? >> and again, i'm not seeing a lot of clean edges. >> jimmy: no? >> no i'm relying on that third one, artistic flair. >> jimmy: yes? >> have to say i think the coordination on this one kind of ties it all together

last time i saw batman and superman fight, it was interesting, out on hollywood boulevard. they were fighting over a hot dog they found in the trash. superman, it's hard with the gloves to get the hot dog. "the leftovers" on hbo, liv tyler is with us tonight. [ cheers and applause ] from ufc the know toe yus conner man gregor is here. and we've got music from g-eazy. his real name is gerald but gerald-eazy doesn't have the same panache. christmas is coming. you have to get everyone in your family to get to put on white shirts and jeans to take the picture for the holiday card because you have to mail that sunday we took my daughter to see santa claus, to get our holiday card picture. we waited over an hour in line. sheet supposed to sit in santa's lap, she went nuts, cried, it was a waste of an hour is what it was. so i showed the photo on your show on monday. since then a lot of viewers have been sending me photos of their kids being scared by santa claus. i thought i would share some of those with you now. let's go to the wall of america and we'll look. [ cheers and appla

. >> the early morning hours on hollywood boulevard were quiet and peaceful. unless, you were here inside the el capitan theater. the star wars marathon began at 1:00 a.m. in the morning. fans that to see the first star wars movie ever made circa 1977 on the big screen. >> i am seeing star wars on the big screen. six before the big premiere is like a long refresher course. 20 minute breaks and pajamas are breaking up the 20 hours. >> it has feet and it is fuzzy. >> elizabeth was even more prepared. she came with princess leia buns , looking on point. star wars, the force awakens has are ready sold $100 million to its fans in tickets in presale records. reed: knows boilers. if -- no spoilers. reed: 14 days left until america's party as we bring in the new year. marie: fireworks planning to be bigger and better for our annual new year's eve liberation on the strip. reed: news 3 is the place to be on new year's eve where we are planning a spectacular show for you right now. the busy little else behind us are working on it right now. marie: it all begins at 10 of

blocks and blocks of hollywood boulevard closed off to accommodate the red carpet celebrity march.not, however, just about one opening night. it's about a dynasty, and a cash cow that could last for decades. disney bought the rights to the "star war star war franchise four years ago. people are estimated with the box office receipts, merchandising of toys, dvds, video games, and the addition of "star wars" areas to disney's amusement parks, the company could be reaping in $25 billion over the next decade. >>> al jazeera's rob reynolds at the "star wars" premier. thank you. i'm bisi onile-ere. thank you for watching. john siegenthaler is back with more right now. >>> thank you. and we begin with president obama's high-profile visit to the pentagon. it was a show of force by the commander and chief. his comments were aimed at his critics and at calming nerves. jamie mcintyre has more. >> reporter: after more than a two-hour meeting in the secure briefing room here, president obama said essentially, read my lips no new strategy. trust me. the old one is working. his motorcade left mid

this is a view of the massive tent on hollywood boulevard... where stars will walk the red carpet to the t-c-l chinese theater. fans have been camping out in the area for several days now in anticipation for the film... which opens in theaters this friday./// > that's all for 8 news now live at noon.. remember that 8 news now is always available at las vegas now dot com, facebook and twitter. have a great afternoon./// ((chris maathuis)) happy holidays rebel fans, i'm chris

a half section of hollywood boulevard has been closed. lifelong love. i was a baby. wait longer to see the movie, hits theaters this thursday. >>> still ahead, a snoozing >>> we've got the cutest video you will see all day, a five week old polar bear napping. here it is, wait for it. >> that is how many of us might have felt climbing out of bed on a monday. the columbus zoo and aquarium released the video. she even has a stuffed animal to kid he will with. it's a little tongue, too, hanging out. i mean. >> she was dreaming of ice cream cone or something. >> maybe something polar per- like. >> i love that one. >> seriously, we could play this all day, keep it going. >> that's it. everyone have a good day. >> she's adorable. i just love that video. >>> hey, so areas of fog, >> still mild. >>> be sure to join us for the

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. >>> i'm here on hollywood boulevard where the divorce has truly awoken. they'll have the biggest weekend ever taking in $220 million. breaking the record set by "jurassic world." >> we're home. >> thursday night's screening in the u.s. brought in an estimated $57 million, easily beating the record of $43.5 set about it 2011. of course, the force behind the force is the fans. facebook's ceo mark zuckerberg even posted this image of his 3 week old daughter max as a jedi. but keep in mind about 70% of the audience for "star wars" is male so we predict that tina fey and amy polar sisters will be fine. them. >> well, that's the good news. >> sister comes out today. and the only movie coming out today. there is no other film opening. >> well, that's not exactly true now, is it? >> i'm a huge "star wars" fan. this is america and we can see two movies in one weekend. i like amy's love interest and it's weird having amy fight over me. so embarrassing. whatever. >> up grading to windows 10 this holiday season. and we're teaming up with microsoft to help. >> we use

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