and now on its 20th anniversary are diane sawyer catches up with the cast of love? actually i don't know. if surprised is the word do you get why? it's become this thing, do i? so get it? yeah, because i think that we forget time and time again. we forget that love is all that matters to decades later, newly unearthed footage of the table read where bill naive. just a placeholder at the time cemented his spot in the cast. to those. he was cast on the spot. other secrets from the set. remember that lake scene with colin firth ? it was more like a puddle seen in reality. the water was this deep. yeah water dried out. look at the crew member easily standing up and hugh grant's dance break. it almost didn't happen. he tried everything to get out of shooting that scene. just contractual getting coming down contractual guillotine. yeah but i will get myself this credit with my idea to have that secretary lady catch me. genius and remember this adorable breakout star. here's what thomas brodie sangster looks like now. i watched it for the first time this past christmas sin

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it's diane sawyer! >> oh, that matthew perry.eally wonderful to see you. >> please come in. >> reporter: 53 years old. we remember when we first saw him. effortlessly so fast. an original. now it seems impossible all those years ago when we were laughing, we never knew that the young star was fighting for his life. in a riptide of addiction. it was pulling him to hell and back over and over again, and he was trying to keep it secret from everyone. >> secrets kill people like me. >> reporter: now those secret on this the pages of a book dedicated to other sufferers who, like him, might need help. >> it was important to me to do something that would help people. >> "friends, lovers, and the big terrible thing." you start with a thunderclap, first page. "hi, my name is matthew, although you may know me by another name. my friends call me mattie. and i should be dead." >> yeah. that's definitely true. >> you say, "addiction, the big terrible thing, is far too powerful for anyone to defeat alone. but together, one day at a time, we ca

>> diane sawyer with the movie's stars 20 years later first on "gma" this morning. ♪ >>> countdown toafter celebrating people from across the country all year long, $1 million. >> thank you so much. >> it's time to kick off "gma" gives back. how we're paying it forward this holiday season and how you can get involved right from home as our volunteers say -- >> all: good morning, america! [ cheers ] ♪ >>> good morning, america. thank you for joining us as we celebrate giving tuesday. >> and some of those images we just saw takes us back to some of our favorite moments we've had this year in giving back and lara will help us give back. she's working, she's always working but working more helping with some donations of toys for tots as part of the disney ultimate toy drive. got some volunteers out there, mickey among them. we're getting ready to reveal how "gma" is giving back this holiday season. some surprises. we love our surprises around here, don't we, robin? >> we certainly do. >>> first, the major storm on the move right now. it could bring dangerous tornadoes down south, plus, mo

a diane sawyer special tuesday night at 8:00 on abc. jesse eisenberg is starring in a mini series "fleishman is in trouble." let's take a look at a clip. >> can i get instagram? everyone has it. >> we've answered this before. no social media until you're 13. >> everyone. >> hanna, you don't even have a phone. it's not for goods and anxiety. your brain is still developing. >> let's not talk about it. >> excuse me. we already talked about. >> how about my anxiety that everybody is on it and leaving me out. >> she has a point. >> yeah? >> just can't win. jesse, good morning to you, my friend. >> good morning. >> thank you for being here, man. this is based off a novel of the same name. went on to become a "new york times" best-seller but i heard you almost didn't read it because of a misunderstanding. what was that? >> yeah, yeah, no, i heard the brilliant writer on these podcasts that i listen to talking about her book, this was like, you know, three years ago, two years ago and it sounded amazing so i bought the book then i heard some ot

i think we have learned a thing as t a culture and theirs than rehabilitation and diane sawyer and alleople. if you look back the republican party ended up being. they feel like they decapitate their leader and effective as a self implosion by though there's a cultural history to this and if you could just talk to this from your ve perspective now. did we learn anything? thank you. >> 50 years,ea watergate break-n june of 1972 in the next month it will be the 50th anniversary of the 50th. everything is relative and of course nixon he committed criminal acts while in office for which he was forced to resign. and as i say the cover-up is typically called obstruction of justice and they blamed -- for that equipment for that. some people say my book is more sympathetic to nixon than some other books and i don't know if it's the right word but it's importanti' for writer to tell e story through the eyes of your protagonists. lot of it is through nixon's eyes were things that happened in nixon's presence. you are obviously not a nixon fan. it's's like to just mention a couple of redeeming qu

but next week abc is airing a special hosted by diane sawyer, hugh grant, lawyer -- laura linney, emmaand build my heat. -- bill nighe. the special airs tuesday, november 29 at 8 p.m., so get to it. one of the biggest social media sensations of the year is giving back this thanksgiving. the young boy known as the corn kid is donating thousands of his favorite hand goods to those in need. when we say he loves corn, we mean it. my goodness. ok, this is tyree, a seven-year-old from brooklyn who went viral a few months ago for professing his love for corn. if you saw this video, you know what i'm talking about. he loves corn and that's basically all he says, spencer. loves corn. he helped to unload canned veggies at a food pantry. he says he loves corn so much because it's healthy. that is cute. up next, the seven things you need to know today. remember, everybody, you can watch our newscast live and on demand through the bait eric -- bay area app. download the app and start streaming now. as we had to break, here, a live look outside at 6:55. you can see the bay bridge in the distance. lo

. >>> welcome back to "gma" and tomorrow we're very excited for our first look at diane sawyer's "lovessible? >> why do i tell you things in confidence? >> gets you into the holiday spirit. >> come on i was waiting for the anniversary. >> watch diane sawyer's special. >>> we're going to turn now to our "gma" cover story. the investigation into the death of an american tourist, shanquella robinson. it happened in mexico, and an arrest warrant has been issued this morning. this morning there are new questions about how will that work across borders. matt rivers has more from mexico city. good morning, matt. >> reporter: shanquella robinson went to mexico looking for a fun birthday celebration, but officials say the 25-year-old american woman was killed by an acquaintance. now they want to prosecute that suspect right here in mexico. this morning, mexican authorities say they believe 25-year-old u.s. citizen shanquella robinson was killed by an acquaintance, another american woman, on vacation in los cabos. robinson was found dead at a luxury resort in late october, traveling with a group

i think there's been revisionism and rehabilitation, pat buchanan, diane sawyer so as you look back now did we, i mean, to be honest the republican party and the being vengeful. they felt they were decapitated their leader and the washington post did it and in fact it was self imposed by funds so there's a cultural discord from this moment and if you could talk to us tfrom your perspective now, your comments, did we learnanything ? >> where 50 years from the watergate break-in, june 1972 next month will be the 50th anniversary of the watergate break-in which gives you a certain detachment and historical perspective. you know, everything is relative . and of course nixon was, he committed criminal acts while in office for which he was forced to resign. and as i say, the cover-up is it's called obstruction of justice. and his aides went toprison for that . but since i've some people say that my book is more sympathetic to nixon than some other books and actually i don't think sympathy is the right word but i do think it's important for a writer to tell the story through the eyes of your p

i think that there's been revisionism and rehabilitation pat buchanan diane sawyer all these people excusing the thugs so as you look back now did we i mean to be honest the republican party ended up being vengeance full they felt like they were decapitated their leader and the washington post did it and in fact, it was itself implosion by thugs so there's a cultural discord from this moment and if you could just talk to us from your perspective now your comments did we learn anything? yeah. thank you. actually, we're 50 years from the watergate breaking june 1972. and next month will be the 50th anniversary of the watergate break-in which gives you a certain detachment and historical perspective. um, you know, everything is relative. and of course nixon was i mean he committed criminal acts while in office for which he was forced to resign. and and as i say the well, the cover-up is technically it's called obstruction of justice and his aids went to prison for that. but you know since i've i mean some people say that my book is more sympathetic to nixon than some other books. i'm actually i

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. >> this is primetime thursday with diane sawyer and charles gibson. >> we're going to begin with aleste is facing a murder charge and injury to the elderly. both are possible life sentences. >> when somebody who has sex for money, there's a word for that, and money is what this whole case is about. >> the prosecutors are allison wetzel and gary cobb, veteran, experienced trial attorneys. >> it is said in the bible that those who desire to be rich fall into temptation. >> they tell the jury celeste beard is afraid she will lose millions if her husband steve divorces her, so she decides to kill him. that isn't unheard of. >> the lesbian lover killed the husband. that's so bizarre. >> but getting her alleged lover, tracey tarleton, to do it for her? now that is unusual. and it was a factor in the public interest. >> tracey tarlton killed steven beard on her own, for her own selfish reasons. >> and then defending celeste beard was dick deguerin, who is a legend in texas legal circles. >> this trial is almost 20 years old now. i think about it quite frequently. >> ms. tarleton please st