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i want to bring in a.j. hammerst of "showbiz tonight" and lauren anke from the rock 'n' roll hall of fame. a.j., it is your beat to the cover entertainment every single day. this man was a true icon, a giant of the entertainment world and music world. >> yeah, and it's usually sad even hearing right now you're hearing the hook from born to run" with bruce springsteen and the e street band. it's hard to imagine the e street band without clarence clemons who joined the band early in 1972 in a famed story when he jumped on stage with bruce springsteen in asbury park during a lightning storm. really just an extraordinary man, an extraordinary talent and somebody who was inseparable from his saxophone. he called his instrument a vehicle to move my spirit around. you think of those saxophone so lose in songs like born to run and blinded by the light and thunder road and jungle land and it wouldn't be the same were it not for the touch and the magic of clarence clemons. i remember very distinctly, don, seeing clarence cle

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

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

. >>> 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

a.j. hammer joins us now. we have seen the pictures of hef's new girlfriend. you haven't, you can guess what she looks like. >> kyra, as hef says, a new girlfriend is the only logical response to heart break. hefner unveils the latest. the november playmate. hef is supposed to be a newly wood wed right now. his girlfriend said i was replaced the day after i left. expected. some people are talking about how these two look a lot alike. we established hefner has a type. he seems to prefer blondes. hopefully his other girlfriend doesn't have a problem with it. he hasn't had a one-on-one relationship since the end of his marriage back in 1988. this is how hef rolls. >> since we are talking about marriage, more traditional weddings for you to tell us about. the star of "ugly betty." >> america ferrera married her long time boyfriend. the pair met when williams cast his now wife in a student film back at usc. the 27-year-old "ugly betty" star tied the knot with her beau on monday. it was an intimate setting among close friends and family. we say congratulations to am

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. 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

"showbiz tonight's" a.j. hammer following that and more. 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 w

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"showbiz tonight's" a.j. hammer is here to talk about all three. what do you think?k 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 currently airs. despite a statement of support for gh. fans are

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. hammerany 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 saturd

a.j. hammer joining us live from new york with more on the controversy.ther 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, you and i go back a long way. are you calling me lazy? kyra, i think he's calling me lazy. >> i'll handle him. he doesn't scare me. i always got you

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