>> mostly in l.a., then fly me out here to meet the network people at amc., there have been a lot of rumors. i never saw anybody else. >> jimmy: kim kardashian? >> kim kardashian. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, all right. i knew she was up for it. and that's -- >> and she was so young. >> jimmy: she really was. >> and female. >> jimmy: i know. >> anyway -- [ laughter ] no, but they flew me out here to kind of meet the brass. >> jimmy: yeah. >> and that's just as terrifying as any other audition. and by that point, i'd literally read every piece in the pilot of the show. it was just an insane amount of -- >> jimmy: this is funny, though. because you go to the -- you go to some hotel party -- >> yeah, i know. so, we have -- i meet these people, and we're on the roof of the gansevoort hotel. beautiful day. not unlike today. like 70 degrees and sunny. gorgeous outside. and it's, like, an impromptu kind of cocktail party. and i'm like, "this is the weirdest audition process i've been a part of." >> jimmy: yeah. >> like, we're having cocktails. and finally, i'm sort

we only take atrium. >> a lot of people come here with the coupons for reigal and amc.y say, can you take that? we have to explain we're independent independent. >> reporter: it tykes a lot of money. >> you've got to go out and get rid of all your old equipment which is hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of dollars worth of equipment, throw it away and put in a new digital projector for more hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of dollars. >> we constantly change things. after we finish one project we start another. >> some of the smaller guys just can't afford it, you know, which it's not cost-effective for them. >> reporter: that's how these two got into the movie business in the first place. >> "ghost rider" played well us last time. >> reporter: the previous theater owner couldn't keep up when a big chain opened a complex nearby. >> when regal came and opened up, it took about 50% of his business. he struggled. he was an old operator. he wasn't a young guy. >> reporter: the previous theater owner's threat to abandon the business would have been a disaster fo

that spirit at amc, that is why no matter what happens, i feel this deep loyalty to them. we had a meeting when we talked about the show, and we would look at each other and say, "do you like it?" that is the way we made the decision. tavis: coming full circle, and we have two minutes. i am thinking to myself that the show is over. you write all of this stuff. if you ever get like ammonia, what happens do -- if you get pneumonia, what happens to "mad men"? >> a lot of shows are like that, and that is just the risk you take. what happens if somebody is on the bench? tavis: that is another conversation. >> you are really important. tavis: what happens if the ideas stopped coming to you. >> well, i do not do this by myself, and that is the best thing about working with talented people. the person who does "weeds," she is from a show business family and is a deep the creative person and is like a sister to me. i always talk to her. there is always more. that is the way life is. there is always more story. the panic is when you are doing it, and it does not feel good. i have to

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. >> reporter: all are set to return for the fifth season of amc's "mad men," on march 25th.g viewers back to the hard-living advertising world of the 1950s. we were given a tour of the set from "mad men's" creator, matthew weiner. >> we're shooting don's funeral today. >> reporter: uncomfortable moments in this room. >> uncomfortable moments everywhere on this set. some of them we even filmed. >> reporter: from the smokes and the booze, to the memos and ibm selectrics. weiner is not only for the story telling, fascinating and appalling its devoted fans. >> what do women want? >> who cares? >> reporter: he also oversees "mad men's" appeal. >> this is a reproduction of what truman had on his desk. an autographed picture of buddy epson, the hottest show at the time. you see the frame in the pilot. she is not on the cast yet. >> what a great gal. >> if you look at the pilot, and see the picture, that's a picture of my mother. >> reporter: advertisers with the taste. >> it looks like a thing. it's a high-fi. there's 3 million cigarettes smoked in this thing. >> do they use a blac

they have a release on their site, on the amc site so kids can download it. they are going to bring written notes. amc has taken a really great stand along with us to say parents are aware of what the language is is this film but they also know there's been a call from so many people across this country saying this film is something kids really need to be able to see whether or not they are able to attend the theater with their parents that day. so i think that that's really an incredible stand they are taking with us. the car mike theaters are also screening this film. they will treat it as an r. parents will be able to bring their kids to see it. i think we're seeing a lot of people engage in the dialogue saying how can we make this accessible? how can we provide guidance for kids to see this film but also make sure it's something they can access. >> those theaters committed to it. is it your hope other filmmakers, producers of this project that perhaps school districts or a number of schools will commit to showing these in their assemblies, right there on

a civil penalty against amc and any other relief the judge may grant. maybe free junk or a massage. lawyer, quote, he was tired of taken advantage of. what movie was thompson seeing in the theater that day? we have a clip. kitty and chickee do address a lot of unanswered questions from the first one. but it leaves room for the -- trilogy. they say the lawsuit is a lemon and are going throw it out. >> i go back to market forces and the prices are absolutely ridiculous. obviously people are not paying them. they wouldn't be charging them if the market wasn't supporting it. the real solution would be for him to try and get everybody to stop buying the snacks. just eat before you go and save the money. nobody was paying that price. >> that is really the one thing you can do to stop them from charging these prices. don't buy the stuff. >> the movie experience is getting worse. the previews are so long i forget what i came to see. but i bring my own food. i will bring a steak to a-vee theater. they come to me and i have a folding table, a steak, i don't care. i will bring my own food to t

i interviewed him and his boss, mike robinson, at the amc multiplex where arellano was arrested. i actually heard once that some--one of these people brought a camera in in a baby carriage. >> sometimes even in the diaper bag. >> ah, in the diaper bag. >> yes, actually, we've seen it where they cut out the cup holder, and they'll set the--cut out the bottom of the cup holder and actually set the camera in here, and then they control the camera with a remote control device and monitor it. >> police say arellano worked out of his home, where they found more than 13,000 dvds he had made from his recordings, along with the computers he used to upload the movies onto the internet. >> rarely do you see an individual that's involved in all three major components of the piracy activities, in other words, camcording, internet piracy activities, and also selling the movies on the street as well. >> john malcolm, a former justice department official specializing in intellectual property, says pirates like arellano are linked to organized crime rings that are making a barrel of money selling

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-the produces the show and amc broadcasts. yesterday we're talking about lions gate and the home games, today we're talking about madman investments. amc, walking dead. walking dead is one to go on for another 6-8 years. >>catherine: people seem to think internet access is more important things like sex, right? >>rob: i wrote that just said he would have to sit out loud. it is amazing the things that people would give up for a year in order to keep the internet. we love our e-mail and access to buying things and investing. it is 4.2 trillion of the world's economy. this is helping our economy out of the recession. you would have to pry it from my cold, dead fingers, a cable modem is that important to me. >>catherine: those numbers for kind of scary. >>jaqueline: we have been seeing increasing clouds. a chance of showers with us for tomorrow morning. a look at current conditions continuing in san francisco. in the '60s and delta and san carlos. 67 in livermore. let's go to the satellite and radar. the increase in cloud cover co

. >> reporter: all are set to return for the fifth season of amc's "mad men," on march 25th.back to the hard-living, loving advertising world of the 1950s. we were given a rare tour of the show's meticulously detailed set of the show's creator, matthew weiner. >> we're shooting don's funeral today. so it's sort of awkward that you're here. >> reporter: you've had some uncomfortable moments in this room. >> uncomfortable moments everywhere on this set. some of them we even filmed. >> reporter: from the smokes and the booze, to the memos and ibm selectrics. weinor is responsible not only for the sumptuous storytelling fascinating and appalling its devoted fans. >> what do women want? >> who cares? >> reporter: he also oversees "mad men's" period-perfect appeal. >> this is a reproduction of what truman had on his desk. an autographed picture of buddy epson, the hottest show at the time. this is a picture of trudy, pete's wife. you see the frame with a different picture in it in the pilot. she had not been cast yet. >> what a great gal. >> if you look at the pilot, and see the pi

. >> what does an average movie cost at the amc in michigan these days.verage ticket rice in 2011, 7.93. want a box of candy and soda 8 bucks or soda and popcorn about $11. we want to know with the sky rocketing price of movies is it out of control? shoot us an e-mail at friends first@foxnews.com. >> 30 bucks a person. multiply that by a family of four or six it almost prices you out. nobody is forcing you to go to the movies. nobody is forcing you to be entertained nobody is forcing you to buy any snacks. slippery slope. same thing for concerts and fairs. >> do you sneak snacks in? >> i go to movies so often i try not to get the snacks for the waist line and the wallet. >> smart. >> the time is 11 minutes after the hour. taxpayers spent millions on the chevy volt. why is it named car of the year? >> talk about disorder in court one man talking about taking justice in his hands. >> visit our facebook page at facebook.com/fox and friends first. i'm phil mickelson, pro golfer. if you have painful, swollen joints, i've been in your shoes. one day i'm on top

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>> that's not -- there was a decision made by amc in 2010 that the show would not be on in 2012. none of my business on some level but i was invited to have it on. but in the end we're here. they launched four shows last year and "breaking bad" was on. >> you have written them all. >> we have finished the season this time before we go on air and i'm very excited for everybody to sight. it's sort of sitting there in a vault somewhere. >> you don't want to tell us what they do but you want to tell us about this season. >> i think that -- well, i'm hoping we have -- we have a two-hour premiere, so i'm hoping that the wait will be worth it. >> did you do two hours for purpose? you left us hang. does he get married? is there a baby? there's so many questions. i can't wait to see. >> that's kind of the fun about the show. >> is that why there's two hours because you're going to answer a lot of questions in the two hours? >> i think it sort of advanced. my feeling was we're off the air for 17 months and i don't want the fans to thing we took that licely and i wanted to give the fan as b

the folks here at the amc on van ness took pity on fans and let them get out of the cold and wait ine up upstairs on the first, second and third floor of the building. and then at 12:01:00 a.m. tvl 12 theaters will show the hunger gamesth 4 shows are already sold out. response has been huge. opening weekend is expected to generate anywhere from 130 to 140 million dollars potentially the biggest march opener in history. the film takes place in the future and is based on how the main character played by jennifer lawrence gets through the hunger games. brutal survival of the fittest type game which pits teen against teen and all of it televised. fans all over can't wait to see it on the big screen. >> i followed all the premier in los angeles to london. they definitely went over there and i read a lot of review and all fantastic and so excited for it. >> there's always the fear with movies and books and i'm one of the people who kind of takes the movie for what it's worth but know they miss the part. i'm hoping for good interpretation. at nearby theaters all mid nature shows are sold ou

he and a number of others who are part of this class action suit against the local amc theater thereing gouged and this is an issue of consumer protection liability. is it, avery? >> well, that's what he's claiming. i mean josh thompson says not only did he pay $3.50 for a pack of goobers but he spent $4.50 for a coke and he claims they wouldn't give him a refill. everybody understands it except for one problem. under michigan law regulated industries are exempted from consumer protection. there are two supreme court cases. this case is gone. gone. >> really? richard, are you in agreement on that? >> well, not for the goobers, i like raisinets, and you've got to get popcorn, fred. >> and it adds up to $20 for one person, a little kaenld, a little soda and a popcorn, man. >> they're encouraging people smuggle candy into the theater, that's what they're doing. and the prices are exorbitant. but my partner there is absolutely right. there's going to be no liability here, they're exempt. they're exempt because it's a well regulated industry and they're exempt from the consumer protection

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also amc's had a big years and they had other big series to introduce.ow for them so scheduling-wise it made more sense to put emphasis on that and they knew the "mad men" fans were loyal enough they would hopefully wait a year to check it out later. hopefully that's the case. >> nice to chat with you. >> great. nice chatting with you. >> have a great weekend. >> thanks. >>> it's a bird, it's plane, it's a, well, a giant paper airplane. seriously. don't go anywhere. we're going to show you more and tell you how they got this thing off the ground. okay, there's enough energy right here in america. yeah, over 100 years worth. okay, so you mean you just ignore the environment. actually, it's cleaner. and, it provides jobs. and it helps our economy. okay, i'm listening. [announcer] at conoco phillips we're helping power america's economy with cleaner affordable natural gas... more jobs, less emissions, a good answer for everyone. so, by reducing the impact of production... and protecting our land and water... i might get a job once we graduate. chocolate lem

. >>> fans lined up for several hours last night at the amc to be the first to see the hunger games. the first started at 12:01 with all tickets sold out. >> i want than the to see the movie but i don't think any movie could be better than the book. >> eric: there has been concern over violence over the movie and whether it's appropriate for children even though it carries a pg-rating. it's based on the main character survives the hunger games a brutal survival of fittest that pits teen against teen with all of it tell advised. does it live up to the hype. don sanchez will give his on the aisle. >> kristen: and they will have a lot more coming up at 7:00 right after our newscast. hungry for rain? >> weather games. >> it's coming your way. we'll be ready for it. it's going to be a washout this weekend. cold front rolls through the weekend and because it stalls, waves of rain all the way through saturday and sunday for most of sunday. this morning, kind of quiet. a little breezy mount tam is looking down at the bay. the breeze it wasn't be as bad as it was yesterday. >> it is cooler ev

. >> reporter: on amc's "mad men" advertising executive don draper is in the business of selling ideas advertising is based on one thing. happiness. >> reporter: fans are anticipating the return of the series, centered around a 1960's madison avenue ad agency. >> lipstick, mark your man. >> reporter: the series is so popular, it's caught the attention of today's advertising world. here at hill holiday in boston, advertising executives have helped create a campaign taking a nostalgic look back. hill holiday collaborated on a special throwback issue, in which the ads and life seemed simpler. >> we look back on it, it was a time when we were really coming into our own, i think, as a country, you know, in a fresh way. and it's nice to feel that way. >> reporter: it was also a decade when unbridled creativity ran parallel to seismic societal shifts, when women were working their way up in a man's world. >> you know, i just saved this company. >> reporter: but when sexism in the office and in ads was still the norm. >> women were very subservient. we accepted the sexist status quo as that's

joshua thompson has filed a suit against amc theaters after he was told he could not bring in his own those are usually the rules. for every dollar spent on concessions, theaters profit 85% because of the marked up prices. thompson's legal fight is getting a lot of attention and support, but he's unlikely to win this case. >>> here's something that's turning heads in san francisco. look beyond that orange ball there, take a close look and you're going to see it. right there. the spout and then a whale breaching. wheal show you to you one more time. the video was caught by our vigographer. i understand it's near chrissy field. scientists do tell us keep a hundred yards away from any whale you might see, otherwise you're in danger of violating federal law. and you're kind of in the whale's space. >> everyone getting a real nice treat today there. >>> up, how you can tweet your way to savings. that's next. (car horn) paying with your smartphone instead of cash... (phone rings) that's a step forward. with chase quickpay, you can send money directly to anyone's checking account. i guess he

>> those are two of our favorite characters on the wildly popular amc series "mad men" which returnsh us is ben, who plays the steaming pete campbell. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> and i notice the two of you were holding hands through that segment. it seems like there's a lot of camaraderie between the two of you, at least? >> there's camaraderie between the entire cast. >> the whole lot. >> a lot of ribbing going on. not only practical jokes but, you know kidney punches and stuch stuff like that. >> the two of you in the green room moments ago were literally jumping on top of each other. you were wrestling. >> yes. >> tell me this, you go for almost a year and a half not coming back. was there ever a sense that maybe that was it? that was the final? >> i didn't believe that. >> nor did i. i kind of always knew the powers that be would say -- they would come to their senses and say, this is a show that needs to come back. >> come to their senses thing was, you know, it was -- it was a question of when not if. >> yeah. usually we start airing the show about four we

thompson in michigan got fed up at the cost of movie munchies and has filed a lawsuit against his local amc theaters accusing them of violating the consumer protection act by charging grossly excessive prices for the snacks. thompson said he tried to bring in his own snacks, but theaters aren't having that. what do you think? does the theater have the right to charge whatever they want for snacks? they have a captive audience or should you be able to bring your own, sneak in some mcdonald's, maybe some candy or are they just trying to make a profit? after all, they don't get much revenue from ticket sales. that goes to the studios. they depend on concessions to make cash. mailbag at wusa9.com. >>> after today's winter weather are we in for a bit of a warm-up? topper shutt will have your full 9 news now forecast. >>> but first. >> reporter: i'm scott broom in northeast washington where coming up i'll have the surprising story behind how a crime fighting truck driver ended up smashing into this safeway to stop a fleeing suspect. >>> a truck and an suv smash into a northeast d.c. grocery store

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if you missed the midnight or 3:15 showing, the next one at amc in white marsh is at 9:15. and more people coming out throughout the day to get the first look at the hunger games. megan, back to you. >> i have a feeling the theaters will be crowded for a while. thanks so much. >>> in case you haven't read the books and wonder what it's about, it's focusing on a teen charlie mentioned cattiness who lives in the post apocalyptic world forced to fight to the death to save her 12-year-old sister. game of survival is broadcast for the world to see. the enoch pratt library has 65 copies and they are all checked out and have to order another 35. >> just the momentum because after harry potter is done twilight is almost done, this must be the next big thing. >> and the baltimore county library, they are out as well. they have more than 800 copies of the book three series. close to 400 people are on a waiting list right now. >>> it's been months since the costa concordia crew capsized killing dozens of people on board. this morning, we have new information about the bodies still mis

a michigan man has filed a class action lawsuit against amc theaters. he filed it after he saw a sign telling customers not to bring their own snacks to the movies. the lawsuit accuses movie concessions of price gouging on popcorn, candy and drinks and calls for customer refunds. the lawsuit was filed in michigan. if it's successful, it could spawn copycat lawsuits across the country. that's why people sneak in popcorn in their purses and don't have to pay. >> i use bottled water because it's like four bucks in the movie. >> ridiculous. >>> another benefit of exercise. it can change your dna and make you stronger. swedish researchers found that exercise helps turn on genes in muscle cells. that ends up reprogramming them and making them stronger. they also found that caffeine may actually do the same thing. however, researchers don't recommend a couple of joe in place of exercise. >>> it seems like colts quarterback and peyton manning and the indianapolis colts are parting ways. he will have a news conference this morning. manning and the team's owner f

now, if you want to check out hunger games, the next showing at amc in white marsh is 9:15 a few hours away. the guys will lock up shop and we are headed outside to wrap up -- wrap up in a bit and then back at 9:15. live in white marsh charley crowson abc to mouse -- abc2 news. >>> a buttemore animal shelter need your -- baltimore animal shelter needs your help. they have 1,000 cats that needs your home and 18 in particular had a rough start to lifea couple leaves for a short vacation in las vegas and leave two important things behind. now they are facing charges. >>> so you want to take advantage of the dry weather today because we have change on the way. the details are coming up. >>> and it's a foggy start to your friday morning commute. coming, we will give you a live look of what to expect when you head had out this morning. >> 11 minutes after 6. a live picture new york city right now. that's times square let's get a look at today's tech bites. >> reporter: in today's tech bites it's getting personal verizon reports 95% of the data stolen was personal information. verizon. [audio

it's been two showings at amc in white marsh.t midnight and one at 3:15 many we talked to a family of five a while ago. they talked about the violence in the movie being acceptable on par what we see on television saying they he were tasteful in doing that because they wanted to go for the younger crowd. everyone walked out so excited about this, the first installment of the trely and we talked to few of -- trilogy and we talked to few of them. let's listen to what they had to say. >> i thought it was going to be bad. movies do a terrible job but it did the book so much justes i frickin loved it. >> reporter: they say it was awesome. next showing at the:-- 9:15 and they will do it all over again. the 7:45 show is sold out. we are live charley crowson, abc2 news. >>> 6:52. live pictures this morning from syria where we have been monitoring the civil war for the past year. this is courtesy of you stream and these are protesters voicing concerns against the syrian government. later today, the united nations said the joint u.n. arab

we are live in white marsh at amc for the midnight showing and 3:15 showing. charley crowson abc2 news. >> we will check in with you in a bit and talk to you as moviegoers are coming out to see what they think. hungers games causing people to buy or check out the books from the local library. but the book is all checked out at the lie bear i in baltimore. they have 65 copies and they had to order another 35. -- library in baltimore. they have 65 copies and had to order another 35. >> we have more than 6,000 down loadable audio books the audio books you can down load to the ipod and there are more than 400 people on that waiting list. >> the baltimore county library is out of the book. they have more than 800 copies of three book series. close to 400 people are on a waiting list right now. >>> all right. free donuts and free paint can be found on the website abc2news.com. that's because it's freebie friday and we do this every week. we encourage you to go to abc2news.com and here are example of things you will find. toys r us this saturday a free fun event with

amc will not comment. so here's my question.drugstore, stuff your bag full of candy that's cheap, which is what we used to do, by the way, as a family. >> or buy the dvd. popcorn at home. >> because men don't have purses. if he had a purse, it would all be worked out. >> stuff that candy bar in your pocket. >> there's no substitute for movie popcorn. i'm wailling to pay for it. if it gets too expensive, don't go. >> i'm surprised you're on that side. i think it's a frivolous lawsuit. >> i support a constitutional amendment for free popcorn. >>> still ahead this morning on "starting point," television evangelist pat robertson is known for his controversial comments. he says them a lot and often. he says people could have prayed away the deadly tornadoes in the midwest. >>> and sarah palin says she thinks congressman allan west could be our next vp. we're going to talk to the congressman about that. see if he will accept or not. first, though, from congressman west's play list, a little pink floyd, "comfortably numb." ♪ >>> what a

. >> a new billboard in new york for amc's mad men has some controversy.gn among the sky scraper has main character don draper falling through space. some say it's a painful reminder of all those who jumped to their deaths out of desperation and the sign should be falled down. a.m.c. says the image has been used since the show started, to represent the character's life in turmoil. >> and there's no better way to pop the big question than on a giant billboard in the middle of a highway. that's just how this new york man asked husband girlfriend to marry him. he posted the billboard on route 390 and got his answer whence he drove her past it yesterday. >> oh my god, what's the baby doing. then i started reading, and i'm like is this true? is this true? >> so, right now, she said of course yes. and a billboard with her answer on it soon. she will put it back up. the couple will tell us what's going on an they're planning their wedding for sometime next year. >>> let's look at our final weather. >> i know it's very little related, but that baby marathon you di