tatum o'neal won an oscar when she was just 10 years old. still the youngest person ever to win. much of her life has been marked by sadness. a mother who was unable to care for her. two suicide attempts by 13. a drug addiction to heroin. but tonight, tatum o'neal, who has written a new book, items a remarkable story of teaming and forgiveness. how she got sober and went in search of her movie star father, the man she had barely seen for 25 years, in tonight's "nightline" interview. >> reporter: she was the little girl with the gritty voice and the big attitude in "paper moon." tatum o'neal. >> i want -- >> reporter: and her real life father, ryan o'neal. handsome and charming, played opposite her. >> so? it's a big town, ain't it? we can do better than 20s. >> reporter: that was then. this is them now. >> temper. the reason that we didn't speak for so long -- >> no it isn't. >> what is it? >> farrah. >> reporter: laying bare decades of family dysfunction in a document about to premiere on own. >> this is about trying to shut a door and open another one. i don't know if it's goin

to be nominated for an oscar to provide immigrate actress -- i am a great actress. i know so many who are chasing the statue because they think that is when the world will realize i am a great actor. i have done that already. tavis: it was liberating to be nominated so early on. >> exactly. taking that role, i never thought i would be -- i know what it meant to be nominated. i am glad that i am and i am glad i do not have to worry about it. tavis: if it happened again, you would not be worried. >> hellol, no. i love being nominated for stuff. tavis: what do you like about it? you had misgivings initially. what do like about acting? >> it is really fun to take on a roll as someone that reminds you of someone else. when i did "precious", she reminded me of so many girls. i just did an action directed by brett ratner, i played a maid. i like taking a character i've seen in real life and wearing that suit. and pulling people into thinking that is who i am. with "precious", so many think i am her. it makes me laugh. it really does. ha, i will do. you think i am that i am

. - an oscar. if i won an oscar, everyone would have to respect me.change my headline. i feel like i'm forgetting something. [gasps] i left tracy jr. in atlantic city! - die, hero cat! i hate you! i said i'm gonna kill that cat! - killing cats is wrong! unless it's to make a hat! - my skull! - jenna maroney just saved the hero cat! - that makes me a double hero! try to deny me my obit now, you jags! and tell people in lieu of flowers, they can pour jewels into my open coffin. [applause] - i'm very injured. [meows] - you wanted to see me? - no, lemon. - i did. - [gasps] albino ninja! - look, i never should have interfered with, um, whatever this is. - work husband-slash-uncle. - coworker-slash-little brother. - right, well, she's not ready to move on. - it's true. i'm wearing a duane reade bag as underwear today. - all right. and for whatever reason, he needs you too. - it's a symbiotic relationship. i'm a mighty great white shark, lemon, and you are a remora, clinging to me with your suction cup head. i give you a free ride, and in exchange, you, uh,

. >> a girl who went from a south african farm to hollywood stardom and won an oscar for her brutally honest role as a serial killer. tonight you'll see her as you've probably never seen her before. >> that's a very good taco. >> do you know how many times i've dreamt of having a taco with you over a few beers? charlize theron on her life, her loves, the thing that brought her to hollywood and the causes closest to her heart. this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> right, now let's start with the obvious question. how do you actually pronounce your name? >> charlize theron. >> that's the american way. >> yes. yes. it's how -- it's what i thought would be easier for people. >> what is the correct south african, dare i say it, way of pronouncing this. >> charlize theron. >> i much prefer that. it's so much sexier. say that again. >> charlize theron. >> charlize theron. >> charlize theron. you obviously were raised south african and presumably came to l.a. with a broad south african accent and you quite consciously went and taught yourself how to speak in an american accent, right? >> yeah.

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your screener bring you an emmy as surely as riding queen latifah's coattails in taxi brought you an oscar. love, stephen, your best friend until september 3rd. after that citgo time, mother [bleeped]. we'll be right back. >> stephen:, everybody. thank you very much. folks, my guest tonight speaks out against the evil of mountaintop removal. but i like to think of it as flat land enhancing. please welcome robert fm kennedy, jr. [cheers and applause] good the see you again mr. kennedy. please, no formality. now, sir, you're a lawyer. you're an environment activist, you're president of the water keeper alliance and you're also featured in a new documentary film called "the last mountain: a fight for our future" which opens in select cities friday. let's take a quick look at the clip. >> coal river mountain is our last great mountain in the valley that hasn't been blasted to ashes. [blast] >> i know that we live in a very intelligent country that has the ability to create energy without blowing up mountains. [explosion] >> these coal companies are absolutely raping and stealing the land, wear

number one and will soon be the only choice for manned space flight what's more a soyuz to take an oscar winning director on a flight of fancy in a few years and while some celebrities are happy just booking an orbiting trip others are created james cameron is rumored to have secured a one hundred fifty million dollars ticket to take him a towards the moon in two thousand and fifteen for the first time being for the time being it's his reign as it's done a russian an american and a japanese astronaut also for the stars in france when finding out what drives them to head for the final frontier. well it's go time for the crew of expedition twenty eight to the international space station in the final days and hours leading to blast off it's all come down to one thing for the team quarantine a hallmark of any space program. welcome to the good of the you know why that is not a cause i want to. have questions we have a chance to work out with a chance to explain that. to a great way to get ready to go fly in space. that's right. shooting pool. working out. and playing with their custom made s

and it, of course, spawned an oscar-award winning film, same name, and also a television series. he's also written an incredible article about "to kill a mockingbird," so we're going to ask him about that. next we have paulette frankl. and paulette is a courtroom sketch artist. now, how cool is that? that's a pretty cool job, and she spends a lot of time in the courtroom and that's how she came across tony serra. and she spent 17 years, 17 years compiling the incredible book that she's put together that just came out and is called "lush for justice," and it's a book of incredible illustrations, artwork as well as a narrative. and right next to her we have tony serra, and tony serra is the most prolific trial lawyer of our times. he's tried more cases than any other living lawyer. if you ever had a chance to see him in court, it's just a sight to behold. it really is. we're so grateful that he could be here today. he's trying a triple homicide case right now in oakland. he has a jury out waiting. you may get called away but we're hope you're able to stay for the panel. finally, we

so if i lose an oscar to phil collins and i lose the ony to bono, i would be so bummed out. >> that'se doing the show in our workshop and all the talk was about spider-man before anybody had seen what a train wreck. and we're thinking, here goes, we're going to lose to bono, god dang it. >> jon: and now it turns around. i guess they opened last night. >> jon: they opened last night, but how does that work that you get to open and then you get to say, no, it's not open. open again. and just keep doing it. >> what are they doing. rockers trying to do broadway. >> jon: i'm just saying, the whole thing is very unorthodox. that's all i'm saying. you had to go, so you finish "book of mormon." you open it and then you run right back to do the south park season. was there any part of you in your mind after all this were you thought, you know what, [bleeped] that? we're tired. >> not me because we love "south park." >> it feels so good. [cheering and applause] i love the cynicism of the show. >> well, that's always so funny. we did that last episode. we did it by the seat of our pants. obvious

and after a short about the secret lives of toys won an oscar, they signed a three-picture deal with company that very much gets it now -- disney. but vindication would only come if they could make their first feature film. >> there was no guarantee we could even make a commercial, let alone a movie. and so it attracted these real purist storytellers and pioneers and the big adventure. >> reporter: the week "toy story" opened, he got a look at the bright future. >> we were changing planes in dallas and there was a little boy standing there with his mom, waiting for his dad, and he was holding a woody the cowboy doll. five days after the movie came out. and my sons were dad, dad, look, look. so, first time i had seen a character i created in the hands of someone else. and honestly, i think of that little boy every single day that i work here at pixar. >> reporter: but it is easier to remember the kids when you are surrounded by gene yulss who never grew up. >> you either have an office or instead of a cubicle, you have the little houses, you can see. so, you can paint them up, do them

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corporate capital expense, but because there is a higher voter threshold in california and then there is an oscar in the country. it is very difficult in california to get general obligation bonds passed for anything. until the state voters change the threshold for schools, school bonds across the state were failing to get two-thirds vote. the constitution was amended to allow those bonds to be approved with 55% voter support. so almost everywhere we look, this is a common way to fund our capital assets that do have a long life. and we will continue to talk about how the capital plan, that the board of supervisors adopted, talks about what capital assets are and segregates those things from those things in the city operating budget. these kinds of st. capital costs are part of that. they are different from operations of maintenance. from cleaning our streets, repairing potholes, filling cracks. supervisor chu: if i could ask you to expand and what you would consider categories of the operation versus investment. i think there could be a gray area where -- the slurry ceiling, is that capital gains

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are the first and very soon the only choice for space flight also very soon they could be taking an oscar winning director on a flight of fancy i will tell creator james cameron is rumored to have booked a one hundred fifty million dollar ticket for a trip to the moon in two thousand and fifteen but for the time being that it's from baikonur a russian an american and a japanese arsenal all heading into space policies and lindsey france reports. well it's go time for the crew of expedition twenty eight to the international space station in the final days and hours leading to blastoff it's all come down to one thing for the team quarantine a whole mark of any space program. work on to a little bit of the you know i have yet another cause i want to. replace and we had a chance to work it out with the kids to explain. to a great way to get ready to go fly in space. that's right. shooting pool. working out. and playing with their custom made space suits in a fight to retain muscle mass for the six months in zero gravity physical exercise occupies a surprising amount of time and it's difficult

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