please welcome benjamin bratt. [applause] >> we thought it was very important tonight to recognize the work that both you and your brother did by making such an incredible film that honored the community. i know supervisor campos was incredibly impressed and thankful to have something that brought attention to his district and to all of our communities, for those of us who live in the mission. peter bratt -- [applause] thank you. peter bratt was the director of this film, "la mission." we couldn't be more proud of their accomplishment. [cheers and applause] his first film, "follow me home" premiered at the sundance film festival in official competition in 1996. it's an exploration of the journey to redemption and the ultimate reach toward conquer societal ills is an he can coffee that they further explored in their sophomore effort, "la mission." [applause] "la mission" is the first of five films incorporated, which is a company that mr. brad and his brother, benjamin, and their producing partner founded, and now "

so they said how about benjamin bratt? be he couldn't get out of a long-term contract on tv, so they said how about marc anthony? it's not going to be a musical. [laughter] so then they decided on mike pena. mike pena is a hell of an actor, chicano kid from chicago. he had done a lot of stage work in new york -- it's okay, buddy, we can put it away. leave it on the floor. and he had done a lot of work in new york and also he was in "crash" that won an academy award blockbuster. he was a good mimic. he picked up on my mannerisms. so good he was later in the two-man movie with nicolas cage, the twin towers. so the next thing he did was the shooter which was, which was he played a part of an fbi agent who was a forensics expert. then he came up to the high rent district. he started working with meryl streep and robert redford in a movie, then he did another movie as another iraq veteran. anyway, the project itself was based on a documentary that was done, and i hope you notice i said project. i'm mr. hollywood now. [laughter]

. >> we're calling him benjamin bratt this morning. >> she's also in the new series "a person of interest." >> and i saw chris o'donnell in one of those pictures. by the way, a boston college boy. >> oh, very nice. >> he might have been a year or two behind me. >> yes, well, maybe just a year. >> we're talking decades -- >> you tutored him, i'm sure. >> looks like you had fun. >> it was a really great night. great night, great new lineup, excited to see what they do. >> your invitations are still in the mail. >> i don't know where we might have been for this soiree. >> you were working. ,,,,,,,, >>> nice day here in new york city, waking up to your saturday morning. welcome to "the early show," i'm rebecca jarvis. >> and i'm russ mitchell. >> it might be a nice day, but there's certainly some trepidation starting off this morning. >> buzz in the air. >> for example, the "new york daily news" they have this cover today. they say, some say the world will end today, so buy this paper if it's the last thing you do. well, we're talking -- >> we bought it. >> we bought it right here at cbs news