you look at bradley cooper and you see pictures of chris kyle. >> i was at a luncheon for bradley andy cooper brings my husband back to life on the screen. it gave her goose bumps. i thought what a compliment. i love the two of you together. don't you like him? he's good looking but also smart and a really nice guy. >> we share birthdays. >> oh. >> he had a good education too. he went to a university called -- >> georgetown. >> yes, yes. >> he's introducing me in may. "american sniper" opens christmas day. we'll have more conversation on cbsnews.com including how losing his father changed his perspective on fame. >>> and coming up, a new generation finds a voice in the old world. >> i'm vladimir duthiers, cambridge, massachusetts, listening to the beautiful medley of these boys at st. paul's choir school and their sound of music is anything but juvenile. that story next onon "cbs this >>> the tradition of the boys choir dates back to the 17th century. in this country there's only one group. vladimir duthiers. good morning. >> good morning. they just released a christmas album and list

she's currently starring on broadway opposite bradley cooper in "the elephant man."seth: welcome. it's so lovely to have you here. >> thank you, thank you. just for the record, i say fitty. [ laughter ] >> seth: you do say fitty. i think that's fine. but he calls you patty. you let him call you patty. >> he calls me pat pat. >> seth: congratulations. it's so great that you're back on broadway. i can't believe it's been 25 years since you've done broadway, that's amazing to me. >> i know. what was i doing? i don't know. >> seth: i need you to account for your time. i'm going to need you to let us know what you've been up to. >> that's a long conversation. >> seth: what's it like being back in such a high-profile production like "the elephant man." >> it's crazy. you know seth, i said, oh, i'll come back, maybe i'll do something small and intimate. i'm on broadway with one of the biggest movie stars in the world. and i'm naked. what was i thinking? [ laughter ] >> seth: i don't know what -- i don't know what -- well, i will say -- >> someones screaming you're over 50,

i don't think there's any bias against bradley cooper or pro-american films. i just think that's just a tough year for male leads. >> it's interesting because, you know, everyone knows clint eastwood's politics as well. >> yeah. >> you add that into the mix. on top of the fact that it's a patriotic film, and that's i think what has people questioning a little bit. they're all foreign journalists, no americans, and they're voting on what they consider to be the best of the year. then these journal is are in countries from, like, china, japan, taiwan. all over. so -- >> why are they even voting on american films? >> it's like us voting on the awards in england. the golden globes aren't really considered, you know, the creme de creme of awards season. it's for actors to get together and drink. >> they were sort of a precursor to the academy awards, but now that people know that they're being awarded by foreign, you know, journalists, maybe they just don't understand how strong our patriotism is here. >> that's true, but, you know, the golden globes aren't necessa

tonight bradley cooper, the acker starring on broadway in the elephant man and in a new film directed by clint eastwood called "american sniper" >> there was a time when i realized, in order to be fulfilled in this business, i got to be in the trenches with the director. i love the story telling aspect. i won't be fulfilled if i'm just sort of coming in and out. so i knew very early on that unfortunately for me, there was either one small window that i would be able to go through to be fulfilled. and that was to be sort of in the place i was at now. and if that wasn't going to happen, that i would really have to take a serious look at what i was doing with my life. >> rose: bradley cooper for the hour. next. >> funding for charlie rose is provided by the following:. additional funding provided by: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: bradley cooper, the factor-- actor, has had an extraordinary word. he starred in and produced t

walk enwas in wedding crashers which starred bradley cooper.bradley cooper was once a guest on this show. who was interviewed by me. i play bass on the show and a.j. ray is going to perform the song "foot loose." please welcome a.j. ray. great to have you here. >> great to be here. thank you very much. >> i want to say i met you in israel when your family was there with me last year. you blew me away as such a young man with your talent. how old are you? >> i'm 15. >> i'm a little older than that and i still tonight have the most you have. you dance, you sing. has music always been a part of your life? >> yes, it has. i've been singing since i was this tall. singing has been in my blood, it's in my family and i love it so much. there's nothing like it. >> how do you get the dance moves? did you teach yourself how to do that? >> i have a teacher back in dallas. if you want to learn some dance moves i can teach you the becausics real quick. >> you think in. >> yeah. >> let's see something you can teach me. >> okay. >> all right. >> well this simp

conclude this evening with pat ribling-- patricia clarkson who stars in "the elephant man" with bradley cooper. >> i walk on stage every night as miss kendall and i have lived this life, in my own personal way. every night when i walk out there, i bring what i have lived in these 54 years it's a lot. and i'm thankful for that because every single night i bring that to the stage. >> rose: david oyelowo and patricia clarkson when we continue. funding for charlie rose has been provided by the following: additional funding provided by: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: david oyelowo is here. he stars as dr. martin luther king junior in a new film. it is called "selma" it follows the civil rights marches of selma alabama that lead to the passage of the voting rights act of 1965. the movie arrived at a particularly timely moment in this country. the events in ferguson missouri the death of eric garner and race incidents, these remarks made

. >> his biggest role yet bradley cooper opening up about playing the american sniper. >> it was likeothing i had ever done before. it was pretty massive because he's a real man. >> why he says playing chris kyle hit so close to home. it's the purple pill, the #1 prescribed acid blocking brand, available without a prescription for frequent heartburn. get complete protection. nexium level protection™ ♪ >> welcome back to "fox & friends first". one of those nights is over because it is morning. thank you for waking up with us. brazen crooks grabbed 250,000 worth of jewelry during a smash and grab robbery. the guns came out and so did hammers. one smashes the display case and grabs as much as he can before they catake off. they want to question this woman they say is a decoy. she keeps the door open a bit too long to let the suspects in. game, set arrest. the nman was nabbed for trying o snuggle a 22 caliber hand gun with a playstation 2 video console. he is heading to mexico city. police booked him on a weapons charge instead. >> he was the most lethal sniper in u.s. military history. n

. >> bradley cooper stars in and produce the new clint eastwood film "american sniper." here's is the trailer for the film. a military age male on a cell phone watching the con babe -- convoy. oldaybe he is calling his 80. -- lady. >> he stepped off. >> hold on. i got a woman and a kid 20 yards out moving toward the convoy. harms are not swinging. she is carrying something. she got a grenade. >> eyes on this. can you confirm? >> your call. >> they fried your funeral. >> bradley cooper also starring as joseph marek in the production of "the elephant man." inspirede role that him to become an actor. i spoke with him at the booth theater. here is that conversation. >> what is it like when you think about the fact that this you has meant so much to for so long, to sit on the stage, to come to the stage? every night. youirst of all, being with here on the stage, that is the thing. that is -- thank you for that, by the way. it is a good year. to be here in the booth where it originated, where david bowie did it in 1980. it is the movie that made me want to be an actor. the fir

bradley cooper put on 40 pounds of muscle. completely transformed himself.me so you see a lot of actors with physical transformations. this has a bit of a feel of the hurt locker, so you're seeing the iraq war and how it affects their families. so another dark movie, but getting a lot of publicity. look for bradley cooper to get an oscar nomination for this one. >> and last but not least, "big eyes." >> this is all the oscar material. this is the time you see the oscar movies. amy adams. a true-life story about the paintings, how her husband took credit for this art. amy adams, also, she's becoming the meryl streep of her generation. look for her to get an oscar nomination. really interesting movie. it has that tim burton feel to it. it's like an old-fashioned caper about how she struggles to get credit for these paintings that her husband took credit for. >> if you can only watch one, which one should it be? >> "into the woods," i love because i'm a broadway fan. but "selma" is one of most important that parallels things that are going on in the world. >> a

walk kin was in wedding crashers which starred young bradley cooper.ey cooper was once a guest on this show where he was interviewed by yours truly. i play base on this show and our guest today musically is aj ray who will perform the song "foot lose" from the movie that turned kevin bacon in to a star. you got the full story and now here is aj ray. >> good to be here. i want to say i met you in israel when your family was with me there last year. you blew me away with such talent. how old are you? >> i am 15. >> i am a little older than that. i still don't have the moves you have. you dance, you sing, has music always been a part of your life? >> yes, it has. i have been singing since i was this tall. >> dancing i have to ask you how did you get the dance moves? teach yourself how do do that? >> i have a teacher back in dallas. you want to learn? i can teach you the basics. >> what's some moves? >> i think we are going to do that the next time you come back. >> okay. >> you have something to shoot for? fair enough? >> that's fair. >> i think we ought

she's a three-time oscar nominee, a one-time oscar winner for the movie she put bradley cooper on thesponsible for a $150 million open with "hunger games" and the fourth largest open with "catching fire" before she signed the contract for the movie. it's -- it's discouraging. >> i love that you pointed out that she put bradley cooper on the map in hollywood. so we find out, if i'm getting this right, that in terms of royalties, profit coming off this film, bradley cooper and other guys are getting 9%. she was getting 7%. funny thing, i did the math, that's the 77% wage gap that we experience as women across the country on average. come on. >> it's really happening. it's really, really happening. >> it's no surprise to the four of us that there is a disparity in wages for men and women across the country. we are fired up about this. we were fired up about it beforehand. my cuss riosity is because hollywood has exposed, sometimes it takes ordinary americans celebrity appeal to engage in an issue. my hope is that jennifer lawyer and some of the celebrities may become poster children or a

it was b, bradley cooper!ers and applause ] now, are you ready to play celebrity alphabetical order? well, you're going to have to wait, because right now, it is time for awko taco. hey, kim kardashian, who told you how to eat? an alligator? ahh! awko taco! hey, ben stiller. you got stuck in your zipper? awko tea coe. hey, katy perry, your face look dumbable when you sneeze. awko taco! elijah wood bring a tennis ball to the beach? what, did he bring a beach ball to the tennis court? [ laughter ] awko taco. wow! really great, right people? [ cheers and applause ] what's that noise? you know what that means? it's time for celebrity alphabetical order! roll the tape! >> celebrity alphabetical order. >> it is time to play celebrity alphabetical order? you guys ready? >> so ready. >> what is your name? >> keith. >> what is your name? >> jennifer. >> what is your name? >> harry. >> okay. i have to move you around. come over here. >> stay where i am? >> yes. >> this is no fun. >> mucho! >> mucho! >> wow. that was exc

. ♪ >>> bradley cooper's >>> bradley cooper's date night after his "american sniper" premiere. >>> bradleybradley and sooki partying after the premiere that could win him an oscar. why cooper and a.j. both like to hang upside down. >> i have one in my house. >> mel b.'s husband's history of violence as he denies beating the beloved tv judge. what mail online just uncovered.

chris was so humble that he -- bradley cooper -- that he just basically walked away and said thank yous that him? >> 100%. as bradley calls it, vintage chris. that's absolutely who he was. he was very uncomfortable with praise and very much in the background you would see in any of his military pictures, neffs the back with his sunglasses on. that's how he lived. even doing the book in the first place was a very uncomfortable thing for him, and something he resisted for along time. other people were going to write the story, and he thought, no, i'm going to do it so i can give credit to people who sdefsh the credit. >> how would you describe your relationship with him? >> i do in a lot of ways feel like i still have that relationship, and it still grows and changes because of what i learn and what i experience and how i can more deeply appreciate what he was going through and i wish that i had known more as people often do at the time, but i also know that he knows i did the best i could, and i know he did the best he could. my relationship with him from the beginning was just very --

. >>> and the search continues for bradley cooper accused of killing six people and wounding one yesterday. nicole hill, her mother, her grandmother, her sister and brother-in-law and 16-year-old niece and a 17-year-old nephew is in the hospital in serious condition. the manhunt continues at this hour. walter perez is live now where authorities have wrapped up a news conference. >> reporter: the montgomery county d.a. ferman wrapped up a news conference, she mentioned they retrieved the suspect's cell phone and vehicle as well and have new images of a suspect they want to pass along, the head shot is the same one we released yesterday but they photo shopped it to remove his beard because they believe he is clean shaven. a huge amount of law enforcement from fbi to s.w.a.t. teams and fire s are searching montgomery county. they say that stone clearly targeted his ex-wife's family the community at large should remain vigilant but not overly alarmed. >> i ask the people not to stop mr. stone, if they do see him he should be considered armed and dangerous and he has access to firearms as well

>> also, we've got george clooney on "downton abbey" and bradley cooper showing his wild side. >> and meryl streep, you know, she didn't always want to be the witch. >> when i turned 40, i got three different witch scripts. i don't like it. >> you'll never see the light of day! >> now, "entertainment tonight," we love entertaining people. the number of bill cosby accusers reachess20 women as the comedian bows to the pressure of the sexual assault claims for the very first time. hi, everybody. nischelle turner is joining me tonight. >> kevin frazier is in london with victoria's secret angels. we'll have that story a little later, but we have to start with the new fallout from the cosby scandal, the allegations finally forcing a real change to his life. >> yeah, and the alleged 20th victim is talking to us tonight. all of the women drawing strength from each other. tonight's top story, the cosby accusers band together. >> at one point he said i'm bill cosby. you're not in the little leagues anymore. you're sitting with mr. cosby. do you understand that?

on him, being that bradley cooper wases in the house. it was just pathetic. >> we knew it would be pathetic going in, cross your fingers and hold your breath when you go up against a passing offense. >> do we have to see this play? >> well, this is first play of the game. we won coin flip. they kick it short. >> they didn't kick it short, the the wind caught it, and it has been some debate over that but enough people now you can watch every nfl game next week and you will in the see a kick off fall at the 20-yard line. two things happened here. one cowboys get lucky that it fell that short and two, you know, and you cannot leave brad smith out of there, badly miss played it. >> you knew it would go downhill from there, they beat us last year at home, they beat us again at home this year. this team is good but they are just in the good enough yet. >> and of course your boy, mark sanchez, he is coming through just great, isn't he, kerry? >> he proved himself as a backup quarterback for rest of his career. >> that is what he will be now. he

but now there is new video and it is raising questions about what really happened there, and bradley cooper him, shows us how he transformed himself for two difficult rolls first in american snipper the movie and then play elephant man and this morning he is talking to the one and only charlie rose. news is back in the morning. we will see new ten minutes from now. see you soon. >>> say it again, love him. >> love him. you know you love him, go ahead, ukeelee. >> that is my man, germantown academy class of 93. >> you knew him as a little guy good love him indeed. >> talk to you good see you guys. >> take care. >>> philadelphia's ronald mcdonald house is all lit up for the holiday season. it happened with the help of rob old himself and an eager philadelphia police officer who wanted to make a difference. >> pat ciarrocchi has the story in this morning's brotherly love. >> on this night red and white striped socks were high fashion, seven year-old grace and her mom holy, see them as a symbol of the brotherly love they find here. >> it is amazing, i'm so overwhelmed and humble by people who p

new role to avoid a relapse, now on "extra." >>> bradley cooper speaking out about his demons, the day his father died in his arms, and his new life with model suki waterhouse. "extra" cooper's new "vanity fair" tell-all. >>> is lady gaga engaged? >> are you engaged? >> howard stern puts gaga on the spot. >>> janay rice barely looking at ray rice during his tv apology. >> my wife is an angel. >> we analyze her body language.

. >>> bradley cooper's date night after his "american sniper" premiere. >> now on "extra." ♪ >>> bradleyartying after the premiere of the movie that could win him an oscar. >> you're busy. >> yeah. >> our surprise moment with bradley and clint eastwood. plus, why cooper and a.j. both like to hang upside down. >> i have one in my house. >> do you really? the greatest. >>> mel b.'s husband's history of violence as he denies beating the beloved tv judge. what mail online just uncovered about his past. >>> kathy lee's new cosby confession. >> what she says happened when he tried to make a move. >> i said, bill, we're friends. >>> angie home sick, brad and the kids at her "unbroken" premiere. >> i'm representing my wife. >>> plus, britney's crazy new body on the cover of "women's health." >>> and oprah and fallon's soap spoof. >> what is it, darling? >> seeing another man. >>> this is "extra" at universal studios hollywood, the entertainment capital of l.a. >>> welcome to "

[ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: sting and bradley cooper!eve: that's a show. >> jimmy: but first, we have a a fantastic show tonight. gosh, she's one of our favorites. we do love her. >> steve: she's one of my favorite people on earth honestly. >> jimmy: the stone bone. [ cheers and applause ] she's fantastic in this movie. the movie is called "birdman." it's out friday. emma stone is here! >> steve: yeah! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ stone! [ laughter ] >> jimmy: emma and i are going head-to-head in a game of box of lies. >> steve: ooh. [ cheers ] >> jimmy: plus, this guy's a a great actor, he's from the new movie "fury." logan lerman is stopping by. >> steve: come on! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: tank movie with brad pitt. logan lerman. oh, it's good. we've got amazing music. this is a hot show man. i'm talking about the one and only sam smith is in the house! [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: come on! >> jimmy: he's the dude. >> steve: he's got a voice of an angel. >> jimmy: he's the new human. he's the one everyone's talking about. >>

eagles up fly and everyone going news including bradley cooper from owners box and cowboys come back and why at the linc de marco murry for the school. eagles down four. all right, chip, here you go. end ever the third. zach ertz owe oh, no offer hands into the hounds of j.j. will cox eagles four turnovers tonight most in football leads to this start of the fourth romo back to bryant three touchdowns and that is new jersey governor chris christie celebrating with cowboys order jerry jones. out of first place, chip kelly live at the pod sglum we dug ourselves a big hole and dug ourself out of it the long drive was tough for us and then offense didn't go out and re spond. >> what do you telt buys and how do awe preevrp it. >> the only thing that matters is our next game. we can't think anything long term who doesen does what and it's a moot point any way xlaird to preparations for washington to move. let's worry about what we can do and do and get ready and play washington and get the. >> i have yet outside i don't know anything about that. >> is there anything looking at matt barkley.

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and charlie sits down with actor bradley cooper on his new broadway play.morning news" for this wednesday. i'm lauren lyster. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> we begin with breaking news police are searching for two suspects in the bizarre burglary in a northeast philadelphia target store. mobile three giving us this live look from the store in somerton, the men are accused of entering the store on the 11,000 block of roosevelt boulevard through a hole in the rearf the store. police say a closed circuit security system alerted them of the breach. the right now those suspects are not in custody but authorities have have the building surrounded. we will have much more in a live report at 5:00 o'clock. >>> more breaking news in west philadelphia, the the fire marshall is calling an overnight fire at this home in the 5400 block of west girard avenue suspicious. officials believe that the fire started on the front porch and then spread to the first floor. the fire department quickly placed it under control.

bradley cooper stars.today marks the biggest shipping day of the year. that's because it's your last day to send packages to make sure they get there by christmas. fed-ex says they will move a record 22.6 million packages today alone. if you're going to do it, get online now. >>> meanwhile, so much for a happy holiday. gas prices may be down, but that doesn't mean the grinch isn't headed to wall street this christmas season. >> the dow taking a tumble, falling more than 300 points on friday. the worst weekly performance in three years. >> so what does it mean for the economy? only one woman knows. she's fox business' own maria bartiromo. can you make sense of that? >> yeah. i think the market has been moving higher at a steady rate, at a very strong clip all year and people are waiting for some pullback. and the smallest thing will sort of give the market that pullback and this week people are worried about the dropoff in oil. we're looking at oil down almost 50% from the high, down 30%. >> consumers love

how do you tell bradley cooper the flash didn't go off? >> you just go with that selfie.ly like chris kyle. he put on 40 pounds of muscle. >> this is one of those movies hollywood could have gotten it so wrong in so many ways but they got it right partly due to clint eastwood and bradley cooper and the screenplay working very closely with the family. >> clint eastwood was asked specifically to direct this. >> who better to capture this kind of story than probably one of the greatest american directors. >> in the beginning it looked like steven spielberg was going to get the task but instead at the end clint got it. >> we caught up with them on the red carpet last night and asked them what they hoped people would take away from this very important movie? >> i hope it can keep carrying the message he tried to give. if you see somebody like his brother, you know you'll not just walk right past. maybe help him out in some way. >> all the people in active service sacrificed an enormous amount. the people left behind are also making sacrifice. that is something i think about mo

and charlie sits down with actor bradley cooper on his new broadway play.morning news" for this wednesday. i'm lauren lyster. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good morning. it's >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. december 1 >>> you're taking a live look right now at the golden gate bridge. you can see cars moving along kind of wet roads out there. but it looks like the rain has let up. >> yeah. what a shocker. >> good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, december 17. i'm michelle griego. >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. happy wednesday. it is 4:30. we get you out the door with a little traffic with gianna and roberta, more rain? come on. >> we have some scattered showers in the forecast today. we all can breathe a little sigh of relief. but there is dense fog inland. if we zoom in, we are just getting a hit-and-miss scattered shower. and that one cell offshore is about it. that's the area of low pressure that will be coming in next and we'll talk more about that as the news continues. checking the roads, slick s

other new movies include "american sniper" with bradley cooper, "the gambler" starring mark wahlberg,n's new flick "big eyes." >>> the wife of actor patrick stewart posted this individual video on youtube. it's hard not to smile as stewart reacts to the singing, dancing hat on his head. his wife wrote on youtube, sweet hat, bro. >>> and mindy kaling created a viral sensation after displaying a wreath witherspoon on the christmas episode of "the mindy project." turns out reese witherspoon thought it was pretty funny. she posted this pic on instagram yesterday wishing everyone a very merry christmas and telling mindy she couldn't resist. >> that's cute and clever. >> i can't believe somebody hasn't done that before, though. >> it seems so obvious now, doesn't it? >> yes it does. i was watching her in a movie this weekend, so -- >> i'm dara brown. this is "early today." we hope it is your first stop of the day on nbc. when the game is on the line... okay patrick, let's go base, shark, blitz. the nfl trusts duracell quantum to power their game day communication. abort! abort! he's keeping

conclude this evening with pat ribling-- patricia clarkson who stars in "the elephant man" with bradley coopervery night as miss kendall and i have lived this life, in my

american sniper" is hitting theaters and chris kyle's dad is revealing the one thing he said to bradley cooperastwood looked him in the eyes and said they would honor his son's memory. >>> and a catch phrase in hong kong. people grabbing $2 million in loose bills scattered across the road. an armored van drove off with its back door open and cash boxes falling out. drivers stopped traffic, taking off with whatever they could collect. kelly? >>> thank you. this is a great story you're about to hear. you could call him santa's helper. a georgia man giving strangers a helping hand this christmas by paying their power bills to help them stay warm this winter. so what inspire him to help all these strangers? joining us now, this christmas morning, is the good samaritan, steve astrap. it's so good of you to join us this morning, especially at this christmas time. tell me what inspires to you do what you do and that's pay the bills of so many people who need this. >> my wife, who i love very dearly, died almost coming up on three years ago now. when she passed away, i had already set aside money for

--bradley cooper. i met him at a premier. it was a serendipitous moment and he said if and when i do "the elephant man," i want you to play mrs. kendall. i knew the part and i love the play and i love the part and i said ok, whatever. a year later i got a text from bradley and said you, me williamstown, mrs. kendall. that was it. i decided it was the right time, it was the right project. he was the right person because i have great admiration for him and i knew of his profound love for this man, joseph merrick the great joseph merrick. he wooed me in a way that was just right. i felt it was right. what was i thinking? you know in the part, what was i thinking? i thought it would be a simpler path. >> you show a lot of yourself. >> i show a lot of myself and what was i thinking? it is also a journey i have never taken before as an actress. it brought me to a new place. i am thankful for that. i am very thankful for that. >> who is ms. kendall? tell us about john merrick. >> john merrick is this man who was hideously deformed a