the one silver lining is not the weather, it's this, that prestigious award that is made by chopard for the best movie that's intact, it is safe. >> good to know. insurance companies will be going wild, i am sure. lama, thanks so much. >>> well, the countdown is on for a huge music extravaganza here on abc tomorrow night. some of the hottest performers in the music world will take the stage at the billboard music awards everyone from jennifer lopez to prince, actor tracy morgan is hosting the show and barbara walters sat down with him for a no holds barred interview for "20/20." >> looking for dull and dignifi dignified, he not your man. aims for funny on the red carpet and road in a new tour called excuse my french. you're back on stage doing stand-up comedy. >> yeah. it feels good to hear my voice again, to hear my voice. not reading someone else's lines. when i'm on stage i hike to let people know where i come from. >> reporter: born in the projects of new york city, his life was anything but funny. >> when you're funny in that environment, that's so rough, most people don't have $10

the target, swiss jewelers to the stars, chopard, but this jewelry heist on the french riviera is no hollywood plot. >> this is a very tempting venture knowing all of the expensive jewelry that's going to be at one location. >> reporter: right under the noses of french police, beefed up security and the glitz and glamour less than a mile away thieves descended upon this hotel brazenly ripping a safe out of the wall in a room being used by the legendary jeweler. >> it is an ideal crime. everything was timed perfectly. you would have to have some inside information. >> reporter: a sponsor of the cannes film festival for the last 16 years even crafting its coveted palm d'or, chopard has been using the hot event to showcase its fine gems draping superstars like julianne moore and cindy crawford in eye-popping ice. ooh-la-la. but the jeweler says none of the missing loot valued by investigators at over a million dollars was intended for the festival's stars. >> the jewelry stolen are not part of the collection of the jewels that are worn by actresses during the cannes film festival. >> re

worth millions, jewels from the luxury house of chopard, glittering as much as the stars wearing thembut overnight, as the stars celebrated the premiere of the new heist movie "the bling ring," a real-life jewelry heist was under way. just blocks from the red carpet, at a hole tell in the center of town, thieves made off with more than $1 million worth of jewelry, according to investigators. ripping a safe right out of the wall. >> chopard house has been victim of a robbery last night, in the hotel room, where there was not presence on the premises. >> reporter: the french riviera has long been a lure for thieves. as tall fred alfred hickcock revealed in, "to catch a thief." >> does it make you nervous to be in the same room with thousands of dollars worth of diamonds, unable to touch them? >> no. >> reporter: for stars these days, it's millions, especially own the red carpet. amy adams wore earrings, a necklace and added an emerald and diamond bracelet to the oscars, for a look worth $1.35 million. jennifer garner was dripping in diamonds this year. a necklace, earrings and bracelet

however, chopard, the jeweler, has down played that saying they were more in the region of $350,000,,000. the jewels you would have seen around the necks of the stars on opening night were worth millions more than that. and chopard insists the jewels that have gone missing were not destined for the "a" listers. >> can i ask you something else as we wait for the investigation to continues? academy award winning actor christopher waltz had to be rushed off stage after hearing gunshots? what do you know about this? >> reporter: usually the drama is on the screen at cannes, not offscreen. this year it's being offscreen. he was being interviewed live across from where the festival is taking place. during the broadcast a man burst onto the set and fired shots into the air. he was immediately arrested, and everyone rushed offset. police have revealed the man was a 42-year-old homeless man, that the gun he was firing was actually a starting pistol, and a grenade he was allegedly carrying was a fake. no one was injured. >> but frightened, that's for sure. nbc's annabelle roberts, thank you so

now someone has pulled a hollywood worthy heist on a set of chopard jewels. the jewels were stashed in the hotel safe of a chopard employee. thieves gained access and simply unscrewed the safe and took it off the wall. >> there is currently an investigation under way so we can only let you know that the value of the pieces stolen is far lower than those in the figures circulating in the media. the jewelry stolen are not part of the collection of the jewels that are worn by actresses during the cannes film festival. >> paris hilton is hosting a party in vegas tonight. >> where does she live? >> the jewels were stolen at the same time the sophia copola film "the bling ring" was premiering at cannes a movie about a group of teen thieves robbing celebrity homes. twitter buzzed with speculation of a pr stunt but french police say this heist is for real. >> so many beautiful things. >> cannes is a massive show case for glamour. a-listers flaunt tens of millions of dollars in clothing and jewels every single day of the festival. it seems that also makes it a temptin

. >> a couple earrings when it's from chopard. >>> and then a long and controversy week for president the late-night kau phaimmediate comedians had to g their take on it. >> i am sure you heard by now president obama fired his acting irs commissioner, and apparently he was acting like richard nixon's irs commissioner. talking about imbeaching barack obama, and he said i have no word to this, and i have two words that will put an end to this nonsense, and he said two words. i said what? and he said president biden. >> there's rumor that there is a video of him smoking crack, the canadian mayor, and our mayor put it, hey, at least it's not a large soda. i'm not that crazy. >> and the mayor of toronto, there. and the jackpot is up to $600 million, and the record is $650 million. and people are lined up all over the united states to buy tickets. you can re-create the experience of playing powerball at home simply by flushing a dollar down the toilet. >> that story about the mayor of toronto, that is unbelievable. >> still no official statement from him

investigators say they pulled out the safe from the room of a representative from chopard. >> speaking of cannes actresses the bling ring and star trek roars back to the box office. >> star trek warped into theaters to the tune of $13.5 mimin this, time around a new developin. details are scarce, he says a lot of thought went into how he looked. >> we just wanted a man dressed in black and about who he was and how he was. rather than strangeness. >> star trek in the darkness is in theaters now. jennifer nettel as announced her first solo album coming this fall. she's best known for fronting the country group sugar land. emma watson was on hand for the premier of celebrity burglary movie the bling ring. and you play a wanna-be socialite she kept stars in mind. >> i had a lot of work to do to get into character for nikki. i watched lat of kardashian, paris hilton and "the hills". >> and make sure to tune in this sunday here on abc. >> stim ahead on abc 7 news 4:00 ousted head of the irs gets grilled on capitol hill today. his response to the latest scandal. >> also an uproar in canada. a

. >> reporter: chopard is the name in bling at the cannes film festival.t only drape the rich and fame ous in diamonds, it make the coveted 24 karat gold palme d'or award. french police say the jewels were stashed in the hotel safe of the chopard employee. thieves gained access and unscrewed the safe and took it off the wall. >> there is an investigation under way, so we cannot allege the value of the pieces stolen is far lower than those in the figure circulating in the media. the jewelry stolen are not part of the collection of the jewels that are worn by actresses during the cannes film festival. >> paris hilton is hosting a party in vegas tonight. >> reporter: the jewels were stolea stolen at the same time that the bling ring was premiering at cannes. twitter buzzed with speculation of a p rcht stunt, but french police say this heist is for real. >> so many beautiful things. >> reporter: cannes is a massive showcase for glamour. a-listers flaunt tens of millions of dollars in clothing and jewels every single day of the festival. it seems that also make

chopard is a sponsor of the cannes film festival. police are still investigating that incident.laughlin, cnn, london. >> a lot of drama at cannes this year. in a statement about the jewelry heist, none of the jewels stolen were for actresses to wear at the film festival. the value of the diamonds was much less than what the media had been reporting and they have been reporting about $1 million. we'll wait to get that exact figure from them. >>> meantime, president obama will be here in atlanta today. he'll address graduates at moore house university. the appearance follows a very tough week that the president had playing defense on several fronts. >>> coming up, a brand-new cnn poll looks at how president obama is doing so far in this second term. we'll have those results for you this morning on "state of the union" with candy crowley beginning at 9:00 a.m. eastern. >>> he was once known as a hero cop. he was even invited to watch president obama's first address to congress right there alongside the first lady. now, he is under arrest, facing shocking charges. >>> and any landin

we do know that there has been talk of estimated value as much as $1 million, but according to chopard who put out a statement, they said the value is far lower than those circulating in the media and the jewels were not part of the collection to be worn on the red carpet by any celebrities. although they do confirm that, yes, these were, indeed, stolen straight out of the room of an employee. >> just amazing. isn't this a bit bizarre? if i recall, the night that this is supposed to have happened was the night of a premiere of emma watson's new movie "the bling ring" about a jewelry heist. >> yeah. in a strange twist of coincidence, the theft appears to have happened just as the premiere of "the bling ring" was going on. it is about a gang of teen thieves that goes into celebrity homes and robs them of their bling. so there was some buzz on twitter that maybe this was a pr stunt. it was all speculation and french police say, no, this is a real theft, it really did happen and they are investigating further trying to figure out who did it. >> wow. i wonder if it is coincidence or if ther

just last week someone swiped chopard jewels worth about $1 million. >>> and finally, a reminder of whatty soldiers carrying on what's known as flags in at or livingston national cemetery, a small american flag planted by each of arlington's 280,800 graves before the weekend. truly our nation's most hallowed ground. a stark reminder that freedom isn't free. >> a high price indeed paid by those and their families. >> thank you, paula. >>> lara, before you make your way to central park, how about a little "pop"? >> i'm on my way to see mariah carey but first we bring you this. ellen degeneres might be for addicted to decorating than me. her and portia derossi have done it again, reportedly closed on another home, this one, oh, a $26 million tuscan villa in santa barbara, california. >> i can't, i can't. >> josh's dream house. >> please, portia said ellen is a serial decorator and certainly has a lot to work with here. the 1920 mansion 10,000 square feet extensive gardens, 13 acres of privacy. this isn't their first time in the hud. they bought another home in the santa barbara area back in

. >> reporter: but in ascreen scene straight out of a movie, a cannes chopard employee.atson was if town to promote her new movie "bling ring" about jewel thieves. in the movie, celebrity obsessed teenagers break into the homes of paris hilton and other well-known stars. the french riviera is a perfect setting for jewel heists. >> diamonds. the only thing in the world you can't resist. >> reporter: but this one is for real. a thief may be in their midst, but the show must go on. police say there was no forced access to the room. it is believed to have been booked in the name of the american woman. they say the thieved that here own card. >> thank you. >>> still ahead, erica meets dolphin was can paint like picasso. water color, right? >> hey, hey. >> first, this is "today" on >> we're showing off our dance moves after your local news. of moves. >> there we go. i'm huge. ahem. any hoo. even my wrapper has a wrapper. flavor? i'm bursting with it. creamy? i ooze it. quality like this... (muffled):...doesn't come everyday. well technically it does because i'm in the grocery

they were loaned from chopard and thieves took them from a safe.ft. >>> and a truck driver survived a wild crash. survived a wild crash. look at the trailer dangling off this highway in australia after it rolled over. the driver thrown 60 feet down onto the road below. he suffered head and chest injuries but we can tell you he is now recovering in the hospital. >> incredible. >>> and finally, a basketball shot most pros couldn't even hit. check out this bungee jumper. we showed it to you. we'll show it again. he's 100 feet up and it's fair to say he's got one shot at it. >> oh. nothing but net. >> whoa! >> the good thing is he did not follow said ball through said net. >> yes. >> actually we're told it took, ready for this, 250 tries. >> oh, my gosh. >> to hit that. >> 250 bungee jumps to make that happen. >> i hope he gets something for his effort. >> actually i really hope it was worth it because that's crazy. >> a million people just watched it. >> everybody wins. >> everybody wins. thank you, josh. >> you bet. >>> hey, friday "pop news." good m

but jewelry worth hundreds of thousands of dollars was stolen from the cannes hotel room of a chopardme night that "bling ring" was being promoted. about jowl jewelry obsessed. in the movie, teenagers break into hotmes and steal items. the french rivera is the perfect setting for a jewel heist. >> diamonds, the only thing in the world i can't resist. >> reporter: this one is for real. the thief may be in the midst, but the show must go on. police say there was no forced access to the room, whichith believed to be in the name of an american woman, so they say the thief had their own key card. laster. >> annabelle roberts with the story, thank you. >>> still ahead, erica meets some dolphins who can paint like picasso. i guess we'd call these water colors. >> hey, hey! colors. >> hey, hey! who is on >>> we'rei showing off our dan moves. >> there we go. i'm huge. ahem. any hoo. even my wrapper has a wrapper. flavor? i'm bursting with it. creamy? i ooze it. quality like this... (muffled):...doesn't come everyday. well technically it does because i'm in the grocery but... ooh, how you doin'