and abc's chris connelly tagged along for a little sneak peek. >> reporter: they loved and lost.ght and feuded. they've gone to the beach. they've gone to the club. and they've been very, very thirsty. >> love you guys. >> reporter: their drinking, dust-ups and desires captured on camera have turned the 20-somethings of mtv's "jersey shore" into reality superstars. like nicole "snooki" polizzi. the "did she do that" girl? why do you think people are so fascinated by you? >> i don't know. i think i'm real and i just don't give a [ bleep ] about what anybody says about me. >> reporter: "jersey shore" is now the most popular series in the 30-year history of mtv. so, as it begins airing its fourth season this week, the cast has been uprooted from jersey to florence. producer sally ann set them up here. >> this is their living room. this is where they live. if you look over here, there's cameras like this all over. this way, they also know that as long as they're around, they're on camera. >> reporter: nicole what do you have to be able to say to get around here? >> pretty much, what

here's abc's chris connelly. ♪ oh oh oh oh oh oh >> reporter: "til the world ends" a big winner lastht for britney at mtv's video music awards. and here at conway studios in hollywood, this man is one of the principal architects of that song. >> that little tented area there, that's where you record vocals, is that the idea? >> that's where, you know, today britney would be. she sounds good fast, you know. she's a lot busier than i am. she comes in and gets it done and she's out. >> reporter: with 23 number one singles to his credit, he is 37-year-old producer and songwriter lucas goswald. the most sought after hitmaker in pop music today. ♪ here i am once again ♪ torn into pieces >> reporter: he's shaped the "american idol"-bred vocal barrage of kelly clarkson. ♪ california girls katy perry's candy-coated confections. ♪ dancing like we're >> reporter: and the too many martinis tipsy doodle of kesha. >> it's so catchy and hooky. ♪ pa, pa, pa, pa ♪ party ♪ just like the world is ours >> stuttering always works. >> reporter: it's the "king's speech" theory of pop music. >> repeat it, r

for "good morning america," chris connelly, abc news, los angeles. >> all right, thanks to chris. put a price tag on happiness. rob yiin leach, champagne and caviar greens. i love these people out here. they were talking about andrea. >>> coming up next -- do you want an oscar? do you want an oscar? you know what, you can go to a pawnshop and get an oscar. i >>> i had a great time on my ca cameo on pawnshop. andrea canning looks at how far that phenomenon is spreading. >> reporter: on the hit show pawn stars we have seen sales on everything from swords. >> how much do you want it? >> reporter: to super bowl ring. the family has opened a pandora's box for opportunities for everyone out there looking to make some fast cash. >> 40 bucks. >> really? >> reporter: he's also seent all. he said that weird is now the new normal. got a neon clock, he'll buy it. even an urn with the ashes of a pet sold here for 50 bucks. >> i had a girl bring in the ashes of her cat. i actually gave her a loan on it. >> reporter: even this painting by serial killer john wayne gacy was up for sale. >> the las

from los angeles, chris connelly finds out. >> macaulay cull kin thihi "hom alone."rantee of grownup success. of the kind enjoyed by drew barrymore or natalie portman. making it young cane a double-edged sword. ever eager to recapture the buzz that was. ♪ it's a hard knock life for us ♪ >> reporter: it was the role little girls dreamed of. ♪ the sun will come out tomorrow ♪ >> reporter: thaha 10-year-old aileen quinn got. filmed here at new jersey's monmouth university. >> i came into the great hall. the skreelings are beautiful. tiffany stained glass. the camera did just that. it came back to me being amazed. wow. this is where i'm going to live. >> reporter: where a now 40-year-old aileen quinn works as a theater professor. ♪ the one mistake was giving up me ♪ ♪ so maybe now it's time >> reporter: she yearns for a role that would put her back in the spotlight. if the sun hasn't come out for her on that front, she's not lost the same spunky hope that drove her character. ♪ together at last, together forever ♪ >> i realize that the film was iconic. i just want to kee

. >> spent a little time with chris connelly. >>> the wait is over for fans of "the h hp."rs will be with us live with a sneak peek of this brand-new film. >> it is such a fantastic movie. so heartwarming. cannot wait for that. >>> first news with josh elliott and "ice, ice baby." >> lots to get to. tropical storm emily is expected to make landfall on haiti today. a major concern because more than 600,000 people are still living in tent cities, exposed to the elements following last year's earthquake. 20 inches of rain could fall in parts of the country. >>> meanwhile, here at home, more than 100 deaths are now being blamed on the extreme heat this summer. the dallas area is expected to reach 100 plus degrees for the 34th-consecutive day. >>> and more americans than ever before are using food stamps. 15% of the population, a record high, now relies on them. unemployment figures may be a part of the explanation, as layoffs hit a 16-month high in july. many of them in previously safe industries. >>> and in new hampshire, investigators looking into the death of 11-year-old cel

our chris connelly spoke with her about how it feels to be so in demand both on tv and at home chris?mon who says she's feeling the love from a fan base that's enjoying the chance to see a true female friendship getting some serious air time. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: it's a police procedural set in boston but what made "rizzoli & isles" a megahit. >> we want everybody off the location. >> reporter: is the leads. >> did you have a lot to confess to. >> i made stuff up. >> reporter: sash have alexandra and angie harmon as jane rizzoli. >> i think pretty much right from the beginning. you could tell that she was a girl's girl. that she had girlfriends and i'm that kind of girl. >> reporter: in real life harmon loves clothes but on the show she must dress down. you just scathe longingly at her wardrobe. >> she came in in birkenstocks and i was like know. >> reporter: you were demanding she lived up to the glamour of her character. >> don't be yourself in rehearsal. go put on a four-inch heel. >> reporter: then including "30 rock's" fictional liz lemon imagine -- >> are rizzoli and isle

florence ita italy, the top of their list was a gym and they made a few headlines along the way and chris connellyut it. >> a lot of fun. the most successful series in the 30-year history of mtv and tolle night "jersey shore"'s season four begins set not in america but in florence, italy, which for more than a month this summer was home to bocellis, michelangelo and at least one priceless snooki. dancing and drinking, kisshing and smooshing, three seasons of one beachy subculture. eight housemates getting along and not so much. when a fight begins to start, are you guys sitting there going, oh, boy, i know -- >> i watch and smile. >> yeah, if you hear yelling, if you hear banging that's when you get out of bed and just watch. >> go to it, girls. >> reporter: what made it a phenomenonons its character, the situation, its abdominal showman. >> this is the situation right here. >> reporter: to city coal "snooki" polizzi, ni. >> i want to meet gorilla juice heads. >> reporter: now season four brings them to the city of florence and as they told us from the apartment they all share there, their 40 days