>> there absolutely are but i'm an addict for acting. >> reporter: i'm chris connelly for "nightline"anks to both chris and eddie. we should tell you the oscars with air on sunday, february 22nd, 7:00 eastern, right here on abc. >>> finally tonight, we have some breaking and very sad news about a towering figure in our industry industry. before we came on the air we learned the "60 minutes" correspondent bob simon was killed in a traffic accident right here in new york city. for decades simon reported for cbs news from all over the world. he risked his life to cover wars and he won many many well-deserved awards in the process. all of us here at abc news are thinking of bob and his family tonight. we want to thank you for watching "nightline." i'm dan harris. good night. it's nice, yeah. no, no-- don't touch it! the glue's not dry yet. i made it for the auction. what auction? the auction, ray. you know, it's all i've been talking about for the past month right? i'm on the organizing committee. the auction for ally's school, for the playound equipment? thauction!! i know. i remember. t

and abc's chris connelly was there. od morning, chris. >> reporter: i was wearing my tankini and everything. saturday morning saw the 30th film independent spirit awards celebrating the best in movies not initially funded by major studios. some years, like this one, its winners may look rather familiar. ♪ i'm a little bit indie ♪ ♪ and i'm a little bit studio ♪ >> reporter: kristen bell and fred armisen. donnie and marieing it as hosts for the ever scrappy film independent spirit awards. >> it's so ridiculously nice. i have never been here before. i'm looking forward to seeing what this is all, what's going to happen. >> reporter: for starters it's got a pink carpet with a view of the sific. >> i would love to see ethan hawke wear a bathing suit. and run right into the ocean. >> i feel extremely vulnerable in front of you all right now. >> reporter: it's a breath of fresh air for nominees long on the awards show circuit. trying to stay healthy, michael keaton's been fist-bumping. have you been able to not get a cold? >>

for "good morning america," chris connelly, abc news.. >> so one of the many amazing things about him is he was so multitall lensed. "three men and a baby." who knew he directed that. >> and great singing too. >> no. >> well, you're being -- >> reasonably he sang we can say that. >> such a cult following and only on for three seasons. >> that's also remarkable. >> salute. >> as we said earlier, today is the first day of meteorological spring and so for more on that -- >> he thought it was march 1st. >> so excited about the weather. you are asking so many question that's the one you should have double-checked. by the way i'm the only loser on the desk i can't do -- never could. >> no, no i can't do it. >> i can't do it with my right hand. >> you guys practice and i'll do in. let's go to glendora california, prepping for some rain there. they need it but in the burn areas like the colby fire area they got the k-rails up for potential of mudslides. this thing has cut off from the main flow and we're going to see, yes, beneficial rain not a

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at this point we're tired of it but i'm here to fight for creativity. >> reporter: chris connelly, abce's a great singer. >> yes. >> and so is sam smith. i love his acceptance speech and he said that he was putting out music that no one would listen to and when he was true to himself. >> yeah, that was great. >> that was really cool. >> and a good breakup will always give you lots of material. >> and katy perry last night. >> the super bowl. >> okay. >>> let's go back to ginger now. getting even colder here? >> even colder. will you ready for this? we're only going to see a high by the weekend of around 20 here in the northeast. chicago, you're going to go to 12 for a high on thursday. it's going to come in waves to the great lakes and the northeast. detroit, 18 by thursday. it's not really warm except for memphis, 61, but you'll even drop to 39. >> good monday morning. i am meteorologist mike nicco with the bay area microclimate change forecast. dry and calmer this afternoon after scattered showers and breezy. clearing tonight with limited fog and temperatures above average as we head

. >> no question he put on a great performance here but as abc's chris connelly found out this is a manmany talents. >> sthoo. >> here you go. >> should we make it interesting? >> look at who's hawking, 33-year-old eddie redmayne. best actor nominated for his role as physicist and author stephen hawking in the theory of everything. >> reporter: taking a break from the award season car wash at the standard downtown l.a. with the game he prefers, ping-pong. >> i come from a family of very good sportsmen and i'm genuinely horrifically untalented. >> reporter: athletic enough though, to undergo four months of prep and physical transformation to play a man increasingly constrained in his own movement. six pack from his previous shoot on jupiter ascending, redmayne reconfigured his body. with a choreographer's help he sought to capture hawking at each stage of his decades long battle with a ls. >> i needed to train my body just in order to sustain the positions i knew some of the positions would be specific and contorted and not necessarily comfortable. >> just getting hawking's facial expres

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our movie guru chris connelly. i always wanted to be a guru. he's here to preview the names you may here on sunday. >> reporter: you just don't know what could be happening. birdman versus boyhood. eddie redmayne versus michael keaton. the races seem too tight to breathe. they're not the only ones headed toward a kind of finish line. for all this year's nominees -- >> is this for real or are you shooting a film? >> a film. >> reporter: julian moore's pain stakingly chronicled descent into alzheimer's. >> i need to talk to you. i have something wrong with me. >> reporter: and reese witherspoon's long road toe self-understanding in child. >> there's a sunrise and a sunset every day. you can choose 20 be there for it. >> it's a big passion for me. >> i got a military age mail. on a cell phone watching a convoy, over. >> reporter: with bradley cooper's chris kyle going from the u.s. to a war zone and back. "american sniper" will compete with best picture -- >> i'm ready to come home. >> reporter: -- along with "selma" reflecting its owe procession

. >> chris connelly abc news los angeles. >> he's a great singer. >> yes. >> and so is sam smith.ce speech and he was putting out music that no one would listen to and when he was true to himself. >> yeah that was great. >> really cool. >> and a good breakup will always give you lots of material. >> and katy perry last night. >> the super bowl. >> uh-huh. >> okay. >> let's go back to ginger now. getting even colder here. >> even colder. we're only going to see a high by the weekend of around 20. chicago, 12 for a high on thursday. it's going to come in waves to the great lakes and the northeast. detroit, 18 by thursday. not warm except for memphis. 61. but you'll even drop to 39. >> good morning. you will need an umbrella today spotty with light rain showers across frederick county, loudoun county this is moving towards the east but it will not amount to much. most of it coming in the afternoon and widespread across the region, quite a spread of temperatures from the north the south with a frontal boundary across the region and temperatures warmer by mid-a >>> still to come bruce

abc's chris connelly runs down the oscar moments that have everyone still talking. >> "birdman." >> reporterearing the real michael keaton tidy-whities. >> reporter: best actor eddie redmayne shook his oscar in delighted disbelief. best actress julianne moore considered the health benefits of her win. >> i read an article that said that winning an oscar could lead to living five years longer. i would really like to thank the academy because my husband is younger than me. >> reporter: and there were winners taking stands and earning standing o's from supporting actress patricia arquette. >> it's our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal rights for women in the united states of america! >> reporter: supporting actor jk simmons. >> if you're lucky enough to have a parent or two alive, on this planet 6 don't text, don't e-mail, call them on the phone. >> reporter: "the grand budapest hotel" won four oscars. "whiplash" won three and even best actor nominee michael keaton ended the night with a reason to smile. >> this is great fun. >> reporter: for "good morning america" chris con

. >> chris connelly abc news los angeles. >> he's a great singer. >> yes. >> and so is sam smith.ce speech and he was putting out music that no one would listen to and when he was true to himself. >> yeah that was great. >> really cool. >> and a good breakup will always give you lots of material. >> and katy perry last night. >> the super bowl. >> uh-huh. >> okay. >> let's go back to ginger now. getting even colder here. >> even colder. we're only going to see a high by the weekend of around 20. chicago, 12 for a high on thursday. it's going to come in waves to the great lakes and the northeast. detroit, 18 by thursd your select cities brought to you by macy's. >> reporter: hi, everyone, david murphy here with an update from accuweather. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing us bands of light precipitation coming through. it's colder on the ground where some of this is freezing up on nontreated surfaces. be careful walking around this morning. at the airport, the rain has vacated. although we had delays because of low ceiling. 33 is the high, not improving much. on and off toda

for "good morning america," chris connelly, abc news, los angeles. >> yeah dig deep for that.n't wait for more on that. >>> tumblr are in the oscar spirit too and searched for the most talked about movies and rm poers and came up with ace user-favorite list. benedict cumberbatch as their best actor for "the imitation game." rose mupdz pike for "gone girl" and it goes to "the grand budapest hotel." now ginger with a final check of the weather. >> they're saying it best right here. y'all, it is warmer in new york city than it is in tennessee right now. >> yes. >> you're from nashville and you know that's true but only for so lo you see the wave clouds, so pretty. below normal temperatures through next week. earlier this week, seattle was breaking records. it's milder in the southwest. cooler as we go. high today in rochester minnesota 5. i can't even smile any more about this. that's the big picture let's check closer to home. >> reporter: at some point, the ridge will make it east. it's not going to happen today or tomorrow. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, we're i

for "good morning america," chris connelly, abc news, los angeles. >> yeah dig deep for that.t wait for more on that. >>> tumblr are in the oscar spirit too and searched for the most talked about movies and rm poers and came up with ace user-favorite list. benedict cumberbatch as their best actor for "the imitation game." rose mupdz pike for "gone girl" and it goes to "the grand budapest hotel." now ginger with a final check of the weather. >> they're saying it best right here. y'all, it is warmer in new york city than it is in tennessee right now. >> yes. >> you're from nashville and you know that's true but only for so long because if you stay tomorrow you'll get plenty co. it's going to come right here. some of the photos this morning, david kahn from chicago always makes chicago look good even if it's subzero. how about that from hart. by the dunes and you see those wave clouds over -- so pretty. how about this do you think this is pretty everybody? see what that says below normal temperatures through next week and above average staying -- earlier this week seattle was bre

once again, chris connelly. >> reporter: it needed work. but don't we all?n this single-story house with a pool, in san diego's carmel valley came up for sale, a lot of families wanted it. married couple jerry rice and janice ruhter got it. this woman, kathy rowe, then a 50-year-old unassuming wife and mother was among those who didn't get the house. that just didn't seem right. at least if you were kathy rowe, it didn't. >> i had put so much hope into this house. i walked in, it was my house. >> reporter: yeah, but it wasn't your house. >> no. but it felt like the house i always wanted to own. and when i found out we didn't get it, it was devastating. it was heartbreaking. almost like the loss of a loved one. >> reporter: kathy rowe had a job with the county, had a very ill husband, she said, and had a mother of the year award for being the sole caregiver looking after their severely disabled daughter, rachel. that house, though. >> it had more significance than just a structure with four walls. when i lost it, it -- i just -- i cried and cried. >> reporter

here now abc's chris connelly. ♪ you're a mean one mr.d and watched the grinchs and whos and now it appears there's very good news. >> that day all the sneetches forgot about stars and whether they had one or not upon thars. >> we loved yertle the turtle. we are happy to share. it's the news of the day. dr. seuss fans rejoice, a new book's on the way. a manuscript, drawings found after he passed. now coming to bookstores this summer at last. >> in the fall of 2013, i got a call from our friends at seuss house to say they had found a box in a closet while cleaning up. >> reporter: it is his 45th book called "what pet should i get" and here's a sneak peek. you're excite i bet. >> this is a dr. seuss you are recognize instantly. to seuss loving readers the young and old, the 650 mil books have been sold. we love green eggs, "the lorax," the cat in the hat, one fish and two fish, why look at the kids in this new book. how, how about that? >> the kids in this book are absolutely the same kids we see in "one fish two fish." >> reporter: we are

seuss books are discovered and one will be out this summer and abc's chris connelly has the first lookhes and who is and now it appears there's some very good news. >> that day all the sneechs for got about stars and whether they had one or not upon thars. >> we loved yertle the turtle and sneechs galore. imagine our joy. we're happy to share it's the news of the day, dr. seuss fans rejoice a new book is on the way. a manuscript drawings found after he passed. now coming to book stores this summer at last. >> in the fall of 2013 i got a call from our friends out at seuss house to say they had found a box in a closet while cleaning up. >> reporter: it's his 45th book called "what pet should i get." you're excited i bet. >> you'll recognize it instantly. >> reporter: the young and the old, some 650 mill books have been sold. we love green egg, the lorex, cat in the hat, one fish and two fish why just take a look at the kids in this new book how about that? >> the kids in this book are absolutely the same kids that we see in one fish two fish. >> reporter: all so happy we could just about