and i know she was shocked because cinderella looked like her.at's not who i assumed it to be. i was just so excited she got to see this show with me because it can change the perception about life in general. ♪ >> i've seen a lot of comments around, the fact that she is a brown girl. >> yeah. totally. >> that inspires other brown girls. >> i think that's honest. within the african american community, that is a thing. the light skin, dark skin, and the pitting against one another which is horvel because if we would all come together, the things we could do, it'd be unbelievable. but that's the same thing, the director was actually a white guy, and he was like when i wrote the script and cast the roleon to look like you because you didn't have to be half white, you didn't have to have anything to be a smart black girl. you could be just a black girl. and i thought that was a good point he was aware of that. >> what do you say to the young black girls right now that are watching this in their teens that aspireo bekiki palmer that feel the backlash.

in this notion you'll define cinderella. >> oh, jesus.that. >> reporter: you don't necessarily need the prince in the end. no offense to the prince. >> i mean, i don't even have a name. i'm cinderella's prince. >> reporter: tracy ullman playing mother to jack and the bean stalk. you have a slightly different way of showing being a protective mother. how many times you smacked the kid around. >> i know. >> reporter: and christine baranski, cinderella's evil step-mother. and the wretched daughters of yours. >> they are very scary modern. they are obsessed with fashion magazines and, oh, she looks fabulous, oh, my gosh. >> reporter: and it turns out emily blunt, whose character yearns for a child, was actually pregnant herself while filming. those dips with the prince, deep into the woods -- >> a scene where i get seduced you have to add 25 pounds to that. and i said, to get in a deep lunge kid, i'm coming down. >> reporter: and it was blunt who played the insufferable assistant in "the devil waerls prada." a pattern we couldn't help but not

i wias just trying to be a good mother. >> which i can relate to. >> reporter: and there's cinderellao. >> reporter: you don't need the prince in the end. no offense to the prince, but -- >> i don't even have a name. i'm cinderella's prince. >> reporter: and christine per ran ski, the evil step-mother. >> they are scary modern. they are obsessed with fashion magazines and, oh, she looks fabulous, she doesn't look fabulous. >> reporter: her true role in this, calling out society for our material obsession. >> now at this point in my career, i think -- i really think hard about, is this hurting or is this helping? in some way. >> reporter: are you still singing in the kitchen? >> i'm not allowed to sing. >> reporter: and we asked about her grown children, now artists, too. >> all three of my daughters are wonderful people and my son is a fabulous musician. everybody is loved in equal measure. >> reporter: always the dutiful, equal mom. dolling it out on the sidewalk, too. >> get a scarf, darling. i'm worried about all this area. >> still working on the scarf part. and the full cast with

. >> cinderella is just so kind and soft and but, you know, my sort of window into her was that she'surotic. so i can do new the i can. and i can do logical and over thinking, and it was, you know, it was daunting singing in that vocal range, because cinderella has some notes. >> ♪ >> kevin frazier, now back to you in the studio. >> all right, and you can get all of the latest news from hollywood with entertainment tonight. catch it tonight and every week night at 7:00 right here on cbs-3. we'll be back. by switching to progressive. that was me, mom. [ laugh ] i thought you said, "that was me, mom." [ laughter ] >>> ♪ >>> ♪ >> 5:53. and our forecast? >> merry christmas, everyone, christmas surprise, there it is, hashtag, right? i'm telling you, it will be trending. >> let me take you out, there our holiday storm not quite done with us just yet. there is ooh christmas surprise. we've got still some wet weather and activity on the radar, there is at least a back edge to the rain. see it now moving through lancaster county, extreme western berks county, but will take few more hours, espe

. >> cinderella, go to the ball. >> a very british tradition. we explore the appeal of the pantomime and ask how to write the perfect show. this is a pip. it's part of a hershey's bar. we break it. we bite it. we sneak it. we smoosh it. we savor it. we love it. hershey's is mine, yours, our chocolate. >>> this is bbc world news. >>> memorial services are being held across asia for the victims of the indian ocean tsunami on the tenth anniversary of the disaster. >>> users of microsoft and sony game consoles report technical problems amid claims hackers have disabled their online services. >>> it's now less than a year before myanmar votes in a general election. and now aung san su kyi will take part. >> reporter: your constituency, 2 1/2 years ago you were elected here and shortly after the isolation from the world came to an end. now that reforms seem to have stalled, do you regret that decision to join parliament? >> no. no. because i didn't join parliament because i expected something from it. i thought it would give us an opportunity to contr

i am here to work and you can ask anybody in the cinderella family that.body at glee or dancing with the stars, the new normal. >> you're professional? >> yeah. >> you are successful as an author, producer, successful as a fashion designer, actress, tv personality in all of these generes right. but i see lately, at least this is my opinion but that i feel like you're distancing yourself from reality tv. is that the case? >> well i would like to say i have grown. >> i'm just seeing a cynthia that i didn't know exists. >> unfollow, whatever, friend contract is dead. >> i know of claudia, yeah. >> it was a different reality when leaks was the first to be cast as a real housewives of atlanta. >> we started so long ago there wasn't a lot of black african american reality shows on television. but now we have every show in the world. >> there weren't many black reality tv shows but today we have many and we also know that most of america, they only have the opportunity to see or understand another ethnicity through tv. so what do you think the impact of these bla

on cinderella's prince. >> he's very much the selfie generation.s body and where his head goes and, you know -- >> but it must have been fun to play a completely different kind of character. >> i enjoyed it. and it was an incredible cast. and the music, i learned about sondheim and the musical theater, and the technique and the craftsmanship that goes into make ing this art is quite something. and my character is there to bring levity to what can be a very dark and interesting tale. and there's my prince with, you know, the big hair and riding horses and acting like an idiot. >> and you pull it off. >> thank you. >> i'm not sure that's a compliment. but i guess it is. right? before we go, all the fans to want know, "star trek 3"? >> sometime next year, we think. er with the last to know, as the actors. but there is a script out. pretty sure sometime next year. >> welcome back. >> thank you very much. >>> into the woods opens on christmas day. >>> and coming up, the big (vo)rescued.ed. protected. given new hope. during the subaru "share the love" ev

. >> and adding to that, she is starring as cinderella in "into the woods."very smart prince ♪ he's a prince who prepares ♪ knowing this time i'd run from him ♪ ♪ he spread pitch on the stairs ♪ ♪ and i'm caught unawares ♪ well it means that he cares ♪ this is more than just malice ♪ ♪ better stop and take stock while you're standing here stuck on the steps of the palace ♪ >> anna -- >> the beat was just about to drop. why did you cut? >> let's go live. oh, yeah. that's when it goes full tilt. i just asked you are you happiest when you're singing? >> most stressed when i'm singing. it's so much fun. but it's not easy. when i was making this, i realized i turn into the, it was a beautiful mind situation. the sheet music laid out, highlighters and pens. sondheim, he's a magician and a genius. but he tests you. and he writes for actors. so it's a gift and it's a joy. but it's so hard. >> you make it look easy. sicinderella is running away a t in "into the woods." >> she doesn't know what she wants. she's in the situation, her friends are telling her, he's great.

. >> in cinderella, it is just so kind, soft, and but, you know, my sort of window into her was she'sretty neurotic, so i can do neurotic. and i can do logical and over thinking and it was, you know, daunting sing nothing that vocal range because cinderella a has some notes. >> ♪ >> reporter: for entertainment tonight i'm kevin frazier, now back to you in the studio. >> kevin, thank you. >>> talking about princess, how you about frozen, just red hot this year. the associatedded press named disney hit entertainer of the year. film grossed over $1.2 billion its songs, continues to linger in the mind of kids and grown ups and the like. frozen beat out berks county's own taylor swift for that title. further proof of the popularity national the retail federation says frozen has beaten barbie as the number one most requested item on little girls holiday wish lists. how about that. we will be right back. >>> well, it is christmas eve, even if it feels more like easter time, because temperatures are well above average, in fact, we could be heading for a record, over the next couple of hours.

there's a new short that will be premiere before the new live action film "cinderella." we love that "frozen" stuff. >>> ed sheeran was the officially the most streamed artist in 2014. his songs were listened to over 860 million times collectively. but it was pharrell williams who took the most streamed song individually of the year with his hit "happy." >>> and after meryl streep's oven malfunctioned on thanksgiving, she had to borrow her neighbor's kitchen to finish the dinner. so who is her neighbor? gwyneth paltrow. so while paltrow wasn't there, the doorman of their building let the star in to finish that important meal. that's interesting. you're assuming meryl streep is cooking turkey and gwyneth paltrow doesn't eat turkey, she doesn't eat a bird. i wonder how she feels about the bird being in the oven. >> the smells would still be there. i'm still stuck on that seth rogan salary. >> i know. $8.4 million. >> he could buy everybody a new oven. >> true. >>> i'm dara brown this is "early today." we hope it is your first stop of the day on nbc. >>> leading the news fr

a new short will premier before the new action film cinderella.rrell williams fook more streamed songs. and meryl streep's oven malfunction had to borrow her neighbor's kitchen to finish the thanksgiving dinner. i'm francis rivera and this is "first look" on msnbc. "way too early" with thomas roberts starts right now. have a great one. ♪ >>> no i don't accept his apology, i could care less about his condolences, no i could care less. he's still working. he's still getting a paycheck. he's still feeding his kids and my husband is six feet under and i'm looking for a way to feed my kids now. >> apology not accepted and public rebuke protesters take to the streets in new york city after a jury declines to indict a police officer in geric garner's chokehold. speaker john boehner leads a way to avert another government shutdown. ted cruz has something to say about that. we have very good news for you iphone owners apple developing technology to save those of us with slippery hands. this is "way too early"! >>> good morning. it's great to have you with

house will agree that mental health services have for too long been treated as a poor cousin -- a cinderellaice -- in the nhs and have been systematically underfunded for a long time. that is why i am delighted to say that we have announced that we will be introducing new access and waiting time standards for mental health conditions in a way that have been in existence for physical health conditions for a long time. over time, as reflected in the new nhs mandate, we must ensure that mental health is treated with equality of resources and esteem compared with any other part of the nhs. >> when the health and social care act 2012 passed through parliament, the government said it was not about privatization. a recent study by the british medical journal says that one third of all contracts have gone to the private sector and only 10% to the voluntary and social enterprise sector. does the deputy prime minister regret supporting that legislation? >> he is being highly selective in describing what that report said. it actually said that of all nhs budget contracts, 6% had gone to the private sec

>> i play cinderella's evil stepmom. somebody has to do it. bad attitude, great clothes.> jimmy: when you play a role like that do you base on incidences where you see the movie before? >> no. you base it on a lot of different influences. rob and i talked about how this particular step family, their hair is too big, too blonde, everything's a little much. if they were in contemporary life, they would want their own reality show. u know where i'm going here. >> jimmy: yes. interesting. i think they'll be delighted by that. wow, all right. you're saying it's like a sex thing? >> no. >> jimmy: oh, maybe i said that. >> can't get enough attention thing. >> jimmy: very good to see. hope you have a terrific holiday. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: christine baranski! "into the woods" opens christmas day. we'll be right back with jenny lewis. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i'd like to thank mel brooks, christine baranski, george takei, and i want to apologize to matt damon, we ran out of time. "nightline" is next, but first, her album is called "the

now cinderella needs a dress. the -- rent the runway lets people rent designer dresses at a lower price. i picked out a few online and ended up picking out this one. it will run me 50 bucks rental, but it was $250 off the rack. i say that's a good deal. so now i'm here in the east village, about to take a cocktail making class. let's meet the bartender. >> let's do it. >> that is really good. the verdict -- it did not save me time because i had to look for the class. but it did save money -- $70 is cheaper than the usual $100 you would spend, but i wouldn't do it every day. now i'm home preparing for a dinner party for a few of my friends. but today, i skip the shopping, cooking and cleaning. what are you going to make westmark >> am going to make cod and green beans. >> the kitchen meal is delicious, but for $25 a head, i don't know if this is right for every night. if i'm entertaining, it's something i might consider, but it might be a little too pricey for what i am looking for. >> very well done. that looks li

. >>> now to a cinderella story that has really touched a lot of ktvu viewers. it's about a youth football team from oakland that is now playing in florida thanks to the generosity of many of you. >> sadly they lost the first round. and we're following the team as they get ready for another game tomorrow. >> reporter: these youngsters practice where they can when they can. no strangers to adversity, coming from a community where gun violence is common and the sounds of gunfire a constant. >> whistle, whistle, whistle. >> reporter: they turned an open space at the florida hotel they're staying at into a practice field. a chance to look ahead into the next game. >> we had a good practice. and everybody was practicing hard. >> reporter: it was inside their hotel rooms after practice, time for home work. their focus on school and football during this trip of a lifetime. for many, their first plane ride. >> it was, fun. and more scary. >> so cool. because usually i'm afraid of heights, but i wasn't afraid of heights when i was on the plane. >> reporter: a chance to m

it's the third operation cinderella. they got makeovers. all for the appreciation of the work that they do every day. it's for cancer patients that give on a daily basis. it's their turn to let loose. >> they feed us and pamper us. when we get out of here we will feel so lovely. >>> the group was risked away for a shopping spree and dinner at the cherry hill mall. >>> what a night for them. >>> still ahead on "action news" at 10:00 from behind the lens to behind the bars. they nab a wedding videographer that scammed couples. >>> who is to blame. >>> now your chance to snap a selfie to pope francis. how you can get a cutout for selfie to pope francis. how you can get a cutout for your house. ♪ wow something sounds sweet in here!!!! ♪ need a little honey in the bowl. yeah!!! badabopbopbopa!!! no? must be the honey!!! you've been part of this family for as long as i can remember. and you just mean so much to all of us. the holidays wouldn't be the same without your crescent rolls. we got you a little something. we got you jeans. it's about tim

it's what's going on here in san francisco with cinderella as we told through the work of the african-americankespeare company. all this talk about santa but let's give a shout out to fairy god mothers as well. let's also give a shout out to traffic anchors. yeah, or let's remember to tune them in tomorrow morning. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] get your taste of the season, at raley's, bel air, and nob hill. >>> first the gold rush and now the green rush as more states legalize marijuana a lot of people are cashing in. some of the best marijuana technology is happening right here in the bay area. >> reporter: tap, click and you're done. your delivery is on its way, but it's not pizza not laundry and not a ride. it's marijuana. >> easy to coin uber for medical marijuana. >> reporter: take a product, how much of it and you can track the eta. minutes later it's at your doorstep. >> the delivery time is about ten minutes. >> reporter: he was employee number four at yammer. a social networking service used by fortune 500 companies bought by microsoft two years ago at $1.2 billion. >> we want to get

brandy on cinderella frm the wiz, diana ross as dorothy.alked about morgan freeman has played god. god is a black man. >> even if you go back to the casting of presidents, whether gender or race gina davis playing the vp. now we have dreyfus, with the raise, talking about morgan freeman he made us all believe because of that voice that jesus could be black. >> one other character could be annie. >> which just opened. >> talk about annie black annie. >> yeah the piece i rote talked about how our heroes need to be representative of all colors. these are imaginary story telling, can we at least root it in reality if it doesn't take us all the way there in ters terms of post-racial fantasies. >> how version was it to get that version of annie made and how hard is it in hollywood for black actors to take over traditionally white roles. >> it really depends who is behind it. annie has will smith and jada pinkett smith producing, the problem is annie is not getting a good review. the wiz, that is a plooclunky movie. you want to make great movies.

the prince and cinderella. >> i was raised to be charming, not sincere. >> reporter: and, of course, heart. we asked meryl about one of her lines. "i was just trying to be a good mother." >> which i can relate to. >> reporter: and we asked about her grown children now artists, too. >> all three of my daughters are wonderful people. and my son is a fabulous person. everybody is loved in equal measure. >> reporter: david muir, abc news, new york. >> love her. >> she's incredible. >> she won her last oscar and she said, i know you all wanted somebody else to win. you remember that? she's great. >> we should say, this is a disney production, our parent company. but still very interesting. i want to go see it. despite the connection. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades. ( bell rings ) they remind me so much of my grandkids. wish i saw mine more often, but they live so far away. i've been thinking about moving in with my daughter and her family. it's been pretty tough since jack passed away. it's a good thing you had life insurance through the

like the proverbial cinderella after the ball she had wicked step sisters with whom she had to contend, sometimes literally with con fed rat kin. the republicans were flocking into town in droves but they were slow to roll out the welcome wagon. elizabeth blair lee, daughter frances presson blair suggested the women kind are give mrs. lincoln the cold shoulder and the republicans ought to rally. developments in southern states created department rifts. washingtonians had weathered many crises, particularly during the 1850s, who could forget bully brooks and sumner's empty seat in the senate well. however, by april 1861, the atmosphere was intense and in the extreme. one society lady said, i went to early service at st. john's to avoid my many friends who do not think as i do about states' rights so church going even became a divided enterprise. lincoln's election, like andrew jackson's decades before, represented a seismic social shifert in the district of columbia. mainline washington elites treated the lincolns like pariahs and one observer complained both the president and his wife

. >> like cinderella. >> it is great that is a new years story. >> yes. >> you will not lose your shoeh the cobblestones. >> especially with one boot on. >> yes. >> clubbing around. >> i hope we fine something again tomorrow morning. >> we will find something out there. i have found some stuff out there i just could not bring in. >> if you are in the area and you have any ideas keep ate pope eighthy never found her. never found her. we made spaces and we asked to you put it on twitter. who do you have first, jessica. >> mike jerrick. >> mike at 3:00 a.m. the face of 2014. >> here's caitlin getting a midnight kiss. >> yes. >> look at that. >> yes. >> alex holley you are such a cute girl but i cannot believe that is your face. >> it is my lucky face, very proud on have that face you know exactly what to do. >> it looks like it is doctored up with the computer. >> but that is real. >> yes, i can do that on command. >> et cetera le a do it again. >> you look like a little bat. >> a bat. >> a bat. >> i cannot imagine why you are single. >> come on really. >> you are owe cute. >> that is why

. >> cinderella just so kind and soft and becomes but my sort of window into her, she is pretty neuroticd over thinking and it was, you know, it was daunting singing in that vocal range, because center ella has some notes. >> ♪ >> for entertainment tonight, i'm kevin frazier, now back to you in the studio. >> all right, lot of good stuff. >> no kidding. >> you can get all of the latest news from hollywood entertainment tonight. catch it tonight and every week night at 7:00 on sister station cbs-3. >> katie has been telling us, way to warm to have a white christmas today, so we will to make our own winter wonder land holiday. >> ♪ >> part of this crazy video, but we want to thank jib jab for all the fun. >> always love these. >> never gets olds. >> so we do get a white christmas after all. pause on that note. >> hey, dow what i can to help. >> all that fog, and shine that nose, make sure it works. >> we'll be right back. merry christmas. >> oh, hello. merry christmas, we'll be back. >>> good morning, and merry christmas, i'm erika von tiehl. want to get that christmas forecast, not a whit

i'm cinderella's prince. >> jimmy: yeah.rince. but, yeah. you know, he is kind of ripped out of the pages of a storybook and everybody goes through these wonderfully complex journeys. >> jimmy: you ride the horse. >> wonderfully two dimensional. >> jimmy: perfectly coifed hair. >> a lot of big hair, a lot tight pants, a lot of horse riding. >> jimmy: yeah! that's what you want in a a movie! big hair, tight pants. [ applause ] >> yes. yes. >> jimmy: it's great. it's good. we will see. we have a scene here. but this is chris pine in "into the woods." december 25th. take a look at this. ♪ >> oh! what are you doing? >> so sorry, i need your shoe. ♪ >> who is she? where did she go? >> i have no idea. >> don't play the fool, woman. >> no, i was trying to hold her here for you. >> i can capture my own damsel, thank you. >> there's no sign of her, my liege. >> what are you waiting for? see if you can find her. go! >> the woods can be a dangerous place. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: hiya, ya! the woods can be a dangerous place.

. >> reporter: in this real life cinderella, there's no evil stepmom. >> i won the stepmom lottery. >dice curry going viral with this open letter she posted online to her daughter's stepmother, a woman candice admits she never wanted to like. writing, i never wanted you here -- here. in my mind, you would be a terrible beast and my daughter would not want you to mother her at all ever. candice's brutal honesty striking a chord with tens of thousands of parents online. >> almost everybody has a step something in their lives these days. >> reporter: when she met ashley, her ex-husband's new wife, candice writes she changed her tone for the sake of her then 7-year-old daughter styles. >> we had to accept where life brought us and decide to focus on the future. >> reporter: it's what ashley wanted too. >> i wanted to make sure that styles knew i care about her as well. her feelings and their relationship. >> reporter: many calling candice and ashley inspirational and a great example of parenting. >> really represents an incredible amount of hope and optimism and maturity for what can happ

like the proverbial cinderella after the ball she had wicked step sisters with whom she had to contend, sometimes literally with con fed rat kin. the republicans were flocking into town in droves but they were slow to roll out the welcome wagon. elizabeth blair lee, daughter frances presson blair suggested the women kind are give mrs. lincoln the cold shoulder and the republicans ought to rally. developments in southern states created department rifts. washingtonians had weathered many crises, particularly during the 1850s, who could forget bully brooks and sumner's empty seat in the senate well. however, by april 1861, the atmosphere was intense and in the extreme. one society lady said, i went to early service at st. john's to avoid my many friends who do not think as i do about states' rights so church going even became a divided enterprise. lincoln's election, like andrew jackson's decades before, represented a seismic social shifert in the district of columbia. mainline washington elites treated the lincolns like pariahs and one observer complained both the president and his wife

. >>> just take a look at her cinderella like wedding dress, designed by evemalada came with matching finger less gloves n snooki style. >> once again, at the top of the box office, the third installment of the series, brought in almost $57 million over the three day holiday weekend. the hunger games coming in first for the second straight weekend. pens wins, madagascar, opened in second place, more than $25 million. big hero six, we understand, very good, and lots of fun. inter stellar, horrible bosses two, rounds out the top five. >>> still ahead this morning, behind the scenes of amazon's cyber monday operation. >> meet the army of robots, making sure you get your packages on time when we come right back. but first, do you love putting on a light show for the holidays? sends pictures of your holiday display to us, you can send them on social media, using the hashtag cbs-3 holiday lights, or go to cbsphilly.com. share them with us there. we may even be at your home live. sometime next month. showing everybody in their tri-state area how you roll in the holidays. good morning, family

true cinderella story. >> how about this at 45:00 2a special surprise for a man never got welcome home he deserves. how the people in his new life came together to help him celebrate, his old >>> market street is adorned with those ice crystals there or snow flakes. >> yes,. >> modern technology in electricity. >>> residents of reading, pennsylvania pennsylvania showing some love, to the christmas tree. some had reject it. officials are planning a charlie brown day festival for december 20th. they plan to decorate the 50 for norwegian pine, some call this one ugly and pathetic but however it seems reading a has fallen in love with this charlie brown christmas tree. back on saturday officials say they will place a single red ornamental bulb just like in the peanuts holiday tail as you just heard the music. just like that story the city will add more decorations on the 20th. good for reading for being so cool. a little pretzel on top. >>> volunteers in michigan came together to bring troops a holiday gift, they pack 600 christmas trees to be sent to military families across the u.s. each

cinderella turns into a pumpkin come 2015, boom, all these fantastic gains and these multi-record highs >> no. >> it can't go on forever. >> it can't. as we did into the end of the month here, don't forget. there's low volume. today's a low volume trading day an moves are exacerbated because of that and once the new year starts again, the slate is clean, everybody back to work. you have big thing tons calendar in early january. mario draghi and the ecb, will he disappoint or not? then i see -- you will see turbulence in the market and have to reprice a little bit and back off some. that being said, the u.s. economy is getting better. we see almost with every macro report. we see what the fed is saying and people are getting more comfortable and therefore i suspect that after a little bit of turmoil probably in the early part of the year next year we'll continue to find of march higher. >> talking of ecb and mario draghi, i'm sure your good friend bob pisani not there with you now but talking behind the scenes and i think a 2015 prediction is european stocks to outperform u.s. stocks. wh

the musical follows a number of classical tales including cinderella, little red riding hook and jackthe bean stalk who interact with a witch. it's rated pg. >>> now we're officially in the movie mode, anthony. does it make you want to see one of these flicks? of >> i saw one last night. it was good and funny. let's talk about your forecast this morning. it involved james franco. you get it now? we can see from our vantage point satellite and radar. it's clear for the most part. we don't have any rain. we don't have any snow. we don't have any fog. so really the best conditions that we've seen all week. the thing about it, though, we've got cold air plunging in from canada and all of that cold air as it filters southward, it does moderate just a bit, but we are in the '40s across the bay area. truckee this morning, 19 degrees, very chilly in tahoe this morning. the other thing to keep in mind today, while we'll see sunshine it is breezy this morning as we've told you the past couple of mornings we've had a few issues here and there. we had a mudslide a couple of days ago, even a tree

that is last year's cinderella story was wichita state. >> so much so you have to read it. >> who is the cycle tournament challenge? krystle with her hometown pick of virginia? >> not so much. >> yes, tory is winning. >> yes! so i won? i won? yay. >> congratulations. you get to be on television. >> belmont favorite california cell in position to become the first horse in nearly 40 years to win the triple crown. what is that on your left arm there? is that a tattoo that indicates that you think -- >> do you want to start with this? this is chromey is my homey. so if he doesn't win, i'll have to cover it over wrks i don't know arose or something. >> now to the game every is talking about today, team usa's heartbreaking tie with portugal last night. >> americans don't like ties. we don't do well with ties. >> you talked about your favorite players. mine is tim howard. he is the best goalie in the world cup. phenomenal. >> i think he's trying to avoid something that we are all waiting to talk about, which is that germany won the world cup. >> yes. >> you were wrong. jordan was wright. >>

all of the star wars and avengers and cinderella and so forth to guns n roses and the brand that almostlew up the brand. there is actually a better way to do it and social is the last bastion of inefficiency. >> mark, you are an investor in this company. >> yes. >> why? >> because i think that that -- to me logically why would you post if you don't get paid? if sebastian is right and he can bring enough economies, enough scale to his project. why would you post on anybody else if you don't get paid for doing it? the contra argument is that they are paying you with an audience. facebook is 1.3 million users. how quickly can you ramp up to the point where you make that claim and in addition to payment you have reach? >> the brilliance is that content drives everything. if you are giving an iota of opportunity you are seeing them come over anyway. they come with their masses and all they have to do is essentially be genuine and the volumes come. we have actually done that. we hit a million users in under four weeks which we are invite only. so that just goes to show the interest in the pla

rodgers and hammerstein "cinderella" has used extraordinary techniques through either land on holidaysnce new people coming in the cast. it is interesting to see the kind of mailers and e-mail blasts and things like that. you have to be on top of that or you are sunk. will just hope it roll out. that is a few years back. >> great to see you. thank you so much. be sure to join me tomorrow for my conversation with sting. much more ahead. speaking of entertainment, and other problem. hackers. sony's holiday box office sales are at risk after "fury" was stolen by hackers and leaked online. is back to work for congress. lame-duck lawmakers returning to capitol hill with plenty of work and not much time to get anything done. ♪ >> we are 30 minutes away from the opening bell. decliningures are being dragged down by concerns of a plunging oil price. they are down to five year lows. we are on the markets again in 30 minutes. coming up, holiday shopping season is here. is a car on your shopping list? automakers are hoping to entice shoppers. are the deals going to work? atare going to take a loo

and cinderella's wicked stepmother, you got the blonde wig, it's a little too big.le thing. it was fun. >> what do you think of the finished prokt? >> i adore rob marshall. he was the perfect director for this. i worked many times with stephen sondheim. to get to do now a movie version of one of his greatest musicals, um, that's just icing on the cake for me. i watched it just with -- just with awe. i think it's such an incredible rendering of a great stage musical on to the screen. so stunning the. >> the film is brilliant. >> it will be great christmas opening. >> you bring so much to it. >> thank you so much. >> go to the woods. >> "into the woods" opens nationwide on christmas day. >>> coming up, reese witherspoon as you have never seen her before. opening up about her new role generating >>> you can't have a disney frozen christmas celebration without a parade. >>> and lots of people are talking about reese witherspoon's latest movie, "wild." it's based on a true story of a woman who went on an epic 1,000-mile trek to find herself. cameron mathison sat down wit

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it's got a witch, played by meryl streep, jack and the beanstalk, rapunzel, cinderella, big bad wolfnto the woods to grandmother's house ♪ ♪ >> you're certain of your way? >> "into the woods" gets a double-helping of critical eye movie enthusiasts, but most have been very good. lindsey bahr from the associated press says it's not hard to get swept up in the grand production of it all. and scott foundas says, if so much as one tween viewer adds sondheim to his or her ipod playlist alongside the likes of "let it go," all will have been worthwhile. >>> of course, "the interview" is in theaters today. one philadelphia critic says it's not a dangerous weapon. it does kill with comedy. not bad. >> fantastic. so a lot to see. whether you are staying at home or going to a theater. >> absolutely. that will do it for this half hour. >> all right. remember to follow us on facebook at wnnfans.com. >>> this morning on "world news now" -- now" -- safety questions at the cdc. the ebola experiment there that went wrong and the technician who may have been exposed. >>> missouri uproar. protests in an

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