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we want to get the scoop from pop columnist courtney hazlett. >> happy friday to you, thomas. great news, shark week, discovery channel's week with the great whites returns. and to kick it off is "great white invasion" which shows that great whites are hanging out with people where i want to go surfing or swimming. to a frightening week to kick off the shark week. and another interesting show is called "jaws comes home" where they track several sharks over a period of time and talk about their migration and that sort of thing and all of the episodes are, of course, hosted by andy samberg, our own andy samberg from "saturday night live" and if he were not busy on another project, we would have dragged him out to talk about it. i am looking forward to it, and we turned this into a cultural event and people say, look, that is what it is, and there are bars here in new york city having shark events and beach parties and viewing parties and that sort of thing, so check where you live if you want to get in on the action. >> excellent. talking about the movies coming out this weekend

courtney hazlett has the latest. >>> and also what you should know about, a freshman congressman whosing the debt limit and a big proponent of fiscal responsibility is being sued for $117,000 for child support, and representative joe walsh's ex-wife has asked to suspend the illinois republican driver's license until he pays up. walsh's attorney says that this is unfounded. >>> who would read a book entitled "the complete idiot's guide to understanding islam." well, try the fbi, because it is one of the books that the bureau recommended to the recruits as recently as 2009. the book is no longer on the recommended reading list. >>> here is a lesson for all of you who tweet. you never know who is watching. david wigs who describes himself as a golfer tweeted that the white house briefing was not that interesting and then the white house tweeted back with a tweet they called more fun. ♪ never going to let you down ♪ never going to run around ♪ and desert you ♪ never going to make you cry >>> all right. tricking someone into watching this rick astley video is called "rick roll" and we tho

and courtney hazlett has the numbers in the scoop. >>> first, a lot going on today and here are somehings that we thought you should know. a shocking encounter for a congressman late saturday night. an armed eed intrudered entere farm home and he struggled with the intruder attempting to disarm him, and the intruder ran away, and the family says they are shaken up, but nobody was seriously injured. >>> and former images of the south african nelson mandela marking his 90th birthday with his family and he celebrated in the eastern cape province, and celebrated with his children and family and they called for all south africans to do 90 minutes of charity work to spend the years that he spent in jail for human rights and democracy. >>> and the san francisco giants will be honored at the white house, and the president commends the team for their efforts to give back to the community off of the field. those are the things we thought you should know. the best way to design a vacation on a budget with expedia. make it work. booking a flight by itself is an uh-oh. see if we can "stitch" toge

new actor movie debut and a rap video and let's get the scoop from the pop culture.com author courtney hazlettn here? >> well a coalition of musicians from all over who are saying that the decision of the grammys were made without notice, and the recording academy said it is false that they were up front and transparent and painstakingly clear about why and how the awards structuring was done, and any allegations that the process was carried out in secret or without transparency are doubt. and many are saying they should not watch the grammys because of this, but there are many other reasons not the watch the grammys, but the changes are good, but too many categories, and to make fewer categories is more compelling. >> but latin jazz is one of the categories that people are upset about. >> and if you make that argument, you can say you are alienating men and women, because some of the categories are no longer gender specific, and best artist. so i understand that people up for those awards are upset and talking about the gospel spoken word and zeidico and other types off music and i'm not disp

we get a update from courtney hazlett. >> let's start with "happy days" and we brought you the storyapril where many of the cast members were talking about marion ross, and anson williams and donny most and erin williams who believed that they were owed money for dolls in their likeness. they were seeking $10 million in damages and interesting uptake to the story, they have received checks from cbs to the tune of $6,000. $6,000 to $6,500 and i communicated with the attorney for these people and he said, listen, we got the checks and we have not cashed them and we have no intention to cash them, because this seems like a publicity stunt for cbs so they can say, listen we paid you something. in other words, they are still going to pursue this. it doesn't mean that case closed by any means. we are talking about a lot of money in many, many years of el low-ball, and even if the you argue that the contracts weren't, and this sort of thing wasn't disclosed at the sim, it is come on, do the right thing is what you want to think about it. >>> kim kardashian versus old navy. >> it is somethin

jesse james calls off the engagement, and we will get the scoop from the pop culture columnist courtney hazlette family with some kn census? >> well, there is some drama involved here with the jackson family. they announced they would do a tribute concert for michael jackson to be held in october in wales and they did it via press conferences, and they don't do anything quiet that family. and at the press conference was catherine, and martin and tito and la toya and janet, and two of the brothers are saying they can't support this concert because the details of which i might add are vague. they can support a press conference until the cows come home, but the details are vague and not clear and talk of a jackson 5 reunion of course without michael, but a talk of a reunion is not going happen based on this statement from jermaine and randy. they say there is a time and place for an amazing and deserving tribute to michael, but the most important tribute to our brother at this time is to seek justice in his name, because the concert is planned to take place at the same time as the criminal trial a

i want to get more from pop culture expert courtney hazlett. >> well, today, i'm with the host of mtv2lations for that coming back on the air, but before we drill down to your expertise here, i want to hear about the celebrity expressions about amy winehouse, and russell brant said not all addictses have amy's incredible talent or kurt's or jimi's or janice's. some people just get to the reality that addiction is a disease and not a condition, and not a crime or a romantic condition. is this how people feel? >> yes, it has touched so many people. and we haveurt cobain and many others who have been lost to addiction. this is an incredibly sad passing. she was incredible talent and oopened the door for people witç so many unique sounds including the retro soul. >> and is this addiction a double-edged sword, because wyo wonder if amy winehouse would be popular if not for the addiction. she had a album out previously to "back in black." and so does this addiction get rewarded sa eed sadly? >> yes, with success comes more free doms and money and then if you have a tendency to go to the exce

and let's get the scoop from courtney hazlett, and the emmys. >> yes, the emmys are a big news todaynd before we get to the nitty-gritty of the good and the bad, i want to show you the clip of the announcement of who is being nominated and the most sweetest and tender moment i have seen in a long time. it is melissa mccarthy and take a look. >> laura linney, the big sea, and melissa mccarthy, "mike and molly," -- >> oh, my god. yikes. keep it together. oh, the nominees for lead actor in a comedy series are -- >> that was so sweet. she is nominated while she is standing there for "mike and molly" and has to announce the next round of nominees and can barely keep it together, and orders herself to keep it together, and you see so many contrived things. >> she is a softy. don't let that out. >> a fun moment, and melissa mccarthy with a great moment with the "bridesmaid" as well. and two things surprising but not surprising that "batman" is nominated for many categories, and not surprised that "mad men" was nominated for 19 categories and it is a deserving show though in so many ways fro