yes, simon cowell actually gave the author some access.y there's been some big, embarrassing headline coming out of this called "sweet revenge." the intimate details of cowell's over-the-top but very private, private life. >> there's no limit to the vanity. >> reporter: yachts, jets, cars, mansions, women. suitcases full of beauty products and weekly vitamin iv drips. a $4 million birthday party with a theme -- ♪ you're so vain >> reporter: vanity. oh, and black toilet paper. the secret world, according to a new book, of music show rock star simon cowell. investigative author tom bower calls simon -- >> i really, really, really hated that. >> yes, this simon. >> really dreadful. >> needy. insecure, vain. >> simon's world is simon. here is a man who's constantly telling contestants on tv, you're no good and he has suffered the same for 20 years in the music business. people have been heaping, heaping manure on him telling him he's no good. >> reporter: and now, a reported $70 million a year for shows like "american idol," "x factor," "ameri

this guy actually got all access to simon cowell and simon cowell's advisors go are you kid something reporter and author, why would you allow this? and this is happening. it alleges in the book that danny minogue, on the english, the london england x factor. >> uh-huh. >> and that she was hired because she and simon cowell were having an affair and remember how cheryl coal started out on the u.s. x factor? >> yes. >> that was because simon cowell wanted to have an affair with her. >> okay. >> and -- . >> this is in a book about simon? >> yes. >> and to top of that, he has a one-night stand with a woman in l.a. who robs him of a computer that has secrets of x factor and "american idol." this is going to be good. >> it's that whole how would no publicity is bad publicity. >> and unbelievable. >> and tupac and now, they may take that on tour? >> and did you see this? i was blown away and this is the hologram image. they joined tupac on stage and -- that reaction is unbelievable and they're talking about having tupac, the image g on tour with snoop and dr. dre. it's $1,000 for the 10 min

their name and they are suing cowell's record label and sony music for a million dollars in damages. >>> kristen wiig has spoken out about leaving saturday night live. she was asked about it on alec baldwin's podcast and says everyone has to leave. she added when she does, it won't be because she is sick of it or because she has something better, it will be because it's time. >> she broke my heart. >>> this comes to us from hoboken, new jersey, in the battle of sleep the alarm clock has won out. if that sound drives you crazy, that is the point. it's rigged so you can't turn it off until you get out of the bed, head to the bathroom and type in a code. that code changes daily you have to stop and think about it every time but not foolproof, it might not survive if you smash it. >> he shouldn't survive. >> it's self-inflicted.

reports had cowell trying to woo beyonce for $100 million a year. we didn't believe that. >>> madonna's latest album notched biggest album debut of the year, but also just recorded the biggest second week drop for a number one album ever. >>> marc anthony's break-up with jennifer lopez is official. he filed for divorce, he is seeking joint custody of their twins. >>> finally h, there will be no axl rose or guns 'n roses reunion. rose has warned the hall not to induct him. is that axl rose? >> i don't know. >> since the band's angry 1996 split. rose has wanted nothing to do with the former members and made it clear today he still feels that way. >> guns 'n roses the only time i ever waited online overnight to buy an album. >> did you wear a bandana? tell me you did. >> i did not. >>> this comes to us from hawaii news, a change of address is helping the zoo's heaviest residents win a battle with the bulge. two elephants lost roughly 600 pounds combined after moving into a new habitat five months ago. zoo keepers sparked the weight loss by scattering f

reports had cowell trying to woo beyonce for $100 million. we didn't believe that. >>> madonna's latest album notched biggest album debut of the year, but also just recorded the biggest second week drop for a number one album, ever. >> marc anthony filed for divorce from jennifer lopez, seeking joint custody of the twins. >>> there will be no axl rose or guns 'n roses reunion at the rock and roll hall of fame ceremony. rose told more like warned, the hall, not to induct him. since the band's angry 1996 split, rose has wanted nothing to do with his former members, and made it clear today he still feels that way. >> cold november rain, my favorite. >> great song. have you been to guns 'n roses concert? >> i have. >> this is the year of long hair days. >> it was all out, bandana, too. >>> this comes from khnl, hawaii, in honolulu, a change of address is helping the zoo's heaviest residents win a battle with the bulge. two elephants lost roughly 600 pounds combined after moving in a new habitat five months ago. zoo keepers sparked the weight loss

. >>> she's no beyonce, but simon cowell's rating boost may come in the form of britney spears.he is close to inking a deal as a judge on the show for $15 million. that is more than jennifer lopez reportedly makes on "american idol." reports had cowell trying to woo beyonce for $100 million a year. >> that's crazy. >>> madonna's latest album notched biggest album debut of the year, but also just recorded the biggest second week drop for an album, a number one album ever. >> do people still buy albums? >> on itunes. >>> marc anthony's break-up with jennifer lopez is official. he did file for divorce. he is seeking joint custody of their twins. >>> finally, remember this guy? you may not be able to recognize him. >> no, not in that picture. >>> there will be no axl rose or guns 'n roses reunion. rose has warned the hall not to induct him. since the band's angry 1996 split. rose has wanted nothing to do with them. >> they have to embrace each other some time or later. >> did you dance like that? you did, didn't you? i'm lynn berry, this is "first look" on msnbc. "way too early" wit

and finally, one more offering from not so silent cowell. a sound and wise you statesmanship that recognizes and attempts to abide by limitations will undoubtedly find itself displaced by that type of public official who promises much, talks much, legislates much, expends much, but accomplishes little. now it is worth recalling the contrast between wilson coolidge because of the one modern episode of that -- illustrates the forgetfulness of our appreciation of washington's generation and his republicanism. it came when ronald reagan replaced thomas jefferson's portrait in the cabinet room with calvin coolidge's portrait when he became president in 1991. they were outraged at this. couldn't believe that reagan would do such a -- obviously silly thing. mark shields wrote in the post, don't try tell me that calvin coolidge could ever substitute for thomas jefferson. that's almost a national sacri lidge. it would be liberal presidents that want to have removed jefferson's picture from the cabinet room if they paid faith to their ideas. that's --

. >> simon cowell? do you know who simon cowell is? >> i don't know. >> that's the right answer. i like that. do you listen to music? >> no. >> not at all? >> no. >> really? >> really. >> no music at all? >> i have no interest. >> really? >> yes. >> do you ever watch movies? >> no. >> you've never seen a movie? >> i saw a movie's peace and war. >> "war and peace." >> is he irritated that you've never seen one of his movies? >> i don't know. >> one final break. i'm fascinated by how you lead your life. meineke's personal pricing on brakes. i tell you what i can spend. i do my best to make it work. i'm back on the road safely. and i saved you money on brakes. that's personal pricing. >>> i'm back again with the dalai lama. you're on twitter. you have four million followers on twitter. that's twice as many as me. i'm not happy about that. you're twice as popular as me. do you ever actually -- do you actually do the tweets? >> no, never. >> somebody does that for you? >> yes. >> they're very good. i have been reading them. >> my finger -- you see quite well equipped. most of the day

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. >> reporter: simon cowell. >> he likes to remind people of that. >> reporter: underwood, now 29, isth the same question young women ask, when to start a family. >> i'm fine and happy and really thinking about the idea of having kids. and then another day, i'm like, gosh, no, what? ♪ >> reporter: the shy, small-town girl has come out of her shell, belting out a warning for a man to think before he cheats. ♪ before he cheats do you ever worry about him being faithful? >> no, with mike, it was never, never crosses my mind. >> reporter: because? >> well, i know he loves me and i know he loves god. and he wouldn't do that to either one of us. >> reporter: while she may not be ready to start family yet, she is about to give birth to her fourth album, which features a love song close to her heart, called "forever changed." >> telling this beautiful story about a woman being married and having kids and kind of being at the end of her life. and it's just -- ooh, i get emotional talking about the song to be honest. i am sorry. this is why i can never sing this song. you know, i know -- one of

he's simon cowell's latest unlikely discovery. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with cynthia mcfadden, terry moran, and tonight juju chang, this is "nightline". >>> good evening, i'm juju chang. there may be 666 million reasons it's a mega mystery. while the rest of us have worthless slips of papers we know there's three winners in three states. while it just took a few seconds for the machine to spit out those six magic numbers, who picked them and who will profit is taking a lot longer to sort out. here's abc's ryan owens. >> reporter: tonight, the melg ga millions mystery only deepens. the maryland woman who told the "new york post" she had a ticket worth almost $220 million told us she needs to double-check. >> do you still have the ticker? >> reporter: she works at this mcdonald's outside baltimore. only about a quarter of a mile from this seven-11 where the winning ticket was bought. she's not the only one confused. when she told the paper she won, her mcdonald's co-worker said, wait a minute, we won, too. they say she was part of their mcdonald's office pool. >

he's simon cowell's latest fledgling. >> good evening, i'm juju chang. there may be $656 million jackpot has turned into a mega mystery. while the rest of us have useless paper, we know there are three winners in three states. while it took a few seconds for a machine to spit out the magic numbers, who picked them and who will profit is taking longer to sort out. >> reporter: tonight the mystery only deepens. the maryland woman who told the "new york post" she had a ticket worth almost $220 million told us she needs to double-check. >> reporter: do you still have the ticket? she works at this mcdojd's outside baltimore, a mile away from where the winning ticket was bought. she's not the only one confused. when she told the paper she won, her mostly cloudy's co-workers said, wait a minute, we won too. they say she was part of their mcdonald's office pool. >> everybody give like $5 each. >> reporter: all of this back-biting, all of this angst and remember, we don't even know if she actually won a cent. what we do know is this scenario has played out plenty

is simon cowell's heart as black as his tight t-shirts?t, let's check in with martha mccallum. i am writing her unauthorized biography. i have to finish it. >> we have to talk about that. good morning, everybody. coming up, jan brewer is joining us. she has her reaction to what is trickling out about what the justices are saying about the rule that she took on to take some action basically on immigration in her home state. amazing fox polls. we'll dig into those. bill and i will join you at the top of the hour. we'll see you then ♪ [ female announcer ] been looking for excedrin lately? now for your tough headache pain, turn to the long-lasting strength of aleve. problem solved. ♪ is this where we're at now? we just eat whatever tastes good? like these sweet honey clusters... actually there's a half a day's worth of fiber in every ... why stop at cereal? bring on the pork chops and the hot fudge. fantastic. are you done sweetie? yea [ male announcer ] fiber one. my new apartment isn't that far away. it's 4.2 miles away ! with this droid raz

there are reports an alleged fling proved costly for simon cowell. the 52-year-old music mogul had his laptop and cash-filled wallet stolen during a romantic encounter in hollywood last october. police used security footage to track down the woman who handed over the computer and the wallet minus the cash. >> wonder how much cash he had. >> probably a lot. >>> police in southern california say they've arrested a security guard and recovered five vintage guitars stolen from tom petty and the heart breakers. a break in the case came when one of the instruments was pawned in hollywood. >>> nicki minaj deactivated her twitter account after unreleased song clips were released to followers. >>> could kim kardashian be setting her sights on a new political career? she said she plans to run for mayor of glendale, california, in five years, quote, because it's like our median town. >> glendale is happy. >> they're confused. >>> this comes from wrc news 4 in washington, d.c. newlyweds said i do at ikea. will and julie went and held their nuptials in the cafete

she's no beyonce but simon cowell's rating boost may come in the form of britney spears. she is close to inking a deal as judge on the show for $15 million. that's more than jennifer lopez. >>> madonna's latest album notched biggest album debut of the year, but also just recorded the biggest second week drop for a number one album, ever. >> marc anthony filed for divorce from jennifer lopez, seeking joint custody of the twins. >> say it ain't so. there will be no axl rose or guns 'n roses reunion at the rock and roll hall of fame ceremony. rose told more like warned, the hall, not to induct him. since the band's angry 1996 split, rose has wanted nothing to do with his former members, and made it clear today he still feels that way. >>> we'll make bill sing. >>> this comes to us from khnl. hawaii news now in honolulu where a change of address is helping the zoo's heaviest residents win a battle with the bulge. two elephants lost 600 pounds combined after moving into a new habitat. the dramatic weight loss was sparked by moving the elephant's food around. they shed 3% of th

that was in the 2500 block of cowell avenue. officers started canvassing the area after disturbance call came from the home a few blocks away. wells ran but didn't go for very long. >> the officer went to apprehend the suspect. a struggle ensued. wells was taken to shock trauma and pronounce dead. >>> a 9-year-old girl is recovering from injuries to her foot while her father was was mowing. the father was on the lawn mower. he lost sight of his kids and backed over his daughter. the fire department says the girl's foot was nearly severed. she was taken to the pediatric unit and listed in serious condition this morning. >> the girl and her father have not been identified. we have no update on how she did in the surgery. >>> supporters of offshore wind will rally in annapolis, making a circle around the state house in the brightening of the scene, wearing and holding miniature turbines and wearing electric blue t-shirts. the measure is now in the hands of the senate finance fee. >>> the only two remaining airmen will be honored. d

pop star britney spears, she is said to be joining the judge's panel on the x factor and join simon cowellnd l.a. reid. she is reporting getting 15 million in the deal, if she does accept she will become the highest paid judge in reality tv. >> how about that, yeah? still ahead on wjz eyewitness news at noon it is a breezy cool afternoon put the sun is shining, your complete first warning weather forecast is now just two and a half minutes away. >> but first here is a look at midday stocks and last night's midday stocks and last night's winning lottery numbers. ,,,,,, i remember the days before copd. my son and i never missed opening day. but with copd making it hard to breathe, i thought those days might be over. so my doctor prescribed symbicort. it helps significantly improve my lung function, starting within 5 minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. with symbicort, today i'm breathing better, and that means... game on! symbicort is for copd, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. it should not be taken more than twice a day. symbicort may increase

. >>> pop princess, britney spears, is said to be this close with signing on with simon cowell's "thetor," as a judge. the rumor was she refused a $10 million deal to do the show. but the new offer is said to hover in the lucrative $15 million range. >> and by this close. this close. >>> for some of you, your local news is next. >> for everyone else, embracing beauty at all ages. k9 advantix ii. not only kills fleas and ticks it repels most ticks before they can attach and snack on us. frontline plus kills but doesn't repel and a tick that isn't repelled or killed may attach and make a meal of us. [ male announcer ] ask your veterinarian about k9 advantix ii. . >>> it is being call the most significant transit improvement in south bay history. the project that many said would never be a reality. >> snow, rain even a tornado. meteorologist lisa argen tracks the storm. >> urban and small stream flood advisory this morning until 5:45. wind and more rain tomorrow. >> fra >>> updating today's top stories. george zimmerman is behind bars this morning, facing a charge of second-degree murder

they want the group to change their name and they are suing cowell's record label and sony music forion in damages. >>> kristen wiig has spoken out about leaving "saturday night live" sort of. she was asked about it on alec baldwin's podcast and wiig n mysteriously answered everyone has to leave. she added when she does, it won't be because she is sick of it or because she has something better, it will be because it's time. >> time off. >> playing the politically correct card. >> yeah. i'm still trying to deal with the stuff about the earthquake. >> you are distracted doing some important work. >> one thing i read that is important, they're saying 20-foot waves -- 20-foot tsunami can be expected from the indian ocean, for the people in india. >> we will continue to follow this on "way too early." i'm lynn berry this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> rick santorum drops out of the republican race for president, all but guaranteeing mitt romney is the party's nominee. the question is will conservatives now rally around the candidate they've been opposing for months? mark halprin will join

reports an alleged fling proved costly for simon cowell. a laptop and wallet stolen in october. police used security footage to track down the woman who handed over the laptop and wallet minus the cash. >>> police in southern california say they arrested a security guard and recovered five vintage guitars stolen from tom petty and the heart breakers. a break in the case came when one of the instruments was pawned in hollywood. >>> nicki minaj has given 11 million fans a digital time-out. >> very upset about will this this. >> you don't entweet. she deactivated her twitter account after a fan site leaked unreleased song clips to her followers. >>> finally, could kim kardashian be setting her sights on a political career? i can't say that with a straight face. in a new clip from e's "khloe and lamar," she plans to run for mayor of glendale, california, in five years because it's like armenian town. >> good to have long term goals. >> what do you see yourself doing in five years, like the classic interview question? i'll be the mayor of glenda

we had a shooter at 101 cowell a number of years ago. we need to replicate these kinds of instances in office buildings to make sure they don't happen again in reality. so i just want to, on behalf of boma thank the police departments, the fire department and d.e.m. for working closely with downtowns and in particular, with the building owners and managers association. thank you. >> thank you for all the good work you're doing. other announcements? yes. >> both the department heads are probably aware of the ongoing recovery techniques and tools. the introductory version of this is being given once during may and we've been in touch probably with your chief financial officers to capture those who haven't had that level of training. and the next level of trainer deeper into the same materials, more sophisticated. so we have a really good core of people that know how to do fema cost recovery being built in the city. the controller's office will do that, a deeper one also during the month of may. and depending how good it is, then we can mak

britney spears and simon cowell.pears is close to a deal to be a judge on cowell's show the x-factor. she could earn as much as $15 million. that would be a big boost for the one-time megastar. the singing competition on fox. owned by news corp, parent company of fox news. we'll keep you updated. martha: let's go overseas for this very serious news this morning as an uneasy sees fire is in effect in syria. guns falling silent in some parts of the country but now, we are getting new reports of more killing in the streets and opposition fighters saying that the government tanks and troops are still out there. leland vittert, live in jerusalem with the very latest what is going on in syria. good morning, leland. >>reporter: good morning, martha. probably to early to call this sees fire deal a failure but people certainly are not optimistic. today we've not seen the kind of battlefield artillery assaults that have been so commonplace over the past couple months but those government guns are far from silent. this is amate

the creator and judge, simon cowell has admitted he is working hard to get her on the show. can find more video of today's auditions on ktvu.com. look for the hot topic section on the home page. >>> i've strongly condemned what we see in those photos. >> defense secretary, leon panetta reacting to graphic photos involving american troops in afghanistan. >> back here in just ten minutes, temperatures are really going to rise the next few days. i'll show you which cities will be reaching into the mid-80s as we go through the next couple of days. >> and the fallout at a colombian hotel for some members of the secret service. >>> three agents are leaving the secret service in the wake of the prostitution scandal that erupted in colombia. an agent tied to the misconduct would be fired. another decided to retire, and a third is resigning. some of them are accused of bringing prostitutes back to their room after partying. >>> photos showing american troops posing with body parts of suicide bombers. we have blurred out the most graphic parts of the images. the photos were reportedly

the creator and judge, simon cowell has admitted he is working hard to get her on the show.re video of today's auditions on ktvu.com. look for the hot topic section on the home page. >>> i've strongly condemned what we see in those photos. >> defense secretary, leon panetta reacting to graphic photos involving american troops in afghanistan. >> back here in just ten minutes, temperatures are really going to rise the next few days. i'll show you which cities will be reaching into the ♪ ♪ pop goes the world ♪ it goes something like this ♪ everybody here is a friend of mine ♪ ♪ everybody, tell me, have you heard? ♪ ♪ pop goes the world ♪ pop goes the world [ female announcer ] pop in a whole new kind of clean with new tide pods... a powerful three-in-one detergent that cleans, brightens, and fights stains. pop in. stand out. >>> three agents are leaving the secret service in the wake of the prostitution scandal that erupted in colombia. an agent tied to the misconduct would be fired. another decided to retire, and a third is resigning. some of them are accused of bringing prost