but cyrus says, look, i'm still trying to figure this out myself.put me in a position where i'm going to have to tell america's children how to behave because i guess she doesn't really know how to behave. >> that's what she said. she's still trying to figure out. that's honest. >> her parents are still trying to figure it out. billy ray cyrus has gone on record that said fame has something to do with the family's troubles. now fame is a different animal. you've got to be careful with it. >> bill: absolutely. fame can destroy if you you don't -- >> and money. >> bill: do you think that miss cyrus is doing something wrong? >> i'm disappointed in her actions. >> bill: that she isn't standing up and trying to be a little bit more positive. how do you see it, hoover? did cyrus do anything wrong? >> she says it's not up to her. she hasn't figured it out yet. but let's think about the difference between the two of them. cyrus is basically a disney packaged phenomenon whose parents are very ambitious, eager for fame, whereas taylor swift on the contrary is

introduced to us tonight by emma roberts, chris colfer, mily cyrus. plus another very special kid is here. he's going to raise his voice with a fitting song for the show, the one and only kid rock. and if there's time left at the end of the night i personally have choreographed a hiphop dance routine to john lennon's "imagine" which i'm very excited of. i know. my mom said "it's off the hook" [ laughter ] >> it gets cut for time every year, though. so i'm hoping this year it's going to be different. it's the fifth anniversary of cnn heroes. the impact of the show and our honored heroes has made a huge difference. since we began, our heroes have worked in 77 different countries. they've helped hundreds of thousands of people. and they've received more than $6 million from you at home to help them continue their selfless work. this evening we celebrate five incredible years of cnn heroes. [ cheers and applause ] >> tonight we gather to honor the best that humanity has to offer. >> ladies and gentlemen, heroes walk among us. we applaud your stories tonig

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miley cyrus is here. she's actually pulling double duty tonight.he's performing and presenting at cnn heroes tonight. >>> and fresh off his care tour and ready to rock the house tonight, kid rock. this is going to be unbelievable. you don't want to miss kid rock's amazing performance when "cnn heroes: an all-star tribute" gets underway at the tonight of the hour. you're watching "showbiz tonight @ cnn heroes." >> football is like a religion. >> it was senior night and christian was having the game of his life. >> it was the fourth quarter and a tackle, and i could hear bones crunch, and i was like, i can't move. >> you don't even want to think that your son may never walk again. it's a hard pill to swallow. >> i'm eddie canales, my goal is to be there for young men who have suffered spinal cord injuries playing high school football. than i'm equipped for because i'm raising two girls on my own. i'll worry about the economy more than a few times before they're grown. but it's for them, so i've found a way. who matters most to you says the most about

introduced by emma roberts, chris colfer, as well as miley cyrus. another special kid is here, he'll raise his voice with a fitting song for the show, the one and only kid rock. and if there's time left at the end of the night, i can't -- i choreographed a personally have choreographed a hip-hop dance routine to john lennon's "imagine," which i'm very excited about. my mom said, quote, it's off the hook. it gets cut for time every year. i hope this year is different. it's the fifth anniversary of cnn heroes, the impact of our shows has made a huge difference. since we began our heroes have worked in 77 different countries. they have helped hundreds of thousands of people and received more than $6 million from you at home to help them continue their selfless work. this evening we celebrate five incredible years of cnn heroes. tonight we gather to honor the best that america has to offer. >> heroes walk among us and we applaud their stories. >> toiling in obscurity but they deserve our recognition and our help. >> redemption is beautiful, dangerous, n

coming up on coffee, billy ray cyrus, christmas and more after this break.ave traffic control, i have first morning weather and maybe a knee brace in my desk drawer. of. coming back right after ,,,,,,,, . >>> the barometer has hangd, five degrees warmer than this time yesterday. when we started the show, it was ten warmer than this time yesterday. yesterday was 12 warmer than wednesday. here is that front, 22-degrees cooler in oakland, the front has moved through western maryland than this time yesterday. the temperatures -- . >> this is easy, the front is moving through the area, the sunshine, the chilly weekend, the temperatures where they should be in the mid 40s, we hit the day high, barely cloudy, 42 by dinner. cloudy skies, tomorrow, we will have the sunshine, the temperatures in the mid 40s, may get the mid 40s on sunday. monday up to 53. a big storm in the valley. maybe snow like that, on the warm side. the mid 50s and rain on wednesday. take it away. >>> fortunately, we have not picked up a problem since we left. that debris near east avenue. watch

introduced by emma roberts, chris colfer, as well as miley cyrus. another special kid is here, he'll raise his voice with a fitting song for the show, the one and only kid rock. and if there's time left at the end of the night, i can't -- i choreographed a personally have choreographed a hip-hop dance routine to john lennon's "imagine," which i'm very excited about. my mom said, quote, it's off the hook. it gets cut for time every year. i hope this year is different. it's the fifth anniversary of cnn heroes, the impact of our shows has made a huge difference. since we began our heroes have worked in 77 different countries. they have helped hundreds of thousands of people and received more than $6 million from you at home to help them continue their selfless work. this evening we celebrate five incredible years of cnn heroes. tonight we gather to honor the best that america has to offer. >> heroes walk among us and we applaud their stories. >> toiling in obscurity but they deserve our recognition and our help. >> redemption is beautiful, dangerous, n

what's the tradition of the billy ray cyrus christmas?uld be trimming the tree, you know, the -- it's all about the gift of giving really. you know, try to have a great surprise which was one of the things that i enjoyed most and i mentioned to y'all last time i was here doing the homecoming show and welcoming back our troops was like christmas every day. every time you seen one of those soldiers reunite with their families and the kids see their moms and dads and it was just a -- it was like christmas all the time. just that element of surprise. >> that's good. >> we try to keep that same thing going with our christmas morning, have some good surprises and we've also this year really working on different things in our community, different ways of giving back and trying to make christmas all about the gift of giving. >> would you open the presents christmas eve or christmas -- >> i'm a christmas morning guy. but i'm the only one so everybody else does it christmas eve but i like to save it for christmas morning. >> i'm with you! christmas

. >> selina gomez, demi lovato, miley cyrus. >> hi, i'm miley cyrus and i'm 11 years old. >> see theudition tapes that made them disney superstars. >>> the fake plastic surgery epidemic. "e.t.'s" special investigation. >> i could have died. >> the latest victim can be her deformed face be saved? >> you can get that done for $300, you have to be very worried. >>> ashton and lea michele, a pregnant jessica biel. candid moments with the stars of "new year's eve." plus, robert downey jr. and jude law. what cameras caught on the set of the new "sherlock holmes." >> everything's fine. >>> now, in depth on the biggest entertainment stories from around the world. >>> hello and welcome to "entertainment tonight." i'm mark steines. nancy o'dell is on assignment. >>> jennifer lopez, kissing and cuddling with her much younger man. the pictures are surprising, but not just because of their age difference. just why is j.lo parading her new romance in front of the cameras so soon after her split? and what

the pair tried to excuse themselves from the fans when one of them called cyrus a name.ncident is the latest in a string of controversies to taint the once squeaky clean reputation of the star. cyrus side on twitter -- said on twitter i can't tolerate that kind of rudeness. >>> george michael thanked his doctors for seeing him through a bout of touch and go pneumonia. he said he was not supposed to speak for very long and was still recovering from a crakeeotomy. the singer had been in the middle of a european tour when he became ill. >>> a groggy music student from taiwan in hot water tonight after leaving a rare violin on a bus from philly. it is worth over $100,000. the taiwan cult mur organization loaned her the violin. philadelphia police say that instrument can be returned to them no questions asked. we sure hope it is. >>> tis the season for cough and his colds and stuffy noses. how about natural remedies? we'll have a holistic holiday health alert. >>> and it is going to be a cold night to bundle up. a look at your almanac, cooler today and breezy. that is still a

. >>> and questions also about miley cyrus and a little possible cosmetic procedure.nny." . we'll let you be the judge next in "the skinny." little possible koz m -- cosmeticóbóbóbóbóbóbóbóbóbób kinny ♪ skinny so skinny ♪ >>> this is sort a followup >> this is sort of a follow-up to the story yesterday, lowe's, retail giant pulling its ads earlier this week from the "all american muslim" tlc reality series. they claim they pulled the ads because it was a business decision as opposed to perhaps yielding to pressure from groups that said they didn't want, they didn't think it was a -- >> accurate. >> accurate portrayal, depiction of all american muslims. interestingly enough, russell simmons is outraged by it. i think many people certainly are. russell simmons tries to buy all the ad time on "all american muslim," trying to, basically put his money where his mouth is. apparently he tweets just purchased remaining spots for "all american muslim." sold out. keep your money, lowe's, we'll keep ours. calling for a boycott on lowe's. >> backlash against company. the idea is

he could ever say that kid so much of the one i was going to vote going to carry no not so you know cyrus messiah or not so i know it nice country to add to the twelve was the new zealand closely followed by russia's far east you can see the fireworks there an awful lot of of fun. bad weather for it but i still little thought iconix enough at the top of the tower there they let the fireworks off nonetheless the scene is russia's far east as you can see. people really having a good time. but you're part of course also so in a lot of. the new year the usual way the two careers china other countries like to give us midnight cost two hours ago they're ringing in the new year into my life in a mental we're so lucky to be here in moscow we're talking about this earlier it's really one of the iconic places you have to see at once kind of cities in terms of new year's right up there with times square in new york i think it's fair to say that it's even started slow you know which makes it even more special doesn't it just going up to the ceiling if you can of the city govern in the sky and if you

mark cyrus is the senior fda banker for the region -- the senior sba banker.held businesses choose the best loans for the growing business and focus on a comprehensive understanding of their goals for their business. mark is responsible for helping entrepreneurs with sba loans every step of the way. i would like each of you to speak a little bit about what your organization does and, more importantly, address the audience here and let them know what your looking for when you are hoping to fund their loan. we will start with you, mark. >> absolutely. thank you. i want to thank speaker pelosi for putting this together. i want to thank all of the of for coming out on a smell it -- snowy san francisco date. [laughter] we've been told we should get us know when we go back outside. not sure what to expect. second, i thank speaker pelosi for all the work she did to support the jobs act and before that, the stimulus bill, the original american recovery act bill that allows sba to be able to besba landing more available to small businesses. very important piece of our

four year old agreed to a plea deal meaning he will not have to answer a felony charges beating the cyrus and threaten two of their children. basketball now tesco moscow have completed the year only greg in a season unbeaten for the second time the army men were the first love to do so six years ago and that ninety one points to eighty three win over any car in spain again gave the muscovite side ten wins from ten in group b. this got scored within seconds of the tipoff and that sets the tone. game which they dominated milosz they'll search chipping in eighteen points for the visitors young men were already guaranteed a place in the last sixteen but i was determined to keep up the unbeaten run and we're going to decide to beat getting into the next round. what else well fellow russians i don't excuse are also finished off their regular season in style tyrrel lie day. to a sixty three seventy six roger. and sylvia. qualifying from third spot in crete day meanwhile finished bottom of the table the civilian side ending up looking worse in last place in the end of the season just one victory

well coming up a russian basketball star cyrus has experience of what he had to overcome to become a foreign sport celebrity in the last first though let's get the latest from the business desk with timmy three. byrne welcome to the program now twenty eleven comes to an end business our team looks back at the highlights of the year today we're focusing on the oil deal between exxon mobil and ross now off to work on the russian arctic shelf the joint venture not only dashed any hopes p.p. had of reviving its own deal with rosneft but also caused friction within b.p. but in the course of explains how the drama unfold. it was a love and hate relationship from the get go which adventure lead became an affair both parties would like to forget that's the hobs of seeing a v.p. we're going after each other for years the russians represented by a r. and the brits in b.p. what have gotten a divorce if this were a marriage their irreconcilable differences involved disputes over the company's corporate governance and strategy but any business is just like a marriage if there is a money at stake

holiday ideas made easy. >>> oh finding some things out about billy ray cyrus.equel. it follows the family through good times and bad. what's with this all that you got -- is this for a role that you have all this hair on your -- >> i got something coming up in january. >> a-ha. >> i'm creating a different character. >> i can see in your eyes you're still the same billy ray. >> i'm so excited about this "christmas comes home to canaan." it's a sequel. it's a great script. a great story. a lot of heart. a lot of soul and emotion. a little bit of throwback to -- some of the stuff that went on in america as i was growing up and a little different time. >> as i said i saw the first one. it's a perfect family movie. you can sit down and -- it goes through good times and bad times. it's very authentic don't you find it? >> i think it's about -- it's got everything that people need today to get through these tough time. a lot of folks out there, and going through a lot of hard times. there's -- there's one point where hi son gets injured. a sign there that says no man

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i was paid minimum wage and the number one song at the time was billy ray cyrus "achy breaky heart" andn my head for two and a half years. >> do you know how many times i have google imaged you? >> what are we talking about? >> now that you creeped her out, could you see courtney love being a good sober coach? she survived this long. >> it would be like me hiring my friend to my right, kevin williamson, to be my hair stylist. it would be the exact same idea. it doesn't make any sense. they are the same person. >> there you go. i was waiting for somebody to take the shot. >> imagine if you saw these two guys at a children's playground. >> you shouldn't be giving each other advice on bald baldness. you have a severe addiction. >> kevin, i think she makes a good point that it is worse now for drugged up actors because there is more exposure. >> i like that she chose the phrase "further down the line" and that is right. the line is on the mirror and cost about $1,000 probably. courtney love is still alive? >> yes. >> why? >> by the way, she was a great artist until she met ed norton. that's

the list ranges from yoko ohno and david letterman, miley cyrus cs dc 120 million, and bill schulz negative 12 cents. that's up from last year. 8 ball, the hairy hustler hits the pool halls to actually earn his money. i still owe that sob an even grand. you heard of pool sharks? jedediah, the occupy yes, sir plan to break into preference groups based on which candidates they want to target with a list of grievances is adorable, isn't it? >> they don't even know what they are targeting. why don't they put forth a candidate they like. if they want to change the system and buck the success stem -- >> do what the tea party did. >> do something productive. put through a clear ideology. i just think this is what the iowa caucus was missing. that gap will be filled now. >> some were arrested earlier on thursday outside ron paul's iowa campaign headquarters including one guy who says he is a ron paul precinct captain. what is going on here? >> to me the whole occupy thing is so two months ago. we have moved on. i can't imagine what the ron paul thing is. the democratic and the republican convention

. >>> miley cyrus certainly may not be known for her political acumen but the teen starlet ripped intoto express her outrage over his opposition to gay marriage. >>> and eva longoria also took to twitter this year, calling out newt gingrich with this tweet, you clearly know little about the latina community. latina entrepreneurs start businesses at six times the national average. that does it for me today. have a wonderful start to the new year, and now with alex wagner is next. >>> four days to the iowa caucus, and the battle to save the soul of america is on. it's friday, december 30th, and this is ngs now." joining me today, msnbc political analyst richard wolf, kurt anderson is a writer and radio hose of studio 360 with kurt anderson. wendy shiller is an associate professor of political science at brown university and from politico the always charming ben white. the republican candidates are all in iowa today, and mitt romney is making a full-court press. this comes as a new nbc news/maris poll released this morning shows him at the top of the pack. joining us now from iowa, john h

as miley cyrus says pretty cool. >> there's a more button here.rtainment, your games for the capitals, the scene, popcorn business, your traffic, it has everything you need. >> and it's free. >> and it's free. the best part of all. >> i downlloyded it in about five seconds. >>> it is 6:27 right now. still ahead at this hour, the holidays can take a dangerous and tragic turn in a matter of seconds. what you can do to prevent this from happening at your home. >> you don't talk to people like that and you don't say those kind of things to people. >>> allegations of racism at a popular store. the racial slur a local woman claims she had aimed at her by one of the store's employees. >>> and they say that good things come to those who wait. why procrastinating on your turns to winter and brings in the cold. because of our economy, millions more will feel that chill than ever before. they're the forgotten ones. the big boys have abused the system to enrich only themselves, while workers are still hurting. it could be a layoff after 22 years of working fo