. >> anchor: singer don mcclean facing alarming allegations in maine. on a domestic violence charge. mcclean posted $10,000 bill and was released a few hours later. the 307-year-old is known best for his 1971 song american pie. he is married with two children and due in court next month. >> anchor: director spike lee announcing he will not be attend attending this year's oscars because only white actors are nominated. lee wrote a long post on instagram saying he can't support the "lily white oscars." actress jada pinkett smith is also boycotting the event. millions of people have watched a video she posted on facebook calling for change. >> anchor: coming up on 7 news a playoff president. a pats fan has her birthday wish come true . >> anchor: all new at 6:00, ticket trouble in worcester. why some people had a rude awake >> anchor: it is a patriots fans birthday wish come true. she got to take it yesterday's game right at gillette. jerry shy suffers from a condition that will cause her to eventually lose her eyesight . >> anchor: she says this play playoff birthday present could not

. >>> police arrest, singer don mcclean today. >> the coast guard continues, to search for missing marines. >> what does the call feel like? >> it's freezing >> it's so cold outside. you could have serious symptoms p >> if you've been outside today and look outside, you could tell, bone-chilling temperatures outside. >> meteorologist, erica collura tracking the temperatures for us today. good afternoon, erica. >> hey, ladies, we're going to see a really cold night. temperatures fall back in the single digits. we have differences. we also have two snow makers to talk about. i wanted to tell you the differences between the two before i track them in the full broadcast. wednesday's system is more of an early system. roads. anywhere from 1-2 inches are possible. we will continue to tweak the numbers as we get through the day. friday's system, will be developing throughout the day. it's going to be a transition in the lower portions of the day, so the evening commute, most likely to be greatly affected compared to the morning commute. there's a lot of uncertainty with the system and the track o

vo: details are surfacing over what led to the arrest the other day of american pie singer don mcclean. his wife patricia got a temporary restraining order against don, claiming on sunday he terrorized her for hours, squeezing her head and threatening to strangle her. on twitter, he says what's happening is the very painful breakdown of an almost 30 year relationship - and he hopes not be judged. vo: and at the movies this weekend, zac efron and robert de niro's dirty grandpa might be the best of the newcomers. it'll battle the sci-fi flick the 5th wave and the creepy thriller the boy for fourth place - while holdovers the revenant, ride along 2, and star wars episode 7 should take the top 3 spots. and that's what's happening in hollywood, i'm jason nathanson, abc news, hollywood. a pennsylvania judge has thrown defamation lawsuit against actor and comedian bill cosby. renita hill filed the lawsuit in october. she claims cosby defamed her in the media. hill is one of more than 50 sexual her made by cosby and his lawyer did not support a defamation claim as defined by pennsylvania law.