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robert downey jr. says let's forgive and forget.g with that sentiment as well? >> first of all, i love a bromance among hollywood mugshots. i don't know. i have a hard time with this, believing that people are just going to forgive and forget. hollywood has an easier time forgiving drug addicts, sex tape makers, people who jump up and down on oprah's couch. i don't know about this i don't know if people can overlook this. >> robert downey jr. is the role model for redemption. >> and mel gibson gave robert downey jr. a chance in 1990, and insured him being in his movie "air america." he's returning the favor. many view drug addiction as a disease. but mel gibson's hateful speech, anti-semitism sometimes, racist remarks and violence against his ex-wife, he's got to, as mel himself, hugging the cactus, where you have to take responsibility. he hasn't done that yet. >> quickly, a baby who is only introduced to the ipad, so when you put a magazine in front of the baby, it thinks it can do the same thing. watch this. >> looking for angry

robert downey jr. out roblet downey jr. in 2003 no one would hire him and it was mel gibson that put up the insurance bond money so robert downey jr. could work and get his career back on track. >> i think the history with gibson is dealing with two separate things he needs to climb back from. the vicious threats against his ex-wife and also this despicable rant that he went off on the police. which one is more difficult to get over? >> it's a double whammy. you have the anti-semitic comments he made and then the tape. you hear him again and all of a sudden this feeling sort of go up in you again and it's difficult, absolutely difficult. >> ultimately you set it up there, but if someone is able to forgive in this case it's tough to forget. >> i think it's a -- there is two things that mel gibson has to get over. robert downy jr. was asking hollywood to forgive. we saw that. he also now needs awed yensudiences to forget. they want to be taken away to the character and when you ask them to think about th

. >>> for those of you anticipating a first look at robert downey jr.'new film, the waiting is over! >> what are you prepared to do? >> the first trailer for the movie is out showing the superhero line-up trying to save the world. marvel's the avengers opens may 4th. >>> the olsen twins little sister, elizabeth was in the spotlight last night on the red carpet in new york to celebrate her new psychological thriller called martha marcy mae marlene. you can probably tell from the title it is about a woman who has an identity crisis. the film's director won best director at the sundance film festival. it opens october 21st in limited release. sandra hughes, cbs news, hollywood. >>> and thank you for keeping your eye on us. good morning. you're watching 9news now at 5:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. >> i'm surae chinn. mike hydeck is off today. monika samtani has your wet traffic on the roads and you need that umbrella today. >> definitely need the umbrella. keep in mind

robert downey jr received a big award this weekend and he had mel present it. mel saved him, saved his career when he ensured him to star in "air america" together years ago. so he said please forgive him his trespasses. if anyone out there is not guilty, and if you are not guilty and you are without sin, you don't belong here. it's gracious to have that coming to his corner. >> what is number one at the box office? >> not by much. >> it's very, very tight. "real steel" beat out "footloose" but it was neck and neck all weekend. >> thank you, ladies. >>> up next all the people at the dentist office who snickered at carrie when she couldn't get loose from her chair, who is snickering now? [ male announcer ] this is lara. her morning begins with arthritis pain. that's a coffee and two pills. the afternoon tour begins with more pain and more pills. the evening guests arrive. back to sore knees. back to more pills. the day is done but hang on... her doctor recommended aleve. just 2 pills can keep arthritis pain away all day with fewer pills than tylenol. this is lar

but you got everybody in here, you got robert downey jr., scarlett johansson, mark ruffalo, chris evansn the trailer. >> jimmy: she's not in the trailer? >> no, gwyneth's not in the trailer. [ laughter ] well. [ applause ] >> jimmy: well, we've got till tomorrow to fix that on itunes. >> got to have some powers. got to have some powers to be in the trailer. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah, i see what you're saying. we want to show everyone the trailer, here. it's samuel l. jackson, "the avengers," you guys. uh-oh. >> there was an idea to bring together a group of remarkable people, so when we needed them, they could fight the battles that we never could. gentlemen, what are you prepared to do? >> no offense, but i don't play well with others. >> big man in a suit of armor, take that away, what are you? >> a genius, billionaire playboy, philanthropist. [ laughter ] ♪ >> if we can't protect the earth -- you can be damn sure we'll avenge it. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's what you want to see when you go to the movies. that's why you do it. >> you want the big green guy. ruffalo. ruffalo.

. >> reporter: and the robert downey jr.ally designed to prevent us that. >> reporter: you have a sherlock holmes rap? >> i don't have a sherlock holmes rap but i may steal that idea, thank you. >> reporter: meet paul. school teacher by day but later on you will become. >> i will become professor elemental, a steam punk victorian rapper. >> reporter: professor elemental raps about trousers and splendidness. >> it's splendid. it's splendid. >> reporter: i may need to brush up on my history but there weren't a lot of rappers in victorian england. >> no there wasn't but i like to think if there was one he would have looked like this basically. >> reporter: he's played a lot of steam punk gigs and says this extravaganza is exceptional. >> this one is little bit different from anything else i've seen. the eccentricity dial has been dialed up just a little bit. >> reporter: case in point. >> these propellers propel it forward and backwards. >> reporter: the sky was no limit for the imagination of captain leviticus finch, not his r

robert downey jr received a big award this weekend and he had mel present it.not guilty and you are without sin, you don't belong here. it's gracious to have that coming to his corner. >> what is number one at the box office? >> not by much. >> it's very, very tight. "real steel" beat out "footloose" but it was neck and neck all weekend. >> thank you, ladies. >>> up next all the people at the dentist office who snickered at carrie when she couldn't get loose from her chair, who is snickering now? hat, coco ? mom: show daddy ! lion. roaaar. rawr ! dad: whoa ! mom: ah there's more in the front, or you can go around ! eeeee ! younger girl: what's that ? dad: who's that ? mom: elephant ! eeeeee ! tiger ! older girl: tiger ? yes ! older girl: beep beeeeep ! ♪ we sing along ♪ to all our favorite songs, dad: now watch this. gorilla. dad: what does he say ? ♪ we can make 'em up ah yah yah yah yah ♪ 'cause we were made for each other ♪ ♪ for always, mom: who knows what the seal says ? ♪ oh oh... older girl: arf arf arf arf ! live garden. now for just $6.95 enjoy a half