then elizabeth taylor started speaking out after her close friend rock hudson died of the disease.ow there's sharon stone. >> she kills him. >> reporter: there are some movie moments that are just unforgettable. >> there's no smoking in this building. >> what are you going to do, charge me with smoking? >> sharon stone hit the spotlight with this one, "basic instinct." today she's pout putting the spotlight on aids. she says her commitment to the fight was inspired by the death of her friend and angting coach roy londed who died of aids in 1993. over the past 16 years, stone has traveled the globe speaking out, and she's helped raise millions of dollars for the american foundation for aids research. when you started, it was a three-year term. you said i'm going to be involved until there's an aids vaccine. >> it started one evening had when elizabeth taylor wouldn't come. after the evening, which i was terrified to fill elizabeth's gigantic high heels, they said, could i do three years. and i was freaked out, and i did three years. and in three years i just thought, i didn't get th

a group requested that it be flown at half-staff when the elizabeth taylor died.ommunity denied the request. the community activity said it is not far one group controls the flag. we have a programming note. funeral for san francisco's fallen firefighters is scheduled at 12:mary's cathedral. we'll carry it live in the entirity but our coverage will be at 12 noon and stream it live for you . big changes for the oakland a's . the firing of the manager and who is tabbed >> we are moments away from game five. they made a move. they are down. and that is upon a nine game losing streak. he has been hit. he game under crit systems. and he was working with a special advisor . >> he will be at the helm opening a four game series . it doesn't happen. and we will try to play the game we are suited to play he also went to cal. he expects to be the team's starting quarterback when the season kicks off. it is speaking to the media. there were many factors. . smith is eager to turn his career around. >> i don't put in all of the time and sacrifice this stuff . i will continue to

. >> and tribute to elizabeth taylor has turned into a political battle. >> and trespassers offering a unique look at the aging mothball fleet. erica's money." i'm peggy bunker. @b@b@b@b@b@b@bb >>> we have an update on gabrielle giffords. an aide says she struggles to communicate and it's unclear if she will be able to return to capitol hill. it's been five months since jaredloufner went on rampage they say that giffords uses hand gestures to communicate because she still struggles to find words and put totaling sentences. as for when the public might see her lawmaker will may be soon to release a photo. >> a group in castro district has voted not to get involved in a gay pride grew. they own the flag that soars over harvey milk plaza. a controversy erupted when the association refused to lower the flag at half-staff when elizabeth taylor died. castro district urged residents to take their complaints straight to the board of supervisors. >> a small group of squatters armed with cameras spent several days and nights aboard ships in suisun bay. the man rode out at night past security a

other items for sale, the headdress that elizabeth taylor wore in the "cleopatra" film.rting bid at $30,000. also the dress that julie andrews wore in "the sound of music" which she sang "do r re mi," ordinary looking dress, but bound to make tens of thousands. big memorabilia items here. >> what i thought was cool about the marilyn monroe dress is i think people say it's not like a size 1 or 2. it's like an 18 or 12 or something like that. she had curves. curves -- whoa. curve are good. women look good with curves, you know. all right. how did she get these items? that's the thing. this is quite a collection. >> she has a huge collection. she has about 3,500 costumes, not including photographs and props and things that she has. she bought a lot of these in prooift sales. she's very -- private sales. she's very well connected in hollywood. >> some of them she asked for, right? >> absolutely. but she got a lot of items in a 1970 sale with mgm studios. they basically got rid of just about everything they owned. >> that was from the "wizard of oz." >> yes, her dress is up f

festival was not devoid of its scandals like the famous at the sword when juno labradoodle and elizabeth taylorappeared at a party wearing the same dresses post soviet russia so the festival rebranded the first prize changed to the golden soon george and the price for acting achievements called i believe constantin stanislavski been awarded to would see the most stars like. meryl streep and jack nicholson the opportunity to see the latest films from around the world draws crowds to the festival then use the last moscow international film festival was attended by do you hundred thousand people. you will what are the principal of the selection of the friends for the festival today in the modern days where they were aged yes of course because in the soviet times. of the most important part of the first there was to see the commercial broadcasters from the united states europe and india which people didn't see in here though there were a lot shown in cinema the other fifty weeks or so here at festival is something organized to see films that you can syria that are only now the hollywood blockbuster

controversy erupted in march when the association refused to lower the flag to half staff when elizabeth tayloried. tonight the castro benefit district urged them to take the complaint to the board of supervisor. >>> new evidence tonight that the cell phone really can scramble the controls on some airplanes. >> bomb shell development for presidential hopeful gingrich. entire inner circle walked out on him today. >> scientist think they know why smokers gain weight when they kick the habit. then later on "nightline". >> about coming up next on "nightline". bizarre addictio addiction. people hooked on sleeping with blow dryers or eating glass. where do strange addictions come from? >> the power of touch. why top touchers tend to be top athletes. and how touch may >> closed captioning brought to "nightline". s. >> family friends mourn the loss of three-month old boy who police say was the victim of gang violence. isaac garcia died after someone opened fire on his family early sunday morning inside their car in east palo alto. his parents were also wounded but they are expected to recover. family f

came to a head last month when community members wanted to lower the flag to half staff when elizabeth taylorand the merchant's group denied that request. >>> new tonight at 11:00, drivers who are looking to avoid dui checkpoints will not be getting any help from apple any more. the cupertino based company announced it will ban future apps that tip off future users of checkpoints. the move comes three months after four democratic senators asked smart phone manufacturers to quit selling those downloadable apps. blackberry maker research in motion pulled their apps, google, maker of the android operating system did not. chuck schumer praised apple's move, but called on the company to remove any existing dui apps from the store as well. >>> tonight we go indepth on climate change. few spots are more environmentally conscious than the bay area. a lot of what we do to fight climate change just slows it down, doesn't reverse the damage already done. could it be there, though, that one of the secrets of doing just that is also here in the bay area right under our feet? >> everybody in. >> reporter:

it first of all was not devoid of it scandals like the famous episode one juno or brigida and elizabeth taylorpeter piot you wearing the same dresses for soviet russia so the festival rebranded the first price changed to the golden soon george and the price for acting achievements called i believe comes nine hundred seventy slots been awarded to would see the must dos like meryl streep and jack nicholson the opportunity to see the latest films from around the world draws crowds to the festival venues the last moscow international film festival was attended by two hundred thousand people . what are the principle of the selection of the film for the first of all today in a modern days are the range to use of calls. because in the soviet times. old the most important part of the first film was to see the commercial broadcasters from the united states europe and india which people didn't see. a large shown in cinema the other fifty weeks tell us a festival is something organized to see from this you can see really really now the hollywood blockbusters oh all over the place so and we are showing fi

but then there's a thing called movie magic, and bette davis and james mason turned into elizabeth taylor and richard burton. and oddly enough, mike nichols stayed mike nichols, and...but i sort of trusted mike. i didn't think he was going to allow them to really screw it up. and what happened, finally, by some great fortune: there was no screenplay. i mean, there's this guy, ernest lehman, who is credited with the screenplay. but then again, he produced the movie too. but i think he changed two sentences of my entire script and maybe cut about five minutes, so the text was intact. and i am told all sorts of apocryphal stories about hollywood and film. i am told, for example, that a screenplay was written in which the nonexistent child was changed into a real deeply retarded child that they kept upstairs somewhere. i don't know whether i believe stuff like this or not. but anyway, i was quite amazed when i went to see a rough cut of the movie that it was what i wrote, very much what i wrote, except those two dumb sentences: "hey, let's go to the roadhouse" and "hey, let's come back from t

how elizabeth taylor's death led to a tug of war over the san francisco gay pride flag. >> we begin withhe murder of two oakland men with guilty forward. anton makey and yusev bey were found guilty. we are outside with the court with the story. >> cheryl, defense were surprised by the verdict given the amount of time that it took the jury to reach the decision today. it came after 10 full days of deliberation . former head of oakland, once very powerful muslim bakery. antoine makey and found guilty in the death of chauncey bailey. >> his family said justice was finally seshed. >> he would be here, you know, if it was -- this didn't happen. >> inside of the courtroom. former bakery owner bey and makey showed no emotion. bey's mother stormed out of the courthouse after reading the verdict reading. >> ultimately god knows the stuff. >> prosecutor said the verdict sends a strong message. >> it is not going to stand for murdering of journalist in this country. >> prosecution star witness former bakery handy man

." ♪ do, a deer a female deer ♪ ♪ re, a drop of golden sun ♪ >> reporter: elizabeth taylor's famous headdresshe rode into rome, in that famous scene in "cleopatra." even some of debbie reynolds' own outfits. the dress she wore in "singin' in the rain." ♪ good morning, good morning it's great to stay up late ♪ ♪ good morning, good morning to you ♪ >> it's really something what she collected through the years. for more on what the items are now fetching, from the dress to the ruby slippers, you can go to our website, abcnews.com/worldnews. >>> when we come back on this father's day weekend, the father who wrote the book with a bad word. and why so many other parents are now buying it. turns out, they can relate. if you have gout, high uric acid can lead to more attacks. ♪ to help reduce attacks, lower your uric acid. uloric lowers uric acid levels in adults with gout. it's not for the treatment of high uric acid without a history of gout. uloric reduces uric acid to help you reach a healthy level. [ female announcer ] don't take uloric if you are taking azathioprine, mercaptopurine, or theophyl

march when some of the residents wanted the flag to be flown at half staff to mark the death of elizabeth taylor. she was an early supporter of aids research. the group that has retained the flag turned down that request. >>> it is 5:38. we want to go back over to sal to check in on the friday morning commute. >> all right yes friday. a lot of people are happy that day has rolled around. traffic looks good. the traffic is moving well as you head down to the toll plaza. alsos morning commute is moving along nicely. now if you are driving on northbound 280 getting up to highway 17 it has been a nice drive all the way into that valley. at 5:38 let's go to steve. >> thank you, sir. a little bit stronger on the grass for the pollen count. not much happening with the trees and the weeds are just kind of hanging out. but it's the grasses continue to be very high. it's been that week all week -- it's been that way all week long. we do have a way of receive breeze. lots of fog here this morning. santa rosa is 46 with fog. that is cool this time of year. 56-70 that is fog, sun, breezy. and 58-82 fog and c

where some of the residents wanted the flag to be flown at half staff after the death of actress elizabeth taylor says when they maintain the flags since the late 1990s they turned down that request. >>> 6:39 is the time right now. back over to sal. how is the toll plaza. >> it's busy. you know it's surprisingly on this friday it's so slow. you can see all of these people. i don't know why i'm surprised. friday sometimes we see light commutes. maybe that is it. it is backed up all the way out to the 880 over crossing. it's going to get lighter in awhile. i thought it would be light all morning long. all right let's go out and take a look at the commute on highway 4. same thing goes here it is pretty slow. i keep checking in with chp. they don't report anything on highway 4 that is blocking lanes. there is an injury accident that could be rubber necker delay there. if you are driving in marin county southbound 101 traffic the traffic is moving along okay. if you are driving to southern marin there are delays we are hearing from one of our viewers there are delays southbound 101 between mill valley

. >>> remember dorothy's dress from the wizard of oz or elizabeth taylor's head dress from cleopatra?nly iconic but they're on the auction block. >>> debby reynolds has over 5,000 pieces of hollywood memorabilia and they're all up for sale. we'll talk to the actress as she gives us a personal look at her personal collection. >> who knew. i saw the list of stuff she has. it's a virtual museum. >>> we want to begin this half hour for the desperate search of a missing college student. it's been just over a week since the 20-year-old vanished near indiana university. her family obviously hoping for her safe return. kevin tibbles has more. >> reporter: police in bloomington, indiana are stepping up their efforts, setting up road blocks, asking drivers if they noticed anything out of the ordinary. >> we wanted to set that up to see if anybody is anybody who comes through there regularly and may have seen something. >> reporter: lauren spear vanished a week ago after spending the night partying with friends. >> lauren left this apartment around 4:30 in the morning and a friend said he watche

resident requested the flag fly at half staff when elizabeth taylor died. association denied their request t.community activist say it isn't fair that one merchant group controls the iconic flag. >> state senate says starting friday it will meet through the weaned to hammer out a compromise on the budget. deadline is next wednesday. main sticking point of course taxes. pvl annette reports on the latest plan to bridge the political divide. >> we are 5 days away from the budget deadline. >>reporter: the pressure is on to get the state budget approved before lawmakers get the pay docked for every day suspending blue print is late. temporary sales tax and vehicle license fee hike and go back to the lower rate at the end of the month. with no way to ask california voters whether to extend them before then to keep if vital services going democrat want republican to sign off on bridge funding. keeping the temporary taxes higher until a special election can be held. perhaps in september. >> it is going to be up to the members. the members specifically to decide hea

iconic things from judy garland's slippers from "the wizard of oz" to this dress, other things, elizabeth taylor's wore. i went black. >> "national velvet." >> thanks very much. >> we don't know who the buyer is, by the way. >> when you spend that much money, you don't tell. you're calling in. you've got someone representing you in the audience. >> you've got people who handle things for you. you have your people call my people to buy a dress for $5.6 million. >> that's right. neat stuff. what else do we have? >> what else do we have? oh, i love this story. >> i do, too. >> this is my favorite thing of the day. >> that's right. i'm remembering now. >> a lot of people going online to find love, right? >> yeah. >> how about getting married after you met on match.com when you're 90 years old? >> that, to me, is the story right there. that they're actually going on match.com. >> at 90. >> yeah. >> 90 and 82. he's a little younger. >> that's right. she went for the younger man. he went for the older woman. very sweet. they found love again. they plan to walk down the aisle. >> yeah. they first met in p

please welcome elizabeth taylor of "the chicago tribune", and john sayles, author of "a moment in the sun." [applause] >> thank you so much. can everybody hear? so here it is. somebody, a reviewer called that a cat squasher of a book. [laughter] now, i love the book, and my cat survived. [laughter] so, really. in these days of big box stores where everything seems like it's a huge commercial chain, john sayles stands out. independent film, independent fiction, his work is, and i call to mind another era of history, refusal to tailor truth to fit the fashion of the time. by embracing a life of independence in film and in literature for three decades, he's brought work of conscious and purpose to this world. he may be better known as a film maker than as a fiction writer, but probably that says something more about america and the cultural hierarchy than anything else. but it was, actually, his fiction that drew hollywood's attention. and just as many creative people have jobs to support their work, john sayles writes screenplays. his projects have included plan ya, alligator, the howli

. >> i got a check in the mail from elizabeth taylor. she sends me this photograph. >> reporter: what are you listening for? >> i'm listening for the quality of resonance, how bell like and pure it is. >> reporter: john, whose instruments now sell for about $40,000, is working on a new series of guitars with a train theme. >> this would be the santa fe super chief. >> reporter: and this? >> this is the blue comet. this train ran from new york city to atlantic city. >> reporter: but it's another set that he considers his master piece. he calls them the four seasons. you consider them inseparable. >> they are always to remain together. >> reporter: it took him six years to make them, and they were played together for the first time recently at the metropolitan museum. >> it was a dream come true. >> reporter: on this father's day, john's work has made it into the same museum he used to visit with his sculptor father as a boy. >> my dad would take us to the museum. we'd look at all this great stuff. never in my wildest imagination did i think i would ever be in a place