will ferrell's funny or die is facing a possible sale. we look at whom might buy the website next. ♪ >> hi. welcome. my guest today is bradley pitts. thank you for joining me. >> my pleasure. >> how old were you when you lost your virginity. zero? i will tell you when i lost mine. >> would like to hear that. that.ld not like to heat [laughter] >> is the first time i've seen this. it is just so funny. you do not even have to hear what they say. it is just so funny. >> there is a moment where he asks if he has trouble keeping a tan and brad says why, and he says, because you live in your wife's shadow. [laughter] >> as funny as it is, funny or die is getting serious, hiring a financial advisor to evaluate it's options. joining us now via skype, the funny or die co-founder is now the ceo at wtf studios. thank you so much for joining us. what do you make of funny or die looking for a sale? what does it say about the evolution of the business? >> i think it is very significant. it is one of two youtube content places on the web. when we starte

funny orl ferrell's die is hoping to laugh its way all the way to the bank.hat the comedy web right is up to now. stay in the loop. ♪ >> good morning. i am betty liu. here is a look at our bloomberg top headlines. the top corporate headlines. a major bank deal announced. by north carolina'second-biggest lender atcond-biggest a value of $2.5 billion. the acquisition will expand the footprint. the chinese insurer that is eyeing the historic new york city hotel is planning an ipo that could raise $2 billion. that company plans to have shares in hong kong. the company website of funny or die looking to cash in on its success. the founders hired an investment bank to evaluate options, including a possible sale. $300 million.0- thisout for neck interviews celebrities and even the president. >> welcome to another edition. i am your host. is presidenty barack obama. let's good to be with you. classic.a 26 minutes past the hour. bloomberg television is on the markets. equities, a slightly lower open. futures down about a half percent. down.gs coming macy's just out be

we'll continue to engage those groups with recommendations from supervisor ferrel's office. >> as long as we keep that transparency going, that will be important in future selection of ultimate operator for the palace. >> i agree. >> seeing no other comments, cassandra let me congratulate you and the staff on the collateral material. i think it's a very first class for a very important process. i thank you for the extensive community outreach elements for this program. this is probably once in a lifetime opportunity inform that kind of investment to be given by a long term tenant. no other comments? yes? >> a note. we got the general thematic scope of kinds of vechlts. investments. is there a ballpark of what that potentially means? >> we actually have it partitioned out between if you invest in the entire building or just the old exploratoria side. we want to make sure that it's a viable theatre option comes forward that they are able to come to this sight or partner with another organization. our requirement is that the building has the improvements that we are looking for. it's a lo

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that is what will ferrell wants. ♪ >> welcome back to "market makers."k to the breaking news we got at the top of the hour, a bloomberg exclusive, people with knowledge of the matter say that rival drugmaker -- say it for me? davis -- octavius -- actavis. >> backed by bill ackman, allergan's biggest shareholder. >> a complicated situation that goes back months and months, with bill ackman coming after allergan. actavise along the way, got interested. they had been looking at a company for a while. it was like they were running a three-way situation. >> a beauty contest. >> there you go. along the way they got up out by astrazenecah after fell apart look at them and thought that it was their inversion deal. anyway, they have been in talks for quite some time. over the last couple of days we have picked up on a lot of progress. they are less than 5% of the asking price apart. seeking the 205 range.$205 per share at 215. is looking >> if they are willing to be bought, why would they be so opposed to valiant? >> that is 180 dollars per share. it is simply a

we will talk with the cofounder not named will ferrell next. ♪ >> thanks for joining me.ch this one over and over. >> brad pitt and zach galifianakis. serious aboutng evaluating its strategic options. one of those options is a possible sale with an asking price as high as $300 million. cory johnson i spoke with randy tf studios.ceo at w >> it is significant. if you look at funny or die, it is one of the only non-youtube content places on the internet. there should be a comedy site on we should do that. we said that's great. we need the content. so we reached out and we got in touch with gary sanchez productions. they were open to the idea. we set it up and shot a few videos. it great welaunched did not go on youtube. we did not do any big emotion. will asp the film of the landlord. we thought people watch it. three -- 3we had million videos -- views a day. videowere just looking at of a man walking around in new york and response to the viral video of a woman walking around in new york. who do you think the possible buyers are? >> i couldn't comment on it. thisot privy to

. >> ferrell tweets i'm heart broken over the news in ferguson.et's all pray for peace. >> it is 55 minutes after the top of the hour. with that situation in ferguson, what can we expect today? >>> a fox news alert. violent riots breaking out in ferguson following a grand jury decision to not indict officer darren wilson in the shooting death of michael brown. the jury's decision kicking off a night of looting, fires and rioting not just in ferguson but all across the country. today michael brown's family will hold a joint news conference with refned al sharpton as the f.b.i. and justice department continue to investigate any civil rights violations in the shooting. >> let's keep talking about the grand jury decision there in ferguson. was justice served? will michael brown go down as a civil rights hero? head to our facebook page right now to weigh in on that. it's #keeptalking. we already have more than 200 comments, so we thank you so much. we're going to continue that discussion. >> been a busy day and busy night. we'll continue to follow all

other stars appearing in the video are will ferrell and ben affleck. >> silence is effective. >>> netflix is postponeing a standup come by with show biz legend bill cosby with alleges he assaulted her. netflix announced the postponement and did not say why. former model told entertainment tonight he sexually assaulted her after a 1982 dinner meeting at a lake tahoe hotel and two other women have made share allegations. his attorney say he will not dignify decades old discredited allegations by responding. >>> this is probably one of the only if los angeles stories. >> mobile photography studio offering a way to get head shots a studio on wheel call the head shot truck. >> we will be in west hollywood and anyone in that area who finds that condition convenience cent will shoot there. or times we are in the valley. >> it makes the process more speedy, now it is only taking half day rather than an hour. >>> what is the cost? >> one session runs $250 with two different looks. makeup is another $75. >> for $325 they come to. >> can they do our makeup? >> makeup? you bet. bring the digital came

. >> reporter: celebrities are speaking out by way of twitter, ferrell says i'm heart broken over news of no indictment, in ferguson, let's all pray for peace. and then singer katie perry tweeted feeling stuck all the way over here in sidney, seeing the news just now sending my prayers to ferguson and praying for an equal america. >>> actress lena dunham expressing her feelings by saying all of my love is with the family of michael brown. a plowed their strength and courage, mourn their loss, pray they see justice and change. michael brown's family is supposed to speak at some point today and in the meantime the police department says it is putting together a plan to try to help restore peace and prevent additional problems as the day continues. alex and chris. >> thanks very much, jenny. >>> michael brown's parents released a statement expressing disappoint the in the grand jury decision. >> they are asking the community to help make changes within law enforcement agencies. so, their statement read in part we are profoundly disappointed that the killer of our child, will not face the

in official word when ferrell or owen wilson will reprice their rolls. stiller has not revealed what role cruz will play in the new flick. >> doesn't matter, i will go. >> just going to look at her. we know movie takes place ten years later with some big changes for derrick hansel. >>> if you are playing to part think weekend, listen up, a cure for your nasty hangovers might be growing out in the desert. it is a cactus called prickly pair and the fruit is a real mean hang over fighting machine growing in mexico and southern arizona. nutritionist say it can help with hangovers when taking five hours before you start drinking. that is not the only thing this is good at. by the way it also treats burns and helps diabetes patients. >> yes, you can by extract. you have within able to buy extract of it for a while. >> prickly pair, prickly pair, prickly pair. >> they grill it, eat it in az. >>> an alleged burglar learns the hard way it is tough to commit a robbery in the snow. so think about this for a minute, we will tell you >>> sound familiar? >> we're gett

some of the pigs names included matt damon, we'll ferrell, ben affleck, and morgan freeman. the theme, this is what waiting looks like. >>> several dozen students still counting inside wheeler hall on the uc berkeley campus. >> they've been there since wednesday when a committee passed a big tuition hike. so far campus police have been just standing by letting the students pretty much control the building which is normally used for administration. >> to that tuition hike, right now the tuition is more than $12,000 a year. it's going to go up. right now that the plan at least. 5 percent each year or about $600 a year reaching more than 15,000 by the year 2019. >> were not just angry, we are sad. our students are crying the halls. you should be crying. >> we see this as one step in the budget process. we see 5 percent as moderate. >> the tuition hikes are opposed by the governor. brown says the system should focus on controlling its expenses. back to that student test which is ongoing at wheeler hall, i spent a couple mornings their reporting on it, and it was interesting. i t

there is no official whether will ferrell or owen wilson will reprice their role.hat role cruz will play but we do know the the movie takes place ten years later with big games for derek. >> we can stan there and just look at her. she's so pretty. >>> almost 5 million strollers recalled, what is happening to >>> almost 5 million strollers recalled, what is happening to young children that revealed through the work of its scholars and graduates. it has inspired strength and purpose. an enduring symbol of passion and excellence that is not static, but moves among us. a feeling...a shared experience, a reminder that we are connected for life. we are penn state, making our mark on the world. >>> we are not giving up on the eagles they have a big game on sunday, we will tailgate. >> we will take this to another level with different kind of foods, like barbecue turkey. >> we will barbecue a turkey which i have never done. and also in this area right here we will lay up different kinds of tailgating foods, i went to a tailgate that was put on by an indian family. it is a

the one i remember was something that adam and will ferrell wrote. it was a doctor sketch. just hated us. will is a lovable guy, but they were not even going to smile. you could feel the hostility coming out. but will took it, put his foot to the -- if we're going to bomb, i'm taking you with me. >> seth: yes. >> one of those kind of deals, you are not getting out of this alive. i was crying i was laughing so hard. >> seth: we watched another one you are in. which we watch all the time because will never blinks it's this gabe kaplan sketch. do you remember that one? >> i don't. >> seth: it's basically like you guys, you and horatio work at a bank, and you said it's great gabe kaplan came in today. and will comes in dressed just like gabe kaplan and says, what, he was here? and nobody got me? it turns out he's a gabe kaplan super fan. the whole sketch is him going like, "all right so slow down. gabe kaplan was here?" and it's great and you and horatio just hold the line so great. >> if we ever did, if i get "second chance theater," i want to do the thing bobby and i did last

. >> will ferrell? vince vaughn? >> i want absolute honesty. >> how did it first register with you? knows he it doesn't matter. >> in court for the whole paparazzi thing and the judge starts sympathizing with suge knight. >> i think family members should be off limits. >> he is possibly looking at going to prison for the rest of his life and you are looking at rocky and bullwinkle? >> the dmm

. >>> and will ferrell could be literally laughing all the way to the bank.ebsite could be up for sale. reportedly looking to get between 100 and $300 million. many of the spoofs have gone viral. >> we are hearing about a new trend in how americans eat. what's the latest there? >> reporter: yeah. more americans are eating meals at home instead of heading to a restaurant. but they aren't necessarily cooking. a new study from the research firm group found americans are making meals out of ready-to- eat snacks. analysts say they are fast and convenient and it's also a good way to save money in a tough economy. so the most popular snacks, yogurt, cereal bars and fruit. frank and michelle, i think they looked in my fridge. [ laughter ] >> raise your hand if you have had cereal for dinner. >> i have done that. >> i've done that, absolutely. nice and easy. >> you're done. >> i'm with you. >> and sometimes it's chips. [ laughter ] >> jill wagner of cbsmoneywatch.com, thank you. >> of course we go to bed at 5:00 at night. >> true. [ laughter ] >>> an oakland judge ord

vince ferrell he passed away today. condolences.eneral electrics not for the reason we said but the stock is cheap. >> thank you so much for watching. see you back here tomorrow. meantime mad money with jim cramer starts right now. >>> i'm here too to level the playing field for all investors. "mad money" starts now. hey, i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money" welcome to cramerica. people want to make friend, i'm trying to make you money. i'm trying to educate and teach you, call me of tweet me at jim cramer. we keep confusing things. we keep thinking what is

>> he was at the corner of ferrell. >> the man claims he was paid by a client to bring a girl and bringer back. >> and where is the client? >> at farewell and l street. >> so, if we go back there, we'll find him? >> i'm sure he's still waiting for me there. >> he's waiting for you? >> yeah. >> so, have you ever done that before? >> no, it's the first time. >> did your client actually see the girl? >> no, he just said any of them on the street. >> to just go buy any girl on the street? >> yeah, yeah, and come back. >> the story of the phantom client seems less than convincing. did you know that that's illegal? >> i'm not -- i don't know. >> did you know that buying sex is illegal in this state of california? >> yes. yeah. >> so, knowing that it was illegal, you were still going to do it? >> i wasn't sure. i told myself, i'm not buying for myself. maybe it's like giving her a ride to him. >> do you know what's happening now? >> no. >> you actually negotiated a deal for oral sex with the undercover officer. you did not tell her that you were buying her for a client. you said it was for you

ferrell reyes is an attorney and an nbc news.com contributor. i'm changing all of your bona fides. is actually going to take a dramatic enforcement action on immigration? >> absolutely. for one thing he has delayed this announcement for so long that the expectations among progressives and obviously the immigration reform movement are so high that there's no backing off now. and i think that there has to be, my personal opinion, some personal frustration that they have let this issue die so long. they have poisoned the well and now they're saying don't do it now because we're about to do immigration reform which is really ludicrous. >> because they're going to be so much more cooperative in the 114th congress. cue john cornyn from texas who did not have good things to say i'm going to assume. let's take a listen. >> i can't think of anything more discouraging that the president of the united states could do than what senator mcconnell mentioned, and that is threaten to issue this executive amnesty order which disregards the law and the balance of powers and the constitution. >> i ha

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. >> funny or die, i believe it's owned by will ferrell, at a mckay, and some of his buddies for the owned by time warner. i see. but the onion is owned by a fund manager for the yes. >> since 2003? wrecks exactly, and he's held onto this. it's just a guy. and he doesn't have any venture capital money, so he probably has to decide whether he still wants to be ceo of this company or does he want to move on and possibly have some kind of leadership position if he does so? he declined to comment for our story. >> that's not very funny, at all. >> no, it isn't. but it's also not a denial. it is not saying "we are not for sale pico -- "we are not for sale." >> what else do you see? >> college humor, that could theoretically be one to look for. and then we see a lot of other -- the question, i think, would be at the next stage, who would buy it? disney just ordered a digital media venture with peter chernin. they bought full screen. maybe they would be a potential home for 70. or do we see some of the media ?hemselves maybe they will do their feet in. antitrust.t with the >> lord knows, s&

those small guys who are out there floating around, in order to monetize their business, like will ferrellhey need to turn that into cold hard cash. you figure into these, they need to buy the small guys. like so want to talk about capital in the bull market in china. ofking at the lack correlation between other world indexes and shanghai fascinated me. that money moving in, it is almost a hedge, but is it going to change china? >> it is not going to change china now. china needs to open its capital accounts over time, but they cannot right now. over time, that will have a big effect or but now china has this push and pull of wanting to allocate its capital and resources more efficiently and trying to maintain political control. >> how do you encourage free markets and capitalism in china? >> that is the entire bet here the chinese leadership is making the bet that you can do that from the top-down, top-down reforms. is certainlyd it western perspective, that it will not work. but they are basically betting the country on a top-down reform model. >> are you surprised at how little capital

chris ferrell, when did the magic number is 65 years old come into play? be that we are going back to the 1880s with this 80s with bismarck and you come up with this notion and look at the evolution of social insurance in europe and we just became 65. franklin roosevelt signed social security in 1935. average less life efficiency was 52. now average life expectancy is about 79. >> so can we still retire at 65 and be comfortable? i repaired? >> right now is an emeritus rethinking. we still have this incredibly powerful image. retire me. you stop working. he was briefly share. or this other image that you will keep working. great, thanks. i work until a jock dad. look at my quality of life. the thing is the baby boomers are educated. we are one of the most educated. our work, career, jobs, all the ups and downs are who we are. a lot of people don't want to walk away from that. if you actually look at the numbers, many people actually working during these traditional retiremenretiremen t years, but we don't know how to describe it. i call it sub for your enco

and no word on if will ferrell or owen wilson will return.a lot of blue steel. something that dan harris may know something about. >> look at that. >> dan. go ahead, yes. >> you know what? i can only do it when i'm next to michael. he adds a little bit of intimidation factor, which on my own i cannot produce. >> robin, can you show -- you were just doing it. >> just admiring dan. >> yeah. >> the word admiring is not quite the right word. she was mocking? >> no, never. never, no. >> and then finally, dan, david, ron. your mission, should you choose to accept it, to swipe whatever you can get your little paws on. we're talking ransacking racc n raccoons. we have conniving kitties. watch this, work so hard to go fish. and that. and there's also sneaky sea gulls out there. smart seagulls, i like to say. they know what they want. god choice. >> doritos or cheeto? >> and monkeys who feel the need to steal a hub cap. >> wait, wait, wait. this is from the '70s. where did you find this video? >> where are you going with all this? >> we don't have vend

that is donna ferrell and team over at archdiocese of course, archbishop chaput was in rome when pope. world meeting of families philadelphia is the organization. a non-profit group. world meeting 2015.com. that is raising the money necessary to put on this spectacular event. this very spiritual and family oriented event in philadelphia our role on our part of the city government, security, logistics, all of the accommodations to make hure that people and the attendees and pope and everybody else can get around the city and get where they need to get to, with all of the law enforcement, local, state, federal, international. >> six different agencies. >> at least. >> i think it is september 2015, we will have made in america beginning of the month. >> yep. >> and then this beautiful five day conference with the head line of the pope. >> yes. >> you the man. >> yes. >> you allegedly went to catholic school. >> yesy went to mass every day of my life from kindergarten to eighth great and all boys catholic school. >> yes, okay. >> you are not surprised. >> well, i mean, but then what happe

started by will ferrell.tting the little person coming -- well, the rent check. 3 billion views later. if you think about it, they have one president now, president obama. a year ago went on there to do his obamacare pitch. totally transformed the registration site. so they're making big waves. sort of internet mogul of the year. >> between two ferns. >> between two ferns with zach gal fan knockess. >> they got obama last year. >> so, listen, something that mika talks to mark halperin about an awful lot. grooming mistakes. six grooming mistakes that men make. including having chest hair -- >> is chest hair an invasive species. it sort of can be like kudzu on some of us, just creeping. >> just stop it. >> we're giving you friendly advice on how to tame it all. >> ooh. >> what are some of the six? >> the six is what we call -- >> i don't want to hear these. >> mojave mouth. which is, you know, when guys have really bad breath. the chest hair invasion. we talk about the half naked beard. you see these guys who s