or for that matter, george pennacchio has a look at wonka as you have never seen him before. >> what'm making chocolate of course. how do you like it? dark white? nutty. absolutely insane. >> golden globe nominee timothee chalamet stars in the movie musical wonka. it's a prequel that tells the origin story of the iconic candy man from roald dahl's 1964 book charlie and the chocolate factory. did it take you a long time to say yes? no. >> almost immediately, yeah. especially when i saw how clever the origin story was and that this isn't the cynical willy wonka we know from the earlier adaptations that this was like a joyful, optimistic hatful of dreams, young man. i thought, oh, that's very clever that he would have started there. i wonder what would have happened for him to land in another place, a chocolate to be simple. >> where is this? it's just weird when you put on your costumes, could you feel wonka? >> yeah, absolutely. >> because, um, in this wonka, this this wonka was unformed and fresh off the boat and with, you know, handkerchiefs spilling out of his pockets and the edges

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grant reporter george pennacchio has a preview of the star studded night of music. humble home. >> this year's cma country christmas is the first time music greats trisha yearwood and amy grant have performed together. so, you know, they had to go big. >> the show starts with high energy. we rehearsed yesterday and i can't wait for people to see the show open. when you see it, you're going to be in the christmas spirit. you're not going to have a choice. >> the opening is the song joy to the world, and we're actually doing it with another artist named lindsey stirling. and she her physical prowess, she's like a freak of nature. she plays violin while she's dancing like crazy, stretching high kicks, and she's playing it's all live. i mean, she is freakishly good. you're a monster, mr. grinch. >> other performers include ashley mcbryde, jordan davis, and recently crowned cma entertainer of the year lainey wilson. go tell it on the mountain. >> take that jesus. christ. >> christmas music makes you feel at home. it's pretty similar to country music. it tells a story and

yeah >> reporter george pennacchio spoke with the two stars action. ready to have some fun quiz?op chanting. >> quiz lady tells the story of two sisters who join forces when their mother runs off because she's in big trouble. >> your mom owes me 80 grand. when you have it, you'll get your dog back. >> sandra oh plays jenny, the very outgoing sister. awkwafina is the introvert and someone she loved getting the opportunity to play. >> it's always been kind of a dream of mine to play a character like ann because i feel like ann sometimes. so this one was was a was a delight. >> her character's intelligence may be just what the sisters need to come up with all that money by winning it on a game show, it seems plausible. >> carbon dioxide. very good. wellington, new zealand. correct. saturn. our american cousin. >> the equal sign. >> harry potter. the hobbit. correct >> all right. sandra says one great thing about the movie. the people involved in front of and behind the camera just know comedy. if you just put all the ingredients together and you know, jessica, you are director reall

reporter george pennacchio from our sister station in los angeles has a preview.to tv pickpocketing. >> it's a new twist on an old classic. >> this is dickens. this is this is oliver and my favorite character from oliver. i was not born into a life of wealth. i do not have the luxury of being able to cause trouble and get away with it. >> the artful dodger is a new series on hulu that is turning the beloved tale on its head. and now the famous prince of thieves is a doctor. >> the much celebrated doctor, jack dorkin, using the nimble fingers he developed as a young pickpocket to save lives in an interest seeing and dangerous time, he finds a talent for being a surgeon. it's a struggle between running away from his past and trying to build his new life for himself and that new life means balancing a new love interest in maya mitchell. >> you can break from your life of thievery and add an old frenemy. >> hello, dutch. what the hell are you doing here, fagin? >> they hang escaped convicts here. >> the tall between the scum of fagin. >> and that's super high ranking

yeah, george pennacchio for abc news looks fun. >> cma country christmas airs tonight at eight.nine by disney 100 a century of dreams. then don't miss abc seven news at 11. fun stuff. >> all right, let's get an update on the weather forecast. >> yes. spencer christian's here. spencer. >> okay, i was just thinking when i was growing up in rural virginia, i had a country christmas. every christmas. let's let's take a look at what's happening with our weather. we'll start with the weather headlines. high clouds overnight at uh. it will be warmer tomorrow. and saturday with near record high temperatures in the afternoons and sunny, sunny sunday through midweek. next week we expect a very rainy wet weather pattern for tonight. look for a high clouds with low temperatures mainly in the upper 30s and the coolest inland locations to low to mid 40s. just about everywhere else. highs tomorrow mid 60s at the coast, mid 60s around the bay mid to upper 60s in the south bay, but only low 60s in the inland east bay. and here's the accuweather seven day forecast. so we have these two mild dry d