a book about hollywood. let me introduce you to stephen ross, professor of history at the university. also codirector of the only institute or humanities and author of several books on the american movie industry. this is his latest, "hollywood left and right." hollywood is in the process being criticized for how left and center it is. you're making the case not so much. tell your story. >> right, what i would argue it's even though the hollywood left has always been more numerous than this: the hollywood right, the hollywood writers actually had a greater impact on american politics. if you think of the terms of quality rather than quantity, the right really has changed the nature of the american state. we can see hollywood writers have a greater impact. if you look at american politics writ large of the 20th century, derek into transformative moment in the very nature of the american government and its relationship to the american people. the first was creation of the new deal under franklin d. roosevelt s

(harvey keitel) it's a film that hollywood did not want to make. quentin was going to give up directing the script, because of all the difficulty in raising the funding. and i urged him to direct it. i wanted him to direct it, because in the text his talent was so vivid to me that i felt he should direct it and i didn't want to do it unless he directed it. the way i write, i get the characters talking. and they just start talking to each other and i'm like a court reporter, just writing it down. and they just get it going. and so since this was basically almost like a play as far as like the way they dealt with each other, they wrote it. (quentin tarantino) this is my quickest script, i wrote it in about 3 weeks. (man) if i'd known how you are i'd never have worked with you. are you going to bark all day, little doggie? or are you going to bite? what was that? i'm sorry, i didn't catch it. would you repeat it? are you going to bark all day, or are you going to bite? i got involved in helping quentin with the casting, which an actor of my experience

"access hollywood" test. "access hollywood" test. "access hollywood" test. "access hollywood" test.access hollywood" test. "access hollywood" test. >>> some weekend comedy sketches that are still bringing chuck ls after the big correspondence dinner over the weekend. >> hollywood on the potomac. mel gibson's not so surprise admission on the tonight show. here to update us with the hottest celebrity news billy bush with access hollywood. so, we were all surprised. not really. when we heard mel gibson admit on the tonight show he has a temper. let's hear what he had to say on jay leno. >> maybe you don't know this about me. i got a little bit of a temper. >> i heard. >> yeah. >> i know you have a temper. >> yeah. >> i know. [ shouting ] >> has it really come to the place where you can't blow off steam in your own home even if you're justified? >> blowing off steam? i mean, like what do you want to eat! do you want to eat lunch? i mean, he's -- i mean, the guy is as manic as they get. you know, when you get yourself in some hot water you're supposed to go on leno or a late night show a

craig melvin, nbc news, hollywood. >>> that's "nbc nightly news" for this sunday. i'll see you shortly for tonight's "dateline" where we take a powerful look at bullying. brian williams will be here tomorrow. i'm lester holt reporting from new york. for all of us here at nbc news, new york. for all of us here at nbc news, good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

tonight, a conversation with the claim hollywood filmmaker lawrence kasdan, a man who has written or written in iconic movies, like "raiders of the lost ark" and "the bodyguard." the new film is called "darling companion" which has a terrific cast, including with actor kevin kline. this is coming up, right now. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to pbs stations like viewers like you. tavis: please welcome lawrence kasdan to this program. during his stellar career, he has written or directed iconic programs, like "the big chill," "raiders of the lost ark," and "the bodyguard," and he was hired by steven spielberg and george lucas. let's take a small sampling look at his memorable work. ♪ ♪ ♪ if i have to cry ♪ darlin'et baby, baby, ♪ease don't leave me, girl captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> is real all right. itif you're not careful, will be the last

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"access hollywood" test. "access hollywood" test. "access hollywood" test. "access hollywood" test.ss hollywood" test. "access hollywood" test. >>> new photographs could help lead to an arrest in a fender bender robbery scheme in potomac. montgomery county police released these images today. police say they're investigating two cases in which the drivers intentionally were rammed from behind so they would get out of their cars. they both happened earlier this month on jones lane. in one case the man was tied up with duck tape, thrown into the trunk of his car, and forced to withdraw money from several atms. >> somebody shot a man in the back in southeast washington and police are looking for the killer. it happened just before noon today in the 2200 block of savannah street just a couple blocks from the maryland border. the man who was shot was in his 20s and died after he got to the hospital. police are not identifying the victim. there is no word on a motive. >>> the suspect in the murder of a pregnant woman in prince george's county is going to stay in jail at least for now. >> a

little hollywood? ms. lee? so there is still confusion. be conservative, air on the side of exclusion, which is where i thought the land? >> yes, to all of the above. it is your call to make. it is fine if it is the basis of public testimony, but i would encourage you to err on the side of being conservative. this is not supposed to represent all neighborhoods, it is suppose to be ones where you have to recognize the neighborhoods intact in their entirety. mr. mcdonnell: thank you. mr. pilpel: to that end, i think all of candlestick is in 10, and i would add showplace square. mr. mcdonnell: again, we don't need an exhaustive list. it is actually even under 1%. all of that said, any objection to candlestick? silver terrace, a little hollywood, candlestick, spelled correctly -- mr. pilpel: out include civista valley. sorry. -- i would include at vista valid. sorry. mr. mcdonnell: any objection to the list as presented here? mr. pilpel: yes. mr. mcdonnell: ok. go ahead. mr. pilpel: ok. what are you proposing it is in? mr. mcdonnell: propose w

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what is the reality of hollywood excess? >> well, i don't know about that. i'm in my pajamas by 6:00 after i've worked out. i like glass of wine. but i don't really mix in those circles. the people i know in hollywood are usually are writers and directors and producers. i'm not -- i came to this business when i was nearly 40. i'm 50 now. >> is that the trick? is it to not be famous too early? >> i think so, and that wasn't intentional. i didn't hold back saying hold it, i'm going to be famous when i was 38. i was never trying to be famous and i feared it. >> is it a lot easier to be older and famous? >> i think so. i think it was oprah who said if you don't know who you are by the time you become famous, it will define you. and i think these things don't -- i love the work. you know, i -- everyone knows that we get paid very well. nice reviews are good. ry wards are great. but it's the work. i can't believe i get up in the morning and have an idea and it will get made. >> what i can't believe is the way you look, because we all fell in love back in britain w

and still are the dominant force in hollywood within one way or another. it was a generation that had its finger on some very specific pulse. but i'd differentiate francis from lucas and spielberg who really were just kind of tapped into the american psyche. with spielberg, you see, it was a different thing. he comes from television. and we met in the early 70s. but he was a very different kind of person. when i turned 19, i made a movie in 35-millimeter called, "amblin." and that movie was seen by the then-head of t.v. at universal studios, sid sheinberg, who is now head of the studio. he saw the film, was impressed, asked me to come to his office. and he sort of bedazzled me by offering me this seven-year term contract and attempted to put me to work directing professional television shows. bill, step back this much. (steven spielberg) if i did learn one thing from t.v., it taught me to think quickly on my feet. to prepare, to plan, to know what i want to do when i get to work so i can accomplish the job. and t.v. for me wasn't an art form, it was a job.

they have too many vegetarians living in hollywood. you are not right with the lord and b, the other issue is when you don't eat pleat, you - meat, you don't eat right. >> i think queue queue and may fixed it >> a good smoked pork but would do hollywood well. >> it is it a great book and by the way, here is good news. all of the folks will get their own cope of the book. thank you. we take great pride in the democratic system ask everyone gets an equal vote and or not more than half of the americans don't do it anne an druse tells us why when we come back. 5-hour energy? when i'm on overtime. when i'm in over my head. when i have to be sharp... no matter how many time zones i've crossed. when i'm on my feet for hours. when it's game time. when the day's only half over but my energy is all gone. when i need the energy to start exercising. every day. every day. every day is a 5-hour energy day. 5-hour energy. every day. >> if you think your vote doesn't matter think again. history shows that some of the world's most horrific events occur

the film is a hollywood version of the book, but he is happy with it. the studio one him in events that his real life story would have to be altered to appeal to audiences. >> it wasowhere near as bad, the representation is 30%, if that, of the real deal of the whole thing. i mean, it was really heavy-duty bad year. as he is in the sunshine, for one thing, and california makes it look better. >> the zoo is in an english rural area famous for an abundance of rain and far away from popular holiday resorts. visitors to not come here by accident. it is not have enough money for expensive advertising. he hopes the film will help them make weekdays as busy as the popular lion feeding sessions on saturdays. now what that without the film, i did not think there would have been the hope and the environment for us to survive. we have been told it might give us about five times our visitor numbers for this year. >> with a bit of luck, the zoo will thrive, securing the long- term future of benjamin and his animals. >> that report wraps up this week's "eurean journa

they have too many vegetarians living in hollywood. you are not right with the lord and b, the other issue is when you don't eat pleat, you - meat, you don't eat right. >> i think queue queue and may fixed it >> a good smoked pork but would do hollywood well. >> it is it a great book and by the way, here is good news. all of the folks will get their own cope of the book. thank you. we take great pride in the democratic system ask everyone gets an equal vote and or not more than half of the americans don't do it anne an druse tells us why when we come back. [ male announcer ] what if you had thermal night-vision goggles, like in a special ops mission? you'd spot movement, gather intelligence with minimal collateral damage. but rather than neutralizing enemies in their sleep, you'd be targeting stocks to trade. well, that's what trade architect's heat maps do. they make you a trading assassin. trade architect. td ameritrade's empowering, web-based trading platform. trade commission-free for 60 days, and we'll throw in up to $600 when you

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. >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live!"- john cusack, gladys knight, and music from vintage trouble. with cleto and the cletones. and now, here's jimmy kimmel! [cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: thank you. thanks. too much, really. thanks. thank you for watching. thank you for coming. who's ready to explore themselves a little tonight? really, let's dig a bit deeper than we usually do. i like to welcome fans of the show, "dancing with the stars," who stayed up late to watch mow town weeks on "dancing with the stars." nothing says motown like a british guy telling a girl from little house on the prairie that he loved her passo dob lay. all this week they had various performances. the two couples in last place competed in a dance duel. we take two of the worst dancers and make them dance even more. that's what they did. it was between gladys knight and roche aun fact an, and the mirror boot went to gladys knight. this video you're watching is not in slow motion. this is full speed. there you go. like line-dancing. that would

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events that attracts hollywood.as begun to come back and it centralizes upon humor and it goes pretty far at some points. let's look back at 2006. stephen colbert and george w. bush. >> i stand by this man. i stand by this man because he stands for things. not only for things, he stands on things. things like aircraft carriers and rubble and recently flooded city squares. and that sends a strong message that no matter what happens to america, she will always rebound will the most powerfully staged photo-ops in the world. >> that's one of the great things about this night is that washington becomes unbuttoned and presidents really do take a licking. >> they do. but for the most part it is usually the president who is in command who's making all the jokes, who is controlling his own self-deprecation brilliantly. >> this is a night where the president gets to show the country what sort of a great, smart, with it, in on the joke person he is. >> and he has the best joke writers in america helping him to show what a good

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hollywood liberals. democrats like joe biden.with the 36% of the people who like me? >> all this change hasn't been easy. change never is. so i've cut the tension by bringing a new friend to the white house. he's warm. he's cuddly, loyal, enthusiastic. you just have to keep him on a tight leash. every once in a while he goes charging off in the wrong direction and gets himself into trouble. but enough about joe biden. >> the state of hawaii released my official long-form birth certificate. but just in case there are any lingering questions, tonight i'm prepared to go a step further. tonight for the first time i am releasing my official birth video. ♪ ♪ circle of life >> i want to make clear to the fox news table, that was a joke. >> all right. at tonight's dinner the president won't be the only one feeling the heat. sometimes politicians give comedians all the material they need. take, for example, joe biden. >> speak softly and carry a big stick. i promise you, the president has a big stick. >> you know comedian loni love had a