james earl jones and cicely tyson in "the gin game." while those actors draw big box offices, some are having trouble remembering their lines. each has reportedly used teleprompters or an ear piece so someone offstage can cue them. the reviews are not great. al pacino's "china doll" may be the worst reviewed play of the season. "the wall street journal" says, yes, he's using teleprompters. and he was not at ease with his lines. the "new york post" writes, al lines in terrible new broadway play. >> the more they use celebrities to drive ticket sales for plays or musicals, you're going to come up with a problem which is that you need to have assistance. >> reporter: david cody is "time out new york's" theater editor. he says audience members walked out after the first act watching pacino search for teleprompters. >> somebody used to film acting will have a little more difficulty in a play where they have to sustain a scene over several minutes. >> reporter: cody doesn't hold back on willis' performance either. calling it stiff. willis and

i didn't get it because, in fact, she's even saying james earl jones. a black boy? james earl jones? that was great. >> it was great. there's something seriously wrong. every time i look and see the logo msnbc and she's actually anchoring there, it's kind of bizarre. her therapist definitely has job security. that's all this week. we'll have more next week. >> it's an interesting theory of hers. obviously, don't share it. the whole thing of "star wars" is the battle of good versus evil. but i don't think george lucas, or j.j. abrams who is the director of the old movie, and j.j. abrams was featurednight o said there is a lot more diversity in the cast than there has been in the past. >> who played darth vader? >> a guy named david krause. >> he's british. >> yes. >> so if this is an immigration story, david krause was the bodybuilder from "clockwork orange." >> they haven't given him credit and there is a white actor in darth vader. >> who cares, he's in costume. >> what about you, chewbacca? >> whose hairy father is that? >> i think you're the only one

and james earl jones in cicely tyson in the gin game. but while those actors draw big lines at the box office, some of them are having trouble remembering their lines. each has reportedly used tel prompters on an earpiece so someone off stage can cue them. the reviews are not greats. in fact, al pa china's "china doll" may be the worst reviewed play of the season. "the wall street journal" says yes, he's using tel prompters. and that he was not at ease with his lines. "the new york post" writes al pacino needs tel prompters for lines in terrible new broadway play. >> it they use celebrities to drive ticket sales for plays or musicals, you have this problem with that you need assistant. new york's theater editor. he says audience members walked out after the first act, launching pa chin-- watching pacino search for the tel prompters. >> they will have more difficult when they are in a play and have to sustain a scene over several minutes. >> cote doesn't hold back on willis' performance either. calling it stiff. willis and pacino did work

if that's what it takes, then it seems to me, that is fine. >> james earl jones, cicely tyson, al pacino, were fabulous. >> reporter: new yorker cheryl rubin is a big theater fan. she says she didn't even notice any of the actors getting prompted. >> theater-goers are not getting ripped off. they're seeing great acting by great actors. >> great actors doing whatever it takes to keep their names on broadway. jamie yuccas, cbs news, new york. >> glor: that is the cbs evening news tonight. later on cbs, "60 minutes," and first thing tomorrow, "cbs this morning." i'm jeff glor in new york. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org cars.. and leaving some areas -- totally underwater. the storm has also made a sing >>> a powerful storm sweeps through the bay area, leaving some areas underwater. >>> it's one of the tiniest houses you have ever seen. you will not believe what they're asking for it. >> kpix 5 news is next. it's a cause. so we do things differently. we combine care and coverage. and believe prevention is the most powerful of cu

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weekven now, eight shows a , she walks onto a broadway james earl jones and hand, in hand after gamesrummy. at 90 years old she is still delivering remarkable performances, night after night, after night, just like god intended and she sure looks good doing it every night. [applause] [applause] president obama: at age 15, a young woman named carol kline formed a group with her friends. co-signs.led the they did great with a trigonometry demographic. [laughter] around the same time, she talked to a dj and asked the best way to get to a record company. he told her a secret, look them up in a phonebook. so she made some calls the landed a contract and took on .he stage name of carole king: it turned out to be a perfect choice. .oday, she is royalty by the time she was 30, she like, up in the roof, one fine day, the youmotion, and of course, make me feel like a natural woman. i think i just became the first president to say that. [laughter] [applause] president obama: it sounded better when aretha said it. 1970's she found the perfect voice for her songs, her own. at one point her album t

. >> he was totally a black guy who was james earl jones and while he was black and eshl terrible and and awful and used to cut off happened and didn't claim hid son. as soon as he claims his son goes over to good he takes off his mask and he's white. >> she unleashed her feelings about the color of the evil darth vader's costume hinting at racism. harris perry says she was offended when he was unmasked as a white man even though james earl jones voiced him. >> the panthers won again, of course. >> you can see by the color. >> fox news headlines 24/7 series xm 15. >> good moaning. >> good morning. tightened rob bronkowski making a big impact. he ran for 27 yards and a touchdown. the patriots beat up on the houston texas to reclaim the top spot on the afc. meanwhile the carol loon gnaw panthers won again. carolina 38-0 shutout of the atlanta falcons who lost six in a row. they clinch the nfc battle. a tough break for the cincinnati bengals. he broke his right thumb while making a tackle following an interception he through. no word on how long he will be out. the bengals lotz to the st

and even now, eight shows a week, she walks onto a broadway stage to beat james earl jones in hand afterd of rummy in "the gin game." [laughter and applause] president obama: at 90 years old, she's still delivering remarkable, heartfelt performances night after night after night - just like god intended, and she sure does look good doing it every night. [applause] president obama: cicely tyson. [applause] president obama: at age 15, a young woman named carol klein formed a doo-wop group with her friends called the co-sines -- co-sines that's a little math. [laughter] president obama: they did great with the hard-to-reach trigonometry demographic. [laughter and applause] president obama: around the same time, carol talked to a dj, and asked him the best way to get in touch with record companies. he told her a secret - look them up in a phone book. [laughter] president obama: so carol made some calls, landed a contract, and took on the stage name of carole king. it turned out to be a perfect choice - because today, in the world of american music, carole is royalty. by the time she was 30,

james earl jones and cicely tyson in "the`gin game." while those actors draw big box offices, some are having trouble each has reportedly used teleprompters or an ear piece so someone offstage can cue them. the reviews are not great. al pacino's "china doll" may be the worst reviewed play of the season. "the wall street journal" says, yes, he's using teleprompters. and he was not at ease with his lines. the "new york post" writes, al pacino n nds teleprompters for lines in terrible new broadway play. >> the more they use celebrities to drive ticket sales for plays or musicals, you're going to come up with a problem which is that you need to have assistance. >> reporter: david cody is "time out new york's" theater editor. he says audience members walked out after the first act watching pacino search for teleprompters. >> somebody used to film acting will have a little more difficulty in a play where they have to sustain a scene over several minutes. >> reporter: cody doesn't hold back on willis' performance either. calling it stiff. will

and even now, eight shows a week, she walks onto a broadway stage with james earl jones and beats himnd after hand, in games of rummy. at 90 years old, she is still delivering remarkable , heartfelt performances, night after night, after night, just like god intended and she sure looks good doing it every night. [laughter] [applause] obama: at age 15, a young woman named carol klein formed a group with her friends. it was called the co-signs. that is some math. [laughter] they did great with a hard-to-reach trigonometry demographic. [laughter] president obama: around the same time, she talked to a dj and asked the best way to get to a record company. he told her a secret, look them up in a phonebook. [laughter] so, she made some calls the landed a contract and took on the stage name of carole king. it turned out to be a perfect choice. because today, in the world of american music, she is royalty. by the time she was 30, she offind up with jerry c to turn out hits like up in the roof, one fine day, the locomotion, and of course, you make me feel like a natural woman. i think i just be

. >> reporter: at age 90, she's starring on broadway alongside james earl jones.g was inducted into the songwriters hall of fame nearly 30 years ago for her influence on music. she has written more than 100 hit singles. ♪ you make me feel like a natural woman ♪ aretha franklin brought the house down in the song she immortalized. king was visibly moved by the power house and brought tears to the eyes of the president. man (sternly): where do you think you're going? mr. mucus: to work, with you. it's taco tuesday. man: you're not coming. i took mucinex to help get rid of my mucusy congestion. i'm good all day. [announcer:] mucinex keeps working. not 4, not 6, but 12 hours. let's end this jill and kate use the same dishwasher. same detergent. but only jill ends up with wet, spotty glasses. kate adds finish jet-dry with five power actions that dry dishes and prevent spots and film, so all that's left is the shine. for better results, use finish jet-dry. karl, don't you have fryeah, so? ng over? it stinks in here. you've got to wash this whole room are you kidding? was

. >> he was totally a black guy with james earl jones.was black he was terrible and he used to bite hand. as soon as he claims the sun and go over to the good he takes off his mask and he's white. i have many feeling about that. kennedy: is the force with her? i don't think she knows a thing about "star wars." >> you don't need to have many, many feeling about darth vader. it's a movie. also, thanks for the spoiler. kennedy: i still have a fact that she said nasty things about mitt romney's fans. kennedy: it's an everything race. the color black is racist. my wagon is racist. >> is she high on the theory. is it really bad? then he goats white and saves the baby. kennedy: we just had a terrorist attack. whatever terrorist massacre in san bernardino, talk about something affecting this country. crazy. >> any time there is a national tragedy or we are in the middle of a war, the box office always does well. "star wars" is providing a necessary escape and hopefully we'll resolve all the issues that came up during the prequels. a.j. abrams has

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he's got the voice much james earl jones.mas special which should only be watched after many, many drugs and drinks. kennedy: don't pretend like you haven't seen "star wars." >> i have seen the original. i have been informed that it's a racist franchise sow i don't want to take part in this. i wouldn't pick yoda. george w. bush talked about yoda. evil-doers they are. kennedy: i think yoda is the best choice. he's old and wise and he can open a can of whoop ass. when he goes nuts and starts with the jedi gymnastics and ruins people's lives by killing them, pretty impressive. >> han solo. kennedy: good job. in many movies, actor kurt russell would make a great president. he's the star of a quentin tarantino movie and a report asked him about violence and gun control. >> if you think gun control is going to change a terrorist point of view, i think you are like out of your minds. i think it's absolutely insane. kennedy: that's absolutely right. isn't he obviously correct? the point is if you start controlling guns and looking at

and my voice dropped down sub james earl jones as darth vader. >> that's unbelievable. >> yes. >> it was as though i were out of my own body, and if you watch the clip, i was genuinely scared of my level. >> when you hear the worth weather howl at moon. >> weather. >> i want you to imagine and believe that it's possible to take the dents out of the can. you'll tap on it. it's reseal the. it becomes -- >> oh, wait a minute. >> come on! >> what is crazy. >> i'm a sucker for a magic trick and clearly the viewer saw >> i swam with sharks, well, sort of, from behind a wall. they swam, i watched. >> the rokerthon this year was daunting, 50 states in a week's time. it was as exhausting as it was exhilarating. every place we went -- >> i got the goat! >> people are goats. >> goats magoats. it was like, really? >> got a little chill in the air. there's only one thing to do and that is have an ice dancing competition. >> how did that happen? whoa! >> baby. >> you're mean. >> there you go. >> the first time in my life. >> willie goes urban. >> tweeted a little audition for john cena. what it ta

james earl jones was not actually in the costume. he was just the voice of darth vader. , david prowse was in the suit. not james earl jones. >> how does that make you feel about the movie? >> kevin mccarthy was on to talk about it, getting geeked out. big interviews. everyone is lining up to see the movie. does it change how you feel about it? let us know about comments. >> do you see racism in star wars? i guess you should digest that. still ahead on our show, a lot. the jihadi bride passed three background checks before killing 14 people. but the feds missed her radical posts online. turns out, they don't check social media. lieutenant colonel tony schafer says the president's ignorance is inviting more terror attacks. he joins us next. >>> plus, the dnc is struggling with money. so they want you to pay for their convention. what? what if one piece of kale could protect you from diabetes? what if one sit-up could prevent heart disease? one. wishful thinking, right? but there is one step you can take to help prevent another serious disease. pneumococcal pneumonia. if yo

>> my voice drops down sub james earl jones' darth vader. >> that is unbelievable. >> it was as though i were out of my own body. if you watch the clip, i generally scare myself. >> you need to howl at the moon. >> how's the weather? >> i want to you imagine and believe it's possible to take the dents out of the can. >> tap on it. it's resealed. >> no way. >> oh, come on! amazing. >> that is crazy. >> i'm a sucker for a magic trick. clearly, the viewers saw it that way. >> i swam with sharks. sort of. from behind a wall. they swam and i watched. >> the rokerthon this year was daunting. 50 states in a week's time. it was as exhausting as it was exhilarating. every place we went -- >> i got the goat! >> -- people had goats. >> got a little chill in the air. only one thing to do, and that is have an ice dancing competition. >> how does that happen? >> whoa! baby! >> you're mean. >> there you go. >> for the first time in my life, i see the love. >> willie goes urban. >> we did a little audition for john cena, what it takes to be a wwe star. >> looking at the headlines, you're all about to

it's like if you were black at the time, seeing that, i cannot imagine welfare role-playing james earl jones in star wars. about the controversy characters in star wars. the main storm trooper character is black. darth vader is black. [laughter] just roll with it. your remixingt of to sort of neutralizes, to make it something new and drainage of its impact in our culture? a james brown bea t i grew up in the ancient early, 1990's. i grew up on dupont circle. mom was the first black woman to have an afro. this is definitely the remix. [laughter] we have to think of that type. of the 1970's, when a remix of the american dream was reclaiming a sense of agency. if you look at nixon's southern strategy, the idea was the legacy we see in the republicans. , well,look at ben carson he is a character on his own. [laughter] seriously. as a lot of players going on still echoing the echo chamber. >> re-think about what this means in america culture. i think it can be a very on the thing. >> it's not about suppressing history area i think that's where the idea of being if you lookcorrect at the differenc

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. >> reporter: at age 90, she is starring on broadady alongside james earl jones in "the gin game." you just call out my name >> reporter: carole kingas inducted into the songwriter's hall of fame nearly 30 years ago for her influence on music. you've got a friend more than 100 singles. you make me feel brought the house down in her closing performance of the song she immortalized. king was moved by the performance and it brought eyes to the president. >> aretha, when she is on, she is on. >> she says i think better when i take off my fur coat. that was a moment. >> it really is a celebration about the great artists of america, what this countnt in this country. >> so many moments. >> can you watch the 38th annual kennedy center honors tuesday, december 29th at 9:00/8:00 central right here on cbs. >> as part of that special, we will get to sese what charlie wore at the kennedy honors last night. it's a joke. >> cocoert's joke, what was that? >> i don't remember. i just remember colbert said and may we have a special round of applause for the host this evening. he was also great. it

. >> reporter: at age 90, she's james earl jones. and carol kinin was inducted into the songwriters hall of fame nearly 30 years ago for her influence on music. she has written more than 100 hit singles. you make me feel like a natural woman aretha franklin brought the house down in the song she immortalized. king was visibly moved by the power house and brought tears to the eyes of the president. man (sternly): where do you think you're going? mr. mucus: to work, with you. it's taco tuesday. man: you're not coming. i took mucinex to help get rid of my mucusy congestion. i'm good all day. [announcer:] mucinex keeps working. not t not 6, but 1212ours. jill and kate use the same dishwasher. same detergent. but only jill ends up with wet, spotty glasses. kate adds finish jet-dry with five power actions that dry dishes and prevent spots and film, so allllhat's left the shine. for better results, use finish jet-dry. karl, don't you have friends coming over? yeah, so? it stinks in here. you've got to wash thisishole room are you kidding? w

like the part where he was totally a black guy whose name basically was james earl jones and -- but whileawful and he used to cut off white man's hands and didn't actually claim his son but as soon as he claims his son and goes over to the good he takes off his mask around is he white? oh, yes, i have many, many feelings about that but i will try to put them over here. >> good luck with that. >> why do people love "star wars" so much? >> well, for one thing, we were talking about this in the green room. it's something that kids can easily understand. i think it came along for a generation of people at formative ages. i think if you were 5, 6, 7, 17 when that movie came out it got to you. there hadn't been -- movie making at that point, at that scale -- or that seeming scale -- because ultimately the scale is not -- the production is both complicated and simple at the same time. but there were -- they weren't making movies like that in the 1970s. this was like a huge, huge game-changing throwback on one hand to cliff hangers, but also sort of intergalactic space spectacle on the other. >>