and then jimmy stewart, who made a 10 percent of gross, deal with him from the first dollar. and that made the actors your partners. then in 1951, a couple of sharp new york businessmen, benjamin and arthur krim, took over united artists and set up a whole system just to do that. not to own theatres, but simply distribute on a worldwide basis, productions done by stars, by directors, other independents. exclusivity was what made the studio system work. and once there were non-exclusive contracts, which was true by say, '55, the studio system was over. the actors were beginning to be appreciated by the people, not for their general appeal, but for their particularity. and every effort was made within this system to stamp out particularity, individuality. and the only reference was to successes in the past. well, since we're here on friendly conclave, how about the contract? come on now, it's growing whiskers. well i'm -- i'm having trouble with it. trouble, what sort of trouble? you tell me. i've got broad shoulders. charlie, people can speak frankly to me. you're in a positio

and then jimmy stewart, who made a 10 percent of gross, deal with him from the first dollar. and that made the actors your partners. then in 1951, a couple of sharp new york businessmen, benjamin and arthur krim, took over united artists and set up a whole system just to do that. not to own theatres, but simply distribute on a worldwide basis, productions done by stars, by directors, other independents. exclusivity was what made the studio system work. and once there were non-exclusive contracts, which was true by say, '55, the studio system was over. the actors were beginning to be appreciated by the people, not for their general appeal, but for their particularity. and every effort was made within this system to stamp out particularity, individuality. and the only reference was to successes in the past. well, since we're here on friendly conclave, how about the contract? come on now, it's growing whiskers. well i'm -- i'm having trouble with it. trouble, what sort of trouble? you tell me. i've got broad shoulders. charlie, people can speak frankly to me. you're in a positio

i thought he was doing jimmy stewart. but it -- it's not easy. an easy thing to do. >> jimmy: no, it's probably the hardest thing there is to do. sit there and beg funny and cal like that. >> i don't know there's any call for it. >> jimmy: i know your sister's a nun. that's weird for you to go into show business and for your sister to go into nunning or whatever we call it -- >> the nunnery. >> jimmy: did you ever think about becoming a priest? >> no, no. >> jimmy: you did not? >> no, i work clean. a lot of comedians, like jerry seinfeld, jerry and i talked about it, i work clean. i have no problem with, you know, comedians who work blue, funny is funny. >> jimmy: and really there weren't many outlets where you could use -- well, your friend legendary phyllis diller, she was a friend of yours, right? she passed away last month. >> yeah, i got a call from phyl, she was a lovely lady. >> jimmy: she was, sent christmas cards every year. very funny and dirty. >> she called us one time, i don't know anybody who enjoyed being in front of an audience mo

. >> why aren't they made to actually do the filibuster like jimmy stewart?hey have to get up there and figure out something to say for 24 hours? >> sean: i am with you. >> there is no filibuster. >> sean: we agree. >> but it's a matter of perspective, obviously. >> sean: but here's the question. here's the question. i have to ask you this. we have had 25 million un- and under-employed american, 47 million on food stamps, one in six americans in poverty. he said he would cut the debt in half, $5.4 trillion later, this country's going bankrupt. longest period of long unemployment since the great depression. he said he would fix this. has he fixed this? >> okay. no. clearly, my position is, don't jump down my throat -- i don't know see the math where this is fixable without a long-term plan in motion. we have a growing deficit. we have lower taxes, we have three wars, a war in iraq which is winding down and a war in afghanistan and the war on drugs has been going on for -- for decades -- let me finish this off -- which is bankrupting our treasury. and at the sa

invisible rabbit only jimmy stewart could see. is visible and obnoxious. >> i'm starting a new job today. you're not going to work today. >> will fred acts as some sort of almost a guide for ryan as he's trying to rebuild himself and recover. willfred, you never quite know, whether willfred's intentions are for ryan's benefit or to his detriment. >> it's like you're torturing me for fun. why? >> i'm giving you a gift. i don't want you to squander it. >> reporter: but beyond acting there's a lot pour elijah wood to sink his teeth into. so would you ever bring a date here? >> sure. reporter: is this your kind of thing? >> definitely would indicate immediately that i'm an omni vor. >> reporter: true. yeah. i would bring a date here. sure. >> reporter: are you seeing anybody now in. >> i'm not. reporter: no? no. reporter: time to see? at the moment there's not a lot of time. >> reporter: here's one reason why. the actor owns a record label and spends hours hunting for vintage vinyl. wood says his passion for acting is rivaled only by

stewart and company. even if stephen colbert and jimmy fallon did all they could to keep him from accepting. >>> in seattle, a group of good samaritans helps capture a suspected jewelry store robber. authorities say a doorman from a nearby hotel who chased and tackled the masked gunman was shot in the arm during the

>> well, you know, the thing is that you have bruce willis, clint eastwood, john wayne, jimmy stewart. you know, i call them the men's men who are the conservatives. you know, the left are the ones that are backing obama's campaign. neil: when you look back at the speech a week ago, i'm curious to ask you, whether it was brilliant were weird or whatever. the argument, or even from romney support at the time, it is distracted from the speech and from his message -- the next everyone is talking about quint eastwood and not that romney economic turnaround message. do you fear that might've been the case? >> no, i think that rummy has to worry about bill clinton's speech last night. bill clinton gave a great performance. in fact him he should be on broadway. in fact him i would like for him to give me a few acting classes because the guy is a great actor. neil: i will tell you this. very few republicans like to take on bill clinton, even though -- it's like they're intimidated. he would rather say that this president is no bill clinton and took apart the arguments of bill clinton, and it'

you look at the top of the board jimmy johnson tony stewart brard koslows koslowski. >> you got it. >g to see it here it's another to say it. >> each team as you mentioned got into a hot streak it lasts a few weeks and goes away. he was probably the most competitive guy. everything shuffles up and we go into chicago with a tight reset they put in place. we will have to see. tony stewart he and carly will tied in points. it came to who won more races in the year which was tony stewart and he was the champion. i am not sure we will have that tight of a championship battle but we will see. >> for your family this must go on and on and on. seems like the season lasts forever. >> you are right it does. 38 of these things. 36 for points. we have 10 to go. so it is a long year, but i have really enjoyed driving the race car and it's fun. >> when you look ahead to the playoffs as it were what do you see as the big challenges as the guy to watch? >> right now everybody is dangerous. hendricks has four. you can work up michael walsh strahan has two-cars in there as well. everybody will be stron

make it ten years in a row for jon stewart and company. even if jimmy fallon did all he could to keep him from accepting. >>> in seattle, a group of good samaritans helps capture a suspected jewelry store robber. authorities say a doorman from a nearby hotel who chased and tackled the masked gunman was shot in the arm during the incident. a group of bystanders came to his aid and piled on to the suspect until police arrived. the doorman was in stable condition at an area hospital. >>> in massachusetts, a sea turtle was returned to the wild. the seven-foot-long 655-pound leather neck turtle was found stranded near cape cod on thursday. marine biologists treated the creature for injuries and dehydration before setting it free on suchbld. >>> in wisconsin, what do you get when mixing 300 people and 6,000 pounds of rotten tomatoes besides a big mess? milwaukee's sixth annual tomato romp, of course. participants let the fruitfly. proceeds go to local charities that help fight hunger. >>> now for a look at your weather, here's bill karins with the weather cha

make it ten years in a row for jon stewart and company. even if jimmy fallon did all he could to keep him from accepting. mark barger, nbc news. >>> nbc's education nation is in full swing. they're participating in the three-day summit aimed at improving education in the united states. nbc's danielle leigh reports. >> cody, you can do it. come on. >> i don't get it, mom. >> reporter: many of the nations' parents say they feel like the parents in this movie, "won't back down". >> we are taking back our schools. >> reporter: it features parents fighting for their children's future in a school system that is failing. >> we are falling further and further behind. as a parent i want the best for my child. >> reporter: this texas mom came to new york looking for better solutions. they're out there. >> i know a lot more stuff than i did last year. >> reporter: in cincinnati, ohio, community learning centers are going beyond the academics. >> we have emotional, academics. it's good to get the whole child. >> reporter: in manhattan georges attends a dual languag

stewart. stephen colbert and jimmy fallon don't want him to get that award for best variety series at the emmyst a run jon stewart's had. scrapping it out, ten in a row for jon stewart. there are josh and lara. the emmy's after-party just getting started. good morning, america. robin on medical leave. amy robach is here. lara and josh, you are the star attraction this morning. >> what a big night it was, especially for fashion. super bowl of fashion, we like to call it. that red carpet, so much glamour there was. and we're going to take a look at all the hottest looks. my vote, it was not easy, i loved edie falco in stella mccartney, navy and white. i had dress envy. >> i loved the chartreuse cow tour that julianne moore was wearing. >> what happened to you? >> i don't know. it looked tremendous. also, we were backstage at nokia. we went one on one with the big winners. claire danes, what a big night for of the actress and the show. julia louis-dreyfus. veep. the big winner. what a big night. back to you, amy. >> all right, josh and lara. looking forward to all of that. >>> also this morning, w

. >> jimmy: you gave out the award that i was up for, but you gave it to jon stewart. >> yes. [ laughter jimmy: oh, come on! [ laughter ] yeah, right. speaking of the emmys, do you watch american television? >> yeah, no. i was brought up on american telly, so -- >> jimmy: oh, really? >> it's still a thrill for me to be even working in america. i think it's been -- >> jimmy: what were your views of america from being british? >> i watched stuff like -- yeah, it probably did taint my view of america. i was brought up on things like "kojak" and "the waltons," so -- yeah, new york was running away from pimps. that's what i thought it was like. [ laughter ] and driving your car through big piles of boxes. and the rest of america was fixed in rugged clothes, just like catching catfish with a pole and stuff. >> jimmy: that's the number one show on tlc. yeah, it really is. yeah. >> yeah. >> jimmy: has you opinion changed at all? >> of new york, i'm -- the rest of it, i assume is pretty similar. >> jimmy: is the same, yeah, catching catfish. you do stand up all over the place. >> yeah. >> jimmy:

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jimmy carter's grandson? oh, the has bebitat for humanit. >> that is jon stewart talking about the effort of conservatives toontain the fallout of from that 47% video. it turns out they might not need to. we're going to put it through the spin cycle, and i want to set this up first. we have an interesting study today. they've been monitoring the reaction to swing voters tot ads during the campaign but they decided to monitor the response to the video. they have a pool of 700 people. they have authentic swing voters. the key is there's independents and swing voters. most independents are really democrat or republican. they have the real swing voters. they played for these swing voters the video itself. >> it's an ad now. >> what they found is fascinating. most said not going to make a difference at all. 24% said it makes them less likely to vote for him. 27% said it makes me more likely to vote for mitt romney. so when you look at those few swing voters, really it's a wash according to this. what they chalk that up to is there's an interesting finding. every respondent in here, 80% say they believe that they

. >> jon stewart tackled by stephen colbert and jimmy fallon.awl to the stage to accept "the daily show's" tenth win. >> the aliens visit. they will find a box of these and know how predictable [ bleep ]. >> kevin costner with his first emmy for lead actor in a mini series or movie. >> how gratifying is it, "hatfields & mccoys." >> not in vogue. i was convinced the writing was compelling and had a chance to be classic. >> a great night for kevin costner. also "game-changer" took home five emmys including one for july ann moore's take on governor sarah palin. moore accepted her award saying wow, i feel validated because sarah palin gave me a big thumbs down. "the amazing race" grabbed its ninth emmy for best reality competition. a great night for a lot of the shows. >> if people weren't watching "homeland" before, i bet they'll start checking it out now. >> yes, they will. >> was there any moment that stood out for you? you were there inside. >> michael j. fox, when he came down the carpet, as a journalist, we stopped and kind of looked at him an

>> reporter: jimmy kimmel kept the show on time. meanwhile his friend jon stewartlawed his way to a 10th consecutive win for the "daily show." the amazing race grabbed an emmy for the best reality show. >> this is satisfying since betty white kicks my ass at our mixed martial arts class. >> reporter: this is the only place where the director of the emmy can win an emmy for directing the tony. the standing ovation went to michael j. fox who proved to be an inspiration for walking on stage to present. >> i knew "homeland" had a lot of fans but this is a huge surprise to me they won that big and "mad men" did so badly. >> i know. all right. newspapers. >> time to show you some of this morning's headlines. "wall street journal" shows you the rising cost of free checking costs. 23% more than last year according to a survey by bank rate. banks are raising atm and overdraft fees. >> the "new york times" reports apple could be the first company to be valued at $1 trillion. as of friday apple's total was $656 bill. some analysts say the company sales numbers keep on rising

jimmy fallon on your local nbc station. it's time for entertainment news. dylan and i are excited about this. a reconciliation could be near for "twilight" stars robert pattinson and kristen stewartthe two have been spending time together in secret. they broke up this summer after she was photographed cheating on him with a married director. stand by for more on that. >>> marvin hamlisch came out. barbra streisand performed. michael douglas was among the guests. >>> this is a great idea. 43-year-old jennifer aniston is hitting back against pregnancy rumors with a promotional spoof video. it's gone viral. there's a fake report on leaked home security tapes that reveal aniston is pregnant with twins. she's chugging water there for anybody that is concerned. she's not really pregnant. but, at least she's taking it as a joke and having fun with it. >> that's good. she gets picked on a lot about it. >> it's not fair at all. i'm lynn berry. stay tuned. way too early with willie geist starts right now. >>> president obama on letterman making political hay out of romney's comment about 47% of americans who don't pay federal income taxes. will it have legs or evaporation like other campai

jimmy fallon weeknights at 12:35 on your local nbc station. it's time for your entertainment news. we have the details on blake lively and ryan reynolds. it was planned by a martha stewart wore a gown, he wore a suit. the cake, driven in from virginia cost $3,000 and music by florence welch. ryan lochte named lively his dream girl is very, very sad. jessica simpson helped katie couric on her new show saying she lost 40 pounds since giving birth. sheryl crow said she thinks cell phone use may be to blame for her brain tumor. >>> christian bale is a hero. can we go back a second to the ryan reynolds wedding? i didn't know they were dating. where have i been? >> i didn't, either. it's impressive they got florence welch to play at their wedding. >> and to marry in secret. congratulations on that. maybe we missed the ball. >> he does all right. it was hard to keep track of him. we were talking about this yesterday on the show. it was hard to keep track of him. i thought he was still married. >> rumors about sandra bullock. i'm mara. this is "first look" on msnbc. stay tuned, way too early with willie geist starts right now. >>> today is tuesday, september 11th, 2012. the 11t

jimmy fallon. >> dana: i like him better. >> greg: glad you know his name, dana. go next. >> dana: another guy i love is jon stewart.run that for you. >> out of control. >> no way. it's not his fault. >> yes, we can. but -- >> he inherited crap. >> i mean -- >> yes, we can. but -- >> dana: developing over the week. fun things. fun when they start to make fun of the other side. >> greg: it's refreshing. we're so desperate for it. k.g.? >> kimberly: rosanne barr if you wonder what she is up to. back to the bad behavior again. this time another twitter rant saying billionaires are violent pedophiles, drug addicts. and they are heartless cruel empty coke addicts as well. then she goes on to say that all americans are so brainwashed they have no idea what socialism is. yet it's the solution to ruin by bangsters. none of that makes sense if you -- >> dana: she is speaking after clinton tonight at the dnc if you want to tune in. >> kimberly: crazy. >> bob: i thought this was important in a political week to not talk about politics. there was a "guinness book of world records" broken by minnesota casino. had a 2,014-pound c

jimmy hoffa. new clues this week under a driveway in suburban detroit. we will have the latest on that case. and alana stewartry of famia farrofai farrah >> that's all coming up. >> look forward to it. all right. let's get a check of the weather once again. he is in los angeles. >> jenna, one more preview of the gun show? >> always, al. >> here we go. >> you go first. >> you go first. >> first you, and then me. >> al. >> okay, jenna. >> jenna. >> with the drama. >> oh, boom. >> wow. >> do you have a license to carry those. >> coast to coast, al. went coast to coast. >> all right. let's see what we've got. how about a little fall foliage here from the weather library. we've got some peek color in northern new england and the mississippi river valley and central rockies. some color in the northeast and new england and the northern plains. let's see what we've got weather for you. morning rain tomorrow. lots of sunshine in the plains, a heavy rain. texas into the western gulf coast and then sunday, sunday, we expect to see some more showers in new england. wet weather in the upper ohio river valley. western two-

jimmy hoffa. new clues this week under a driveway in suburban detroit. we will have the latest on that case. and alana stewartry of famia farrofai farrah >> that's all coming up. >> look forward to it. all right. let's get a check of the weather once again. he is in los angeles. >> jenna, one more preview of the gun show? >> always, al. >> here we go. >> you go first. >> you go first. >> first you, and then me. >> al. >> okay, jenna. >> jenna. >> with the drama. >> oh, boom. >> wow. >> do you have a license to carry those. >> coast to coast, al. went coast to coast. >> all right. let's see what we've got. how a to coast. >> how about fall foliage from you from the weather library. we have peek color in northern new england and the northern mississippi river valley and the central rockies. new england and the northern plains. let's see what we have weather wise for you. morning rain tomorrow. lots of sunshine in the plains. heavy rain. texas to the western gulf coast, then sunday, sunday, more showers in new england. wet weather in the upper ohio river valley. western two-thirds of the country looking gourns.

stewart other than making a boutinere out of toilet paper. >> ryan seacrest introduces this video. shows she's pregnant with trip lets. she has two kids one of which is jimmyimmel. >> do you like it in. >> i don't really like it. i think it makes some of some things and shows bad examples to the youth of america. wrapping a pregnant stomach is not a great idea. people do have children that look like jimmy kimmel. they do. i have a lot of friends -- >> not so fun? >> they have children that look like jimmy kimmel. >>. >> i don't think mrs. kimmel --. no, no, they're making believe he's an oversized child is a problem. >> jimmy kimmel is online. >> martha you're taking this thing too -- >> jimmy kimmel is great. i just look like him as a 12-year-old. >> how about that? the convicted felon doesn't like me as a 12-year-old. now i'm being critiqued by criminals. thank goodness al roker was there to defend me and my mother. thank you, martha. i'm sure you were the funniest girl back in prison. just for that i'm not using organic pumpkins to make my jack-o-lanterns this year. this is an interesting story a professor found a piece of papyrus with writing on it. sh

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another milestone last night, jon stewart and the rest of "the daily show" took home an emmy for best variety series for a tenth straight year. >> what is this? >> jimmy fallon and stephen colbert. >> fell know nominees jimmy fallon and stephen colbert tackled him as he made his way down the aisle. >>> folks will get to see the material girl right here in d.c. again tonight. she sang songs from her new album and a few of the old classics last night at the verizon center. show will kick off at 9:00 p.m. metro will be open until 1:00 a.m. to accommodate those crowds. >> veronica johnson with the weather. >>> if we can get through today, wrl, we should be able to get through the rest of the week without the complaints, right? take a look at this. we all like getting something new, especially when it's free. this is our new camera from high a' atop the gaylord national center. you can see the woodrow wilson bridge in the distance. 45 degrees. damascus, maryland, our cool spot. up to the north. montgomery county, howard county too. 48 degrees in leesburg, virginia. arlington at 52 degrees. lesby, maryland, currently at 52 degrees. your day planner forecast

stewart basically made it to the stage after being tackled by losers jimmy kimmel and stephen colbert who were funny in defeat, let's say. >> let's get back to our top story this morning. nearly 120 world leaders are here in new york city for the u.n. general assembly. let's get right to nicholas burns from the harvard kennedy school. it's nice to see you, sir. thank you for your time. a moment ago, i'm sure you heard richard ross setting up the various issues before the u.n. general assembly, focusing on what's happening in the middle east and growing unrest there and violence and obviously talking about ahmadinejad and his expected comment coming on wednesday. let's talk specifically about some of the things that ahmadinejad had said that seem to be contradictory in just the last 24, 48 hours or so. here is first what he told piers morgan, which we just played a moment ago where he said they see themselves, meaning israel, at the end of the line. they want to create opportunities for themselves, which i think people are interpreted as israel will be encouraged to do something. at th

. >> winning for the tenth year in a row, jon stewart had a mock wrestling match with stephen colbert and jimmy got a shout out from sophia vergara. >> hello! >> oh, that's my sophia. god bless you. >> sophia had a wardrobe disaster minutes before she went on stage with the rest of the modern family cast and crew picking up the emmy for best comedy series. her dress split down the back, exposing her bottom. she tweeted this picture of a seamstress sewing her figure- hugging dress back together. with the caption, this happened 20 minutes before we won. i love my life. >> everybody was like, no! it was horrible. i think when i sat down i was so excited it broke. >>> the end of the ceremony is not the end of the evening. it's just time to party. the moment he emmy telecast ends, it's time to party hearty. jessica lange held on to her statue as our cameras followed her into the governor's ball. mad men's kristina hendricks held court at her table. a dateless heidi klum jabbed a quick bite. modern family's julie bowen tweeted pictures, with her modern family kids and this was the sign that greeted h

jimmy carter, we've had an american ambassador assassinated. he also slammed the president on egypt saying the president can't even keep track of who is our ally or not. this is amateur hour. romney's chief strategist stewart stevens asserted romney has the better temperament to be commander in chief saying, quote, it was an issue with barack obama four years ago. he had stumble after stumble for foreign policy. he's run for president twice and it's not been his problem. the white house and state department did scramble to explain the president's suggestion that egypt is no longer a u.s. ally. a statement that got criticism yesterday from none other than jimmy carter. >> we ought to reach out a hand of friendship and encouragement to the egyptians and let them proceed in forming their own government. >> state department spokeswoman victoria newland did her best to explain why the president downgraded status. >> for the president's comments i'm going to send you to the white house. as a matter of fact and practice the word allally" generally is d with a treaty ally, which the fact of the matter we have a close and london standing partnership with the government of egypt. >> of course under that definition i

jimmy kimmel, maybe. he's hosting. do you envision he'll maybe get a little hardware to take home with him? >> reporter: i can't imagine going up against "the daily show" with jon stewarte us laugh. it will fuel the greatness. >> well said as you always do. chris connelly and suze yalof schwartz, for all of the fashion news about the emmys. go to goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! if you want to vote for my dress. i love them all. we love you guys for helping us. check out which dress wins sunday night. josh and i co-hosting abc's emmy red carpet live. that's at 7:00, 4:00 pacific. and then, the man, jimmy kimmel, hosting the primetime emmy awards, at 8:00, 5:00 pacific. and then, join us monday for our huge "gma" emmys after-party. we're not going to bed. it has to be good tv. exclusive interviews with the winners. george, back to new york. >>> having fun with apolo ohno and karina smirnoff. "dancing with the stars" is back. you will be partners. going for the mirrorball trophy again. will you be ready? >> we'll be ready. it's been amazing. and hopefully it will be just as fun. i have an incredible dance partner. >> you have new partners. you both won before. >> she's t