let's discuss in the -- >> lightning round. >> didn't john travolta say it is the worst time to be johnlta? >> yes. those masseuses kept quiet for like decades. only now they talk, and he's like, oh, man, ridiculous. >> i asked them to be quiet and they are not. >> he tipped them not to see something. >> is this travolta's sly way of looking for dates? he needs somebody that can keep a secret? >> whatever that might or might not be. >> yes, he likes mayo on his sandwich. >> he uses that phrase privacy invaded. i wander if the masseuses say, hmm that seems familiar to me. >> it was not privacy. >> privates invaded. >> are the tabloids from your tiny nation worse than what we've got here? they seem to cause all of the problems. >> everything is britain's fault, as you know by now. fundamentally kate middleton should have kept her top on. i think there should be a line. for instance john travolta's child who died, we shouldn't be talking about that. >> we weren't. >> but everybody loves a happy ending, so that should be a topic of conversation. >> the british press didn't run any of those

we just had to do what we did and we used t.v., in the pejorative sense, people like john travolta, john badham and barry levinson and all of the people today, major motion picture people, we used back then when they were all, like, in the ghetto with us. (shot fired) with the exception of "raiders of the lost ark," most of our successes were things like "elephant man" and "ordinary people" and "terms of endearment" and "saturday night fever" and i can name 10 others. (theme music to "jaws") all little movies made with new people, new directors and new actors. we went after the little movie that became the big movie. (dramatic music playing) our philosophy was, do what nobody else was doing. stewardess? hmm. how soon do we land? oh, it won't be long now, try not to worry. (explosion) (phillip noyce) nowadays, a director like me gets hired for a project. so it's much more of a free-for-all. what this means of course is that that talent, whether it's acting, writing, directing, or whatever that's in demand is able to demand more money. but it also means that there's not necessarily a conti

are you a fan of john travolta?i am >> i like the music and i like the idea that if it happened to be someone could do it for me and i would feel fortunate >> if you perform cpr with staying alive in the back of your mind you will pump 300 beats per minute. the idea is to teach what you learn to three other people. all we need is a disco ball and some shiny shirts. >> we will be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, vo: for years, sacramento politicians have chopped away funds for our schools. today, we're forty-seventh out of fifty in per-pupil funding. now these politicians say unless we send more tax dollars to sacramento, they'll cut education again. here's a new approach. prop thirty-eight sends billions in new education dollars straight to our local schools, and guarantees the politicians can't touch it. thirty-eight will restore the education cuts from sacramento. so remember this number. thirty-eight. >> here is what we're working on for the 6:00 news. proposition 34 faces opposition from people you would least likel

police sayy so far, theyy don't ave a good description of a suspect. 3&john travolta is now law-suittree... after tte third suiit against him in just one year put.on thursday... a judge dismissedda defamation accusation agaiist travolta and his attorney. the lawsuit was filed by a man named massage therapists.randolph d 3 claims travolta's attorney &ppublishedda letter aboot the book that amaged his reputation.but a judgg ruled the ltter was protected by &pfree speech.two lawsuits file py travolta's massage parlier this year.smissed - a new book by harry potter author j-k rowling... is now pn stores.but unlike the book is for adults.it's her ffrst full-length work since the series came out 55years ago.theenovel is tttted "a casual vacanny"... and it's about he death of a local- government offfcial.it includes references toodrugss and sex. and so far... it's receiving mixed reviews rom ccitics. it's a boy for reese witherspoon! on thursday... child... who she named r third - "tennessee james."both are said t be doing well. 3this is itherspoon's first phild wwth her huuband, jim toth. h

well, john travolta coming in and dancing around my house would be a nice thing. (amy heckerling) i'm sure that my fantasies aren't that different. (baby's thoughts) now, that's entertainment. one of the things i've always been interested in is creating female characters that i could relate to, and that female friends of mine could relate to. that funny young lost look... i loved. (susan seidelman) i think taking a genre and twisting it, and by twisting it being able to say something about modern romance is very appealing. i know. gary... do you remember your dreams? i never thought about it. they really went for the commercial tonight, don't you think? everyone thought you were great. i think romantic comedies today are more realistic; they have to have characters that a modern audience believes and deal with certain issues that are in contemporary life. when i started out writing "when harry met sally," i thought only that it would be nice to write this little movie that rob had proposed. (nora ephron) two people are friends. they realize that sex would ruin eve

we just had to do what we did and we used t.v., in the pejorative sense, people like john travolta, john badham and barry levinson and all of the people today, major motion picture people, we used back then when they were all, like, in the ghetto with us. (shot fired) with the exception of "raiders of the lost ark," most of our successes were things like "elephant man" and "ordinary people" and "terms of endearment" and "saturday night fever" and i can name 10 others. (theme music to "jaws") all little movies made with new people, new directors and new actors. we went after the little movie that became the big movie. (dramatic music playing) our philosophy was, do what nobody else was doing. stewardess? hmm. how soon do we land? oh, it won't be long now, try not to worry. (explosion) (phillip noyce) nowadays, a director like me gets hired for a project. so it's much more of a free-for-all. what this means of course is that that talent, whether it's acting, writing, directing, or whatever that's in demand is able to demand more money. but it also means that there's not necessarily a conti

in an interview airing on british tv john travolta speaks out about those topless photos of kate snappede is a right to privacy, whether you're famous or not famous. >> travolta, who recently faced his own tabloid scandals, compared kate's situation to the hounding of princess diana. >> i feel that anyone being invaded at that level is unfortunate and there should be a law. >> travolta famously dance weed diana at the white hospital in 1985. >> because of the internet and the level of invasion of privacy is so extraordinarily high, i could arguably say it's the worst time to be famous. >> deborah: meantime when french police do track down the photographer who snapped those photos he may be charged with invading kate's privacy. >>> now the steamier side of hollywood. the sexual abuse of vulnerable child actors looking to hit it big. after a rash of recent arrests we sent jim moret to investigate the world of child molesters working in hollywood. and what he found may surprise you. >> these are incredible. >> more and more kids were flocking to hollywood today, hoping to catch their first

also this morning, some surprising comments from john travolta, coming to the duchess' defense.joins us with more. >> reporter: the french police are on the case searching for the photographer that the london tabloids call the rat. who snapped those infamous shots. the rat is actually an irishman. he could be in big trouble. a $24 million chateau in the south of france owned by the queen's nephew. the pictures taken a half a mile from the house. what's called a supertelephoto lens. we went to the offices of "the closer" and asked for an interview with the editor who said violating kate's privacy was no big deal. not doing interviews? it seems the editor values her privacy. while william and kate did their best over the past week to keep smiling on a royal visit to the pacific islands, their lawyers scored a huge victory, winning an injunction in paris. the question now who shot the photos? this photographer says he knows. >> he's from south of dublin and he had red hair. but, of course, i will never, never, never said his name. >> reporter: when the snapper is identified, he, or

like john travolta in that movie.. >> i remember the boy in the bubble. >> stephanie: jacki pretends to be older than she is to she can be my bff. we miss you honey. we'll see you when we're back in town. >> have a fabulous vacation. >> stephanie: thank you for being momma's little soldier this week. >> all right. >> stephanie: we have some remaining right-wing world when we return to the democratic national convention in charlotte, north carolina. >> oh, my god, i am already having a fantastic time! >> announcer: it's the "stephanie miller show." barack, well then you'd have to know that his mom expected barack to be the best in everything. >>as barack obama seeks a second term, with campaigns trading attacks and pundits predicting events that shaped the life of the unlikely man who would become president. >>barack was having to work out the fact that people react to him based on his racial makeup. i felt he identified with other outsiders and that was a good story. gaeme inc. thank gaemezilinsky, thank you for joini

. >>> coming up, john travolta loves men -- shioning upcoming projects, but not on this show. what is up with jay z? i guess i will ask when i get home. >>> my gosh. is it a babe or a beard? well taliban insurgents are posing as pretty girls on facebook, whatever that is, to trick australian troops to give away military secrets. according to a review of social media usage, quote, the taliban have used pictures of attractive women as the front of their facebook profile and have befriended soldiers. soldier does not recognize that people using fake profiles can capture the movement. this is why i take a different route to the nail salon every time. you never know. discuss in this shall we? >> lightning rooooouuuunnnndd. lightning round. >> jim, have you fallen for this at all, and are you still dating this man? >> yes, i have fallen for it many times. i find the gal i am sexting with is a man in sandals holding a grenade launcher. how about you smarten up, australian soldiers? if you say what are you wearing? and then she says i will tell you if you give me your gps coordinates?

then i do the john travolta. did you ever watch "saturday night fever?"him go down on his knees and bounce back up? by the way, i do wear knee pads, if anybody's interested. >> at 62 years old, tony sees no end in sight to his routine. he enjoys what he's doing too much. >> it's very, very important to enjoy what you're doing. in my presentations when i go to the schools, i tell the children they all have a gift inside of them. they have a skill they have to perfect. and when they do, they'll be happier on what they're doing when they're adults. and that's how i feel. >> next time you're having a hard day's work, i hope you think of tony and his dance moves. and if you have a video you'd

. >> reporter: actor john travolta says it's the worst time ever to be famous. >> i feel that anyoneortunate, and there should be a law. you know, no one would like that. >> reporter: travolta was referring to the recent scandal over kate middleton's topless photos, which enraged the british public and prompted legal action against the french magazine that published them. a criminal investigation is also under way, but nothing is likely to slow down this enormous cash cow. for "world news now," rob nelson, abc news, new york. [ sirens ] >> you know, i think it's awful that she was victimized, kate, but at the same time, i think that they need to have an across-the-board policy. it shouldn't matter who is being victimized. ev everyone deserves their privacy. >> unless i'm behind the lens. i have my extreme telephoto lens and can see what you're doing in arkansas right now. beware. it's going to be on tomorrow's show. >> that was intense. >> it was. paula/paparazzi, they go hand in hand. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades.

. ♪ welcome back >> reporter: he's been an extra since he was cast to sit behind john travolta in welcomeust an extra. >> reporter: to be successful at it, you have to embrace the obscurity of it all. >> i always say you have to embrace the humility because it really is a humbling position unless you're able to just enjoy it for what it is. >> reporter: what it is, is hardly glamorous. >> a lot of people don't realize how much talent it takes to, you know, be dead. >> reporter: howard is auditioning to play the part of a body as in a lifeless body. on n.c.i.s. >> take a deep breath, howard and just let your jaw hang. >> reporter: dignified? maybe not. but difficult. you bet. his eyes can't flutter. he have has to be able to take shallow breaths. for n.c.i.s. executive producer mark horowitz the competition for that role is, well, stiff. >> dead. shooting. eyes will be open. no blinking. >> the camera is moving on them and off them all the time. they have to sort of stay in that character pose during the course of the show. it actually takes a bit of technique. >> reporter: by far the most

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also this morning, surprising comments from john travolta, coming to the duchess' defense.ey kofman joins us live from london with the latest on the investigation. good morning, jeffrey. >> reporter: good morning, elizabeth. the french police are on the case, searching for the photographer the london tabloids calls le rat. it seems le rat is actually the rat, an irishman. and he could be in big trouble. and what's not clear is whether the french courts can order the magazine to name the photographer. while the picture published in france, they have also been published in italy and ireland. now, in denmark and sweden. >> elizabeth? >> all right, jeffrey. so sorry our piece didn't roll. we have technical issues. >>> in the meantime, let's check in with sam champion for a look at the weather. it's a gorgeous day in times square. >> it is. and speaking of pictures, we asked for fall color pictures. fall starts -- no matter how you feel about this. on saturday, it's their favorite season. i'm missing summer already. saturday about 10:49 eastern. that's the change in the air, fal

john travolta told the bbc it's the worst time to be famous. >> there is a right to privacy whether you're that anyone being invaded at that level is unfortunate and there should be a law. no one would like that. >> reporter: kate and william did win a legal victory in france. a paris court banning future publication of those scandalous photos and ordering "closer" magazine to hand over the originals. but it wasn't enough to stop the photos being printed elsewhere in europe. >> we made the judgment call like we do with every other celebrity news. do we want to publish it? is it newsworthy or not? and we thought so. so we published it. >> reporter: a private moment made very public as the search for the elusive photographer who exposed kate to the world goes on. for "today," dunn began golestani, nbc news, london. >>> up next, iphone 5 fever is spreading, but is the new device really for you? oh mario. mario armstrong is here with a look. but first, these messages. i've discovered gold. [ female announcer ] new roc® retinol correxion max. the power of roc® retinol is intensified with a seru