teacher had everybody in the class orient themselves to abc studios telepathically send the message john travolta is right for the part, and he got the part for after that he'll said scientology put him into big-time. i have some concerns about travolta of brings up the story that rethink what of my sources is a delightful woman fed joined the church when she was a teenager and because of her charm and bubbly nature was assigned to help will -- young actors and one was john travolta who just began to have this first of fame and is hard for him to handle and stinky help him through and his mother died and he really leaned on her. stinky had a little girl and she was pregnant and a friend of hers was dying and she felt the church was not taking care of her and putting three and was sent to an old hospital on the edge of hollywood a big blue building with the big yellow sign of scientology and old hospital there's so many people crowded into the patient rooms that spanky was put up on the roof was a soggy mattress and was pregnant eating slot that of a bucket. she is in hollywood for you can see sun

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class, if you can imagine, orient themselves for abc studios and allopathic we send the message, john travolta is right for the part. and he got the part. so after that he always said that scientology put him in the big time. i have some concerns about travolta brings up a story that i think is also an important one to understand that one of my sources, delightful woman joined the church when she was a young teenager. and because of her charm and her bubbly nature, she was assigned to help young actors. and one of the young actors was john travolta who is just beginning to have his first offender and it was hard for him to handle. and spanky helped into the emotion difficult period. and his mother died in, you know, he really leaned on her. now, spanky had a little girl, and she was pregnant, and a friend of hers was dying and she felt the church wasn't taking good care of her and she got angry and she was sent to the rpf thing in this old hospital that's on the edge of hollywood, a big blue building that many of you seem with the big yellow sign of scientology on it, looms over the district.

it credits among its followers tom cruise and john travolta. what is it like inside? jenna miscavige hill is the author of "beyond belief: my secret life inside scientology and my harrowing escape." she joins me now. a fascinating story. a fascinating book. >> thank you. >> when you read it -- and i will talk to you a bit later about whether there's any doubt in your mind that your recollection is correct because it's pretty shocking. >> mm-hmm. >> but taking it as read, it paints a very disturbing picture of what appears to be a very abusive religious style sect. would you concur with that overview? >> yes, absolutely. very much so. >> you were effectively coerced into this as a young child. at the age of 7 you sign a billion year contract, which sounds ludicrous. what is that? >> it's basically -- well, the contract is for the scientology organization called the sea-org organization. >> known as sea-org, this is the higher level of scientology. >> scientology's most dedicated followers, run like a paramilitary organization. the people in the sea-org, they all sign b

>> we got john travolta. he's heading to the car and we hit him with a question and he talks to us for a while. >> if you could fly a plane with anybody dead or alive, any plane you wanted, any person you wanted, who would it be? >> our camera guys are on today. >> he ponders the question. he's thought about this before. he says either howard hughes or lynnburg would probably be the ones to fly with. i've gotten to fly with brando. that's my actor's dream. >> i am so into this. >> would you pick amelia earheart? >> you want to make it back? >> i understand why we would go with her but you. >> i'd pick j.f.k., jr. i'd go with the big bopper. >> richie valens. >> take care, man. >> and now gentleman, start your boners because we've got amazing video of a chick having an orgasm on live tv right next to joy bayhart. you can stop your boners now. >> joy bayhart had a sexologist on her tv show. the lady who she brought on can have orgasms while just thinking it. while on tv, the lady does it. >> more moaning. show

." >> thank you, john travolta. >>> dazzling.e theron and jessica chastain metallics and white were big hits. jennifer lawrence wore this gown, peared nicely with her new best actress oscar. let's not forget quvenzhane wallis and her purse. this 9-year-old big weekend got everything bigger. she'll be playing the title role in "annie." will smith and jay-z will be producing the film which was

they includes melissa mc carthy, selma hayek, john travolta and leian nielson.the awards are sunday here on abc 2. it starts at 7:00. if you want the latest on everything oscar, all you have to do is head to our website, we are getting you prepared, go to abc2news.com, finds a there on line. might be a little chilly this morning. >>> it's going to be chilly, looks like the wet weather is going to hold off for the kids. that's good news, especially the wintery mix. this is the school day forecast, we have a temperature coming in 35 degrees, this temperature is much better than what it was yesterday. yesterday, we were in the 20s, not so much for today. as we go through the afternoon, see the temperature coming in 49 degrees, we will have showers, just plain rain showers in to lunchtime for today. by tonight, this is when things will change, we will get clearing in the forecast, it is going to be cold and blustery out there. by tomorrow, temperatures are going to plummet. talking about a high 38 degrees, breezy, it's going to be cold. this is the seven-day forecas

moving on to the silver screen baltimore has john travolta in drag. san fran has dirty harry. >> you've got to ask yourself one question. do i feel lucky. well, do you punk? >> reporter: enough said. tony bennett left his heart in san francisco, but the key here, the francis scott key is baltimore is home to the star spackled banner spangled banner. you can visit ft. mchenry where the star spanning amed banner was written, but compare that to the fisherman's wharf, alcatraz and the goalen gate bridge. san fran he's -- golden gate bridge. san fran easily takes this one. the ballparks, san francisco is home to candlestick park while baltimore has camden yards, but when it comes to those who left their mark on each field, barry bonds versus cal ripken, jr., let's just say cheaters never prosper. winner, ironman. it's hard to compete with cal ripken jr. of course, the only thing that matters is what happens this weekend this sunday super bowl xlvii, san fran going for title no. 6, baltimore for title no. 2. let's head over to andrea roane. >> reporter: th

well, john travolta coming in and dancing around my house would be a nice thing.y 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 everyth

. >> thang, john travolta. that can't possibly be how you say it can it?immy. >> jimmy: as is always the case there's a loltd of hype leading up to oscar night. campaigning, speculating. creating ways like this. in tonight's edition of "how is this news." >> the numbers show men are more likely to wave their statues in the air. >> jimmy: because girls don't have statues. we're shaped differently. there was a lot of red carpet coverage. for the fifth consecutive year ryan seacrest took home the year for best animated short. congratulations. the e! network started the red carpet countdown at 10:30 a.m. seven full hours before the broadcast started. this year they kicked things up a notch. they called this the countdown to the red carpet. they had an animal trainer stop by to demonstrate how a tiger can do stunts like the ones in the movie "life of pi." the trainer's name is randy, which i think is a bad hint to start with. but randy had the situation completely under control. >> you'll only see this live on e!. other shows might pretape this to make sure thi

isn't that where an attempt was made to black mail john travolta after his son died? i believed the punishment should fit the crime. here is my sentence. all executives of carnival, including ceo will be sentenced as follows, they're jail cell, a porto potty and a smelly one at that. conditions of their incarceration? they walk in fees yeegs-encrusted and urine-soaked rugs, no shower no, water and eat old bred, onion and ketchup sandwich and their fine? $10,000 times 4200 people. by the way, that includes crew members who prevented an all-out mutiny. with me is max who, with his wife was a passenger on the carnival triumph. he plans to is sue carnival in a class action lawsuit joining us from oklahoma city. also, michael winkelman, matt's attorney, matt you were a marine. how bad was this? >> conditions were pretty bad, everything you said so far is very accurate. the beginning when the fire broke out at 5:30 in the morning, everybody scrambled to the mustard stations and didn't know what is going on. >> did they tell you that there was a fire? >> not initially. you c

." >> thank you, john travolta! that can't be possibly how you say it, can it? is that how you say it, guillermo? >> yes, jimmy. >> a lot of hype leading up to oscar night. campaigning and predicting and speculating and creative ways like this in tonight's edition is "how is this news?" >> the numbers show men are more likely to wave their statues in the air. >> a lot of red carpet coverage for the fifth consecutive year, ryan seacrest the best award for animated short. e-net started the countdown at 10:30 a.m. seven full hours before the broadcast started and they kicked things up a notch. they call this the countdown to the red carpeted. they had an animal trainer to stop by and demonstrate how tigers can do a stunt like in "life of pi." the trainer and name is andy which i think is a terrible name for a trainer but he had the situation under control. >> you will only see this live on e! throw me in willy-nilly. oh, i have to be quiet? oh, god. why? >> we will do another one. >> no, i think that is good. >> oh, my god, did you see that? >> that's good. >> give

john travolta talking to jon voight.as his date to the party as she was his date at the oscars ceremony. the thing i loved is i asked her are you so proud of your son, he's doing so well. >> she said, i was just waiting for them to call out his name. spoken like a true mom. the whole night he was holding her hand. >> nancy, we've got to go. you know how it works. you're watching "cbs this morning." we'll be right back. >> announcer: this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by lifestyle lift. find out how you can light up your life. find out how you can light up your life. well, well, well. growing up, we didn't have u-verse. we couldn't record four shows at the same time. in my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. and if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, by george, that's all we watched. and we liked it! today's kids got it so good. [ male announcer ] get u-verse tv for just $19 a month for 1 year when you bundle tv and internet. rethink possible. >> your realtime

. >> john travolta and his wife welcomed their third child when he was 56. steve martin, after graduation from high school, this baby, 85 years old. >> but will play a mean banjo. >> yes, he will. they'll be picking. our tape three, i love this clip. it has a great ending. the category was military men. this is final jeopardy. the clue was this. on june 6th, 1944, he said the eyes of the world are upon you. here's what you need to know. watch leonard cooper, 17 years old from little rock, arkansas. the kid has swagger, he has stones. he's rafer bo ae's riverboat ga on jeopardy when he didn't have to. here is his answer. he knew if he won the whole game he was getting 75 grand either way. >> now, we go to leonard cooper. he's looking pretty happy. why. did he come up with dwight david eisenhower? >> no, i didn't. >> you didn't. some guy from normandy but i just won $75,000. you did indeed. >> it was the best original answer, too. >> absolutely. whip smart. if you watched the clip, man, did he know his stuff. he wagered zero because he knew he could win either

isn't that where an attempt was made to blackmail john travolta right after his own son died. i have always believed the punishment should fit the crime. here is my sentence. all execs of carnival including the ceo will be sentenced as follows. their jail cell a porta potty and a smelly one at that. conditions of their incarceration that they walk in feces encrusted and urine soaked rugs, have no shower and no water and eat the old bread onions and ketchup sandwich and they are fined $10,000 times 4,200 people. and by the way that includes the crew members who literally prevented an all out mutiny. with me is matt who with his wife was a passenger on the carnival triumph. he plans to sue carnival in a class action. he joins us from oklahoma city and also with us michael winkleman, matt's attorney. you were a marine. how bad was it? >> conditions were pretty bad. everything you said so far is very accurate. the beginning when the fire broke out at 5:30 in the morning everybody scrambled to the muster stations and really didn't know what was going on. >> judge jeanine: did they

splashy celebrity magazine covers display happy older parents with their new babies like 56-year-old john travoltaknown and they're prominent in society and they tell other women that they have become pregnant on their own. - so are celebrity births to older moms making the process of childbirth and of raising kids look too easy? joining me again elizabeth gregory and bonnie steinbock. professor steinbock, let me begin with you. are celebrities creating an unrealistic impression of how easy all of this is? - no. i mean, i can't imagine that that's really driving very much. it's sort of something to hold on to, but i think the celebrities are reflecting the kind of trend that professor gregory was talking about. look, kids today are growing up later. everybody's saying that 30 is the new 20. you know, where maybe our parents' generation was getting married at 20 and 22 and starting their own families, it's now pushed back and people are getting married a little bit later having children a little bit later. i think the celebrity part is really a tiny-- if it has any impact whatsoever. and, hopefully

." >> thank you john travolta. >>> welcome back everybody, to "cbs this morning." >>> massive governmentng cut this week could bring surprises if you're planning to fly. elaine kweeis at the airport. >> reporter: long lines, flight delays and cutbacks on flights could start as soon as next week and get worse as soon as we get to the airport. >> get there early, prepare for the worst, take a good book, and hope for the best. >> reporter: that's because the sequester would force the aviation administration to trim $600 million from its budget. ray lahood say they would have to cut back on staff and put thousands on furlough. roughly half of the air traffic control facilities at these regional airports around the country may have to close and overnight shifts at dozens of towers could be eliminated. officials say that will mean both fewer flights and delays up to 90 minutes or more at major travel hubs. >> it could get fairly bad. it could be like we had a storm all over the country and things get slowed down and messed up. i mean that's a way to inflict the maximum pain on the public. >> r

by the by the john travolta cruise ship masseuse lawsuit has been dropped. >> travolta did say up yourmovie screen because she was a stewardess and waitress to wait for college. she once asked her mom for

as my mom's friend used to say, although she was referring to john travolta playing a woman in hair spraythey ought to have the same rights as everyone else has. they used a bunch of republicans who expressed thoughts on that. it was prominent american leaders speaking about that issue. >> and the organization, they are doing the right thing by removing her from the ad. >> stephanie: right. they said we respect her issues. but on the other hand boo pickles! [ booing ] >> but it would be more impressive if these people sat down and made an ad from this organization, rather than just making an ad from clips of various places. >> stephanie: yeah. all right. daniel craig -- [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: says he is nothing like james bond. he said he is different in every way. he said that man has nothing to do with me nothing at all. why am i guessing that sir sean connery would have some thoughts on this. >> shawn, tell us something we don't know you draft cow. i knew it when he admitted he couldn't work a stick shift. a real manos how to double clutch and all stuff going do

. >> tom cruise, john travolta, they don't need scientology. southern baptist or catholic. nobody is going to lock tom cruise up and beat him up. first of all and so the first question is, tom cruise is pretty darned high up in the organization, so the first question is, do you think tom cruise knows of these alleged problems in scientology, and secondly, what's in it for a guy like tom cruise who has the freedom to do whatever he wants to do and chooses to stay in the church? >> this community? >> i'm glad you put your finger on tom cruise because i think he has a moral responsibility. he's been the front pitchman for this organization for years. more people have heard about scientology through him than any other person. there may be some willful blindness on his part but if so, it's time for him to open his eyes because he's been selling this and i think he's got -- how could the church of scientology change? the, surrendered to the church in 1993 after the chunk launched ,400 lawsuits into it and had private investigators following agents an

. >> travolta's mission to help the hero firefighters. and how john just made renee's childhood dream come true. >> ♪ you're the one i want ♪ >> plus our special co-host from vegas, "s.i.'s" chrissy tiegen and kate upton. >> wish you were here, mario. >> want you here. >> hey, everyone, welcome to "extra" at the grove, i'm mario lopez. >> and i'm maria menounos. did chris brown and rihanna break up on valentine's day? the new video sparking the rumors coming up. >> first the olympic star oscar pistorius in court today facing murder charges. pistorius in court today facing murder charges. >> the picture