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joseph gordon-levitt is doing a the walk. john pascuzzi tells us if this true story makes a good movie. wake up in your first home. wake up in a home with a new address. wake up in a home with no address. your dream home evolves, and protecting it takes committed support. it's time to rise and shine. at kum & go, we're doing more for you to start your day right. like serving up a friendly "good morning" along with breakfast sandwiches & breakfast pizza, yes pizza, & donuts & muffins & coffee that are all made fresh & hot in our store's kitchens every day. kum & go. where & means more. >> the world trade center may be gone, but a new film brings the twin towers back to life in the walk. john pascuzzi says you should in run, not walk to the theater to see it. >> he will attempt a death defying stunt never done before. his name is philippe petit and you will you will you is is the walk. joseph gordon-levitt stars as petit in this true story of a high wire dare devil from france who will attempt to walk a tightrope between the tw

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. ♪ made in hollywood ♪ >>> on today's show we'll also hear from joseph gordon-levitt about his nail-biting" >> felipe himself insisted that he be the one to first teach me how to walk on the wire. >> plus an enticing fantasy

. >> reporter: joseph gordon-levitt plays real-life frenchman phillip petit retraced in "the walk."an. he walked back and forth for 45 minute, even laying down for a break. describe the moment for me when you put your foot out on the wire. >> my left foot was on the wire and my right foot and weight of my body anchored to the solidity of the tower. my right leg went on the wire and here i was walking. >> reporter: he insisted on training gordon-levitt himself. >> i feel safe in saying that it was probably the most challenging job i've ever done. >> reporter: of course, the whole world was his stage when petit took on the towers 41 years ago as much a work of art as a coup he pulled off. it has the potential to be a caper movie, a heist that's just a thrill ride. >> i need you to help me pull this off. >> i got just the guy. >> i love that it's a heist, but the characters aren't looking to steal money. that they're looking to create a work of art. >> we gave instead of taking. >> reporter: perhaps that's why even though he was promptly arrested hi punishment was a free high-wire perf

joseph gordon levitt is petite.n 1974 he puts together a team of people to help him realizes dream of walking between the world trade center towers. >>> and you can find out where any of these films are playing by using the internet ready app for your cell phone or tablet go to 6abc.com, for channel 6 "action news" i'm tamala edwards. >> reporter: welcome back, everyone, 6:54 saturday morning, time for the tropical outlook, everything looks quiet. i'm sure many of you don't know, but tropical season extends through december 30th. the trop is out here eastern bermuda that poses no threat for the u.s. mainly. across the carribean were clear as a whistle. we have something pushing into the gulf of mexico. winds sheer this has been the saving grace this hurricane season. these winds, sheering is taking a storm and ripping it apart winds that blow in the opposite direction that the storm is moving and it blows the storm apart. we continue to see the sheer across the carribean and the gulf. monday evening the sheering beg

how joseph gordon-levitt learned from a legend to play "the man on the wire."

our first guest tonight is more hyphenated than jennifer love-hewitt, joseph gordon-levitt and malcolm-jamal warner combined. she's the star-writer-creator-producer of "girls" on hbo, the author of this "new york times" bestseller. "not that kind of girl," which comes out in paperback october 20th. and she has a new weekly newsletter called "lenny" at lennyletter.com, please welcome lena dunham. >> jimmy: it's great seeing you, you seem to comfortable in those high heels. i thought you were going to tumble onto the floor. >> it's really problematic. i keep feeling like if anyone's going to change up the industry standard and say no, i'm going to wear flats, it should be me. >> jimmy: it should be you. >> i can't do it. >> jimmy: it won't be you. i say to am to my wife. she says, they're so uncomfortable. i say, stop wearing them, you don't have to wear them. >> you wife doesn't look like a limping baby elephant. i've seen your wife move across the room in high heels and it's not a shame. >> jimmy: still end of the night they hurt. then they say, we don't wear them for men, we wear them for e

. >> ♪ >> this week is the walk starring joseph gordon levitt.1974 a high wire artist phillippe petite recruits a group of people to help him realize his dream the walk between the trade center towers. >> you going. >> oh, i'm going to take it but i need a drink so we need to go to the sip and see. >> all right,er. >> yeah, i'm going to see it. you going to sit on one side and you going to sit on the other side. we can grab each other and scream. >> porsche can pick us up in her car. >> yeah, got a big old trunk for gary. >> ♪ >> one person is dead and three more are hurt after a fiery explosion rattles a building in brooklyn, new york. fire officials say the blast lifted the facade off a three story facility. it took more than a hundred firefighters to get the flames under control. no word on exactly what caused the explosion. city officials on the scene this evening trying to get a look at the damage and figure out just what happened here. >> a virginia man accused of killing two college students may be spending the rest of his life in jail alr

>> another hot movie this weekend is the walk and this stars joseph gordon levitt and he plays a friend wire walker who walked in 1974 across the two world trade center towers. >> reporter: he says this is a must-see in 3d. the visuals from 1300 feet above will astound you. and this biopic is already getting a lot of oscar buzz just like the film free held. >> this stars julianne moore and ellen page based on a real story and julianne moore's character becomes terminally ill and it chronicles the struggle that she has to get her pension benefits assigned to her same-sex partner. >> reporter: a documentary about malala yousefzai shot by the taliban for speaking out about children's rights and became the youngest ever nobel peace prize winner. jill nicolini, cbs 2 news. >> now, the martian is expected to take in around $50 million. a lot to choose from. >> how about those effects? like you're about to fall over on the tightrope. >>> if you are having trouble gut getting up as the sunrises later and later we'll have simple ways to jump-start your morning. >> right now dana tyler is here no

>> plus a walk on the high side with joseph gordon-levitt 110 stories in the sky. >> are you afraid ofheights death-defying new role inspired by the real daredevil's tight rope trip between the twintowers. >> if you start letting your mind wander, you will fall. >> now, hollywood from the inside out. it's "the insider" together with yahoo! >> uh-oh, someone alert gossip girl. blake lively is bowing out of the ga what would moses say? >> i think she'd say that's a good thing. >> nice one. >> we're tracking that story in a bit. but the donald and melania we're concentrating on their real competition. let's go inside kanye 2020 political vision. >> did you know that he was going to announce his candidacy or it possible? >> i did not. that was ns

and then there's the walk played by joseph gordon-levitt walking a high wire between the twin towers back in 1974. it's gotten great reviews. and then there's free held, also based on a true story, that o stacy andre. she was a lesbian new jersey police lieutenant who was fighting to have her domestic partner receive her pension benefits, it stars julianne moore and ellen page. and crazy pictures coming out of american fashion designer rick owens' show parading these models down the runway yesterday at paris' fashion week. wearing other models. it's pretty incredible. they're strapped to each other. >> oh, my goodness. >> one thing that's kind of a >> oh. i didn't -- yeah. >> some people are into this? >> -- pretty racy. the models are a lot stronger or looking than your typical model who probably couldn't carry an entire other person on them. >> the person that's on top -- >> now, this is pretty intense. >> right. there's speculation these were local gymnasts. >> there actually are no rules. >> the designer is known for being outrageous. he had a full frontal male fashion show. ther

joseph gordon levitt and robert zemeckis looking to bring the story of felipe petite, his famed walktowers. it chronicles his dream of walking the wire a quarter of a mile in the sky. his nerve transforms a routine circus act into a lasting piece of performance art. >> calm down. they tell me it's not possible and there's no sign of possibility. there's nothing telling me it can be done. >> yo, how you doing? >> they're going up. go back to the hotel. if i'm not back in five hours, look for me at the police station. >> and critics telling audiences run, don't walk to the movie. get it? get it? with dan callahan and "the wrap" saying it's the rare movie that might please practically everyone and renee rodriguez calling it a love letter to lunacy that lets you feel like its tread where only gods dare go. did i make sense on that one. >> you did. that accent not much sense. that's the news for this half hour. they don't help single moms. hi. hi. what happened to our house last year? it flooded. and the water flooded out. yeah. the red cross arranged the hotel for us. they gave me that b