. -- to the bench -- judy dench. >> it is much tougher than i thought it would be. i have a real respect now for action heroes. >> a fabulous tales about the ultimate action hero. >> before we go to update you on the champions league match at fourth it -- 40 minutes in, for men and real madrid -- dortmund and real madrid are drawn. >> setting up for an exciting second half. >> absolutely. do not go away. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--

i'm daim judi dench, by the way if you haven't read nythi, recently. >>no but they're there to make it better. >> rose: and do they usually, usually. >> oh, yes, i think most of the time. >> rose: most of the time they do. >> yes, but i think i told you about sam mendes when i worked with him in the cheree orchard and he-- . >> rose: tell me. >> he was a child. and he was directing cheree orchard and i said sam, do you think i could try this scene in a slightly different way. i just want to, just try something. and he said to me, yeah, you can but it won't work. so during skyfall i did exactly the same thing. he suggested something and i said well, i will do it but it won't work and he fortunately remembered. yes. >> rose: he said you try it this way and you said -- >> i said i will try but it's to the going to work. so i got my own back eventually. years later. >> rose: yes. clearly you remembered, didn't you. >> oh, yeah. and i have never let him forget either. >> rose: so when you look back, what you have done anything differently or has it just, li

the movie stars ralph fiennes, javier bardem and judi dench. >> daniel craig. >> i did get it.i love daniel craig. >>> every reporter has had at least one embarrassing on-air disaster. we have some empathy in this situation. a reporter was doing a story in the takeover of u.s. waters by the asian carp. >> that's when the fish suddenly came back to life and scared the reporter. she fell back on a fisherman. when they got over the shock, they had a good laugh. >> i saw a smile on that face. i don't know if he minded. >>> and for those of you who haven't seen enough variations of "gangnam style," here's one keeping with the season. ♪ hey, sexy lady >> very clever. you're looking at a leesburg, virginia, home, with the bulb s synced up to the hit by psy. >> you can always check it out on youtube. points for creativity, that's for sure. >>> for some of you, your local news is next. than a whole box of this other stuff... and that much freshness is gonna take some getting used to... [ sniffing ] ahh. mmm! [ male announcer ] yep, it's amazing what a single scoop of gain freshness can

danielle craig stars for a third time as super spy 007 and judy dench reprises her role as his boss. in the film, bond's relationship with m gets put to the test as her past comes back to haunt her. skyfall comes 50 years after the release of the first james bond movie. woody allen was among the big names at the annual honors gala in new york city. it benefits a foundation for leukemia, cancer and aids research. >> the research will never end. there's no cure yet. we still got to keep the fight going and hopefully in our lifetime we'll see a cure. >> reporter: the annual bash raised more than $1 million for the charity. carol burnett is getting a big honor from her alma mater. hollywood high school's performing arts center announced it's naming an annual award after the 79-year-old funny woman. she will be the first recipient. other famous alumni of the high school include judy garland, mickey rooney, cher and lawrence fishburg. rock legend rod stewart signed copies of his new memoir at a manhattan bookstore. the book takes an upbeat look back at the raspy voice singer's career and i

hollywood superstar dame judi dench starring in the new james bond film. s the story of them, the back story is revealed. how surprising is it? >> quite surprising to me, it was. >> yeah? >> suddenly to get out from behind the desk. it was very, very good indeed. i kind of checked always in a book room behind a desk so i get out to do a lot of action and spinning around and keeping the boys in order. >> there's been a lot of speculation and buzz that this could be the end of the line for emme. probably not going to tell us. >> no. >> feel free if you wanted to. >> has it been fun to be the center that have speculation? >> it has been. it has been terrific but very, very difficult, you know. like the press corps just before we all started, and you get many, many questions about nobody could answer a question. weren't allowed to answer a single one. >> meanwhile, this is the 50th anniversary of the bond series. how does this film differ from the others? >> i don't know really. i don't know how it differs because having not seen it yet, but it's gone down so f

generation judi dench starsing in the new james bond movie. >> i think that is what said is young students coming into the theatre now all training, i think the majority of them actually don't want to go into the theatre. they want to make films. they want to be a star. and also with the demise of all our reps all over the country, rep ra tore theatres, where do they go to train, where do they go to make the mistakes, having trained. you need to go somewhere and to find out what not to do. and what watch people who can do it and i think a lot of curiosity has gone out of the theatre. that young people are not so curious about, i mean there are a lot of young students who don't know who john gill gud and ashcroft and certainly don't know about irving or tree. >> we conclude this evening with the photographer mario testino talking about photography, fashion, and beauty. >> i do see beauty but i don't think the final result is beauty. i see life. i see a certain life that i would like to almost live that i don't ever get to quite live because it's made out of perfection. you know, things that

not often would people question the class of judi dench. emme in the premier of "skyfall" and she has a jewel encrusted 007 logo on her neck as she greeted prince charles and duchess camilla. is this brilliant or bananas. >> it is brilliant she put it on her neck, okay. it would be bananas to have it placed in the wrong area because she is too old for that. but she is elegant. she is sexy still and an oscar-award-winning actress. i like it on the neck. not on the leg or the ankle. >> i thought you were going to another place but i will stop you will, bill. >> no. >> don't forget to catch bill in his hilarious sitcom, mr. box office. check your local listings for that and he will be at the denver improv december 16th through 18th. >>> eva's big split to talk about. she says good-bye to her high profile relationship with nfl mark sanchez but are they still friends? this is "showbiz tonight" on hln. can't stop eating 'em! what's...that... on your head? can curlers! we got a lotta empty cans. tomato basil, potato with bacon, 80 different kinds.

actually went into that building on the thames which you see on james bond movies, you know, where judi dench is inside. [laughter] >> not m, but c. >> yes. the head of the secret service is called c. anyway, yes, i met all these people. actually, i came to admire them quite a lot. i mean, i thought they were really smart and really tough and really knew what they were talking about. and i thought, um, that it was quite good in a way to have them on my side. >> you told me 20 years ago in a strange hotel near dulles airport that you found these people sophisticated and interesting, and you would talk with them, and you would kid them, but you would write the book that would blow the lid off the life of the secret police. >> yes. >> there are a few moments in this book when you talk about the ease with which someone whose life is entirely secret and goes off to undisclosed places, it's the perfect cover for having extra extramarital a, one that was indulged in pretty often. >> ask dick cheney, the other person who was in an undisclosed location. [laughter] [applause] but, yeah, it was -- it's