you thought it was awful to have julia roberts play you in a movie? i love julia and i was absolutely over the moon when i heard that she was going to play me. but i didn't know that i was going to be the villain. and in the first scripp it says joann and her conservative christians caused 9/11. can you imagine having that said about you? and i kept asking them don't you want to talk to me? and everybody said no. and i said, well, you are paying julia roberts an awful lot of money to play me. you don't want to even hear when i sound like? no. now i found out why, i was about as popular in hollywood and had about as much credibility as an aflac duck and was as wanted as the underwear bomber. but after we got to know each other, tom changed the whole script. >> tom is tom who? >> tom hanks. he was great. what i said to him was, tom, why do you want to make a movie that makes america feel bad? you are the most loved actor in america. they rewrote the whole script, and suddenly this became a movie that i was very proud of, thrilled about, in fact, and i t

. >> reporter: but most women don't have the courage to jump on the horse, like julia roberts in "runaway bride." it's not just women. remember matthew mcconaughey in "the wedding planner?" >> you are trying to dump me on the day of my wedding? >> reporter: men go through with weddings they show they shouldn't. their rationale? >> i don't want to disappointmedispoimenappoint this woman or her family. >> reporter: their best advice is simple. >> save yourself a lot of headache and heart ache and trouble -- >> and attorney fees. >> and money. and call it off beforehand. don't say i do when you want to say i don't. >> reporter: as for living happily ever after, there is always act two. anne eventually found mr. right. they've been married 18 years now. our other brides found true love, too. as the old adage goes, if it first you don't succeed, try, try again. for "nightline," i'm andrea canning in st. louis. >> all's well that ends well. just >>> just ahead, his name means king, but regis is giving up his reign. abc's katie couric gets the scoop. we know a place where tossing and turning hav

. >> and matt damon's julia roberts past. >> do you want my green stuff?> ben affleck and their harvard projects that led to oscars. >> i'm waiting for something good to come along. >> before sandra bullock's next movie, her cheerleader past. >> and george clooney's roles alongside roseanne. >>> welcome to a special weekend edition of the insider. we have the best in our back story series on some of the biggest stars. i'm kevin frazier. >> and i'm brooke anderson. let's kick it off with the man who made "two and a half men" a hit this season, ashton kutcher. >> two weeks from today he hits the big screen and new year's eve. but tonight, mary murphy has the hashton back stair. >> he was born in cedar rapids, iowa. his parents are both factory workers. his brother suffers from a severe heart ailment. ashton was arrested for third-degree burglary after he tried to break into his high school to steal some money. >> i entered a fresh faces contest at a local mall and won the trip out here. >> he entered a modeling contest in new york city in 1998 but he lost to

then he heads to college and meets julia roberts who lost her direction, too. >> i don't do many thingsell but i can keep a secret. >> gentlemen do. >> what's next might surprise you. that's your eye on entertainment, sandra hughes, cbs news, hollywood. >>> thank you for watching 9news now. it is 5:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. >> i'm mike hydeck. welcome to the jacketless edition. it is hot in the studio. beverly farmer is in for monika samtani this week. howard bernstein has your weather first. it is a little warm in here. >> it is a little warm in here. it is going to warm up to maybe 70 today? >> a sign of the day ahead. it is november. average high is 59. we're almost to 59 now. we're headed

. >> reporter: with costar julia roberts at the head of the class, hanks himself goes behind the cameras director. >> i'm gay. >> also bringing life lessons, beginners starring christopher plummer and ewan macgreg irin the story of a 57-year-old son who tells his son he is gay only to have his health decline soon after leaving him to share what he has learned. >>> following up on the oscar nominated animated film how to train your dragon is dream work dragon double dvd and online video pack with two new adventures. >>> lots of chocolate for me to eat. >> classics making their way on to the new releases list include the audrey help burn musical my fair lady making its blu-ray debut. plus, west side story's 50th anniversary edition on bluery newly restored and with special features like a look back at the film's legacy. ♪ and did it my way. >> reporter: speaking of classics, musical releases take their cue there like sin the rae -- like sinatra's best of the best. plus the who, rerelease a

a few weeks ago we brought you the story of a dog afraid of julia roberts.another dog, who has a celebrity phobia. what's he scared of? >> richard simmons. >> completely understandable, though. come on. >> if that dog belonged to richard simmons, he would be living in the lap of luxury. i'm sure richard would baby him, take him to the groomers, get his nails clipped. >> but that doesn't still mean he wouldn't be afraid of the crazy hair and the short-shorts. >> why does the man have a cut-out of richard simmons' face? >> in case you're wondering, beagles are known to bark and howl. the owners assure us that this beagle is not usually very vocal. so this is rare that this dog would have this kind of reaction to anything. >> i'm wondering if it's just the mask itself as opposed to richard simmons. because dogs are so strong on scent, because maybe he's smelling his owner and seeing a face that isn't his. >>> thanksgiving is only two weeks away, believe it or not. so you can't blame us for putting this video high in our "countdown" at number four. we're thinkin

a few weeks ago we brought you the story of a dog afraid of julia roberts.we have another dog, who has a celebrity phobia. what's he scared of? >> richard simmons. >> completely understandable, though. come on. >> if that dog belonged to richard simmons, he would be living in the lap of luxury. i'm sure richard would baby him, take him to the groomers, get his nails clipped. >> but that doesn't still mean he wouldn't be afraid of the crazy hair and the short-shorts. >> why does the man have a cut-out of richard simmons' face? >> in case you're wondering, beagles are known to bark and howl. the owners assure us that this beagle is not usually very vocal. so this is rare that this dog would have this kind of reaction to anything. >> i'm wondering if it's just the mask itself as opposed to richard simmons. because dogs are so strong on scent, because maybe he's smelling his owner and seeing a face that isn't his. >>> thanksgiving is only two weeks away, believe it or not. so you can't blame us for putting this video high in our "countdown" at number four. we're

the film that tells that story and shares her name brought her to the world's attention and won julia robertsg firm. she has written a fictional thriller about nuclear energy entitled "hot water." thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> your thriller takes place in the south. kind of got me thinking a lot of people don't realize that we get 15 to 20% of our power in this country from nuclear. in researching this you came up with truly terrifying scenarios that the experts hadn't even thought of but subsequent to this research said this is real. >> if you're talking about a book or a facility down there and we've taken so much about nuclear power -- >> yes. >> i don't want to say for granted, but we've become very complacent about what's going on out there. there's one of several issues. i'm not sure which one you want me to target. >> people hear about fukushima, there are things people are afraid of. but you're talking they don't even know to worry about. >> some of the things we're afraid of is there's been some meltdowns. i deal with the situation in simi valley, california,

and you know what, she also eventually won julia roberts an oscar for portraying her in the movie, "erins putting her notoriety to good use as both a consumer advocate and a best-selling fiction author. her new book is entitled "hot water." erin, great to have you here. we all know the story that was inspired by what happened and what we saw on the big screen. again, you won that big, large settlement, the largest one in history, and julia got her oscar out of it. but the inspiration for this book, "hot water," where'd it come from? >> it came from the people, about the cases like out in hinkley, california. and hinkley's not an isolated incident. there are thousands upon thousands of them throughout the u.s. i get tens of thousands of e-mails a month. and it's through hearing people's stories, looking at issues we're not looking at, all the daunting tasks that are in front of us, people tuning a deaf ear. i thought, what a better way to create a character that we could aspire to that exists in all of us anyway about some real issues and hope that people read it, enjoy it, know that they

. >> yeah, that would be my alias, julia roberts. >> yeah, i wonder if she gets hundreds of e-mails reportingnd in some way be able to report it effectively, then we're never going to know. if nobody ever knows, then we will never find a solution. when i look at the map, it tells me there is something going on out there that we need to at least look at. >> and there are sites all over the country, and what is remarkable, just how many toxic sites there are around the country. michelle and i work in brooklyn, and there's a canal which i walk over every day, and there are super fun sites and toxic sites all over the place that people don't recognize. i nt to talk about lap! [ male announcer ] your favorite foodsing you? fight back fast with tums. calcium rich tums goes to work in seconds. nothing works faster. ♪ tum tum tum tum tums nothing works faster. ♪ ♪ ♪ when your chain of supply ♪ goes from here to shanghai, that's logistics. ♪ ♪ chips from here, boards from there ♪ ♪ track it all through the air, that's logistics. ♪ ♪ clearing customs like that ♪ hurry up no time flat that's logistics.

after all, it won julia roberts an oscar.a best selling author. her new book is a thriller titled "hot water." some of the most important environmental issues we face today. so, welcome. congratulations on your second book. >> thank you. >> so, where do you get the time? >> well, i have a fabulous, you know, writer with me, c.j. lions, but i don't know, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00 in the morning my mind turns on and get busy. >> it's interesting where you get your ideas. >> it is. you know, it is, i don't want to say easy. but i get tens of thousands of e-mails a month from 124 countries and territories. and i can see issues that are going on out there because people are bringing them to me. i'm like a depository of this informati information. so, it doesn't take a lot for my imagination to go, you know, to a place where i felt i needed to write a book and how can i get information out. so, i see the stories all day long. >> the main character in this book -- >> you love her. >> i adore her. i wish i could be her. >> you almost are her,

robert, d.c. bureau chief for the comcast network, julia from "the financial times" and msnbc contributor mike barnacle and politico's ben white. thank you for joining me. breaking-ish news. unconfirmed but herman cain is reassessing his campaign. what is the prognosis? >> i would say the prognosis is pretty negative for herman cain at this point. it was never going to be the republican nominee for president. he's not now. but this is something, a 13-year affair, the charges -- but the allegations sound credible. this is something that both breaks up a marriage and ends a political campaign. >> right. >> it's on life support. >> it ends it for herman cain. if not today, but tomorrow. >> he made major gaffes, whether it comes to abortion, whatever it may be, but from a personal standpoint a lot of voters and maybe his wife and family are saying, herman, enough is enough. >> a 13-year affair, it's very different from a few random, isolated examples. i mean, this is something basically remeditated, went on for a long time and does lay open to a lot of hypocrisy charges. >> this is between two consenting a

robert lyles, thank you. juliette goodrich on the man who would do just about anything to help people. julia. >> dana, he was not only a veteran police officer in this town, he was a father of three. he was a mentor. he was a coach here at vallejo high school. he didn't coach this season because he and his wife decided to take in two young children to help raise. they were in need. it is safe to say he was a guardian angel in this town. prayers were said for officer james capoot and his family in the very gymnasium he coached girls basketball. a tough night to cheer. many heavy hearts at practice. >> prayers go out to him and his family right now because i know it's a tough time. and i am really going to miss him because he was there for me through a lot of stuff with my family. >> he was an amazing person. everybody who need help, he was there. if you needed protecting, he would protect you. he would be there for you. >> everyone has a story how this veteran police officer and father of three reached out to help them. >> i had some hard times. i went to jail before and at the time, he was a