this is one of the coolest things i've ever seen and this is typical lenny kravitz.is an album cover which in itself is cool these days, right? secondly, amazing picture on the front. when i turn it over and there is your life in these extraordinary pictures. >> yeah. >> and i just haven't seen an album cover or inside cover, anything quite like this. for the theme that you have of this black and white america, there it is. and there you are, lenny kravitz, the product of a black woman and a white man in america, raised in the upper east of new york. your dad was jewish. your mom christian. an almost unique perspective on life. >> i had an amazing childhood. i talked to a lot of people who didn't like their childhoods. they would not go back. they found it to be sad and painful. i had the absolute opposite. i had a very rich childhood in the sense of experience. >> tell me about your parents. your mom was a famous actress. your dad was a television executive. tell me about them. >> my mother was born in miami, florida. her father came from the bahamas. she later move

♪ >>> lenny kravitz in the studio working on his latest album.album. >> thank you. >> really enjoyed listening to it. let's talk about women. you have something that women like. it's not just your musical ability. >> and what is that, piers? >> even my wife as i left today, gave birth to our child ten days ago, said i will never leave you for lenny kravitz. wasn't happy. but you have gotten this magnetic appeal to women. how do you feel? >> how do i feel? >> don't try and be too modest? >> no, no, no, i love women. i think that's the fact that i grew up around a lot of strong women. >> what did your mother tell you about women and how to treat them? >> well, to treat them with respect and so forth. >> you're a single man. is it changing, that situation? is it near to changing? have you got anyone? >> i would like to it change. i think it's a good time for that to change. >> what is it you love about women? >> i just love women. they're incredible. they're -- i think they are god's most amazing creation. >> are you easy to be with? >> am i easy to

and lenny kravitz. with cleto and the cletones. and now, in case you didn't hear, here's jimmy kimmel! ♪ it's "jimmy kimmel live" [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: hi, everyone. well, that's very nice. i'm jimmy, i'm the host of the show. thanks for watching. thank you for coming. thank you for taking time away from standing in line at target to buy your nephew a remote control flying shark to be here. hey, we have, here at the show, we have our christmas party after the show tonight, which is always a mistake. [ laughter ] not so much a holiday party as it is a festival of dry humping. dry humping and dry heaving. you know those plastic spikes you put on top of your roof to keep the pigeons away? turns out, those are a very effective way to keep your employee s from having sex on te copy machine. work parties are always a little weird because you want people to relax but you don't want them to get too relaxed. one year, after our christmas party, my former assistant, i want mention her name because i don't want to embarrass here,

my new twitter handle is just my name, noah kravitz. >> okay. want to follow -- this is my new twitter name. it was actually the same account because you can change your handle, and that seems to be where this derives from because i don't think they care that he tweets under the name noah kravitz. it's that this is their account. >> well, and they want the 17,000 followers. i think people who are not in the twitter world. >> first of all, it's very hard to accumulate followers on twitter. you get a twitter handle and you try to get people to follow you. 17,000 is a substantial number of people. this company, phone dog is looking at the 17,000 like it's a secret customer list and that they put their resources in to the accumulation of the customer list. traditionally, customer lists are considered to be trade secret secrets. >> why are they trade secrets? >> you can see who follows everyone? >> so this is a trade secrets lawsuit? where is the secret? if you go into twitter, you click on your name. we know who you're following. >> right. so the co

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noah kravitz is being sued by former employer. when kravitz left, he took his twitter followers with him and changed his handle. phone dog says each of their followers are worth $2.50 per month and the company is now looking to recoup eight months of use, a total of $340,000. kravitz says he has done nothing wrong. >> you can click a link to show every one of the people who is following me. it's all in the public. >> a federal judge will make that final decision in this case. this is all addressing new questions about who owns professional social media accounts. >>> in a few days, san francisco will become the first city in the country with minimum wage topping $10 an hour. on january 1st, it increases to $10.24 an hour. right now, minimum wage workers make $9.92 an hour. san francisco is one of the few cities that sets its own minimum wage. in 2003, voters approved a law that called for automatic yearly wage increases. by the way, this year, the federal minimum wage will not change. it's going to stay where it is right now in tha

my new twitter handle is just my name, noah kravitz. >> okay.aid if you want to follow -- this is my new twitter name. it was actually the same account because you can change your handle, and that seems to be where this derives from because i don't think they care that he tweets under the name noah kravitz. it's that this is their account. >> well, and they want the 17,000 followers. i think people who don't live in the twitter world -- >> first of all, it's very hard to accumulate followers on twitter. you get a twitter handle and you try to get people to follow you. 17,000 is a substantial number of people. this company, phone dog, is looking at the 17,000 like it's a secret customer list and that they put their resources into the accumulation of the customer list. traditionally, customer lists are considered to be trade secrets. why are they trade secrets? you don't reveal them to your competitors. they're a secret. >> you can see who follows everyone? >> it's totally. >> so this is a trade secrets lawsuit? where is the secret? if you go into

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reporter: kravitz calls this a cautionary tal

you know i'm all for it. >> reporter: kravitz calls this a cautionary tale.kravitz says this lawsuit may be in retaliation of a previous lawsuit he filed for back pay. >>> the crisp crinkle of plastic carry out bags is about to become a thing of the past. a ban on plastic bags is set to take effect january 1st. san jose city council first approved the ban in 1999. in year lawmakers made that law tougher. it remains to be seen if folks will bring their own bags or pay 10-cents for each paper bag they use. >> they haven't been bringing their own bags or paying for the bag for so long. >> probably pay for the paper ones at 10-cents a pop. >> reporter: nonprofits and rest rapts are exempt from the rules. fines for stores violating that ban could go as high as $1,000 a day. >>> more details now on that plastic bag ban. san jose will join a growing number of cities who ban the bags. san francisco was the first back in 2007. followed by sunny vale, palo alto, fairfax, santa clara and marin county have bans as well. >>> the holidays can be fun for everyone but they c

you know i'm all for it. >> reporter: kravitz calls this a cautionary tale. kravitz says this lawsuit may be in retaliation of a previous lawsuit he filed for back pay. >>> the crisp crinkle of plastic carry out bags is about to become a thing of the past. a ban on plastic bags is set to take effect january 1st. san jose city council first approved the ban in 1999. in year lawmakers made that law tougher. it remains to be seen if folks will bring their own bags or pay 10-cents for each paper bag they use. >> they haven't been bringing their own bags or paying for the bag for so long. >> probably pay for the paper ones at 10-cents a pop. >> reporter: nonprofits and rest rapts are exempt from the rules. fines for stores violating that ban could go as high as $1,000 a day. >>> more details now on that plastic bag ban. san jose will join a growing number of cities who ban the bags. san francisco was the first back in 2007. followed by sunny vale, palo alto, fairfax, santa clara and marin county have bans as well. >>> the holidays can be fun for everyone but they

oakland writer noah kravitz is being sued by his former employer, phonedog.com. company says when kravitz left he took his followers and changed the twitter handle. he says his 17,000 followers are worth $2.50 a month. the company is after eight months of use, a total of $340,000. kravitz says he knew about the handle change. >> you can click a link to show every one of the people following me. it's all in the public. a judge will make the final decision in the case. they are addressing new questions about who owns professional social media accounts. members of congress is making more money, but you might be making less. reaction to a new report coming up. >>> it's not an official spare the air day, but you are being asked to take the same action all the same. a live report is coming up. >>> and good news about that is we are only at or below freezing in the extreme north bay. we are going to go from ice to nice. really comfortable afternoon. temperatures in the mid-60s in some cities. i'll let you know if that's yours coming up. >>> and we're watching the scatte

. >>> and phone.com is suing kravitz.hey worked for him for five years and during that time he started a twitter account. now phone dog.com is demanding 3 $40,000. the company is calling the account and 22,000 followers a customer list. >> social media is in a lot of ways a fight over -- this fight i think the court has more important things to do with their time. >> now in a statement phone dog.com says quote, we aggressively are prepared to protect our customer live and intellectual property. >>> they are involved in fist can you haves for more than a week -- fist cuffs for more than a week. and what are they saying you should avoid giving your animal. ee. >> coming up on 5:00, we do have foggy conditions out there, tara is in for sal, hello tara. >>> we have heavy fog advisory -- we had heavy fog advisories and we are seeing some fog in san francisco. this is a look at the san mateo bridge. i guess we had some major fog we i don't know about but the commute is going just fine. drivers are having no problem getting to t

kravitz thinks their formula is flawed. >> to use their evaluation and applied it to lady gag -- gaga's account that would value more that the gross domestic product. >> they're trying to protect their intellectual property. the outcome could establish precedent for ownership of social media accounts. >> and 2011, the year of the consumer, and the year the consumer spoke up. taking a look back at the top business headlines. >>> >>> >>> first, scientists have an a seenment for you and they need help fining evidence of aliens on the move and there could be signs of extra terrestial life if we look hard enough. and they're considering the volunteers -- and more than a million collected over the years. @@@@@úhd@h >> it's probably no surprise to you. the economy dominated headlines in 20 ref and consumers spoke out. the protestors took to the streets and the debt crisis and brenda butner has more. >> reporter: it was all economy in 2011. you don't need the fed to tell you it's still weak. unemployment is stubbornly high and the housing market can't seem to build and now we hav

kravitz also believes this twitter lawsuit could be in retaliation for a suit he'd previously filed against phonedog.com over back pay. the case goes back in front of a judge next month. >> that was casey savage reporting. the news continues now with wisdom martin with the news edge at 11:00. >>> off the top tonight the hunt is on for an arsonist in maryland after two garages were set on fair in urbana overnight. -- on fire in urbana overnight. the fires also may be linked to some neighborhood vandalism and investigators are on the heels of a suspect. fox 5's aubrey barnes in the newsroom with more. >> seven people were inside these two homes when the detached garages were torched outside. they are lucky to have escaped unharmed. investigators are hoping some surveillance video and key evidence found in the neighborhood will lead them to those responsible. >> it was traumatic. reporter: kendra barron says the screams of hysterical relatives sent her rushing up the basement steps of the family's house on singleton terrace. >> as soon as i come upstairs the backdoor, like i see like flames co

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later this week robert downey jr., kathy griffin, jamie bell, and music from young jeezy and lenny kravitzur first guests represent the most formidable assembly of mentors and assessors of talent in television today. you can hear them talking backstage. watch them on "the x-factor," at 8:00 wednesdays and thursdays fox. please welcome simon cowell, paula abdul, nicole scherzinger, and l.a. reid. [ applause ] thank you for coming. what were you guys talking about back there because we could all hear you kind of out here? >> oh, i just said to l.a. because he hasn't done one of these shows before, is that the worst that can happen is you humiliate yourself in front of millions of people. >> jimmy: l.a., i feel in a way you've done that already and i'm going to tell you why. >> really? i like how this is started. >> i like this. >> jimmy: i was very angry last week as i was watching the show and i watched the end of the show. now for those who have not seen the show, there was a 13-year-old girl named rachel who simon was mentoring. >> a young 13-year-old. >> jimmy: a young 13-year-old. very

on thursday, robert downey jr., lenny kravitz and me, jim.-- we thought it would be fun to play a game with families at home and they are connected to us through skype video chat. it's time to play a special holiday edition of the skype scavenger hunt. all right. let's meet our families. first, from loveland, ohio, sandy and butch and their kids bianca, roman and sabrina. how are you tonight? >> good! >> jimmy: butch, how old are you? >> 46, man. >> jimmy: i'm sorry, i meant roman. it's roman, right? roman, how old are you? >> 7. >> jimmy: you said you're 4? just screwing with you. are you fired up about this tonight? >> kind of. >> jimmy: exactly the answer i've been looking for. our next family is from oak park, illinois. they are the centers. joanna and nick and their kids alicia and aubrey. hey, guys. now, that's -- that's the kind of enthusiasm i was hoping to see. what's going on there? >> don't ask. >> jimmy: still running on that halloween candy fumes, i guess, huh? families, would you like to say hello to each other via sky? >> hello

and we'll have music from the kooks, death cab for cutie, young jeezy, and lenny kravitz.st guest tonight is a terrific actor and, as a result of that, a two-time oscar nominee. on december 21st, he joins tom cruise and a dumpster full of explosives in the new movie "mission impossible: ghost protocol." please say hello to jeremy renner. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: how are you? >> hey, hey. >> jimmy: well, hey, i know, there's a new baby in your life, but -- since the last time you were here. >> yes, there is. >> jimmy: not your own. >> i didn't do it. >> jimmy: not your own. >> my dad still making it happen. >> jimmy: you have a baby brother. >> yeah, i'm 40 and i got a 6 month old baby brother. >> jimmy: wow. dad is really -- he's still going, isn't he? >> he might be disappointed that i haven't done anything so he felt like -- >> jimmy: he's having his own grandchildren? >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's self-sufficient. >> if he can still do it, i guess. >> jimmy: how did dad break this news to you? >> well, his name is theo. >> jimmy: the baby's name? >> ye

and lenny kravitz will be with us.onight has been on this show more times than anyone including me. yes. she is an emmy-winner and grammy nominee with a new comedy special "kathy griffin: tired hooker." i premieres on bravo tuesday, december 20th. please say hello to kathy griffin. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: how are you? >> jimmy -- [ cheers and applause ] what about this? >> jimmy: well -- enthusiastic fans that arrive for your historic 32nd appearance on the show. >> 32 appearances. >> jimmy: we just passed regis and kelly. >> good, that's fantastic. >> jimmy: how are you doing? >> i'm having the best kwanzaa of my life. i really am. >> tip it. >> i'm going to tip it. you know what that is? that means that people are such a fan of my alcoholic mother that they are referring about how she tips a box of wine by just yelling "tip it." my mother is a national treasure. >> jimmy: i know that. is she watching this right now or -- >> no, actually, my mom has permanently -- accidentally put her television on the yule

phone doc is suing noah kravitz who used to tweet for them.s allowed to keep his twitter account when he left the company. now they want him to pay hundreds. thousands of dollars for the account. >>> this is getting a the love play. a twitter message from political satirist bill maher. he is known about his negativity about religion. his message about tim tebow. after the broncos lost maher sent the following message saying wow, jesus just blanked tim tebow. well, that prompted fox business host eric bowling to call maher disgusting, vile trash. some conservatives are calling for a boycott of hbo which carries maher's tv series "realtime." >> it's not the first time he's done that. >> that's what i was going to say. everyone is a target for bill maher. >> he did lose the game. but that's just wrong. >> let's talk about celebrities. a little happier note. >>> justin bieber, george clooney and lady gaga have snagged the top spots on the list of celebrity do gooders. >> according to dosomething.org's annual celeb gone good list. the longest list