you remember the final moments when leonardo dicaprio's character is dying and freezing. and kate notices he is dead she pushes him away into the water while shouting i will never let you go, i will never let you go. it's arazy. and from here i propose crazy but i think accurate reading of the film. it's not really even a love story, it's a variation on that reactionary motive of captain courageous. a rich spoiled girl is in a life crises and the function of leonardo dicaprio is to bring some of the lower class vitality to restore her ego, literally. he draws the image of her and then after doing this, she can disappear. it's a little bit like if she goes home and he goes down. i love doing this immensely. i'm not saying i loved the movie but in a way i admire kung fu panda. it's what i admire in the movie is the following. everyone noticed it. on the one sense the movie mobilized that military mystique. kung fu warrior discipline all that stuff. at the same time the movie's totally ironic, making fun of its own ideology. what is so fascinating is that although the movie

. >> tom hanks, on leonardo dicaprio with "titanic" but i guess not. >> he's brought in starring roles. >> because he was the star. >>> this comes to us from arlington, virginia, where a few lucky campaign contributors got the rare opportunity to break bread with the president. a retired teacher, retired professional, postal service worker and business owner were the winners of the dinner with barack contest, all from battleground states and randomly selected after donated $5. >>> i'm vinita nair and this is "early today" just your first stocht day today on your nbc station. >> good morning. we have snow in the forecast for the weekend, but not for today. it will be fine. 41 at the airport. colder in the northern suburbs. a mix of sun and clouds. a chilly day but dry. a high temperature near 54. we'll detail what's going to happen as we head into the weekend. for now to the news desk. >> the time is 4:57. it is cold. we're just going to say it. it is cold. >> a death investigation of a local psychiatric hospital. plus -- >> more than a year later, people make an arrest in the death of

edgar," opposite leonardo dicaprio, opens november 11th.or having me, jimmy. >> jimmy: you're a new yorker. you're officially a new yorker now. well, you have been for a couple of years now. >> well, more than that, actually. >> jimmy: how many has it been? >> six. >> jimmy: is it six years already? >> yeah. >> jimmy: gosh. oh, my gosh. and now, how old is the little one? >> oh, i've got a 2 1/2-year-old or 2 3/4. about to turn 3, and a 4-year-old. >> jimmy: oh, my god. congratulations. that's awesome. gosh, it goes by so fast. >> yeah, it does. >> jimmy: do you enjoy the fall? do you like the change? because i know you're australian. >> yeah, no, i like the cold weather. i do like seasons. >> jimmy: you do? yeah. >> i mean, they're extreme here, but -- >> jimmy: so what do you do? do you anything that's like -- >> well, we just went to the beach for the weekend. we go there. >> jimmy: but it's freezing. >> i know, but it's -- [ laughter ] there's other things to do. >> jimmy: there's no one there. i guess, yeah. >> it's actually great. yea

. >> reporter: the first car off the line went to leonardo dicaprio.up cars come from tesla. its roadster cost $109,000, and its celebrity championships include arnold schwarzenegger and george clooney. but beyond the hype and the cool are serious questions about whether the billion dollars of taxpayer money the obama administration has invested in electric car startups are worst the risk. it is a major goal of the president. >> we can break our dependence on oil with bio-fumes and become the first country to have a million electric vehicles on the road by 2015. >> reporter: in the case of the fisker car, it was only last week that the first 40 of them were delivered, two years behind schedule. with fisker himself giving "nightline" a first look. >> it looks like a super car though it's a four-door sedan. the price is just under $100,000. >> reporter: expensive. >> it. but it's got 400 horsepower. >> reporter: it's a luxury ride. but the range on battery power is only 32 miles, according to the epa. though fisker maintains it is closer to 52 miles. fis

a lot of people are talking oscar for leonardo dicaprio for j. edgar.e're going to have an exclusive look behind the scenes. >> why is "entertainment tonight" number one? because only we're on set with leo as j. edgar hoover, the man who some say tried to take down the kennedys. j. edgar and "e.t." number one for a reason. >> it looks as if leo and brian graze are headed to the oscars with that one. >>> what is the story about jennifer lopez's reported on stage breakdown? our gps is taking you there. >> while performing at the arena in connecticut. j. lo becomes emotional as she sings about lost love. eyewitnesss said dancers resembling her exes accompanied her on stage. tears flowed as the audience went wild. >>> in hollywood, cats aplenty at the premier for "puss in boots" out friday. >> i've been traveling with this cat for ten years. we have a long way to go still. >> we go to latin america, mexico, argentina, back to europe. i'm sure i forgot some. >> in beverly hills, chaz bono, rob reiner and his wife michelle are honored at the respect awards sp

>> reporter: and of course, leonardo dicaprio. >> one word.emory? >> he could mimic anybody. >> he brought a great light touch to the set. >> that was big hair. >> reporter: and as the seavers come together to re-create that iconic photo from the show, i can't help but feel a pang of nostalgia. missing a family, that i and all of you knew so well. really great to spend time with them. and here's a little-known fact. or maybe you do know this. i thought it was cool. alan thicke was a successful tv composer. do you know he wrote the theme to "different strokes" and "the facts of life." >> and his sons are in the music industry. >> i did not know that. >> want to get out of my inner monologue there. >> so, everybody, this continues. the fun continues tomorrow. part two of our "growing pains" reunion. lots of on-set secrets. and on friday, we have the cast of "the princess bride," back together, such a terrific movie, as our '80s week celebration continues. as you wish. >> thank you very much. >>> we have to move on. shocking end last night to "da

but first, a huge star racking up a lot of nominations this year, leonardo dicaprio the news is buzzingr his new movie. >> leonardo as j. edgar hoover, the film directed by clint eastwood. grazer says the creator of the fbi drew him in. >> i'm fascinated with characters that have a lot of power. >> for the young man in the 1930s to an elderly hoover in the 1960s, what was it like to see that transformation. >> he was amazing. he would sit there for eight hours with the prostoretic. >> he tried to take jfk and his brother. >> he lasted through six presidents and he was able to do that because he always had information on them, files on the presidents. >> this is new footage from the top-secret movie. >> private information on someone in power. >> he said that clint was the perfect man to direct this movie. >> j. edgar is just the latest achievement for clint eastwood. we're turning our spotlight on california to the oscar winners' hometown of carmel. >> do i feel lucky? >> well, do you? >> clint eastwood's role as dirty harry was set in the city of new york. >> i started living here in t

or that al gore is an investor in this company and one went to leonardo dicaprio. >> andrea: this ise president, hollywood celebrities to get special favors. cronyism. >> bob: is this the best you can do? one of the reasons they're doing it, temporarily, there is no facility in the united states that is able to produce this car. they want to do it in delaware but they have to rehab it. this time next year, it will be brought to the united states. there will be 5,000 jobs. it won't be done in finland. >> eric: i hear another bet coming out. by these times this year neither one of these companies will be -- >> bob: that's not true. >> eric: tesla the other $500 million loan, you know who one of their big, one of the founders ely musk, huge obama donor as well. >> bob: so what? al gore in elick cars, is that a big sport? you think they are going to insnares the industry? this is a guy, his position. of course he invests in it. secondly, if you want to make the bet, i said it would be finished next year. when they start mass producer cars i don't know. >> i tell you what, i'll say -- why

or that al gore is an investor in this company and one went to leonardo dicaprio. >> andrea: this isple. vice president, hollywood celebrities to get special favors. cronyism. >> bob: is this the best you can do? one of the reasons they're doing it, temporarily, there is no facility in the united states that is able to produce this car. they want to do it in delaware but they have to rehab it. this time next year, it will be brought to the united states. there will be 5,000 jobs. it won't be done in finland. >> eric: i hear another bet coming out. by these times this year neither one of these companies will be -- >> bob: that's not true. >> eric: tesla the other $500 million loan, you know who one of their big, one of the founders ely musk, huge obama donor as well. >> bob: so what? al gore in elick cars, is that a big sport? you think they are going to insnares the industry? this is a guy, his position. of course he invests in it. secondly, if you want to make the bet, i said it would be finished next year. when they start mass producer cars i don't know. >> i tell you what, i'll sa

or that al gore is an investor in this company and one went to leonardo dicaprio. >> andrea: this is vice president, hollywood celebrities to get special favors. cronyism. >> bob: is this the best you can do? one of the reasons they're doing it, temporarily, there is no facility in the united states that is able to produce this car. they want to do it in delaware but they have to rehab it. this time next year, it will be brought to the united states. there will be 5,000 jobs. it won't be done in finland. >> eric: i hear another bet coming out. by these times this year neither one of these companies will be -- >> bob: that's not true. >> eric: tesla the other $500 million loan, you know who one of their big, one of the founders ely musk, huge obama donor as well. >> bob: so what? al gore in elick cars, is that a big sport? you think they are going to insnares the industry? this is a guy, his position. of course he invests in it. secondly, if you want to make the bet, i said it would be finished next year. when they start mass producer cars i don't know. >> i tell you what, i'll say --

. >> after five months leonardo dicaprio and blake lively called it quits.ording to "us" magazine, "us weekly," reps for both parted ways but intend to remain friends. they were spotted together in may during the cannes film festival. i d she is known for her role on "gossip girls." the split may be a shock to some friends who thought for sure this pair would soon be engaged. >>> imagine a marriage contract with an escape clause. the best way to take an insult if you want to take it and should madonna be the halftime entertainment at this year's super bowl? >> i don't know about that but a lot of people are weighing in. those are the things people are talking about today. death do us part seems like a little too long for some people in one place and they are getting an out clause here. >> in mexico city, then want to make it so that you have an out. almost like your driver's license where you have to renew after a certain period of time. when divorce rates are up 40% 50%, not only in the united states but mexico and specifically mexico city, would you be dow

created a lot of jobs in fin planned this leer jet limousine liberal, leonardo dicaprio is a fan of there we going to hear about? >> let's be thankful and glad that biden and obama didn't give the loan application approval to the iran nuclear weapon factory -- >> sean: we don't know yet. >> what can you possibly say about a $500 million, whoever it was, going to another country? we are trying to save the american automobile industry and we have jobs being created in finland, of all places. in fairness, the company says none of the loan guarantee money is being used to create the jobs in finland. but i don't believe that. i believe they would not be able to get where they have got were it not for our money. it's just awful. this is what breeds the occupy wall street movement and this is what breeds all of this other stuff on capital hill. >> sean: crony capitalism -- socialism. but go ahead. >> what really bothers me, given the unemployment situation in the u.s. and the democrats are criticizing the republicans for blocking the president's jobs bill. in the mean tile, the president is do

jeff ranieri, you should go and be their leonardo dicaprio. >> maybe we can do some weather live shotses, a floating green screen. we'll have to see about that. let's take a look at those highs today. numbers were well below average across the bay area, with 69 in fremont. 65 in oakland. 65 in san francisco. and low 70s across the peninsula from redwood city down to los gatos. let's get you into the radar. these showers have been pretty pesky. there hasn't been anything in terms of heavier rainfall. in fact, it's such a fine mist that the radar, as it scans around, is having a real hard time picking up some of this activity that's been persistent across the golden gate bridge. there you can see, little dots of green. that's not enough to keep this rainfall persistent, across mainly san francisco, but also into oakland. not too much picked up here in the east bay, as we've reported only about a trace to 0.001 of an inch. otherwise, numbers are dropping. they're going to drop off gradually, at least from what we have right now. we still have that cloud cover out there that's going to hel

. >> leonardo dicaprio was the con man. >> exactly. of all the millions of movies out there.o i laugh? do i shake my head and say, wake up, wake up? >> it is pretty funny. >> it's funny. >> but the flight did land in london on time where ann met fbi agent jackie zappacosta, who briefed her on a sting operation the british police had set up for the following morning back at the airport. british undercover cops and fbi would be watching ann's every move as she pretended to enter the arrivals hall just off a flight from the states. robert had suggested a coffee shop just past customs where they could meet. you guys have got to be a little bit nervous backstage here, right? >> you're always nervous backstage. >> the next day kim's mom emerged in the arrivals area just as scripted. robert was there. her daughter wasn't. >> i walked up to him and i said, robert, and he said, oh, how are you? we hugged. and then i said, oh, where's kim? and he told me she was in the car park. >> this is a wrinkle in the plan. >> so i made an excuse, a long trip, i need to use the restroom. so i went

it turn out that blake lively and leonardo dicaprio split. she's not crying into her soup.p to them that field goal was important to me. >> reporter: what she could not have expected was all the media attention, but we all love a good story and it doesn't get much better than this. >> there is so much attention, i am not used to it. i'm a pretty quiet kid. so any of this is pretty much out of my comfort zone. >> her coach couldn't be happier for her. >> she is very committed, a great student. 4.0 student. great citizen of our school. hard worker, and she's just tough as nails mentally. >> reporter: what are you more proud of, being homecoming queen or homecoming hero? >> definitely the kick takes the cake easily. i could have gone without the queen, that was just like the icing on top. the kick definitely made my night. >> well the photo of her as queen with shoulder pads and uniform. that is great. >> what about you, rob? was what your high school experience like? were you homecoming king? >> i was not homecoming king. >> you did kick the field goal. >> my north carolina f

." >> dating gossip, blake lively and leonardo dicaprio split.me crying into her soup. apparently she is dating ryan reynolds. that's the report. there you see the two of them. good looking couple. again we have to say the whirlwind transcontinental, the romance between blake lively and leo dicaprio ended, confirmed by their representatives tuesday. but you know what, she is having a good time with green lantern star ryan reynolds. >> how the young and beautiful roll in hollywood. >> you do your thing. blake, she certainly is lively. [ male announcer ] if you're only brushing, add listerine® total care for more complete oral care. ♪ it works in six different ways to restore enamel... strengthen teeth... freshen breath... help prevent cavities... and kill bad breath germs for a whole mouth clean. so go beyond the brush with listerine® total care, the most complete mouthwash. now get all the benefits... without the alcohol. new listerine® total care zero. i'm a speck of dust alone in the wire jungle. some dusters say i'm unreachable, [ grunting ] b

. >> reporter: the first car was given to leonardo dicaprio.nd as more cars are shipped from finland, americans will appreciate what he's created. the department of energy said they knew the cars would be made in finland. if fisker is successful, it will mean thousands of jobs in this country. there's lots of questions about this. we'll have more of our investigation, confronting the public integrity, tonight on "nightline." >> there's so many questions. and people want some answers. >>> now, to the michael jackson manslaughter trial. the prosecution will wrap up its case later today, with their star witness pinning the blame for jackson's death squarely on conrad murray. he called murray's alibi a crazy scenario. abc's jim avila is on the case for us in los angeles. good morning, jim. >> reporter: good morning, george. the prosecution ending its case with a stinging rebuke of one of the key defense premises. that michael jackson somehow killed himself. the prosecution saying his medical condition made that impossible. it's the medical conditio

one to leonardo dicaprio. they hope it will cost $40,000 after tax credits.ot what many inspected from the program which was intended to create american jobs. nonetheless the white house defended the program today. >> i'm commenting on a brian ross report about the $529 million loan to a company called fisker to make cars but there was no facilities in the united states that could make them, they are being manufactured in finland. >> i'd be delighted to answer that. the car that is being manufactured in finland was always going to be manufactured in finland. the loan that is being provided, the funds provided are not being used as i believe the ceo said to abc not being used for its facilities in finland. there are already jobs on the ground in the united states, both directly at the plant in wilmington, and at the headquarters on the west coast. and the model that will be built in the united states will be built in the united states, and the loan program that was provided will a sis in that endeavor. not only that, the model that is being built in finland re

only two have been delivered to the u.s., one to leonardo dicaprio.t eventually hopes to produce cars that will cost only $40,000 after tax credits, but finland was not what the administration had in mind. >> the president and i have never doubted that we could write a new chapter in the automotive history of this country because we knew for real we not only had the best workers, we had the best innovators, the best designers. and that's what this is about today. >> reporter: now, the department of energy says none of its loan money, only a portion of which has been drawn down, was spent in finland, but an audit by the gao said the energy department is not monitoring the loans close hi enough to know what the company is doing. the gao said simply, quote, that u.s. taxpayers do not know whether they are getting what they paid for. jon? jon: i'm sure finland is very grateful though, right, jim? laugh a laugh. >> reporter: absolutely. maybe they'll buy some of these cars. jenna: a new chapter in the history this week, celebrations continue in libya follo

. >> gretchen: a fancy new electric car, the kind leonardo dicaprio drives, is being built in finlands. the company got a $529 million loan from our government, but it's being made overseas because it says it doesn't have a factory in the united states. the company says some of the money is being used for engineering and design work done in america. a little birdie told me that car only gets 20 miles per gallon. >> steve: great. controversy in california. school board member refusing to step down after admitting she married a convicted murderer. she is accused of lying to voters, telling them she was divorced when, in fact, her husband, jason garcia, was just released from prison after serving 27 years for murder. garcia admits she was dishonest, but says she's not stepping down. >> gretchen: leave your costumes at home, kids. the superintendent of schools banning them a school. he says they're a distraction that cut into educational time. many students and parents are booing his decision. they say they see no problem in having a little fun just for one day. >>> let's go outside to br

so when leonardo dicaprio spends $100,000 for this car, so he looks cool and green, the taxpayers will sitting around. were they in just such a hurry to shove is out the door that they didn't do due diligence to find out whether or not they were good investments? >> i don't know what's going on. i think this administration has almost a religious fixation on electric cars, that electric cars are sort of a good thing like sort of genuflecting in church. we drive electric car and automatically things will be better. there is real science to this stuff and we're still using hydrocarbons to make that electricity and it's not that hard to figure out that these things are not the panacea they're made out to be. >> brian: the power grids are dirty and just for the record, i drove a volt, i'm very impressed with the volt. i have yet to use the gas. >> the karma is a hot looking car. it looks like an aston martin and i love the way the electric cars drive. i just like it to be successful because people want to buy it. not because its chairman has a relationship with obama administration to get m