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>> lethal weapon starring damon wayans in the danny glover and mel gibson roles and wayans signing off after recently removing a tumor. >> how are you feeling? are you all good now? >> it depends if this is a hit or not. if it's a hit, great. if it's not it's because of the tumor. >> launching on fox september >>>ow let's get you caught up on the stories everyone's talking about today. it's tonight's >>> this is one way to say aloha. britney spears stripped down and making sure she doesn't get any tan lines and strategically holding up her bikini top. >> here is a quick glimpse of hawaii. i hope you guys like it. >> jumping off the side of a boat eating a hot dog all while enjoying time with her boys. >> kym johnson showing off how bling and it says mrs. herjavec. she and robert herjavec tied the knot in l.a. just over a week ago. >>> i just got off from my own trip to paradise. we took gia and dominic at the riviera maya at the beach by charris ma and gia re-enacted this scene from dirty dancing with a little help from me, of course. >> russell wilson is getting ready for some footbal

>> i just could not believe that that was mel gibson. >> just how much is she out? >>> and number three's will ferrell sounds off on the "snl" firi >> that's kind of the na the beast. >>> plus, our "insider" bonus -- can "suicide squad" stay at the top of the box office? not if "pete's dragon" has anything to say about it. but is it too scary for your kids? our expert panel weighs in for our parents guide. >> i'm not fan of how they handled it. i thought it was a beautiful, riveting, well-told story. >> now hollywood from the inside out, it's "the insider" together with yahoo. >>> hello and welcome to "the insider." debby is off and keltie knight is filling in. >> we're tracking the biggest storie >> the number one story everyone's talking about. >> as soon as i woke up, i have a really good feeling about today. >> i don't think i've ever seen simone biles cry. >> if i'm up there and the national anthem is playing, i will be bawling. >> prediction to us in july, accurate. unable to contain their emotions, it was an historic night on nbc as this pair of simones won g

>> one of my favorite franchises starring mel gibson and danny glover back in the day. >> i have seen that one. >> oh, nice. good for you. one of the five. okay. >>> so we've got another showdown at the box office this weekend. matthew mcconaughey and charlize theron are bringing their animated family pic "kubo" and >> while "war dogs" the real-life story of 20-year-old arms dealers. >> i want to check that out. and they'll square off against the big budget remake of the classic "ben-hur" which i also want to check out and charissa is with the film's star. >> he is the star of the mega-hit movie "ben-hur" with me now is matt houston. how are you, jack? >> i don't know who is more excited to have you here, me or me. >> oh, my god. character in "empire" and in the remake of the classic hollywood film that scored 11 oscars. >> you should have killed me. >> they're at the big premiere taking a night off from watching their beautiful kids and time out to tell me about shooting the epic film. >> what was your favorite part of making this movie? >> we shot in italy for six months. >> yawn. b

the next day, he called my office and asked if i would be interested in being in a movie with mel gibson and danny glover. karen: who would say no to that? >> nobody. i said yes before they told me what the deal was but the deal was great and i knew we were going to do to but i did not know it would be three. karen: you have done broadway as but if you want to do hard work, do broadway. that midler is going back on broadway to do a show. karen: it's hard work because it is a live show. >> every day and there is no reruns. if you make a mistake, you keep right on going. karen: your voice has to still be strong. >> it does and you want to perform each show you do to the best of your ability. you want it to be great every when you do your own personal shows, you don't feel like reaching for that note, you might do it on the next song. on broadway, you do the same thing every night, eight times a week, one day off and that one day off, me and my husband had a thing where if you don't feel like getting up, don't. i got into the mood of doing a broadway show. you don't get your first vacation

mel gibson is returning to the big screen with the project he has had in mind for 20 years.ll star in the professor and mad man based on the best selling book about two men, who changed literary history by creating the oxford english dictionary. sean penn is co starring. the first time that the two have worked together. >>> got to tell thaw bronze sculpture of lucy ball that was mocked across the internet is getting a second life. it was unveiled last year in new york. you will probably remember this. people thought it was ugly, and scary, for lucy. later it will be replaced with a new statue by another artists, and scary lucy will be sent to a nearby mall for its annual haunted house shopping event. >> that is just wrong. i love lucy. >> i do too. >> she had a great tv show it didn't look like her much you watched i love lucy. >> it is you that is not known to all things. >> i watched it every day. >> i did because that is why you are both fred and ethel. >> yes, thank you. >> i do have their characteristics. i have to admit. justin, help me out here. >> we will save you he

. >> stephen: you're worked with brad pitt, mel gibson. time. >> stephen: did they pass you around and say, "he's a good one?" >> i grew up in l.a., and i was successful and give it a shot. and kids get sucked into the machine, here's an audition, and now i'm here. somehow i'm on your show. >> stephen: you worked very hard. any of these older actors who have been around for a long time, do any of them act as mentors to you? >> yeah, you know, a lot of them things to keep in mind over the years. >> stephen: what about brad pitt? has he been a mentor for you? because that's a great pickup line. >> yeah "brad pitt is my mentor." gives me advice-- no, no, he-- no. you know, punny enough, working with him was great but we really were just in our role roles and emulated our characters' relationships where there was some conflict when we were working together. >> stephen: conflict with >> stephen: like, what kind of conflict? >> you know, i was-- so my character in that film was basically he's a nonconformist, and i was trying to be, you know, a

i kept waiting for somebody to say, mel gibson or danny glover come out with dib mattic immunity whenn an unmarked cargo plane flying overnight. >> there are all sorts of people looking at unmarked cargo planes today. that's an incredible deal. >> the arms deal is with the shaw. >> right. been tied up in the international court for decades but suddenly it has to be resolved. >> it's the idea -- $400 million. i have great sympathy for anybody that's held a hostage. but they're paid $100 million per hostage. you think about that. and what they -- >> well if you're a hostage, $100 million seems reasonable. >> it's taxpayer dollars. >> but the point of that is, and then i'll come straight to you, the point that ed is making is that this country's policy has never been to pay ransom because what it does is put a price automatically on every american's head whenever vulnerable and within the reach of terrorists and kidnappers. >> that's absolutely true unless you're in benghazi in which case we don't have the time or effort to send somebody to try. the two worst facts that the democrats wil

get at mel gibson and "the the fact is, there were people shooting at each other. if you are in these events, if you could see them, your heart would be racing for sure. it is an action of that. past,it happened in the but it should be a very exciting thing. i approach it from a cinematic way. i wanted to capture that excitement. the academic answer for why people study history is that we understand culture, where we came from. the other reason, of course, is hopefully we learned from the past. a lot of times we don't learn from the past. but hopefully we can take something from the past and learn from it. i think the reason is exciting and i have different approaches to make that happen. ,ne of the key things, i think is focusing on real people and making them real. george washington was the hero of the revolution but he is not a superhero. he was doubting himself quite a bit. that makes him more relatable in my mind. seeing it from both sides, the american and the british side, gives you a real value and relatable understanding to the british. the british are not

look at mel gibson in "the patriot." the fact is, there were people shooting at each other. if you are in these events, if you could see them, your heart would be racing for sure. they should not be boring. it is like an action event. sure, it happened in the past, but it should be a very exciting thing. that was kind of my approach. i approach it from a cinematic way. i wanted to capture that excitement. the academic answers for why people study history is that we understand your culture where we , came from. this sort of cultural roots of everything we do today in this society. the other reason, of course, is hopefully we learned from the past. a lot of times we don't learn from the past. but hopefully we can take something from the past and learn from it. not make the same mistakes. i think the reason is exciting and i have different approaches to make that happen. one of the key things, i think, is focusing on real people and make them real. george washington was the hero of the revolution, but he is not a superhero. he has flaws. if you read his letters are seeing his p

interesting because of what happened to mell gibson's ex, oksana gregorieva when she went on howard stern's >> anyone who has been through what you've been through with mel. you got to be full of hope. >> a judge ruled that oksana violated a confidentiality agreement and clearly implied that mg had committed domestic violence against her. >> it doesn't matter how painful it is at the time. the darkest experience you learn from it and never forget that there's light. >>> there's exclusive new video of billy bob thornton blasting claims that he had an affair with amber. >> it's a hot story. you know. >> so -- >> the actor-music in greenville, texas yesterday on tour with his band. >> it's not true, right? >> of course not. >> now here's the thing. johnny and amber have a movie out there that's yet to be released, called "london fields" and it also stars billy bob thornton. >> how in the world would you get those three together to promote the movie? locklear was out, her first public appearance since the paparazzi that was out there blown out of proportion by the tabloid magazine. >> heather hits the red carpet looking flawless. smiling, happy, laughing wit