that's morgan freeman. the man is so brilliant. >> it's a very different role from tyler's iconic character, media. >> stepping away from family. that's so much fun for me. it's so much light, so much air in it. it's having a great time. but this year, over the last turning 40,imented to challenge myself. >> and also tonight, miley's marijuana birthday joke, caught on camera. plus, all new, oprah's first things. that and much more coming up later on entertainment tonight. >> you can see entertainment tonight, at 7:30, here on wjz. >>> we have breaking news now. here's captain mike perry. >> reporter: really bad accident. 6,000 block. this is in the cherry hill area of southwest baltimore. two vehicles we could see for sure involved in this. possibly several others. but we do know the driver you see in this was transported to shock trauma. there was a second person also transported to shock trauma. their condition is not known. both directions of patapsco avenue, in the 6,000 block near the county line are c

. >>> oscar winner morgan freeman will soon pick up more hardware. a lifetime achievement award at the next golden globes. >>> and finally, speaking of the oscars, on the day after his friend director bret ratner resigned as producer of next year's telecast, eddie murphy has dropped out as host. after the soft opening of "tower heist" last weekend and now quitting as oscar host, bloggers are speculating whether or not his days as mega star are over. are you speculating this? >> no, he's still a mega star. he's backing his friend but his friend got kicked out for some awful -- three strikes. >> that was horrible. we'll see who fills that place. that was curious. this comes from wvlt first coast news in florida where one man's historic wild ride tore peace is recognized. in 1946 bill received a pat on the back for gunnes world officials after driving his airboat from jacksonville to new york city. >> congratulations. >> at the time of his 1100 mile trip did not fit any of their categories. fast forward a quarter of a century and guinness decided to hon

. >>> oscar winner morgan freeman will soon pick up more hardware. a lifetime achievement award at the next golden globes. >>> and finally in oscar news, a day after his friend, director bret ratner, resigned as producer of next year's telecast, eddie murphy has dropped out as host. after the soft opening of "tower heist" last weekend and now quitting as oscar host, bloggers are wildly speculating murphy's days as a mega-star may be over. he was hoping this would be his comeback. >> no, he's going to be an icon for all the roles in the '80s. >> to come back and command the leading roles, i'm not so sure. >> he's the donkey. >> in the movie "shrek." >> right. >>> now coming that comes from wtlv, jacksonville, florida. one man's historic wild ride for world peace is finally being recognized. in 1986, bill received what amounted to a pat on the back from "guinness world record" officials after driving his air boat from jacksonville to new york city. at the time his 1,100-mile trip did not fit any of their categories. so fast forward a quarter century. "

. >>> oscar winner morgan freeman will soon pick up more hardware. a lifetime achievement award at the next golden globes. >>> and finally, speaking of the oscars, on the day after his friend director bret ratner resigned as producer of next year's telecast, eddie murphy has dropped out as host. after the soft opening of "tower heist" last weekend and now quitting as oscar host, bloggers are wonder figure his mega-star days are over. this was supposed to be his comeback. resurfaces as a loyal star. >> you got to respect the loyalty. his friend. as long as he plays the donky in "shrek," it's fine. >> there are rumors about who will replace him. we'll bring it to you first here on "early today." >> i'll be waiting. >>> and this comes from wtlv, first coast news in jacksonville, florida, where one man's historic wild ride for world peace is finally being recognized. in 1986, bill received what amounted to a pat on the back from "guinness world record" officials after driving his air boat from jacksonville to new york city. at the time, his 1,100-mile tr

and morgan freeman will pick up a lifetime achievement award at the next golden globe. >>> and speakinginge oscars on the day after his friend, director brett ratner resigned as producer of next year's telecast, eddie murphy has dropped out as host. bill is chomping at bit to say something. hold on, after the soft opening of "tower heist" last weekend and quitting as oscar host, a lot of people are speculating about his days as a megastar is over. >> i thought he would be -- >> you and three other people. >> i remember the glory days of his, stand-up stuff from like "raw" and "delirious". >> ricky gervais, bring him back. >>> "way too early" starts right now. >>> two out of three, not bad for texas governor rick perry, who suffers a painful-to-watch lapse during the republican presidential debate in michigan that reinforces something he has said before himself. debates aren't really his strong suit. the question is, in the actual substance of that debate, how did the front-runners mitt romney and herman cain stack up? we'll take a look. >>> meanwhile the end of a 46-year era at penn state

morgan freeman opening why was so many of the decisions taken by the previous mayor were largely clinically motivated that was the basis for decisions about whether schools should be closed down walls and when we merge schools we make a great deal of effort to accommodate all the children in the new building since we also do all we can to retain jobs for the teachers always more but in the old days they just closed schools down and that was last year was the previous and. the fact that the russian was elected mayor of the land in capital in the summer of two thousand and nine surprised many politicians analysts put it down to the economic crisis. those who had felt it. severe impact we're not taking as much notice of the nationality of a politician as they used to. use the word if in the early one nine hundred ninety s. they have not made the mistake of dividing the people into citizens of a non-citizen or worker because the politicians would have been compelled to talk about the economy social issues and structural reforms instead of harping on the theme of latvians and russians every two

when we talk about alex cross, when he was on the big screen with morgan freeman and he will be backice of alex cross. >> i agree. tyler perry. tyler will blow everybody's mind. he focused in on this and wanted to do something very dramatic and pulls it off. terrific. matthew fox from "lost" the doctor, wanted to be in it and wanted to be the bad guy. and rob cohen. sicily tyson. rob cohen directed it and had done real action in "fast and furious." i know it's the best alex cross movie yet. very very good. mortgage dpan morgan is morgan, wonderful actor. >> one of the things, you have been writing for middle school kids and young adults. >> we both have 13 year-olds. >> we do. what is your advice to parents making sure your kids are engaged? >> you know, i -- this is important. if you're watching and have kids or grandkids or aunt and uncle, whatever, it's our job to find books for our kids. it's not the school's job. easy to fall in that trap, the school will do it. our job, not the school's. we teach the kid how to ride a bike and throw a baseball. we're not thinking, we have to fi

of course, morgan freeman who -- morgan freeman who has played both god and the president in movies.> that's right. just put both of those together and we just might fix congress, i suppose. i do like the idea of chuck norris. i remember those commercials that mike huckabee used to put out and they had chuck norris in there and i think he punched the tv screen or something? we could use some chuck norris. >> though i think is he a little partisan these days. facebook.com/kra facebook.com/carolcran. >>> moving to egypt now. clashes between protesters and security forces. a reminder of the uprising that forced hose ni mubarak out of office. we'll go live to tahrir square to see what protesters want now. . deals start thursday 10 pm. more electronics start at midnight. and we're open all day and night so you don't have to wait outside. walmart. [ slap! slap! ] [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium rich tums goes to work in seconds. nothing works faster. ♪ tum tum tum tum tums vietnam, 1967. i got mine in iraq, 2003. u.s.a.a. auto insuran