. >> reporter: nancy turner has written a great deal about the history of gasparilla but she has a new passion. telling the story of the u.s.s. tampa. >> the tampa itself was called the happiest ship in the fleet. they just really had a really nice group of guys. >> reporter: the ship was launched in 1912 and sent immediately to novascotia. >> that was a month after the titanic sank. they sent her up there to identify where the iceburgs were. >> reporter: but the crew and ships spent the wintertime in tampa. >> when the ship came into town it was a big deal. there wasn't much going on. the rotary club had parties for them. gave them a silver service. >> reporter: in 1913 they even started a new tradition, that has become engrained in gasparilla. anyone in hearing range knows that still goes on. the first year they did that was 1913. >> reporter: then world war i took off and the navy took control of the tampa. >> she was there for about a month, then she was sunk. >> reporter: on board when she sank, there were 20 tampa natives. >> what's so sad is there were cousin. >> reporter: other

hey, everyone, nancy kevin are off, nischelle turner and i are filling in. >> amy and bff jennifer lawrence are neck and neck favorites in golden globes best actress comedy category. we were all looking forward to sunday night being a sort of besties girls night out. >> enter furniture fixer, hockey player dan hanisch, and b all eyes are on amy in love. a golden globe couples game changer. >> he has to be funny. he has to be nice. and he has to have a normal relationship with his mothe >> funny and nice, check that. not sure about the mom thing, but 29-year-old ben definitely scored sweetness points with his new year's eve instagram saying some times in life you smartest, funniest, most beautiful woman comes along when you least expect it. we've been working the details on amy's new romance with a man five years younger. >> we heard that amy's sister kim approves of ben which is important since the two girls are really close. we did some digging. and we found out that they all vacationed together in sea and amy's already making jokes that she's expecting their first child together. commenti

kevin and nancy are on assignment. >> and michelle turner breaking the news this weekend chris rock. out of hosting the oscars. >> i talked to the president of the academy and the producer of the oscars and both told me that chris isn't going anywhere. this was a land mark weekend for the academy, announcing they're planning to double the minority membership by 2020 and of course hollywood has been quick to react. >> it's it's a start. >> the way i feel has not and will not change. there is a way to stand down and make a statement. >> this is dealing with the symptoms, not starting at the root cause. >> i think it's interesting. i do. we'll see what happens. >> i think doubling is a great start, but we need to have more moniques, we need to have more denzels. >> reaction was bold. >> it's a five-w tie. all the white guys. >> "snl" spoofed the diversity controversy. >> look what they did to oscar. >> and nick cannon posted a >> hell, yeah, i'm going to host that ceremony where they're going to let a black man host the academy awards for two hours. >> and boy was danny devito blunt? >>

. >> nancy eden is a mare marathon runner, she'll run for her friend, amanda turner russell, a fellow nurse in israel. >> running for boston was one of her dreams and on her bucket list something she always wanted to do. >> now you're going to do it for her. >> amanda was training just before christmas on this road in hanson. a car swerved over the median hitting amanda and plowing into a utility pole. amanda passed away this week. >> it was actually at her bedside in the hospital and her mom asked if i would take her bib for her and run for her. >> amanda and nancy ran for her before. >> she looked at amanda's fund raising. >> in the matter of days the number swelled to more than $16,000, much from people whose lives amanda touched. >> amanda just has a zest for life that was unmatchable. >> in labor and delivery she had a special touch, especially with difficult deliveries she loved her son, loved running, she loved sun rises and snuck up to the hospital roof every morning to take pictures. >> it is just hard to believe she's gone. >> a legacy of light nancy will channel in every st