that it looked bad for natalie's image. >> and the oscar goes to, natalie portman, "black swan." >> doy of the people that voted for natalie for the best act res oscar would not have voted for her if they knew she didn't do all of the dancing in this movie? >> i can guarantee you it would have hurt. there was a lot of great dancing that sarah lane did that enhanced the performance and helped it win an oscar. >> they were trying to create an image, this facade that natalie had done something extraordinary. something that is pretty much impossible. >> reporter: to become -- >> to become a professional ballerina in a year and a half. >> reporter: natalie's co-workers moved swiftly to defend the actress. costar mila kunis said natalie deserved all the recognition she got. the director said by his count, 80% of the dance shots in the film were natalie portman. is it possible his math can be correct and your version can still be correct? >> it's possible if you're counting the close-ups of her face, as actual dancing shots. but i don't call close-ups of her face actual dancing. an oscar is f

the movie -- it's you, natalie portman, danny mcbride. >> natalie portman is pretty serious. >> jimmy serious. and actually, that is one of the great things about the movie. it is, on one level, like a 12-year-old boy's dream of a movie because there's great action. we go on an adventure. i play -- danny and i play brothers. we're both princes. i'm the favorite son. i go on all these quests and kill -- >> jimmy: dragons. >> dragons and stuff. and he's like a fish out of water. he's the screw up. >> jimmy: he just stays home and gets stoned in the castle. >> yeah. >> jimmy: hence, "your highness." >> basically the scene of the whole movie was, a guy in medieval times that gets stoned and fights dragons. >> jimmy: right now, you're speaking to my audience. this is fantastic. [ laughter ] [ cheers ] >> literally, danny mcbride and the director, david gordon green came up with this idea in film school. they played a game where they'd come up with titles and then you'd have to come up with the movie. so, david said, "your highness," and danny said, "yeah, a guy that smokes weed and fights

. >> natalie portman has gone to vegetarian for the sake of her unborn baby.he said her body was telling her to have eggs and dose want to know what sex the baby is saying jewish superstition. >> witherspoon says quote sometimes i will sit in my car and cry because i can't get out. once one of the richest couples in england, now ozzie and sharon osbourne oh the u.s. in back taxes and face losing one of their homes. >>> comics stolen over a decade ago from nicholas cage, wants it back. but first claims goes to the insurance company that paid him off for that. >> can you imagine owning a $1 million economic bocomic book a having it stolen? >> i'm sure, i think of him more as owning cars not comic books but hey. >> i think maybe bad movies. >> and this coming to us from channel 2 in alaska where on nearby spy island discovery of the new world stopped a mama and her cubs in her tracks. in between that time, workers arrived and transformed the area into an oil complex. they ended their stay and headed for a less crowded habitat. that is an amazing story. i cannot i

brother, the to embark on a quest to rescue his brothers bride encounter fierce warrior played by natalie portmanated r. reporting live, kron 4 news. >>pam: first it was reported that not law were made the leaving the today show once his contract with nbc is up. now this word he's holding out for a bigger paycheck. sources claim he's lobbying for a raise to $25 million a year. they say the talk about him leaving the show is nothing but a well time negotiating ploy. the futures the short cast members are branching off. mtv has given the green light to to show spinoffs, one will features new key entered her friend jay wells. the other will start pauly ntv said both series will chronicle the reality stars' lives away from their housemates. yet to be titled show will air in 2012. checking traffic on this friday on the golden gate bridge, a bit sluggish north and south on right now but still the beautiful day of there. kron 4 news at 5:00 p.m. is next. >>live, from the bay area's news station, this is kron4 news at 5:00. >>pam: kron 4 was there as ... series manners were unfurled a theory to the openi

natalie portman could have been another good option. >> maybe next year natalie.hey are all beautiful. >> beauty in the eye of the beholder. absolutely. wr cnbc 4 in washington, d.c., where a nearby mcclain, virginia, some real estate has hit the market garnltsed to make any buyer feel presidential. a live-in replica of the white house is up for sale with a price tag of $4.65 million, the scaled down version comes with its own oval office, lincoln bedroom, and bit of history, the house was used in the movie "independence day" making it an ideal home for both movie and history buffs. >>> i'm veronica de la cruz, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> dinosaur museum exhibits are always popular, but the american museum of natural history's is altogether different. it focuses on a life sized 60 foot model of one of the world's largest dinosaurs. one side uses skin texture, but the other shows its working organs. the dinosaur lived 200 million years ago in china. >>> four opera singers left the stage yesterday singing

natalie portman's body double, her ballet double told "entertainment weekly" that natalie only appeared hand it to the lead singer this kid, angelo. he may have only been 9 years odd, but he really really knows how to bring it home. ♪ ain't gonna pee pee ♪ ♪ ain't gonna pee pee ♪ ♪ ain't gonna pee pee ♪ ♪ ain't gonna pee pee ♪ ♪ ain't gonna pee pee ♪ ♪ ain't gonna pee pee ♪ ♪ ain't gonna pee pee my bed tonight ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: sing it over and over in the hopes that maybe it will stop happening. it's his mantra. that would be a good song for r kelly to cover. [ laughter ] and he's a kelly, too, so it's perfect. the barry bonds trial continued in san francisco today. the former baseball player is being charged with obstruction of justice and perjury for allegedly lying when he claimed he never knowingly used steroids. yesterday, barry's former mistress testified against him. for more than six hours. she claims bonds became increasingly short tempered, he started losing his hair and suffered from impotence as the relationship went on. doesn't that happen in every relati

the stars of this movie besides natalie portman, james franco and others, is a funnyman named danny mcbrided and down." >> you're going to be the most handsome. who is going to be the most handsome? >> me. >> who's the prince with the most dashing mustache? >> me. >> who gives the warmest hugs? >> me, of course, i love you. >> that's cool. >> welcome to the show. great to have you here. >> thank you for having me on. i appreciate it. >> well, you have this movie called "your highness" which everybody at home has just now looked at a scene from. tell us what "your highness" is. >> it's a good question. i'm still trying to process that. >> you have to know by now. that's part of the deal. >> it's a throwback to the sword and sorcerer films. anything from when i was a kid. "dark crystal" and "labyrinth." >> will you make funny faces to entertain me? no! never triangle face. i hate triangle face. it scares me. >> finally, i found myself in a pitch meeting. and i pitched the studio what i thought they would be interested in and they were not interested in those movies. and so i pitched this craz

level with me, you were the stunt double for natalie portman in "black swan," weren't you? i have a little hump, i know, i know. >> i look good. have i had work done? i look -- you know -- >> jimmy: you just noticed yourself in the monitor? >> i look timeless. >> jimmy: yeah, you do. you are a timeless beauty. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you so much. thank you. i'm a health nut, you know? >> jimmy: are you? >> even this easter i forced our family to hunt easter egg whites. you see, and that -- [ laughter ] [ rim shot ] thank you so much. hello. >> jimmy: how are you, how's everything? >> i'm very good, i'm lovely, i'm lovely. >> jimmy: i'm glad to hear you. it's great to have you here. i know you just had a birthday. >> yeah, i know, i'm 61 years of age. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: happy birthday. >> 61. i swung -- i went down to -- with paul schaeffer and eugene levy and i had a boys -- five day boys trip in miami. >> jimmy: nice. >> paul has a fabulous place there. and we did nothing. you know, we would -- we went out to five hip spots. the hippest spots in mia

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. >> the other thing i think was great about it was, you and natalie portman together, there's some sorteate? or what happens with that? >> it was -- yeah. she's a beautiful woman. yeah. it's not an overly hard part of the job, i guess. it ends up being pretty unromantic. you have four or five cameras and 100 people standing around you. you feel like a teenager. where do i put my hands? >> you did well. you did really well. >> folks are already talking about this. we have another clip, as well, to show this morning. >> i have to take him to the hospital. >> he's fine. look at him. >> i know you can hear me. open the pride for us. >> hospital. >> what realm is this? sorenhiem. >> new mexico. >> you don't threaten me. thor. >> what's amazing about that is the humor that comes through with in movie. it is a fun movie to watch. >> absolutely. i think the films have big action, blockbuster. but what cranks up the tension in some of those things, is the humor. just like "ironman" and modern films. >> you're going to have a great ride all summer. what's next? >> "the avengers" is next. where th