this is definitely one of the better nicholas sparks movie.out of three out of five. good date movie. get to the dinner afterward. i spoke to scott eastwood about the movie and interestingly enough back in the take when he first started acting in his father's films like grand t orino. he went by the name scott reid. he wanted to get rid of the eastwood name but eventually he made his name back to eastwood. i ask the him why. >> after i work a bunch, and felt more comfortable and grew up a little bit more, as you become more comfortable as a man you realize you don't care what other people think and i'll go by my father's last name. you realize it doesn't matter. you have to audition just like everybody else. if you don't do good then you don't get hired. >> pretty admirable he tried to make it on his own but feel like going back to the name honors his father and able to keep the name going. those famous actors who have not done. that nicholas cage is nicholas cop lah because he didn't want to be fully resting on the copola. >> francis ford cop

it is the latest nicholas sparks movie. reporter: now there is another one in the hollywood spotlight. scott eastwood is stepping into his first leading role playing a professional bull rider in the latest nicholas sparks book to screen adaptation. first billed as scott reeves. he says he wasn't trying to make it off the family name. >> i wanted to prove it to myself when i was younger. i did not want to tread on my dad's name. >> clint eastwood is a wealth of knowledge. you said dad, i wanted to get into the business. what were the conversations like? >> get a day job. yeah. my dad's old school. he is no hand out. >> best piece of advice? >> show up on time. be a man. keep your head up. work hard. >> you were the big winner tonight? i should be the one buying you a beer. >> it don't work like that. >> reporter: pening the most romantic lines in cinematic history. nicholas sparks is known for tear jerkers. >> have you cried during any of his movies or reading any of his books? >> yeah "the notebook." >> one of the most emba

very much like this that i just talk about. >> reporter: tail of two loves is an adaption of the nicholas sparks best seller. >> you have no eye tea why these two love stories are going together at all until they finally come together and you say now i understand. >> reporter: several of the sparks other films have have grossed over hundred million-dollar. >> nothing to it. >> stars of his latest effort hope that this one, also rise to the top of the box office. wendy gilette for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> all right. still ahead, in the next half an hour of "eyewitness news" this saturday morning a local park, and play ground are vandalized and now a community is demanding answers for a crime that they say just keeps happening. >>> the secret is out, when this weekend and a how hillary clinton is expect to announce that she's running for president. we will be right back. >>> many workers are constantly having to paint over graffiti done by teenagers in this park and as you can tell they are fighting an uphill battle. i'm mountain the math rivers in the mayfair section of northeast philadelphia

and those nicholas sparks oh, you know everyone lining up for them. >> i even watched a few. watched a few. >> you'll admit it? >> he ill, telling it right here. >> keep that man -- >> you got that right. hey, popular local bar shuts down overnight. but it might not be gone for good. >> also, we're keeping our eye on the storm and some thunderstorms, as they head into our area today. we're checking traffic and weather together on the 3's. looking live right now at the shore, little wet out there katie has your forecast coming up. first thaw here's what's ahead on cbs-3. this is the "name your price" tool. it gives you options based on your budget -- it's a piece of cake. i was told there would be cake. get a free quote at progressive.com. >>> that's what it look and sounded like after a driver lost control, hit guardrail. bus ended up on its side on embankment. one student still in the hospital with a broken leg. >>> new this morning, an unusual discovery off the coast of oregon. a huge chunk of a boat was spotted right there, in the pacific ocean yesterday. this is not just

the mechanical bull like a half a second. >> this was a nicholas sparks novel.ous last name and a famous father clint eastwood. >> i have heard of him. >> you never wanted to play that part. even in your first audition you used your mother's maiden name. >> i started auditioning in the business and i used my mom's last name to see if i could do it for me. >> why was that important? did you wonder if people would think he's a star's son. >> we said that anyway. you sort of realize that you have to audition like everyone. >> have you auditioned for your dad? >> oh, yeah. some i haven't gotten roles in. >> son, i like you, but -- >> you just don't get a phone call back. >> no call. nothing? >> a call for sunday dinner but not the part. >> brit you must have the coolest grandma in the world. you grew up in the carolinas and you left when you were 12 or 13? >> super young, yeah. >> your grandma wanted you to be a star. >> yeah. my mom, i have six younger brothers and sisters and both of my families were keeping them in check and my grandmother moved out to l.a. with

the longest ride is based on on the notebook by nicholas sparks. [cheers and applause]. keep it.centers around the love story of luke and see pheaa. a champion bull rider and graduating college student. sophia is hoping to embark on her dream job. they make an unsected and fateful connection with an older man. >>> sci-fi thriller. >> hello i'm kalib. >> hello kalib. >> do you have a name? >> yes. ava. >> please to meet you ava. i'm pleased to meet you too. >> a computer programmer wins a chance to take part in a artificial intelligence experiment. he spends a week in the home for the ceo of the company he works for. as he becomes more involved he realizes it is not as it seems. >>> desert dancer is based on on the story of a gifted dancer. my teacher hates me. if they catch you dancing, they will do worse than this. >> but why? >> because they say dancing is forbidden. if you're going to do it do it somewhere safe. >> reporter: the story tells the story about a young girl who is a gifted dancer, but his creativity is stifled by his homeland iran. he risks his life to perform in t

. >> it's based on the nicholas sparks book "the longest ride."o sit down with the rising star scott eastwood. i got to talk to him about what it was like to play a bull rider. take a listen. >> you do the whole tv thing in. >> i got into it. i brought a 24 pack of beer and started bucking bulls. >> drink it. >> it never ended until the end. diving into the world. total guys guys. awesome. a lot of guys get broken knees and their chins are completely all banged up. >> you can get out of it. >> yeah. it's the real deal. >> some of the great bull riding scenes. >> i did like that, yes. >> sweet movie too. >> "longest ride owe" opens up. >> i like that. that was news. ansley, wasn't that a great movie? >> he was cute. >> yes. 26 minutes after the top of the hour. they're off. the 2016 presidential field starting to take shape. who is jumping in next and how senator rand paul responds to the critics calling him more liberal than president obama. >>> and unloading walmart. the lawsuit that could mean the end of rifle sales. >>> it's thursday, april 9th

. >> we got a chance to sit down with nicholas sparks and the stars from this film.you got a little flustered. >> me? >> i'm porsche williams here with dish nation and we are with the stars of the longest ride. we have britt rob robertson we also have scott -- um,. >> eastwood. >> eastwood. >> i have a little crush on you. >> glowing like a kid in a candy store. >> i don't kiss and tell. ticket. ticket. ♪ >>> a reunion a half century in the making in missouri. 49 years ago price was told her baby died. shortly after she gave birth but melanie diane gilmore was alive and for some unknown reason she was adopted by another family. price says she is hurt by the the years being separated from her child but she's thankful for this second chance. they're screaming there. mother and daughter finally met for the first time thursday. >> given me everything the definitely has taken from me. i'm getting it back. >> oh, my god! >> you can't help but be happy for them. gym more lost her hearing at the age of three because of a childhood illness. so her children use the internet to

clint eastwood's son gets his first big starring role in the new movie, based on a hit book by nicholas sparks. kevin frazier from entertainment tonight has more on the new move is in theaters this weekend. >> it goes pretty simple, hang on for three seconds. >> bull rider luke played by scott eastwood and britt robinson fall madly in love in the longest ride but can their love out last their changing futures. >> you are lucky to be alive. >> what? >> we need to make him understand that his riding days are over. >> reporter: scotties following in his dad's clint's footsteps taking on his first major leading role but don't think he just walk on the set. >> contrary to popular belief i'm myself. >> for all of the latest entertainment news watch entertainment tonight every week night at 7:00 right here on cbs-3. >>> coming up in the next half an hour of "eyewitness news", crowds swarmed apple stores for a hand on look for the tech giant's new smart watch. we will show you how it works and how much it will cost you. >>> drying out clearing up, carol comes back with your weekend forecast that is lo

this is a nicholas sparks novel. so it's romantic, it's -- you know, it's a romantic movie. wouldn't even do a movie where i was a bull rider. i'd be like can't my character be a guy who plays pinball? [ laughter ] that would like scare me. do you actually ride the bull? >> in the film i did. they were pretty concerned. fox was pretty concerned with me riding the bull. no way, it's not going to happen. >> jimmy: people get thrown all the time. >> yeah. i didn't do it during filming but i was sort of hell-bent on doing it. so i went behind fox's back and did it after we were done filming. they said, "do not do it, you have to go promote the film." but i went and did it. >> jimmy: we have video footage of you on an actual bull. >> yeah. the first time. >> jimmy: this is it right here. >> you ready, buddy? >> all right. >> watch out boys! >> oh my god. just hang in there. >> whoo. >> jimmy: ooh. get out of there! [ audience oohs ] get out, get out, get out. take off! there you go. jumping over the fence. >> yeah, there we go. yeah, absolutely. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy:

. >> the longest ride basd on the nicholas sparks november. played by scott eastwood. he falls in love. despite being a champion in his field his career path presents a challenge to the relationship. >> he's got it. he has made eight seconds. [ cheers and applause ] >> luke collins, luke up to 48. ♪ >> hey! >> keep it. >> yes, that gorgeous guy is clint eastwood's son. this one sparks story is just like the other sparks stories. the movie spans different jen rags but despite broad appeal the reviews are mixed. associated press saying the film is likely to satisfy sparks fans and brings something new to the romance genre, bull riding. guardian says it is dumb long dull but isn't quite bad enough to be camp. >> danny collins plays an aging rocker. his manager discovers an undelivered letter from john lennon that turns his world upside down. it appears collins is finally ready to settle down. >> done. so help me god, i will never be forced to sing those songs again. >> danny, are you on something? what are you drinking? >> i'm done with all of it

it's the tenth film adaptation for nicholas sparks. this movie is a tree out of five.ch bucked bulls every day. they were all about it. i mean, you know, they just wanted to buck as many bulls as they could and get as many angles. i did a lot of getting in and out of the chutes on the real bulls. they were able to parse it together with the footage of the guys bucking the bulls. >> i guess he wanted to keep his ribs intact. >> exactly. >> kevin i was following you on instagram this week. seeing the photographs i thought am i seeing things. taking photographs with mark ruffalo. you got to sit down with the cast of the avenn gers already. >> it's time for us to get -- i don't know if you remember this. the first time i appeared on "fox & friends" was three years ago. at that time we were talking about the first avengers in 2012. the other night i was walking into the movie and sitting in the back of the theater was mr. hulk himself mark ruffalo. i went over to grab a quick selfie. the movie opens up on may 1st. i sat down with iron man himself and i asked him when iron m

spark. >> it's a good one. lowest score in history of the masters after two rounds doesn't belong to jack nicholas or arnold palmern tiger woods bibut a 21-year-old kid who should be a senior in college now. tiger looks getterburg the second round in augusta on 7 for birdie. you know where it's going. tiger 2 under after two in time for 19 place. twelve shots behind leader. if you remember in 1997 when tiger won his first masters at 21 he looked a lot like this jordan spieth with 15 birdie so far. spieth is 14 under lowest score at the masters after two rounds. what does he have to stay as introduced at his press conference. >> he now as record for lowest first 36 holes in master's tournament history. wow like to give a few comments. [ laughter ]. >> it's really cool. it's cool. >> it's cool. can a 21-year-old say it better. still to come in sports from foonz a local soccer star step uing for the team thought used to pay to music: etta james "at last" (plays throughout) ♪♪ sometimes, at last doesn't happen at first. ♪♪ ♪♪ your dad just kissed my mom. ♪♪ turning two worlds into one takes love. ♪♪ helping protect th

. >> nicholas kristof and sheryl wudunn - thank you so much for talking to al jazeera. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> had it not sparked fire, this story would be like that of many other low-intensity conflicts over resources waiting to erupt across this oil, gas and fresh-water rich country. back in 2010, the canadian province of new brunswick granted a texas-based company, southwestern energy, licenses to explore for shale gas - in exchange for investment worth 47

. >> nicholas kristof and sheryl wudunn - thank you so much for talking to al jazeera. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> had it not sparked fire, this story would be like that of many other low-intensity conflicts over resources waiting to erupt across this oil, gas and fresh-water rich country. back in 2010, the canadian province of new brunswick granted a texas-based company, southwestern energy, licenses to explore for shale gas - in exchange for investment worth 47 if shale gas extraction goes ahead, it will be a boon to new brunswick's struggling economy. the province anticipates it could generate over a thousand jobs and 1.5 billion dollars staunching the exodus of workers west to alberta's oil sands. >> to have that kind of revenue inflow and that kind of potential, it would have a dramatic impact on the province. in fact, on the studies we looked at just a few weeks ago indicates that shale gas development could actually double the economic growth rates in the province. >> three years later these were the images from new brunswick flashing across canadian television screens. royal canadian mounted police guns trai