tonight, abc's nick watt takes us inside what may just be the safest house in america. >> i just sawm walk into the attic -- >> man or woman? >> it was a man. >> you have heard that voice before. >> what's your name? >> sandra bullock. >> reporter: sandra bullock. america's sweetheart. trembling in a closet as this man, joshua corbett, her alleged stalker, apparently prowled inside her home. >> the doors downstairs are locked. i heard them break in. >> reporter: these 911 calls played for for the first time in an l.a. courtroom. bulluck terrified, waiting for the cops. >> i hear something. i hear someone banging on the door. >> reporter: corbett is right now on trial for stalking and weapons charges related to the june 2014 break-in. according to prosecutors he was arrested in her house, holding a two-page love letter to the oscar-winning actress. >> in his mind he thought he was married to sandra bullock. delusional as it is that's what he thought. >> i'm lock in the my closet i have a safe door in my bedroom, i've locked it i'm locked in the closet right now. >> reporter: a safe do

>> reporter: i'm nick watt for "nightline" in hollywood. >> the je nais se quoi. "terminator: genesis" hits theaters in july. thanks for watching abc news. tune into "good morning america" tomorrow. as always online at abcnews.com. good night, america. listen, why don't you round up the kids, huh? i don't feel like geing any more food out, so we'll take them to marco's for dinner. come on, don't make this into a whole thihing! the e kitchen is covered in ants. but you know the kids and restaurants. come on. look, it's late, they're tired. they're gonna be fighting. food's gonna be everywhere. i say we eat in front of the tv like a regular family. so we can never take the kids to a restaurant? we can go when they can drive us. wait! how 'bout we go to marco's, huh? just the two of us. ma, can you take the kids to your house for dinner? sure. they could use a home-cooked meal. it's okay, marie. no, no! come on! it'll be fun, huh? just you and me. like when we were dating except now i know not expect sex x after. ha ha ha! i don't like that, raymond. okay. come on, k

tonight nick watt asked the moviemakers for their secret.imes high-tech tricks can't compete with good old human ingenuity. >> reporter: the terrifying drone of darth vader's star destroyers. it's a busted hotel ac unit. you can download episodes 1 through 6 for the first time and your bonus -- filmmakers are finally laughing. >> you'll find them full of surprises. >> the air conditioner's broken or it's moving slightly. so i put the microphone on top of the air conditioning. i get this great mumbling sound. that ends up being the sound. >> fantastic. >> reporter: that beautiful sound is actually a movie projector motor from an ancient tv set. >> this is the projector motor hum. then this is the sound of the picture tube. the blend of those two is basic bed that's under every light saber. >> reporter: that's asteroids far, far away? they're potatoes. and the massed storm troopers on parade? >> so there are some real storm troopers on the set, and then the rest were added by artists. >> reporter: doug chang worked on the last trilogy and is t

>> reporter: i'm nick watt for "nightline" in hollywood. >> the je nais se quoi.ator: genesis" hits theaters in july. thanks for watching abc news. tune into "good morning america" tomorrow. as always online at abcnews.com. good night, america. [cheers and applause] >> yo! yo! whoa! whoa! hey, hey! hello, and welcome to millionaire. i'm terry crews. you may know me from brooklyn nine-nine and i'm thrilled to also be here hosting millionaire. [cheers and applause] at 62 years old, today's returning contestant exercises at 4:30 every morning, owns her own business, and breaks it down on the dance floor. needless to say, she's not your average grandma. from chicago, illinois please welcome christine pusateri! [cheers and applause] yeah! hello, good to see you. >> good to see you too. >> so good. how do you feel? >> oh, god, i feel wonderful. >> well, let's get into it. you are 9 questions away from the million dollars. you have no lifelines remaining. if at any time in this round you decide to walk, you'll leave with half your money. are you ready to play? >> yes, i

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nick watt takes us to a galaxy far, far away. >> reporter: that saber sound, well it's the whirl of aie projector plus the hum from an old tv set. >> the blend of those two is the basic bed that's under every light saber. >> reporter: the franchise is owned by disney abc's parent company. now, production designer doug chang worked side by side with st. lucas on episodes one, two and three. princess leia's hair based on an ancient style. chang is now hard at work on the upcoming episode seven. >> i can't even tell my whif what i'm doing. >> reporter: seems a bit ridiculous. >> but the dark secrets of past episodes now coming into the light. those asteroids in the back? they're actually potatoes. they also failed to find a sound effect for darth's star destroyers at a rocket range. >> i was back at a motel. i heard this rumbleing sound. this is great. i look all around. it's the air conditioner. and that ends up become the star destroyer. >> that's fantastic. >> reporter: do or do not. >> there is no try. >> reporter: nick watt, abc news, san francisco. >> potatoes? who knew. thank you

i'll be back. >> nick watt, abc news. >>> oh, boy. >> i'll be back.hat's three of only 58 total words that he said throughout the entire first film. >> another terminator fact, i didn't realize this, in that original film arnold schwarzenegger didn't want to say that. he didn't want to say i'll be back. he tried to convince the director to change that line. thankfully they did not. >> history. >>> coming up the best of april fool's day so far. the "the mix" is coming your way. fool's day so far. the "the mix" is coming your way. [ male announcer ] approaching medicare eligibility? don't put off checking out your medicare options until 65. now is a good time to get the ball rolling. medicare only covers about 80% of part b medical costs. the rest is up to you. that's where aarp medicare supplement insurance plans insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company, come in. like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans they could help save you in out-of-pocket medical costs. taking informed steps really makes a difference later. that's what it me

nick watt, abc news, los angeles. >> oh, 50 years old and just as hot as ever.le talking including referencing some similarities between 2015 and the previous year. you know which year. j. tweeting out sandra was named most beautiful woman. "coach" and "full house" returning to tv. clinton running for president. happy 1992. >> she's beautiful but one of the best things about her, she's goofy. she can make fun of herself. the most endearing thing about her, we fell in love with her in "speed." driving that bus. she was a blast in that movie. >> she's down to earth. i'd like to have a beer with her. >> exactly. she's that person. >> totally is. >> i'll have a beer with anybody. >> this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades. >> this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades. this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades. >>> good morning. i'm reena ninan. >> i'm t.j. holmes. here are some of the top headlines we're following this morning on "world news now." authorities in france say they stoppe

nick watt has more. ♪ shake, shake, shake, shake it off, shake it off ♪ >> taylor swift sings the wordhat megahit. she was only knocked off number one by meghan trainor. ♪ i'm all about that bass ♪ >> she sings that phrase 20 times in a three-minute pop song. >> these songs climb to number one faster. we met in rockaway records in l.a. but joe nunez is a usc professor. just had this paper published in the journal of consumer psychology. it's what he thinks helps make a hit song. >> we looked at billboard hot 100 songs from 1958. ♪ go to the hop is, let's go to the hop ♪ >> all the way to 2012. ♪ we fell in love in a hopeless place ♪ we fell in a love in a hopeless place ♪ >> and at effect holds. >> from the beatles. >> she loves you yeah, yeah, yeah. >> to pharrell. ♪ happy ♪ >> he sang happy 56 times and was number one for ten weeks, but it's not foolproof. if my mom sang shake it off it wouldn't make it to number one. >> no, we're not saying that's the one secret ingredient that's going to make a number one hit. >> reporter: but we now know it unquestionably helps. ♪ shake it off, sh

nick watt, abc news, san francisco. >> "star wars" franchise is owned by our parent company disney. >ght be a good weekend to watch it actually. >> you are going to have a "star wars" weekend. >> my son is in to it now. >> you have six movies. >> i know. quite a bit. especially this one which might be part of the new release, the download, never before scenes. >> i like this one. i like the obi-wan get up. i like this one. jedi master. oby one get up. i like this one. jedi master. nearly half a million cars were stolen in 2012. but for every car stolen 34 people had their identities stolen. identity thieves can steal your money damage your credit and wreak havoc on your life. why risk it when you can help protect yourself from identity theft with one call to lifelock, a leader in identity theft protection? lifelock actively patrols your sensitive personal information helping to guard your social security number, your bank accounts and credit, even the equity in your home. your valuable personal assets! look, your credit card company may alert you to suspicious activity on the accounts

have you got this right nick watt abc news los angeles. >> what?> well, i think if you have a relationship where both of you argue a lot. >> yeah. >> i think it's not really mathematical. >> yeah. >> its just common sense. >> yeah that's what they're saying. the more heated and nasty your argues you put some math to that. okay, that's fine. if you have nasty arguments constantly. >> i don't have very many arguments where i have a lot of joy. i don't i understand where you get the joy in an argument. >> i'll crack a joy. >> you do often in our marriage here in the middle of the night. >> we should apply that ha those numbers to our thing. >> let's do that. >> we're doomed. captions by vitac [ male announcer ] you wouldn't leave your car unprotected. but a lot of us leave our identities unprotected. nearly half a million cars were stolen in 2012. but for every car stolen 34 people had their identities stolen. identity thieves can steal your money damage your credit and wreak havoc on your life. why risk it when you can help protect yourself from iden

here's abc's nick watt. ♪ >> reporter: now for the first time ever you can download all six "star warshear the filmmakers spill the beans. >> full of surprises. >> reporter: how do they make that iconic light saber swoosh? wonder no more. it's a movie projector. >> this is the projector motor hum. >> reporter: and the burp. >> from the back of an old tv set. >> the blend of those two is -- is the basic bed that is under every light saber. >> the light saber with the two funny bits out of the side. you have seen it in the trailer for episode 7. was that your idea? >> it wasn't my idea but i helped to finish the design on that. >> what are they for? >> i can't tell you. >> reporter: he worked though last trilogy and the concept artist for the force awakens. >> i can't even tell my wife what i am doing. >> reporter: your wife? >> yes. >> reporter: that seems rick dus ridiculous. >> some of the asteroids are potatoes and one sound engineer remembers recording penguins and fruit bats in australia. >> i remember coming to your office and you were mixing them together. >> you are right. pengu

nick watt abc news los angeles >> 25?know when i was in london, they put an automatic 12% tip. >> cab ride? >> no, on your bill for dinner food. restaurants. and they said they're very happy. i felt awkward and kept telling my friend is that enough? it's more than enough in this country. i prefer 20%. >> i bet you would. who wouldn't tip that lady 30. ers. >> 30 i'm with you on 30. look at those waffle fries. that's an extra 5%. maybe 35%. that's the news for this half hour. remember to follow us on facebook. >> what should we be tipped for this broadcast? >>> this morning on "world news now," deputy charged. the volunteer officer accused of shooting a suspect with his gun instead of using a stun gun. he's booked. the dead victim's family speaks out. >> he was loving he was caring. and he was my brother that i'll never see again. >> the charges he faces in the middle of growing outrage nationwide over police conduct. >>> extreme weather blinding conditions from dust storms in the west causing huge pileups while driving do

nick watt has more. ♪ i'm just gonna shake shake shake shake shake shake it off ♪ >> reporter: taylor that hit. they was knocked off the charts pi meghan trainor. ♪ i'm all about that bass but that bass ♪ >> reporter: she sings that phrase1 time. joe is a usc professor. just had this paper published in the journal of consumer psychology. it's what he thinks helps make a hit song. >> we looked at billboard hot 100 songs. we went to 1958. ♪ let's go to the hop ♪ ♪ let's go to the hop ♪ >> all the way to 2012. ♪ we found love in a hopeless place ♪ ,and the effect holds. >> reporter: from the beatles. ♪ she loves you yeah yeah yeah ♪ >> reporter: to pharrell. he sang happy 56 times and was number one for weeks. if my mum sang "shake it off" it wouldn't make it to number one. >> no. we're not saying that is the one secret ingredient. >> reporter: but we now know it unquestionably helps. ♪ shake it off, shake it off ♪ >> reporter: for "good morning america," nick watt abc news los angeles. >> i do love it. >> we can remember the words and sing along? >> probably. >> listen, it does make us

nick watt abc news los angeles. >>> coming up national wear your pajamas to work day. or slippers.s on. >> good morning, 8:27 thursday, april 16. i'm tamala edwards. it's been a rough morning on the roads and i-95 one of those places, let's go over to matt. >> reporter: this gave me new gray hairs and the drivers fender bender i-95 southbound side by cottman. the delay doesn't kick in until past cottman and girard. ben franklin bridge westbound side from the up side into 8th and vine, normal morning stuff. we had a crash in gloucester township, camden county and since then we learned it was involving a school bus but it just cleared and everything is reopened. there's a new one at hare's corner taking out three of the lanes. overnight crash on i-95 northbound that was closing is completely gone, everything opened there tam. >>> let's head over to karen rogers and take a look at what's a beautiful day. good morning. >> reporter: we have lots of clouds but we'll see sunshine mixing in with it. 52 heading to a high of 68. we're dry today and later tonight we get showers late and tomor

nick watt abc news los angeles. >>> coming up national wear your pajamas to work day. or slippers.s on. >> people are coming into work and i got a couple of thank you's just now about how beautiful the conditions are. 56 degrees is our current temperature. we have partly sunny skies. that mix of sun and clouds today. and i temperatures will be about the same, as well. 48 in manassas. i temperatures will rise into the 60's. we will make it into the upper 60's this afternoon, but notice added cloud cover this afternoon. a stray shower to the west will be likely. we dry out in time to start a weekend with mid-70's, but rain is back late on sunday. >> first, i want to start off with an excellent still in place. you can see some of the flashing lights. we do have two left lanes that are passing by. 395 southbound. we are slow in both directions right now. southbound on 395, it most proud. as i pull out a little bit, we have the slowing on 395 basically from the beltway all the way to the 14th street bridge. inbound, 66, seeing that same heavy traffic. out of the beltway and inside the b

here's nick watt to show us. >> reporter: this morning, mamie gummer meryl streep's daughter and rita, have a solemn message. >> in the past few years. >> only 93% op popular >> were drecked by men. >> and only 80% were written by them. >> reporter: it's hilarious. >> women get to be naked in movies twice as often as men do. >> twice. >> reporter: it's the make it fair project. >> we wanted to get all of these facts that were very shocking to me out there. but with comedy. >> in 2014. >> only 88%. >> of box office hits. >> feature manned in leading role. >> reporter: tongues are in cheeks. ♪ until it's 100% it's only fair that men should have it all ♪ ♪ whoa ♪ >> reporter: the message is very serious. it matters who makes the movies we watch. >> those stories shape how we see the world. ♪ we stand here together ♪ ♪ we're standing in a group, yeah ♪ >> reporter: look. cameraman. soundman. producer man. are we bad people. ? >> #makeitfair. >> you took our psa to heart. it's only firemen should visit all. >> reporter: for lara amy, robin, ginger and "gma," nick watt abc news rg los angel

nick watt. >> reporter: buy a $3 coffee these days and prepare for this.ity cab and the lowest option offered is 20%. i always thought 0% was the top end of the scale. what we're expected to tip is going up. >> yes, it is. absolutely. the new norm is now 18% to 20%. >> there you go. >> reporter: for a smile,2% at least. these machines pay by ipad are largely the reason. look closely and there is a customize tip option. sit okay to go for the manual option and go cheaper? >> absolutely. you're not held hostage. but the thing is you're going to have to stand there, hit the other, calculate it yourself and put it in. all along, everybody is staring at you. >> i don't think you should be embarrassed into tipping somebody. >> reporter: christina is the chief concierge in beverly hills. food 20% standard. car valley $2 to $5. billion hop three bucks a bag. barista, $3 coffee what are we talking? >> i don't think i have tipped the barista. >> reporter: oh yeah brave now have use the customized tip option. you're going look like a cheapskate. >> perception is real

nick watt. more on her and the other stars who made the list. >> i'm not cutting. old. she's gorgeous. she's goofy. why has sandra bullock never won this before? >> did i really earn this or did i just wear y'all down? >> reporter: she can do serious. "the blind side. >> you threaten my son, you threaten me. >> reporter: and she can do funny. the heat. and she can do great. "gravity." and forgive me. but she can also wear short shorts. a little lower down on the list of "people"'s 100 most beautiful -- kidman, kunis, kerry, hudgens. and treanor. ♪ i ain't no size 2 but i can shake it shake it like i'm supposed to do ♪ >> reporter: and also laverne cox, i believe the first transgender honoree. this list has been going 25 years now. michelle pfeiffer was the first winner. julia roberts four times. only three men have ever won. two "friends" have won. and only one model. her reaction when she was told of the honor. that's ridiculous. i've told no one. and that's why we love her. for "good morning america," nick watt, abc news, los angeles. >> joining us our good frien

for "good morning america," nick watt, abc news, los angeles. >>> coming up, national wear your pajamasth our slippers on. also, we have got >>> now from abc 7 news. >> girm. i'm eric thomas. police are investigating an officer-involved shooting that injured a woman. it happened in east oakland. the officer who fired the shots was a san leandro police officer, investigating burglaries outside his city limits that's when police say he spotted a stolen car and tried to pull it oven the plainclothes officer says the woman rammed his car with hers so he opened fire. she was hit but is expected to survive. police detained her male passenger. >>> leyla? >> better conditions through berkeley. a look from our emeryville camera towards hichlt ofi-780, traffic is heavy but moving along. traffic blocking the lane in san jose as you approach stevens creek boulevard. traffic stacked on to 80 from 101 up to cupertino. >> [bulldog yawns] it's finally morning! i can't wait to get to mattress discounters because the tempur-pedic bonus event is ending soon. i'll have first pick from the huge selection of

for "good morning america," nick watt, abc news, san francisco. ♪ >> now we're here with actor martial giving pointers to special jedis in training. welcome, ray. >> good morning, how are you doing? >> i'm good. good morning to you too. now, we just saw a lot of the secrets that were revealed in that piece but is there anything about darth maul that we didn't learn and we don't know. >> we're not -- at the end when i had the famous cut in half scene, well actually hi to go to the bathroom -- >> okay. >> so that facial expression you see, darth maul doing like -- ah, i really needed to get out of there, you know. >> that is definitely a secret i didn't expect to learn. now, how do you feel being a part of such a stellar legacy with the movie series? >> i grew up with "star wars." that was the first movie i saw when i was a kid at 7 and feel honored and really truly lucky to have "star wars" part of my life. >> now, i know you've been here and teaching our young jedis how to fight but in the movie you had a double saber. any special techniques that you had that -- can you show us somethi

abc's nick watt has the story. >> is this is the home of derek shepherd?nd the reality is harsh. he's gone. a car wreck and a little medical negligence, now we're moving into the second stage of grief, anger. thousands of furious fans are signing a petition to bring the dishy dr. derek shepherd back from the dead. with all the brilliant ideas and writers that you have the petition reads in part, make this episode a dreamt one, a hallucination. >> it's a beautiful day to save lives. >> reporter: and patrick dempsey himself? i'm still processing it, he told "entertainment weekly." this is part of the mourning process, the post "grey's" experience. says he won't miss the grueling unpredictable shoot schedules. he has kids, but he sure will miss the other half of mer-der. >> wait for me. >> he stopped. he really had to gather his words but he also couldn't speak because he started to cry. his eyes welled then he just was in a whisper tone that it was magic. we were like a married couple. he lost it right then and there and that was moving. >> reporter: dempsey

nick watt found out what the emperor has in common with frankenstein. >> hit it. >> reporter: how doeen conversations with the film's makers. >> that's impossible. >> reporter: let's tart with the sound for those star destroyers. >> had an appointment to record various military and scientific rockets taking off and they weren't all that great. i was back in the motel and i went to bed and i heard this great rumbling sound. this is great. i look all around. it's the air conditioner is like broken or it's moving slightly. and that ends up being the star destroyer. >> oh that's fantastic. >> reporter: you heard it here darth vader's ship a mere household appliance. >> i find your lack of faith disturbing. >> reporter: at work for the last trilogy, the great george lucas wrote the script and doug chang cheated that galaxy. >> take a le mans car and put two jet engyps on it. >> which morphed into this in episode 1. this sketch morphed into this. what about those great costumes? >> our great tuscan reader. they collected odd bits to plumbing star hardware store, camera stores and creighed