and nickelodeon. and -- getting to -- meet -- meet actors from those shows. >> what they say they got was a high pressured pitch from the company big city talent. >> they explained what you are auditioning for is the chance to participate in four reher shalls, one dress rehearsal that would lead to a showcase. >> big city talent rep told her to be prepared to buy a package deal ranging in prices from $1,500 to $5,000 if her daughter got a call back. >> i am guessing everybody got a phone call to come back. regardless of what the awe degs wdegs -- audition was like. >> susie young hears the same scum mraents from paren complaints from parents all the time. she represented children for camera ready kids. >> you should want to see these people. so you shouldn't be charging. >> young and local industry experts say you don't need to pay a fortune for fame. most talent agents get paid after they become their clients' work. parents should not empty out the college fund for pricey pictures. young says a great

we're moving a half hour of sketch comedy show that we do every day on awesomeness to nickelodeon this summer. we had a movie released in theaters this spring. so we're sort of a new media company. we're not just a distribution platform. >> jeffrey, people have been speculating for some time about taking these brands that you guys have developed, the likes of "kung fu panda," even buying the "lassie" rights and moving those into more tv content. but why did you decide to go digital, instead of sticking to

price is going up and we have all these rounds like time warner and mgm polled 1300 movies and nickelodeon last night. if they are getting less than these kids will pursue other options because they are not in tandem going venue to venue they were all on facebook last year now and next year it said the amazon or you to that trend did really well. liz: i can see that. but mark we're looking at an important point* with the arrested development series popping back up with is now the proprietary content of net flex -- netflix i even heard that the sir might crash because so many people love this series is a really that big does it add to the bottom line in a meaningful way? >> i am not sure one series does but no question it will be a very popular hits for the company. people go to netflix because increasingly now because of the hbo quality of original series, house of cards and now arrested development and others later. >> kuwait. they're going for original content white house of cards with that will cost them roughly 400 million or 700 million next year. the contents liability they are not p

in man hat snn. >> reporter: the 27-year-old star of the movie "hairspray" once a child star on nickelodeon has had back-to-back trouble after two hit and run cases, driving with a suspended license, and alleged drunk driving. in april, bynes made headlines again for a series of bizarre events and her dramatic change in appearance. captured in these photos with facial piercings. >> there was a lot of speculation in the late stages of her career she was lamenting she couldn't get lindsay lohan roles, some people think she's lashing out and trying to get this bad girl image going. >> reporter: what an image it is, from topless twitter photos to the bizarre self-y videos. in court friday the judge gave bynes a stern warning. >> you will appear before me. you are in a very, very challenging situation right now. >> reporter: and the judge leased bynes without her posting bail because she promised to baek in court this july. meanwhile on that drunk driving case, bynes pleaded not guilty. dan and bianna, so many asking this morning what is going on with amanda bynes? >> you just have to hope she h

this is amanda bynes we're talking about, formerly of nickelodeon. here she is wearing a ratty wig, apokg weed and throwing her bong out of a 36-floor apartment when police arrived. bynes insists she's fine but recent events suggest otherwise. abc's gio benitez is on the story. sad stuff. >> it is. this morning amanda bynes denies it all, saying she never tossed anything out the window. a bizarre new case for her growing list of problems and wait until you see how she showed up in that court. this is actress amanda bynes, in court friday wearing a disheveled and bizarre blond wig. her hair super short in the mug shot. thursday night at her new york apartment, 36 floors up, bynes allegedly tossed a marijuana bong out the window right in front of officers, reportedly telling them, it was just a vase. her lawyer says none of it is true. >> clearly a search was made for the bong, nothing was recovered. >> reporter: bynes reiterated hours later by tweeting this, i only smoke tobacco. i don't drink or do drugs. i've never had a bong in my life. i need to g

her nickelodeon shows, the 27-year-old actress was arrested last night for reckless endanger him, tavppering with evidence, possession of marijuana. police were called to her manhattan apartment after she was smoking in the lobby. when she arrived, she threw her bong out her 36th floor window. >> i hope it didn't land on anybody. >> 36 floors, that could have hurt someone. >> yes. >> glass shattering everywhere, water, marijuana. now let's turn to some o'cad my award winning aors. morgan freeman and michael cane gave an interview in seattle to promote their new film about magic. that's when freeman decided to get some beauty sleep during interview. >> they did the biggest imagic tricks in any movie, they're gigantic. not only is it that, they then in the movie show you how it was done without cgi. i had to learn card tricks off a real ma gigs, but this, the tricks in this are so gigantic that you wouldn't -- >> michael cane, a consummate professional. carrying on, morgan. if you are an academy award winning actor, can you sleep wherever you want. freeman sent this statement reading i w

. >> speaking of watching tv, you have a movie coming up on nickelodeon. -- >> that's what they told me it was. >> mafia for kids? >> it's based on a book that i wrote in 2005. it's on nickelodeon. may 27th. 8:00 p.m. eastern time. it is a family movie. a comedic movie. it's really funny. tony sarico, rita çmorino play my mom. it's a beautiful movie. >> we'll check that out. >> it's not a mafia movie. >> somebody is going to get fired behind that. congratulations. >> thank you very much. >> congratulations on being part of one of the greatest television shows of all-time. speaking of parenting, father's day is around the corner. i love spending father's day with my kids. i remember all the times my dad took me to celtics games during the larry byrd era. and one story about the vets coming home from afghanistan, surprising his daughter at the rays game. what's your favorite sports moment with your dad? erin margaret says, my dadded catch with me every day as a kid when i knew he didn't want to. that's lovely. that is fatherhood. like us on facebook. don't

>> there is the more traditional television and we have several series on nickelodeon, on the cartoon network, "how to train your dragon," as you mentioned, we have a series premieres on netflix, the first half-hour animated show to premiere on netflix, which is growing into an incredible platform. those are all great businesses for us. and we still are committed to them and they're very good revenue drivers for us. what brian is building is really what is the next great platform. and it's not instead of television. and i think that's where the miss is in this. you know, that 20-minute, 30-minute, one-hour sitback experience is very different from what he creates and what exists on youtube, which is a mobile experience, it's what i call in between. it's those moments where we're waiting and have opportunities to fill these gaps with short form content. >> but don't we hear statistically and anecdotally that teens are watching less television and they're going more online. they're doing more mobile things, more digital things. so i'm not sure i buy your premise there, jeffrey, with all

. >>> all right, more legal trouble for amanda bynes, the former nickelodeon star was arrested aftere say she threw a bong out the window of her manhattan apartment. >> what is on her head? someone in the building had called police to complain that she was smoking marijuana and rolling a joint in the lobby. when cops showed up, they smelled weed and see her heave the bong. she was charged with reckless endangerment and tampering with evidence. >> almost seems like a performance artist, so strange. >>> kmart let customers know they can ship their pants. now it wants to share its big gas savings. >> let's face it, kmart isn't exactly known for being all that edgy but a new series of commercials is winning lots of fans and i'm getting lots of laughs. take a listen. >> i hate these big gas prices. >> sounds like you could use some big gas savings. they save 30 cents a gallon. that's a big gas discount. >> a really big gas discount discount. >> really big gas discount. >> this solves your big gas discount problem. >> solves my big gas problem. >> that's gas with a "g." digestive balance.

why -- >> well this is -- this is a entertainment company, you know it as nickelodeon, mtv, they own the paramount studios. very little capital expenditure, take the cash and buy back stock. and over the next three or four years, i think will make 50%-plus, 17% a year. the v.i.a. is $67, $68, and i think it will be $100 in three or four years. >> tell us about the next one, ticker symbol mdlz, interesting back story. why do you like it? >> well, mondoleze was a spinoff from kraft. went out and bought cad bury, which is chocolate, put it together with their products, global products, now she has a global company. stock is around $31, earnings will grow double digits in the next five years and will capture the growing middle class in both india and china. great global plate. >> and it has a lot of the basic things people always want. you said chewing gum. >> well, biscuits, confectionary and chewing gum. very large categories, growing very nicely and good positions. and plus nelson buying stock. >> that always helps. >> and maybe. and maybe they'll merge. so the stock has not lost sigh

. >> first, new legal problems face former nickelodeon star amanda bynes. she appeared in court wearing this long, dishefled blonde wig. >> amanda bynes spent time in custody after throwing a marijuana bong out of a window at police shechl was wearing sweats and a blonde wig. police say someone reported her rolling a joint and smoking it in her complex's lobby. authorities saw heavy smoke and a bong. that is when she threw it out of the window. country star cary underwood donating $1 million to the red cross in hopes of helping relief efforts in her home state of oklahoma saying she's using profits from her recent tour to contribute. disney parks are throwing 24 hour parties. open for a full day, thousands waited overnight for the parties which end tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. on the red carpet is getting it's disney fix in florida. catch the show this weekend from walt disneyworld. >> returning to the water and the wind up next taking you along one of the america's cup contenders out practicing on the bay today what. they're doing differently now. >> they look li

>> i did when she had her amanda show on nickelodeon and found her to be so unbelievably refreshing. in that she's so, so talented. so funny. working with her, i felt like it was like -- lucille ball must have been like early on. she was that good. and so next thing you see -- and her family was all around her and they all seemed very, very grounded. and very family-oriented and i just thought this kid has got you know everything she needs to make a successful transformation from child star to adult star. and somewhere along the line something went wrong. and i'm -- really sad. >> in 2012, you started recently saying posted pictures on twitter that were funny. they were all these selfie pictures, one she had piercings in her face, one she had just on a bra or something. as you were watching it, you could kind of see it graduate. then she cut her hair all the way off. to show up in court with that wig was very strange. >> it's not just partying, it seems there's something mentally off. she's a sweetheart actually. i was so impressed with her. you know how i am about kids, and how they

her days of nickelodeon stardom are a distant, rearview mirror now. courtroom today. amanda bynes cuffed, a mess in court behind all that hair. that's her. this latest legal entanglement calls on the just throw the evidence out the window defense, apparently. amanda bynes arrested, hauled out of her midtown manhattan apartment after the doorman complained she was smoking and rolling marijuana cigarettes in the lobby. we've learned bynes went back up to her apartment, and when police were knocking at the door, she chucked a bong out the window. she lives on the 35th floor. her apartment filled with heavy marijuana smell. really? uh-huh, according to police. here are fresh sketches from inside the courtroom as well today. lots of video and pictures as people are snapping down the spiraling of amanda bynes. she was a child and teenage star with several successful tv series on nickelodeon and movies as well. you may remember. that's her with less hair and its original color. now she has the tight l -- tight l of havoc wreaker. in april of 2012 bynes hit a

a different picture from the rising star on nickelodeon and movies like "hair spray."rment, and possession of marijuana as police investigate allegations of drug use saying she threw a bong more than 30 stories out her manhattan apartment and bynes denies illegally throwing anything out of her window. this isn't the starlet's first time in front of a judge. in los angeles last year, bynes pleaded not guilty to driving under the influence. two hit-and-run charges were eventually dropped and last fall bynes was given probation for driving on a suspended license. she's changed her once wholesome appearance and recently has been known to tweet barely clothed photos of herself. bynes has insisted there's nothing wrong and plans to launch a fashion line. >> this is a young lady who used to be articulate and a child star and behavior is getting more bizarre and concerning. >> reporter: bynes is far from the first young star to run into problems. lindsay lohan is frequently in court. britney spears once appeared to have a public meltdown. even teen sensation justin bieber has

>>> and amanda bynes' allegations the former nickelodeon star's accusations aimed at new york policend what she says and may do next. we'll have it in "the skinny." on this memorial day, monday, may 27th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. >>> happy memorial day, everyone. >> happy memorial day, everyone. >> hope you had a good weekend. we're beginning this half-hour with the solemn ceremonies planned for this memorial day. after meeting with families, president obama lays a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns at arlington. >> a somber time yesterday as president obama met with those who lost loved ones in the oklahoma tornado. here is abc's larry jacobs. ♪ >> reporter: moore, oklahoma came together for a praise and worship service after the tragedy and loss from last monday's tornado. it was an evening of prayer, faith, and hope. >> our spirits have been shaken this week, our hearts have been broken, but our resolve is strong. and we will rise again. >> reporter: earlier in the day, president obama walked the path of destruction ca

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successful young actress with a once clean cut reputation, basis points first road rose to fame on nickelodeon'snd "amanda show." her television work led to several movie roles, most recently playing a virtuous team opposite emma stone in 2010's, "easy a." >> i'm not the one you have to answer to for your creep behavior. will is a higher power that you will answer to. >> reporter: after that, she stepped into legal problems. she is fighting a dui case. last year, two separate hit-and-run charges were dismissed. earlier this month, the actress was sentenced to three years probation for driving on a suspended license. >> do you live here? are you planning on paying the debt? >> reporter: now, bynes is answering to a u.s. city judge for allegedly tossing a bong out of her knicks 36th floor new york city apartment. appear income a long, blond, disheveled wig, she was charged with tampering with criminal evidence and legal possession of maumpb. >> have you ever thrown a drug out the window? >> reporter: bynes denies the charges and subsequently made allegations of her own against the nypd in a series

but espn and nickelodeon come on for the first time. focus on them. >> okay.n any event, you're right. >> he likes to hear that. >> christian did not mention that 1979 is the beginning of s.e. cupp. we don't talk about that. >> i was born in 1979. i can't believe you did not mention that in your book, christian. >> we like hearing your ideas for the five most important things in '79. walkman, afghanistan, war, these are toss-ups. tough calls. >> really? really? you're going to do that on remote? >> all right. we'll see. >> thank you for joining us, christian. >> it's my pleasure. >>> when we do come back, "the cycle" will go to the movies. our picks for the summer season. because yes, we're qualified to do that. i describe myself as a mother, a writer and a performer. i'm also a survivor of ovarian and uterine cancers. i even wrote a play about that. my symptoms were a pain in my abdomen and periods that were heavier and longer than usual for me. if you have symptoms that last two weeks or longer, be brave, go to the doctor. ovarian and uterine cancers are gyn

these would be mostly heard not in private homes, but in nickelodeons. >> brown: one example here: president mckinley's 1896 campaign songs recorded on wax cylinders. years later, technology had evolved. this 1936 louis armstrong recording was made on a nickel- plated copper disc. the goal here is to extract as much of the sound or sonic information as possible from the old format, in order to create a new high-quality digital version that can be preserved for the future. we watched that process-- stripping off the audio d.n.a. in a sense-- undertaken on a lacquer disc of arthur smith's "guitar boogie" from the 1940's; and american composer roy harris' "duo for cello and piano" from the 1970's. but a tremendous amount of material has been lost, even historic recordings by the likes of george gershwin, frank sinatra, and judy garland. the library was mandated by congress to develop a new audio recording preservation strategy, and brought out a plan earlier this year. among its goals: create a publicly accessible national directory of collections; develop a coordinated collections policy, incl

and nickelodeon should be shut down because they don't like the programming or five ardent feminists who think mattel's should be gotten rid of. >> you can eliminate everything. >> haven't we undermine the idea of voluntary exchange? >> we don't suggest in the book that tobacco companies should be made illegal or junk food companies should be forbidden to trade. is based on voluntary exchange and ultimately business is there to satisfy the needs and desires of its customer base. fast-food companies for example have served historically useful purpose. their products have obviously been over indulged in, but when you look at it historically they provide convenience, consistency, and affordability for many people, where those are things people prefer. the challenge, a fast-food company is how would we provide affordability, convenience and quality and consistency while upbraiding and educating our customers rejoices that were healthier for them. and a fast-food company could begin to nudge its customer base, not command them to do so but could help over time raise consciousness. in the

all this comes on the heels of the former nickelodeon star's arrest thursday night when she allegedlyong out of her apartment window. saturday, she took to twitter, claiming the new york city police officer who responded to her apartment inappropriately touched her. quote, the cops were creepy. the cop sexually harassed me. they found no pot on me or bong outside my window. that's why the judge let me go. >> denied having thrown anything out the window. >> reporter: bynes appeared before a new york judge friday, wearing that blonde wig. but said very little in court. this morning a law enforcement official familiar with the investigation tells abc news, the building manager has been interviewed by internal affairs bureau investigators. and he said that no one touched bynes inappropriately at any time. the official says bynes was already on the phone making allegations against police before investigators entered her apartment. >> you are in a very, very challenging situation right now. >> reporter: it has been a year-long seemingly downward spiral for the "hairspray" actress. from topl

bynes first rode to fame as a child on nickelodeon's "all that" and "the amanda show." >> i just happenn. >> reporter: it led to several movie roles, most recently playing a virtuous teen in "easy a." >> there's a higher power that will judge you for your indecency. >> reporter: now bynes is fighting a 2012 dui case in california. late last year, two hit and run charges against her were dismissed. earlier this month, the actress was sentenced to three years probation for driving on a suspended license. now bynes is answering to a new york city judge for allegedly tossing a bong out of a window of her 36th floor new york city apartment last week. appearing in a long, blond, disheveled wig, bynes was charged with tampering with criminal evidence and possession of marijuana. >> my client denies having thrown anything out the window. >> reporter: bynes denies the charges and has subsequently made allegations of her own against the nypd in a series of strange tweets. he slapped my vagina. sexual harassment, big deal. adding "the cops sexually harassed me. they found no pot on me or bong outs

he is everywhere, tv's "america's got talent," and even an executive at nickelodeon.ple met in 2005 when nick introduced mariah at the teen choice awards. >> mariah carey! >> i would say i spoke our relationship into existence because every time i did an interview, people would ask me who my celebrity crush was. i would always say, "mariah carey." >> reporter: the couple divides their time between their homes in los angeles and this 12,000 square foot penthouse apartment in new york. in 2006, mariah, then single, gave us a glimpse of what selling 200 million albums can buy you. mariah, i've never seen anything like this. it's like a movie set. >> that's a pretty big statement coming from you. >> reporter: the closet is bigger than most people's living room. >> i call it the family room. >> reporter: through another door, mariah's life in photos. the black father, the white mother, but not a single picture from her first marriage to record executive tommy mottola, the man who discovered her and controlled her. so were you afraid of marrying again? >> initially i was af

it's not about revenue growth, but they've had real struggles at nickelodeon and there have been questionsdvertising, but it is up 2% worldwide and that is being embraced by investors. time warner, on the other hand, as i said, they haven't had the call yet, i don't believe. >> don't you think it should be addressed? do you think the analysts will risk talking about it after congratulations is always the great quarter. >> remember i do the congratulations ratio, when you have more than 50% congratulations, that stock goes higher and it doesn't need bernanke's report. great quarter david. >> netflix saying hey, we know our users better than anybody, so we're not just going to buy everything that you want to sells. >> to be fair, reed hastings always praises the time warner model. he's actually very acumenical about it. >> he'd like to get $14.99 a subscriber also. >> so would t-mobile. >> bob pisani is on the floor watching what else is moving. >> there are a lot of t-mobile executives and that merger now complete with metro pcs and t-mobile and it just opened at $16.25. there must be a hun

steve reunited with his sopranos castmates in an upcoming movie for nickelodeon and written a book abouts two daughters. that book is called "big daddy's rules: raising daughters is tougher than i look." steve schirripa is here with his daughters breeja and laura. sit back for a second. i'm happy to meet you two. i've known your dad for a long time. every time we get together you know what he talks about? you two. he is a mush ball when he comes to you. is he like that at home? >> from time to time. >> he can be. >> what's his parenting style like? how would you describe it? >> very loud. >> loud. yes. >> tough? >> intense. >> tough love? >> protective. >> his way or the highway? >> yes. >> yes. >> exactly. >> is this fair? >> absolutely. >> yeah, why? >> because i'm watching out for them. i'm a big daddy. i take charge. fathers don't take charge nowadays. everything you see the father, tv, movies, he's an idiot. i'm not an idiot. >> when you say big daddy you don't mean because of your size. you're talking about a formidable force in the house. >> a big mouth, big heart and a big temper