. >> you're saying robert downey jr. wouldn't have scared him? >> i don't think robert downey jr. scares a lot of people. maybe in the ironman suit but not with the glasses. i'm lin berry. this comes from k can voa, in arizona, where a 9-year-old boy is giving all he's got for congresswoman giffords. isaac wanted to show support for the congresswoman selling some of his prized possessions, his toys to friends at school. along with a get well card he sent her the $2.85 his sale yielded. his generosity surprised his mom and touched the giffords' family who say with gratitude they're sending isaac's money back, but what a great gesture. >>> i'm lynn berry. this is "early today," your first stop of the day, today, on your nbc station. >>> the united states' most famous doll gets a bolivian makeover. an artist has given the doll a new wardrobe typically seen on indigenous women including billowing skirts, sequinned jackets and festival masks. barbie's blonde hair was dyed black and braided giving her a common, local style that the women of bolivia can relate to. >>> snowfall may be cau

robert downey, jr.n sherlock holmes 2. >> for more on this story and the late breaking hollywood news, visit our website "e.t." online.com. >> monday on "e.t." mary hart welcomes nancy o'dell. big news from the "e.t." set. >> look who's sharing our "e.t." desk. >> nancy's first day on the job and her oprah exclusive. >> exclusive hugh hefner and his fiancee 60 years younger. >> will there be another wedding. >> at home with the new bachelor. can brad finally find true love? that's monday. >> in tonight's "entertainment tonight's" birthdays which batman star almost landed patrick swayze's role in dirtdy dancing. is it george clooney, michael keaton or val kilmer? your answer next in the "e.t." birthdays. , it's really delicious, mom. it's not too well done? nope. but it is a job well done. what are you reading, sweetie? her diary. when you're done, i'd love some feedback. sure. your mom and i read that thing cover-to-cover. loved it. thanks. would you mind if i cut the lawn this weekend? only if you let

robert downey jr. called his introduction hugely mean-spirited. even secured the foreign press president who called his remarks totally unacceptable while denying he was being roasted himself by angry producers during an hour-long disappearance from the show. sde admit he probably won't be invited back. he also explained during that hour-long break it wasn't that he was in trouble or anything. he just got to choose who he introduced and that happened to be a break in between. >> who is going to want to do these jobs? there's no love for the host at all anymore. >> i think a lot of people would want to do that job. they're probably just going to keep it a little bitç cleaner next time, but we'll see what happens. >>> this comes to us from wmaq in chicago, illinois, where in nearby crystal lake one chihuahua had one very close call. chico was out for a walk with his owner when a great horned owl swooped in and attacked him. his battle wounds tell the story. he was dragged across the side walk and through the snow with only his tiny little jacket bl

please welcome robert downey jr. >> pretty rough. what you didn't see there is robert downey jr. calling gervais' jokes mean spirited while he was on stage. meanwhile, gervais is now explaining why he was missing from the stage for more than an hour. there were rumors he was pulled off the show. he says there was supposed to be that long of a gap in between introductions. he says the atmosphere after the show was great. >>> thank you for joining us this morning. >> the "today" show is coming up next. we'll have a local news update in a half hour. [ wheezing breaths ] [ woman ] the first time i smoked, i was 13. i was in a hurry to grow up and wanted to look cool. big tobacco knew it, and they preyed on me. i'm here to tell you that big tobacco hasn't changed. they continue to profit... by selling kids the same lies... to get them to use... the same deadly products. don't be big tobacco's next victim. leftover desserts, boardroom, now. and hurry before the interns get here. thanks but i already have some yummy black forest cake. black forest cake? ♪ so? [ female announcer ] need a

everybody came under fire from cher to angelina to robert downey jr. the "l.a.ty" and "abusive" to describe his performance as host. the guess among tv critics today was he would not be invited back. ryan selter agreed. >> what was unique about ricky gervais, he seemed to cross a line and said things we only read about in gossip blogs and say them in front of those celebrities. it might help his personal brand as a guy that knows no boundaries, but it probably won't get him invited back next time. >> the head of the hollywood foreign press organization said the organization would never condone some of ricky gervais' personal remarks and he said they sometimes went too far, but overall they said the show was one of the best they ever had and they're pleased by that. >>> starbucks announced today it's rolling out a new size drink with a new name, trenta? how big is a trenta? just smaller than the city of trenton. 31 ounces, 30% bigger than a vente, about the same amount as contained in two and a half cans of soeda in one container available only for the cold drink

he made fun of robert downey jr.'s drug troubles.e took the hosting job is that the golden globes promised to say whatever he wanted. he thought it was his job to roast the celebrities and not look like a hollywood insider. >>> sasha baron cones is tackling a new role. he played saddam hussein and helped write a movie called "the dictator." they jokingly call it a heroic story of a dictator who risked his life to make sure democracy could never come to the country he lovingly oppressed. >>> it is 6:26 right now. donald trump isn't happy the president threw a state dinner for china's leader. find out what the billionaire thinks they should have eaten. >>> and we are taking a live look outside this time from the south bay. we are also talking about caltrain this morning. they are having budget woes. what does the future hold? >>> let's take a live look outside at san jose. i jumped the gun trying to get to the weekend for you. we are on your side or reousit.be gorgeous across the bay area. 6:26 right now. the next, you start one feelin

. >> robert downey jr. to. >> james wright go last year and he's coming back again. >> it's an honor. >> major stars turning him and snowy park city top. pierce brosnan returns turned up pries, do not overstoi bar. demi moore has two films in the festival so does elizabeth banks. >> do not use that technique. >> in the details she stars opposite toby mcgwire. >> i will bite. >> they hope someone bites on their films. it's for sale at sundance along with dozens. oprah winfrey could be one of the buyers she's looking for product for her new phone network. >> all brought artiste that debt coming jazz before it premieres at sundance. it follows ties bono whose mom is shared as heat transitions for female to male. their hands that oprah may fly out there to check another documentary. at the civil-rights activists. celebrities do flock to sundance, when all is said and done the vessel is about finding, nurturing and known films and undiscovered talent. talent like mark, he got his big break in the sun dance movie

think robert downey junior, mickey rourk and britney spears. >> hollywood may not be ready to take heryet. she's got to prove that she's dependable that, she shows up and she's not a diva. this is going to be a long, tough road. >> reporter: the judge set the release day for today, january 3, so she would not -- either way, meredith, she'll get random drug testing through next month. >> jeff rossen, thank you very much. >>> a criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor. and a psychologist and mental health specialist. it's been reported that once lindsay lohan leaves this facility, she will go to an undisclosed location with her mom and two siblings, somewhere in the l.a. area. i know that her mom in august said to matt, she wanted to take her all the way to new york, out of l.a. all together. >> it's really important that we be aware of people, places and things. it was probably a good idea if she go to a step down program. and especially around her mom, who certainly can be a trigger. addiction is a family disease. >> is she already setting herself up for failure? >> i hope she i

please welcome robert downey jr. >> aside from the fact that it's been hugely mean spirited with mildlyundertones, i'd say the vibe is pretty good so far, wouldn't you? >> reporter: in the middle, gervais was not seen for more than an hour, creating speculation that he was being punished or even fired. in a statement gervais said both were not true. dy every single introduction i was meant to. i obviously chose presenters who i had the best jokes for. and when he reappeared, he kept on jabbing. >> what can i say about our next two presenters? the first is an actor, producer, writer and director whose movies have grossed over $3.5 billion. the other is tim allen. >> reporter: the president of the hollywood foreign press association said he definitely crossed the line and some of the things were totally unacceptable, but that's ricky. >> he wasn't making these jokes to please celebrities or to suck up to celebrities. in fact about they're mad at him today, then he feels like he did will his job. >> so was ricky gervais brilliant or a bust? good morning. >> good morning. >> bonnie, i'll st

. >> maybe she should talk to robert downey? >> you know, there's a lot of great examples.l is only 24 years old, george. that's what's so sad about this. 24-year-olds with amazing talent. there are people that hollywood that i know has said, let us reach out to you. the hollywood community wants this kid to get back on her feet. >> because she's only 24, a lot of hope? >> you know, there is i lot of hope. in her new year's tweet, she said the right thing. >> but you want that to be the last tweet. mitch rosenthal, thank you very much. juju chang for the news. >>> george, we're just getting word of an earthquake in utah this morning. it was only magnitude 4.9, police in beaver county halfway between salt lake and las vegas said the quake was very strong. many people are reporting that items fell off walls and shelves. as of now, no injuries were reported but we will keep you posted. >>> big news. facebook is about to get a major injection of cash, goldman sachs and a russian company are invests $5 billion in facebook. the deal values facebook at $50 billion and could double

robert downey jr., annette benning. i like the glasses trend. done with the clothes. i like a lot of bling. there was tons. >> millions of dollars on the red carpet. we haven't seen that in a few seasons. >> this is something different. jennifer lopez had a lot of bling going on. >> if jenny from the block is on the red carpet, you know there's going to be serious bling involved. she was wearing almost $5 million worth. $5 million worth of harry winston diamonds. you see those amazing earrings. she had a cuff bracelet that was also a watch. halle barry also had significant bling. those kind of layered cuffs on both -- layered bangals. also harry winston, but only $2.7 million compared to j. lo, so j. lo had the bling. >> it was jane russell cross your heart bra commercial. >> halle, unfortunately -- the dress was one of my least favorites. >> the jewels won. >> the jewels were great. tina fey looked really pretty with those blue lorraine schwartz earrings. >> i thought she looked really beautiful last night. >> elegant. >> she looks the same as she always does, but sh

i understand she just hired the attorney that used to be robert downey jr.'s doctor.rk for her, and this new attorney will continue her on her management team. >> hopefully we'll see a good come back from her. and now to the pretrial hearing in michael jackson's death which begins today and dr. conrad murray, charged with unvoluntary manslaughter. as i understand, these proceedings, the pretrial hearings, pretty quick motions, but not in this case? >> they're expecting it could take up to eight days to get through the prosecution's arguments and the defense's arguments. dr. murray is expected to say that michael jackson actually committed suicide that he administered that final lethal dose of propofol. they would rather hear that dr. murray is blaming it on another doctor for them to try to insinuate that michael jackson killed himself. >> and his family, friends, they're going to be in court. >> it's like all things involving the jacksons. >> all right now moving on to oprah's new network, own launched on new year's day. and the reviews are in already, the ratings we

." >> i love this next -- please welcome, robert downey jr. >> aside from the fact that it has been meanat's almost like ambush hosting. these people are ready to come out and do their thing and they don't know what he's going to say before he comes out and i thought he of all people handtled best. first of all, let's think about this. look what this man has come out of and conquered. the demon in his life to do good work. it's time to applaud people who face that kind of rehab and make something about their life. >> the thing even for people who think they're funny i think at the very end when he said, i thank god for making me an atheist. i think at the very, very end of the show when that was the final period at the end i think people who thought he was funny said, why did he say that? >> seems to be on a rant on the atheism thing. but that's downerish. >> downer. >> yeah, but one of the great highlights -- first of all, how great was it to see him and catherine out together. >> what an old-fashioned, glamorous, hollywood couple. they're hollywood royalty. they truly are. >> when he w