. >> stephen: now your new movie is noah starring russell crowe, released tomorrow.ou do a biblical movie? did you get a message from god or-- or someone more powerful like paramount pictures? why do a bible movie. >> it was my 7th grade english teacher, actually. >> stephen: really? >> i had a magical teacher. >> stephen: magical, like-- like with wings and a wand. >> no, she just was very inspirational, wearing all pink, pink eye shadow, drove a pink mustang, and she said one day take out a paper and pen and write a poem and i ended writing something on noah, a poem and ended up winning a contest and it sent me down the path of being a creative storyteller. >> stephen: how is the story of noah about peace, because it is-- i mean you're known for doing some dark tales. but all of mankind is killed except one family. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> stephen: and it's a little dark. how is that a story of peace. god kicking ass and taking names in this movie. >> absolutely. i'm surprised you no he that because most people turn it into this nursery story, with the long white be

the ark also appears in the hollywood blockbuster starring russell crowe and many pairs of animals.es suggest the ark encounter park will cost some $150 million to build. in the kitchen, bill greg readies for the easter rush. he's a fan of the ark project. it's expected to employ as many as 900 people. >> there is a separation of church and state, but they've not presented it as a church. they've presented it as a theme attic park. >> it's kind of a sucker punch to know my tax dollars are like helping to prop this up. >> reporter: chris baxter's not sold. kentucky has granted answers in genesis to build the ark park. >> i pass over a lot of potholes. i know a lot schools that could use some bonuses for teachers. instead, we're going to build the mickey mouse version of a bible story, and that is a little depressing to me. >> reporter: commotion rains just across the ohio river in daryl's pet shop. he says he doesn't often think about the separation of church and state, but he believes in it as he does in god. >> to mmato, tomato, what is it. if that's a theme park, it's an acceptabl

i sang with russell crowe, yes. >> yes, you did. said, "why don't you sing the song," right? >> jimmy: it came to me in a a vision. >> see? and i'm one of his friends, and he never even asked me. you know what i mean? >> jimmy: next time. next time. well, you're here for a a musical. you're here for "draft day." >> okay, right, "draft day." all right. >> jimmy: we've got to talk about sports and kevin costner and jennifer garner. >> you're never going to ask me sing a number. >> jimmy: i will! >> just put me in the background of a bruce springsteen thing. you know? >> jimmy: all right. all right, i will. >> how many times have you had springsteen on? geez. your daughter's not going to think springsteen is cool when she grows up, buddy. >> jimmy: what are you talking about? >> by the way, she's going to hate the tebowie thing. dad, don't ever do the tebowie again. >> jimmy: you are so out of line right now. you have no idea. >> i know, i know. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: let's talk about "draft day," please. "draft day," please. >> okay.

hollywood stars russell crowe emma watson and jennifer connelly as the european premiere in london. this is epic was that good. pray that i add it to the set of lungs of the both countries for its depiction of the prophet noah. don't go into making a movie like this and that included with it. in some countries. it is that the quran. it's quite relieved that i shouldn't make any representations of the prophets dollars profit in islam so good to say that it was expected to be someone that would be soon too. in him. it is a sad sad at the house to see. as i think that's a wonderful thing to have people talking at the bookstore yes you other criticisms of the building could plot devotees and special effects which angered some traditionalists. but jewish directed to an honesty is taking it all in his stride. it seems there's no such thing as bad press the film did well when it opened around the globe. he says. after a half century it was time for you what it is epic. here is someone who wanted some great stories. it was time to wheat. really it's going to be reduced chile's film critic j

. >>> happy birthday to actor russell crow, 50., and legendary director francis ford coppola, 65. >>> thanks for watching "early today." have a great start to your week on this monday. >>> nbc bay area news begins with breaking news. -- >>> well, good morning, everyone. i'm scott mcgrew. >>> the breaking news in the south bay, right now police are following an overnight shooting on snow drive and highway 101. >> bob just got to the scene, what can you tell us? >> a residential area. a mix of apartments and homes, houses. you can see down the street where the officers are standing, that's where the shooting took place just over an hour ago, according to one officer we just spoke with on the scene. one man has been taken to the hospital. this was the person who was shot. from

his connector, has mind, his past praise the bread and it comes back to life as russell crowe. russell crowe is a hologram with the personality quirks, all the expressions of superman's father. this could be the end product of president barack obama's great initiative. we will have a disk called brain 2.0. brain 2.0 lives on, even after we die. and then, the question is can the mind exists without the body? 200, 300 years ago, people thought the spirit, the soul with different from flesh and blood. then we have modern science which tells us no, no, no, the brain as computer web are in the mind of software. the mind is software, but you see if we can put the mind on a disk called to connect on, this billion dollars project to president barack obama in some sense can be separate from the body just as the ancients once thought. that was hollywood. now let's talk about science. because of physics, we can now peer brain into thinking process that the mind. we can actually see thoughts ricocheted across the mind like a ping-pong ball. we can actually see mental illness and action. th

[laughter] russell crowe is a hologram, a hologram that has all the memories, personality quirks, all of the expressions of superman's father costs. is this possible? this could be the end product of president barack obama's brain initiative. we will have a disk called brain two. zero. a brain two. zero that lives on even after we die. and then the question is, can the mind exist without the body? 200, 300 years ago people thought that the spirit, the soul was different from flesh and blood. then we have modern science which tells us, no, no, no. you see, the brain is what we're like hardware. the brain is computer well aware, and the mind the software . the mind is software running on where. you see. if we can put the mind on a desk, the connect on, this billion dollar project of president barack obama that in some sense the mind can be separate from the body just as the ancients once thought. but let's talk about science. that was hollywood. now let's talk about science. because the physics weekend now appear right into the thinking process of the mind. with mri scans we can actuall

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[laughter] russell crowe is a hologram, a hologram that has all the memories, personality quirks, all of the expressions of superman's father costs. is this possible? this could be the end product of president barack obama's brain initiative. we will have a disk called brain two. zero. a brain two. zero that lives on even after we die. and then the question is, can the mind exist without the body? 200, 300 years ago people thought that the spirit, the soul was different from flesh and blood. then we have modern science which tells us, no, no, no. you see, the brain is what we're like hardware. the brain is computer well aware, and the mind the software . the mind is software running on where. you see. if we can put the mind on a desk, the connect on, this billion dollar project of president barack obama that in some sense the mind can be separate from the body just as the ancients once thought. but let's talk about science. that was hollywood. now let's talk about science. because the physics weekend now appear right into the thinking process of the mind. with mri scans we can actuall

marvel ruled at the movies this "captain america: the winter super hero series brought in 96 russell crowe's controversial biblical movie--"noah" came in million. and the sci-fi action flick-- "divergent" was number three chew-e-tell edge-ee-oh-for could be up for a new leading role. variety reports the "12 years a slave" actor is in the running to play the villain in the next bond movie. the report says no offer has choice. production for the movie is set to start this summer with a release date of november 20-15. a new press conference in from australia concerning the malaysian flight. it is scheduled for 9:00 p.m. our time. we will bring you any updates authorities have about flight 47 the. some families spend their like the royal family spend it jet setting around the world! where the family.including prince george. is spending their if you're so tough, crack this thick slice of medium cheddar with your bare hand. i didn't say tough, i said hungry. if you're so hungry, eat this thick slice of medium cheddar with your bare mouth. tillamook cheese slices, tastes the little prince takes a t

. >> russell crowe. >> lee marvin. >> do you remember "paint your wagon"? the musical?great. i lost track. who would you rather sleep with ven -- vin diesel or jonah hill? >> let's get over to the other two people. i will go to joe app. would you rather see a jonah hill or zaz-efron. >> i would rather see daniel day-lewis. favorite film and actor i would rather win an oscar doing incredible things like that. then you wonder do people love you for you or your body. >> would never leave you. >> he needs me. >> that's why you are dating inmates now, right? >> yeah, but they don't know about each other. >> andy, chest hair, gone. >> yeah. >> are you okay with that a? >> apparently there is something with working out that causes your chest hair to fall out. >> i believe it is called waxing. >> i love the article. the writer says it is really hard to be outraged about all of these men going to great lengths to bulk up and look like this because she loves it so much. then she realizes what she says and she has to say the object pho location of a men is a falsity to the objecti

. >> noah came out, the movie noah with russell crowe and it did very well. >> it exceeded analysts'it would make $30 million, it made $44 million at the box office this weekend. this is a surprise because there has been a lot of controversy around it, you know. church groups thought it might be too edgy. but, look, there it is. >> it doesn't follow the biblical story. >> it does not. there are artistic interpretations. the bible story is really only a page or so long, so there say lot of artistic -- >> russell looks like he's out of j. crew. >> he does. >> they wore different kinds of clothes then. >> yes. >> and "frozen" surpassed all the animated films. >> $1 billion mark, the official biggest animated film of all time. that being said, i think there are a lot of parents, like, okay, kids, we're done with "frozen". >> i haven't seen it yet. >> you haven't? >> you know what you haven't seen yet? the one that came in number five for the second time. a certain person -- certain blonde girl in it that i'm not allowed to talk about. >> i heard that rumor. >> been doing well week after

but its star russell crowe says bologna. >> we have had probably over a year now of very harsh criticismple who put their name and stamp on an opinion that's not even based on the movie or seeing the movie. just an assumption of how it could be or how bad it could be or how wrong it could be in their eyes which, you know, i think quite frankly is bordering on absolute stupidity. >> joining us now from "chicago sun times" film critic richard roper. managing editor of the ewtn news catholic broadcast network. were you offended by noah? >> i wasn't offended by noah. but, let me tell you, bill, i interviewed all of the stars here the director. showed it no-to-my audience. the reaction i have gotten for the last few days from people who have seen it has been nothing short of titanic. they went to see gadd yart gladiator in an ark. dark depiction of this story and deviates from the bible story or popular conception of it and i think that's rattled audiences. two biggest things i keep hearing, bill, there are stone giants in this movie. big transformer like -- they look like they are out of lor

in a very demanding role in nola stars russell crowe has a ton more or less cracks under the pressure of having been cast on deleting he's been cast by the creator in the role of hard nosed patriarch in charge of rescuing a bunch of innocent animals from a lot of water it's not about whether the job description includes ensuring the continuation of the human race. once that work in groups. it's a big big job that i have a lot of debate about how i checked the film. we need to worry about how authentic this movie is and is not because it's a disclaimer at the end of the film. all the characters are fictitious and the bear any resemblance to actual people locations arrogance that's completely for two days and why does this matter because if you are one of your sons with me he had like no it didn't like it was late and evan girlfriend. well that is like totally a coincidence that there is no point in trying to see the movie studio for ripping off what really happened like you like and that's that. the installation the film provides for how noah and his small family actually built this en

hollywood stars russell crowe emma watson and jennifer connelly were at the european premiere of the dead. this is epic was that i pray that i add it to the set of lungs up of both countries for its depiction of the particular we don't go into making a movie like this and that included with that in some countries and the hunch is that the quran states quite clearly that i should make any representations of any of the profits of dollars of profit. in the slums. it decided it was expecting that would be some of you to do the company. it is a sad sad at the hospital to see. as i think that's a wonderful thing. let's hope he gets people talking about going on you other criticisms of the building. the plot devotees and special effects which angered some traditionalists. but jewish directed to aaron honesty is taking it all in his stride it seems there's no such thing as bad press. the film did well when it opened around the globe. he says after a half century it was time to undo what it is epic here's someone who wanted some great stories. it was time to wheat. really explored the green z

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> reporter: he plays methuselah, the 969-year-old soothsayer and grandfather to noah played by russell crowew up. >> reporter: in the film based on the famous old testament story noah receives a message from god that the world will endure an epic flood to eliminate all corrupt mankind with the exception of noah and his family and, of course, all of those animals. why people are so entranced by the story. >> the need to comprehend an incomprehensible world, this insatiable need to find out where is the truth? >> reporter: growing up an atheist hopkins says his religious views have evolved from a nonbeliever to a believer in life. >> i believe in the life force. get on with it, enjoy it. >> reporter: but you do believe in god. >> i feel as i get older it's all a miracle. i mean, my heart beats, lungs breathe. that is an extraordinary, extraordinary phenomenon. >> reporter: hopkins says he's humbled by the life he's lived. >> you only have one chance on this merry go round and don't take yourself so damn seriously. it's a tough business full of rejection, full of honors. i'm just one of the luc

. >> russell crowe suddenly looked very sane in that movie. >> what did you learn?raise my children. >> good luck. >> oh, i learned that. >> yeah, we all learned that. >> wow. an undisclosed teenage daughter of mika's took a car at 2:00 in the morning. >> oh, my goodness. a 50-50 shot at guessing which one it was. >> it's not the older one. if it's way too early, it's "morning joe." stick around, it's time for luke and "the daily rundown." thank you for your patience. good-bye. >>> planetary politics. it's earth kay and the keystone clash embodies all the attention between our energy needs and environmental efforts. we'll talk about that and much more with a rare interview with the president's energy secretary. >>> as vice president biden puts the finishing touches on some in-person pressure on putin in ukraine, we'll talk to the top republican who is literally just landing from a visit to the country's unsteady eastern border. >>> back in washington, all eyes on the supreme court for a case about an ohio congressman who said political ads shouldn't be able to lie.