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. >> reporter: the manager of benz took it one step farther offering up not only samuel l jackson. >>ook wise and acting wise. >> reporter: but also an actress for the woman that set him up in the vista hotel. >> let's see. set up. robin gibbens. >> reporter: and in case you're wondering about my expert casting director's opinion about who should play marion barry, i'm going old school. how about sidney twatea. by the way, the movie is being developed by hbo film. no word on when they'll start shooting. >> he's already mentioned but i have to go with samuel jackson. >> a lot of passion to the roles. >> you have to have somebody that can be corky and get into the per sown na of mare i don't know. >> i can see it -- persona of marion. >> i can see it. >>> if you were watching the station a couple hours ago, you were treated to a double dose of frosty the snowman. but even two frosties don't add up to the greatest children's special of all time. i'm guessing it's not frosty returns. >> it's not even a charlie brown christmas. the greatest children's christmas special ever is rudolf the r

. >> jay-z as the pop and lock camel and samuel jackson. >> there's a savior in the house!lling in the bethle-hizzle! >> of god. >> ra-pa-pa-pow, pow, pow, pow! >> oh! >> it's "the little drummer boy-ie!" >> word. [ cheers and applause ] >> jay: yeah. all right. we'll be right back with jonah hill, right after this! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ vo: look! the old navy funnovations inc. tree is exploding with $5 gifts. thermals and performance fleece are just $5. graphic tees too! how do you like that? our big $5 finale ends saturday. at old navy [ male announcer ] if you're intrigued by the hand-selected wood trim... the 38 1/2 inches of legroom... and the reclinable, heated napa leather seats inside the jeep grand cherokee, just wait until we tell you about the heated and ventilated front seats. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

you know it's going to be good when you see samuel jackson and angela bassett.king the night before he was assassinated at the lorraine hotel. she plays ostensibly you think she is the maid, but you discover she is not as she appears. they are just so great to watch. it's only two people. it's 90 minutes and no intermission. it's spellbinding because of the work they are doing. it's really moving. it turned out it was samuel's birthday yesterday. >> it was? >> yes. i went backstage to say hello. i think we have a picture they sent of the picture of -- there we are in front of a big cake. al sharpton couldn't stay away. here is the picture that showed up in the paper. >> somebody wasn't in it. she was over here. >> the other side. i'm sure it was a mistake. david corkery took that. he took that picture and left and i got in the picture afterwards. nobody tried to be mean to kathie lee. >> let's play christmas music. if you want a good christmas movie to watch, one of my favorite movies of all time is called -- what is it? "love actually." "love actually." you're

and went to see "the mountain top" the other night with samuel jackson. >> jimmy: oh, yeah.ose guys. [ cheers and applause ] >> what a night. what a night. >> jimmy: this is a -- this is an amazing play, right? >> oh, it is so deep. >> jimmy: it is, right? >> i mean, really heavy. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah, yeah. congrats on the album. it's a huge seller. this is on -- aretha's records? >> aretha, yes. >> jimmy: aretha records. you have your own label now. >> zuretha's my secretary. >> jimmy: is that right? >> yeah. >> jimmy: is it zuretha? >> zuretha. >> jimmy: is that right? >> with a "z." >> jimmy: aretha records. now is this -- you want to sign new artists is what i'm hearing. >> i do. right now, i'm looking for classical artists between the ages of 18 and 35 who are studying -- and to sign to aretha's records. >> jimmy: really? >> yes. >> jimmy: that sounds so interesting! [ singing off key ] [ cheers and applause ] ♪ to do a record on your label ♪ just think about it. just think about it. wouldn't it be fun to work together? >> sure. >> jimmy: come on. it'd be great. >> oka

and my guest samuel l. jackson is making his broadway debut playing dr. martin luther king, jr.., they have really retooled spider-man. newt gingrich says he's against gay marriage. that explains why it's the only type of marriage he hasn't tried yet. this is "the colbert report." (cheers and applause) captioning sponsored by comedy central ( theme song playing ) ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: welcome to the report, everybody, good to have you with us. (cheers and applause) good to have you with us. >> stephen, stephen, stephen! stephen, stephen, stephen! >> stephen: thank you so much, everybody. good to have you with us. and a merry christmas, nation. and it is about damn time, i got to say. so far this year i have really been letting christmas down. it's my last week of shows before our christmas break and i have been soarly remiss in my bell jingling, my yule logging and my angel harking so i'm making up for it tonight. i'm cramming a full advent's worth of cheer on to my set. jimmy let's deck my halls, buddy boy. all right, look at all this good stuff. (cheers and applau

and my guest samuel l. jackson is making his broadway debut playing dr. martin luther king, jr..led spider-man. newt gingrich says he's against gay marriage. that explains why it's the only type of marriage he hasn't tried yet. this is "the colbert report." (cheers and applause) captioning sponsored by comedy central ( theme song playing ) ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: welcome to the report, everybody, good to have you with us. (cheers and applause) good to have you with us. >> stephen, stephen, stephen! stephen, stephen, stephen

. >> samuel jackson is coming. oh, my gosh! >> you're never going home, are you? >> never, never. to meet donny osmond. come on! donny osmond! >> we always know like we can never get jaded on this show because sheryl is so enthusiastic that we just wait for sheryl to go, oh, my god! >> every story line she is like that is the guy in the basement when the girl came in! >> it's lovely because i think, you know, you kind of every day you're make ago show and you're meeting people and you can get kind of jaded but enthusiasm with our show. we love our show and i think that embodied in everybody's expression but sheryl is the cheerleader. >> can i say happy birthday to my sorority sisters? it's dionne warwick's birth today. high five. >> can you get her some cannabis? >> just joking! >> not the opinion of cbs. not the opinion of [ screaming ] [ zapping ] there goes dwayne's car. oh, man. there goes dwayne's house. whoa! whoa! and there goes dwayne. man, that thing does not like dwayne. [ male announcer ] state farm's got you covered. nice landing. it was. [ male announcer ] get to a be

samuel l. jackson is 63. american tennis star chris everett is 57. >> everybody does love raymond. ray romano is 54. kiefer sutherland is 45. and happy birthday to a couple of our 9news now colleagues. bill starks and our anchor, lesli foster both having a birthday today. if it is your birthday, enjoy yours as well. we'll be right back! >>> good morning. welcome back to 9news now. i love this song, be optimistic, don't be a grutchy. when the road gets bumpy, smile. you can smile over howard's forecast. >> ding. >> it will be mild. >> i've never heard that song. >> shirley temple. >> i wonder why. >> mike, you go the ta go back to the -- you gotta go back to the dvd collection. maybe the vhs collection. weatherwise, we've got a mild start, especially south. we've got temps in the 50s already. up north, hagerstown, northern shenandoah valley, chilly with low to mid-40s there. a look at our bus stop forecast, rain jackets. middle of the day, likely not going to have recess with the showers around. this morning, showers are moving in. not too much yet. low 40s in the cool spots to low

joining she the playwright, katori hall, kenny leon the director and the two stars, samuel l jackson and angela bassett. i'm pleased to have them here to talk about this. welcome. >>hank you. >> rose: so tell me about the creation abouthis before we bring these actors and directors in. >> well, absolutely. a lot of people always ask me "what is your personal connection to dr. king? you're so young, you were born way after 1968." well, my personal connection starts with my mother. my brother grew up around the corner from the rraine motel and she was 15 years old when dr. king came to speak in support of the sanitation workers' strike. she heard he was going to be speaking in mason temple and she wanted to go. she had never heard him speak before in person so she really wanted to be in the presence of his greatness, she always said. and so she asked her mother, big mama, we called her "can i go to mason temple and hear dr. king speak?" and big mama was like "you know they gonna bomb tha church, you better sit your tail at home. somebody's out to get that man." so it was april 3, 1968,