sandy kenyon explains. >> true colors were obvious when cyndi lauper gave us great music for a great new yorker. i was born here. it's great to play in central park it's great to play for new york and the world. >> the concert was free but these folks have to earn their way in as the ceo of global citizen, hugh evans explained to me. >> you don't buy a ticket to the festival, you earn it. i would encourage everyone, if you have not already done so, download the global citizen app. it is super easy to download on your iphone or android. >> 60,000 heated his call, -- heeded his call last year. >> the message is about community. the message is about the people. we the people can make the difference. >> evans found his calling at the age of 14 when he first experienced extreme poverty. these shows grew out of seeing the original live aid charity performances back in 1985. >> i'm so thankful to bono and youtube and everyone in their camp for inspiring us. we are standing on the shoulders of giants. >> the first global citizen concert here was 10 years ago. organizers say they have learned

it features three past oscar winners and even an oscar host entertainment reporters, sandy kenyon fromter station in new york has more from a very busy red carpet. other straight ahead writer director david o russell has earned oscar nominations for films like the fighter silver linings playbook and american hustle. his latest opens next month. it's the first time i've done a film where there was no script i held onto my okay. i know the movie that i'm signing up for it was a very, you know, it was a really creative process where david and i spoke for years and the script evolved and i dreamed i'd read scenes and i would talk about it with him amsterdam tells the story of what happened to the veterans world war one when the depression hit try to be optimistic christian bale and john david washington play soldiers wounded in action and cared for by a french nurse portrayed by margo robbie after a post-war interlude in amsterdam. the guys find themselves mixed up in a murder back in the us with the likes of taylor swift and chris rock, please i was just honored to be in i'm seeing this a

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so what makes this concert unique is you have to earn the right to be there reporter sandy kenyon explainsse i'm a new yorker. i was born here. it's great to play in central park and it's great to play for new yorkers and for the world the concert was free, but these folks had to earn their way in as the ceo of global citizen hugh evans explained to me you don't buy a ticket to the festival you earn it. and so i would encourage everyone if you haven't already done so download the global citizen app. it's super easy to download on your iphone or an android 60,000 heated his call last year taking action finding specific ways of helping out instead of paying out to see a wide variety of artists. the message is about community. the message is about the people we the people can make the difference evans found his calling at the age of 14 when he first experienced ext. poverty, but these shows grew out of seeing the original live aid charity performances back in 1985. i'm so thankful to bono. i'm thankful to you too and everyone in their camp for inspiring us because we're standing on the should

time dancing with the stars will be seen first not on abc, but on disney plus abc news reporter sandy kenyon, sam champion and his dancing partner san francisco native cheryl burke. this is my little bit in new york. just so i have some comfort of home with me in this rehearsal whole same champion has been practicing for tonight's first show after the big reveal in times square. i've done everything i want to do in career check check check check. the only thing i have to do is work on me and i want to get outside that zone that says you can't do that. i want to see what that feels like. look at what we're doing. we're counterbalancing each other. got it. cheryl burke has gone dancing with the stars more often than anybody else and she's won the championship twice. what does it take mentally and physically that kind of bring home that trophy. to not think about bring home that trophy because the journey is the most important thing and same as learning all about the tools of his new trade. i have to put on my really brutal blister making dance shoes on instagram live. same showed fans his port