madonna comes to the defense of her ex-husband sean penn. sean feels the director accuse ed him of domestic abuse, but madonna is standing by him in court documents. in this sworn legal statement, she put rumors to rest that sean abused her during their marriage saying, sean has never struck me. , tied me up or physically assault me and any reports of she came forward because of that legal battle between sean and lee daniels that stems from a daniels interview with the hollywood reporter. daniels compared pane to empire star terrance howard. >> kind of hot in here. >> sean's been in the audience during madonna's rebel heart tour and they seem to revive a friendship. both penn and daniels have filed legal papers in the case. daniels claims his comments were an opinion protected by the first amendment. the attorney michael crowley who is not representing either party thinks penn could now have the upper hand. >> in a defamation suit, truth is the ultimate defense. and sean penn can show through that declaration of madonna that if the facts are

and sean penn can show through that declaration of madonna that if the facts are not correct, sean penn wins. then a jury has to make the decision how much is that worth? >> now happier couples news. here is christie brinkley wearing a john mellenca t-shirt. the two are going strong but the twist, she wore it at her ex-us about billy joel's show in madison garden. her jumbotron reaction, christy is still a super fan. and now our courtney cox and mathy per matthew perry a new couple for real? we really wanted chandler and monica to come true. they reportedly visited each other since split from rocky fiance. connection. >> you're the person i was supposed to spend my life with. >> a source to both tells "e.t." it's not true. >> now let's get to another big headline. our news desk is working on the latest details. kris jenner fires her security staff. and a report claims jenner couldn't get a reasonable explanation for the security failure that left kris face-to-face with an intruder in her home office tuesday. the team stationed around the property is the family's last line defend fence b

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it was led by a trombone player, storm trooper and madonna has stepped up to defend ex-husband sean penn. co creator, lee daniels. penn sued daniels for 10 million in a defamation suit. physically assaulted by penn. >>> and jimmy fallon on those wishing they had their own light saber. >> there's a new game called light saber escape and it lets you wave your phone around to control a light saber on a computer. you get to find out what it's like to fight with a light saber and to be at the apple store. >> this is show she. >> this is "early today." coughing...sniffling... and wishing you could stay in bed all day. when your cold is this bad... ...you need new theraflu expressmax. theraflu expressmax combines.... maximum strength medicines available without a prescription... ...so you can feel better fast and get back to the job at hand. new theraflu expressmax. the power to feel better.tm nivea in-shower body lotion. first i wash. then i apply it to my wet skin. it moisturizes with no stickyeel. i quickly rinse off. and i'm ready to go. >>> leading the news on nbcnews.com, a pretty penny.

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>> yes, and so many are going to be there, sean penn and so many great people there. there. >> and we had a feature on clara ra sun sunwoo and her daugthter roseanne and about their immigration store story, and our fans have crashed their website, and they are now back up and running. congratulations to the them. >> and up next -- >> andy is my moderate to severe chronic plaque psoriasis made a simple trip to the grocery store anything but simple. so finally, i had an important conversation with my dermatologist about humira. he explained that humira works inside my body inflammation that contributes to my symptoms. in clinical trials, most adults saw 75% skin clearance. and the majority were clear or almost clear in just 4 months. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. before treatment, get tested for tb. tell your doctor if you've been

. >> sean penn, you're rude. dumb, rude, and full of farts. stanky sean. >> it must have hard for liv tyler to have a father who's a giant ball sac. that's amazing. >> elizabeth banks is a whore. >> daniel radcliffe is one of god's most unattractive creations since the oddball. >> kirsten dunst's teeth bother the [ bleep ] out of me. they look like tic-tacs throwing gang signs. >> when i grow up i hope i can be as ugly in as many different stair hairstyles as jason schwartzman. >> i swear if i see michael b. jordan i'm going to slap that mini feather duster he calls a moustache off his lip. >> what's the worst thing it said? >> i'd rather stick a beaver in my anus than sit through a key and peele. >> julianna margulies is one of the finest ugly women i have seen. thank you. like depressed couch farts. >> julianna brewster is the next meryl streep, if meryl streep was the worst actress in the world. >> kurt russell's face is made of aged denim. i wouldn't agree more. >> viola davis' boobs look like a butt, and i think she thinks her butt boobs a

tiger woods and lindsey vonn, share cheese their and sean penn.any started dating each other, even kerr milt the -- kermit the frog and miss piggy split. and the birth of charlotte. another story was born when the left shark and his bad dancing stole the show during katy perry's super bowl halftime performance and one of our favorite stories of the year, a pair of llamas on the loose from cops outside phoenix. we covered it live. >> uh-oh. huh hospital. doesn't want to be caught. faster than humans. black llamas are faster than humans. >> the llamas galloped through town before police and happenners caught them. there was also a dress that caused confusion across the country. black and blue? or white and gold? classic movie franchises re-emerged. 2015 was the year marty mcfly and doc brown would have lived in the future in "back to the forward part ii pie." >> the future was kind of good. >> i did. i believe we may have inadvertently traveled into an alternate 2015. >> "jurassic world" was a summer blockbuster. chris pratt helped relaunch the dino

. >> man done ace jumping to the defense of her ex-husband, she's defending sean penn in his defamationt against lee daniels. in her testimony penn never physically assaulted her. >> in an affidavit madonna said while we certainly had more than one heated argument during our marriage sean never struck me, tied me up or physically assaulted me and any report to the contrary is completely outrageous, malicious, being less and false. >> they were married what 30 years ago practically, a long time. >> been a while. >>> star wars fans have the the experience of the lifetime wedding surrounded by her favorite characters if that wasn't already cool enough, it was in front of the legendary cgl chinese theater. >> by power invested in my bee jedi council and the state of of california, i now pronounce you husband and wife. >> darth vader ride down the aisle before they officiated the ceremony. after their first kiss as husband and wife imax presented the couple with the donation in their name to the star light children's foundation and another for their honeymoon. >> this year, yes, sorry, didn'

from what i've seen and witnessed between bill clinton and sean penn, they've done tremendous amountk, given the condition and the environment down in haiti. >> praz michel, thank you for being here. congratulations on the film. go to sweetmickeyforpresident.com to see when it's showing in your area. >>> well, that does it for me. thank you for watching. i'll see you back here next sunday.  i know how it is. you're all set to book a flight using your airline credit card miles. and surprise! those seats sometimes cost a ridiculous number of miles, making it really hard to book the flight you want. luckily, there's a better way... with the capital one venture card. with venture, you'll earn unlimited double miles on every purchase, every day. and when you're ready to travel, just book the flight you want, on any airline, then use your miles to cover the cost. now you're getting somewhere. what's in your wallet? diis critical for brain health?n brain food, hmmm. ensure has b vitamins that help support brain health - now that's smart nutrition. ensure's complete

.>>> still ahead: sean penn headed to the white house.llywood today live daily wrap. >>> tickets for adele us tour are through the roof if you can get your hands on one. we have your hollywood today daily wrap. >> reporter: it is basically impossible not to like adele. but there are unhappy music fans out there as tickets for her north american concerts sold out within minutes. tickets have critically showed up at retailer -- quickly shown up at retailer outlets. maybe this will prompt a dell this -- adele to add more shows. >> maddie is dancing her way off of dance month so she can to a career -- pursue a career in hollywood. she has been on the show since 2011. they returned january 6 on lifetime. >> have you ever pictured john penn in the white house. he is set to pray -- play president jackson in a miniseries for hbo. is based on a biography. production starts next year. >>> you can see hollywood today live weekdays at 1 o'clock in the afternoon right after law and order here on kron4. >>> coming up: gary is joined by the mrs. they wi

actor sean penn emphasized the need to protect the world's future generations. >> so i think that if there's something to move forward with forests, to reclaim the environment to create economic opportunity and to protect those vital human rights, it's in no longer being afraid to make commitments to do. so i'd like to ask you to join us, to join the other panelists in those things they'll speak about in making a commitment and being under the scrutiny of our children in ten years from today. >> joining me now is a cnn opinion columnist who has been following the conference. he joins us now. negotiators have this blueprint deal. just explain for us how significant it is and what it includes. >> reporter: yes. we're sort of at the halfway point of these cop21 climate discussions and the fact that this blueprint deal, this 48-page document that everyone here is carrying around with them, came out on time i think is hugely significant. in the past, these climate talks have fallen apart largely, copenhagen in 2009 is the example that is hanging over these discussions because there was a

sean penn has come through, alec baldwin.s been pushed aside and it's gotten very serious. right now, delegations are in a room just to my right, going line by line through a 27-page document. and the big issues are very big, money, responsibility, also verification. john kerry is in a room now with chinese negotiators. china's made a promise to cut emissions, john kerry wants to make it wide open. with the political context in america with a lot of mistrust over who does and said what. this went to 2:30 in the morning, the talks, and tonight, as you said, they're expected to go almost to dawn. we might have an agreement by morning. john kerry likes espresso, he speaks french. he's a pretty windy guy and we could have a positive outcome by down. >> let's hope so. i was going to say, it's getting late. tony, thanks so much. >>> shutdown avoided for the weekend. congress buys some extra time to hammer out a spending bill to keep the government open. the big items the parties are still at odds over coming up next. rating. 97%? h

. >> reporter: doctors douglass smith and sean gradey of penn medicine neuro surgery are experts on brain injury and concussion. while the conditions was not new, linking it to football was. >> because football is such a high profile sport that got everybody's attention. >> reporter: and both doctors hope the movie will continue to raise awareness. >> the important thing from all this, all the attention not the nfl it's peewee football and hockey league. it's the kids that we have to think about keeping the brain safe. >> reporter: both agree progress has been made. we know after a hit to the head, athletes need to sit out and there's better testing. but there's a lot of we don't know about concussions. >> how many is too many, does it vary from person to person. is there a point in time because an individual had 3 or 4 concussions they should not go back to contact sports. we don't know the answer to that. >> reporter: they say more work is needed to determine the best treatment. both agree concussions are part of contact sports. it doesn't mean kids should not play them, but athletes, p

penn will win 73 to 66. we have delaware state take on temple. dell state looking for their first win of the sean.aywood with the drive and great slot from underneath. they were down by eight at the half. and of course the temple cheerleaders in their festive holiday outfits. second half temple a little sloppy again. temple hangs on to win 78 to 63. >>> well, the flyers will try to continue their winning ways in columbus tonight against the blue jackets. the orange and black on a seven-two-one run right now. to the eagles, eagles with a huge matchup tomorrow night. the cardinals will visit them at the linc. pretty much seems like we've said every game this is a must win game since they picked up that seventh loss of the season against the lions on thanksgiving. tomorrow they'll have to knock off a division leader but the eagles have picked up some momentum in the past few weeks. >> it's a great opportunity for our ball club, you know, i look at it that way. this is a defense that prides themselves on being athletic and diverse in terms of what they can do in the back end. they have some talented p