. >> reporter: san francisco shimmered in its prewar sophistication.a little scruffy around its depression era edges, but still not hard to find a good time. the year was 1939 and a new nightclub was lighting up the scene and making history in san francisco. there was of course the usual usual array of singers and dancers. but something was different. you would walk inside and suddenly you were in the forbidden city. all the performers, waiters, and owners were chinese. charlie lowe's forbidden city was the first chinese nightclub not only in san francisco but in the united states. >> i really think the attraction was charlie lowe himself. he was such a charismatic person. he just fit into the white world. >> reporter: charlie lowe owned horses, he raced horses, he had his own polo team and was himself an excellent horseman. he knew all of san francisco's right people and they came in droves to his new nightclub. there were four chinese nightclubs in san francisco but forbidden city was the only one that was actually outside of china town. charlie lowe

. >> bill: you see all of the shimmering blue stuff down there in the crowd. is this country. >> bill: and here we are at 11:58 on 12/1/3111. happy new year, america. let's take this moment in. we are almost there. ♪ ♪ imagine all the people ♪ sharing all the love ♪ you may say i'm a dreamer ♪ but i'm not the only one ♪ ♪ i hope some day you will join us ♪ ♪ and the world will live as one ♪ [ applause ] >> happy new year new york city! >> bill: there is the sight, huh? the mayor of new york city michael bloomberg with lady gaga with fewer than 60 seconds to go in 2011. >> megyn: say goodbye. >> bill: that ball mounted and framed high above times square laced with waterford crystal is making her way home into 2012. and it is 30. >> megyn: the crowd is starting to go wild. >> bill: and it's 20.

our first guest tonight is an emmy-winning actress who dumped us here at abc news for the shimmer ofscreen. her latest movie, "one for the money," opens in theaters january 27th. please say hello to katherine heigl. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] how are you? >> so embarrassed. >> jimmy: why? >> because i had a really sexy, hot dress to wear. and i left it. >> jimmy: you forgot it? >> i forgot it. and it was in the wardrobe. it has fuzzys on it. >> jimmy: it's not embarrassing. it's nice to have regular clothes on. >> it's awesome to have regular clothes on. that's why i came in them. and why i forgot the dress at the hotel. i'm sorry. >> jimmy: the last time you were here, you were in a dispute, as i recall, with your neighbors. >> last time i wanted to wear a bikini because i thought it would be funny. >> jimmy: and who told you no? >> my agent. >> jimmy: oh. >> i know. >> jimmy: wow. that's -- yeah. well, we probably can go get one real quick if you want to -- [ cheers and applause ] >> that might not be so hot right now. we're a little bloated. >> jimmy: we'll be

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. >> bill: you see all of the shimmering blue stuff down there in the crowd.s this country. >> bill: and here we are at 11:58 on 12/1/3111. happy new year, america. let's take this moment in. we are almost there. ♪ ♪ imagine all the people ♪ sharing all the love ♪ you may say i'm a dreamer ♪ but i'm not the only one ♪ ♪ i hope some day you will join us ♪ ♪ and the world will live as one ♪ [ applause ] >> happy new year new york city! >> bill: there is the sight, huh? the mayor of new york city michael bloomberg with lady gaga with fewer than 60 seconds to go in 2011. >> megyn: say goodbye. >> bill: that ball mounted and framed high above times square laced with waterford crystal is making her way home into 2012. and it is 30. >> megyn: the crowd is starting to go wild. >> bill: and it's 20.

this is clairol shimmer lights.e gray hair. >> i want to touch it. it looks so soft. >> shiny, beautiful. modern and cool. >> please don't be offended that i am rubbing your hair. really gorgeous. next up maureen. she has longer hair. again, a little bit of the frizziness. how did you improve the look? >> when you have gray hair it is importt to style it correctly. and maureen air dried i think in this picture and what you need to know with gray hair is it can look dryer like we said. >> why is that? >> it grows in more coarse and is more porous than pigmented hair. it is important to use shine products and it's important to try and get that smooth, polished finish stow doo it doe look wiry and crazy. >> so this is solely with shine products. >> this is ultra shiny silver spray from sally beauty. you don't want to use anything that has alcohol which can be drying. you don't want to use anything too heavy because it can coat the hair and make it look sort of dusty. >> now with maureen and pamela their hair, the gray

names shimmer on a woman's blouse but when she walks away the names stay on the wall.rushstrokes flash, a red bird's wings cutting across my stare. the sky. a plane in the sky. a white vet's image floats closer to me, then his eyes look through mine. i'm a window. he's lost his right arm inside the stone. in the black mirror a woman's trying to erase names: no, she's brushing a boy's hair. ( applause )

. >> bill: you see all of the shimmering blue stuff down there in the crowd.s this country. >> bill: and here we are at 11:58 on 12/1/3111. happy new year, america. let's take this moment in. we are almost there. ♪ ♪ imagine all the people ♪ sharing all the love ♪ you may say i'm a dreamer ♪ but i'm not the only one ♪ ♪ i hope some day you will join us ♪ ♪ and the world will live as one ♪ [ applause ] >> happy new year new york city! >> bill: there is the sight, huh? the mayor of new york city michael bloomberg with lady gaga with fewer than 60 seconds to go in 2011. >> megyn: say goodbye. >> bill: that ball mounted and framed high above times square laced with waterford crystal is making her way home into 2012. and it is 30. >> megyn: the crowd is starting to go wild. >> bill: and it's 20. >> megyn: 20. >> bill: and it's 10. >> megyn: 89, 7, 6, five, four, three, two, one -- happy new year! ♪ >> bill: congratulations. congratulations. ♪ >> bill: , oh, what a great sight! i mean come on, look at this. >> megyn: it's beautiful. >> bill: wonderful. >> megyn: her

. >> bill: you see all of the shimmering blue stuff down there in the crowd. bill: and here we are at 11:58 on 12/1/3111. happy new year, america. let's take this moment in. we are almost there. ♪ ♪ imagine all the people ♪ sharing all the love ♪ you may say i'm a dreamer ♪ but i'm not the only one ♪ ♪ i hope some day you will join us ♪ ♪ and the world will live as one ♪ [ applause ] >> happy new year new york city! >> bill: there is the sight, huh? the mayor of new york city michael bloomberg with lady gaga with fewer than 60 seconds to go in 2011. >> megyn: say goodbye. >> bill: that ball mounted and framed high above times square laced with waterford crystal is making her way home into 2012. and it is 30. >> megyn: the crowd is starting to go wild. >> bill: and it's 20. >> megyn: 20. >> bill: and it's 10. >> megyn: 89, 7, 6, five, four, three, two, one -- happy new year! ♪ >> bill: congratulations. congratulations. ♪ >> bill: , oh, what a great sight! i mean come on,onderful. >> megyn: here come the confetti wishes. ♪ start spreading the news ♪ i'm leaving

[inaudible] >> are you going to bed shimmer or gillibrand or a new york member may be?>> i said yesterday -- one of you guys. i just cannot wait to be eating chocolate ice cream. if you saw it in a, used by how can we suspend our disbelief long enough to think this is how do you go. but i am from baltimore, maryland where we pulled off two touchdowns in the last two minutes as a matter of course. my kids grow up in san francisco with joe montana, said he. two touchdowns, two minutes to go, no problem. and so we saw that happen. so i'm going to be in the midwest, a number of places on my way home this weekend. why don't know whether i'll be going through green day for the game or if new york one or two san francisco. i'm really happy to be going home. all taken a bad, anybody? was not thrilling football? the poor babies, the broncos. four of my children are born in new york, said they have new york is sort of a second or third and depending where they are under reagan's. so baltimore, new york, san francisco, my son-in-law is from colorado. my daughter and her husband li