and i keep my editor awake. >> reporter: anything in showbiz you want to do that you haven't?i have one answer for that question. that's robert redford. >> reporter: you mean, you want to star opposite robert? >> not necessarily what i meant. but i don't know if that's for you. >> reporter: she's not retiring, she says. not until the offers stop coming. after all, she has a lot of dependents, all those animals at the l.a. zoo. >> i introduced you to a taper yesterday. you didn't think you would like tapers. >> now, i am in love with tapers. and i'm in love with betty white. >> thank you so much. i appreciate it.

"showbiz tonight" at sundance.e will talk about all the big stars and catch "showbiz tonight" exclusively at 11:00 eastern and pacific. >> up next, my conversation with ethyl and rory kennedy about a documentary on the life of robert kennedy's widow. totally . finds top performing stocks -- in three clicks. quickly scans the market for new trading ideas. it can even match options strategies to your goals and lets you see the potential risk and reward. and, it also comes with a dedicated elite service team. got it? get it. good. introducing new etrade pro elite. ♪ >>> robert f. kennedy's widow was in the fire storms of the 20th century and no shrinking violet. ethyl was made by her daughter, rory. i spoke with them about this look at living history. >> i found myself wanting to tell my mother's story about the she shared with daddy and the life she shared with us, her children. a personal story, but because her life was intertwined with history, more than that. there was just one problem. >> why should i have to ans

"showbiz tonight" caught up with george last night. he was at the critic's choice awards in hollywood. he was a winner. he won best actor there. we asked him what his favorite part of the globes is. here's what he told us. >> my favorite part is somebody will always get hammered and screw up which is good fun. >> that's like hawaiian themes and maitais. >> that's a great idea. that's not a hangover. umbrella and straw for everybody at the table. oh, yeah. i'll do it. >> so drinks all around, kyra doesn't that sound like the kind of award ceremony you want to go to. >> little too sweet for me. let's stick with the dirty martini, shall we? >> okay. whatever you'd like. >> heather locklear taken to the hospital after calling 911. what do you know about this? >> well, we do know that yesterday at 1:47 p.m. pacific time authorities responded to a 911 call from her home in thousand oaks, california. they discovered her in distress there. the ventura county sheriff's department tells "showbiz tonight" that she needed to go to the hospital. th

i spoke with one of them last night on "showbiz tonight." point was she only pays 1 percentage point more than someone who earns around $47,000 a year, this is reportedly. considering the budget issues in california he thinks somebody like kardashian who reportedly earned $12 million last year can afford to pay a little more. again, i think the big story here is you bring kim kardashian's name into the mix and you get attention for whatever it is that you're trying to peddle. >> oh, yes. a.j. thanks. if you want information on everything breaking in the entertainment world, a.j.'s got it. even when it mentions kardashian. every night 11:00 eastern on hln. >>> john mccain endorsed mitt romney. coming up we'll ask our political buzz panel how huge or irrelevant endorsements are. [ male announcer ] it's simple physics... a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can

showbiz tonight host a.j.ins us on the latest into the reinvestigation into wood's death. a.j.? >> fred, this is a story that people started buzzing about recently when authorities re-opened their investigation into natalie wood's death. two months ago after they were contacted by people who claimed that they had additional information about this case, but we've just spoken with the l.a. sheriff's department as new reports started to swirl around. they're telling cnn they have not discovered any new information that changes this case in any way. los angeles sheriff's department tells cnn the investigation does remain open. they are still following up on leads. maybe, maybe they're going to still discover some kind of a smoking gun, but at this point woods' death is still officially an accident. wood, of course, drowned all the way back in 1981. it was during a boating trip with her husband robert wagner and christopher wattkin. the captain is saying he misled investigators back then. he says he believes wood d

her representative is saying this to "showbiz tonight."ause of the stresses in her life right now, demi has chosen to seek professional assistance to treat her exhaustion and improve her overall health. she looks forward to getting well and is grateful for the support of her family and friends. at least one of those stresses is inevitably her impending divorce from ashton kutcher. there are unconfirmed reports out there that she had a seizure related either to an eating disorder or substance abuse or both. we did ask demi's rep about the reports of substance abuse. we were told there's no further info on that story, although we were told that demi is now dropping out of her current role of gloria steinam. we hope that she's getting all the health she needs and wish her nothing but the best. tough time. >> agreed. a.j., thanks so much. i know you're going to join us next hour as well with other entertainment headlines. a.j., thanks. >>> well, a dispute involving hali barry's nanny ends up in court and that's what a.j. will be talking about

"showbiz tonight" has major star pow they are week. i go one-on-one with real housewives of beverly hills star taylor armstrong. she is telling all about her alleged abuse nightmare. plus, hollywood's most charming guy, kneel patrick harris on life as a new dad. be sure to catch "showbiz tonight" exclusively week nights at 11:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on hln. >> all right. thank you. tomorrow's morning's weather. shou that going to affect your drive to work? jackie gerris with the travel forecast for you. >> hey, don. wind is the big weather story all weekend long from california, wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour across the great lakes. that's going to be the story once again as you head out the door tomorrow. even last throughout much of the afternoon. the northeast you'll wonder is this going to linger for the morning commute? for the most part, the answer is no. this is a real quick mover. but the winds coming back in behind it will continue to be an issue for all of the big cities across the northeast. now the big picture then

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the latest showbiz couple that is denying breakup rumors. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> no matter how big they are now, they started small. we will show you a master in the making. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to erlts "early today." san antonio, a lot of heavy rain and thunderstorms in texas. as we go into tomorrow, we shift that to the southeast and eventually some of that rain will work its way up the eastern seaboard. if you're watching us on wbla tv in baltimore, maryland, discover over 80 objects used in daily life in africa at hand-held personal arts from africa at the baltimore museum of art. that is your "early today" event of the today. >>> here is an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. >>> tough times continue for actress demi moore who has hospitalized late monday night. moore who repeatedly split with husband ashton kutcher was admitted for what hearse spokesperson called exhaustion. however a source told tmz moore was rushed to the hospital for a subst

the latest showbiz couple that is denying breakup rumors. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, no matter how big they are now, they started small. we will show you a master in the making. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." some extremely heavy rain and thunderstorms rolling through texas. flash flood warnings san antonio and especially around austin right now. really heavy rain so be careful driving there this morning. elsewhere, we are looking pretty nice today. mild and dry on the east coast. not as warm as yesterday, but still very good for the middle of winter. if you're watching us on wbla tv in baltimore, maryland, discover over 80 objects used in daily life in africa that merged artery at the hand-held personal arts from africa at the baltimore museum of art. that is your "early today" event of the today. >>> here is an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. >>> tough times continue for actress demi moore who has hospitalized late monday night. moore,

in a move that is raising eyebrows in and out of showbiz, sal moo highback has been named a knight ofn of honor by france's president. highback's husband is the billionaire ceo of a french company. >>> and finally, whether or not you believe lady gaga followed a master plan for success called madonna, there is at least one material girl direction lady gaga is going in, acting. she insists she is just a musician. but that can also be the madonna plan in a way. she probably looks at her acting career and goes off it. >> didn't go so well. but i think she went to nyu, lady gaga. a lot of those -- i don't know. i don't believe it. people get the acting bug. >> so you don't think it's going to hold? >> i think she'll do as well as she can. and justin timberlake didn't get into acting five years later. >> i think we'll see her on stage at some point. or at least in theaters. this is "first look" on msnbc. stay tuned. "way too early with willy geist" starts right now. >>> game on. >> thank you so much, iowa. you, by standing up and not compromising, by standing up and being bold and leading,

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"showbiz tonight" host a.j. hammer here.seems to be the buzz in the entertainment world today. >> reporter: kyra, this is a huge shakeup for the "x factor." this was coming in in a flurry overnight. the real shocker with all of this is the reports that paula abdul won't be back for the second season of "x factor." that move is not official yet. they have confirmed that show host steve jones will not be returning to the "x factor." that really is not entirely sur prizing. it's been buzzed about for some times now. the reports about paula are stunning to me. i'm actually pretty sad about that. we don't have official confirmation on this just yet f. this is all true, this leaves simon cowell and l.a. read as the only judges on that show. simon's not going anywhere. l.a.'s record label, they sign the contestants. 's not going anywhere. the show was a victim of its own expectations because it did very well in the ratings, but simon set the bar high. he wanted the huge numbers that he didn't attain. he wanted a show that was going

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every night "showbiz tonight" on hln 11:00 p.m. eastern. >>> while romney is getting hammered on releasing his tax returns, newt gingrich releases his. he posted them online as the cnn debate got underway last night. cnn's poppy harlow has been going through them, sifting through them and crunching all the numbers for us. what did you find out, poppy? >> reporter: you know, first of all, that he's a pretty wealthy guy. what strategic timing right before the commercial break in the debate. newt gingrich releases his tax returns. let's take a look at the numbers, folks. almost 3.2 million. that's what newt brought in in 2010. he paid a relatively high effective tax rate. almost 32%. look at his tax bill for 2010. almost 1 million bucks. i dug into that a little bit more. he got about $218,000 in deductions. he gave a little over 80 grand to charity. let's take a look where this places him among other millionaires, other people in his bracket. he paid almost 32%. folks that made between 2 and $5 million a year on average pay about 26%

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here is what they tell "showbiz tonight."of exhaustion and altitude tracy is seeking medical attention. he's with his feeian fiancee. there was a report quoting saying that drugs and alcohol were not a factor. when we spoke with the same spokesperson we were told no information would be giving out to the press because of medical privacy restrictions. whatever is going on with funny, funny tracy morgan, we wish him a speedy recovery. >> thanks so much. if you want information on everything breaking in the entertainment world, a.j. has go it every night on "showbiz tonight." >>> why i hate religion but love jesus. it's a catchy title, but wait until you see the actual video. it's coming up next. i love that my daughter's part fish. but when she got asthma, all i could do was worry ! specialists, lots of doctors, lots of advice... and my hands were full. i couldn't sort through it all. with unitedhealthcare, it's different. we have access to great specialists, and our pediatrician gets all the information. everyone works as a te

they both released identical statements to "showbiz tonight."age, after much soul-searching we have decided to separate. we have had the deepest respect for one another throughout our relationship and continue to love each other very much, but we have grown apart. obviously it's always said to see this happen, particularly when there are kids involved. they have three kids. heidi has a daughter from a previous relationship. suzanne, whenever a celebrity couple breaks up, everybody is speculating about what happened. did somebody cheat. that's why they were quick to include the language, we have enjoyed seven very loving and loyal years of marriage. hopefully those rumors do not follow them around yet. >> they do. they have beautiful kids. it's a shame. all right. thank you. >>> want information, everything breaking in the entertainment world, a.j.'s got it on the evening "showbiz tonight" on hln. >>> we're getting a lot of responses to today's "talk back" question. do republicans need someone mean to beat president obama? jeff says, mean is exac

five or six separate units and over a five-year period i would wean them from all federal sponsor "showbiz flashpoint" because we need to get away from the system. >> the right course for the housing industry is to get people back to work so they can buy homes again. we have 9.9% unemployment. in florida, it's unthinkable. >> all right. so let's get you back to jacksonville where christine romans is standing by. you say it all the time when we're talking on camera, but when you hear the number, it almost feels like what the politicians are saying is just platitudes. i don't know that any politician can come in and fix this anyway. >> that's a really good point. look. the housing market isn't going to get fixed until the job market gets better. all the people we talked to, homeowners, realtors, real doors, professors who studied this thing. and really the interesting thing about this, ashleigh is no one in florida is going to be casting a vote without the baggage of the housing bubble. that's really clear. this is a housing story. florida went up fast and went up big and florida came down f

game man "showbiz flashpoint" going on here at the ham house this morning. >> jim, that's really disappointingto them being in the restaurant at the same time. we talked to the restaurant owner who said he arranged it so they could both be in there with their supporters. i guess that really is gamesman ship, isn't it? >> i guess so. they know it maggy go well for them so why make things even more, complicated, when it comes to the objects and the images, but voters at home are saying come in, do the event, get out early and let gingrich have his moment. they're still voting. we'll have to wait and see what happens tonight. you know, voters were pressing the romney people inside earlier thi this morning as to why they were showing up early and they wouldn't answer the question. you know, you sort of fly by the seat of your pants out there. things are changing minute by minute. and there are reasons as to why these campaigns may be sufficient, showing up early, showing up later. my guess is that they did not want to have that sort of confrontation between both sides. and it might not have been a

"showbiz tonight" host a.j. hammer joining us live from new york.ipping of the flask, a.j.? >> i'd like to buy a vowel, kyra. no. to be fair, here's the deal. pat sajak was asked if he ever hosted his show, "wheel of fortune," a little drunk. pat said yes. he's being honest. it turns out that back in the day when the show was in its early wheels pat and van in a white would have a couple of marg ga receipt tas. it was highly questionable when he made these incredible revelations. >> vanna and i would go across and have two or three or six and have the last shows. they're good tapes to get ahold of. >> yeah, i'm sure they're really good tapes to get ahold of. he says he has no idea if the shows were any good. as far as he knows, there were. there was that one time i remember he told a contestant they smelled funny. no, no, that never happened. two or three or six margaritas on a break. back in the day, you remember, kyra, when you used to go shopping with the money that you won on that show in the very early days. if they were taping more than a show

and you are the hardest working man in showbiz and in politics, i have to tell you. >> that always is>> you're right, him too. there's a few of you up there. let me tell you about the markets right now. we are looking to open flat. you might take that as a victory lap already this morning. because if you look at the first week of january, the markets hended higher, we saw the dow up and the s&p up. this is the january effect. the first week of january is how the first month goes, and that is how the year goes. we're already dodging some bullets. there was a meeting earlier this morning between angela merkel. and they issued a press conference a couple of hours ago, no bad news really coming out of this. every time all these people speak, we hold our breath and wait to see if anything happens with any of the markets. they say there's a good chance that a deal could be reach for the european fiscal compact by the end of the month. >> my favorite predpictor was te winner of the super bowl. >> this gets really tricky because they go back to the teams that had a split. you can twist it a b

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showbiz host a.j. hammer, live from new york. okay.tioned "hugo" had a feeling it was going to get a number of nods. >> yeah. and it definitely was no surprise. i do think overall, this is going to be a particularly tough year for academy voters, kyra. a lot of competitive categories this year, nothing that is an absolute, absolute win for anybody, i think. now we did run through the best picture nominees last hour. i want to take a look at the acting categories. nominees for actor are as follows -- demian bichir in "a better life" george clooney for "the descendants," jean dujardin for "the artist" and brad pitt for "moneyball." hard to believe but this is gary oldman's first ever oscar nomination. i think that's definitely going to make this race interesting but i think the real battle will probably be between clooney and dujardin both collecting awards over the past few months for their roles. shouldn't count out pitt. i think he's going to get in there. a tough decision for actress in a leading role. big names matched up against ea

for me, politics is a great phrase, politics is "showbiz" for ugly people. i thought, it's the same thing. show business, royalty, politics, news, in the end, we're dealing with human beings. they may be politicians, singers, artists, in the end, what i do, interview with people is get to the truth somehow, get to what they're really like, forever i'm doing you or evening man netanyahu. >> you will never be doing me. >> in your dreams. >> how do you think your interview went with netanyahu? did you watch your own interview? >> of course. >> what is your nightmare scenario? >> we don't want to see this starks midevilism that rolls us back a millennium, fosters violence and does everything we abhor that it would take over. i think these are the two polls. one is real democratic change, the other is a dissent to militant islamism that squashes all freedoms and threatens the peace of everyone. >> what did you think of your performance? >> i found him to be incredibly impressive. a guy polarizing in public opinion. like him or hate him. an incredibly difficult jo

like, you know -- >> jimmy: maybe there's some sort of hostility because you're doing so well in showbiz you know what it's like, when kids get sick. >> jimmy: they're little diseases. >> it gets rougher for the adults. it goes over -- we have bigger vessels for the bug to really develop. >> jimmy: yeah. >> kids, it just moves through. >> jimmy: yeah. >> i had a friend, by the way, who used to have a theory. he always wanted to date a -- he always wanted to date a small person. because his theory was that the smaller the person, the nerve endings were closer to erotic zones. less distance to travel. he might be able to pleasure them easier. >> jimmy: was he a physician? >> he was not a physician. he was an acting teacher. and a great one. >> jimmy: you guys were at the golden globes. amy was nominated. >> amy was nominated for "parks and rec." which was great. it was fun. it's kind of -- it's fun to goes to those -- it's sort of like a prom. i will say this. the golden globes are -- they're like one of the grandaddies of them all. but they're are a lot of award shows these days. >> jimmy