musical. >> there you have it, mean girls and spongebob have 12 nominations apiece. you can watch them on sunday, june 10 right here on kpix5. we will be right back. to move california forward, we need to help more californians get ahead. that's why antonio villaraigosa brought both parties together to balance the state budget with record investments in public schools... and new career training programs. as mayor of la, he brought police and residents together to get illegal guns off the streets and keep kids out of gangs, and on the right path. that's antonio villaraigosa. a governor for all of california. >>> taste of the day will be yellow corn, it is local, there is coming -- there is some coming in from mexico. the secret is, you buy it like this, what you want to do is make a window in the corn, it needs to be bright yellow, plump and close together. when you bring them home, put them in the refrigerator right away. remember, from 1000 miles away they have been around for a while. everyday, some of the sugar turns to search. by the time you get them, it might b

good morning >> good morning. >> not often that edward alby and tony cushner are alongside spongebobspongebob lead with the most number of nominations. >> 12 each. >> how did that happen? >> not to take away from the creativity behind those two shows, but the true answer is lack of competition. this with 30 shows eligible this season it's the lowest number of eligible plays in any broadway season in ten years. ten musicals premiered on broadway this season as opposed to 21 last season. >> harry potter, the most expensive play in the history of broadway, i think it's $68 million, ten nominations, so money well spent? >> well spent. i have to say, this experience as many critics has written already is magical. it's hard to be cynical about this play as much as you want to be. there was a father behind me who said, there's nothing theme park about this. it's not corny at all. it is dazzling visually to the point that i feel bad for ever saying i can't believe my eyes, before some of these effects they have, but at the heart of it is a very well constructed, fast-moving play that moves t

. >>> also, after nabbing a cool 12 tony nominations the broadway cast of spongebob square pants willthe show for six months. >>> speaking of fun things we are going to be taking our show on the road to the royal wedding. we are starting there in windsor castle thursday, may 17. >> take note the day before that on wednesday we will throw a royal party. dress in your best wedding anything. flowery dresses. if you come here on the plaza on the 16th there is a chance if you are most creative you will win something big. >>> al, you have a check of the weather. >> let's look at your weekend. starting with tomorrow, stormy conditions in the central gulf coast and making its way into mid mississippi river valley. sunday, sunday clouds and rain make their way through the northeast into mid atlantic states. showers in the pacific northwest. sunny and hot that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good friday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. it's going to be a nice day all around the bay area. a little bit warmer too, up to 80 degrees.

. >> there were a few surprises two musicals, mean girls and spongebob -- spongebob squarepants. the best new musical category those two will go up against other fan favorites like the band's visit and frozen. some big-name scored nominations including denzel washington, and -- tina fey and amy schumer. the ceremony will be held on june 10. >>> the grow festival in san francisco. it kicks off with jeffrey osborne. seeking marley and ronnie spector and the road nets. the concert series is held on sundays from june 17 through august 19. right there on 19th avenue. >> we try to go at least once. bring a jacket. >> 90 in livermore. you never know. >> i would go and see ziggy marleau. >> they do programs there and there's another one close to july 1. >> and it is free. >>> thank you for watching. have a great rest of your afternoon. ,, >> an oz exclusive. >> this is where all the sexual abuse went on. >> we go back -- >> my mom walked in on him and louise on the couch. >> to where the house of horrors all started. >> she prostituted you out to your own dad. >> the untold secret past o

be -- [ applause ] guys, the nominations for the tony awards came out today, and "mean girls", "spongebobgot nominated. [ cheers and applause ] i saw that bruce springsteen is getting a special tony for his hit show, as well. i'll be watching just to hear bruce say, "it's an honor to share to this to the world, with my broadway peers, spongebob and harry potter." [ laughter and applause ] that's all -- that's worth your money, right there. and, finally, i saw that supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg just attended the premiere of a a documentary about her life. even she was like, "i'm only here because 'avengers' was sold out." [ laughter ] we have a great show tonight. give it up for the roots, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you, roots. thank you very much, roots. thank you, higgins. welcome, everybody. this is the show to be at tonight. >> steve: oh, yeah. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: this -- this is the one that you want to see. tonight's guest has done it all. she's had eight top 10 hits on the billboard charts. >> steve: whoa!

tied with spongebob square pant for the most noms. sounds funny. sponge swrn bob on broadway. metcalf was nominated for her work in three tall women. >> what a year for her. the oscar nom. the rosea jnroseanne revival. >> tonight, the return of sandra bern hart and sexy time for 90-year-old es tell parsons. when roseanne called you, was it a immediate yes? >> i was nervous. i said i'm not going back unless the scripts are good. beyond my wildest expectations. sex? sex? my favorite thing. when i hear life coach, i think it should be someone who has a life. >> she's still sassy. es tell is relishing her return as roseanne's mom who got booted out of her newsing home. sandra is reprising her role as nancy. who used to be married to roseanne's ex on the show, but later came out as a leez bean. >> she's not far where she came from. >> when i'm kissing her, i'm thinking of you, honey. >> when i'm kissing him, i'm thinking of you, too. >> the ladies have remained friends since then. so sandra's guest spot was a no-brainer. >> it was a strange thing. i had reached out the sara gilbert

here, tina fey, her "mean girls" musical scored 12 tony nominations, leading the pack along with "spongebob squarepants" the musical "the band's visit "carousel" and angels in america" got 11 nominations each and "harry potter and the cursed child" got ten nominations. >>> we'll take a short back. when we come back, the community teaming up to make this famous baseball field a place where dreams come true -- again. a tee when the officer )s gun accidentally went off. bay area families say the ground made them sick! the action they )re taking over a radiation cleanup job. we investigate. next the news at six starts right >>> with baseball season in full swing, we journey to the famed corn field diamond from the classic movie "field of dreams." it's seen better days but folks there hope if they build it people will come back. here's kevin tibbles. >> reporter: on a chilly spring morning in a fabled iowa corn field, it's a beehive of volunteers for the boys and girls of summer. does it give you a bit of a warm feeling on this day? >> it's a lot warmer in my heart than outside today. >> reporte

and "lyin' spongebob squarepants." ( laughter ) i'm more of a chum bucket fan. ( laughter ) now, oneesn't live with his wife," explaining that he lacks someone "to decompress" with at the end of the day. yeah, if melania were there, he could complain to her about how his day went. "today, one of the porn stars i had sex with while you were home with our newborn didn't even adhere to the terms of her n.d.a. talk about a monday!" ( laughter ) and they don't talk just at bedtime. "on some days, they speak multiple times, with the president entering the room and announcing, "i just hung up with hannity." so after a cable news pundit talks to the president, it's the president name-dropping sean hannity? ( laughter ) that's like if beyoncÉ bragged about meeting the trivago guy. ( laughter ) apparently-- where is he from? i can't place that accent. in other news-- ( laughter ) turns out that other news channels made trump grumpy, what with their information and all, so sources say that now his media diet is "mainly a complete dosage of fox." yes, a complete dosage of fox. ( audience reacts

. >> steve: i lemony jones. [ light laughter ] ♪ >> jimmy: thank you, "frozen" and "spongebob squarepantslike a kids' birthday party. [ laughter and applause ] and the nominees are "paw patrol," "dora the explorer." and steve from "blue's clues." >> steve: oh, my god! ♪ >> jimmy: wow. that was a really good -- somebody just did a a "blue's clues" -- [ laughter ] >> steve: yeah, like a a hooty-hoo. >> jimmy: no, it's like a weird thing. i heard it. can you do it again? yeah, that's it. [ laughter ] i just got a reaction from it. >> steve: really? >> jimmy: yeah, because when you have kids, you hear that so many times that -- [ light laughter ] i'm actually ready to kill right now. >> steve: really? [ laughter and applause ] from "blue's clues?" >> jimmy: oh yeah. i'm like a full on porcupine right now. ♪ i hear that noise -- i hear that noise, i get full on porcupine. [ mimicking blue ] >> steve: you're thinking of joe from "blue's clues." >> audience: yeah. [ laughter ] ♪ >> jimmy: thank you, men who wear flip-flops and socks, for proudly living your life as left swipes. there you guys ha

the headline could have been, "wow, the spongebob musical really does have something for everyone." [een the cartoon. i love it. next headline was "judicial nominee apologizes for comments." the headline could have been "local man not fooling anyone with fake muppet arm." [ laughter and applause ] >> steve: yanny. >> jimmy: finally, this headline says "white house moving forward with immigration platform." headline could have been "staring contest enters third hour." [ laughter and applause ] that's all the time we have for "news and improved." stick around. we'll be right back with cord and tish, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ music playing ♪ je plonge à l'envers attiré par l'extase ♪ ♪ un tourbillon vert illumine les sirènes ♪ ♪ ♪ oh la fête fo', fo' ♪ ♪ ♪ oui l'endorphine s'est envolée ♪ ♪ ♪ d'une fête foraine devenue noire ♪ ♪ ♪ so allstate is giving us money back on our bill. well, that seems fair. we didn't use it. wish we got money back on gym memberships. get money back hilarious. with claim-free rewards. switching to allstate is worth it. it's red lobster's create you

mean girls and spongebob squarepants are each up for 12 tonys. other top nominees, the band visit and harry potter and revival of angels in america. have you seen any of them. we want to know. share with us on social media at nbcbayarea.com. we'll have more coming up after the break. ed. parents react as the school board considers a change. >>> fremont families focus on sex ed. >> and kids across the area are learning. >>> and three letters to help you with your airline frustrations. "today in the bay" 4:30 to 7:00. you could generate your own energy, at home. or to save energy, unplug unused appliances. do your thing, with energy upgrade california. now. >>> are you ready for what is going to happen at the oracle tonight? steph curry is likely to be on the court. expected to play against the pelicans. warriors coach steve kerr said he was looking good during practice but the team will have some restrictions. if you didn't know, he's been out almost five weeks with an injured knee. >>> since we're talking about the warriors, let's look into the f

shareholder over being forced to merge the tiffany network with a company best known for jersey shore, spongebob squarepants. charlie gasparino monitoring what's happening in the courtroom. he has details coming up later on. >>> plus this, the chinese vice president on capitol hill somewhere. right now he's discussing trade with lawmakers. we're following him around. edward lawrence is going to tell us who he's meeting with and how it's going. we have edward, the shadow. >>> and the senate right now, it keeps going, they are debating the future of capitol hill. net neutrality, the so-called issue of net neutrality, we have kristina partsinevelos telling us neutequality is going to find its way into the trump ftc, that could change things. and waiting for president trump to host a roundtable at any minute on california status as a so-called sanctuary state. blake burman is at the white house, he is standing by. >>> and there's more, fox news senior judicial analyst judge andrew napolitano will join us to recap the discussion and tell us where the law stands when it comes to sanctuary states and c

. >> why should i believe that spongebob is great >> spongebob is great. >> i want to see it, but i feelreat. it's beautiful for the eyes. it's like cirque du soleil for children >> you know all that they have the tony nominations >> i pass it by the theater, it has all the signs up i'm shocked that translates to the stage? >> i was also skeptical. ♪ both my sons loved it. they wanted to go back and see it again >> what's the other one that got so many mom nationnominations? >> harry potter. >> the lead, how did he do two shows? >> i don't know. i saw denzel washington in "the iceman cometh. talk about someone who doesn't need to be in eight shows a week, four hours long each show. incredible >> i didn't see "rock of ages. >> i was the hippy berkeley protester. >> is that a stretch >> now you're an entrepreneur and a big business woman was that a stretch for you or not? >> i think any time that you can step out of your comfort zone in life and walk a mile in someone else's shoes, being in that show and seeing how grueling it is to do eight shows a week and understanding what it is like t

"mean girls" and "spongebob square pants" brought in the most nominations with 12 each. >>> speakinghat would be appealing to audiences. >> trying to figure out how to make the show so that people who line like the movie and want that experience are satisfied but also that if you bring your dad or whoever and he's never seen the movie that he also enjoys the story and has a good time. i feel like it is going well. like we have a lot of -- we were in d.c., we had a lot of dads going, you know, i really enjoyed that. we should cut to a commercial of dads just coming out like, that with a -- that was all right by me. >> we should also mention that tomorrow "mean girls" the musical will be here live on "today" show plaza to perform. >>> up next, brad pitt made an appearance on the jim jeffries show last night playing a recurring role as the weather man. let's take a look at his bad weather man jokes and depressing forecast. >> i was hanging out with lebron james and he said, how's the weather down there? because he's tall. and i said, the same as it is up there. your legacy is pointless.

big honors for "spongebob squarepants," "harry potter," even "mean girls." >> wow. we're not talking about the oscars or the emmys. >> nope. >> all of those shows are now on broadway. >> that's right. "means girls" based on the movie written by tina fey tied for the most tony nominations at 12. >> and the new harry potter play which is almost six hours long got a nomination for each hour and then some. >> six hours? >> yeah, ten nominations. >> wow. spongebob squarepants the musical received 12 nominations. john legend wrote a song for the show. and that was a shocker to wife chrissy teigen. she tweeted john got nominated for a tony this morning for a song he apparently wrote for spongebob squarepants. why does he not tell me when he writes spongebob songs? what else is he lying about? are there other songs out there? to which the show replied he never told you about us? wow, john, we're kind of hurt. but also, congrats. >> it's the other show. >>> so it's been about two years since brad pitt had a movie in theaters. but he is keeping busy on tv. >> apparently. he m