. >> the story of susan boyle is coming to the big screen. british tabloids are reporting robin williams may play the singing sensation. the manager addresses those rumors. >>> welcome back, everybody. now at 4:30, i'm jim handly. >> i'm eun yang in for pat lawson muse. here is a look at the top stories making news. fighter jets and helicopters scrambled to intercept a small plane that crossed the no-fly zone across the district. the plane was intercepted by coast guard helicopters. the u.s. secret service agents are now interviewing the pilot. they say he's a student pilot who took off from the gaithersburg airport this afternoon. >>> a shock for shoppers and workers at a mall when a small plane crashed at a parking lot in northern new jersey. an instructor and student were slunlyas w on the ground was hu >>> all eyes are onelhaic jackson's doctor afterourc es say that the pop star's death has been ruled a homicide. dr. conrad murray said he did everything he could to save jackson's life but has been the pocus of a manslaughter investigation

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up next, a first look at susan boyle's new fashion spread in "harper's bazaar." that's right after this. >>> back now at 7:49. meredith, you interviewed scottish singing sensation susan boyle, who told you fame was like a giant demolition ball. >> look at her. she posed for an exclusive photo shoot for next month's issue of "harper's bazaar" magazine. special editor laura brown takes us through susan's incredible makeover. >> that's lovely. >> "harper's bazaar" did the first magazine photo shoot with susan boyle because we were all talking about her. who doesn't remember the time when she opened her mouth and sang on "britain's got talent" in april. ♪ i dreamed a dream in time gone by ♪ >> we called the article susan boyle, unsung hero, because she's lived 47 years without a spotlight. she came onto the stage and just transfixed us all. everybody's heart soared when they saw her sing. the idea behind the shoot was a very, very simple one. it was to take gorgeous, glamorous, sensitive portraits of her. this is her first magazine photo shoot, so you can't do too mu

we may have found the next susan boyle. name is daniel johnson, a 27-year-old teacher from england an his first audition on the x-factor earned him operate from simon cowell. take a listen. & what would you do if i sang out of tune ♪ ♪ would you stand up and walk out on me ♪ ♪ lend me your ear and i will sing you a song ♪ ♪ i will try not to see sing of out key. & i get by with a little help from my friends ♪ ♪ [ music ] ♪ >> i have been doing this for how many years, eight, nine years. okay. that was single handedly the best first audition i fahave ver dever heard. the . the clip has been 3 million times in les s 3 iolln mes in less than a eku we secayoe n y whsome are co cobomphig suton sae. mparing him to susan boe. d anki ll and killer voice and huge numbers on youtube but i have to say for me daniel has a fantastic voice but doesn't have that same wow factor as susan. daniel looks like he would be a great singer, right. >> i agree. >> she was such the shocker. >> but why was she the shocker? was it all the outside? sha

just saying. >>> robin williams dressed in drag to play britain's got talent's star susan boyle, speaking newspaper says the comedian has been asked to portray the singer in an upcoming movie. the telegraph says he's doing impressions of boyle and singing her audition song "i dreamed a dream" when with his friends. courtney hazlett says williams' reps tell her that the report is just not true. >> i'm happy for her. >> but -- >> david, come on. that's just mean. >>> when it comes to celebrity actresses, jessica biel could be the most dangerous of all when it comes to your computer. the security company mcafee says there's a one in five chance of ending up with some kind of computer virus if you search for the actress on the web. the company says cyber criminals are star watchers and they track popular celebrities to spread destructive viruss in disguise. i think a little bit of addition to it, i don't think it's just searching for pictures. i think it's when guys say jessica biel nude, jessica biel legs. it's usually something added naughty and then you get had trouble. >> exactly. >>> bea

shows like this have brought us names including susan boyle and little caitlin mayer. the latest is the youngest and quite possibly the most precocious reality tv star we've ever seen. eun yang caught up with caitlin a year after her voice got into the competition's final rounds. >> hi. how are you going? >> i'm fine. how are you doing? >> i'm well. thank you for asking. >> she stole america's hearts with her sweet face, sparkling personality -- ♪ i think to myself what a wonderful world ♪ >> -- and her angelic voice. ♪ friends shaking hands saying how do you do they're really saying i love you ♪ >> in last season's "america's got talent," caitlin, who was 4 then, became the youngest contestant to make it into the top ten. >> and the most important thing is, is that i tried my best and i had fun and that's all that matters. >> she had never sung competitively or even in public before she stepped onto that stage, but was she nervous? >> no, never. i never get nervous. >> and how is it that such a young girl has so much confidence and poise? >> it's hard to say because i

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susan boyle.ohnson now moves on to the next round but is already a favorite to win. >>> up next, guests evacuated from a popular hotel after a rock slide. >> the government takes to the internet with a webcast to answer your questions akibo abo >>> here are some of the top stories making news on the web today. >> tourists at yosemite national park had to be evacuated from their hotel after a rock slide. home video of the slide. some of the rocks were as big as microwaves tumbling down from the base of the cliff. it damaged vehicles and forced exp tted o tbeolcle. it i expected to be reopened by rrow. >> wild video. >>> abandoned pet survid surgery to ee m aen arrow from his head. veritenarians in new mexico treated theerin hmarepeneld which was foundnder a trailer. the injury seems to have made no feef on the dog which is now up for adoption.fe >>> new warning today about kitchen stoves t ctould be a fire hazard your house. reen are e and k reg callinabout 200,000 stoves now that can turn on by ll

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. ♪ >> that, of course, was then, when susan boyle was introduced to the world. then. but she did have a little bit of a bumpy ride. now, she seems to be hitting her stride, even starring in a glossy spread in harper's bazaar. we're going to have a first look at the glamour shots of ms. boyle like you've never seen her before tomorrow on "today." the glam makeover. good for her. she deserves it. >> absolutely. >> and coming up here on "today," we're going to be talking about decorating on a budget. >> that's right. everyone today is looking for a few ways to save some bucks. doesn't mean that you have to give up giving up on your home and giving it a new look. elizabeth mayhew is here with a few great ideas for common objects or uncommon decorative flourishes. like traffic cones. >> meantime, you know, when you hang out with a good-looking person sometimes you can get into a pickle. now we've got both of them because we've got tyler florence and a lesson in pickling. weiss going to tell us how we can savor our summer flavors all year long. >> i've always wanted t

but youant to csume them within the first couple days so you can talk t your friends about it the susan boylephenomen on "britain's g talent." yo neededo consume that within the first 4 hours to be in the kw. i think thator high-quality scried content, that will be sortf an on-demand environment but you look at a lot of programming toda there's a move to having it be an event program becausthere's value in that. "american idol" i a great example. the finale of "amecan idol", that event television the super bowl, that's event television. not just sports but there's ao a g swath of entertainment that also event television. >> rose: so y know that the associated press and the "wall street journal" have th expressed some concern that theimaterial is on, say, google, with advertising that google gets paid for alongside their content. >> thas true. >> rose: make them enormous unppy. >> yes, itdoes. >> rose: how will thatesolve self? wspapers who object to content being put where someone else derives the income >> it's interting. so i'm of e intnet. my whole career on the inrnet. and so seehe nundru

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the susan boyle phenomenon on "britain's got talent."you needed to consume that within the first 48 hours to be in the know. so i think that for high-quality scripted content, that will be sort of an on-demand environment but you look at a lot of programming today, there's a move to having it be an event program because there's value in that. "american idol" is a great example. the finale of "american idol", that's event television. the super bowl, that's event television. not just sports but there's also a big swath of entertainment that's also event television. >> rose: so you know that the associated press and the "wall street journal" have both expressed some concern that their material is on, say, google, with advertising that google gets paid for alongside their content. >> that's true. >> rose: makes them enormously unhappy. >> yes, it does. >> rose: how will that resolve itself? newspapers who object to content being put where someone else derives the income? >> it's interesting. so i'm of the internet. my whole career is on the

someone, they do psychological profiles, which was something that was raised, if you remember, when susan boyle hit it big and then kind of lost it after doing "britain's got talent" and all the fame she had. they do psychological profiles to see that they're not going to push somebody over that edge. it still can to see if they can push that person over the edge. >> this guy, ryan jenkins, speaks to what the goal is of a lot of people. it is to be famous. it is not to do something worthy or do something worthwhile with your life. it is just give me my 15 minutes of fame. i'm going to con my way to get there. >> he became infamous and died tragically. so he got his wish in a very horrible way. took this beautiful young woman down with him. i think that having lived in hollywood for 18 years, what i have experienced is there is a certain circle of people who are not quite actors and yet they don't want to give up showbiz. and those are the kinds of people who gravitate towards some of these reality shows and it is not totally unheard of for them to pop up from one reality show to the next. and k

lots of support, and lots of anxiety for the singer that britain is already hailing as the next susan boyleink he could be one of the best contestants we've ever had. >> here he is live from london, daniel johnson, good morning. >> good morning. >> where have you been hiding that voice! >> i don't know. probably in the shower, mainly, i think, annoying neighbors. >> you know, your students, i understand, have encouraged you to you a dig. have they not encouraged you to audition, would he have done it? and if the answer is, no, then what do you have to say to them this morning? >> i mean you know, i probably wouldn't have done it. i just thought that i just -- i thought it was a dream. the kids have been so supportive. they wanted me to actually go into the competition. i just thought, okay, i'll send out on application. fy get one back, see what happens from there. i'm so glad they got me to do it now, i have to say. some of them didn't know, they know now. >> daniel, it is amazing. this is just the first audition and already 1 million people have gone online to watch this. how has your lif

we remember susan boyle on britain's most talented show.ll recented the fact that that video got 100 million views. even though they didn't monitize it, it was tremendous publicity. you tube is a pioneer in the space where you can upload copyrighted material and the owner gets money for it. again, the technology is way ahead or owners of content are behind. >> no one will say this, but it am cans down to quality. if it's your cell phone and you put it on the web and it's not the greatest quality, it doesn't give you an extra camera angle that you happen to not see who paid $2 billion. it comes down to quality. if you are reading and you can't take photographs of the game that you can sell. you are not going to sell a grainy photograph. at the end of the day, it comes down to quality, though they don't say that. >> last friend to julia.x >> the technology is there and people are use together and you won't be able to stop people from sharing their experiences of the games whether videos or x photos.x it's a question of how they decide to de

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. >> we watched susan boyle sitting on a dream eight treen 2 million times.you have a problem with that? >> it's a lovely song but that's the future of television? >> there is no one future of television. here's the dirty secret we are not all alike. when i was a kid when i came home from school and dewitt are the same age so you know. there were four her channels and there was only one show and that was gilligan's island. >> i got the tails navy -- mchail's navy. >> if you looked at the statistics of 1977 you would have said it turns out 14-year-old boys loved gilligan's island, the number one show a 14-year-old boys. we had found the perfect show. well, turns out if. in the book i tell the story of my wife as a very tough mom and she allows the children two hours of screen time all weekend, two hours. >> total for saturday and sunday? i read it as two hours saturday and two hours on sunday. >> there are times they were annoying and would get more. we're how that works. the more annoying you are the more -- >> they haven't figured that out yet. more than you