. >> director quentin tarantino learned how to call the shots at a young age. this week he is at it again, challenging audience with a movie that attempts to rewrite the story of world war ii. our tracy smith pays him a vis visit. >> ever since he unleashed pulp fiction back in 1994, director quentin tarantino has wowed audiences with a sexy brew of sly humor and over the top violence. >> my work is unmistakably me and i like that about it because i like me. >> getting to know quentin tarantino, later on sunday morning. >> four dakotas ago nearly half a million people spent their sunday morning in the mud at the farm in upstate new york. four decades later our steve hartman takes us back to woodstock. >> 40 years ago woodstock was where it was at. but today the question is, where is it? >> the woodstock concert didn't happen in woodstock? >> nope. >> guy in search of woodstock, later on sunday morning. >> charles: those are this morning's jim axelrod remembers les paul a truly inventive musician. know rocca asks if writing is on the wall for paper and we tell y

i was having tarantino's bar.int, i have been there. >> so they created a theme bar around you? >> around me. and my movies are playing on the big screen on the tv, they're playing my soundtracks. they have even drinks named after, you know, my characters and stuff. >> really? wow, that's awesome. >> it is really awesome. like i asked the guy, i go, how did this all come about? well, i opened it up four years ago and the thing is i wanted to start a bar and i'm a big fan of yours and my friends are, and what's a place i wouldn't mind going to for the next ten years of my life. >> so you're not going to sue him then? >> no, not at all. he's the man. >> did you bring brad to your bar? >> oh, yeah, he definitely came. >> he did? >> every fourth weekend, we would go to tarantinos and have a big blowout and brad went there and had a blast. >> he doesn't have a bar named after him? >> there's no pitt anywhere. there's a lot of pits everywhere, but no brad pitt. >> there was a peach pit on "90210". we have a clip here, y

please say hello to quentin tarantino. ll, first of all, the movie is t.ally great. i saw it the other night. outi heard you got a quick out of it. it gave me a quick that you got f it.k out of it. one.'s really a good one. ithink people will love it. say. very well done, i will say. congratulations. r know you got an honor just arlier the seet earlier tonight. toni s> earlier tonight, no less et.ually, across the street. >> here it is. you've been cloned. >> yes. e. that is your waxed figure. ty i'm the star of "multiplicity 2." > that looks good at the m.llywood wax museum. that's pretty cool. >> it's not the hollywood wax museum. it's madame tussaud's. museum. it's madame tussaud's. >> who is she was into wax. >> normally they'll dip you into wax and -- >> right, vincent price does it. or they're a crazy showgirl or something. we all remember the "get smart" episode where they dipped the person in wax. >> that's right, sure. >> they called, said they wanted to do it, i was, like, yeah, it's about time, let's do it. lite

tonight, a conversation with oscar-winner quentin tarantino. his latest film, "inglourious basterds" opened at number one. it stars brad pitt. a conversation with quentin tarantino starts right now. >> there are so many things that wal-mart is looking forward to doing. like helping people live better lives and building better communities and relationships. because with your help, the best is yet to come. >> nationwide insurance proudly supports tavis smiley. nationwide insurance and tavis smiley. working to promote financial literacy and the power that comes with it. >> nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioned by the national captioning institut --www.ncicap.org-- [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: please welcome quentin tarantino back to the program. he should be in a good mood today. he has all th blue on today, i said, you cannot be blue today. >> not today. tavis: you are in a green mood. his latest film, "inglourious basterds" opened at numb

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>>ose: quentin tarantino is here. he bst into the film world in 1992 withis movie, reservoir dogs, his seco effort, "pul fiction" turned him into an icon in the film world. his movs oft mix sparklg dialogue with sensationalizeviolence. here is a look at some of s work. >> is that supposed to be nny? look, we think this place ain't safe. suppose you tnk -- you should go with us. >> nobods going anywhere. >> you know what they call a quarter pounder wh cheese in par snis. >> they dot cal it a quarter pound we are chee. >> they got the metc cheese, theyon't know what a quarter pounder . >> what do they ca it. >> they call it e royal with dhees. >> royal with cheese. >>hat do thecall a b mac. >> a big mac's a big mac b they call it le b mac >> le big mac. at do they call a whopper. >> d't know. i didn't go into burger king. >> what's in it? >> beauty products. alarm clock. glass case. control. >> what' that? >> my diet. >> what else is in there? >> here, here, here >> what's ts? >> . >> if you wa to be old hool about it,

for drawing power, it teams brad pitt with director quentin tarantino. the bad news, it's rated r and runs 2 1/2 hours. the company that produced this one has had financial troubles and needs a hit. it should rn 20 $25 milli$20 $ $30 million this weekend. they will steal thunder and limit the alien epics to secon to $15 million to $18 million. shorts by robert rodriguez looks headed for third. reviews have been kind of bad. audience research shows little interest. still, it's a new family film which should earn $8 million to $10 million simply by default. good for those with short attention spans. it's just little vignettes of stories. >> i can't remember the last time quentin tarantino was a letdown. >>> this comes from wxia 11 alive in atlanta, a community pulled together to give a family with big parts one very big helping hand. with 24 adopted kids with special needs, the murphy family has been struggling to make ends meet. the folks came to the rescue, building them a brand-new house. the murphy s now not only have plenty of room they have a playgro

scalping nazis for tarantino. >> you played a vicious killer. the right side, but you were a vicious person in the film. >> i do vicious things in the name of goodness. there was a night where we went out to the bar in the movie with quentin aa quentin tarantino. he said, tomorrow you're going to learn how to fire a machine gun and how to scalp a human being. i'm scared out of my head and he points to me, i have a feeling you're not going to be in the top three. he had promised us we'd get close-ups in the movie. we were going to get close-ups in the movie if we were one of the top three scalpers. i went home that night, i was nervous about it, but i looked up on wikipedia, everything i could about scalping. i sort of approached it like a kid trying to get an a on a weird homework assignment. i looked up magic sites. by the way, your g-mail ads change if you look up scalping. you get weird things sent to you. i had the weapons training and i was told i was the top scalper and i got my close-up. >> you were the top scalper. congratulations. why d

trying to bet big to win big in my riding the next two weeks quentin tarantino heating up in glorious backers brad pitt starring in what the title? i can see it every since the misspelling it's based on 1978 an italian war film that no one ever saw the accent of pets and the whole policy of being nazi scalps and all that i can see this as a game changer for tarantino or a sustained success here in the theme guess and the following week would have another wide release halloween and they're big on these two movies that's 100% owned but they're also going up against another horrible the final destination which is in breach the it doesn't make any sense that's bad distribution strategy he used to be a great marketer but i think he has lost his touch fair to. meantime talk about marketing last week it was proved that the marketing spend wisely can bring in the books district 9 get wisely and dance cameron in a christmas movie it was done with this part nine #one lou talk about a marketing last with $37 million in this week there's a very unusual to sneak preview combination of 20 century f

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but his friend and director, quintin tarantino, taltsed to howard stern that not too long ago pitt gave him a big chunk of hashish when they met to talk about their movie "inglourious basterds." >>> she and sean penn are not getting back together. she has filed for divorce. a family spokesman announced michael jackson will be buried at hollywood's forest lawn cemetery on saturday, august 29th on what would have been his 51st birthday. and as private as they may want that ceremony to be, there will still be a lot of people showing up hoping they can say good-bye once again to them. >> i'm sure the headlines are going to continue to come out of this story. >> absolutely. especially since we still don't know how and why he died, right? >>> this comes from channel 3 in cleveland, ohio, where one man stumble odd a flea market frequenters dream discovery. in a box filled with old papers, the civil war buff found what could be one of president lincoln's last signatures. now, an expert on lincoln's handwriting is, quote, pretty sure it's genuine, almost officially authenticating this find. >>>

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apparently that's the way quinton tarantino wanted it spelled. >> well, i don't know.et's see how things are going on the road. lisa baden, how are things looking? >> we're going to give everyone an a plus for spelling and for behaving along the maryland end of town on 95, 270, the beltway travel good at the wilson bridge. a little bit of sunshine in our eyes, and humidity. we'll go to brian van de graaff after a look at the geico camera in virginia, where it's great at the pentagon and on5. 395. ok, brian. >> all right, lisa band, out here it feels nice with a breeze, but once the breeze stops, it is pretty intense, already in the 80's. we're shooting for lope 90's today with scattered thunderstorms, a couple of which could be strong to severe. into tomorrow, off and on rains for saturday. it will be cooler, but still very muggy tomorrow. by tomorrow evening, the drier air moves in, and suny and monday will feel comfortable with 60's at night and no humidity. bill still a major hurricane. it should stay off the coast. be careful because you're in for a rough start. >>

what they need, quentin tarantino and the release of this movie needs are for guys to go out and watcht rock the nazis world. >> this is alan jenkins, i'm co-hosting today. i'm hold enough to hear "hogan's heroes." seems like this is a pretty fine line here. do you feel like they are pulling it off in this film? >> well, you know, i'm not going to judge the film as a critic. i really can only judge it as a consumer. i enjoyed it, because it's revenge fantasy. it's like what would you like to go back and do, if you could go back in time and do what you thought you wanted to do in your secret superman gear, do to hitler kind of thing. there's really great -- as i said, the villains are so great. the heroes are interesting. there's a sort of marlenea detrick working underground. all kinds of different characters in addition to brad pitt being comic relief. i remember hogan's heroes, too. >> i want to ask about don hewitt, legendary creator of "60 minutes." your thoughts in the final seconds as we wrap up. >> don hewitt was absolutely one-of-a-kind. i know that for me growing up as a young

brad pitt is starring in quentin tarantino's new film.ould point out it's being coreleased by nbc universal. we're talking about julia roberts, john travolta -- they teamed up. also -- and "the new york times" is reporting that some of those stars' salaries could be in jeopardy. meantime, the three biggest films of the summer, "transformers," "up" and "harry potter and the half-blood prince," really are a big deal. joining us now from burbank, president of box office with hollywood.com. and a good morning to you. afternoon. i'm usually a morning girl. >> great to be here. >> let's talk about the expectations. is that the kind of film to save the season? does it need to be saved? >> in a sense, it does because we're just running neck and neck with last year's summer revenues, which means we're behind by about 4%. but "district 9" was a huge hit last weekend, starring wait for it, charles -- have you ever heard of him? this weekend, we have brad pitt. i think the combination of tarantino's brand and brad pitt are going to -- i think it will

and on friday, quentin tarantino, rachel nichols and comedian doug benson. so join us then.ell you something real quick. this is from "usa today." the headline, clinton brings prisoners home. here, this is "the l.a. times," you can see, again with clinton. bill clinton brings back journalists, big picture of them there. "new york times." clinton secures two pardons, leaving north korea. this is "the new york post." wrong way crash -- how could she? but then you see, bubba gets the chicks. [ applause ] well, i'm very sad to say that another season of "paris hilton's my new bff" has come to a close. but brand new season of my new bff show is just about to begin. and here it is. the world premiere of the bestest best friend forever show on television. my new "my new bff". ♪ >> hey, guys. want to be my new best friend? >> no. >> neither one of you want to be my best friend? >> got to go to work. >> it's hard to find a best friend nowadays. >> i'll be your best friend. >> oh, yeah? >> i'll be your best friend. >> you are? well, you might be. >> hello, i'm captain phil. >> captain

>> it's a quentin tarantino movie and you laugh at things that aren't funny. in pulp fictions, laugh when people got shot. so at this particular film, he's one of these directors that to this day has shown cinema that he can be the greatest man behind the camera. and musical choices and everything he does is beyond any oth dirtor out there. and i'll say this, this is not for kids. it's very, very violent and he uses music used in kill bill and still the best thing since pulp fiction. i feel like he's at the top of his game. those the best thing he's done. >> it's a little bit long. >> 2 hours and 32. it's told in five different chapters which helps the story -- the story break up and it goes by fast and is fun and when the movie ends you'll be

>> i will say it is a very tarantino style movie. laugh at things that generally aren't funny in real life. but you remember in pulp fiction, you last when people get shot at certain times. in this particular film, aesthetically, he is one of these directors that have shown he is one of the greatest men on camera. this movie is not for kids. it is very violent. he uses like music like in kill bill. it is the best thing he has done since pulp fiction. i feel like he is at the top of the game. >> it is a little bilong, about two and a half hours long. >> it is two hours and 32 minutes. it is told in five chapters. it helps the movie go by fast. when the movie ends, you will be standing up and cheering. last week i told you i dried at the end of time travelers wife. i ride at the end of this because it was so good. >> you have an interview coming up today with one of the stars. >> we'll be interviewing one of the lead stars. >> the other one getting buzz is avatars. >> they released the trailer jed on-line. but today in certain theaters

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it was a glorious weekend at the box office for quentin quit -- quentin tarantino. "inglorious bastards" tim and first place. it stars brad pitt as a group of commandos trying to of commandosnazi leaders. "districe 9" came in second and "g.i. joe" the rise of cobra" timman third. nearly 50 years after it was published, a book will top the "the new york times" best- selling lists. coming up on "good morning america," household items that can help you treat your pet in case of an emergency. and that is your "money scope" report. i am vinita nair. >>> 6:21 is your time. we have 67 degrees. >> he is back -- philip stewart has a look at some of the yr ons you will your front page today. >> later on "oph," where are they in now? top news makers of the 1990's. >> we appreciate you waking up with us with us. you're watching "good morning washington." >>> now we will get a look at some of the stories you'll not find on the front page. >> philip stewart joins us. >> we start with a privacy plea from the president. the obamas are on vacation in martha's vineyard this week. the

tarantino leads his men on four-month deployments.mission is to collect evidence and build legal cases against some of the world's most corrupt drug dealers. often targeting smaller dealers to build larger cases. this arrested man just told his distraught wife that he is on being taken away for questioning but afghan laws are strict and he's likely going to jail for the next 15 years. >> it's never just about seizing and destroying the drugs. it's really more about taking down and dismantling organizations. >> reporter: much of the team's work is focused in southern afghanistan. one of the most dangerous places on earth. so they train like soldiers. more than half of the fast team has military background. special agent alan font interviews an eight in kandahar. >> i already told you i goes that in the drug dealing market is a lot of dope in there. >> reporter: tarantino is currently on his sixth deployment in afghanistan. but is often sent on other assignments around the globe. >> what's up, buddy. >> reporter: he tries to talk to his

quintin tarantino's ingorgeous bastards slipped to secretary. after 10 days its earned $73.8 million. number 3 went to the other horror debut, rob zombie's sequel re-do drew 17.4 million. elsewhere, nbc "today" show has a new correspondent with white house experience. she's lived there. she hasn't worked there. former first daughter jenna haeger, daughter of former president george w. bush will be contributing stories once a month to tv's top-rated tv program. the 27-year-old teacher's first report next month is expected to be about education. certainly welcome her contributions. >> it's still strange hearing jenna haeger. just changed her name, got married recently. the question, dan, would you change your name? >> if my father was a president, i think i would probably keep it. you probably would get some perks. >> if your last name was kennedy, you wouldn't want to whang it. >> i think when you have the presidential pull you take what you can anyway. >>> this comes from reno, nevada, where kids took to the streets for one massive food fight. p

first, there's the reigning champ, quentin tarantino's "inglourious basterds." so "inglourious basterds" should earn somewhere under $19 million. how much under, that is the key. the big challenger, the final destination. it's horror. it's a popular franchise. it will be in 3d and they get to charge more for that. it could make it to $20 million or not. the pretender, writer/director rob zombie's halloween 2, this is simple. you're a horror fan. are you going to see a remake or an original where all the kids die in completely bizarre, unique and coincidental ways? halloween 2 will be third this in the $15 million range. finally, taking woodstock, that goes nationwide this weekend as well. >>> this comes in wcau nbc 10 in philadelphia, where four giant on thor pups made their adorable public debut at the philadelphia zoo, the only zoo in america that breeds the on theers, highly endangered in the wild. the foursome was a little shy at first. with a little encouragement from mom, they were seen swimming around the pool like pros with their two older sisters. >> so

brad pitt and quentin tarantino took the number one spot this weekend with "inglourious basterds." overseas, it added another $27.5 million for a worldwide poll of just over $65 million. since the film cost about $70 million to make, it almost paid for itself after just the first weekend out. it was also number one in france, england, germany and australia. district 9 slipped to second with $18.9 million. nevertheless, it's well on its way to becoming the summer's $100 million sleeper hit. g.i. joez the rise of cobra stands at $120 million. finally, the robert rodriguez family comedy short starring william h.macy and james spader, sputtering into sixth with just $6.6 million. see any of those? >> i did not, actually. but i wasn't going to see the brad pitt movie but i'm hearing some good reviews. it did well this weekend. i may have to take it in. >> district 9. >> everybody loves a sleeper buzz movie. i haven't figured out the psychology of it. >> neither have the critics either on that. when the formula comes in, everyone will know. >>> this comes from ksbw 8 where in nearby daf

it's an intense movie, quentin tarantino movie.yes. >> you're not still really sure whether you are to be an actor, is that correct? i did get that right? >> yes, in a way you do, i'm afraid. skepticism i find a very helpful approach. overwhelming apriori enthusiasm very often results in, you know, an enormous backlash, so i guard myself against backlash. >> listen, don't worry, christoph wallets waltz, i woul surprised if you did not get an oscar nomination for this. great to meet you. >> thanks for having me. >> "inglourious basterds" opens today. >>> coming up one more song from natasha bedingfield. >>> last-minute labor day getaway ideas. >> and kathie lee and i will catch one billy ray cyrus. >> miley's dad, yes. still moun one-more song from natasha bedingfield. >> have a great weekend, everybody. ♪ ♪ i am unwritten, can't read my mind, i'm undefined ♪ ♪ i'm just beginning, the pen's in my hand, ending unplanned ♪ ♪ staring at the blank page before you, open up the dirty window ♪ ♪ let the sun illuminate the words that you co

in the quentin tarantino movie that opens on friday. >> that was kind of air kissing.your name right. this is bridget von hammersspark. >> she is a germann >> it is going to be warm as well. 92 degrees in central maryland. partly cloudy to mostly sunny skies. basically, we will remain dry even on the shores of ocean city, '88 a >> for all your weather needs, go to weather.com 24 hours online. matt, over to you. >>> stephanie, thank you. when we come back, couples speak out about some of the trickier issues that tend to pop up in a marriage. we'll get to that. >>> but first, this is "today" on nbc. cock-a-doodle-do. i do 22 more inspections than the government requires. and my fresh, all-natural chickens are never given any hormones or steroids. and no candy, gladys. (announcer) perdue. extra inspections. extraordinary chicken. cash for clunkers is available at your chevy dealer. with more eligible models to choose from than anyone. if your clunker qualifies to be recycled, you can get a $3500 or $4500 government rebate. and just announced! if you qualify for the clunke

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it's all tarantino. i think that says it. >> a combo comedy, tragedy and farce. >> yeah.ts bastardized. >> a jewish revenge fantasy? >> there's some of that in there, sure. >> okay. well here's a quote from one of your fellow actors, eli roth, the idea of going back and killing natz zis, it's exhilarating, it's like kosher porn, it's organize as mick. your reaction to that? >> i remember the kosher porn. it's really good fun. and tarantino is such a good voice, it's him at his best. >> you know -- >> real pleasure to be a part of. >> that said there is some scalping involved. >> yeah, people lose a few hairs. >> in fact you're kind of in change of that. you -- you play aldo reign. >> from the tennessee mountains and i lead a renegade group who take scalps. >> this is very conflicting movie. i have to say i was very conflicted watching it. constantly, you know, torn. >> yeah. >> you want that to happen. >> a little bit, yeah. yes. >> and you have this tennessee accent. >> yep. >> oh, you still have it? >> yep. >> so when you have accents, when you get these accents, do the

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in the quentin tarantino movie that opens on friday. >> that was kind of air kissing.your name right. this is bridget von hammersspark. >> she is a german movie star in like marlena detrick. she's also a double agent so it is a real interesting character to play. >> delicious role. >> yes. >> you played her deliciously. >> thank you. >> she's kind of the star but she's also kind of an every woman kind of a person. >> yes. she's not james bond. right? she's more of a matahari kind of character. >> you really are german but i understand that quentin tarantino was casting he questioned whether or not you were aun then particularly german. how did you prove to him that you were? >> he was worried i could do the accent and could actually speak german. most of my scenes are in german. so it was essential to the part. i know. hello. >> you obviously passed the test. when you said somewhere that this role helped you turn a corner internally as an actress. i'm curious what you meant by that. >> well, you know, there are so few parts in hollywood for women that are actually smar

and they're all here to kill us. [ applause ] tomorrow night, quentin tarantino, rachel nichols and comedian. excuse me. if you watched this show last night, you saw the exciting part one of my reality show, "jimmy kimmel's my new bff". if you missed it, you can see it on the "jimmy kimmel live" youtube page. when we left off, one potential best friend had been eliminated and seven remained. here now is the thrilling conclusion to "my new bff". enjoy. >> previously on "my new bff". >> i hit the streets of hollywood to challenge some westies to the most important challenge ever -- make me a sandwich. who will i pick? which one of these nobodies will become my new bff? ♪ >> okay, let's close the curtains back up and when they open, i would like applause. [ laughter ] >> hey, jimmy! >> thanks, guys. well, this is -- this is the no fun part. it's time to start eliminating some people. anthony, you decided to go with the short socks. short socks. your socks are very short. sorry, anthony, but you've been ejiminated. >> i thought we made a connection. >> josh, -- >> i think being your best friend

here's the best way i can describe quentin tarantino.u were to take beevis and mix him with ingmar bergman. he's like this adolescent male/film making genius. so the adolescent male says you know what would be cool? a movie about killing nazis. because everyone hates nazis and it would be cool if we killed a whole bunch of nazis. to break the film town, that's what this film is about. this australian character actor, he almost steals the show. he plays the most delishesly evil nazzy. it's violent, naturally. the dialogue is better than the action. it is similar to "the dirty dozen" and all these old art films. and three 1/2 stars. >> and she said she would see it again. >> i would see it again. if i say i'm going to see it again, that means i'm so entertained. and it's a 2 1/2 hour movie. >> and "post grad"? >> i wish this were -- this is alexis bledel. she plays a girl, an overall-achiever who graduates from college and can't find a job, which is unlikely, to be honest with you, ask then she has to move back in with her whacky family. t

doug benson and quentin tarantino. so join us then.pay close attention to celebrity court proceedings, and i do, you're probably familiar with jake byrd. jake is celebrity supporter and he was michael jackson's number one fan. we first met him years ago outside the michael jackson trial in santa maria. then he started popping up at places like the paris hilton sentencing. wherever there are video cameras >> we ruled that we're remanding paris hilton to serve out the remainder of her sentence -- >> no, no, no! >> and that's jake. and then at the second o.j. trial. >> we expect mr. simpson to be process and released very quickly. >> yes! >> so whenever there are video cameras around and famous people on trial or whatever, jake byrd is there. so when the ravenous news media descended to feast on this custody hearing for michael jackson's three kids yesterday, jake byrd of course was there. >> i know that michael had a difficult and tumultuous with his father, i'm not sure if that will go to his children. >> the little girl is named after

next week on the show, the script's mike stow, quentin tarantino, siena miller, eli roth, vanessa hudgensug benson, music from mike snow and the script and ashton kutcher. this is my uncle frank and yehya, a man i met a few years ago. he likes to take pictures of celebrities who like to get in -- >> yeah, today i got the guy -- the green guy -- the second one, the australian guy. >> what? >> the guy with brad pitt, in the movie "troy". what is his name? eric something. erik bennett. >> erik bennett. he's very nice. >> he's in the movie "funny people" also. you got a picture of him? >> i got four. >> four pictures. >> because my flash not on and he come out and i tell him, i fix my camera now. very nice guy. >> well, that sounds like quite an evening you had there. so anyway, uncle frank you know about yehya and what he likes to do. you have something in common and that is you both love ice cream. in fact, yehya you used to sell ice cream? >> yeah, when i was a small boy i used to sell ice cream and i ate it and the guy fire me. >> because you ate too much? >> yeah. you know, the sugar wit

. >> brad pitt plays it with a wink in inglorius basterds, quentin tarantino splashy reimagining of world ii. great performances in inglorious inglorious basterds spits out a flick wi three and a half stars. i loved it. now, here is the complete weekend movie guide. we start with four stars with harry potter, almost four for julie and julia. the hurt locker is one of the best around and inglourious basterds is right up there with three and a half stars. bandslam, almost three for the time traveler's wife, the perfect getaway and g-force. have a nice weend, everybody. i'm arch campbell, abc 7, entertainmentment. >> well, you have heard the expression eyes in the back of your head, right? get ready for eyes in the back of your pants ax washington state man invented jeans that he calls winkers. the jeans blink and wink when you walk and jones is hoping they be manufactured nationally. >> people just have such -- >> i don't know if that is going to catch on. who knows? >> it could be a trend in hollywood. we have to see. >> maybe so. let's see what it's like out there this mning. doppler show

. >>> tarantino's world epic won the battle at the box office this weekend.ican soldiers plotting to bring down the leadership of -- took in the top spot. >>> here's howard. >> our next segment takes the cake literally. let me tell you about this. i'm here with lara, a wedding cake artist. not just wedding cake and you are aware of that. >> we are in tysons corner. >> she's teaching me things about making wedding cake. this stuff, i seen it on tv i don't want to say hideous but you have to focus because you have one chance. >> something like this can take hours of work and it does hurt your hand after a while. >> i have been making a little cherry blossom. it is a cherry blossom cake and it is covered in fondant which is a sugar frosting that we lay on the cake and you are piping with royal icing which is what you find on sugar cookies. >> i did the yellow and she did the flower and i'm doing the yellow dots. >> how long did it take you to become an expert on this. how many did you have to go through before you felt confident. >> you learn and practice and ke

it was quentin tarantino's besv. vimo ain long time.e's the premise, world war ii nazi oupied france, brad pitt leads this crew planning to take out nazi leaders, including hitler. when they catch them, they scalp them just like the native americans. it's reminiscent of an old western in that sense. >> hey, johnny, oblige him. >> did you kill jews? >> bravery. >> reporter: we're going to cut away from that scene before the inevitable happens. it's a very violent movie. i didn't know what to expect with this one. it terrific. >> really? >> beautifully shot, great story, all the way around good stuff, four and a half kernels. really, really good stuff. >> i saw "district 9," which is a super interesting movie in that it's sort of a documentary-style movie, it done with interviews, news foage, surveillance video. it's sort of bizarre. it starts off 28 years ago when an alien ship is hoffering over johannesburg and you get the sense the government is about to make contact with the alien ship. listen to their primary concern as they're about