among the guests, barbra streisand, robert downey jr., and tobey mcguire. >>> a fallen state trooper will be honored nearly a year after his death flaeth. state police will unveil a sign in honor of the trooper killed in a crash on interstate 95 near the laurel rest area last may. police believe hunter was chasing a speeding motorcycle when his cruiser hit a tractor-trailer. >>> we'll look outside this morning. 49 degrees outside our studios at 4:30 straight up. another cool start to the morning. tom, what's in store? >>> it looks like we're off to a chilly start. that's a live view from the city camera showing capitol hill under a clear sky, and as we look at what's been happening over the last several hours, the last of the cloudiness is long gone. under the clear sky, the temperatures have plummeted. it is a chilly morning. all the way down to the upper 30s to near 40 degrees, parts of the shenandoah valley and into the mountains. closer to washington, it's only near 40 degrees now in parts of montgomery county, howard, frederick counties in maryland, much of fairfax county now ju

gwen stefani and gavin were there and their son hit the bounce house with tobey maguire's daughter ruby. kate beckinsale looked lovely kicking off summer in all white. and selena arrived solo. >> i'm looking for kay. he smiles like this. >> "men in black 3," took down those record-breaking superheroes in the top spot. "marvel's the avenger's" comes in at two. and at three, "battleship." and at four "the dictator." >> and at number five, "dark shadows." >> while she admits to punching her co-star in the face, kristen swears she's not a crazy diva. you have so much going on right now. you're one of those in-demand young actresses in hollywood. how do you stay so grounded? >> i'm super challenged and satisfied. >> kristin stewart sharing her simple secret to make it big in hollywood, focus on work and nothing else. >> the situation definitely pulls out the crazy in people. but in any job you choose, if i was going to be a nut case, i would be a nut case doing you would love to do without the cameras? >> i do whatever i want. >> kristen is back on the big screen in "snow white and the hunts

and today, the president played hoops with clooney and actor b tobey mcguire. clooney played on the president's team. here's what the president said about that match-up. >> as you might expect, george and i won. but you know, i think we are all winners because nobody got hurt. >> the president fresh off his hollywood help. >>> we turn now to a brian ross investigation tonight, it's one of the biggest weight loss empires in the country. the advertisements are everywhere. 1-800-get thin. two doctors making millions off the promise of helping people lose weight and fast. but tonight, five people have died. investigations have begun. and abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross tracked those doctors down. >> reporter: at about 180 pounds, paula rojeski told friends she was desperate to finally lose some weight. >> i want to be skinny. i want to be skinny. >> reporter: for years, like thousands of others in southern california, she had seen ads for 1-800-get thin, promising an easy surgery where her stomach would be shrunk with a lap-band. >> it was the ea

fifteen million dollars in a single guy a lot of a listers turned out in force of barber streisand tobey maguire jack black . and robert downey jr to name just a few is the most famous man in the world he is the first black president and he's going to absolutely take the endorsements of really wealthy high profile celebrities that people like more than two hundred thousand americans will not receive unemployment checks as a federal extension of that benefit expires this week to be eligible states must prove their jobless rate is at least ten percent higher now than in one of the last three years but those rates have been falling as the unemployed find new jobs or leave the workforce for good he's more of a celebrity president obama then he is a president a price to join the party a cool forty thousand dollars a plate is president obama really the celebrity in chief. if you can catch that one little clip in the middle there what was that about more than two hundred thousand americans not receiving their unemployment benefits well i can tell you this information comes from a new report fro

tobey maguire spider- man movies among the biggest box office hits ebert the preboarding of the seriesd schwarzenegger featuring jet li jason stathumam chuck norris opens august 17th and ready for jason bourne muti with out? matt damon jeremy renner takes over as the action hero jason bourne matt damon was a rigidly attached to the project but backed out after learning the art regional director would not be part opens august 3rd. for children there is madagascar are 3 and in comedy ted the story of irreleand irreverent talking teddy bear from the twisted mind of family guy crater. more on my page of the website. wgntv.com/deanslist in joy your holiday wgn news @ 9 >> there you go months of surgery and recovery after serious injury in afghanistan next local soldier heroes' welcome after finally making it back home and sports chris sale one of the most dominant pitching performances in white sox history looking for the sixth victory in a row.oton a eat good fats. avoid bad. don't go over 2000... 1200 calories a day. carbs are bad. carbs are good. the story keeps changing. so i'm not list

tobey maguire paid 40,000 dollars to be there. >>> campaigning for president obama looks like he wasn'tlways so supportive. an explosive new book claims he called president obama, quote, incompetent amateur. a few months ago and even begged his wife to quit her job as secretary of state to run against him in the primaries. he called the acquisitions completely untrue. >>> morng key nkey is going bau gnaws. they were left untanded for ten hours and the results smudges but no serious damage. overall hyundai said it was a success. look at that. >> joe arpio facing accusations of abuse of power against latinos. the skwustis departme -- justic now suing him. good morning, doug. >> good morning, guys. this is a standoff between the federal government and this outspoken arizona sheriff who isn't willing to give in he says over politics. the sheriff is being sued in federal court by the obama administration. his department is accused of discriminating against hispanic jail inmates and potentially targeting hispanic drivers. the justice department wants arp aishg o to submit to a monitor to keep

fund raiser for the president's re-election cam paint about 150 people, including robert downey jr., tobeyuire and barbra striesand have paid $40,000 a piece to dine with the president at george clooney's home. he expected to gross about $15 million on the event. that would make it the biggest fund-raiser in history. >> the president became the first sitting president to support same-sex marriage. >> >> i think same sex couples should get married. i hesitated in part because i thought civil unions would be suv even and i was sensitive to the fact that for a lot of people the word marriage was something that evokes very powerful traditions, religious believes, and so forth. >> the president says he still believes states should decide whether same-sex marriages are legal. his likely opponent in november, mitt romney says he remains opposed to the unions. >> >> i have the same view i had when i was governor. i believe marriage is between a man and a woman. >> they say it could help them this november. governor o'malley sign add bill legalized marriage. in the bill survives an upcoming referen

tobey mcguire, robert downey jr., salma hayek, jack black. just to name a few. want to welcome in howard. quite an event. sold out. 150 seats. question is, there's a lot of celebrities in tinsel town. who decides who gets in and who gets shut out here? >> well, first of all, it's a very steep ticket. it's $40,000 a person. that's not a couple. so there was money as a limiting factor. the second thing is george clooney, jeffrey katzenberg, very respected hollywood players who know who's who, who was there the first time for obama, and who deserves to be there the second time. let me explain something. a lot of people think this was an amazing glitzy over the top event. certainly the guest list was. but 150 people is very intimate by hollywood standards. it's sort of a small bar mitzvah in our town which means people really had a chance to spend time with the president. he went to every table. and i can also tell you it wasn't over the top. it was very elegant and understated. and the white house was very concerned how this played in middle america and kept it pur

expected at the estate include robert downey, jr., tobey maguire and barbra streisand.ebrity chef wolfgang puck will prepare the $40,000 meal for them and about 40 others. it could hit a record breaking $15 million. only a third is coming from the actual attendees. the rest from tens of thousands who donated an average of $23 for a chance to win a ticket to the star-studded affair. the winners will be announced later today. i'm joined now by ted johnson, politics editor with variety magazi magazine. and phil bronson. >>> the president has not embraced hollywood the way president clinton has in the past. why is he stepping up interest now? >> obviously because this election is nearing but also the campaign looks at the amount of money that the super pacs are raising and they are left with very few options. where can they go for the wealthy donors on their side. it really is pretty limiting. it's hollywood, new york, silicon valley. so that's why you really are seeing obama courting industry donors, studio chiefs. he's made personal calls to some of the heads of the major

and tobey maguire, nick shareaway. it's going to be good. >> really, honestly. this trailer, you will want to be there christmas day. >>> and if you haven't read it yet, there's this little book out. not sure if you heard about it. "fifty shades of grey," between the literal cheeks, i dare say. 10 million copies of the trilogy have been sold. that includes copies to every one of my mommy friends. "fifty shades" among the fastest-selling series of all-time, beating the "twilight" series and "the hunger games." >> watch out harry potter. >> it's coming. >>> watch out sam champion. >> oh, boy. >> hey, check this out. check this out. i know. hey, josh, look at this. this is why -- i know. it's like how many pounds is this thing? like 800 pounds of fiery engine here. this is boris' bike. let me show you a clip from the film, as we tell you about this thing. this thing does go about 100 miles per hour. and the bad guy in the movie is onboard. but check out the rides in this thing. there's some kind of gyrescopic bike. this i

friday they paired up again with actor tobey maguire for a game of basketball. >> who won the basketball game? >> as you might expect, george and i won. but i think we're all winners because nobody got hurt. >> reporter: mitt romney was also on the trail, campaigning in north carolina two days after reports surfaced of a 1965 high school bullying incident where romney allegedly pinned another kid to the ground and forcibly cut his hair. he doesn't remember the incident but apologizes for what he calls the stupid things he did in high school. he told the story of his niece who's taking care of a deaf chielt and while his husband was deployed in iraq, she got much needed help for keeping up with her home. >> she comes outside and her neighbors are picking up the rocks in the yard, putting in a sprinkler system, laid downed so, put in landscaping and built a swing setd for her daughter. this is the america i love. >> reporter: and, amy, as you mentioned, mitt romney speaks today at liberty university. that was the college founded by the late reverend jerry farwell. he's going to be addressi