it's also travolta. you don't want to embarrass a guy like that., travolta hugged menzel and the host ellen degeneres pronounced her name correctly twice. and that's good publicity for her new broadway show that opens up tonight. >> if you're a fan of theresa giudice or however you pronounce it, here is a refresher. >> it's just not name change and arrested. there has to be something else. oh, you're stripping? >> i was arrested. >> prostitution whore? you were [ bleep ] 19 times? you stupid [ bleep ]. you [ bleep ]. >> wow! >> played this clip just for our director, tj. now if you can believe it theresa and her husband, joe, are facing possible prison time to pleading guilty to mortgage and bankruptcy fraud charges yesterday in a new york court. while seeking nearly $5 million in loans. facing up to five years in prison and theresa could serve up to 27 months. >> you know kim d. and danielle are all around their new jersey -- >> they're loving it. now the aftershocks of jimmy kimmel's interview with rob ford are continuing to reverberate and kimme

>> john travolta apologizing for his oscar night flub. >> travolta butchered idina's name. >> pleaseelcome the wickedly talented, one and only, adele dazeen. ouch. nearly 50 million people watching travolta seemed to say adele to "threat go," travolta's beating himself up about it but he says, she'd probably tell him, quote, let it go, let it go. you have to travoltafy your name. >> good morning, mike. >> this resulted from a -- someone killed on the tracks from b.a.r.t. yesterday about 11:20, 11:30 last flight. investigation continues. a lot of evidence, let's put it, on the tracks. they have to wait until sunrise to clear that. and that's got the train stopped between freemont station and hayward station. freemont, union city, south hayward closed. look agent san mateo bridge, that's one of your alternates for folks it's south of the area. it in the middle of the area. you probably want to cross over the san mateo bridge. other folks going north on 880 as you travel through this portion. freemont closed, up past the area. 92, 84, two bridges will take you to the peninsula with 101

in john travolta's case what we saw was a train wreck.rom the movie "frozen." the song is sung by idina menzel. once again, idina menzel. >> there will always be a special place in my heart for the movie musical. and for the songs that create their most memorable moments. here to perform the oscar-nominated gorgeously empowering song "let it go" from the oscar-winning animated movie "frozen," please welcome the wickedly talented one and only adele dazeem. >> adele dazeem. >> i mean -- >> here now is martha dazeem -- i mean maccallum. >> thank you. it's so good to be here. >> what was that all -- did he just boot the teleprompter? >> i don't know. they said he said it perfectly on saturday in the rehearsal. i don't know what these folks were doing before this production went on. >> do you think he was drunk? >> he could have been. harrison ford had a similar problem. he could barely get his words out. i can't figure out what's going on with these guys. but idina menzel is a huge star. >> big broadway star and everybody knows her. big succe

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new york city wasn't talking about travolta, talking about a different. when i was talking about the shame, wasn't talking about travolta talking about a different truly shameful behavior that for some reason did not explode the twitter verse. >> a bill that would have expanded health care and education for veterans getting rejected in the senate. a lack of support from republicans doomed this bill. >> jon: what? audience reyacts] the republicans? let me just focus. i didn't quite convey as an actor just how shocked i am that the republicans are the ones who didn't support the bill supporting the veterans, so let me just try this again and -- okay. lafer -- [laughter] no! the republicans killed a bill? republicans? [laughter] disappointed! [cheers and applause] you know what? you know what i realized? i can only do this for about four seconds and then gravity, gravity has become exercise for me. [ laughter ] wow. [ laughter ] and breathe. [ laughter ] now, obviously the failure of this bill to help our veterans did get some attention and some shaming. you

i feel sorry for john travolta. he's a total pro. it could happen to anybody. >> there's an app you put a name in and out comes the name travolta would have announced it. here's kathie lee's name. >> here's hoda's. you changed name. >>> general laurence one more reason to love this girl. we saw her on the red carpet. she apparently has something we both have and are proud of. >> we earned it. she's what, 23 years old? >> it's called underarm flockem. >> look. oh my gosh. >> e decided they were going to show it. she noticed it. she's not shy. >> oh look. hey. she's 23. >> let's do it again. hey. >> i don't feel so badly now. >> i liked it. she doesn't take herself too seriously. >> you had it right. she's a movie star but could be like us, our best friend. >>> i didn't see the voice last night. it was back with auditions and apparently great stuff. >> is that his real name or travolta's version? >> that's his real name. he decided to sing this song. let's listen. ♪ >> i didn't want to react. i knew if this guy had any indication of wh

john travolta. >> and now she has her own twitter and people are getting him back. she is going to "let it go." thanks for [dramatic music] ♪ >> hey! [cheers and applause] what's going? what's going tonight, dog? what's happenin'? what's up, baby? what's up? what up? what up? what up? what up? welcome to the show. >> how are ya? >> how are you, man? >> good, good, good. [cheers and applause] >> hello, and welcome to millionaire. with me today is a fdny firefighter who has been serving for this city for the past 27 years. y'all show some love for one of new york's bravest, paul mccahey! [cheers and applause] what's up, paul? welcome to the show, man. >> how are you? >> now, paul, from my understanding, you were on your way to an audition... >> yes. >> to, you know, be on the show and the alarm sounded-- >> i knew the audition was 7:00, and at 4:00,

well, here's what travolta had to say about the flub. and then i thought, what would idina menzel say. she'd say let it go, let it go. he goes on to say that idina is incredibly talented. i'm so happy "frozen" took home two oscar sunday night. but he didn't really explain what happened there. >> exactly. there aren't even the same letters in the two names. >> yeah, adele -- >> i don't know. she did let it go, according to eonline. she laughed it off thinking it was all pretty funny. someone else did too. a fake twitter handle of adele dazi came up. and already has 20,000 followers. i think i might be one of them. >> i felt bad for her at the moment the name is butchered and she's getting so much play out of it. >> and she is laughing along with it. all good. >> absolutely. >>> in other post oscar news. jared leto's oscar, already worn in. >> leto admits the statue already has a clip in it. he was carrying it down the stairs and hit the railing. wouldn't you be kind of careful if you won one of those? >> after one of those parties, it may

we decided to travolta-fy your name. slate.com came up with this.are you ready for this? >> yeah. >> grace sorfin. >> grace sorfin. >> grace sorfin. josh, james edgens. >> yeah. >> lara, leona speencer. that's not so bad. >> leona speencer. ginger, you sound like you could one of my distant moldovan relatives. grigor -- i'm brogan gabroff. grigor. my long lost cousin. >> can we just say, it happens. john, it happens. we totally get it. >> and we're going to let it go. it's over. >> i'm done. i let it go. >> bianna, thank you. >>> okay, yesterday, of course, we had all the dancers from "dancing with the stars," season 18 introduced. the one that couldn't be there was amy purdy. she had a pretty good excuse, and linsey davis has her remarkable story. ♪ >> reporter: she's a sensation on the slopes. >> there is just something so like magical about being in the snow and being free. >> reporter: and now 34-year-old world class snowboarder amy purdy is trading in her snowboard for dancing shoes. >> good. >> reporter: setting her sights on winning a mirrorb

] i actually --i actually feel bad for our pal, john travolta.his is not good. while introducing singer, idina menzel's performance last night, travolta had some trouble pronouncing her name. it was an honest mistake, but take a look at this. >> please welcome the wickedly talented, the one and only, adele dazeem. [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: i feel so bad. because you could tell as he's saying it. he's like, "this is not going to come out right at all." i'm just going to say sounds. >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: i mean -- it's idina menzel. >> steve: adele dazeem. >> jimmy: could we just see it one more time? >> please welcome the wickedly talented, the one and only, adele dazeem. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: when idina menzel heard that, she was like, "let it go." "let it go." "let it go." [ cheers ] ♪ cold never bothered me anyway ♪ [ laughter ] >> steve: what? >> jimmy: i guess that wasn't the only flub though, that night. no, leonardo dicaprio said that jennifer lawrence flubbed his name when she presented the best actor award -- and pronounced

today travolta release add statement i have been beating myself up all day then i thought what woulduld say let it go let it go. reference to the song obviously. travolta went on to congratulate she and the movie for win ago pair of oscars. >> coming up next on 7 news at 9:00 how losing your temper may putting your health at risk. you have to see thiswkuÑ ??eç [ male announcer ] pillsbury crescents -- awesome. but now you can use them to make pizza night awesome, too. unroll, separate, add sauce, pepperoni, cheese, and fold. behold: weeknight crescent pizza pockets party. pillsbury crescents. make dinner pop. delicious, but say i press a few out flat, add some beef, sloppy joe sauce and cheese, fold it all up and boom! delicious unsloppy joes perfect for a school night. pillsbury grands biscuits. make dinner pop. >> rain has abated for the time being but morris coming. let's get one last check on the weather. spencer on the roof of the broadcast center tonight. >> here i am on the roof upped nice calm conditions but we have clouds and the threat of some rain. let me show you interes

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and later on -- >> like john travolta tonight. [ laughter ] >> did you see that?ce someone. >> imagine what he would be like if he won an oscar. >> right. [ laughter ] >> we have to make sure that never happens. >> never should happen. i got up on stage. when i watched it later, at the hotel they were showing clips, i got to see what i said. i made absolutely no sense whatsoever. but when i won for american beauty, i remember i -- actually for usual suspects. i got up, and thank goodness, what they do, they had the previous winner of the previous year, the actress, so in my category i was best supporting actor, diana weest. she knew what i was going through. i thanked whoever i thanked. i got off stage. i literally remember the room was spinning. and she said, get him a chair. sit him down. get some water. breathe. just breathe. breathe. breathe. i remember sitting down. and oddly here's the funny think. you said john travolta. the room was going like this. i remember i finally sat down. and all i saw was john travolta, who was about to go out and probably mumble.

john travolta got some unwanted attention for flubbing frozen theme song singer adeena menzol's name. the gorgeously empowering song let it go from the oscar winning animated winning frozen, please welcome the wickedly talented. >> i was wondering at that moment what? he wasn't even close. no one had any clue what he said and twitter's reaction was just as confused. gets are like adele dazeem. a name which now has its own twitter account. probably has thousands of followers. the song won for best song. >>> and another oscar moment being blamed for breaking twitter, at least temporarily. hostellen degeneres wanted to break a record. she snapped a picture of herself and then tweeting it. the picture was re-tweeted more than 2 million times, another giant step for mankind. >>> kpix 5 is proud to sponsor the cbs bay area local spelling bee, and today about 50 students all over the bay area are finding out if they will compete to represent our region in the scrips national spelling bee. sharon chin on the road toward the prize. >> anca -- >> may i have the definition. >> tens of thousands

john travolta last night, he -- yeah, she made a big one. it was a big ouch.troduced ide idena menzol. this is how it came out. >> please welcome the wickedly talented, one and only, ide idel dezene. >> she is best known as playing the wicked witch on broadway. she plays elsa in "frozen." she goes on to absolutely kill it, but poor john travolta this morning, that was such an oops moment. it was such an ouch moment. >> it was amazing for her performing. you're waiting for your intros, this is the big moment and they trash your name and then she has to go on. she nailed it though. >> but what i love is somebody went out and set up a fake twitter account. it's adela dezine who says thank you jorn trumolto and trashes his name. >> now he knows her name. >> no one will let him either. >> did you like ellen in general? >> i loved her. i thought she was fantastic. >> she's great with ad lib moments. making fun of jennifer lawrence for tripping two years in a row. the pizza delivery was the top of everyone's list. a lot of people were asking, who is this pizza delive

travolta told c-n-n "i was beating myself up all day... then i thought...what would idina menzel say? she'd say, let it go, let it go!" very nice. a judge has ruled that video images of justin bieber while he was in police custody in florida can be released... but only after the images censor out his private parts. the video clips included bieber providing a urine sample for a drug test following his arrest by police in miami beach in january on a charge of driving under the influence. lawyers for bieber argued that the police surveillance video showing him urinating was inappropriate and should be withheld to protect the canadian singer's privacy. portions of that video will be blurred. we need to give a warning before showing what we just showed right there. but stich a look at our day. 26 degrees for the high. the snow continues 1-3 in.. it will hit during the rush hour commute. winter weather advisory is in effect due to the slick conditions. when dry out later today. >> we are used to it by now but once again we have snowy conditions

the odd part is, travolta said menzel's name perfectly fine during the oscar run-through.up of how ridiculously talented you would think he would no name. >> i think there is a twitter account for that name now. one of the biggest moments on the oscars was when host ellen came on stage with a pizza delivery man who had no idea he was going to be live on national t-v. the "pizza guy" owns "big mama's and papa's restaurant" the place that provided the pizzas. >> i was shocked. i came out with the pizza and they said just tweets away for the writers and i was waiting and then ellen came out and she came out and said i'm going to tell you to follow me. >> what did you think was going to happen? >> i didn't really know. >> he didn't leave empty-handed. to supposedly tipped $1,000. that seems a good tip. >> good morning to you. the early today we are expecting to see temperatures on the cold side. we have more snow this morning. that snow is generally north of chicago. we will see this snow through the morning. we begin to dry out around lunchtime. we expect to see clouds and so

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the john travolta movie. that was in july 11th of 1983. >> holy crap. >> wasn't it?no. >> i scan. people when they think they go up. when people with -- we go across. we scan. i see the whole year sort of present itself. 1983. it was july 11. from that picture -- >> what year? >> 1983. >> that's right. i wish i had a bell. she's really right. >> i'm really right. >> we don't embarrass guests on "way too early wroish ". >> that picture was in the calendar. it was also with sylvester stallone and his wife. from that i got johnny dangerously. >> do you still have this dress? >> i do. it's such a bad 1980s dress. i had a red one too. >> good 1980s hair, though. >> good 1980s hair. >> both working the bangs. anyway, this was great, and we'll have you back. we'll keep you hostage until the end of the show because i did ask today about memory for our twitter questions, so coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," though, we have a brand new conversation on the obama care deadline, the delays involved. is the president simply trying to run out the clock until the mi

>> jimmy: i need john travolta in that movie for me to watch it. [ laughter ] [ as travolta ] >> jimmy >> jimmy: that's what i need. my travolta. >> they're both so good. you've got to do that and we'll come back and -- >> jimmy: okay, good, all right. i'll watch it. i'll give my review. i'll be honest. i'm probably wrong. but this is on his christmas list. >> yeah, christmas list. >> jimmy: you gave me a copy of his chris you save his christmas lists? >> i do. i love them. which, you know -- and i usually make him write them out in his own writing. but he kind of made me write some of them. >> jimmy: i mean, look at this. >> what's on this year? >> jimmy: look at number ten. $1 million. [ laughter ] >> yes, $1 million. >> jimmy: trampoline, bouncy house, fat suit. like, is that something kids are doing? >> i have no idea where they got it. fred and charlie, who are just a few years older than him, who were part of "the backyardigans," love him. you know, they must have been into it, so then he's into it. i have no idea where they got this from. >> jimmy: it seems real fun. we'll play

you mentioned there was a bit of an awkward moment with john travolta. >> oh, boy, john travolta.accidentally called idina menzel the spanish word for spanish flight attendance. he was sort of like, azatamanfana. i have no idea what he was saying. unfortunately for a movie as fantastic as "frozen" which won two academy awards, you would think he would have done his homework. >> she's been around for a while and she has quite a resume. so it is surprising he doesn't know who she is. >> no kidding, right? >> what do you think are the most memorable moments of the night? >> i loved lupita nyong'o's speech. >> terrific. >> what a sincere, beautiful speech that was. >> her words were beautiful. they really were beautiful. >> and you could feel the emotion. i actually got choked up listening to this speech. because it was so -- >> it was so pure. >> it was. absolutely. >> absolutely. you know, not many shoutouts to yale are ever heard on the academy awards. but she managed to do it. and she looked so graceful. her -- once again, just ruling the red carpet in that red dress. and then bac

there was a weird moment where john travolta -- [ laughter ] -- john travolta accidentally introduced menzel as adele dazeem. [ laughter ] he also congratulated lupita nyong'o -- [ laughter ] -- on her oscar win, even though her name is actually pronounced cate blanchett. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] jennifer lawrence. i love jennifer lawrence. [ cheers and applause ] jennifer lawrence tripped and fell over a traffic cone -- [ laughter ] -- on the red carpet yesterday. well, they're saying it was a traffic cone. i think it might have been ryan seacrest. [ laughter and applause ] we don't know. we don't know. that's right. jennifer lawrence tripped and fell on the red carpet which means, that like her film "american hustle," she also lost to "gravity." [ laughter ] congratulations are really in order to jennifer lawrence whose legs took home the oscar for least supporting of an actress -- [ laughter ] -- for the second straight year. two years in a row. [ applause ] matthew mcconaughey, incredible. [ cheers ] incredible year for matthew mcconaughey. he gave an ernest yet bizarr

and later on -- like john travolta tonight. did you see that? no.at did he say? and he said [speaks gibberish] i think -- well, imagine what he would be like if he won an oscar. yeah, right. [ laughs ] [ laughter ] we have to make sure that never happens. never should happen. [ laughs ] yeah, no, i got up on stage. and, in fact, when i watched it later -- 'cause at the hotel, they were showing all the clips, so i actually got to see what i said. and i was right -- i made absolutely no sense whatsoever. but when i won for "american beauty," i remember i -- no, actually, it was for "usual suspects." i got up -- and thank goodness, what they do is they had the previous winner of the previous year, the actress -- so in my category, i was best supporting actor for "usual suspects," dianne wiest. she's a wonderful actress. "bullets over broadway." she was great. she was wonde-- and so she knew what i was going through. and i sort of talked -- [ speaks gibberish] thanked whoever i thanked. and then i got off stage. and i literally remember the room was spi

. >> still head on abc7 news at 4:00 john travolta speaks out on his oscar flub. >> and what happens when steph curry one of the greatest shoot glerz nba goes one on one. >> and a dad's baby-inspired workout gaining popularity online. >> a dramatic view of clouds over the bay nochlt rainfall from these clouds yet but it's on the way. i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up. >> and checking into traffic cloudy over the bridge but traffic moving nicely in both directions you can see normally heavier for oncoming traffic going back to east bay this, is standard here this after the noon. back with more on abc7 news at 4:00 in just a moment. so i was basically uninsurable. now that i've got coverage, my doctor is a phone call or an e-mail away. i'm in. [ female announcer ] everyone deserves health insurance. are you in? visit coveredca.com and get covered today. ♪ [ male announcer ] spring is calling. save 25% when you buy two scotts fertilizers -- one to use now and one for later. >>> this is a video of them working out today >> dad says she picked up moves from a workout dvd. >> p

. >> my name in john travolta -- i had fun. we had a good time.love doing it. >> well, it's good to have you back. >>> by the way, big names joining us today. oscar winner jane fonda will be here later on. she has written a new book for teenagers on sex on relationships, on body image. and let's just say that jane fonda is not bashful about what she puts in this book. >> all right. and michael keaton, as well. he's got two movies coming out in theaters as well. we'll get a take on that. as well as ben affleck as batman. what does one of the original batmans think? >>> but let's get right to our top story. the volatile situation in ukraine. vladimir putin saying this morning the overthrow amounted to an unconstitutional coup. >> here at home, the tension overseas caused the dow to plunge on monday. let's get to nbc's bill neely in ukraine in the tumultuous crimea region this morning. what's the situation there? >> reporter: well, it was a symbolic and significant visit. john kerry stopped at a memorial to the more than 90 people killed in ukraine's

john travolta says he's been beating himself all day and then i thought what would she say.et it go. let it go. how cliche. >>: will make mistakes constantly. or offer fiber six hours creek on very forgiving of that when you go up and you only have to say five forest, i would try to get it right. member rises. >>: ellen stumbled through the whole thing too. >>: other stories we are following, the latest with israel's prime minister prove he's planning a swing through the silicon valley to meet with high-tech leaders. today's visit follows his meetings in washington. here was one of his meetings with a pack a speech there. held meeting with jewish leaders throughout the bay area as he did a los angeles yesterday. this is the first california visit from an israeli's prime minister since 2006. he will meet with business leaders including the creator of the app what's app. a state assemblyman of line to be california's next governor says he will not apologize for a tweet he sent out comparing president obama with the dictators like adolf hitler and kim jong il. here's the tweet

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. >> that was a john travolta trying to introduce idina menzel's cent gain performance at the oscarsay night and now he is speaking out about how this has gone viral. he butchered of the singer's name, calling her " the wicked leak talently talented adele dar the record, the pronunciation should have been closer. >> here in his statement, " i have been busy myself all day. then i thought, what would she say, let it go, let it go! she is incredibly talented and i am so happy frozen to come to oscar's son the night. >> a twitter account with the handle @adeladazeem went up immediately after the mistake and has more than 20,000 followers. on facebook, eighth travolta- fier name generator, which butchers' any name type then, became popular. >> coming up on kron 4 news. here is a live look outside from the south hayward bart station tracks where a death investigation is happening. no service yet between south hayward and fremont. >> plus, buying guns on facebook? kron4 will look into reports that children and felons are looking to social media for black market sales of guns and ammunitio.

did you see john travolta's flub?rse exploded after john travolta botched her name ahead of her performance. >> that'll do it. >> people were joking maybe his hair plugs got in the way of his hearing. >> oh, that's not nice. >> i don't know. >> he's got good hair. >> he does. i'm sure it's totally natural too. >> thank you, julie. >> so we want to know -- you know, if you can't figure out what's in the prompter, just say any name. i think that's what he decided to do. so we want to know who gets your oscar? >> anyone you can pick or anything. >> anything. >> your best tweets are coming up. somebody said it's not really a selfie when there's more than one person. it's a groupie. something to consider. >> i like it. captain obvious: i'm in a hotel. and a hotel is the perfect place to talk to you about hotels. all-you-can-eat is a hotel policy that allows you to eat all that you can. the hotel gym is short for gymnasium. the hotel pool is usually filled with water. and the best dot com for booking hotels, is hotels.com.

travolta already tweeted an s said thatd e! new he sent her flowers as a gesture. i say give him a break. next week, the first celebrity will be eliminated from abc's "dancing with the stars." one of the highlights was the paralympics snowboarder performing the cha-cha with purse that take legs -- with prosthetic legs. >> you are a beacon of light. >> at the top of the leaderboard, the olympic ice skater charlie white received triple 9 scores. co

. >> plus, travolta after the flub. >> adele dazeem. >> you know how to say her name, right?and i'm with tv's long island medium. her secrets as she tries to read me. >> has a celebrity ever stopped you and been like hey, read me? >> no.

idina menzel says she is not annoyed with john travolta's flub at the oscars. menzel says she and travolta are buddies and that she's only benefitted from him mispronouncing her name. she also says he was really gracious and sent an email apologizing to her and said that he hoped that the broadway star would forgive him for the mistake. >> we are expecting snow showers this morning. the good news is would dry out quickly. here is a shot of michigan avenue. it has not been a heavy snow but as you look at the street light of the snow continues this morning it will leave closer to 6:00 a.m.. remove to sunshine today. 38 on wednesday. friday we make 43. >> we do have a crash south bound bishop ford because of the slick mess out there. watch for that to go on. >> your top stories are next. stay with us. >>i don't have to listen to you! i wish you were dead! >> don't you ever talk to me like that! >> if you're the mother of a child with behavior problems, i'd like to talk to you. my name is janet lehman, and i'm a behavioral therapist and a mom. i know what it's like

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] >> here's john travolta speaking about idina menzel and her talent and can't say her name. >> reportern their feet. ♪ >> reporter: happy to celebrate hollywood's golden night. there are mixed reviews from critics on ellen's performance. the ratings for this year's oscars are up 7% over last year. brandi hitt, abc news, los angeles. >>> and before we move on, we want to congratulate the final winner of our movie tickets giveaway, kevin sea of san francisco. way to go. we gave away tickets for seven days in a row to celebrate the oscars. enchiwon simply for liking out at facebook.com/abc -- kevin won simply for liking us at facebook.com/abc7news. >>> i had the honor of seeing an event created to enrich and empower women's lives. the east bay conference in sam ramon provides women the opportunity to take part in personal and professional programs. speakers included cokie roberts of abc news, and rita moreno who urged the audience to love as much as they can and inspired them with a song. ♪ as long as there's a song to sing and i will be younger than spring ♪ [ applause ] >> 600 women this

. >> thank you, it's a pleasure to be herech you left out john travolta's pasht. >> part of seems to we had alphonso cuaron , a latin film-maker winning best director, lipita born in mexico. >> the tea party will hate this. >> on that note, we have rush limbaugh hours ago saying this. let us play the sound. >> there is no way that movie was not going to win. if it was the only thing that movie won, it was going to win best picture. there was no way. it didn't matter if it was good or bad. i haven't seen it. it was going to win. it had the magic word in the title "slave." >> the magic word is the title slave. >> that is how i get into all the hot nightclubs. i use the word slave, ye, go this way, sir. >> that gets every party started. >> so there is the i there. we come so far, we talk about race, slavery, a black mark which is a muf michigan for what slavery was. then you have rush limbaugh and the legions of rush limbaugh followers who will agree with that. >> that's one of the sticky parts. it's a great movie. but it suddenly makes white people at cocktail parties have to talk abou

you have everyone in the world watching. >> john travolta. >> one of the nicest people. >> if you'rewe've all been there. let's talk about the self-ie seen around the world. the reason i loved this, ten of the most famous people around the world, and right on the right-hand side of the picture is junior who is the kid brother. i met this guy, he comes up to me on the red carpet. he's a massive arsenal fan. he did a selfie with me at his request on my phone. i have the least seen selfie with junior. >> angelina was glowing, she looked like a little kid jumping in there having fun. she's usually so composed. >> it was going to be ellen and meryl streep and maybe julia roberts. that was the setup they planned, and then the others piled in. the other great moment was the pizza moment, when a certainly delivery man was phoned up a couple days before, and said, we need some pizzas between 5:00 and 9:00 p.m. at a certain address. he didn't work out what was happening here. anyway, edgar is with me. come on, edgar. >> i mean, how -- >> who's your favorite movie star, they're here. who do you

con, john travolta called it mardel grasine. [ laughter ] >> steve: really?plause ] >> jimmy: i get it. i get where he's coming from. don't worry about it. he's closing the oscars. are you going to mardel grasine? >> steve: hey, he's going to the oscars, forget it. >> jimmy: big deal, who cares. pro, learning about new orleans' rich, vibrant history. con, by reading a plaque that you stopped to pee next to. oh, that's great. that's very classy. >> steve: it's still learning. >> jimmy: pro, in brazil, the nonstop drinking and partying is called carnivale. con, in new york, it's called the fourth hour of the "today" show. that's very interesting. still fun. [ applause ] >> steve: still fun. >> jimmy: pro, going on twitter to talk about the parade. con, hearing drunk guys shout, "show us your tweets." [ laughter ] there you go, that's a little rude. >> steve: tradition. >> jimmy: social media. pro, mardi gras is the day before ash wednesday. con, or as it is also known, finding out which of your co-workers is unexpectedly religious day. he's very catholic. pro,

protest aimed only at school something coincided with a visit by the german foreign minister from travolta steinmeier who was holding talks with the city's government. during a visit to jump or minister said the continued specialty she mustn't allow this crisis to create a new division of europe. he also said he had the next couple of days the first international observers. what a ride in ukraine to help to de escalate tensions. i kept happy with that tells more about this and so the bloody cold the osce many hoped for and on their monitoring mission to ukraine but just what the lengthy eat or the organization for security and cooperation in europe born in nineteen seventy five he organized east is made up of fifty seven participating state spanning across europe north america and asia. he played a significant role in monasteries human rights and other issues in many places in the past. activities include arms control order monitoring and training and youth projects. everything in conflict prevention and post conflict rehabilitation they're known for their involvement and eating several ba

. >> this morning, john travolta is apologizing for the flub he had on oscar night. >> just one namesay. . he really butchered a name while introducing a singer. >> the one and only -- >> with over 50 million watching. he seemed to say adele daziem. he says that she would tell him to, quote, let it go, let it go. this is going on day three now. >> the unbelievable -- yeah. cross country match making. >> and a dating site that is flying singles from the east coast to san francisco because apparently there is not enough here. >>> they could not stop talking about it during the break. there is a cross country option, new york single ladies are going to fly to san francisco. >> the dating ring says it's better to find men in san francisco than in new york, so they're going to fly a planeful from new york city to san francisco. they're raising money to fly the women over labor day weekend when they will host a series of events. it will cost each woman about $1,000. who is in? >> anyway, have a good day. ok, it's time to set the record straight. covered california is how californians can t

. >>> "the los angeles times" looking at the aftermath of john travolta travolta's oscar flub after mispronouncingy're having a lot of fun at john's expense. you can travotify your name. you would be naomi ortiz. john's a good guy. >>> "usa today" gives us a speak at spring. despite snow on the ground in washington, d.c. this week the cherry blossoms are around the corner. the iconic trees will be in full bloom starting april 8th. that's only a few days later than normal and just in time for the cherry blossom festival. >>> and michigan's "grand rapids press" says the city is doing away with a law making it illegal to willfully annoy someone. the city attorney says it's too hard to define annoying. that makes the law unenforceable. >>> the partial government shutdown means tax filing season got off to a late start. you have less than six weeks to file your return. we look at the most important things to know this time. good morning. let's begin there. what's important to know this time around? >> well, some things have changed. we're all paying higher payroll taxes this year. you probably felt tha

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what if john travolta had to pronounce all the names.s dyslexic and that's why he was unable so read the name on the teleprompter. number four, our favorite awkward moments. >> i'm just nervous. >> the actual liza minnelli was described by ellen as one of the most amazing liza impersonators. and kim novak got her back rubbed by matthew mcconaughey. >> i'm really glad to be here. >> it's been a long time. >> some who remembered her from hitchcock's "vertigo" lost their balance, kim should sue her plastic surgeon, tweeted donald trump. another reason to fall for jennifer lawrence. she fell again, over a traffic cone getting out of her limo. >> ellen's oscar pizza kapper. she ordered a pizza. he thought he was delivering to the writers. ellen passed pharrell's hat to leave a tip. >> here's $1,000. you have a total of $1,000. >> and our number one oddball moment. that self-y full of stars. sure, it got mocked by larry the cable guy, it was photo shopped with rod ford, ellen everywhere, and pepperoni pizza. whether out of popularity or coinci