the tension is building here, wolfgang puck is here. wolfgang?> yes. >> we are live on cnn now. >> my favorite station. >> you are preparing the mother of all meals for the governor ball tonight. tell me what you got. >> this is going to be an amazing meal. if you want to eaten courses, you can have ten courses from baked potatoes with caviar to tore tell leannies with black truffles and chestnuts to kobe steak, even chicken pot pie for daniel day-lewis. i think he is going to feel at he. and then we gonna have the lobster, going to have sushi, so many different things, it's unbelievable and i chilled already 100 bottles of dom perignon. everybody who wins gets a bolt. >> who drink more, the ones who lose or the ones who win? >> i think the ones who lose drink more. >> you have done 19 of these, i think. has the nightmare ever happened where you just run out of pow? >> the first year we did it here, it was called the kodak near the old time, before they went down and it -- i think it was like 10:00 at night, we were just serving the main course,

chef wolfgang puck is creating 30 dishes. >> it is like opening five restaurants in one night. >> excitement is building on the red carpet. there are a few favorites this year, anne hathaway for best supporting actress and daniel day-lewis for best actor. but the question remains, who will win best picture? >> don't forget our own large campbell and cynne simpson -- arch campbell and cynne simpson have an oscar special tonight at 8:00. they will also be live on the red carpet on sunday. >> how could we forget those two? >> it is kind of cloudy, damp and chile, but nothing really terrible. so, have a good weekend. all right, see you next time. ok i will hang out for a couple of minutes and show you doppler radar. temperatures are critical. it is above 33 degrees, and nothing happens. if it is below, there could be patches of ice. temperatures are right on that borderline area for several more hours. look how far below average the high was today. the across the area, there may be a few more patches of rain or freezing drizzle. areas northwest of washington are going to continue on a winter wea

last-minute touches going on at the governor's ball where celebrity chef wolfgang puck is creating 30 dishes. one night full of food, fun and celebrations to see who takes home oscar gold. excitement is building here on the red carpet. there are a knew favorites this -- few favorites, anne hathaway and daniel day-lewis. >>> now a face you may not necessarily recognize. >> when you hear his music you will know it. the composer john williams is the most nominated man in oscar history. on sunday he is up for his work on "lincoln." spielberg credits williams. his best known work is just two notes. one of the favorites came for his score for star wars. >> to turn around and see them all waving these light sabres, you couldn't plan it. 30 years from now someone would be celebrating. impossible. >> that was a high geek moment. he will have to wait until sunday. the score is up against scores for "lincoln," sky fall and life of pi. >> watch it sunday night at 7:00 and stay tuned for abc2 news at 11. >>> you got to check ot our complete oscar guide. go to abc2news.com/oscar. you can find every

. >> reporter: wolfgang puck is a culin mary -- culinary king and that cooking shows and farmer's markets turned americans into smarter food consumers. >> and didn't know about ingredients. may not know how to cook it and they know what it should taste like. >> reporter: that allows the executive chef to serve up some adventurous dishes the d.c. crowd may have cringed at awhile back and maybe about the time of jobs. >> corporate tax attorney and the restaurateur. >> he did just fine, a study on booming 49th street northwest. >> we are not obviously at the level in san francisco and chicago and los angeles. once you get past the four cities, i think d.c. can hold the phone with anyone. boston, philly, atlanta, miami. >> reporter: you can see washington's culinary transformation from up here on a rooftop and northeast where what was old is now again. off florida avenue on the site of what was the old union terminal market, richie brandenburg works for e. the developer and as a chef heard the same questions over and over. >> where can i get this? where do you get your meat and fish? >> repor

wolfgang puck.ll over the tables. we try to take them home. go ahead, bite the head off. go ahead. >> it is, george, i think. >> oh, please. >> i was worried there for a moment. >> that was very brave. i didn't know if it was chocolate or not. >> i didn't know either. >> well loved. 7,000 bucks. >> i have never been happier. is there that could have gone so wrong. >> i'm so glad it was chocolate, america. >>> oscar eight in is unforgettable. cameron mathison was with michael strahan of "live with kelly and michael" to talk about his adventures. give michael a hug for all of us there, cam. >> you want me to give him a hug. absolutely. >> thank you, man. >> it was your first red carpet last night. >> it was. one of my first guests was robin roberts. >> is that right? >> robin came in, got me straight, made me feel comfortable. the rest of the night was kind of a breeze. >> i saw you on the red carpet. it didn't look like your first time. you looked like you were running the show. who were you most exc

. >> after the awards, governor's ball features food from wolfgang puk, plug the flavor-filled little oscars. >> we combine taste and style. >> and then live with kelly and michael will be live here. >> much more challenging, a huge undertaking. lastite was a big hit so we decided to go for it. >> who will the academy volters pick? it's unpredictable. lincoln took an early lead, and then critics liked zero dark thirty. and then oorg jumped -- oorg go jumped to the lead. >> we both are voting for "argo". >> as leta and ann marie are from german television, they're international journallesses here. this is an unpredictable year so many good films critically acclaimed and popular with fans and movie-goers. it's hard to say who is going within all. we'll find out tomorrow evening right here on abc7. in hollywood, don sanchez, abc7 news. >> ama: we look forward to seeing you tomorrow, don. to get the full oscar experience, download the official oscars app. the back stage pass will give you access to more than a dozen cameras from the red carpet. it's available for the iphone, ipad, android

. >> i heard wolfgang fixed some vaguen dishes. >> can i ask you real quick because i know -- you guysof all, i want to join the sister friendship you guys are like girlfriends in my head. you look like you have so much fun. >> the sad thing is i feel like i haven't seen her in so long. >> we're so busy. >> we were talking today about skype. skype is a good way to keep in touch. >> we text when she's in this country, which is never. we e-mail. she's just jessica chastain, two-time academy nominee. >> octavia, academy award winner. >> you sounded convincing. how are you feeling, really? >> i feel very happy for everyone that won. the wonderful thing about tonight is there wasn't one movie that won everything. >> exactly. >> that kind of goes to show what an incredible year for film it was. we can say that "zero dark thirty" is an oscar winner. >> watching a strong woman on television playing a complex role, bravo to you. have a good night. thank you. we got jessica chastain and octavia spencer. see, i pulled a double for you. how about that? top that. >> thanks. we're going to go straig

we have given you a couple of chocolates from wolfgang puck, these will appear at the governors ball.urely present. >> they sort of glued the oscars to the bowl, it's unclear they're edible at this point. we hope you're right about your predictions and if you're wrong, you don't turn into a geyser of emotions. >> i think those are good predictions. >>> all right, thanks, chris. lara and robin kicks off abc's oscar coverage at 7:00 p.m. eastern/4:00 p.m. pacific. on monday, "good morning america's" oscar party. all of the interviews with the winners and the best moments on stage and off. almost tastes like one of jack's cereals. fiber one. uh, forgot jack's cereal. [ jack ] what's for breakfast? um... try the number one! yeah, this is pretty good. male announcer ] over a third of a day's fiber. fiber one. ♪ shimmy, shimmy chocolate. ♪ shimmy, shimmy chocolate. ♪ we, we chocolate cross over. ♪ yeah, we chocolate cross over. ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing fiber one 80 calorie chocolate cereal. ♪ chocolate. >> good morning, everyone. each indicate marzullo law. caroline tyler is off thi

. >> after the awards, governor's ball features food from wolfgang puk, plug the flavor-filled little oscars. >> we combine taste and style. >> and then live with kelly and michael will be live here. >> much more challenging, a huge undertaking. lastite was a big hit so we decided to go for it. >> who will the academy volters pick? it's unpredictable. lincoln took an early lead, and then critics liked zero dark thirty. and then oorg jumped -- oorg go jumped to the lead. >> we both are voting for "argo". >> as leta and ann marie are from german television, they're international journallesses here. this is an unpredictable year so many good films critically acclaimed and popular with fans and movie-goers. it's hard to say who is going within all. we'll find out tomorrow evening right here on abc7. in hollywood, don sanchez, abc7 news. >> ama: we look forward to seeing you tomorrow, don. to get the full oscar experience, download the official oscars app. the back stage pass will give you access to more than a dozen cameras from the red carpet. it's available for the iphone, ipad, android

german writer wolfgang von goethe visited pompeii in 1787.eader: "the rooms, passages and arcades are gaily painted. the frescoes are surrounded by amusing arabesques in admirable taste... though the city was destroyed, it still bears witness to an artistic instinct and a love of art shared by a whole people." narrator: touring herculaneum and pompeii in the mid 19th century, novelist charles dickens found the stone cities of the dead alive with the power of art. reader: "paintings on the walls in the roofless chambers of both cities are as fresh as if they had been executed yesterday. -here are the subjects of still life, familiar classical stories or mythological fables, poets reading their productions to their friends... all restore the ancient cities in the fancy of their wandering visitor." narrator: the fascination with pompeii emerged in an 1825 opera by giovanni pacini called the last day of pompeii and more famously sir edward bulwer lytton's novel the last days of pompeii , published in 1834. in lytton's heavily romanticized account

well, starting next week, the source by wolfgang puck is offering a six-course year of the snake tastingen a special dumpling cooking class. source chef john joins us with the new year. welcome back. >> thanks for having me. >> the year of the snake. what's on the tasting menu? i hope it's not snake. >> we have a play on snake. the fish that's wreaking ha ini on the potomac. >> what's it taste like, chicken? >> just like chicken. no, snakehead, it's a great fish. it's a good cooking fish, it stands up to cooking methods. >> and we are going to make something special today. something that you're an expert at. tell us about it. >> i don't know about expert. but certainly something personal special that i love to eat. it's a traditional dish served during the chinese new year. on the eve of the chinese new year, traditionally, we have dumplings. so we're having a teaching class. >> i'd love to learn. let's do it. >> this is super traditional dumpling. simple. we have pork. a nice fatty pork. >> sausage, too? could you buy sausage? >> you could buy sausage. this is raw pork belly. same kind

it is a big party and chef wolfgang puck showed me what they are serving at the governor's ball. >> weg catering company. >> they had to prepare 15,000 plates and a treat. >> this oscar is filled with what, chocolate? >> chocolate with 24carret gold. >> i was very tempted. here it is. i still have it. in case i get hungry on the way back to san francisco i can eat it. con tbrat layingses to -- congratulations to pixar who won for "brave." i will leave this up to you. is it a full bucket or not? don sanchez, abc7 news. >> thank you, don. great to see don coming out of retirement. >> absolutely. >>> and you -- >> and you can get all of the results at abc7news.com. >> and you can get the looks without the celebrity price tag. dresses by the same designer at a deep discount. >> and people are making a profit off trash. a simple idea by a bay area doctor making the world a better place. that story is coming up after 11:30. >> i'm 7 on your side's michael finney with a look at your on-line privacy or lack there of. ahead, a look at companies who are getting around pry -- privacy laws >>> mos

to make things sweeter, we have given you a couple of chocolates from wolfgang puck, these will appearetness that oscar night will surely present. >> the only problem is, they sort of glued the oscars to the bowl, it's unclear whether they're edible at this point. we hope you're right about your predictions and if you're wrong, you don't turn into a geyser of emotions. >> i think those are good predictions, by the way. >>> all right, thanks, chris. lara and robin kicks off abc's oscar coverage beginning tonight at 7:00 p.m. eastern/4:00 p.m. pacific. on monday, "good morning america's" oscar party. all of the interviews with the winners and the best moments on stage and off. >> are you going to eat that?

wolfgang puck will be running that show again this year. 19 years in a row for him. i've taken a lock at the grocery list, 1250 stone crab clause, 30 gallons of cocktail sauce and 6,000 buns. that's a lot. >> live from the red carpet in hollywood. among those watching closely tonight will be a group of students at the san francisco's academy of arts university. they played a role in a film with multiple oscars nominations, including best picture, director and actress. carolyn tyler has the story. >> the whole universe. everything together. before "beasts of the southern wild" made it to the big screen, a small group of students worked on it for months. >> you work on the shots, and you don't know how big it is going to be. you are just working on them because you love what you do. >> what he did was help create visual effects for the fantasy drama, set in the louisiana bayou. he painstakingly enhanced the look and feel of a levy explosion. >> there is added debris to make it a little bit more intense. >> the movie was made on a shoestring budget, under $2 million, so

to make things sweeter, we have given you a couple of chocolates from wolfgang puck, these will appear sweetness that oscar night will surely present. >> the only problem is, they sort of glued the oscars to the bowl, it's unclear whether they're edible at this point. we hope you're right about your predictions and if you're wrong, you don't turn into a geyser of emotions. >> i think those are good predictions, by the way. >>> all right, thanks, chris. lara and robin kicks off abc's oscar coverage beginning tonight at 7:00 p.m. eastern/4:00 p.m. pacific. on monday, "good morning america's" oscar party. all of the interviews with the winners and the best moments on stage and off. >> are you going to eat that? is an abc 7 news update. >> its 8:56. police in tacoma park are investigating a double homicide that happened just after 1:30 on flower ave. two men were found lying dead in suffering from gunshot wounds. police say around 1:00 saturday morning officers responded to a outside the nightclub. the man was fatally shot outside the club. arrested a 24-year-old and charged with first-deg

wolfgang puck will be here monday. the dinner is sold out., open to the public. special chinese year menu. that goes from the 10th to the 24th. >> reporter: i didn't fail enough with the dumplings -- >> up the ante here. >> reporter: what's the forecast for the year of the snake? >> the snake basically is for the people smarter than anyone else. >> reporter: really? >> that's what the snake people thing. >> reporter: but are they really? >> like my mother. >> reporter: oh, back with mom again. people that have kids this year, it's a good year? >> very good year, particularly the girls. >> reporter: really? >> they are significant, sexy. >> reporter: year of the snake are sexy. i got it. all right. >> that's good. >> reporter: there you go. >> shaped like a little gold bar. >> reporter: i think i did better at that. >> you did. >> reporter: there's a lot of different things we've covered this morning. one, we're here at the source. dumpling class saturday. dim sung reception sunday, and a two-week special menu. parade on sunday. parade going o

to make things sweeter, we have given you a couple of chocolates from wolfgang puck, these will appeart oscar night will surely present. >> the only problem is, they sort of glued the oscars to the bowl, it's unclear whether they're edible at this point. we hope you're right about your predictions and if you're wrong, you don't turn into a geyser of emotions. >> i think those are good predictions, by the way. >> so am i. >>> all right, thanks, chris. lara and robin kicks off abc's oscar coverage beginning tonight at 7:00 p.m. eastern/4:00 p.m. pacific. they are live on the red carpet to start all of the fun. on monday, "good morning america's" oscar party. all of the interviews with the winners and the best moments on stage and off. >> are you going to eat that? >> i'm going to. >> is it good? >>> good morning and welcome to "this week." >>> a new cliff is here. >> these cuts are not smart. >> it's a stupid way to govern. >> across-the-board spending cuts, just five days away. >> this is going to have a real impact. >> the president is making stuff up. >> will they hit too hard? are th

that's how i came here for wolfgang.en we lielzrealized we were only cooking for diplomats and we had to open it up. >> what was it like cooking for diplomats? >> they eat a lot. they entertain for a living. >> that must be a good thing. >> they must drink too. >> i call it culinary diplomacy. if you want something done organization view to field people very well. >> and feed them a couple of cocktails. >> absolutely. >> do they have a favorite food? what does the australian ambassador like to eat and drink, numb beer one. >> believe it or not, he likes to entertain very classic calal dishes. he likes to portray austrian community. wean wienerschnitzel, stroodle apple crumble. i think he likes having a culinary ambassador working for him and showing people what's authentic austrian cuisine. >> you were his secret weapon. >> only culturalry speaking. >> who would you have it with? >> my friend who passed away last summer. she became 91 years old. she was very inspireing. for me person lirks so inspiring for the power she

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but we are being treated to a dance now, as we are live at the stores by wolfgang puck.e city is gearing up for a huge celebration. we're going to tell you how you can be a part of it all coming up next live on fox 5. stay with us. >>> it's your look at the new and note worthy in the week ahead, for the week february 11th. monday, james overstar will be the opening speaker at the high speed rail summit being held in washington. starts at 8:30. tuesday, february 12th, following president obama's gun control proposals, the senate judiciary committee holds hearings on new laws to reduce gun violence, that's at 10:00 a.m. on wednesday, february 13th, the house homeland security committee opens hearings on new perspectives on terrorism after the united states' successful mission against top al-qaida leaders. that's at 9:30 a.m. thursday, february 14th, following the bombing of a u.s. diplomatic building in turkey and the consulate attack in september, a hearing on embassy security beginning at 9:30 a.m. on friday, february 15th, office of the united states federal trade repre