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SCRIPT FOR EYEWITNESS NEWS NEWSCAST
Monday, June 29, 2009.from Eyewitness News Online Note: Because breaking news happens fast, you may find typographic errors within news scripts. Odd punctuation, visual cues, anchor and producer notes may also appear with the scripts since these are the actual files that the news anchors present to you on Eyewitness News.
OPEN
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DOUG TALKS ABOUT WEATHER
Return to Story IndexWELCOME
WELCOME TO EYEWITNESS NEWS.
Return to Story IndexHOUSE FIRE
FLAMES HAD ALREADY ROARED THRU MOST OF THE HOME IN ASBURY HEIGHTS BEFORE FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED JUST AFTER 8 O'CLOCK. ED RAY SAYS HIS WIFE--CARLA,WHO IS BATTLING BRAIN CANCER--WAS IN THE HOUSE WHEN THE FIRE BROKE OUT. WHEN HIS MOTHER CALLED THE HOUSE, IT WOKE UP CARLA WHO SAID SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE KITCHEN AREA. SHE GOT OUT SAFELY. IT TOOK FIREFIGHTERS FROM SISSONVILLE, DUNBAR AND CHARLESTON TO GET THE FIRE UNDER CONTROL. THEY HAD TO TRUCK IN WATER TO DO SO.
Return to Story IndexABANDONED MINE REPAIRS
THE KENTUCKY DIVISION OF ABANDONED MINE LANDS HAS HIRED A CONTRACTOR TO SHORE UP THE MOUNTAINSIDE AND SEAL HOLES ON 5.5 ACRES OF LAND ABOUT A MILE EAST OF PIKEVILLE. PHILMOR CONTRACTING WILL BEGIN WORKING IN JULY ON THE $635,000 PROJECT.
Return to Story IndexGREENUP FATAL
THE GREENUP COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SAYS 18-YEAR-OLD CASSANDRA NEACE OF WORTHINGTON DIED WHEN SHE LOST CONTROL OF HER CAR---IT WENT OVER AN EMBANKMENT AND HIT A TREE. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON ALCORN ROAD IN GREENUP. INVESTIGATORS SAY NEACE DIED AT THE SCENE AND WASN'T WEARING A SEATBELT.
Return to Story IndexCREDIT CARD THEFT
TAKE A LOOK AT HIS SURVEILANCE PHOTO--INVESTIGATORS SAY THIS MAN AND WOMAN USED A STOLEN CARD AT BELK AND THEN TRIED USING IT AT OTHER STORES. IF YOU KNOW WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE---CALL THE ASHLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 606-327-2020.
Return to Story IndexYMCA SWINE FLU
THE "Y" CANCELED ACTIVITES WHILE THE FACILITY WAS DISINFECTED OVER THE WEEKEND. IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE NO SICK CHILDREN ATTEND THE PRGRAM -- TEMPERATURES ARE BEING TAKEN AND PARENTS HAVE TO FILL OUT PAPERWORK REPORTING ANY SYMPTOMS. THE KANAWHA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS BEING KEPT WELL INFORMED. SOME MORE CHILDREN AND ADULTS MAY TEST POSITIVE FOR SWINE FLU -- RESULTS HAVE NOT COME BACK YET.
Return to Story IndexSWINE FLU VACCINE
THE COMPANY, PROTEIN SCIENCES, TURNED OUT 100-THOUSAND DOSES. THE VACCINE, CALLED PANBLOK, IS WAITING TO BE APPROVED BY THE FDA. IF FOUND SAFE, THE VACCINE MAY BE IN THE KANAWHA VALLEY BY LATE SEPTEMBER OR EARLY OCTOBER.
Return to Story IndexGAS PRICES
FOR TWO WEEKS GAS PRICES HAVE REMAINED FLAT. ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL LUNDBERG SURVEY THE PRICE OF A GALLON OF GASOLINE IS STICKING AT $2.66 FOR REGULAR UNLEADED. THAT SOUNDS A LOT BETTER THAN LAST YEAR WHEN IT WAS ABOUT 4-10 A GALLON.
Return to Story IndexKY MINIMUM WAGE
THIS WEEK THE WAGE WILL INCREASE 70 CENTS. THAT WILL GO FROM 6-55 TO 7-25 AN HOUR. THE INCREASE STARTS ON WEDNESDAY.
Return to Story IndexSOCCER VOLUNTEERS
THE REGION ONE FINALS WILL TAKE PLACE AT BARBOURSVILLE SOCCER COMPLEX STARTING THURSDAY BRINGING 5 THOUSAND YOUTH PLAYERS AND THOUSANDS MORE PARENTS, COACHES AND FANS. HELP IS NEEDED TO MAKE THE EVENT A SUCCESS. VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED FOR BOTH HELPING WITH THE TOURNAMENT AND AT THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU TO DIRECT OUT-OF-TOWN FAMILIES AROUND THE AREA. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN HELPING CALL 304-525-7333.
Return to Story IndexBUFFALO VOLUNTEERS
VOLUNTEERS WILL GET THE CHANCE TO DECORATE STREET POSTS AROUND THE TOWN FOR THE JULY 4TH CELEBRATION. IF YOU WANT TO GET IN ON THE FUN CALL 304-937-3492.
Return to Story IndexMICHAEL JACKSON LATEST
Return to Story IndexBILLY MAYS
THE INFOMERCIAL KING, WHO WAS KNOWN FOR HIS BOOMING VOICE, WAS JUST FIFTY YEARS OLD. BUT THERE ARE QUESTIONS SURROUNDING HIS SUDDEN DEATH... WHICH OCCURRED HOURS AFTER A BUMPY PLANE LANDING. EVEN IF YOU Don't KNOW HIS NAME (Nats) "Hi Billy Mays here for Engrave It." YOU PROBABLY Know his face, his voice - or, more importantly, the products he hawked with such gusto. (Nats) "Watch how Oxiclean unleashes it's oxygen..." BILLY MAYS - who parlayed his pitchman skills into becoming a REALITY TELEVISION STAR - was found dead by his wife Sunday morning in their home in Tampa, Florida., // MAYS HAD JUST ARRIVED BACK IN FLORIDA the day before, AFTER SHOOTING A COMMERCIAL. (gfx animation) HE WAS A PASSENGER ON a US AIRWAYS PLANE THAT BLEW ITS FRONT TIRES WHILE LANDING... SOT: MAYS: "all of a sudden as we hit, you know it was just the hardest hit. All the top... you know the things from the ceiling started dropping and uh, it hit me on the head but I got a hard head." SOT: Tampa PD - trying to link billy mays' untimely death to the emergency landing of the US Airways flt would purely be speculation. DOCTORS WILL SURELY LOOK TO SEE IF THIS IS A SITUATION SIMILAR TO THAT OF ACTRESS NATASHA RICHARDSON - WHO DIED EARLIER THIS YEAR AFTER SUSTAINING A FATAL HEAD INJURY skiing WITHOUT EVER REALIZING HOW SEVERE THE INJURY WAS. US AIRWAYS SAYS // NO PASSENGERS OR CREW WERE INJURED. We may get answers later today when an autopsy is performed on the man who, sadly, has made his final pitch. FOR GOOD MORNING AMERICA, dan harris, ABC NEWS, new york.
Return to Story IndexGALE STORM
STORM STARRED IN "MY LITTLE MARGIE." THE SHOW RAN FROM 1952 TO 1955. SHE ALSO MADE MOVIES WITH JACKIE COOPER, EDDIE ALBERT AND AUDIE MURPHY. STORM WAS 87 YEARS OLD.
Return to Story IndexFAWCETT FUNERAL
FAWCETT---BEST KNOWN FOR HER ROLE IN THE T-V SERIES "CHARLIE'S ANGELS" DIED FROM A RARE CANCER THURSDAY. SHE WAS SIXTY-TWO YEARS OLD.
Return to Story IndexFULL WEATHER
Join Doug Harlow and the entire Storm Team at the Weather Center Online for the only regional web site that provides live, local updates, 24 hours a day!
Return to Story IndexLEGO BUILDER
UP TO SIX NEW MODEL BUILDERS WILL BE HIRED TO ACCOMODATE PLANS FOR EXPANSION AT LEGOLAND CALIFORNIA IN CARLSBAD'S THEME PARK.
Return to Story IndexPRIMAL QUEST
TAKE A LOOK. IN THIS SPORT, A CEMENT CURB DOUBLES AS YOUR PILLOW... *YOU CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE (TRACY) A SIX HUNDRED MILE, TEN DAY ODYSSEY THROUGH AMERICA'S MOST DANGEROUS TERRAIN.... GUY DIED SOT...(BRIAN) SLEEP DEPRIVATION COMES WITH THE TERRITORY... *I SAW DRAGONS...(TOM) THE ANNUAL EVENT IS KNOWN AS PRIMAL QUEST. HOSTED BY A DIFFERENT STATE EVERY YEAR, THE WEEK AND A HALF LONG EXPEDITION INDLUDES REPELLING DOWN CANYONS, MOUNTAIN BIKING, RUNNING THROUGH WOODLANDS, KAYAKING AND SEVERAL OTHER *UNEXPECTED CHALLENGES.... NAT POP ABOUT SCOOTER....(BRIAN) COVERING LAND WHERE DINOSAURS ONCE TREAD THIS YEAR'S RACE HEADS TO THE INFAMOUS SOUTH DAKOTA BADLANDS WHERE SPIH-LUNKING...ALSO KNOWN AS CAVING WILL BE PART OF THE LINEUP.... *NAT POP GNARLY...(BRIAN)... RACERS COMPETE IN COED TEAMS OF FOUR WITH JUST ENOUGH FOOD, WATER AND SURVIVAL SUPPLIES TO MAKE THE JOURNEY. REDDING ANESTHESIOLOGIST TOM THOMAS HEADS UP "THE ONLY" TEAM OF ALL NORTHSTATE ATHLETES. THE RACING VETERAN SAYS PART OF THE ALLURE IS "HIGH SPEED" EXPLORATION... *IT'S LIKE GOING TO EXPLORE AN AREA IN TEN DAYS THAT WOULD NORMALLY TAKE MONTHS FOR ALMOST ANYONE ELSE TO DO....(TOM) FROM START TO FINISH THE COMPETITION TAKES IT'S TOLL, LIKE NO OTHER SPORT... *IT'S TEN DAYS WITH NO SLEEP, EXCERCISING CONSTANTLY THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT, IN THE PITCHBLACK FREEZING COLD, ALTITUDE SICKNESS....(BRIAN) TRACY EVANS PLAYED THREE SPORTS AT ANDERSON HIGH SCHOOL...SHE SAYS SUPPORTIVE TEAMMATES ARE CRITICAL IN PRIMAL QUEST.... *WE'LL HAVE LOW TIMES AND THAT'S WHEN WE COUNT ON THE OTHER PERSON TO BRING US UP AND CARRY US THROUGH....(TRACY) THIS YEAR NEARLY 40 TEAMS WILL MEET UP IN THE PIERRE SOUTH DAKOTA AREA...BUT THE * UNKNOWN ROUTE AND THE ORDER OF THE SPORTING EVENTS KEEPS EVERYONE GUESSING * SHAKING THINGS UP EVEN FURTHER, ALL COMPETITORS ARE TRANSPORTED UP TO 150 MILES AWAY FROM BASE CAMP TO A SECRET STARTING LINE.... (CODY) *I HAVE AN IDEA WHAT I'M GETTING MYSELF INTO, PRECISELY, NO! TEAMS GET THEIR MAPS SHORTLY BEFORE RACE TIME AND THAT'S WHERE THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS BEGINS .... EVERY PRIMAL QUEST RACE HAS DOZENS OF CHECKPOINTS THAT TEAMS MUST NAVIGATE TO. USING COMPLEX MAPS TEAMS DECIDE WHETHER IT'S BEST TO GO OVER A MOUNTAIN, DOWN A RAVINE OR MAYBE EVEN THROUGH A SWAMP TO GET FROM ONE CHECKPOINT TO ANOTHER. IT'S OFTEN WHERE RACES ARE ONE OR LOST...(ERIC) *MAP READING IS SO KEY TO THESE RACES, IT WOULD SAY IN MOST OF THE RACES, THE FITTEST ATHLETES DON'T WIN...(EDIT) IT ALLOWS ME AT 54 TO COMPETE)....(TOM) IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR EVEN EXPERIENCED COMPETITORS TO WANDER *MILES OFF COURSE OR TRAVEL IN CIRCLES COMPLETELY DISORIENTED.... *CANOE SOT.... * BATTLING ENDLESS FATIGUE, ATHLETES AVERAGE JUST ONE OR TWO HOURS OF SLEEP A NIGHT....SOME TEAMS HAVE GONE AS MANY AS SEVEN DAYS WITHOUT SLEEPING.... BIKE STORY....(TOM) WIN OR LOSE, ATHLETES SHARE ONE COMMON GOAL.... I'VE ALWAY BEEN INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT MY LIMITS ARE, AND THIS IS THE ULTIMATE ENDURANCE EVENT TO TEST YOUR LIMITS...(CODY) COMPETITORS WEAR A DEVICE CALLED A SPOT...ALLOWING THEM TO PRESS A BUTTON IN CASE THERE'S A SEVERE EMERGENCY. AND THIS YEAR, FANS AT HOME CAN TRACK THE PARTICIPANTS VIA THE INTERNET. THE RACE TAKES PLACE IN MID AUGUST.
Return to Story IndexTOP STORIES
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Return to Story IndexHOUSE FIRE
HERE ARE SOME OF THE STORIES WE'RE WORKING ON FOR YOU TODAY... FIRE DESTROYED A HOUSE NEAR CHARLESTON THIS MORNING. FLAMES HAD ALREADY ROARED THRU MOST OF THE HOME IN ASBURY HEIGHTS BEFORE FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED JUST AFTER 8 O'CLOCK. ED RAY SAID HIS WIFE--CARLA,WHO IS BATTLING BRAIN CANCER--WAS IN THE HOUSE WHEN THE FIRE BROKE OUT. WHEN HIS MOTHER CALLED THE HOUSE, IT WOKE UP CARLA WHO SAID SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE KITCHEN AREA. SHE GOT OUT SAFELY. IT TOOK FIREFIGHTERS FROM SISSONVILLE, DUNBAR AND CHARLESTON TO GET THE FIRE UNDER CONTROL. THEY HAD TO TRUCK IN WATER TO DO SO.
Return to Story IndexYMCA SWINE FLU
THE "Y" CANCELED ACTIVITES WHILE THE FACILITY WAS DISINFECTED OVER THE WEEKEND. IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE NO SICK CHILDREN ATTEND THE PRGRAM -- TEMPERATURES ARE BEING TAKEN AND PARENTS HAVE TO FILL OUT PAPERWORK REPORTING ANY SYMPTOMS. THE KANAWHA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS BEING KEPT WELL INFORMED. SOME MORE CHILDREN AND ADULTS MAY TEST POSITIVE FOR SWINE FLU -- RESULTS HAVE NOT COME BACK YET.
Return to Story IndexNATIONAL NEWS
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Return to Story IndexMADOFF SENTENCING
AT HIS SENTENCING TODAY IN NEW YORK CITY MADOFF APOLOGIZED TO HIS VICTIMS. MADOFF IS SENTENCED TO 150 YEARS BEHIND BARS. MANY OF HIS VICTIMS WERE IN COURT TODAY TO HEAR THE PUNISHMENT.
Return to Story IndexSTANDFORD HEARING
STANFORD IS CHARGED WITH SWINDLING INVESTORS OUT OF $7 BILLION DOLLARS. PROSECUTORS FEEL THAT STANFORD IS A FLIGHT RISK AND MAY HAVE VAST SUMS OF MONEY HIDDEN ABROAD. HIS ATTORNEY SAYS STANFORD IS BROKE AND THEREFORE WOULD NOT FLEE. STANDFORD AND THREE OTHERS ARE ACCUSED OF MASSIVE FRAUD BY MISUSING CLIENTS' MONEY INVESTED IN A BANK.
Return to Story IndexTAKE A LOOK AT THIS
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS! THIS MOTORCYCLIST MADE HISTORY -- BECOMING THE FIRST-EVER DOCUMENTED MAN TO JUMP ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE. EDDIE WEARDEN TOOK OFF FROM A RAMP IN EL PASO, TEXAS...LANDING SAFE AND DRY IN JUAREZ, MEXICO. THE DAREDEVIL JUMP WAS COORDINATED BY THE U-S AND MEXICAN GOVERNMENTS AS PART OF AN INTERNATIONAL ANTI-DRUG RALLY. THE RIDER TURNED 50 THE DAY AFTER THE FEAT. SOME PARISHIONERS WERE PACKING HEAT AT THIS KENTUCKY CHURCH EVENT. THE PASTOR AT LOUISVILLE'S NEW BETHEL CHURCH ASKED HIS FLOCK TO BRING ALONG UNLOADED HANDGUNS FOR AN EVENT HE CALLED THE "OPEN CARRY CELEBRATION." No magazines within the magazine well of the pistols, slide racked back and checked, put in a secure holster. It'd be like carrying in a cell phone without a battery. THE PASTOR BILLED THE EVENT AS A SECOND AMENDMENT CELEBRATION PROMOTING SAFE GUN OWNERSHIP. THE KING OF POP RECEIVED A TRIBUTE, NEW ORLEANS-STYLE -- WITH A SECOND-LINE JAZZ FUNERAL. FANS BUSTED OUT THEIR FAVORITE MICHAEL JACKSON MOVES, AND PARADED DOWN THE STREET WEARING THEIR FAVORITE MICHAEL JACKSON MEMORABILIA. FOR TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, I'M JIM RIBBLE.
Return to Story IndexBUSINESS BRIEF
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Return to Story IndexBLOOMBERG
HERE'S MORE IN YOUR BLOOMBERG MARKET UPDATE.
Return to Story IndexGENERAL MOTORS
AS PART OF THE REBUILDING, THE NEW COMPANY WILL NOW ASSUME RESPONSBILITY FOR CLAIMS INVOLVING VEHICLES MADES BY THE OLD COMPANY.
Return to Story IndexBEEF RECALL
ALL THE BEEF PRODUCTS WERE PRODUCED APRIL 21ST AND ARE IN BOXES BEARING A PACKAGE DATE OF "04-21-09" AND A TIME STAMP RANGING FROM "06-18" TO "11-30." 24 PEOPLE IN SEVERAL STATES HAVE GOTTEN SICK.
Return to Story IndexECONOMY GUIDE
SUMMER'S BOUNTY CAN LAST YOU WELL THROUGH THE WINTER IF YOU'RE WILLING TO GIVE IT A TRY. EVEN FOR THE KITCHEN-SHY, ALL IT REALLY TAKES IS A LITTLE BASIC INSTRUCTION. Whether turning strawberries into sweet, sticky jam or tomatoes into a tasty puree. Eugenia Bone/Author/"Well-Preserved" SOT: "We are going to can tomatoes." The economy has more people saying "yes we can." SOT: "I got hooked on the quality and I was persuaded by the simplicity of putting them up." The savings of doing it yourself has the art of amateur food preservation making a comeback. SOT: Just look at the stock market, ball jar stock is up people are buying jars so I assume they are canning. One response to the recession, put a lid on it. SOT: The lid is really important it has to be fresh and you have to use a new one every time. Look at the jars as an investment. Less than a dollar for each jar and you can use them again and again. New lids will cost about 15 cents. They seal every time they are submerged in boiling water. SOT: You just have boiling water that will blister the skin and then we will be able to peel it off In her book, well-preserved, Eugenia Bone cooks up recession proof recipes for canners. The boiling-water method is the easiest to learn. SOT: Put up stuff at its peak which is why I am an advocate of putting up food at the same time you are preparing dinner. These are with the skin on with the seeds, we are keeping this super simple. Add some citric acid. SOT: I am putting in a quarter teaspoon per pint and then just pack it in. Leave about a half inch of head room. SOT: Usually a good guide is the bottom of the screw marks you need to have a little room for the air to escape. Pop out any air bubbles. SOT: Then I put a teaspoon of salt in the top because I like it, not because you have to, then you wipe your rim with nice clean towel put on the softened lid and then screw on the band fingertip tight. If you make it too tight, the air can't escape. SOT: "This goes on." Boil for 50 minutes for raw pack or 40 minutes for puree. On the website, preserving food safely, you can just pick the letter of the food you want to preserve and it shows you how. SOT: That's it? That's it we are finished. LD ABCNEWS
Return to Story IndexHEALTHY FOR LIFE
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Return to Story IndexHEAT TIPS
--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS-- THE BEST WAY TO KEEP THE BODY COOL IS TO KEEP IT HYDRATED. ALTHOUGH SPORTS DRINKS HELP REPLACE ELECTROLYTES IF YOU'VE HAD A DAY OF RIGOROUS EXERCISE, DOCTORS SAY WATER USUALLY DOES THE TRICK. AND WEAR LIGHT CLOTHING IN LIGHTER COLORS. THEY REFLECT THE HEAT AWAY FROM YOUR BODY. WANT TO EXERCISE OUTSIDE EVEN IF IT'S HOT? SPORTS MEDICINE EXPERTS SAY WORK OUT IN THE MORNING OR EARLY EVENING HOURS WHEN THE SUN ISN'T AS INTENSE. AND IF YOU BECOME OVERHEATED AND NAUSEOUS, FIND A PLACE IN THE SHADE TO SIT DOWN. YOU MAY BE SUFFERING FROM HEAT STROKE. THAT'S WHEN THE BODY'S NOT ABLE TO REGULATE IT'S OWN TEMPERATURE, WHICH CAN RISE IN MINUTES TO A LIFE-THREATENING 106 DEGREES OR MORE. SYMPTOMS OF HEART STROKE ARE EASY TO SPOT. MOST PEOPLE EXPERIENCE RED, HOT AND DRY SKIN, THROBBING HEADACHES, DIZZINESS AND NAUSEA. BEST TO SIT THE PERSON DOWN AND USE A COOL COMPRESS TO COOL THE BODY OFF. DO NOT GIVE THEM FLUIDS TO DRINK; TRY TO GET THE BODY TEMPERATURE DOWN, BY APPLYING COOL WATER TO THE SKIN, EVEN IF IT MEANS SPRAYING THEM WITH A HOSE. FOR TODAY'S HEALTH MINUTE, I'M ELIZABETH COHEN. REMEMBER, KEEPING HYDRATED IS KEY. SO MAKE SURE YOU STAY AWAY FROM SODAS AND DRINK WATER OR SPORTS DRINKS.
Return to Story IndexFULL WEATHER
Join Doug Harlow and the entire Storm Team at the Weather Center Online for the only regional web site that provides live, local updates, 24 hours a day!
Return to Story IndexBET JACKSON TRIBUTE
nats applause TRACK .1 00:03 (11 seconds) SHE TOOK EVERYONE BY SURPRISE......ARRIVING ON STAGE NEAR THE END OF THE BROADCAST....A TEARFUL JANET JACKSON MAKING HER FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE SINCE THE DEATH OF HER BROTHER. janet jackson sot: I am going to keep it short but to you michael is an icon, to us michael is family, and he will forever live in all of our hearts , on behalf of my family and myself thank you for all of your love, thank you for all of your support. we miss him so much. thank you TRACK .2 00:51 (12 seconds) MOMENTS LATER THERE WASN'T A DRY EYE IN THE HOUSE AS HOST JAMIE FOX, JOINED BY NEYO CLOSED OUT THE SHOW WITH A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO THE KING OF POP.... WITH THE CLASSIC JACKSON 5 BALLAD, I'LL BE THERE. nats i'll be there TRACK .3 1:13 (8 seconds) MUSICIANS,ACTORS, AND CELEBRITIES TURNED OUT IN FORCE......TURNING WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A TRADITIONAL AWARD SHOW, INTO AN HOMAGE TO THE KING OF POP. nats lebron james 20:15:10 "for all the jackson family-this is unbelievable, because of you guys." nats beyonce 21:59:17 "this is to you michael!" nats 20:26:10 "the only reason the wayans exist is because of the jacksons." nats new edition singing jackson five TRACK .4 1:37 (7 seconds) THE NIGHT GOT OFF TO A ROUSING START WITH ALL OF NEW EDITION-INCLUDING BOBBIE BROWN-DOING A MEDLEY OF JACKSON 5 SONGS..... nats beyonce TRACK .5 1:46 (2 and a half) BEYONCE, TEARFULLY SANG....... nats ava maria TRACK .6 1:58 (7 seconds) AND WHILE JANET SPOKE FOR THE FAMILY INSIDE THE SHOW, JACKSON PATRIARCH JOE HAD THIS TO SAY OUTSIDE, ON THE RED CARPET. joe jackson: It's great a thing you know and I just which he could have been hre to see all of this celebration that is taking place.
Return to Story IndexSIMON COWELL
RUMORS HAVE BEEN FLYING THAT HE WOULD LEAVE AT THE END OF HIS CONTRACT NEXT YEAR. BUT NOW COWELL HAS REPORTEDLY BEEN IN TALKS TO RENEW HIS DEAL FOR A PRICE THAT WOULD MAKE HIM THE HIGHEST PAID PERSON IN T-V, POSSIBLY SURPASSING EVEN OPRAH WINFREY.
Return to Story IndexKATHERINE HEIGL
KATHERINE HEIGL HAS SIGNED ON TO THE BIG SCREEN ROMANCE "LIFE AS WE KNOW IT", WHICH SHE WILL STAR IN AND CO-PRODUCE WITH HER MOTHER. THE BIG-SCREEN FILM REVOLVES AROUND A WOMAN AND A MAN WHO ARE LEFT TO CARE FOR AN ORPHANED GIRL AFTER THEIR BEST FRIENDS DIE IN A CAR ACCIDENT. IN THE MEANTIME, YOU CAN CATCH HEIGL IN THEATERS NEXT MONTH TELLING "THE UGLY TRUTH".
Return to Story IndexOSCAR EXPANSION
SOT-GANIS " We thought, we need 10 best picture nominees again. We need to do what we did in the thirties. So that's the big news." Citing 1939 as an example of a great year for films when "Gone With The Wind ""The Wizard of Oz"...and were just two of the 10 best picture nominees. After much discussion, the academy of motion picture arts and sciences decided it was time again to double the amount of nominees in the best picture category. SOT-GANIS" We'll be casting our net wider. And in casting that net wider, who knows what's going to turn up?" "Slumdog Millionaire" turned up as the last "best picture" winner. "No Country for Old Men" was before that and "The Departed" also recently took the prize. Beginning next year, though, it'll now be twice as hard to take home the gold but twice as many films will get the honor of "just being nominated." SOT-GANIS" To be one of 10 nominees out of 300 is still pretty special so I do not think it'll dilute what we're doing in any way, quite the opposite. I think it just--it broadens it." Historically, dramas usually make the cut. If this helps other genres, great, if not, it is what it is. SOT-GANIS" In this category, we're about the best picture, not the best something picture but the very best picture. And we absolutely want to keep it that way. This is the pinnacle of an honor for a motion picture and it's a singular honor." This is George Pennachio reporting for ABC News.
Return to Story IndexSPORTS
A.J. GOOD HAS MORE.
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