brooke anderson, you got that exclusive today. >> that's right, a.j. i asked trump what he thought about outrageous temper tantrum. watch this. >> i'm big fan of larry king and watching this, and i was very surprised to see it because she was talking about how inappropriate he was. inappropriate is more of a sexual term. as far as i'm concerned. inappropriate, he asked a very, very easy question. and i was surprised that she just didn't say, hey, listen, i can't answer that question. it's very surprising. it was really very strange to watch it. too bad. i felt badly for her, actually. >> he felt badly for her. i was a little bit surprised he said that. carlos, i thought that he would be a lot harsher, didn't you? >> yeah. and you're thinking the same way i was thinking. talking to him the other day, he is very diplomatic but he's genius in that way because if he starts to bash the girls that go out for the miss usa pageant, then no one will go out for the pageant. he is smart and own it is pageant and wants to keep generating money and being diplomatic

i'm brooke anderson coming to you with the hollywood version. rihanna's tearful tell-all. >> i want you to forget everything since she was beaten by chris bowden and what heiss been going through. what we're going to show you will startle you. we've now since her first interview since that terrible night. rihanna holding nothing back and her pain and raw emotions and embarrassment and powerful lessons she hopes every woman can learn from her beating. >> don't react off of love. f love. >> blunt and powerful words from rihanna in her first tv interview since she was brutally beaten by her then boyfriend chris brown. rihanna tells diane sawyer she wants victims of domestic violence to do what she herself did not do, get out. >> come out of the situation and look at it third person, because love is so blind. >> "showbiz tonight" can tell you, it's a shocking interview, where an emotional rihanna finally talks about what it was like to be caught in a painful cycle of domestic violence. >> she feels like she owes it to her fans to finally speak out a

i'm brooke anderson, coming to you tonight from hollywood. tonight, cindy crawford's extortion nightmare. i've got to tell you, when i first heard about this story, it made me sick. cindy crawford's daughter photographed when she was just 7 years old, in revealing clothing, bound and gagged. and today a man is accused of trying to get crawford to give him big-time money so he would not make the photo public. and if that's not disturbing enough, today we learned the disgusting picture was taken by the girl's nanny. and it all made for big news breaking today. >> reporter: it's a sick, twisted story that plays out like an episode of "law & order," only this script is very real. cindy crawford and her business mogul husband, randy gerber, are fighting back tonight over an alleged extortion plot for tens of thousands of dollars. the worst part of this real-life drama, the reported scheme involves a provocative photo of their young daughter. a photo they didn't even know was taken. court documents say the photo shows crawford's daughter bound, gag

. >>> hi there, everyone, i'm brooke anderson in hollywood, and this is "showbiz tonight" this weekend. tonight, rosie's shocking confession. rosie o'donnell is never one to hold back. and tonight i can tell you she is revealing explosive new details about her life we've never heard before. rosie is sharing the horrifying details of abuse she allegedly suffered as a child. details that are so tough to hear that she avoided talking about it until now. and that's just the start of her truly amazing new tell-all interview. here's "showbiz tonight's" a.j. hammer. >> reporter: rosie o'donnell is making shocking confessions about molestation in her family. >> there were varying levels of abuse. >> reporter: she's setting the record straight about her troubled relationship. >> kelly and i have a lot of issues and sex wasn't one of them. >> and best of all, she's settling old scores. rosie o'donnell was absolutely unplugged in her interview on howard stern's show on sirius xm satellite radio. >> we haven't heard from rosie in a while, but now she's coming back with a vengeance and being so rev

brooke anderson has caught up with someone special. >> i am indeed here with somebody special. this is doc hendley, one of the finalists out of more than 9,000 nominations for cnn's hero of the year. congratulations. >> thank you. thank you so much. >> your work as a bartender in north carolina inspired you to start the wine to water program. in a nutshell, what does that do? >> basically we host wine events all over the country now, and the funds raised from that go to clean water projects all around the world. we're in seven different countries. serve 26,500 people now. >> you're digging the wells, keeping it sustainable. >> the whole idea is not just to go give people water for free. to get them involved and teach them and train them how to access their own water. we're not just digging wells, we're including water filtration systems. it's awesome to be a part of. >> you are an inspiration to so many. congratulations. best of luck to you tonight. doc hendley. >> thank you so much for having me. >> thank you. of course. stay tuned for more of "larry king live," "a night for h

brooke anderson, come on back in here. even though janine has all that baggage, do you feel some sympathy for her as a mother? >> in a way, i do, a.j., but another part of the interview and jim mentioned this briefly a couple of minutes ago, janine said in another part of the interview that she is the best mother that she knows how to be. and i think that is key here, because a lot of women did not have good examples set for them by their own mothers. and i don't know if that's the case with janine, but a lot of times, it is all they know. they have to be taught to be responsible mothers. so in a way, yes, i do feel sympathy, but at the same time, if she is a bad influence, which she has admitted, and no good for this child, then put the child in an environment where the people are going to do what's right by her. >> and that's exactly, obviously, as we've mentioned, with what the judge will be considering. so midwin, based on all that we know, where do you see this thing going? what do you think is going to happen in the

brooke anderson, come on back in here. because, obviously, you're now a new mom yourself, so you're really getting to understand that special connection a mom has to their child. so from what you've heard, brooke, do you think it would be wrong to take the daughter away from the mother here? >> no, i don't, a.j. but it does have to be proven that that child is in a situation that is dangerous or detrimental. listen, the sad fact is, and this makes me so angry, but it is not uncommon for a mother to mistreat or neglect her child. it happens every day. and it is shameful, but we do know there are two sides to every story. bottom line, the child needs to be in the most responsible, caring, loving hands. bottom line. >> yeah. let's hear a little bit of the other side of this story. jesse's ex, janine, was seen in an explosive interview. it was on this morning on "good morning america." and she does admit, she cops to the fact that she's had some problems in the past, but really all she wants is for sandra bullock to meet her h

i'm brooke anderson, coming to you from hollywood. tonight, hollywood at war over sarah palin. >> yes. tonight "showbiz tonight" is revealing just how much sarah palin is dividing hollywood as she storms the country on her no-holds-barred tell-all book tour. wait until you hear what martha stewart just told us at "showbiz tonight" about palin. talk about a smackdown. there was also a brand-new jaw-dropping revelation today about sarah's archnemesis, her almost-son-in-law, levi johnston, and it all made for big news breaking today. >> he's the biggest celebrity in the world. >> reporter: it was more than a year ago when republicans used the word "celebrity" to mock barack obama. now there's someone from the 2008 presidential campaign who's getting massive tv ratings, selling tons of books, and causing a major stir in hollywood. and this celebrity isn't president obama. it's former republican vice presidential candidate, sarah palin. >> she is on every program, whether you turn on to cable news, whether you turn on network news. whether

i'm brooke anderson coming to you from hollywood. and tonight, the beauty blows her stack. >> this was unbelievable. there was remarkable fallout today from carrie prejean's incredible, and i think, downright embarrassing tantrum, live on cnn's "larry king live," threatening to walk off the show. >> larry: did you hear the question, carrie? >> excuse me? >> larry: did you hear the question? >> no, i can't hear you. >> i didn't hear the question and i can't hear you, but i'm answering your question. wait, there's more. so much more that you will hardly believe what we're about to show you. it made for big news breaking today. carrie prejean just got slammed today for her hissy fit on "larry king live," after the conservative family values beauty queen was asked about the solo sex tape that she now admits to making, claiming she sent it to her boyfriend when she was just 17 years old. hold on just a second. today, that boyfriend is reportedly claiming that carrie is lying, that she was actually 20 years old when she made the tape and h

. >>> i'm brooke anderson reporting from hollywood. carrie's sex tape confession. >> carrie prejean confirmed it herself on national television. the conservative family fals former beauty queen admitted this morning on the "today" show that she did indeed make a sex tape. of herself. >> you can call it what you want to call it. if you want to call it a sex tape, that's fine. >> what do you call it? >> me by myself, there was no one else with me, i was not having sex. >> carrie prejean did say she made a sex tape but not having sex. "showbiz tonight" has all of the news breaking. carrie prejean went on a confession tour all morning long from the "today" show to a feisty face-off with the ladies of "the view." she calls the tape the biggest mistake of her life but she's not apologizing. prejean came out swinging today claiming she is the target of the same people who have attacked sarah palin. and it's the beauty versus the donald. wait till you hear prejean's startling claims about how she says donald trump absolutely humiliated beauty

i'm brooke anderson, coming to you tonight from hollywood. and tonight, jon gosselin's very freaky friday. and yes, you can definitely file this one under, "you can't make this stuff up." how else do i describe the news today that jon gosselin could have been doing a brand-new reality show with the octomom. i mean, what were they going to call it, "jon plus kate's 8 plus octomom's 14 equals 22"? but, wait, there's more. just as we're trying to absorb the jon/octomom news, "showbiz tonight" reportat suleman. her turn-ons are having babies and that's pretty much it. her turn-offs are numerical nicknames. we might have a match. because "showbiz tonight" found auto today that this famous father of eight and this famous mother of 14 talked susly, very seriou a teaming up for a reality show. >> it's truly a match made in reality tv hell. >> reporter: "showbiz tonight" is wondering, is the world ready for "jon & nadia plus 22." amanda sidman tells "showbiz tonight" that they definitely considered a reality show between the two. >> we did see an e-ma

brooke anderson, you got that exclusive today. >> that's right, a.j. i asked trump what he thought about outrageous temper tantrum. watch this. >> i'm big fan of larry king and watching this, and i was very surprised to see it because she was talking about how inappropriate he was. inappropriate is more of a sexual term. as far as i'm concerned. inappropriate, he asked a very, very easy question. and i was surprised that she just didn't say, hey, listen, i can't answer that question. it's very surprising. it was really very strange to watch it. too bad. i felt badly for her, actually. >> he felt badly for her. i was a little bit surprised he said that. carlos, i thought that he would be a lot harsher, didn't you? >> yeah. and you're thinking the same way i was thinking. talking to him the other day, he is very diplomatic but he's genius in that way because if he starts to bash the girls that go out for the miss usa pageant, then no one will go out for the pageant. he is smart and own it is pageant and wants to keep generating money and being diplomatic

brooke anderson, let me bring you back in here. do you think that donald would actually go through with suing her if she sticks around, or is it kind of a scare tactic? he does speak loudly sometimes. >> he does, but i don't think donald trump is afraid to be litigious, a.j. and this is a man who supported her, who defended carrie prejean numerous times. sat by her side in interviews. sang her praises when not many people were. so i'm shocked that she said these things about him in her book. but at the same time, she does have to sell the book and what better way to do that, to get attention than a public feud dwon with donald trump. >> and we're looking at the image of donald trump and carrie prejean arm in arm at the press conference where donald was saying, i'm not going to fire her, and now it's something entirely different. paula shoeguard the the president of miss universal and she's also blasting carrie prejean. she gave an interview to joy behar right here on hln. shoeguard really laid into carrie about her claims about mr.

hammer in new york along with brooke anderson. did you see this. a woman falls on the train tracks, and the driver of the subway train slammed on to the breaks and came to a halt. people on the flat form were franticly waving their arms and the driver of the train pulled the emergency break and is being hailed as a hero. and the woman that fell got scrapes but is just fine, and she told authorities she had been drinking. >>> and this is featuring a train wreck cast, and not only including jon and kate, but lindsay lohan's father. and this is about the lawsuit that tlc brought against jon. and then levi johnston has a revelation about how he is going to fight for the baby he had with sarah palin's daughter. and we have our guests. ladies, let's start by setting the scene for jon gosselin's upcoming court date. it's going to be quite a circus. listen to this. tlz reports they subpoenaed michael lohan, and that's two friends and one evennemy. how do you think that is making jon look? >> well, jon is not supposed to make deals with other people. the ru

hammer in new york. >> i'm brooke anderson n hollywo hollywood. cary is turning to the donald to get her out of this pickle she is in. prejean is turning to donald trump for advice. the same guy who once fired her. does carrie prejean have a lot of nerve? the great debate erupted over "people" magazine naming johnny depp sexiest man alive. "showbiz tonight" was bombarded over people saying it should have been robert pattinson. not everyone is a robert pattinson fan. miley cyrus bashes the series and her fans. >> probably not a smart thing to say. lauren sanchez is say correspondent for extra. we begin with the new carrie prejean shocker. reportedly asking donald trump for advice on how to get out of her mess, keeping in mind of course donald is the owner of the miss asu franchise, the same franchise that fired her because of breech of contract and she dissed. >> he half jokingly said you should be a major porn star and make a lot of money and give all the money to charity. maybe that is his help. come on. donald, i think he could make money off of

anderson and this >>> i'm brooke anderson and this is the "showbiz tonight" news break. here's what's coming up at the top of the hour. the supermodel extortion shocker. cindy crawford plaque mailed over her daughter bound and gagged. brand-new bombshells from sarah palin's book and her sit down with oprah winfrey and what levi johnston is saying today. tv's most provocative news show starts at the top of the hour.

until then, good night, friend. >>> i'm brooke anderson. here's what's coming up at the top of the hour. jon gosselin's public apology to kate. a rabbi side by side with jon right here. a disturbing new anna nicole caught on tape shocker. anna nicole smith mistaking her pregnancy for gas. we start at the top of the hour here on hln.

i'm brooke anderson in hollywood with a.j. hammer in new york. and tonight, the "2012" panic. sure, the blockbuster movie shows what might happen if the world started coming to an end, but what it doesn't show is right now, at this very moment, there are people all over the world who truly believe that when 2012 comes, we are all toast. and some are so scared they are even threatening to commit suicide. this is one scary story and "showbiz tonight" kareen wynter did some digging to find out what's really going on. >> reporter: hundreds of miles from the tremors of hollywood -- >> it's not just california, it's the whole world. >> reporter: in this quiet suburban california community, a nasa senior scientist sits dumbfounded. >> i never thought i'd be doing this. >> reporter: what dr. david morrison is doing in his california office at nasa's lunar science institute is in his words, mind boggling, answering the strangest of e-mails on a topic that scientifically is bogus. >> i don't know why so many think the world's going to end. >> reporter: and

that's how we're programmed. >> let's bring in brooke anderson. brooke, hopefully a-rod not cheating on kate hudson because she could be the magic tick and the reason why the yanks won the world series. >> good transition. i think we've had enough stripper sex talk. turning tonight to the burning question. should kate hudson get credit for the yankees becoming the champs of baseball? hudson was right there partying with the yankees and her boyfriend alex rodriguez last night after the yanks won the world series. ever since kate started dating a-rod earlier in the season after he divorced his wife and ditched madonna, it seemed a-rod and the yanks have been unstoppable. so, steve, how much credit should kate get? >> oh, absolutely, she should get all of it. it's really -- had nothing to do with matsui hitting it out of the park, nothing. kate, she's a great girl. listen, women roare only lucky when you go fishing. jessica didn't do anything for romo, come on. >> speaking of jessica simpson, what a difference from when jessica simpson was called a j

brooke anderson, come on back in. even though janine has all that baggage, do you feel sympathy for her as a mother? >> in a way i do, a.j., but another part of the interview and jim mentioned this briefly. janine said in another part of the interview that she is the best mother she knows how to be. that is key here because a lot of women did not have good examples set for them by their own mothers. i don't know if that's the case for her, but a lot of times it is all they know. they have to be taught to be responsible mothers. in a way i feel sympathy, but if she is a bad influence which she has admitted, then put the child in an environment where the people are going to do what's right by her. >> obviously what the judge will be considering. mid-win, based on all we know, where do you see it going and what will happen in the end? >> in the end they will have shared custody. jesse james and sandra have an uphill battle in terms of proving the allegations that they put forward in terms of the type of lifestyle she is

i'm brooke anderson coming to you with the hollywood version. rihanna's tearful tell-all. >> i want you to forget everything since she was beaten by chris bowden and what heiss been going through. what we're going to show you will startle you. we've now since her first interview since that terrible night. rihanna holding nothing back and her pain and raw emotions and embarrassment and powerful lessons she hopes every woman can learn from her beating. >> don't react off of love. f love. >> blunt and powerful words from rihanna in her first tv interview since she was brutally beaten by her then boyfriend chris brown. rihanna tells diane sawyer she wants victims of domestic violence to do what she herself did not do, get out. >> come out of the situation and look at it third person, because love is so blind. >> "showbiz tonight" can tell you, it's a shocking interview, where an emotional rihanna finally talks about what it was like to be caught in a painful cycle of domestic violence. >> she feels like she owes it to her fans to finally speak out a

i'm brooke anderson in hollywood with a.j. hammer in new york. tonight, brooke shields' shocking suicide confession, admitting she once considered killing herself. "showbiz tonight" learned today that brooke considered ending her life after giving birth to her first daughter. you will hear her in her own words. >>> more breaking news just in today about the man who tried to blackmail cindy crawford with a revealing photo of their then 7-year-old daughter bound and gagged. is cindy's nightmare really over? >>> also, just in today, a big-time u.s. congressman is saying carrie prejean has what it takes to be a politician, despite that nasty sex tape situation. joining me tonight in hollywood is leslie marshall, the host of the leslie marshall radio show. also tonight in hollywood, carlos diaz, a correspondent for "extra." leslie, carlos, i want to begin with brooke shields. she got an advocacy award for her work on depression awareness, and in her acceptance speech, talked about what happened six years ago after giving birth to her first daughter. "

i'm brooke anderson, coming to you from hollywood. and tonight, there are remarkable new developments in the sarah palin/levi johnston smackdown. >> yeah, brooke, here is what i'm thinking. that sarah palin could have never imagined when she trotted levi johnston up there at the republican national convention along with her pregnant teenage daughter this would be the big news we would be talking about just over a year later. that this would be the big news breaking today. unbelievable. "showbiz tonight" obtained today new video of levi johnston strutting his stuff, so to speak, and taking brand-new swings at his almost one-time mother-in-law as he arrived in los angeles in all his glory. and that glory includes this news. "showbiz tonight" has now obtained the very first photo released from his "playgirl" photo shoot and we will show it to you. we're also revealing tonight the startling results we got today of a "showbiz tonight" poll that asked, who is winning the war of words? levi or sarah palin? and i've got to tell you, never cou

. >> i am brooke anderson in hollywood. and a woman called police to report a drunk driver, her most. here is cnn's jeanne moos tonight. >> mary stray did not stray from doing the right thing, turning in a drunk driver. >> somebody is drunk driving down the road. >> are you behind them. >> i am them. >> you am them? >> yes. >> you want to call and reporter driving drunk? >> yes. >> reporter: she stopped with a blood alcohol level almost twice the legal limit. this is not the first time somebody allegedly driving drunk called 911. it happened just last year in washington state. >> reporter: in fact, he femt felt so bad, he spoke to a reporter without revealing his identity. >> killing somebody else is the last thing that i wanted to do, and i just started feeling guilty being on the road. >> reporter: remember the michigan police officer called 911 high on pot that he confiscated from suspects. >> i think we are dying. >> reporter: he did not die but he did resign. for those that refer to recline. >> i don't usually drink an

hammer. >> i'm brooke anderson. tyra's new weight shocker. >> tyra banks is revealing how she dropped the pounds but hold on a second. is she talking out of both sides of her mouth? we've got a great debate. "showbiz tonight" learned that kir city alley is taking her weight loss battle to reality tv. i've got to ask after exposing her weight loss disappointments is she setting herself up for failure. also jessica simpson's tirade about "melrose place." she calls the show crap after her sister was fired. joining me is rachel for life and style weekly, also in new york is midwin charles, an attorney with midwin charles and associates. let's start off with tyra's weight loss revelations. "showbiz tonight" learned that on her show on wednesday she's going to reveal her secrets to dropping a whopping 30 pounds. i want to show you what tyra has to say about how she felt pressured by media tension to do this. take a look. >> i felt exposed because i wasn't trying to like proclaim to the world i got fit and i got healthy an

i'm brooke anderson, coming to you from hollywood. and tonight, should chris brown shut his big mouth? >> you know, chris brown has just responded to rihanna's chilling graphic, very first interview about the night he beat her up. and i am not alone in saying, chris, give it a rest. dude, you are not doing yourself any favors, okay? there is absolute outrage today after brown just could not resist yet again stumbling while trying to climb his way out of the deep, deep hole that he's dug for himself after the night that he battered rihanna. and it made for big news breaking today. >> i was battered, i was bleeding, i was swollen in my face. >> reporter: "showbiz tonight" can tell you, rihanna's first tv interview about her abusive relationship with chris brown was a major event. >> the whole thing plays back in my head. >> reporter: brand-new numbers show more than 8 million people watched abc's "2020" on friday night as rihanna told her chilling story about the night chris brown beat her bloody. and she revealed for the very first tim

hammer in new york. >> i'm brooke anderson in hollywood. don't forget you can catch "showbiz tonight" on the 11s -- take care. >>> tonight on "the joy behar show," she's been called everything from the joke to the gop's brightest star. we'll get the lowdown on sarah palin's one-on-one with oprah. >>> speaking of one-on-one, sex tape star carrie prejean is back in the news with seven more alleged solo performances. does this girl have any friends? >>> and love them or leave them. love them or hate them. you can't get away from them. tabloid darlings heidi montag and spencer pratt. >>> tonight on "the joy behar show," sarah palin made her much-anticipated appearance on oprah today. it will be a ratings bonanza. was it a shootout at the okay corral? we'll discuss. >>> then carrie prejean has been a very busy girl. in addition to writing and promoting a book, she's made eight sex tapes. i wonder how she finds time to go to church. >>> finally, a reality tv couple not named jon and kate. spencer pratt and heidi montag will join me to discuss the

. >>> hi there, everyone, i'm brooke anderson in hollywood, and this is "showbiz tonight" this weekend. tonight, rosie's shocking confession. rosie o'donnell is never one to hold back. and tonight i can tell you she is revealing explosive new details about her life we've never heard before. rosie is sharing the horrifying details of abuse she allegedly suffered as a child. details that are so tough to hear that she avoided talking about it until now. and that's just the start of her truly amazing new tell-all interview. here's "showbiz tonight's" a.j. hammer. >> reporter: rosie o'donnell is making shocking confessions about molestation in her family. >> there were varying levels of abuse. >> reporter: she's setting the record straight about her troubled relationship. >> kelly and i have a lot of issues and sex wasn't one of them. >> and best of all, she's settling old scores. rosie o'donnell was absolutely unplugged in her interview on howard stern's show on sirius xm satellite radio. >> we haven't heard from rosie in a while, but now she's coming back with a vengeance and being so rev

. >> i'm brooke anderson. did you see this? obama the weather man? >> as if he didn't have enough to do being leader of the free world. now president obama is predicting the weather. >> here is obama the weather man. >> we have seen him in rain, in sun, in cold, in heat. now meet the forecaster in chief. >> then tonight, chilly. >> are you tired of rooting around your closet trying to figure out how to dress and whether or not you need an umbrella? tonight stick your handout a window. go to obama-weather.com. type in your location and watch the five-day forecast with the president demonstrating what to wear based on actual weather data from weather.com. >> the national forecast. >> he's barack obama, forecasting temperatures in the 80 no, sir miami wearing flip flops, shores and tank tops dressed in a parka in antarctica and carrying an umbrella when rain is predict and wearing an obama t-shirt in l.a. >> what did do you? >> i picked clothes. >> the outfits? >> yes. >> natalia lives in new york. her brother and a friend living in the former soviet re

it is donald trump 1 o one with brooke anderson. the exclusive headline-making interview here on "showbiz tonight." country takes on kanye. >> mamas don't let your babies grow up to be kanye. >> the country music that gives kanye a good old fashioned butt whooping. boy, does he deserve it. >> big news today. the stripper's message for fergie. it's where the stripper claims she a wild night of sex with josh duhamel and what she is telling fergie now. this is "showbiz tonight" on hln. time for the news ticker and more stories making news right now. >> tonight the stripper who claimed she had an affair with josh duhamel said i'm sorry. >> nicole said she had a steamy night with josh who was married to the black eyed pea s, fergie. forester who said she met duhamel in atlanta is apologizing to fergie. she said she thought the affair wouldn't get out and it wouldn't hurt anyone. she realizes that obviously that's not true. we also just told you about fergie confirming she is bisexual and not only that, she thought of cheating on her husb

i'm brooke anderson in hollywood. tonight, three very scary stalker stories involving three big stars. brand-new breaking details late today about "american idol" host ryan seacrest's alleged stalker. is ryan in danger? also breaking tonight, justin timberlake wins a temporary restraining order against a woman who trespassed on to the grounds of his home in los angeles. and brand-new questions tonight surrounding miley cyrus' safety. prosecutors say they didn't have enough evidence to charge miley's alleged stalker. joining me tonight in hollywood, kim serafin, a senior editor for "in touch weekly." kim, let's get right to it. i want to begin with this scary ryan seacrest stalker story. late today a guy named cheaty uhzoma was formally charged with stalking seacrest after slipping into the studios at "e!." back in september, the game was was arrested in orange county. kim, that has got to be incredibly, incredibly scary for ryan. >> it's very scary, especially for someone like ryan seacrest, whose job it is to kind of

. >> i'm brooke anderson from hollywood. should chris brown shut his big mouth some. >> he just responded to rihanna's chilling graphic interview about the night he beat her up. i am not alone in saying, chris, give it a rest. dude, you are not doing yourself any favors. there was outrage after brown could not resist yet again stumbling while trying to climb his way out of a hole he dug for himself after the night he battered rihanna. it made for big news breaking today. >> i was batter and bleeding. >> "showbiz tonight" can tell you rihanna's first tv interview about her relationship with chris brown was a major event. >> the whole thing plays in my head. >> more than eight million people watched 2020 as rihanna told her story about the night chris brown beat her bloody. she revealed for the first time that she witnessed her father abuse her mother when she was a child. >> i said to myself, i'm never going to date somebody like my dad. >> on top of all the outrage, chris brown already earned for beating rihanna, he is manag

brooke anderson is tracking that, too. >>> good morning. we'll be kicking off at 11:00 a.m. eastern. hollywood at war over sarah palin. why hollywood is drawing a line in the sand over whether to support sarah. plus, is levi johnston actually a bigger celebrity than sarah? the great debate after johnny depp was named "people's" sexiest man alive. the shocking results of our "showbiz tonight" poll. "showbiz tonight" starts at 11:00 a.m. here on hln. robin, back over to you. >>> anyone who has ever been to one knows city council meetings are a little bit dull. here is a way to liven things up. just what was this chicken doing? >>> you may have to share some of the cost cans of the war on afghanistan if some house democrats get their way. yesterday they proposed the sacrifice act. it would raise income taxes to pay for the war and take some of the pressure off of the government to keep borrowing money. an aide says there would be different rate levels depending on how much they make. a big hike in tuition is not going over well in california. police arrested dozens of students

"showbiz tonight's" brooke anderson got the exclusive response from trump this morning. she's joining us now from l.a. wow, is all i can say. what does trump have to say? >> talk about awkward. that entire interview. you may be a little surprised by what donald trump is saying about carrie's claims against him. she talked about this on "larry king live." she is really criticizing him, slamming him for how he runs his beauty pageants. listen to what she told larry king about what she says happened at the miss usa pageant. >> we were on stage and there were some women on the right and some women on the left. and there were some women who were devastated. they felt that donald trump didn't like them, that he didn't look at them enough. >> in her book that she's peddling, carrie writes, quote, it became clear the point of the whole exercise was for him to divide the room between girls he personally found attractive and those he did not. i spoke to donald this morning and he watched carrie's interview on "larry king live" last night. i got the first response from him. and lis

i'm brooke anderson n hollywood with a.j. hammer in new york. caught on tape, people cheating death. this is absolutely incredible. by now, you have probably seen the shocking video of the woman in boston who fell on to train tracks and survived with only a few scratches. amazingly, there have been a lot of people in the past year or so caught on tape nearly being killed. they all involve trains. here's jeannie moos for "showbiz tonight." >> who hasn't contemplated their own demise when waiting for a train. this woman said she was drunk trying to stamp out a cigarette and looked up to see the headlights of an on coming train. this is what the operator saw. people frantically waiving. >> they said slow the train down and a woman pokes her head up. i it into emergency. >> in the knick of time, the train came to a stop. >> after the fact she came up and i'm like oh, my god! it was scary. >> people got her up on the platform, unhurt. it has been a banner year for people getting run over and having a close call over and over again on tv. there was th

i'm brooke anderson in hollywood with a.j. hammer in new york. the super bowl of sexy. they named the 2009 sexiest man alive and drumroll please, the uber sexy johnny depp. it sparked a heated coast to coast debate. is he really the sexiest man alive. julie jordan is a correspondent and it's great to see you. this is the second time for johnny depp. why is he the sexiest man alive? >> the thing about johnny is not many men out there can pull off willie wonka, the mad hatter and still exude sex appeal. he stood the test of time. he is mature and wise with age. no one is as sexy as he is. >> he is versatile as you say and sexy in the i haven't washed my hair in a few days kind of way. >> a bad boy. >> minutes after we posted on our page that johnny depp was named the sexiest man alive, we could not hold back the flood of ex-static messages on our facebook wall. he hasn't aged a day since nightmare on elm street or 21 jump street. jennifer said like him or not, there few men sexier. two words from vanessa. dam sexy. johnny depp is 46, but it doesn't matter. >> i think he h

. >>> i am brooke anderson, and next on "showbiz tonight," good jon and kate get back together? and the toxic batchers in hollywood. plus tyra banks weight loss. >>> hi, rhonda -- excuse me, hi, marcia. >> caller: i love your show. >> what is your question? >> caller: have they talked to the baby's doctor as to when is the last time she had a checkup? >> excellent question. and when is the last time anybody but the parents saw little shannon? >> there are reports somebody saw her early in the morning, and the sheriff's office does not have any information on that. >> the parents are telling police that the baby slept until around 11:00 a.m. so right there the stories have already conflicted. >> well the only way that they could have slept through as i see it is they were on drugs or in a drunken stooper. that does not even make sense. >> that's hard when this baby would be screaming in your ear. okay, lisa from pennsylvania. what is your question, dear. >> caller: i hope your twins enjoyed their first halloween. and my comment on the whole situation, why would you go to a neighb

"showbiz tonight's" brooke anderson is in hollywood to talk about this. brooke, tyra's recently lost some weight. >> she has. she's dropped a few dress sizes and a lot of us remember a couple of years ago, tyra on her talk show responding to unflattering paparazzi pictures of her in her swimsuit saying, kiss my fat behind, essentially. her message was to embrace your kerves, be proud and flaunt it. but now she's sending a different, yet similar message all at the same time. take a look at a clip from her talk show that will be airing. she's talking about her weight and she's basically showing her brand-new shape. >> some past staff from the tie la show and some of my friends, we called it the get fit, get healthy challenge. at first it started off as a game and like trash talking like, you going down, i'm going to get you. it was fun but it turned into a lifestyle for me. i thought it was going to be a private thing that me and me friends were going to be doing. but then the media started taking notice and starting showing before-and-after pictures. i was

i'm brooke anderson. this is the "showbiz tonight" newsbreak. here's what's coming up on "showbiz tonight" at the top of the hour. carrie prejean admits today that, yep, she made a solo sex tape. tonight, her explosive response to people calling her a hypocrite. >>> and j lo's own sex tape shocker. that's your "showbiz tonight" newsbreak. tv's most provocative entertainment news show starts at the top of the hour.

"showbiz tonight" brooke anderson is in hollywood. is there a shortage of sexy men in hollywood? >> that is how some people feel. they are up in arms johnny depp has received this honor again. admittedly he is gorgeous. people are surprised because there are hot vampires on tv and in the movies. this is johnny depp's second time on the list. brad pitt and george clooney are the others who held that list. clooney, affleck, damon, usual suspected who, of course, deserve it because they are pretty darn magnetic. >> that is true. i'm not disputing that. by the "twilight" saga "new moon" star robert patterson people are saying he was robbed. >> people are floored he did not get this title. he has a lot of fans. he is on the cover of magazines on a weekly basis. he is the star of "twilight." he is on the list but was not named sexiest. depp appeals to a much wider audience than patterson who is mostly known to teenage girls. christi, my husband asked me who is this guy? what is the big deal. i said he is edward the vampire from "twilight." he needs more exposure. johnny depp has been a

i'm brooke anderson and this is the "showbiz tonight" newsbreak. here's what's coming up on "showbiz tonight" at the top of the hour. sarah palin's brand-new bombshells today. if you thought you heard it all on oprah, wait until you hear what she told barbara walters. >>> and brooke shields' brand-new shocking suicide confession.

and brooke anderson. ladies, brooke, it's been a while. let's get your take on this. jon gosselin going with rabbi shmuley boteach to a synagogue. you buying it, brooke, or not? >> i'm a softy at times, so i'm going to give this guy the benefit of the doubt. my first question was, why is he doing this publicly? why isn't he doing this behind closed doors if he's truly serious about a spiritual transformation, about improving his sense of self? i did speak with rabbi shmuley, as i know you have, and he told me that he thinks john is very sincere about this, that john truly does want to turn over a new leaf and that he wanted to do this publicly because he has been so exposed and so out there publicly that he couldn't just apologize in private because he needs to set a good example publicly as well. >> we have that. we'll get jane in on the conversation. here he is. i was talking to rabbi shmuley boteach about that. you're going private to make amends, and do your apologies, but here's what the rabbi had to say. >> last night jon gosselin taking responsibility for his a

. >> and i am brooke anderson in hollywood. you can catch us on the 11s and in the morning at 11:00 a.m. eastern right here on hln. take care. >>> tonight, rihanna is proof that domestic violence can touch anyone and she is finally speaking up about the beatings she took from her ex-boyfriend, chris brown. and we will talk with comedian brett butler. and on a lighter note, i will discuss other news of the day with three great women. all that and more coming up. >>> tonight on the joe behar show, rihanna is saying it was a mistake to go back to the guy who beat her up. also, car reprejean sued the miss usa pageant when she was stripped of her title and then settled when it was discovered that she stripped for the camera. joining me for a little discussion of our own are three lovely ladies and that is what we are doing tonight. >> this happened to me. i didn't cause this. i didn't do it. this happened to me and it can happen to anybody. there are a lot of women who have experienced what i did. but, not in the public. so, it made

. >>> i'm brooke anderson. here's what's coming up at the top of the hour. jon gosselin's public apology to kate. a rabbi side by side with jon right here. a disturbing new anna nicole caught on tape shocker. anna nicole smith mistaking her pregnancy for gas. we start at the top of the hour here on hln. >>> next on "showbiz tonight," jon gosselin pleads for kate's forgiveness and the anna nicole shocker at the 207 of the hour.

. >>> i'm brooke anderson and this is a "showbiz tonight" news brick at the top of the hour. hollywood at war over sarah palin and why hollywood is drawing a line in the sand over whether to support sarah. the great debate after johnny is named the sexiest man alive. why wasn't robert pattinson chosen? that's your news break. tv's most provocative news show starts at the top of the hour at hln. %

"showbiz tonight"'s big brooke anderson is in hollywood. we have seen some of this video with the clown makeup, but we are seeing more of it now. it is heart-breaking, really, is what it is. >> it is. a lot more of it has been released, as evidence in this anna nicole smith drug case, richelle. and what it shows is, anna nicole smith at a birthday party in 2006, a little girl is painting her face like a clown, and an aseems to be in a complete stuper. her friend, her boyfriend, howard k. stern is videotaping the entire thing. an aa is sitting there clearly visibly pregnant and at one point says she is not pregnant, but has gas. a lot of confusion. take a look. >> your baby is down there. >> baby down there. >> that one. >> i think i just have a little gas. i think i just -- i think i'm having some gas trouble. >> and you hear during the tape, the little girl actually trying to talk some sense into her and into howard. it's very, very sad. and to me, it looks like anna nicole, her eyes, like she is just pleaded for help. howard k. stern, jus

. >>> i'm brooke anderson and this is the "showbiz tonight" news break. here's what's coming up at the top of the hour. the supermodel extortion shocker. cindy crawford plaque mailed over her daughter bound and gagged. brand-new bombshells from sarah palin's book and her sit down with oprah winfrey and what levi johnston is saying today. tv's most provocative news show starts at the top of the hour.