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'Kamber & May'; Golden Globe Nominations

Aired December 13, 2004 - 08:30   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Welcome back, everybody. Good morning back there in the U.S. and good evening -- "Kombanwa" they say here in Tokyo, Japan.
I'm Bill Hemmer coming to you live: 10:30 in the evening; we're 14 hours ahead of New York, and great to have you along with us today.

In a few moments here, the sword fight choreographer from the "Kill Bill" movies with Quentin Tarantino gets a chance to kill this Bill. I got a lesson in the ancient art of samurai swordplay and we'll show you how I did, whether or not I passed my short lesson from over the week and we'll have that for you.

Soledad, good morning to you back there in New York City.

SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Good morning. Did you hurt anybody? Is every...

HEMMER: No. Fortunately they're made of wood, as you'll see in a moment here.

O'BRIEN: Oh, OK, good.

Also this morning as we've been talking about, Bill, a huge day for Hollywood. The Golden Globe nominations coming up in just about nine minutes or so. Jamie Foxx of course among the stars closely watched for his work in the film "Ray." This is the first big step in building up all the award show buzz, and its going to carry us all the way through to Oscar.

We're going to bring those nominations to you live in just a little bit. But first let's check on the headlines again with Kelly Wallace.

(NEWSBREAK)

O'BRIEN: Bernard Kerrick's sudden about-face has left the White House with a little egg on its collective countenance.

Kerrick withdrew his nomination as Homeland Security Secretary citing immigration concerns involving a former nanny. Other questions have now surfaced about Kerrick's background as well, and lawmakers are asking why the White House didn't see it coming.

Joining us this morning from Washington, D.C. Democratic strategist Victor Kamber with the Kamber Group. Nice to see you.

VICTOR KAMBER, DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST: Do I say "Kombanwa," is that what Bill said?

O'BRIEN: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) is the only word I've learned so far.

KAMBER: OK.

O'BRIEN: Also this morning, Cliff May is the former RNC communications director. He's now with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Nice to see you, Cliff. Good morning to you.

CLIFF MAY, FMR. RNC COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) to you.

O'BRIEN: Very good. All right, Vic, let's begin with you. Bernard Kerrick -- of course hindsight is 20-20, but who do you think dropped the ball here? Was it the White House and its vetting process, or do you think Bernard Kerrick just didn't say all that he should have said early enough?

KAMBER: Well, I clearly think the biggest blame truly goes to Kerrick. I -- you know, at one level I give Bush tremendous praise for moving quickly with the cabinet, making a number of changes at one time, not dragging this process out, but obviously in doing so, they moved too quickly with Kerrick. But they also had to rely on Kerrick.

The things such as "nannygate," as we're calling it, or the gifts that he may have received or whatever else -- the issues are are not things that they would have been able to vet from a conversation unless the person giving the information was truthful from the beginning. And I think Kerrick left this administration high and dry and its -- it amazes me that people who run for office or go for appointed office think they can hide in this day and age those kinds of skeletons.

O'BRIEN: Cliff, a quick question for you. What do you think the impact is on the White House and on Rudy Giuliani? Many people saying of course that boy, this is going to be good news for him.

MAY: I don't think it has much impact one way or another. I don't think its good news for Rudy Giuliani at all. He recommended Kerrick. But by the way, Kerrick is a good man. I mean, he's a cop's cop. He was there on 9/11; he volunteered for service in Iraq. Yes, he's got a nanny problem. We've had these nanny problems going back a long way. Partly it's the whole immigration problem that we refuse to fix and it wasn't fixed in this last intel bill as we've discussed.

Look, you want a nanny and somebody says you know what, I've got a great one and her sister is available -- what do you say?

KAMBER: You say you pay taxes. You say...

MAY: I know, but do you say if she has an accent I want to see that she's really a citizen?

KAMBER: Yes. Yes.

MAY: OK, do you say I want to say her driver's license because anybody can get a driver's license. I -- look, I think there is an immigration problem that needs to be fixed. It wasn't fixed in the intel bill. Let's hope it gets fixed next year.

O'BRIEN: And then of course there's the issue of taxes and there's more allegations that have followed, as well, so much more than just a nanny issue, isn't it, Cliff?

KAMBER: Correct.

MAY: It's more than that, but it points to that as one. Look, I agree. It -- Bernard Kerrick -- if he's got an immigration problem, if he's got a tax problem, he can't be the head of Homeland Security which handles after all immigration. But I also think we should know we have a problem. The law about hiring illegal immigrants is probably one of the top laws broken in this country, especially in places like Southern California.

KAMBER: By employers, primarily by the employer, not the immigrants.

MAY: I agree so let's fix it.

O'BRIEN: Cliff May you know we're going to cut it a little short today because as we've been talking about all morning are waiting for the Golden Globe nominations to come out, so gentlemen I'm going to thank you and leave it at that. We've got much more to talk about later on. Thanks guys.

KAMBER: Thank you.

MAY: All right.

O'BRIEN: And in fact let's take you right to L.A. where they're making the announcements for the Golden Globe nominations.

We're looking here at Lorenzo Soria. He is going to announce who is going to be presenting the Golden Globe nominations.

LORENZO SORIA, PRESIDENT, HOLLYWOOD FOREIGN PRESS ASSN.: And now may I -- and now may I introduce our three presenters. Drea D'Matteo, Brendan Fraser, and Mia Sorvino -- Drea.

DREA D'MATTEO, ACTRESS: OK, best performance by an actor in a television series, drama. Michael Chiklis, "The Shield." Denis Leary, "Rescue Me." Julian McMahon, "Nip/Tuck." Ian McShane, "Deadwood." James Spader, "Boston Legal."

Best performance by an actor in a television series, musical or comedy. Jason Bateman, "Arrested Development." Zach Braff, "Scrubs." Larry David, "Curb Your Enthusiasm." Matt LeBlanc, "Joey." Tony Shalhoub, "Monk." Charlie Sheen, "Two And A Half Men."

Best performance by an actress in a television series, drama. Edie Falco, "The Sopranos." Jennifer Garner, "Alias." Mariska Hargitay, "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit." Christine Lahti, "Jack & Bobby." Joely Richardson, "Nip/Tuck." That's it.

BRENDAN FRASER, ACTOR: Good morning again, but before I start I'd just like to congratulate Drea D'Matteo and her supporting actress nomination.

Now down to business. For best performance by an actress in a television series, musical or comedy. Marcia Cross, "Desperate Housewives." Teri Hatcher, "Desperate Housewives." Felicity Huffman, "Desperate Housewives." Debra Messing, "Will & Grace." Sarah Jessica Parker -- anyone -- "Sex and the City."

Best television series, musical or comedy. "Arrested Development." "Desperate Housewives." "Entourage." "Sex and the City." "Will & Grace."

Best performance by an actress in a motion picture, drama. Scarlett Johansson, "A Love Song For Bobby Long." Nicole Kidman, "Birth." Imelda Staunton, "Vera Drake." Hillary Swank, "Million Dollar Baby." Uma Thurman, "Kill Bill Vol. II."

Best performance by an actress in a motion picture, musical or comedy. Annette Benning, "Being Julia." Ashley Judd, "Delovely." Emmy Rossum, "Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera." Kate Winslett, "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind." Renee Zelleweger, "Bridget Jones, The Edge of Reason."

Best motion picture, musical or comedy. "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind." "The Incredibles." "Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera." "Ray." "Sideways."

Thank you.

MIA SORVINO, ACTRESS: Hello. Before I read these next nominations, I've been asked to remind everyone that this year's Cecil B. DeMille award recipient is my good friend Robin Williams. Congratulations, Robin.

All right. For the best television series, drama, category. "24." "Deadwood." "Lost." "Nip/Tuck." And, "The Sopranos."

Best director, motion picture. Clint Eastwood, "Million Dollar Baby." Marc Forster, "Finding Neverland." Mike Nichols, "Closer." Alexander Payne, "Sideways." And Martin Scorsese, "The Aviator."

Best performance by an actor in a motion picture, drama. Javier Bardem, "The Sea Inside." Don Cheadle, "Hotel Rwanda." Johnny Depp, "Finding Neverland." Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Aviator." And Liam Neeson, "Kinsey."

And, best motion picture, drama. "The Aviator." "Closer." "Finding Neverland." "Hotel Rwanda." "Kinsey." And "Million Dollar Baby."

Thank you. D'MATTEO: OK, I'm back. All right. Best performance by an actor in a motion picture, musical or comedy. Jim Carrey, "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind." Jamie Foxx, "Ray." Paul Giamatti, "Sideways." Kevin Kline, "Delovely." And, Kevin Spacey in "Beyond the Sea."

Thank you.

SORIA: Don't forget to join us for the Golden Globe awards, Sunday January 16.

(END LIVE NEWS EVENT)

O'BRIEN: Lorenzo Soria, the president of the Hollywood Foreign Press reminding everybody when they can catch the Golden Globes. You just heard the nominations. That was Mira Sorvino presenting some.

Also we heard from Drea D'Matteo and Brendan Fraser, the actor, announcing some of the nominations. Of course it's a combination of film and television. We saw a tightly contested run off for "Desperate Housewives." It's going to be something to look forward to when we watch the final choice being made.

And also we saw some of the ones that everyone predicted would be making the list. Jamie Foxx for "Ray." "Sideways," with no real major stars still getting a couple of nods. And again "Will & Grace" and "Sex and the City" out there as well.

That's a look at some of the nominees that have been named. We're going to continue of course to update you on this when we chat with our "90-Second Pop" panel about who made the list and who did not just ahead -- Bill.

HEMMER: I head "Kill Bill" in there, by the way, and you know martial arts, Soledad, run so deep in this country in Japan, and American film makers love it as well. "The Last Samurai," the two films "Kill Bill" showcase the samurai.

I got a chance to take a sword-fighting lesson and four other guys got a chance to kill Bill.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

HEMMER (voice-over): First, a samurai needs the right look. A traditional obi or sash pulled just tight enough around the black robe or kimono. Within minutes from toe to head I was ready for a lesson that traces Japanese history back for centuries.

Next, you need the right teacher. Enter Titsuro Semaguchi (ph). He and his partners have more than four decades of experience between them. Semaguchi helped choreograph the climactic snow garden scene with Lucy Liu and Uma Thurman in "Kill Bill Vol. I."

Here he is in a previous scene wearing a black mask.

TITSURO SEMAGUCHI: Like this. HEMMER: OK.

HEMMER: Semaguchi is an eager teacher, intent on showing me the right steps in fighting, how to take down my three opponents, and the proper way to use the sword. In this case, made of wood.

That's right, I need to use the sharp end.

First, he offered his own demonstration. He's impressive. And finally after an hour of training and deepened concentration, it was my turn.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

HEMMER: So, Soledad, I have this idea after that lesson. I'm thinking you and me on one side of the room. And Andy and Jack on the other side, huh?

O'BRIEN: Jack's never going to take part in that you realize.

HEMMER: I'm picking you, though.

O'BRIEN: Thank you, I appreciate that.

HEMMER: It was a lot of fun, I tell you what.

O'BRIEN: It looked like fun.

HEMMER: Yes, it really was. And you know only after about an hour's time were we able to see just how much martial arts comes into play. Lot of performance arts, too. In the art of samurai too but very cool for me to have a chance to learn more about it, so. There you have it.

O'BRIEN: All right, Bill, it looked pretty good. Looked pretty good. Keep working on it; you've got the whole week, right?

HEMMER: That's right. Will do.

O'BRIEN: All right, Bill, thanks. A short break is ahead and we're back with more of AMERICAN MORNING right after this. Stay with us, everybody.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

O'BRIEN: Welcome back everybody. We are "Paging Dr. Gupta" this morning about the appearance-altering illness suffered by Viktor Yushchenko. Doctor's suspicions that the Ukrainian opposition leader was poisoned by dioxin have now been confirmed.

Sanjay is at the CNN Center this morning to tell us a little bit more. Hey Sanjay good morning.

DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN SR. MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Soledad. Yes, something straight out of an Ian Fleming novel, I'll tell you. Pictures of Viktor Yushchenko now everyone has seen these pictures of how his face changed so much. He was in Austria over the weekend to try and figure out what exactly happened to him.

The doctors there along with the help of several labs around Europe were able to confirm now without a doubt that in fact he was poisoned with dioxin. The way they confirmed that is actually screen his blood for dioxin and found that in fact he had 1,000 times the normal level in his blood.

You can see the pictures that everyone has seen them now. What was striking about this from a medical standpoint, Soledad, is how quickly he progressed on the left the image normal and then three months later just significant pock marks and scaring all over his face.

Obviously again from a medical standpoint its important to figure out exactly which dioxin he was poisoned with. They have not figured that out yet. There were about 20 different types, Soledad.

Also it affects lots of different things. We certainly see his face, his skin, that is what people see obviously but his organs inside also effected by the dioxin. Doctors are going to have to be mindful of that. The brain, the liver, the pancreas, his intestines. Also dioxin is a known carcinogen.

Meaning that it could cause cancer. He'll need to be monitored for that as well, Soledad.

O'BRIEN: Sanjay how great is the risk that this dioxin poisoning could kill him? If not in the short term as may have been attempting in the long term? I mean, five years out, ten years out?

GUPTA: There's not a lot of data on this type of dioxin poisoning. It is suspected that he actually ingested it. A lot of people know of dioxin as an inhaled sort of poison used in Agent Orange, for example. The way that it might kill him, Soledad, would be if it caused cancer for example and that cancer subsequently would kill him but it looks like he's out of danger at least in the short term now, Soledad.

O'BRIEN: Would all the symptoms be reversed? You talked a little bit about his face returning to normal slowly. But what about the damages you said to the lungs and the liver and the pancreas and all those things?

GUPTA: A little bit hard to tell right now for one reason. We're not exactly sure which type of dioxin he was actually poisoned with. Couple of things to keep in mind.

People who have had known dioxin ingestion have actually kept it in their system for 35 years or so, so they still have sort of minor ailments although they're alive 35 years later. There is other types of dioxin which actually excretes itself about 50 percent of it every six months so even in a couple of years it would be gone. Again, while he may have some minor -- more minor ailments, there's a good chance he's going to do just fine now that his diagnosis has been made -- Soledad.

O'BRIEN: A very bizarre story isn't it, Sanjay?

GUPTA: Really strange. Yes.

O'BRIEN: Almost so bizarre it's hard to believe and yet there it is, confirmed. All right, Sanjay Gupta for us this morning, thanks.

And let's go back to Tokyo to Bill.

HEMMER: All right Soledad. On a much different note one of Japan's most enduring movie stars stomping now into retirement, literally stomping that is. Is it really over, though, for Godzilla? Jack has that in the "Cafferty File" in a moment as we continue live in Tokyo and live in New York City right after this.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

O'BRIEN: Jack's back with the "File." Good morning again.

JACK CAFFERTY, CNN ANCHOR: Good morning. Fifty years, 28 films in all and Godzilla reportedly getting ready now to retire. The latest and what the studio says is the last film, "Godzilla Final Wars" is out now. It cost $19.3 million to make, twice as much as the previous Godzilla movies.

The production house, Toho Company in Japan, which produced all these films, says the top Godzilla films of all time were the original, 1954 and the sequel, "King Kong versus Godzilla." Fans in both Japan and the United States have overwhelmed Toho Productions with letters asking the studio to reverse its decision to make this its last film.

They want more Godzilla movies. Very popular over there.

O'BRIEN: Yes.

CAFFERTY: Yes. Supermodel Gisele Bundchen and her boyfriend Leonardo DiCaprio are fighting a California family that claims that they owe $5,000 for returning Gisele's Yorkshire terrier Vida. The dog went missing in November, apparently a reward was offered, a financial reward, but when the family, Janelle Olson and Paul Douwenga came to deliver the dog and collect the money they were arrested at gunpoint.

Even after being cleared of any crimes by police the couple says they still haven't gotten the money although the reward was advertised as no questions asked.

And last week we told you about a famous pair of New Yorkers evicted from their co-op on the swanky Upper East Side. Two red tail hawks named Pale Male and Lola. The story has gotten a lot of attention; it was on the front pages of the New York papers over the weekend -- actually made the front page of the "Times." The birds have nested at the top of the building at 927 Fifth Avenue for 12 years, raised 23 babies in that time and become famous not just here in New York but birdwatchers from around the country and around the world come and check these little guys out.

Anyway, the nest was torn down last week when the co-op board voted that the birds were simply too messy. This is a city that has 68 billion trillion pigeons in it, OK? That's a lot, a billion trillion.

Hundreds of protesters spent the weekend chanting in front of the building and today we are happy to report the Autobahn Society and the City Parks Department are going to hold a high-level meeting with the Co-Op board of the building in question. So there's hope for Pale Male and Lola. See what comes out of this meeting.

O'BRIEN: Yes. In "The New York Times" article it didn't sound like there was much grounds for any hope. I mean...

CAFFERTY: Do you believe "The New York Times?" Or do you believe what I tell you here each day?

I mean, come on.

O'BRIEN: Yes, no.

CAFFERTY: Your old buddy Jack. I lay nothing but the truth right on you here every morning.

O'BRIEN: So you'll have a follow-up for us tomorrow. I assume.

CAFFERTY: Oh, I don't know. We'll see what happens.

O'BRIEN: All right, Jack, thanks. And let's go back to Tokyo, Bill.

HEMMER: All right, Soledad. In a moment here today's top stories. Ten million people live in Tokyo -- where do they go for fun and excitement? Just about everywhere. We'll show you in a moment here. We're going there, too, after a break here on AMERICAN MORNING live in Japan.

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Aired December 13, 2004 - 08:30   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Welcome back, everybody. Good morning back there in the U.S. and good evening -- "Kombanwa" they say here in Tokyo, Japan.
I'm Bill Hemmer coming to you live: 10:30 in the evening; we're 14 hours ahead of New York, and great to have you along with us today.

In a few moments here, the sword fight choreographer from the "Kill Bill" movies with Quentin Tarantino gets a chance to kill this Bill. I got a lesson in the ancient art of samurai swordplay and we'll show you how I did, whether or not I passed my short lesson from over the week and we'll have that for you.

Soledad, good morning to you back there in New York City.

SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Good morning. Did you hurt anybody? Is every...

HEMMER: No. Fortunately they're made of wood, as you'll see in a moment here.

O'BRIEN: Oh, OK, good.

Also this morning as we've been talking about, Bill, a huge day for Hollywood. The Golden Globe nominations coming up in just about nine minutes or so. Jamie Foxx of course among the stars closely watched for his work in the film "Ray." This is the first big step in building up all the award show buzz, and its going to carry us all the way through to Oscar.

We're going to bring those nominations to you live in just a little bit. But first let's check on the headlines again with Kelly Wallace.

(NEWSBREAK)

O'BRIEN: Bernard Kerrick's sudden about-face has left the White House with a little egg on its collective countenance.

Kerrick withdrew his nomination as Homeland Security Secretary citing immigration concerns involving a former nanny. Other questions have now surfaced about Kerrick's background as well, and lawmakers are asking why the White House didn't see it coming.

Joining us this morning from Washington, D.C. Democratic strategist Victor Kamber with the Kamber Group. Nice to see you.

VICTOR KAMBER, DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST: Do I say "Kombanwa," is that what Bill said?

O'BRIEN: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) is the only word I've learned so far.

KAMBER: OK.

O'BRIEN: Also this morning, Cliff May is the former RNC communications director. He's now with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Nice to see you, Cliff. Good morning to you.

CLIFF MAY, FMR. RNC COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) to you.

O'BRIEN: Very good. All right, Vic, let's begin with you. Bernard Kerrick -- of course hindsight is 20-20, but who do you think dropped the ball here? Was it the White House and its vetting process, or do you think Bernard Kerrick just didn't say all that he should have said early enough?

KAMBER: Well, I clearly think the biggest blame truly goes to Kerrick. I -- you know, at one level I give Bush tremendous praise for moving quickly with the cabinet, making a number of changes at one time, not dragging this process out, but obviously in doing so, they moved too quickly with Kerrick. But they also had to rely on Kerrick.

The things such as "nannygate," as we're calling it, or the gifts that he may have received or whatever else -- the issues are are not things that they would have been able to vet from a conversation unless the person giving the information was truthful from the beginning. And I think Kerrick left this administration high and dry and its -- it amazes me that people who run for office or go for appointed office think they can hide in this day and age those kinds of skeletons.

O'BRIEN: Cliff, a quick question for you. What do you think the impact is on the White House and on Rudy Giuliani? Many people saying of course that boy, this is going to be good news for him.

MAY: I don't think it has much impact one way or another. I don't think its good news for Rudy Giuliani at all. He recommended Kerrick. But by the way, Kerrick is a good man. I mean, he's a cop's cop. He was there on 9/11; he volunteered for service in Iraq. Yes, he's got a nanny problem. We've had these nanny problems going back a long way. Partly it's the whole immigration problem that we refuse to fix and it wasn't fixed in this last intel bill as we've discussed.

Look, you want a nanny and somebody says you know what, I've got a great one and her sister is available -- what do you say?

KAMBER: You say you pay taxes. You say...

MAY: I know, but do you say if she has an accent I want to see that she's really a citizen?

KAMBER: Yes. Yes.

MAY: OK, do you say I want to say her driver's license because anybody can get a driver's license. I -- look, I think there is an immigration problem that needs to be fixed. It wasn't fixed in the intel bill. Let's hope it gets fixed next year.

O'BRIEN: And then of course there's the issue of taxes and there's more allegations that have followed, as well, so much more than just a nanny issue, isn't it, Cliff?

KAMBER: Correct.

MAY: It's more than that, but it points to that as one. Look, I agree. It -- Bernard Kerrick -- if he's got an immigration problem, if he's got a tax problem, he can't be the head of Homeland Security which handles after all immigration. But I also think we should know we have a problem. The law about hiring illegal immigrants is probably one of the top laws broken in this country, especially in places like Southern California.

KAMBER: By employers, primarily by the employer, not the immigrants.

MAY: I agree so let's fix it.

O'BRIEN: Cliff May you know we're going to cut it a little short today because as we've been talking about all morning are waiting for the Golden Globe nominations to come out, so gentlemen I'm going to thank you and leave it at that. We've got much more to talk about later on. Thanks guys.

KAMBER: Thank you.

MAY: All right.

O'BRIEN: And in fact let's take you right to L.A. where they're making the announcements for the Golden Globe nominations.

We're looking here at Lorenzo Soria. He is going to announce who is going to be presenting the Golden Globe nominations.

LORENZO SORIA, PRESIDENT, HOLLYWOOD FOREIGN PRESS ASSN.: And now may I -- and now may I introduce our three presenters. Drea D'Matteo, Brendan Fraser, and Mia Sorvino -- Drea.

DREA D'MATTEO, ACTRESS: OK, best performance by an actor in a television series, drama. Michael Chiklis, "The Shield." Denis Leary, "Rescue Me." Julian McMahon, "Nip/Tuck." Ian McShane, "Deadwood." James Spader, "Boston Legal."

Best performance by an actor in a television series, musical or comedy. Jason Bateman, "Arrested Development." Zach Braff, "Scrubs." Larry David, "Curb Your Enthusiasm." Matt LeBlanc, "Joey." Tony Shalhoub, "Monk." Charlie Sheen, "Two And A Half Men."

Best performance by an actress in a television series, drama. Edie Falco, "The Sopranos." Jennifer Garner, "Alias." Mariska Hargitay, "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit." Christine Lahti, "Jack & Bobby." Joely Richardson, "Nip/Tuck." That's it.

BRENDAN FRASER, ACTOR: Good morning again, but before I start I'd just like to congratulate Drea D'Matteo and her supporting actress nomination.

Now down to business. For best performance by an actress in a television series, musical or comedy. Marcia Cross, "Desperate Housewives." Teri Hatcher, "Desperate Housewives." Felicity Huffman, "Desperate Housewives." Debra Messing, "Will & Grace." Sarah Jessica Parker -- anyone -- "Sex and the City."

Best television series, musical or comedy. "Arrested Development." "Desperate Housewives." "Entourage." "Sex and the City." "Will & Grace."

Best performance by an actress in a motion picture, drama. Scarlett Johansson, "A Love Song For Bobby Long." Nicole Kidman, "Birth." Imelda Staunton, "Vera Drake." Hillary Swank, "Million Dollar Baby." Uma Thurman, "Kill Bill Vol. II."

Best performance by an actress in a motion picture, musical or comedy. Annette Benning, "Being Julia." Ashley Judd, "Delovely." Emmy Rossum, "Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera." Kate Winslett, "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind." Renee Zelleweger, "Bridget Jones, The Edge of Reason."

Best motion picture, musical or comedy. "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind." "The Incredibles." "Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera." "Ray." "Sideways."

Thank you.

MIA SORVINO, ACTRESS: Hello. Before I read these next nominations, I've been asked to remind everyone that this year's Cecil B. DeMille award recipient is my good friend Robin Williams. Congratulations, Robin.

All right. For the best television series, drama, category. "24." "Deadwood." "Lost." "Nip/Tuck." And, "The Sopranos."

Best director, motion picture. Clint Eastwood, "Million Dollar Baby." Marc Forster, "Finding Neverland." Mike Nichols, "Closer." Alexander Payne, "Sideways." And Martin Scorsese, "The Aviator."

Best performance by an actor in a motion picture, drama. Javier Bardem, "The Sea Inside." Don Cheadle, "Hotel Rwanda." Johnny Depp, "Finding Neverland." Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Aviator." And Liam Neeson, "Kinsey."

And, best motion picture, drama. "The Aviator." "Closer." "Finding Neverland." "Hotel Rwanda." "Kinsey." And "Million Dollar Baby."

Thank you. D'MATTEO: OK, I'm back. All right. Best performance by an actor in a motion picture, musical or comedy. Jim Carrey, "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind." Jamie Foxx, "Ray." Paul Giamatti, "Sideways." Kevin Kline, "Delovely." And, Kevin Spacey in "Beyond the Sea."

Thank you.

SORIA: Don't forget to join us for the Golden Globe awards, Sunday January 16.

(END LIVE NEWS EVENT)

O'BRIEN: Lorenzo Soria, the president of the Hollywood Foreign Press reminding everybody when they can catch the Golden Globes. You just heard the nominations. That was Mira Sorvino presenting some.

Also we heard from Drea D'Matteo and Brendan Fraser, the actor, announcing some of the nominations. Of course it's a combination of film and television. We saw a tightly contested run off for "Desperate Housewives." It's going to be something to look forward to when we watch the final choice being made.

And also we saw some of the ones that everyone predicted would be making the list. Jamie Foxx for "Ray." "Sideways," with no real major stars still getting a couple of nods. And again "Will & Grace" and "Sex and the City" out there as well.

That's a look at some of the nominees that have been named. We're going to continue of course to update you on this when we chat with our "90-Second Pop" panel about who made the list and who did not just ahead -- Bill.

HEMMER: I head "Kill Bill" in there, by the way, and you know martial arts, Soledad, run so deep in this country in Japan, and American film makers love it as well. "The Last Samurai," the two films "Kill Bill" showcase the samurai.

I got a chance to take a sword-fighting lesson and four other guys got a chance to kill Bill.

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HEMMER (voice-over): First, a samurai needs the right look. A traditional obi or sash pulled just tight enough around the black robe or kimono. Within minutes from toe to head I was ready for a lesson that traces Japanese history back for centuries.

Next, you need the right teacher. Enter Titsuro Semaguchi (ph). He and his partners have more than four decades of experience between them. Semaguchi helped choreograph the climactic snow garden scene with Lucy Liu and Uma Thurman in "Kill Bill Vol. I."

Here he is in a previous scene wearing a black mask.

TITSURO SEMAGUCHI: Like this. HEMMER: OK.

HEMMER: Semaguchi is an eager teacher, intent on showing me the right steps in fighting, how to take down my three opponents, and the proper way to use the sword. In this case, made of wood.

That's right, I need to use the sharp end.

First, he offered his own demonstration. He's impressive. And finally after an hour of training and deepened concentration, it was my turn.

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HEMMER: So, Soledad, I have this idea after that lesson. I'm thinking you and me on one side of the room. And Andy and Jack on the other side, huh?

O'BRIEN: Jack's never going to take part in that you realize.

HEMMER: I'm picking you, though.

O'BRIEN: Thank you, I appreciate that.

HEMMER: It was a lot of fun, I tell you what.

O'BRIEN: It looked like fun.

HEMMER: Yes, it really was. And you know only after about an hour's time were we able to see just how much martial arts comes into play. Lot of performance arts, too. In the art of samurai too but very cool for me to have a chance to learn more about it, so. There you have it.

O'BRIEN: All right, Bill, it looked pretty good. Looked pretty good. Keep working on it; you've got the whole week, right?

HEMMER: That's right. Will do.

O'BRIEN: All right, Bill, thanks. A short break is ahead and we're back with more of AMERICAN MORNING right after this. Stay with us, everybody.

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O'BRIEN: Welcome back everybody. We are "Paging Dr. Gupta" this morning about the appearance-altering illness suffered by Viktor Yushchenko. Doctor's suspicions that the Ukrainian opposition leader was poisoned by dioxin have now been confirmed.

Sanjay is at the CNN Center this morning to tell us a little bit more. Hey Sanjay good morning.

DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN SR. MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Soledad. Yes, something straight out of an Ian Fleming novel, I'll tell you. Pictures of Viktor Yushchenko now everyone has seen these pictures of how his face changed so much. He was in Austria over the weekend to try and figure out what exactly happened to him.

The doctors there along with the help of several labs around Europe were able to confirm now without a doubt that in fact he was poisoned with dioxin. The way they confirmed that is actually screen his blood for dioxin and found that in fact he had 1,000 times the normal level in his blood.

You can see the pictures that everyone has seen them now. What was striking about this from a medical standpoint, Soledad, is how quickly he progressed on the left the image normal and then three months later just significant pock marks and scaring all over his face.

Obviously again from a medical standpoint its important to figure out exactly which dioxin he was poisoned with. They have not figured that out yet. There were about 20 different types, Soledad.

Also it affects lots of different things. We certainly see his face, his skin, that is what people see obviously but his organs inside also effected by the dioxin. Doctors are going to have to be mindful of that. The brain, the liver, the pancreas, his intestines. Also dioxin is a known carcinogen.

Meaning that it could cause cancer. He'll need to be monitored for that as well, Soledad.

O'BRIEN: Sanjay how great is the risk that this dioxin poisoning could kill him? If not in the short term as may have been attempting in the long term? I mean, five years out, ten years out?

GUPTA: There's not a lot of data on this type of dioxin poisoning. It is suspected that he actually ingested it. A lot of people know of dioxin as an inhaled sort of poison used in Agent Orange, for example. The way that it might kill him, Soledad, would be if it caused cancer for example and that cancer subsequently would kill him but it looks like he's out of danger at least in the short term now, Soledad.

O'BRIEN: Would all the symptoms be reversed? You talked a little bit about his face returning to normal slowly. But what about the damages you said to the lungs and the liver and the pancreas and all those things?

GUPTA: A little bit hard to tell right now for one reason. We're not exactly sure which type of dioxin he was actually poisoned with. Couple of things to keep in mind.

People who have had known dioxin ingestion have actually kept it in their system for 35 years or so, so they still have sort of minor ailments although they're alive 35 years later. There is other types of dioxin which actually excretes itself about 50 percent of it every six months so even in a couple of years it would be gone. Again, while he may have some minor -- more minor ailments, there's a good chance he's going to do just fine now that his diagnosis has been made -- Soledad.

O'BRIEN: A very bizarre story isn't it, Sanjay?

GUPTA: Really strange. Yes.

O'BRIEN: Almost so bizarre it's hard to believe and yet there it is, confirmed. All right, Sanjay Gupta for us this morning, thanks.

And let's go back to Tokyo to Bill.

HEMMER: All right Soledad. On a much different note one of Japan's most enduring movie stars stomping now into retirement, literally stomping that is. Is it really over, though, for Godzilla? Jack has that in the "Cafferty File" in a moment as we continue live in Tokyo and live in New York City right after this.

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O'BRIEN: Jack's back with the "File." Good morning again.

JACK CAFFERTY, CNN ANCHOR: Good morning. Fifty years, 28 films in all and Godzilla reportedly getting ready now to retire. The latest and what the studio says is the last film, "Godzilla Final Wars" is out now. It cost $19.3 million to make, twice as much as the previous Godzilla movies.

The production house, Toho Company in Japan, which produced all these films, says the top Godzilla films of all time were the original, 1954 and the sequel, "King Kong versus Godzilla." Fans in both Japan and the United States have overwhelmed Toho Productions with letters asking the studio to reverse its decision to make this its last film.

They want more Godzilla movies. Very popular over there.

O'BRIEN: Yes.

CAFFERTY: Yes. Supermodel Gisele Bundchen and her boyfriend Leonardo DiCaprio are fighting a California family that claims that they owe $5,000 for returning Gisele's Yorkshire terrier Vida. The dog went missing in November, apparently a reward was offered, a financial reward, but when the family, Janelle Olson and Paul Douwenga came to deliver the dog and collect the money they were arrested at gunpoint.

Even after being cleared of any crimes by police the couple says they still haven't gotten the money although the reward was advertised as no questions asked.

And last week we told you about a famous pair of New Yorkers evicted from their co-op on the swanky Upper East Side. Two red tail hawks named Pale Male and Lola. The story has gotten a lot of attention; it was on the front pages of the New York papers over the weekend -- actually made the front page of the "Times." The birds have nested at the top of the building at 927 Fifth Avenue for 12 years, raised 23 babies in that time and become famous not just here in New York but birdwatchers from around the country and around the world come and check these little guys out.

Anyway, the nest was torn down last week when the co-op board voted that the birds were simply too messy. This is a city that has 68 billion trillion pigeons in it, OK? That's a lot, a billion trillion.

Hundreds of protesters spent the weekend chanting in front of the building and today we are happy to report the Autobahn Society and the City Parks Department are going to hold a high-level meeting with the Co-Op board of the building in question. So there's hope for Pale Male and Lola. See what comes out of this meeting.

O'BRIEN: Yes. In "The New York Times" article it didn't sound like there was much grounds for any hope. I mean...

CAFFERTY: Do you believe "The New York Times?" Or do you believe what I tell you here each day?

I mean, come on.

O'BRIEN: Yes, no.

CAFFERTY: Your old buddy Jack. I lay nothing but the truth right on you here every morning.

O'BRIEN: So you'll have a follow-up for us tomorrow. I assume.

CAFFERTY: Oh, I don't know. We'll see what happens.

O'BRIEN: All right, Jack, thanks. And let's go back to Tokyo, Bill.

HEMMER: All right, Soledad. In a moment here today's top stories. Ten million people live in Tokyo -- where do they go for fun and excitement? Just about everywhere. We'll show you in a moment here. We're going there, too, after a break here on AMERICAN MORNING live in Japan.

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