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Online Sex Scandals; Who`s the Daddy?; Too Tough for TV?; Interview With Author Eve Ensler
Aired October 04, 2006 - 19:00 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
A.J. HAMMER, CO-HOST: A SHOWBIZ TONIGHT exclusive. Come along for a wild all-night ride as the paparazzi chase down celebrities.
I`m A.J. Hammer.
BROOKE ANDERSON, CO-HOST: And a sex scandal involving a Florida congressman. How graphic can we actually be on TV when we describe what happened?
I`m Brooke Anderson.
TV`s most provocative entertainment news show starts right now.
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HAMMER (voice over): On SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, stars stopping child sex predators. Tonight, how some of the biggest names in Hollywood and most popular TV shows are helping to get those accused of trying to do horrible things to kids off the streets and behind bars.
SHOWBIZ TONIGHT with the amazing story of how Hollywood is helping to stop online sex sickos.
Big development in the Anna Nicole Smith baby drama. Tonight, the battle between the two guys who claim to be the father of Anna Nicole Smith`s baby goes to court.
DEBRA OPRI, LARRY BIRKHEAD`S LAWYER: Anna, I`m talking to you directly now, and I want you to listen to me and I want you to hear what I have to tell you.
HAMMER: And hold on. It gets even weirder.
SHOWBIZ TONIGHT with your very first look at the startling pictures of Anna Nicole`s pseudo wedding with one of the possible dads.
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ANDERSON: Hi there, everyone. I`m Brooke Anderson in New York.
HAMMER: I`m A.J. Hammer.
What a day in court in the Anna Nicole Smith daddy war. Both sides in the battle to prove who really is the father of Annan Nicole Smith`s newborn daughter, Dannie Lynn, went to court today in Los Angeles. And the fireworks absolutely exploded outside the courthouse.
We`re going to be all over that in just a moment.
ANDERSON: That`s right, A.J.
But first tonight, the war on online sex predators. The scandal involving Florida congressman Mark Foley and the inappropriate instant messages he allegedly sent to young pages has rocked Capitol Hill.
Now SHOWBIZ TONIGHT can tell you that Hollywood is on a mission to make sure everyone is aware of the dangers kids face when they are online and in cyberspace.
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SOLEDAD O`BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: The Foley e-mail page scandal is widening.
ANDERSON (voice over): The scandal over Mark Foley`s explicit e-mails to a teenaged former congressional page has exploded all over TV news shows, putting the former congressman and congressional leaders on a very public hot seat.
KURT EICHENWALD, INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER: I think what the Foley case demonstrates is that truly it could be anyone.
MARY MURPHY, "TV GUIDE": The Mark Foley case is everywhere. You can`t stop watching it.
ANDERSON: "TV Guide`s" Mary Murphy shells SHOWBIZ TONIGHT that the case is tailor-made for TV.
MURPHY: It`s political, it`s sexual, and it`s the ultimate, you know, your neighbor, the person next door. Who is the sexual predator? Oh, it`s a congressman.
ANDERSON: Foley, who used to campaign for laws to fight Internet sex predators...
REP. MARK FOLEY (R), FLORIDA: Our goal today is united to make the Web a safer place.
ANDERSON: ... now sees his inappropriate e-mails to teenaged congressional pages written under the address Maf54, first reported by ABC and read aloud on national television, including CNN.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: "What are you wearing?" he asked in one. "T-shirt and shorts," the teen replied. "Love to slip them off you," Foley allegedly said.
ANDERSON: The whole scandal is focusing attention on the disturbing issue of predators who use the Internet to prey on underage victims. SHOWBIZ TONIGHT can tell you that is an issue that TV, form fictional primetime dramas to TV news programs, has been tackling quite a bit lately.
MURPHY: Now it`s on television all the time, and I think it raises the awareness for everybody.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE, "LAW & ORDER: SVU": I used to do think when kids were at home they were safe.
ANDERSON: Dramas like "Law & Order: SUV" and their ripped from the headlines story lines have started depicting the horrifying effects of Internet sex predators.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE, "LAW & ORDER: SUV": A minor shooting kiddy porn, that`s a new one.
ANDERSON: It`s a topic often covered on shows like "America`s Most Wanted" and "The Oprah Winfrey Show," which has started offering rewards for information on sex offenders on the run.
OPRAH WINFREY, TALK SHOW HOST: There is an estimated 100,000 sex offenders in this country who are living as fugitives.
ANDERSON: And then there is "Dateline NBC".
UNIDENTIFIED MALE, "DATELINE NBC": Rochelle (ph), he is heading towards the back.
ANDERSON: In its popular "To Catch a Predator" series, "Dateline" reporter Chris Hansen and young-looking decoys from a child safety advocacy group confront and videotape suspected child predators who think they are meeting up with youngsters they have been chatting with online.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I decided to bring the motorcycle.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Oh, that`s hot. Maybe we can go for a ride later.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You bet.
ANDERSON: The series draws anywhere from eight to 11 million viewers. It`s so popular, some of the suspected predators even recognize Chris Hansen when he comes out to great them.
CHRIS HANSEN, "DATELINE NBC": I guess I`m probably not the surprise you expected, am I?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You are exactly the surprise I expected.
HANSEN: Why don`t you have a seat over there for me?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You`re exactly what I was expecting.
ANDERSON: In an interview on CNN`s "RELIABLE SOURCES," Chris Hansen says he is doing important work.
HANSEN: It`s a darned important story.
ANDERSON: Some critics say some shows like the "Dateline" series cross into questionable ethical territory. But "TV Guide`s" Mary Murphy is quick to defend "Dateline".
MURPHY: I actually think they are doing a public service.
EICHENWALD: When I started covering this area, it was really the wild west. I mean, there were things going on online that the general public was not aware of.
ANDERSON: Journalist Kurt Eichenwald knows firsthand how the media can shed a spotlight on this important issue. He did a front-page piece in "The New York Times" featuring Justin Berry, who as a 13-year-old used a Web cam to put pictures of himself online and charge pedophiles to watch him.
JUSTIN BERRY, STARTED ONLINE PORN SITE AS TEEN: I was paid by more than a thousand men to strip naked, masturbate, and even have sex with female prostitutes while on camera.
ANDERSON: Justin`s ordeal included years of molestation and other horrors which ended when Eichenwald used him for a story. Eichenwald tells SHOWBIZ TONIGHT it`s an example of how the media can lead the fight against Internet sex predators.
EICHENWALD: The "Dateline" episode, the series that was sponsored by "The Times," the congressional hearings that have taken place and were, you know, broadcast on virtually every network, have all served to underscore this message that -- that there are bad people out there and that -- you know, that the Internet is not a babysitter.
ANDERSON: No one is saying this an easy topic. From "Law & Order" episodes...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE, "LAW & ORDER: SUV": Say you like older guys but you`re afraid it will hurt.
ANDERSON: ... to coverage of the Mark Foley case...
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: In another Foley asked, "Do I make you a little horny?"
ANDERSON: ... talk of Internet sex predators can get uncomfortable, but it`s still too important to ignore.
MURPHY: It may be too graphic for some, but, boy, if you`re a parent, you better pay attention to this stuff.
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ANDERSON: "Dateline`s" "To Catch a Predator" series is doing more than racking up big Nielsen numbers. It has resulted in almost 30 arrests. NBC says all of them have pleaded not guilty to their respective charges.
Well, former congressman Mark Foley is partly blaming his explicit messages to congressional interns on alcoholism. He`s just the latest person in the public eye to do so.
So we`re asking you in our SHOWBIZ TONIGHT "Question of the Day"... Stars behaving badly: Is substance abuse a legitimate excuse?
Vote at cnn.com/showbiztonight; write to us, send us an e-mail, showbiztonight@cnn.com.
HAMMER: Now on to the Anna Nicole Smith baby daddy drama and the battle for her newborn girl. Fireworks today as both sides took their paternity fight to a Los Angeles courtroom.
Larry Birkhead, one of the men who claims to be the child`s father, is suing Anna Nicole, demanding she bring the baby back from the Bahamas to California for paternity testing. Anna Nicole`s attorney and self- proclaimed lover, Howard K. Stern, is also claiming that he is the father of the girl who was born just days before Anna Nicole`s son died in her hospital room in the Bahamas.
Birkhead`s attorney came out swinging today. SHOWBIZ TONIGHT cameras caught the whole choice words that she had personally for Anna Nicole.
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OPRI: Anna, I`m talking to you directly now, and I want you to listen to me, and I want you to hear what I have to tell you. If you are so certain, if you are so certain that Larry Birkhead is not the father, then you have nothing, absolutely nothing to lose by submitting to this jurisdiction and allowing a paternity test.
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HAMMER: Pretty clear about what she had to say.
Harvey Levin, managing editor of TMZ.com, joining us now from Glendale, California.
Harvey, shouldn`t Anna Nicole just have the baby submitted for this DNA test so we can just put everybody out of our pain and misery and put this issue to rest once and for all?
HARVEY LEVIN, MANAGING EDITOR, TMZ.COM: Well, on the surface the answer is yes, unless there is some reason she doesn`t want a paternity test. Maybe, just maybe, the baby is Larry Birkhead`s and she doesn`t want that out there because it opens up a whole can of worms. So I`m not saying that is the case, but that would certainly be a scenario for her not wanting it.
HAMMER: And also, Larry is demanding that the baby be checked for drugs. Could this possibly also be a reason that she might not want to actually submit for the test?
LEVIN: Well, I`ve been talking to Larry Birkhead for three months now, and I can tell you this is -- and I`m not saying it`s true or not -- but I know that this has been a concern. I mean, he is now saying it publicly, that he has felt that she moved down to the Bahamas because it was convenient to get away from the jurisdiction of the United States, where she wouldn`t have to submit to all this stuff.
So, you know, it doesn`t surprise me that that`s part of his request before the judge.
HAMMER: Yes, certainly a lot of the speculation has been that they went down to the Bahamas just to sort of escape possible paternity lawsuits like the one that they are facing right now.
Also at the courtroom today, Anna Nicole Smith`s lawyer, Ron Rale. This is what he had to say.
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RON RALE, ATTORNEY FOR ANNA NICOLE SMITH: We want to honor the dignity of the court, the dignity of Anna Nicole as a mother. She is grieving right now. It`s not that something we want before the press. You can understand that. And that`s all I have to say right now.
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HAMMER: Not something they want to have in front of the press. Are you kidding me? After -- after the baby was born, pictures were sold to tabloid magazines and entertainment shows on television. Now "People" magazine has exclusively obtained the rights to the photos of her commitment ceremony to Howard K. Stern.
By the way, we`ll be showing you those photos a little later on here on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT.
Not in front of the press, Harvey? Can you say hypocrisy?
LEVIN: Yes, I mean, it`s all so ridiculous. I mean, the commitment ceremony is where I have the biggest problem.
It wasn`t even a marriage. I mean, she decided to have a commitment ceremony. I -- listen, I am not telling people how to grieve. That is completely inappropriate to do. But it just seems weird to me that, with the death of her son literally days before, that she gets out there and she is having a ceremony that doesn`t even have any legal effect.
So just so much of this feels like showboating. And not just on her side.
I mean, love Debra Opri, you know, who I like. I really personally like. But, I mean, great showboating. "I`m talking to you, Anna Nicole."
HAMMER: Yes.
LEVIN: I mean, the whole thing just smacks of one gigantic circus.
HAMMER: Well, yes. And she was calling Howard K. Stern a ringmaster yesterday, so I don`t really get that whole thing.
Let`s talk for a moment about the part of this equation that we`re not hearing a lot about. It`s the newborn baby, Dannie Lynn. You`ve got to hope somebody is down there in the Bahamas looking after her and her interests, making sure she is getting everything she needed. The welfare of the child obviously will come into play if this paternity suit goes on, won`t it?
LEVIN: Not necessarily, A.J. I mean, you`re assuming the paternity suit is going to go on. If she stays in the Bahamas, the question is, what kind of recourse does Larry Birkhead or anybody else in California have?
I mean, they are not going to extradite her to come to California. They are not going to get Dog to steal the baby. So the bottom line is, it could be that if she stays put down there, any effort offer Birkhead`s part could be effectively thwarted.
HAMMER: Let`s not drag Dog the bounty hunter into this circus, which is already big enough.
Harvey Levin, from TMZ.com.
We appreciate you joining us tonight.
LEVIN: See you, A.J.
HAMMER: And make sure you stick around, because the story just gets weirder. Coming u, the just released exclusive photos in "People" magazine of Anna Nicole Smith and her sort of marriage to her attorney, Howard K. Stern. We`ll have that at about 48 past the hour.
ANDERSON: Well, she became a voice of women with "The Vagina Monologues." Now Eve Ensler is speaking out about how women struggle with body image in Hollywood, something we talk about here a lot. That`s next.
Plus, we`ve have also got this...
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It`s a performance sport. You either get the photos or you don`t. If you get them, then you`re the top guy.
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HAMMER: Speaking of Hollywood, come along for a wild ride as Hollywood paparazzi chase stars for that one got to have money making shot.
It`s a SHOWBIZ TONIGHT exclusive.
ANDERSON: And it`s a terrible story. Former representative Mark Foley allegedly sending explicit sex e-mails to a congressional page. But can you believe that some people out there are actually finding humor in this story?
We`ll have that coming up.
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HAMMER: Welcome back to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT.
The online child sex scandal surrounding former Florida congressman Mark Foley is no laughing matter, but somehow, some way, some people out there are finding humor in the gross instant messages and e-mails that Foley sent to congressional pages, even though graphic words are making us squirm.
Here`s CNN`s Jeanne Moos for SHOWBIZ TONIGHT.
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JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): When lines like "How my favorite young stud doing?" are among the tamer Internet messages being bandied about in the Foley story, TV`s in trouble.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Full of graphic, sexual language, too graphic to be broadcast.
MOOS (on camera): Too graphic to be broadcast maybe, but nothing`s too graphic for the Internet.
(voice-over): Prompting warnings like "reader discretion strongly advised" at ABC`s Web site, where in between the sometimes downright dirty dialogue, you also get the interruptions. "By right back, my mom is yelling," types one teen. Serious reporters end up role playing the suggestive stuff, becoming targets for comedians.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What are you wearing?
T-shirt and shorts.
Love to slip them off of you.
JON STEWART, COMEDIAN: There you have it, ABC`s Brian Ross. Worst phone sex operator ever.
MOOS: And while journalists are doing their best to present solemn reenactments.
ZAIN VERJEE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Foley: I miss you lots in San Diego. Teen: Yes, I can`t wait till D.C. Foley responds with a smile symbol.
MOOS: The real smiles are prompted by Web sites like Invisible Engine.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The following is a dramatization of an actual instant message investigation.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do I make you a little horny?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A little.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Cool.
MOOS: And everywhere there`s a LOL, laughing out loud, in the transcript.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Ha, ha.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Ha, ha.
MOOS: The Huffington Post solicits humorous homemade videos, and one of their top ones at the moment is "Trick of Treating at the Foley." It`s a quiz. They give you former Congressman Foley`s line, and you pick the correct response. Let`s see if you`ve been paying attention. When Foley asks, "Do I make you a little horny?" did the teen answer, "No, my mom made this costume," "a little," or "no, you make me sick"?
(on camera): The correct answer is "a little."
(voice-over): You may think this is all a little much. If it weren`t for the Internet, we wouldn`t be getting the uncensored story, misspellings and all. "So you have a fetich," typed the teen.
The transcript proves that even a congressman ...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Did you want to fool around?
MOOS: ... can`t seem to fool around without making typos.
Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.
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HAMMER: That was amazing. That was CNN`s Jeanne Moos for SHOWBIZ TONIGHT.
ANDERSON: Eve Ensler might as well be dubbed "every woman`s best girlfriend." She`s the author of the hit play "The Vagina Monologues". It even inspired V-Day, a global movement to help stop violence against women and girls.
Eve is also the author of "The Good Body," dealing with body issues women experience around the world. And now Eve has a new book out. It`s called "Insecure at Last: Losing It In Our Security Obsessed World." There it is.
And Eve is with us here in New York tonight.
Eve, great to see you.
EVE ENSLER, AUTHOR, "THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES": You, too. Nice to see you.
ANDERSON: I want to talk about "The Vagina Monologues" for a second. It has become a worldwide phenomenon, a worldwide movement. Women all over have made it their cause.
When you published it, did you think -- why did you think it resonated so much with women and still does today?
ENSLER: Well, I had no idea when I published it that it would become this. I always say it`s a great vagina miracle because it spread the way it has. But I think because it comes from the stories of women and then goes back to women, it`s empowered women, it`s allowed them to talk about what they were most ashamed of or excited by or afraid of, but what was essentially taboo. And through talking about it they have taken their power back, their bodies back, and they have been able to connect with men in deeper ways, they`ve been able to connect with themselves in deeper ways, and it has really spread to 81 countries now to end violence against women across the globe.
ANDERSON: It`s incredible.
ENSLER: We`re having -- yes, and it is all grassroots women doing this.
ANDERSON: And you have been such a voice for women everywhere, with all the issues that you are passionate about.
Here on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, we have really been hammering away at the ridiculous obsession people have today with body image. What do you think? Is it out of control, the pressured to be thin, to look a certain way, fit a certain mold?
ENSLER: Well, I just finished the tour of "The Good Body," my play about body image and what women are doing to fix, hide, bury their bodies in order to be good. All I can say is that if you look at the kind of incredibly dangerous place we`re in right now, whether it`s the war in Iraq, whether it`s escalating threats, whether it`s eradication of civil liberties, I think women need to take all the energy and time and money we are spending fixing ourselves and we need to take back the world. And then 10 years from now, when we have reclaimed the world and it is now operating on a whole new basis and paradigm, we can bring back our self obsession.
ANDERSON: And think about the body.
ENSLER: Exactly.
ANDERSON: Well, did you find a common link with "The Good Body"? And you spoke with, you know, women of all cultures dealing with issues about their bodies. Is there a common link between women everywhere and how they feel about body image?
ENSLER: I think -- I think -- I think the West has a lot to import those ideas. But I think there`s essentially this idea in every culture that women have that if they could just find the perfect way of their body looking -- and it varies from culture to culture. Some cultures it`s about being rounder, some it`s about disappearing. Ours is about disappearing.
They would just be good, and then they would be perfect. And when they were perfect, they would be loved. And it just goes on and on. But the truth is, I think you have a choice to be good or great.
ANDERSON: "Insecure at Last" -- we`re running out of time, unfortunately, but did you find a difference between men and women and how they feel about security?
ENSLER: Well, that wasn`t what this book was about. This book is really about how we need to shift the paradigm of the planet away from looking at and obsessing about security and looking about peace. And I think this country has become a place which is essentially obsessed about security at the expense of feeding people and sheltering people.
ANDERSON: Eve Ensler, as always, great to talk to you. Good to see you again.
And you can pick up a copy of Eve`s new book, "Insecure at Last." It`s in bookstores now.
Breaking news. Is Madonna about to become a material mom again? SHOWBIZ TONIGHT sorts out all the material next.
HAMMER: The Anna Nicole Smith baby daddy drama gets weirder. SHOWBIZ TONIGHT has your first look at the sort of wedding Anna Nicole had with one of the guys that claims to be little Dannie`s dad.
Plus, we`ve got this...
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It`s a performance sport. You either get the photos or you don`t. If you get them, then you`re the top guy.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
ANDERSON: Come along for a wild ride as Hollywood paparazzi chase stars for that one got to have money-making shot. It`s a SHOWBIZ TONIGHT exclusive.
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HAMMER: For 40 years women everywhere have been getting weak in the knees when they hear Julio Iglesias sings, "To All the Girls I`ve Loved Before".
Julio is on tour again. I sat down with him and I asked him, after being in the public eye for so long, does the media ever go too far?
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JULIO IGLESIAS, SINGER: It`s not only the media. It`s also a gamble, you know, between us and the media. So we don`t have to really put everything in the media, because you want to go out, you close your room, and you go - - whatever you want to do in your private life. So it`s not only the media which has the mistakes.
HAMMER: Right.
IGLESIAS: I think it is always (INAUDIBLE) between our lives and the media.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
HAMMER: Julio`s new album is called "Romantic Classics" and it`s in stores now.
ANDERSON: Two female stars -- and we use the term "stars" very, very loosely here -- well, they got into a good old Hollywood catfight. Find out who they are coming up next.
HAMMER: And the Anna Nicole Smith baby daddy drama gets weirder, if you can believe that. SHOWBIZ TONIGHT with your first look at the pictures of the sort of wedding Anna had with one of the guys claiming to be daddy.
ANDERSON: And come along for a wild ride as Hollywood paparazzi chase stars for that one got to have money-making shot. It`s a SHOWBIZ TONIGHT exclusive.
Stay with us. We are coming right back.
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HAMMER: Welcome back to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. It is 30 minutes past the hour. I`m A.J. Hammer in New York.
ANDERSON: And I`m Brooke Anderson. This is TV`s most provocative entertainment news show.
OK, A.J., you`re not going to believe this: Paris Hilton gets into a nightclub brawl.
HAMMER: I can`t imagine.
ANDERSON: You can`t imagine. Well, Paris says that Shanna Moakler, the gal from "Meet the Barkers," and more recently from "Dancing With the Stars" - Paris said Shanna landed a punch on her jaw. But Shanna has a different version of what happened. The fur was flying; both are alleging battery, and that`s coming up.
HAMMER: Sure no matter happened, neither of them deserved it. Right.
Also - and get used to this, because I`m going to say it everyday - the Anna Nicole Smith is getting even weirder. Yes, there are pictures that "People" magazine has secured of Anna Nicole Smith and Howard K. Stern, her partner - alleged father of the baby, claimed father of the baby - at their - at their ceremony, where they got committed.
ANDERSON: (INAUDIBLE), very convoluted, yes.
HAMMER: We`ve got those pictures, your first look in just a moment.
ANDERSON: My jaw hit the ground when I saw those pictures. And yours will, too.
But first, a special SHOWBIZ TONIGHT "Special Report," as we take along for a wild right in a night with the paparazzi. Hollywood`s biggest stars are fighting back against the paparazzi like never before. Just the other day, pop singer Avril Lavigne publicly apologized for spitting at the paparazzi in a confrontation outside of a popular Hollywood nightclub.
No one knows what it`s like to experience the thrill of the chase more than E.L. Woody, the so-called king of the paparazzi, who`s been doing this for some 30 years now. Woody let SHOWBIZ TONIGHT into his world, and we stayed up all night to find out what it`s like.
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E.L. WOODY, PHOTOGRAPHER: (INAUDIBLE) is that there`s a Rolls Royce right here. Let me see who`s here.
ANDERSON (voice-over): It`s just another night for Hollywood`s most famous paparazzi, E.L. Woody. By the end of the night, as SHOWBIZ TONIGHT rode along, he`ll have captured shots of Kirsten Dunst, Lindsay Lohan and Ashlee Simpson. We`ll show you that played out in a moment.
But first, who is E.L. Woody? He let SHOWBIZ TONIGHT into his world.
WOODY: I had predicted that there would be no wedding. Me being in the right place at the right time, I get the night they broke up.
ANDERSON: We`re inside Woody`s home office in Hollywood, and the shots he`s pointing to have all shown up in hundreds of magazines across the globe.
WOODY: Here`s a good one: Demi`s sexy, wild night with Bill Clinton. This is Kiefer with a stripper. I got that up on the Sunset Strip. Here`s the Britney wedding.
You know, isn`t it strange? Everybody knows about everything.
ANDERSON: Here`s a secret: Woody says many of these photos are planned. He says the paparazzi is called when a star wants to get some publicity.
WOODY: That`s what we do; sit here until the phone rings, and then run, fast as we can, where we`re going, at a legal speed.
ANDERSON: He got a call that Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes would be at Los Angeles hot spot The Ivy. Here`s the shot he caught. He claims it was all staged.
WOODY: When`s the big day, Tom?
(LAUGHTER)
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WOODY: Your publicist called us.
ANDERSON: But it`s the exclusive photos, the one no one else has, that make the most money. And Woody has got many. He calls himself "the king of the paparazzi."
WOODY: Well, it`s a performance sport. You either get the photos or you don`t. If you get them, then you`re the top guy.
ANDERSON: To be the top guy, you need to know what club is hot what night of the week. And that`s constantly changing. It`s 11 p.m., and it`s time to cruise. And he`s taking SHOWBIZ TONIGHT along.
WOODY: We`re going to take a cruise of the whole sunset strip. You really have to be economical in how you use your time in this business. The real secret is to go out for 20 minutes and get the right picture, an exclusive photograph of a desirable star doing something that will sell.
ANDERSON: Woody`s gotten some of his best shots on the Sunset Strip.
WOODY: Fire, water and actors (ph) was just like fire, water and everybody else. You just never know what you`re going to get.
I got Mick Jagger coming out of the Body Shop strip club right here one night. That made me some money. Here comes the Roxy and the Rainbow Room. That`s where I got the picture of Christina Aguilera in the little - the little sexy outfit, the lingerie with the whip was right there.
I have people everywhere that call and give me tips. You know, this is a business of information.
ANDERSON: Woody has had the same phone number for 15 years. He says everybody knows it, and everybody calls it.
(PHONE RINGING)
ANDERSON: Woody gets a call. We don`t know from whom.
WOODY: What`s going on? Hello? I`m heading up to Hollywood Boulevard. Why don`t you guys come up there?
ANDERSON: It`s midnight, and now we`re heading to L.A. hotspot Moot. It`s new, and Woody says it probably won`t be hot for long.
WOODY: We`re going right down the middle of the Walk of Fame.
ANDERSON: Woody sees someone from the club.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What`s up, man? How are you?
WOODY: What you doing? How you doing?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Good.
WOODY: What`s going on?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: How`d that work out the other night for you?
WOODY: Which one?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Paris.
WOODY: Oh, I - you know, like always.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes?
WOODY: Yes. Paris is great.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Good (ph).
WOODY: Anybody here?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, yeah.
WOODY: I`m ready.
Everybody wins when we get a picture: the store they`re shopping in; the club they`re partying in; the celebrity; the project they`re working on; and we get a couple of bucks, too. It works great for everybody.
If they`re in line, they`re not important.
ANDERSON: Woody meets one of his photographers. After 30 years in the business, he has a handful of employees.
WOODY: This is Henry (ph). He`s my videographer. He`s the guy that Tommy Lee threw down and broke his pelvis in four places. As you can see, he`s still out here shooting. The bravest guy you`ll ever see.
ANDERSON: Here`s the vide shot that night. It`s a dangerous business.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hey, Tommy!
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WOODY: Tommy came out and just attacked him. He never said a word to him. He just came out and found the smallest guy in the crowd and threw him down and broke his pelvis - one of 20 different photographers out there. But he was the smallest one in the whole crowd.
ANDERSON: But those famous images don`t come easily.
WOODY: A lot of this business is just standing around being bored.
ANDERSON: But here comes a car.
WOODY: Let me what`s going on here now.
ANDERSON: It`s Kirsten Dunst.
WOODY: There`s not a star in the world that wants to get out of the car and not be recognized by the crowd. Even though they`re not going to pose - let`s see what we got.
ANDERSON: Here`s a secret: Woody says the shot is not worth anything unless there is another celebrity in the picture.
WOODY: If this was here and Brad, however, I`d be right at the front.
ANDERSON: The paparazzi swarms the club tonight. But so do fans, waiting to get their shot.
WOODY: So who are you guys looking for? Who do you think`s going to be here?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Lohan, Jessica Simpson.
WOODY: Another car approaches. It`s Ashlee Simpson.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I love you so much. I sing all your songs.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Look up! Look up!
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Ashlee!
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hello (INAUDIBLE)
WOODY: Maybe that`s more than we need now. It`s starting now.
ANDERSON: It`s after 12, and the action has begun.
WOODY: Oh, here we go.
ANDERSON: Here comes Lindsay Lohan. She`s no stranger to the paparazzi. She poses for the photographers.
WOODY: That was Lindsay Lohan, the troublemaker of the week.
ANDERSON: But Kirsten, Lindsay and Ashlee don`t make a good night.
WOODY: They`re all absolutely worthless photos, every single one of them. Had one of them shown up with a guy, it might have been worthwhile. But, you know, a photo of a star alone`s worth 10 bucks, tops.
ANDERSON: But the night`s not over.
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ANDERSON: There still could be some action ahead.
WOODY: Hey, we`re on Hollywood Boulevard, folks. There`s the red lights flashing. Something`s going on. If we`re in luck, it`s a movie star being arrested somewhere.
ANDERSON: We`ll find out in the morning.
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ANDERSON: You might even call E.L. Woody a bit of a celebrity himself. While we were out riding with him, many people stopped in their cars and waved, recognizing the man who calls himself "king of the paparazzi." Woody also played himself on an episode of "Entourage."
HAMMER: Such a strange job.
Time now for tonight`s "Hot Headlines."
Make that tonight`s hot baby headlines. There was word earlier that Madonna was with child - an adopted child. But Madonna`s rep says that the pop superstar has not adopted one child, as a rumor has it, but rather a whole country of children in Malawi. Madonna is in the African nation to build an orphanage and a child-care center. It`s geared toward helping children who lost parents to the AIDS epidemic.
And if you suspected that Tori Spelling was pregnant, you are correct. The actress and her actor husband Dean McDermott are expecting in early spring. The pair married in Fiji in May, after meeting on the set of a movie. This is going to be Spelling`s first child. McDermott has two children from a previous marriage.
And it`s a girl for Maggie Gyllenhaal. She and her fianc', Peter Sarsgaard, welcome baby Ramona right here in New York City. Although Ramona`s timing yesterday may have been a little bit surprising: the little bundle of joy reportedly arrived two weeks early. Mom, dad and baby are all healthy and are all happy.
And those are tonight`s happy baby headlines.
ANDERSON: A good surprise.
The magic spell Harry Potter has cast over fans everywhere almost backfired in one Georgia county. A suburban mom in Gwinnett County told the board of education she wants J.K. Rowling`s popular books banned from schools. She says the series is "an evil attempt to indoctrinate children in the Wicca religion." Wicca is a neo-Pagan earth-centered religion sometimes misunderstood as witchcraft. An attorney for the board of education says if schools were to remove all books that made references to witches, "Macbeth" and "Cinderella" would have to go, too. The attorney says Harry Potter present universal themes of friendship and overcoming adversity.
HAMMER: It is time now for tonight`s "SHOWBIZ Showcase." We`ve got a little feeling of d'j... vu, though I know that we haven`t shown you this one before.
Denzel Washington travels back in time to investigate a horrific murder. But he swears he has been down this thrilling path before.
Here`s your first look at "D'j... Vu."
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ANNOUNCER: It`s a phenomenon known as d'j... vu. It`s a phenomenon known as d'j... vu. You arrive at a place you`ve never been. But it feels familiar. But it feels familiar. You look into the face of a stranger, and you feel like you`ve known her all your life.
DENZEL WASHINGTON, ACTOR: Have we met?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes.
ANNOUNCER: D'j... vu is believed by many to believe a trick of the mind. But the truth is far more extraordinary.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: What if you were to tell someone the most important thing in the world, but you knew they`d never believe you?
WASHINGTON: I`d try.
VAL KILMER, ACTOR: I`ve been put in a charge of a newly formed investigative unit, and I want you on the team. (INAUDIBLE), we`ve got some unique time constraints.
ANNOUNCER: He has been shown a secret.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It`s a brand-new program. We look anywhere four days in the past.
ANNOUNCER.the government doesn`t want you to know.
WASHINGTON: This is not surveillance? This is the actual past?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes. They found a way to fold space back onto itself.
Remember the blackout we had a few years back?
WASHINGTON: Half the Northeast - you`re saying you guys?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Fifty million homes? Not bad.
WASHINGTON: Wow.
ANNOUNCER: This Thanksgiving, the key to stopping the disaster.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think you know what`s coming. We don`t have a clue.
ANNOUNCER.starts by unraveling the mystery of d'j... vu.
WASHINGTON: What if you had to tell someone the most important thing in the world, but you knew they`d never believe you?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I`d try.
WASHINGTON: I got it. I got it.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You know, you don`t have to do this.
WASHINGTON: What if I already have?
ANNOUNCER: "D'j... Vu." If you think it`s just a feeling, go back and look again.
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HAMMER: Once again, "D'j... Vu" opens in theaters nationwide on November 22. Once again, "D'j... Vu" opens in theaters nationwide on November 22. I had to do it.
ANDERSON: I`ve heard that before.
HAMMER: I know it`s hokey.
A reminder now that when you see SHOWBIZ TONIGHT on the weekends, it`s not d'j... vu, because we`re on seven nights a week. TV`s most provocative entertainment news show has arrived on your weekends. SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, Saturday and Sunday and each and every night at 11 Eastern, 8 Pacific.
ANDERSON: Coming up, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT has the photos from Anna Nicole Smith`s commitment ceremony in the Bahamas.
Plus, we`ve got this:
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DEBRA OPRI, ATTORNEY FOR LARRY BIRKHEAD: Anna, I`m talking to you directly now, and I want you to listen to me and I want you to hear what I have to tell you.
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HAMMER: The attorney for Larry Birkhead laying down the law for Anna Nicole over the paternity of her child. Hear the tough words and what Smith`s lawyer said in response.
ANDERSON: And she started it - no, she did. An heiress, and ex- Playmate and the police - we`re going to tell you what happened between Paris Hilton and Shanna Moakler when the fur started flying. That`s coming up.
Stay with us.
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ANDERSON: Welcome back to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, TV`s most provocative entertainment news show. I`m Brooke Anderson.
Time now for a story that made us say, "That`s Ridiculous!"
Paris Hilton has become a punching bag for the press. And, you know, we think that she deserves most of it. But as much as hearing her name is like nails on a chalkboard, we don`t think she deserves a real punching bag. Paris is accusing Shanna Moakler of socking her in the face outside an L.A. nightclub this morning. The police tell us that it was just a shoving match: Shanna pushed Paris; Paris` boyfriend pushed Shanna. Got all that?
Well, in case you have no clue who Shanna Moakler is, she was just on "Dancing With the Stars," and prior to that, "Meet the Barkers." But, you know, we just want to know: why can`t they all just get along?
And - and A.J, it gets even more dramatic. There have been reports that Paris has been, as they say, canoodling with Shanna`s estranged husband, Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker. You just saw him in the video.
HAMMER: I got one thing to say: Paris, stay home, please. Just stay home.
ANDERSON: Stay out of trouble, please.
HAMMER: Stop going out. Thank you.
These fighting females - "That`s Ridiculous!" Let`s move on, shall we?
The paternity battle between Anna Nicole Smith`s ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead and her attorney and confidant Howard K. Stern went to court in Los Angeles today. That phrase alone makes this sound like a soap opera, and it is growing more dramatic by the hour.
Larry Birkhead and Howard K. Stern both claim to be the baby`s father. But Birkhead is pulling no punches. His attorney came out swinging today, addressing Anna Nicole Smith personally at a news conference, demanding she comply with the paternity test. Smith`s attorney had some pretty tough words of his own.
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OPRI: Anna, I`m talking to you directly now, and I want you to listen to me and I want you to hear what I have to tell you. If you are so certain - if you are so certain that Larry Birkhead is not the father, then you have nothing, absolutely nothing to lose by submitting to this jurisdiction and allowing a paternity test. It is in the best interests of this child; it is in the best interests of everything that`s happening now. It is in the best interests of all of us to properly and legally answer this question now, in the proper forum of the courts, not the media.
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RON RALE, ATTORNEY FOR ANNA NICOLE SMITH: Well, she shouldn`t be talking to Anna - Anna Nicole anyway, because Anna Nicole has counsel. And it certainly shouldn`t be spoken to the press.
You`re going to get very little from me. We`re not going to talk about the case. We want to honor the dignity of the court, the dignity of Anna Nicole as a mother. She`s grieving right now; it`s not something that we want before the press. You can understand that.
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HAMMER: Doesn`t want it before the press.
And in another big development, you heard about Anna Nicole`s commitment ceremony with the other guy in the paternity battle, longtime attorney and confidant Howard K. Stern. Well now, we`ve got the exclusive first look at the photos of her Bahamian ceremony from this issue of "People" magazine.
With me tonight in New York, "People" magazine`s staff editor Larry Sutton.
Larry, I know you guys are eating this story up over there at "People" magazine. But I - I got to tell you" when these pictures arrived, and we first saw them, you saw jaws dropping around the SHOWBIZ TONIGHT`s audience.
LARRY SUTTON, "PEOPLE" MAGAZINE: Sure.
HAMMER: It - it - it`s pretty amazing that three weeks after her son died, we`re seeing these photos.
Let`s - let`s throw up this - this first one here, Charles (ph). Because we`re seeing them frolicking on the beach, the two of them, Howard K. Stern, Anna Nicole Smith.
What exactly is going on here?
SUTTON: Well, in the words of Howard K. Stern, it was time for her to get over her grief, time for her to go on, move on, get on with her life. He also said she needed sort of like an adrenaline boost, too. And he thought perhaps this was the best thing to do.
They - she looks kind of happy in the pictures. You got to say she`s looking pretty good.
Has it worked? I think so; I think it`s gotten out of her depression.
HAMMER: Well, certainly they - they - they do look like a happy couple in the pictures, which sort of begs the question, How put together, how staged was this? I`m wondering if you guys, when you first saw the pictures - because certainly people have been speculated that they moved to the Bahamas, they had this whole commitment ceremony to sort of up-end a potential paternity battle.
I mean, did you guys look at them and say, You know what? This looks like it`s kind of force?
SUTTON: Well, I don`t - staged is probably not the right word. It looks like - you look at anyone`s wedding pictures, and they`re set-ups. You know, you say - you get the bride and the groom together, you look at each other and they stare at the camera, they pose.
Set up maybe in that way, yes. Was it something real for them? I think it was. I mean, there was a Baptist minister on board with them. They truly exchanged beautiful vows to one another. I think as far as they`re concerned, it was real.
HAMMER: So you do get the impression their intentions were genuine here?
SUTTON: I think they were, yes.
HAMMER: Give me some of the details of - of what happened at the ceremony. Certainly looks like a big party.
SUTTON: Well, there were maybe about half a dozen or so close friends that were on the boat with them. They just brought their intimates, folks that had been filming a movie with Anna Nicole over the past few weeks were on the boat with her. Once they got there, once they had the ceremony, some friends sent over a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken. Always good at wedding receptions.
HAMMER: You got to have Kentucky Friend Chicken at a wedding.
SUTTON: A little champagne - a little champagne, a little apple cider was there at the ceremony, too. And they topped it off by moving the boat closer to shore, and both Anna Nicole and Howard K. Stern jumping off the boat, taking the plunge so to speak right into the water.
HAMMER: Do you get any impression - obviously we`re seeing, you know, smiling faces and people apparently having a good time. But again, this is immediately in the shadow of the death of her son, Daniel.
SUTTON: Sure. I - I`m sure most people say, It`s three weeks.
HAMMER: So - so did - did you get - did you get any sense of what the mood was there at the ceremony?
SUTTON: Well, at the ceremony itself, I think there was a lot of festivity. There was - spirits were high. It was also a time of reflection. I mean, you can`t put that out of your mind, if your son has just died three weeks ago. That`s going to haunt you for a long, long time.
But again, this ceremony was in part designed to overcome those feelings. So it was - I think it was mostly an upbeat affair.
HAMMER: Yes, if everything is as it appears - and I know people have been using this clich', but it - it certainly applies - what a roller coaster ride between.
SUTTON: Sure.
HAMMER: The birth of her daughter and - and her son dying, and then a ceremony like this.
But of course, the - the pictures are showing something which wasn`t a legally binding commitment ceremony.
SUTTON: No. There`s no.
HAMMER: So I have less than 30 seconds, so what`s - what do you think the point is?
SUTTON: I think the point was just to lift her spirits.
HAMMER: As - as you said.
SUTTON: .as - as - as her now husband, in least in her terms, says, get her out of her depression. And I think it worked.
HAMMER: Well, it will be interesting to see how that relationship now plays out. Because it is all going to play out for the media, and - and I appreciate you sharing those pictures with us, Larry Sutton of "People" magazine.
And you can read more about Anna Nicole`s commitment ceremony in this issue of "People" magazine. It`ll land on newsstands this Friday.
ANDERSON: Last night, we asked you to vote on our SHOWBIZ TONIGHT "Question of the Day." And it was about Anna Nicole.
"Anna Nicole Paternity Drama: Should all of this be dealt with behind closed doors?" Not much of a debate here; 92 percent of you say "yes"; only 8 percent of you say "no."
Here`s some of the e-mails we got.
Donna from Pennsylvania writes, "Anna Nicole`s baby is the least important thing happening in the world today. Tell her to go on Maury Povich."
Karen from Virginia says, "It should be settled behind closed doors, but won`t because she and her wacky entourage lost sight of reality."
Thank you so much for your e-mails. Stay with us; SHOWBIZ TONIGHT is coming right back.
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ANDERSON: Welcome back to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, TV`s most provocative entertainment news show. I`m Brooke Anderson.
We have been asking you to vote on tonight`s SHOWBIZ TONIGHT "Question of the Day." And it is this: "Stars Behaving Badly: Is substance abuse a legitimate excuse?" Keep on voting: cnn.com/showbiztonight. Write to us: showbiztonight@cnn.com. We appreciate your e-mails. We`re going to read some of your thoughts tomorrow.
HAMMER: I know you want to know, so let`s find out what is coming up on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT.
Tomorrow, famous or just acting like it? It`s the attack of the D-list celebrities: Paris Hilton, Shanna Moakler, Nicole Richie. How did these so- called stars steal the spotlight, and has the definition of celebrity changed? That`s tomorrow on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT.
Also, butts and braces. You can walk the walk and talk the talk, but just how far would you go to look like your favorite star? SHOWBIZ TONIGHT goes behind the extreme makeovers, from the derriere to the pearly whites. That`s tomorrow on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT.
And that is it for SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. I`m A.J. Hammer in New York.
ANDERSON: Thanks for watching, everyone. Have a great night. I am Brooke Anderson.
Stay tuned. Glenn Beck is coming up next, right after the latest headlines from CNN Headline News.
HAMMER: (INAUDIBLE)
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