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Marie Osmond Collapses on Live TV; Ellen DeGeneres Talks About Crying She Did Over Doggy Drama
Aired October 23, 2007 - 23:00 ET
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A.J. HAMMER, CO-HOST: A dramatic moment on "Dancing with the Stars" at Marie Osmond collapses on live TV. I`m A.J. Hammer in New York.
BROOKE ANDERSON, CO-HOST: And Ellen DeGeneres talks about that crying she did over her doggy drama. I`m Brooke Anderson in Hollywood. TV`s most provocative entertainment news show starts right now.
ANDERSON: On SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, Hollywood in the line of fire. Raging fires in southern California threatening the homes of some of the biggest stars in the world. Major TV shows stopping production as the fires burn out of control. Plus, the dramatic and emotional stories of Hollywood`s entertainment reporters right there on the scene right here on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. Tonight, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT investigates "Hollywood In The Line Of Fire".
Stopping the body image madness in Hollywood. Tonight, a remarkable new battle to save young girls from starving themselves. Tonight, why those scary, skinny images coming out of Hollywood are downright dangerous, but can the battle be won? Tonight, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT with the dramatic new fight to stop eating disorders before they start.
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Hello, I`m A.J. Hammer broadcasting tonight and every night from New York City.
ANDERSON: Hi there, everyone. I`m Brooke Anderson coming to you tonight from Hollywood, where I got a startling, up close and very personal look at the unbelievable impact the southern California fires are having on the town where the biggest stars in the world live. That is coming up in just a few minutes.
HAMMER: But we begin tonight with the heat on Hollywood. SHOWBIZ TONIGHT can now reveal that the fires are definitely hurting some of the biggest shows on television, even as the stars scramble to get out of the way of the raging flames.
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(voice over): It seems everything in California takes on a larger than life, cinematic quality.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE REPORTER: California is burning. More people are evacuating.
HAMMER: And unfortunately, that includes the wildfires that are still burning a spectacular path of destruction through southern California.
GOV. ARNOLD SCHWARZENNEGER (R), CALIFORNIA: This is a tragedy that is happening to California.
HAMMER: That`s especially true in Malibu, home to some of the biggest stars and homes out there.
KIM SERAFIN, SENIOR EDITOR, "IN TOUCH WEEKLY": Some of the bigger names of people that live there are people Like Mel Gibson, Jennifer Aniston, Nick Nolte, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, Victoria Principal, Sting. A lot of celebrities have homes here in Malibu, so it is really affecting a lot of different people.
HAMMER: SHOWBIZ TONIGHT tells you which stars are among the hundreds of thousands of people whose lives are being turned upside down by these terrible fires. Actress Suzanne Somers, the fires are a reminder of a tragedy that`s all too fresh. SHOWBIZ TONIGHT can tell you the flames forcing the actress from the temporary residence in Malibu.
SUZANNE SOMERS, ACTRESS: It was a beautiful house. It was a beautiful place to live.
HAMMER: It`s been only nine months since another wildfire in Malibu burned Suzanne`s beach front house to the ground. Last January, while standing near the still smoking ashes of the home, Suzanne said she was lucky to escape with her life.
SOMERS: We`ll rebuild and I really think that we`ll learn something great from this.
SERAFIN: That`s such a horrible story, but it`s many - one of many horrible story that is are happening all around southern California.
HAMMER: SHOWBIZ TONIGHT can tell you these latest fires forced Mel Gibson, Victoria Principle and Tanya Tucker out of their Malibu homes. By phone from Las Vegas, Tucker told SHOWBIZ TONIGHT just how frightening the ordeal has been for her and family.
TANYA TUCKER, SINGER: It`s just been really scary just to think about, you know, the things you worked for so many years and so hard for, about to go up in smoke.
HAMMER: David and Courtney Cox-Arquette are reportedly watching the flames come too close to comfort to their home. But one Hollywood big wig is resorting to unusual means to fight the fires.
Dreamworks executive Jeffrey Katzenberg reportedly has his own private fire fighting force to help ward off the flames. Now, that`s the kind of extra protection an $800 million net worth can buy you. But "In Touch Weekly`s" Kim Serafin tells SHOWBIZ TONIGHT a fire-versus-money fight is really no contest.
SERAFIN: You could have all the money in the world and it doesn`t make you immune to these fires.
HAMMER: Even reality TV can`t escape the frightening reality of the California wildfires.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE ANNOUNCER: Dancing the rhumba, Jane Seymour.
HAMMER: While Jane Seymour was dancing the rhumba on "Dancing with the Stars," her mind was on her Malibu home. She told "People" magazine, quote, "The fire is close to our home, and there was a mandatory evacuation. My husband is illegally there, fighting the fire."
TORI SPELLING, ACTRESS: Home sweet B and B.
HAMMER: And the Bed and Breakfast that Tori Spelling and her hubby Dean McDermott run in the reality show "In Love" has also been evacuated.
SERAFIN: These fires not just affecting celebrity that is live in Malibu. They`re affecting things throughout southern California that have to do with Hollywood.
KIEFER SUTHERLAND, ACTOR: My name is Jack Bauer.
HAMMER: That includes TV production. SHOWBIZ TONIGHT can tell you "24" had planned to shoot scenes at a former marine base, but had to scrap that plan because of the fire.
SERAFIN: Not just the flames, not just the actual fire that`s affecting things but it`s just the smoke and air quality. It is hard for people to breathe and work.
HAMMER: Other shows like "Cold Case" suffered fire-related production delays. But all that is nothing compared to the human cost of the fires which are taking a toll that`s equally horrible for everyone.
SERAFIN: It really makes everything very democratic here in California. You could be a super rich celebrity living in Malibu or you could be just someone like the rest of us, and you`re still really affected by these fires.
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ANDERSON: Tonight, the mess in Malibu. Today, I was on the scene in Malibu and I was absolutely shocked to see how this celebrity paradise is now left in shambles, parts of it. For years, celebrities have made Malibu home to their sprawling mansions and beach front properties. But now, as we have mentioned, many stars evacuated the area. This afternoon, I got to see why.
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ANDERSON: I`m standing on what`s left of the Kashon Castle, a Malibu landmark. It`s owned by a New York socialite and philanthropist, who luckily was able to escape to safety in time. This place is used in the past for film and television production. The owner lost a ton of Elvis Presley memorabilia, so the damage in the tens of millions of dollars.
Malibu right now, a bit of a ghost town, as many of the residents have fled, of course, to escape the threat of fire and the threat of damage to their homes, to their families. So it seems that this Pacific coast paradise and really much of southern California is right now a hell on earth.
I want to give you a perspective now on other people who have been affected by these Malibu flames. Actress Victoria Principal, also Mel Gibson have homes here in Malibu. They were evacuated yesterday. Their families, their pets are OK, and their homes have been spared at this time.
Suzanne Somers, you may remember, her home was completely destroyed in January in a Malibu fire. She does have a temporary residence here in Malibu. She wasn`t here when the fires hit but that home has been spared as of right now.
Jane Seymour and her husband live here in Malibu. Jane said that her husband is here illegally. He should have evacuated but is here and will fight the flames if need be.
A number of Malibu residents like film producer Jeffrey Katzenberg had their homes, had their yards sprayed with fire retardant foam to protect them from the blazes. It was described as looking like Christmas morning, but obviously, it was the extreme opposite of that.
Also music mogul, David Geffen, really opened his heart when he opened his beach front - his Malibu beach inn to the firefighters and to rescue workers for free to give them a little bit of relief.
And I want you to take a look at this amazing Pacific coastline, to the left. This is where a number of celebrities live. Ocean front property. Jennifer Aniston, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, Courtney Cox and David Arquette and also Sting have homes here.
But it`s not just Malibu. Of course, as I said, much of southern California is on fire or is threatened by the fires. For instance, 100 miles south of here, Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott`s Bed and Breakfast had to be evacuated. As I said, earlier this year, devastating Malibu fire, also in the `90s, a number of ferocious fires. So, while Malibu does offer the celebrities a respite from Hollywood, from the constant glare of the spotlight, it is a risk to live here, especially when it is a scene like this. A scene of complete devastation and anxiety and heart ache when Mother Nature acts in this way.
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ANDERSON: OK. I`ve got a little bit more additional information now about Jane Seymour. After the big Malibu fire in the 1990s, Jane and her husband installed a system that actually allows them to pump water from their pool to fight these vicious fires. A.J. Pretty good idea.
HAMMER: Well, Brooke, I`ve got to say it was eerie seeing you out there and how quiet it was at the Kashon Castle to the ground. I have to imagine being out there and seeing it firsthand was much more disturbing than you could have imagined it would be.
ANDERSON: It was. It was really unsettling. It was very quiet, and very unsettling to see the destruction up close. And then I have to say even firefighters I spoke to shaking their heads, A.J., because you would see a building that was completely incinerated and then the structure next door was untouched. So it was baffling but it is controlled by these very unpredictable winds, by their strength and direction.
HAMMER: And the stars, like everybody else, have to plan ahead, maybe put the Oscars in the trunk. Because when they get the call to evacuate,they have to leave, right?
ANDERSON: Well, that`s true. I doubt many of them are thinking about the Oscars but they do have to pack up when the officials say evacuate. They do need to evacuate. Many of them have done just that.
HAMMER: All right. Well, it`s just incredible stuff. Interesting seeing you out there today. Quite eerie. And imagine reporting on the scene of a house that`s on fire, and it is your own house.
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LARRY HIMMEL, REPORTER, KFMB: On any given day, I would say welcome to my home. This is what is left of my home.
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HAMMER: There are so many stories out of these tragic fires. And we have a reporter`s remarkable story of watching his own house burn as he was giving a report. It is just incredible. And that`s coming up.
We will speak with country super star Tanya Tucker about her personal connection to the wildfires.
ANDERSON: Also some dramatic moments on "Dancing with the Stars" as Marie Osmond collapses on live television. We`re going to show you that and tell you what happened straight ahead.
HAMMER: Also, Hollywood`s battle over body image. I`ve said it before, the scary, skinny images that are coming out of Hollywood and the fashion world are downright dangerous. Now, there`s a remarkable new campaign to help young girls accept themselves and stop eating disorders before they start. That is coming up.
First, we want to hear from you on the topic for our SHOWBIZ TONIGHT question of the day - Hollywood and body image: Do stars influence eating disorders? Go to CNN.com/showbiztonight, or you can e-mail us at showbiztonight@cnn.com. We`ll be right back.
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ANDERSON: Raging wildfires tear through southern California destroying some of the most expensive real estate in the country, and forcing many of Hollywood`s biggest stars to head to safer ground.
Welcome back to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. I`m Brooke Anderson. Now SHOWBIZ TONIGHT`s coverage of the fires continues with the threat to Tanya. Legendary country music Tanya Tucker is one of many stars affected by the wildfires.
She just moved from Nashville to Malibu but now, the fires threaten to burn down her Malibu home. I spoke with Tanya and asked her how she found out that her home was in danger - she wasn`t home at that time - and whether she regrets moving to Malibu in the first place. Here`s Tanya Tucker in her own words.
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TUCKER (on the phone): Oh, it`s just been really scary. Just to think about, you know, the things you have worked for so many years and so hard for, about to go up in smoke. And this really, really - it is a matter of despair, you know?
Sunday morning I woke up. I got here to Las Vegas from Nashville on my way to L.A. I just had to make a stop here in Las Vegas and woke up and saw the news. And right away was worried about my 18-year-old daughter Presley who was there already in Malibu with our four dogs and all of our animals. And that was my first concern was to get her out of the house.
And of course, I have my film crew there, as well. We have been filming my reality show. And so I called them second and got that going. But moved her into a hotel. But then this was easy to pray. Just called my relatives and my family, close family and kind of give them an update, because everybody is so concerned about us all.
I was laying with my little girl this morning and just waking up and my 8-year-old daughter, Layla(ph), and holding her so tight because, you know, nothing compares to that. And so as long as I have my family safe and sound, you know, possessions are possessions, you know?
I`m just concerned about all the firemen and the victims. And they`ve done such a terrific job. I can`t say thank you enough to those guys. They`re really true heroes.
I`m hoping that the guest house is still there. But you know, with the winds the way they are, they`re changing constantly. Nothing is safe. I mean, the fire being that close to my house was just - oh gosh. Just really - it was really hard not to panic.
We wanted to be in Malibu because we love the ocean and I thought my kids would love it out there and we do. So it`s just a tragedy. Really a tragedy. Just sold my estate in Nashville just recently so we`re sort of homeless so to speak.
I have no regrets. I really don`t have any - I mean, easy to say, yes. I mean, I wish I had just stayed put, you know? But no. Life is - life takes its ups and downs and you go to take them with it. I think this is such a tragedy. In California, this has never been this bad. And, you know, I had someone already say to me - my sister said, you know, "Gosh, you know, maybe you should have stayed back in Nashville." I said, "Well, you know, you got to take life as it comes. You know, everybody`s been really coming together. I actually cannot wait to get out of Vegas to get there and help out, as well.
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ANDERSON: Tanya also told me that she`s very grateful to volunteer firefighters who went back up to her home and they were able to salvage some of her most precious memorabilia.
HAMMER: Well, there are always exciting moments on "Dancing with the Stars." But last night, it was especially dramatic after Marie Osmond collapsed live on the air. Watch this.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE CONTEST JUDGE: Well, you know, for the amateur dancer for me - this elusive bounce action. You have to show the gaiety and the fun of the -
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Oh!
TOM BERGERON, HOST, "DANCING WITH THE STARS": All right. We are going to take a take a commercial break. We`ll be right back. We`ll be right back after this.
Just so you know, Marie is fine. You are about to see her backstage as she awaits her scores. And I want to just quote her exactly. She passed out. She fainted as you saw. And the first words out of her mouth when she saw us all leaning over her were, "Oh crap." So she is a trooper indeed. She is backstage with Jonathan, waiting for their scores.
MARIE OSMOND, "DANCING WITH THE STARS" CONTESTANT: Great. Sorry.
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HAMMER: That was scary. Osmond said sometimes just she passes out when she is winded and stops breathing. She was checked out by a doctor just to be safe.
Well, maybe you thought you had heard the last of Ellen`s doggy drama. Well, think again. Last week, you know, Ellen DeGeneres all broken up on the show because a rescue group took back a dog that she gave to her hairdresser. Take a look.
ELLEN DEGENERES, HOST, "THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW": Because I did it wrong, those people went and took that dog out of their home and took it away from the kids. And I feel totally responsible for it and I`m so sorry.
ANDERSON: Before the end of last week, Ellen said she was done talking about the ordeal. But today, she couldn`t help bringing up one aspect of it. Watch this.
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DEGENERES: What I`ve learned - this is my most recent lesson - is that, apparently, if you cry on television, people will talk about it. "Ellen cried. Did you see Ellen cry? Ellen cried, did you see? Hey, Ellen cried.
In England, "Ellen bloody cried on the telly." That was more mid eastern. That was not right. Australia, (UNINTELLIGIBLE), Ellen`s crying. That was Scottish. In Sweden (UNINTELLIGIBLE). Oh god. I don`t - it`s just all over the place. People crying and they`re mad about it or upset or crying too much.
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ANDERSON: Ellen said that she just can`t help it. She cries a lot and she always has.
HAMMER: Well, you know, we talk a lot about Hollywood and body image on this show. I think it is so absolutely dangerous - the images that are bombarding young women from Hollywood, the fashion industry, all the magazines, all of the bad examples that are coming from the entertainment world.
Well now, thankfully, there is this remarkable new campaign to help girls accept themselves and try not to starve themselves just so they can fit into some unobtainable standard that is just so dangerous. A really great campaign and we`re looking into it. That`s coming up.
ANDERSON: Also, remember how a judge told Britney Spears to go to a parenting coach? That coach`s report is in and it`s not looking good for Britney. I couldn`t believe some of what is in this report. We are going to tell you all about that. Coming up next. We`ve also got this.
HIMMEL: We did what we could. This was a living hell coming over the hill. And this is what I come home to today.
HAMMER: Unbelievable. A reporter on the scene of the California wildfires is watching his own house go up in flames. You will not want to miss this. Plus, the personal connection of some of Hollywood`s biggest reporters, coming up.
That is all on the way. But you can get SHOWBIZ TONIGHT any time by downloading our podcast absolutely free. You can find the SHOWBIZ TONIGHT podcast on our home page, which is CNN.com/showbiztonight. You can also download it on iTunes. Go to that little search box. All you have to type in is "SHOWBIZ TONIGHT."
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HAMMER: Lots of big stunning star legal news today. I`ve got to get right to it. We`re calling it "Celebrity Justice!"
"TMZ" reporting more bad news for Britney Spears. Her parenting coach filed her reports with the court and it is not looking good. Apparently, Britney totally blew off the coach and didn`t listen to her. The coach said Britney often ignores her kids and spends a lot of time on the phone and changing clothes. No, that`s definitely not good. This report is so important because, of course, it is going to help determine if Brit should regain joint custody of her kids with K-Fed at a hearing later this week.
Two co-defendants pleaded guilty today in that bizarre O.J. Simpson armed robbery case. They`re going to testify against O.J. You remember O.J. and a bunch of other guys busted into a Las Vegas hotel room Last month. Supposedly, there were guns involved and they allegedly stole some sports memorabilia.
Anna Nicole Smith stuff - well, it seems that it is never going to end. Howard K. Stern, of course, the guy who originally claimed he was the father of the Anna Nicole`s baby and executor of the Anna`s will, he was that. He`s filed papers now seeking a 6 percent take of whatever Anna`s estate might recover from the late husband`s fortune.
Anna, of course, married to Texas oil man J. Howard Marshal(ph) and had been fighting his family over an estimated half a billion dollar fortune for years.
ANDERSON: Renee Zellweger says she`s not shedding any tears about being single. But hey, that doesn`t mean she has regrets about her short marriage to country star Kenny Chesney. Renee is opening up about that and about why she wanted to leave Los Angeles. We`ve got that coming up.
HAMMER: Also, Hollywood`s battle over body image. This scary images that are coming out of Hollywood and the fashion world are downright dangerous. Now, there`s a remarkable new campaign to help young girls accept themselves and stop eating disorders before they start. That`s on the way. We have also got this.
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HIMMEL: On any given day I would say welcome to my home, but this is what`s left of my home.
ANDERSON: There are so many stories coming out of these tragic fires. We have this reporter`s remarkable story watching his own house burn as he was giving a report. That`s coming up.
And we`ll also talk to some of the biggest entertainment reporters in Hollywood to get their personal take on what the past few days have been like. Stay with us.
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HAMMER: On SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, Hollywood in the line of fire. Tonight, the emotional story of a TV reporter right there as California wildfires destroy his house.
HIMMEL: We did what we could. This was a living hell coming over the hill. This is what I come home to today.
Also, the best known entertainment reporters right here on what they have seen and how the fires are affecting Hollywood. Tonight, a dramatic SHOWBIZ TONIGHT report, "Hollywood in the Line of Fire."
The showbiz weight watch. The body peace treaty. Tonight, how young women everywhere are agreeing to stop being so concerned about the shape of their bodies and big-time stars are on board, too. Tonight, the body peace treaty. Right here on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT.
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Welcome back to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. TV`s most provocative entertainment news show. It is 30 minutes past the hour. I`m A.J. Hammer broadcasting tonight and every night from New York City.
ANDERSON: I`m Brooke Anderson coming to you tonight from Hollywood.
HAMMER: Well, Brooke, so many stars being driven from their homes tonight by those raging California wildfires. Suzanne Somers, Mel Gibson, Victoria Principal, Tanya Tucker. They`ve all left their multimillion dollar Malibu houses behind and production of shows like "24" and "Cold Case" - they are being held up, as well.
ANDERSON: Yes. And tonight, A.J., we have the dramatic story of one local news man - this guy, reporter Larry Himmel with our San Diego affiliate, KFMB becoming part of the tragic story he`s covering. Get this. He was right there on the scene, watching helplessly as his home burned down right before his very eyes. Truly, absolutely unbelievable. Watch this.
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HIMMEL: On any given day, I would say welcome to my home. But this is what is left of my home, just outside the forest ranch area. Fire crew that fought valiantly to save every house on this hill at least took a shot at it and were nice enough to let us up there.
That was our garage. The living room over there. There was a porch. Back there, the bedrooms. No pets left behind. Family out. Cars out. Safe. But you can my hose right here valiantly trying to do something, but this is it.
This is southwestern style house. I`ve been in it about 25 years. Out here when there was nothing. We did the - clear brush. We did what we could. This was a living hell coming over the hill. This is what I come home to today.
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HAMMER: I can`t even imagine being in that guy`s shoes. What a sad outcome for that reporter and obviously for so many others who are having to face this tragedy. We want you to take a look at the dramatic pictures that are coming out of the Malibu fires tonight.
Malibu, of course, home to some of the biggest stars in Hollywood, Kelsey Grammer(ph), Courtney Cox-Arquette, David Arquette, just a few of the over half a million residents that are being evacuated from their homes. And tonight, the fire not only threatens these multimillion dollar mansions but also production of Hollywood`s biggest TV shows like "24." The economy out there being affected in so many ways.
With us tonight, of course, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT`s own Brooke Anderson. Brooke was out covering the fires earlier today. In Hollywood, Shawn(ph) Robinson, correspondent and weekend co-host for "Access Hollywood", Nellie Andreeva(ph) from "The Hollywood Reporter," and Marc(ph) Malkin, the senior editor for "E! Online." I appreciate you all being here. Brooke, let me start with you because you just got back from covering the scene literally right before we went on the air. You`ve been in Hollywood for years, obviously. I have to imagine you were just shocked by what you saw out there.
ANDERSON: Well, sure. You know, we in California - well, everyone knows that there is a risk here and there is the constant threat of wildfires, of earthquakes, of landslides. But any time there is a natural disaster and something like that happens, it is extremely unsettling. To see that devastation up close and personal - it is very disturbing.
And I want to say it`s really frustrating at times for the firefighters. I spoke to a firefighter today and he told me, you know, you can almost not do anything when these fierce winds are controlling what happens. They say you know, this is completely out of their hands. So there`s a sense of helplessness at times all the way around. But, yes, very heart breaking to see people lose everything and se a lot of families being displaced.
HAMMER: A lot of the way the story`s being covered you`d think it is only celebrities in Malibu. Obviously, and let me be clear, that is not the case. But there is such a heavy duty celebrity population out there. We are looking at video right now of what is just complete and utter mayhem.
Marc(ph), let me go to you. Give us a sense - and I have mentioned a few - but give us a sense of which celebrities have actually had tto evacuate their homes, pack up the cars in just Malibu alone.
MARC(PH) MALKIN, SENIOR EDITOR, "E! ONLINE": Just Malibu alone, you`re talking about someone like Jane Seymour. You know, "Dancing with the Stars." Her husband has actually stayed at their house. He`s supposed to be gone. But he said, you know what? He`s going to fight this fire.
Then you have someone even like Tori Spelling. She has a Bed and Bath - you know, her Bed and Breakfast up in another area. That has been evacuated.
She was filming her reality show there and they have told her, "Turn guests away. Do not come back to that Bed and Breakfast."
HAMMER: And like SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, of course, Shawn(ph), you guys at "Access Hollywood" have been out covering this fire. Hollywood is not burning, obviously. It`s further to the west and to the north, but obviously the impact on Hollywood can`t be underestimated, can it?
SHAWN(PH) ROBINSON, CORRESPONDENT AND WEEKEND CO-HOST, "ACCESS HOLLYWOOD": You are absolutely right, A.J. And so far, the numbers are not in but if this keeps happening, if these fires keep going and going and going, productions definitely will be affected and they have been affected to a certain point. But major production, not so much so far. So we`re definitely keeping our fingers crossed.
There is one thing that I do want to say. We were talking about, you know, many of the celebrities who have had to evacuate their homes. I went down to Malibu this morning and I actually have a story of a celebrity helping out firefighters.
David Geffen - music media mogul David Geffen who is also producing partners with Steven Spielberg - he bought a small motel in Malibu. And it was - he renovated it and it had been closed for several months. They just reopened last Monday, a week ago, and they were at full capacity with about 47 rooms. And this is a high end hotel. Some rooms go for $600 a night. Well, a lot of residents left because they were so afraid and he then allowed the firefighters and evacuees to come and stay in the hotel free of charge.
I was talking to one of the firefighters today and he was saying that usually they have a shower by a hose. But now to be able to stay in a nice hotel, get a good meal and to be able to shower in a real shower and sleep on a real bed, definitely helps energize them and definitely helps them have more stamina to fight the fires.
HAMMER: Yes, no kidding, Shawn. I appreciate you sharing that story because these guys, the men and women who are fighting the fires working so hard, not getting a lot of sleep and obviously, they`re putting their lives in danger. Talking about the productions that are being affected, Nellie, let me go to you. You`re right there in the thick of the business world of Hollywood. "24," I know, has had to adjust some of their shooting. Tell us what you learned from them today.
NELLIE ANDREEVA(PH), "THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER": "24" was the most impacted show because they were supposed to shoot in Irvine at a former marine base for two days, yesterday and today. You know, it is a show that`s very heavy on location shoots.
And yesterday morning, Kiefer Sutherland, the star of the show, was there at about 6:30 when crew members started having problems breathing and started coughing. Things got so bad, so quickly, that at 7:30, producers had to pull the plug on that shoot altogether.
And then, just a couple - an hour later, some of the gear of the show even couldn`t be taken out of the base because the road to the base was shut down. That`s how things deteriorated there so Kiefer Sutherland and other actors had to be shipped 75 miles back to L.A. on sound stages where they have to salvage the day by shooting some interiors so that they have some film in the can.
HAMMER: And in the grand scheme of things, it is important for me personally to point out - yes, we`re obviously talking about a TV show being disrupted. Obviously that has a greater impact on the overall economics of everything that`s going out and going on.
Brooke, I have to imagine and this is the case whenever there is a tragedy of this scope that you must have sensed some degree of helplessness when you are out there on the scene today.
ANDERSON: Absolutely a great deal of destruction and devastation. And, you know, some residents still there wandering around aimlessly it looked like. A number of many firefighters, in fact, also California highway patrol, police officers still on the scene.
And, you know, Shawn(ph) mentioned Geffen`s inn. Unfortunately it only has 47 rooms because I saw tents erected for many of the officials. They`re getting very little sleep. I spoke to a firefighter. I said, "You know, have you gotten any rest?" And he said, "Well, it was 24 hours straight there, but last night I finally got some sleep." And I said, "How much?" And he said three hours and he kind of laughed about it.
But they`re there. They`re monitoring the scene. They`re supervising, making sure that the homes, the businesses aren`t looted. And they`re also - they told me waiting to see if they get another assignment, if they need to go elsewhere. But at any point, the winds could kick up again in that area, and kick up the fires because the winds are very fierce. So they`re there to fight off more flames if need be.
HAMMER: Well, somebody we know and we have reported on that`s been directly impacted by what these Malibu fires can be like was Suzanne Somers. Her home burned down earlier this year in one of the wildfires. And SHOWBIZ TONIGHT caught up with her at that time touring the scene. I want you to watch what she told us.
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SOMERS: We`ll rebuild and I really think that we`ll learn something great from this. What else can you do with a tragedy, but look for the opportunity to grow spiritually and emotionally. And I know we`ll learn something great. It was a beautiful house. It was a beautiful place to live.
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HAMMER: Marc(ph), what is it about this area that stars can`t live without? I only have about 20 seconds here. But they keep coming back.
MALKIN: It is a beautiful, ocean front world that`s just about an hour outside of Hollywood. So they have the best of both worlds. They go to Hollywood for work and they go to the ocean to live and, you know, have a beautiful life. So they`re going to keep going back. It is their home. Why not?.
HAMMER: Let`s hope it gets under control very soon. Shawn Robinson, Nellie Andreeva, Marc Malkin, and of course, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT`s own Brooke Anderson. Thanks so much, gang.
ANDERSON: OK. Now I want to talk about Renee Zellweger. She left southern California, but she didn`t move 3000 miles away because of natural disaster. What made her pack up and move? And I totally get where she is coming from. Her revealing, intimate thoughts also on whether she will ever get married again. I`ve got that coming up next.
HAMMER: All right, so what if the stars got together and promised that they would help stop Hollywood`s obsession with body image? Well, they`re doing just that. I personally think it is a great idea and I`ve got that coming up next in the showbiz weight watch.
And another great idea, you`ve got to check this out. Anderson Cooper`s dramatic, very important series all about the environmental issues that are facing our planet. It`s called "PLANET IN PERIL." But I was really surprised to find out the one nature thing that bugs him the most. It made me laugh. It will make you laugh, too. That is coming up on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT.
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ANDERSON: Hey, welcome back to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, TV`s most provocative entertainment news show. I`m Brooke Anderson. Well, tonight, Renee Zellweger says she is OK with being single.
Renee walked away from her marriage to Kenny Chesney. She had it annulled citing fraud after just four months back in 2005. Now she tells "Reader`s Digest" that while it is not her first choice, if she doesn`t get hitched again, well, she is fine with it. Quote, "I got married, and I`m not married. Not everything works out like you might hope, and I`m not the first person to have disappointment in my life. I don`t want to sound cavalier by saying that I`m OK with my situation because I`m not a frivolous person and don`t take on something of such significance lightly. But there`s good in every situation. It sounds simplistic, but I still have the good things that have always been in my life."
Renee also says she left Los Angeles to live there in New York because, quote - "I wasn`t really into being followed around everywhere by six guys in six SUVs with two-way radios." Read more of Renee`s revealing interview in the November issue of "Reader`s Digest." It`s on newsstands now.
HAMMER: Now the showbiz weight watch, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT`s continuing coverage of Hollywood`s obsession with weight and body image. Tonight, the Hollywood body battle. Some of the biggest stars on the planet are teaming up with "Seventeen" magazine to call a cease fire on the war they`re having with their bodies. And they`re calling it a body peace treaty.
Joining me tonight, in New York, "Seventeen" magazine`s editor in chief, Ann Shoket(ph); also self esteem expert and author of "Do I Look Fat In This," Jessica Weiner(ph). Excellent to have you both here. Jessica, nice to have you right here in the studio.
JESSICA WEINER, SELF ESTEEM EXPERT: Nice to be here.
HAMMER: I looked at the article and I just saw some of the staggering numbers. And I want the read a couple of the stats that absolutely jumped off the page at me. Ninety-one percent of teen girls feel anxiety or stress about some parts of their looks when they`re getting ready in the morning. Ninety-one, that`s amazing. Fifty-one percent say they know they should feel better about their body but the pressure to look perfect is too intense. Ann, how much of this pressure comes from the images that they`re constantly being bombarded with out of the Hollywood?
ANNE SHOKET, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, "SEVENTEEN" MAGAZINE: You know, Hollywood is a very powerful force. But we have 14 of the country`s biggest celebrities who have signed the body peace treaty and vowed to make peace with themselves. They have vowed to say, my body - I`m OK with my body you should be OK with your body.
It`s a very powerful message for teenage girls. When they see the celebrities they look up to say, I`m just like you. I have the same insecurities. And we should all feel better about your bodies together. .
HAMMER: And there is no question when they speak out, it makes a difference. Jessica, you talk to teenage girls all the time. They`re flipping through these magazines. They`re watching TV. It just pours the pressure on, doesn`t it?
JESSICA WEINER, SELF ESTEEM EXPERT: It does pour the pressure on, but what I love about the campaign in particular is it`s a yearlong, A.J. So it`s not just a bump out there, two pages and it`s done. It is a consistent 12- month program to get these girls to really embrace the steps towards accepting their body, which is we talk about all the time. We can talk about the problem, but where is the solution? And I think this is the beginning.
HAMMER: Well, among the big stars you have speaking out is Fergie, of course, lead singer for the Black Eyed Peas. I want to read something that she gave you a quote that stuck out to me, "I had a stick think body in my mid-twenties, and it was a very unhealthy phase of my life. I`d rather be a couple of pounds heavier than have my life in shambles." I mean, that really is the whole point, Ann, just to show that even the biggest stars can struggle with the same sort of issues, isn`t it?
SHOKET: And it`s a really important message for teenage girls. These celebrities did something very important by signing the body peace treaty. Our goal is to get 1 million girls to sign this body peace treaty and to say they are going to stop obsessing about the way their body looks, and to appreciate it for what it can do. I mean, our goal is really to change the minds, the lives of teenage girls.
HAMMER: Yes. Well, I said it so many times on this show. Jessica, you and I have had this conversation. It has to change. And I hope, you know, this is at least another component, a piece of the puzzle that can help the change. One of the biggest stars on television right now, the lovely Hayden Panettiere(ph) from "Heroes," of course. She is 18 years old. She`s beautiful. She`s thin. But yes, she struggles with her own body image issues. I want you to watch what she told our own Brooke Anderson.
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HAYDEN PANETTIERE(ph), ACTRESS: I have the same feelings as any other girl. It is completely normal. Sometimes I have those days where you wake up and I`m like oh my god, I look so horrible. I can`t take it. I look fat in everything. You know? You have it. And I absolutely - there`s no exception.
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HAMMER: Jessica, Hayden really does speak for millions of young girls who have those exact same struggles, doesn`t she?
WEINER: Yes, she does. And think what we`re going to get to address now is sort of where do we go from here? Hollywood does put on the pressure. We buy the pressure when we keep buying into the myth and the misconceptions. So when girls see somebody like Hayden being honest, I think that gives them the opportunity to be honest.
As we talk about it all the time, it`s small steps of change. This is one beginning to do that. They can go online. I`m going to be answering advice questions for them online at "Seventeen.com." I`m writing a column for them monthly. So we`re going to really delve into this. Everything we`ve been talking about here, we`re going to see on the pages of "seventeen."
HAMMER: We wish there were more stars like Jennifer Hudson, because I`ve spoken with her about body image and she is so candid about how she feels about her own body. I want you to watch what she told us.
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JENNIFER HUDSON, ACTRESS: Sometimes I get asked, do you feel pressured to be a size zero or a size two? No. I feel pressures to hold on to my jelly. Because I love it and I want to stay the same. And this is who I`ve been my whole life. Why should I change?
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HAMMER: That is kind of the whole point of the body peace treaty. So women will take Jennifer`s example and hopefully feel the same way.
SHOKET: Yes, absolutely. There really needs to be more of that kind of positivity. And we want to make sure that every single page of the magazine is just brimming with body positivity.
HAMMER: Well, I appreciate what you guys are doing. Hopefully it will get the change rolling faster than it already is. I think we are making some progress, though. Ann Shoket(ph), Jessica Weiner(ph), I appreciate you being with us tonight.
SHOKET: Thanks.
WEINER: Thank you.
HAMMER: And you can pick up a copy of the new issue of "Seventeen" magazine. You will find it on news stands right now. We have been asking you to vote on the SHOWBIZ TONIGHT question of the day. What do you think, Hollywood and body image: Do stars influence eating disorders? You can let us know what you think by voting at CNN.com/showbiztonight, or write us at showbiztonight@cnn.com. We`ll be reading some of your e-mails tomorrow.
ANDERSON: All right. I`m really looking forward to this. This is a must see, Anderson Cooper`s "PLANET IN PERIL." Really important stuff here. The environmental issues facing our planet right now. Anderson went all over the world for this, some really wild places. But I couldn`t believe the one thing that bugs him the most. I got a good laugh out of this. Stick around to find out. That`s coming up next. Stay with SHOWBIZ TONIGHT for this Tuesday night.
HAMMER: I ran into senior medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta today. He was very happy when I told him how excited I am to see his latest project. Sanjay, CNN`s Anderson Cooper, and "Animal Planet`s" Jeff Corwin, all taking a very fascinating look at a very important subject, important environmental issues that are facing our planet right now. Things like climate change and disappearing species. It is a two-part series called "PLANET IN PERIL" airing tonight and tomorrow on CNN.
And while this obviously is all very serious stuff, Anderson did have some laughs on "Live with Regis and Kelly." Jimmy Kimmel filling in for Reg as they see what really bugs him.
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JIMMY KIMMEL, CO-HOST, "LIVE WITH REGIS AND KELLY": Do you have any fears, Anderson? Are you - I mean, really, because you go into the situations.
ANDERSON COOPER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes. I don`t like bugs.
KELLY RIPA, CO-HOST, "LIVE WITH REGIS AND KELLY": Bugs?
COOPER: Yes. Bugs.
KIMMEL: What bugs in particular?
COOPER: Well, for the documentary, we were in the Amazon for like two weeks and going out with Jeff Corwin in the middle of the night, you know, looking in the jungles and stuff. And there are all sorts of flying rodents and flying bugs. I mean do we think we have bad bugs here in New York? We have nothing compared to what they have in the Amazon.
RIPA: What is the scariest?
COOPER: Third night I was hit in the face with a bat. I was - like said I`m done.
KIMMEL: Baseball or animal?
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HAMMER: But the truth is you haven`t seen the bugs until you see the New York City bugs. You`ve got to check out Anderson and the two-part special "PLANET IN PERIL" tonight and tomorrow on CNN.
ANDERSON: Yesterday we asked you to vote on the SHOWBIZ TONIGHT question of the day. It was this - "Harry Potter" gay shocker: Should J.K. Rowling have "outed" Dumbledore?
Thirty-eight percent of you say yes. Sixty-two percent of you say no. And here are the e-mails. Mindy from Washington does not think Rowling should have outed Dumbledore. Mindy says, "Very upsetting and it was unnecessary. Had I known she was to do this, I would not have bought her books."
But Jonathan from Oregon wonders what the fuss is about, "A fictional character in a fictional world had a fictional crush on a fictional lover of the same sex. Oh, how am I ever going to sleep again?"
HAMMER: How, indeed? Time now to see what`s coming up on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. And tomorrow, former `N Sync star Lance Bass really opens up to me about his stunning decision to come out of the closet. And Bass on Britney, the surprising things he reveals about Britney`s early days before she went bad. That`s tomorrow.
Speaking of Britney, there`s a shocking new report about her parenting skills. It is, of course, a big week for Brit. She could be finding out whether or not she`s going to be getting the two kids back. Permanently or not. Don`t miss that. That`s coming up tomorrow.
That is it for SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. Thanks a lot for watching. I`m A.J. Hammer in New York.
ANDERSON: Have a great night, everybody. Take care. I`m Brooke Anderson in Hollywood. Glenn Beck, coming up next. That`s right after the latest headlines from "CNN HEADLINE NEWS."
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