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Theater Suspect Revealed; The Heroes of Aurora; The End of a Legacy, Hollywood Reacts to Shooting; Jackson Mystery; Usher`s Stepson Passes

Aired July 23, 2012 - 23:00   ET

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NISCHELLE TURNER, HOST: Dazed, shackled, silent. The suspect revealed. The man allegedly behind the Colorado movie massacre makes a chilling appearance in court. Tonight, as the nation continues to mourn, the wheels of justice begin to turn in the case of James Holmes.

Hello, I`m Nischelle Turner. Tonight the suspect in the Colorado massacre showed his face for the first time since Friday when he allegedly open fire in a movie theater at a midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises," killing 12 and wounding 58.

In James Holmes` court appearance today which was carried live on television networks all over the country can best be described as bizarre and frankly a little creepy. Holmes showed up in court with bright orange hair we`ve seen in photographs since Friday`s tragedy. He sat with wide and blinking eyes for a long time then his eyes would flutter, re-shut and reopen. All of this as we`re finding out new details today about his apparent obsession with Batman.

And now everyone is wondering, was the massacre an act of an insane man or of a calculated serial killer?

And meanwhile a great deal of Hollywood is wondering if moviegoers would be scared away from seeing "The Dark Knight Rises." And today they got the answer.

Joining me now from Hollywood Kim Baker, chief news correspondent for E! And in New York, CNN legal analyst Sunny Hostin.

You know, all of the networks had live coverage of Holmes` court appearance this morning. Everybody is talking about basically how out of it he looked.

Ken, anything about his appearance strike you as odd?

KEN BAKER, E! CHIEF NEWS CORRESPONDENT: Well, I think that, you know, obviously the reddish orange-colored hair. He definitely did look dazed. He looked like he was almost nodding off a few times. But look it, this is someone who just went and shot 70 people. And so a lot of people right now are speculating well, you know, he either was truly out of it or this is just another one of his calculations and this could be all an act.

It is very difficult to determine what is going on with this guy. So I think before we jump to conclusions about whether he was drugged up or out of it or whether it was an act, we just don`t have enough information.

But the other thing is this. I don`t know about you, guys, but when I first saw that image of him sitting there with that reddish orange hair, I mean, he looked freakish. And --

TURNER: Yes.

BAKER: And I think a lot of people felt the same way. And I can only imagine how family members and loved ones of all those victims felt seeing that guy.

TURNER: You know, Ken, I think a lot of people do mirror what you were thinking.

Sunny, let`s talk about this courtroom behavior. What does it say to you? In your legal opinion, I mean, should we expect an insanity defense here?

SUNNY HOSTIN, CNN LEGAL ANALYST, FORMER FEDERAL PROSECUTOR: Well, you know, I think the legal issue at this point in the proceedings and that there are certain to be more is whether or not he`s even competent to stand trial. That`s really the issue before this court. And to determine competency, you`ve got to think, is this someone who is even aware of his surroundings? Is this someone who can aid at his defense? Is this someone that understands the nature of the charges that will be large -- launched against him?

And I think that`s really the first issue. And when I look at him, yes, it looks odd, it looks like he`s sort of out of it. Maybe he`s sleep deprived, maybe he`s drugged up, maybe he`s suffering from some sort of mental illness and defect. But this court is really going to have to struggle with that, much the way the courts have struggled with other defendants that seem this way.

Like Jared Loughner who shot --

TURNER: Right.

HOSTIN: -- so many people and shot Congresswoman Giffords. And so I think that`s what, you know, needs to be dealt with. Whether or not there`s going to be an insanity defense, no question about it. I mean I think that`s the --

TURNER: Right.

HOSTIN: -- only possible defense. Because there are so many witnesses to this. Everyone knows this is the guy. The only question is --

TURNER: Yes.

HOSTIN: -- whether or not he was insane at the time that he committed these heinous crimes.

TURNER: You know, there`s a lot of attention that`s being paid to the role the recent Batman movie may have played in the shooting. Now law enforcement officials tells CNN that Holmes identified himself as the Batman villain The Joker after his arrest. And today in court we saw that he dyed his hair that orange color, which some associate with The Joker, as well. And authorities tell CNN that they recovered a Batman poster from his apartment during the search.

Now, Ken, is this -- you know, Batman connection something that is worth looking at?

BAKER: Certainly. I mean if the reports are true that he did reference to the police that he was The Joker, that has to be taken seriously. But look, guys, you know, we`ve looked into this. The Joker is known for wearing green hair, not orange or red hair.

TURNER: Right.

BAKER: That is just not -- just Google it, check it out. You don`t see any images of The Joker with red or orange hair. So I think that before people jump to the conclusions that he was somehow emulating The Joker we need to step back and really analyze the facts as we know it.

I was just talking to my E! News colleague Jason Kennedy who was in the courthouse this morning. And what everyone is focused on there, the poor victims and the families, some of them who showed up at that courthouse, I`m sure that they have another name other than Joker that they want to call this guy right now.

TURNER: Well, you know, and a lot of them have actually said they don`t even want to mention his name and they`d rather this whole proceeding be about the victims and their family members, and the people who were affected here, and not about him.

So we have already heard from the director and some of the stars.

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BAKER: Yes, you know --

TURNER: Go ahead.

BAKER: Right. Well, I just wanted to say --

TURNER: Go ahead, Ken.

BAKER: -- to point out something that I said earlier. Something that was said earlier was that, oh, there might be an insanity defense. Look it, this guy -- how could you say he`s sitting there now and doesn`t know the enormity of what he did or can`t understand the charges. This guy was getting a PhD in neuroscience up until a month ago. He was able to for months and months be able to get things mailed to his -- to his apartment, to his office. He was able to calculate and plan and plot and put together these explosive devices.

This guy knew exactly what he was doing. And for him to suddenly, three days after doing this, have no understanding of what`s going on? I`m not buying it.

TURNER: Well, you know, that`s going to be the debate throughout this whole thing. But despite this tragedy, you know, we still are talking about the movie. You know, "The Dark Knight Rises" went on to a big weekend and there are early estimates, there are reports, that the movie took in, still, more than $160 million domestically. That would make it the third highest opening of all time. The biggest opening for a movie not shown in 3D.

Right after the shooting some people were saying that they were afraid to go to the movies.

Sunny, I want to ask you, just personally, are you surprised that the movie still did so well despite all of this?

HOSTIN: You know, I`m not surprised. This was a much-anticipated movie. I`ve got to tell you, I went to see it on Sunday. I was concerned, I was nervous. I sat in the movie theater. I sat near the exit. I looked around, I went with my husband. My mother and my mother-in-law both said, I don`t think you should go see it but you know what, we did go to see it and it was a wonderful movie. It was fantastic. It was a true summer blockbuster. But I think people are going to be concerned about potential copycats, of course.

TURNER: Sunny Hostin, Ken Baker, we thank you very much for your insight. Appreciate you guys.

So Hollywood has also been part of the national outpouring of grief over the Colorado movie shooting.

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JENNIFER LOPEZ, SINGER: Everybody`s reaction, it is tragic. You know, it`s so sad. And I said something about it in the show last night. Try to give a little prayer and a little love sending that way.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

TURNER: From Jennifer Lopez to the stars of "The Dark Knight Rises," tonight we`re hearing Hollywood`s heart break.

Plus the absurd Jackson family mystery. SHOWBIZ TONIGHT goes inside the bizarre missing person`s report for 82-year-old family matriarch Katherine Jackson. Why was the legal guardian of Michael`s three young kids reported missing when she was with her family the whole time?

This is SHOWBIZ TONIGHT on HLN.

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TURNER: Sylvester Stallone said good-bye to his eldest son. A private ceremony was held on Saturday at Brentwood, California. Sage Stallone was found dead on July 13th. The reason for the 36-year-old`s death is still a mystery. Cops have ruled out foul play but we won`t know Sage`s cause of death for sure until toxicology test is done. As the investigation continues, Sly had made a plea for privacy for his family and for his son`s memory.

Up next, honoring the heroes of the Colorado theater tragedy.

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TURNER: Since the horrific Colorado movie massacre we have been hearing heart-wrenching stories of survival, courage and lives lost of the 12 people who were shot and killed Friday in Aurora. Three were young men who served this country in the military.

Here`s Poppy Harlow with their stories.

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POPPY HARLOW, CNN CORRESPONDENT (on camera): Your last text to him was?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Please let me know you`re OK.

HARLOW: Never heard back?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Never heard back.

HARLOW (voice-over): Two friends who served with him in the Air Force, grieving the death of 29-year-old Staff Sergeant Jesse Childress.

AIRMAN KEVIN THAO, FRIEND OF JESSE CHILDRESS: When I think of Jesse I think of a big nerd, someone who`s always humorous, someone who always made the office brighter.

TECH. SGT. ALEX SANCHEZ, FRIEND OF JESSE CHILDRESS: Fun loving, caring, going out of his way to help anybody inside the unit and outside the unit.

HARLOW: Childress was a cyber systems operator on active duty at Buckley Air Force Base, just a few miles from the movie theater where he was gunned down. Alex Sanchez and Kevin Thao served with him and urged him to join them at the Batman midnight screening. They were in Theater 8. Childress was in Theater 9.

THAO: We walked around for about two hours looking for Sergeant Childress and other people that was with Sergeant Childress.

HARLOW (on camera): You never found him?

THAO: We never found him.

HARLOW (voice-over): Buckley Air Force Base lost two young men that night. Petty Officer Third Class John Larimer, 27 years old, in the Navy only a year.

COMMANDER JEFF JAKUBOSKI, LARIMER`S COMMANDING OFFICER: John had that calming personality that everybody seemed to gravitate to. He was one of those very extremely competent professionals that had, you know, an extraordinary work ethics and was truly dedicated to the mission the Navy and really all the sailors that he worked alongside.

HARLOW: His family in Crystal Lake, Illinois, said, "We love you, John, and we will miss you always."

LT. COMMANDER BLAKE JACOBSON, U.S. NAVY: He was a great sailor. And he joined the Navy to serve his country and to defend the freedoms of this country. You can`t say enough about someone who wants to join and serve and protect his country.

HARLOW: Larimer followed the path of his father and grandfather, both Navy men. He will be buried with full military honors.

Twenty-six-year-old Jon Blunk, father of two young children who served until 2009 and was planning to re-enlist. He threw himself on top of his girlfriend in the movie theater, saving her life and losing his own.

JANSEN YOUNG, JON BLUNK`S GIRLFRIEND: He saved me and he gave me the opportunity to live. I prayed to Jon last night, Jon, I love you. So grateful for all you have done for me.

HARLOW: Three men, not even 30, who served their country, lost in an instant.

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TURNER: CNN`s Poppy Harlow joins me now from Aurora.

Poppy, of course, it goes without saying that our hearts go out to the victims and their loved ones. But you know what always really hit home for me is when we hear about the victims and who they were. You know, we`re taught as journalists to put a face on a story, but how important has it been for you as a reporter to share these personal stories of the victims?

HARLOW: I think, Nischelle, it`s been the single most important thing here. You know the story could so easily become about the suspected shooter, but it shouldn`t be. It should be about this community, Aurora, Colorado, it should be about these people, these 12 lives that were lost and all the heroes that protected people.

You know, at this time, we still have 17 wounded people in the hospital. Eight in critical condition. So we`re not out of the woods. And it`s about these people and about how the community has come together to honor them. And not about the person that carried out this atrocious crime. So it`s been incredibly important just to -- just to listen to them and hear their stories that are pretty much unbelievable.

TURNER: Absolutely. And every single one of them does have a story. You know, there was a vigil last night in Aurora. And obviously the healing has only begun in that community but can you give us a bit of a sense of how people are starting to cope with this?

HARLOW: Sure. I spent the evening at that vigil. And it was incredible to see thousands of people from Aurora, from broader Colorado to come together. We heard from the governor, we heard from the mayor here. We didn`t hear from the family members but we saw them. Many of them were present there on the stage.

The people are coming together. They are sharing their stories with strangers. And I actually walked around the vigil and talked to people about one thing in particular, and that is forgiveness. Just days after this horrific shooting, were they able to begin to think about forgiveness? And it surprised me, a very happy surprise, that almost everyone I heard from, Nischelle, was of the opinion that, yes, they are willing to begin to forgive because they think that if they don`t then this community can`t move forward.

They will never forget but they can forgive. And that was pretty astonishing to me. It shows the spirit of the people here in Aurora.

TURNER: Absolutely. That`s amazing to hear that, Poppy. And you`re right.

HARLOW: Yes.

TURNER: That`s a great thing to hear that people are starting to think, let`s forgive, let`s move forward and do something positive out of this just unthinkable situation.

Poppy Harlow, I thank you very much for joining us today.

So let`s switch gears for a few minutes to the other big story of the day. Is in this end of Penn State football? Tonight the crushing blow against the football team and the crippling ruling that could affect the entire school for decades.

This is SHOWBIZ TONIGHT on HLN.

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TURNER: "I believe that were it to remain the statue will be a recurring wound to the victims of child abuse."

Those emotional and powerful words were from Penn State`s president after the statue of football coach Joe Paterno was removed from campus. The 900- pound bronze statue was torn down early Sunday morning and today the stain of Jerry Sandusky`s crimes are tearing down the university`s football program.

It`s a day of shock, relief and anger in Happy Valley as the legendary Nittany Lions face an avalanche of serious sanctions stemming from the claims that Joe Paterno and other university officials conspired to cover up Jerry Sandusky`s years of crimes against children.

The university faces a $60 million sanction, a four-year ban on the all- important bowl games and all wins for 14 seasons will be stripped. This will have a major ripple affect far beyond the football field. Even nonstudent athletes are affected here. But SHOWBIZ TONIGHT can tell you there`s a new debate brewing, is this all too much or simply not enough?

Here`s CNN`s Stacey Cohen for SHOWBIZ TONIGHT.

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STACEY COHEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The NCAA today said Penn State`s football first culture enabled serial child sex abuse to occur. The harsh punishments came after an independent investigation held top Penn State officials responsible for not taking action to stop the abuse.

MARK EMMERT, NCAA PRESIDENT: No price the NCAA can levy will repair the grievous damage inflicted by Jerry Sandusky on his victims. However, we can make clear that the culture, actions and inactions that allowed them to be victimized will not be tolerated in collegiate athletics.

COHEN: Penn State officials said they accept the ruling. The penalties include a $60 million fine, a four-year postseason ban, removal of all wins from 1998 to 2011. The loss of 20 scholarships a year for four years, and the school must create a fund to prevent child abuse and assist victims.

Additionally, the Big 10 Conference said Penn State is ineligible for Big Ten Conference championship games and will not receive shares of Big Ten Conference money during the four-year postseason ban.

On Sunday, the bronze statue of coach Joe Paterno was removed from its place outside the stadium. With the NCAA ruling, Paterno lost his place in history as college football`s winningest coach.

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TURNER: So, did the Penn State sanctions go too far or not far enough?

Joining me now from Atlanta is Carlos Diaz, sports anchor on "MORNING EXPRESS" right here on HLN.

Now, Carlos, NCAA president Mark Emmert called this punishment unprecedented and that is because the situation was unprecedented, but it`s almost too hard to even wrap your mind around. So what I want you to do, Carlos, is kind of break this all down. Especially for people who are not college football fans out there. What does today`s ruling really mean for the university and basically for all student athletes at Penn State?

CARLOS DIAZ, SPORTS ANCHOR, HLN`S "MORNING EXPRESS": Basically what it does is it allows the student athletes who played football at Penn State to leave the university immediately and play football for another college program as early as this fall. Usually you have to sit out one year if you transfer schools.

I can tell you this, today`s ruling was absolutely perfect. Now there are people who say that it was too much. Those are Penn State football fans. They`re on campus right now saying, I can`t believe these sanctions, they are too much. There are people who say it was too little. Child rights advocacy groups are saying, how can they play football in the fall when you still have these victims that are still out there from Jerry Sandusky?

But in my opinion it`s the perfect solution to an almost -- to a very imperfect problem. What you have done is you are not penalizing the people who are there today. And that is the football players, who are at Penn State. They can leave.

TURNER: Right.

DIAZ: They can transfer. They don`t have to be a part of this. But what you`re doing is sending a message by vacating all those wins from 1998 to 2011 that the minute you do something wrong, football doesn`t matter anymore.

TURNER: You know what, Carlos, and I thank you for that because you answered our SHOWBIZ TONIGHT Flash Point question, was it too much or was it not enough? And I`m with you. I think it was just perfect right down the middle.

Carlos, thank you very much, sir. Appreciate it.

And now here`s what`s coming up at the bottom of the hour on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. We have Hollywood`s heartbreak.

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LOPEZ: Everybody`s reaction is just tragic. You know? It`s so sad. And I said something about it on the show last night, just try to give a little prayer and a little love sending that way.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

TURNER: Jennifer Lopez`s one-on-one with SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. She is sharing her grief over the horrific Colorado tragedy.

And tonight new details about how the stars of "The Dark Knight Rises" are coping.

This is SHOWBIZ TONIGHT on HLN.

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TURNER: Right now on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT Hollywood and the nation mourn.

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LOPEZ: Everybody`s reaction is just tragic. You know, it`s so sad. And I said something about it in the show last night. Just try to give a little prayer and a little love sending that way.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

TURNER: Tonight the emotional celebrity reaction to the horrific Colorado movie theater massacre after the worst mass shooting in American history happened in a movie theater.

SHOWBIZ TONIGHT has Hollywood`s powerful reaction.

And a bizarre Jackson family mystery. The missing person`s report about Katherine Jackson that has people wondering what is going on with the legal guardian of Michael`s young children.

SHOWBIZ TONIGHT continues right now.

Welcome back to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. I`m Nischelle Turner, in for A.J. Hammer.

Tonight, Hollywood`s heartache. There is emotional reaction tonight from Hollywood about the tragedy that unfolded in that Colorado movie theater during the midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises" early Friday.

The stars of the movie returned to the States after Friday`s horrific shooting and a source telling "People" magazine the cast was completely shocked and several -- Anne Hathaway, Marion Cotillard and a couple of the men -- were in tears.

Warner Brothers cancelled the red carpet premieres in Mexico and Japan, and the director of the movie, Christopher Nolan, released a statement expressing his profound sorrow for the victim.

SHOWBIZ TONIGHT has been front and center with the big stars who shared so much of their emotions about the victims and their families.

With me in New York TV and radio host Michael Billy and in Hollywood Ken Baker who is the chief news correspondent for E!

There have been so many stars have been putting out personal messages since the shooting. We spoke to Jennifer Lopez backstage just moments before she went on stage in New Jersey for her world tour with Enrique Iglesias, and I think that Jennifer had the same reaction that a lot of us had. Watch this with me.

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LOPEZ: I mean everybody`s reaction is just tragic. You know. It`s so sad. And I said something about it in the show last night. Just try to give a little prayer and a little love sending that way, and just sending good and positive energy in that direction because it`s so -- just unspeakable horror, right? So --

UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: Do you think it`s fair to connect some kind of act of violence like that to the movie and whether or not you think that it could impact creative art in the future?

LOPEZ: You know, I think people have to be responsible for their own actions.

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TURNER: I agree with Jennifer. I don`t think it`s fair to blame the film. But Ken, how much do you think this possibly weighs on the star of a movie? Especially if they know that something they might have done in the movie could have inspired someone to do something so violent?

BAKER: Well, I think, first of all, everyone from the director of this film to Anne Hathaway to Christian Bale, everyone involved with the film, I think their response has been very appropriate. They have expressed their condolences and they -- the studio has really pulled back on any promotion. They are in a very, very unenviable situation where they have a heavily invested and promoted movie that suddenly at the last minute has this tragedy associated with it.

It essentially paralyzes them from marketing it any further. And they have handled it pretty well. I mean the celebrities -- they were -- in fact we`re told that the actors of the film were in a hotel in Paris when they got news of this massacre. And it was just within moments they had to cancel their premiere of the movie in Paris and other locations around the globe.

And so, you know, I think that everyone understands that this is art. Movies are supposed to be an escape -- a form of escapism really for people and theaters are sort of a sanctuary and I think a lot of people feel violated by that and feels as though, you know, this is something that --

TURNER: Right.

BAKER: You know, it shouldn`t happen. And it`s certainly shouldn`t.

TURNER: You know the director of the movie Christopher Nolan, he released a really poignant and heartfelt statement to the victims and the families affected by this tragedy. I want to read you in part what he wrote. He said, "I believe movies are one of the great American art forms and the shared experience of watching a story unfold on screen is an important and joyful past time. The movie theater is my home and the idea that someone would violate that innocent and hopeful place in such an unbearably savage way is devastating to me."

Those words are very, very powerful.

Now, Michael, Christopher Nolan points out that movie is an art form. So is it fair to even connect this violence in the movies to somebody`s horrendous actions? I mean, like Ken said, I mean it`s an art.

MICHAEL BILLY, TV AND RADIO HOST: Well, unfortunately it`s already connected. Look, as a film producer myself movies are made to inspire conversation and communication on, you know, on society and societial issues, but there`s a couple of things I know. In my career I`ve covered a lot of murder. I`ve covered a lot of Hollywood stories and I have my own history of mental illness and hospitalizations.

Sp what I do know is that when it comes to a case like this it`s small to think that this is just about a little boy who wanted to grow up to act like Joker. There`s a lot more to learn about this man`s psyche and I would say that this has really nothing to do, nothing to do with the film itself.

TURNER: You know, there`s a lot of stars that are sending out their prayers but Madonna is kind of stirring up controversy. She already caught flak for brandishing a machine gun and a pistol on stage for her MD and A show in Scotland over the weekend, despite the police saying don`t do it.

Now you would think that even she would see maybe this was in poor taste considering what happened in Colorado.

Michael, what do you think? Do you think Madonna is out of line here or is this just another kind of art expression that she`s just expressing herself?

(CROSSTALK)

BILLY: There`s no better way to say this -- there`s no better way to say this than a 16-year-old, I am so over Madonna. This is ridiculous. It`s really -- it`s just this mass PR machine that has gone so awry and wrong for her. It`s not about grabbing attention anymore. Just sit back, take the guns away and perform.

TURNER: Ken, you know, I want to ask you about some of the worries here. Because one of the worries that this shooting that would happen, assuming one of the worries that was out there was that the shooting would scare people away from the movie theaters. And we asked Ed Norton who stars in the upcoming "Bourne Legacy" about the chilling effect. Watch what he told us.

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EDWARD NORTON, ACTOR, "THE BOURNE LEGACY": I don`t think that people are paranoid about going to movies. Where it happened has nothing to do with it. It`s -- this is a tragic sort of event that`s taking place, you know, too often I think. And I think it`s really glib to reduce it to, like, some relationship to where it occurred. I think it`s -- I think the most anybody should be doing right now is actually just sort of sending sympathy to the people that have had a very, very horrible thing happen.

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TURNER: You know, I agree with Ed Norton here. This is an important distinction. So, Ken, how much could an event like this one affect people`s decisions to go to the movies or just stay home?

BAKER: Well, the estimates from industry insiders are that the movie would have made maybe $10 or $15 more -- million more if it weren`t for the tragedy. So clearly that`s not that much money. Not that many people did stay away from it. There were people who did but that`s just shows the strength of the franchise and shows that people perhaps, they don`t want some madman to dictate what they choose to do to entertain themselves on the weekends.

And in a way, it`s an act of defiance by moviegoers saying, you know what, we want to support this movie and support the film. So at the same time grieving and extending your hearts and condolences out to those victims.

TURNER: Mm-hmm. You know what, and we heard the governor of Colorado say that, don`t stay away from the movies. Don`t let this person win.

Ken Baker, Michael Billy, thank you guys very much.

Moving on to a Jackson family mystery. SHOWBIZ TONIGHT goes inside the bizarre missing persons report for 82-year-old family matriarch Katherine Jackson. Why was the legal guardian of Michael`s three young kids reported missing when she was with her family the whole time?

This is SHOWBIZ TONIGHT on HLN.

And now Hollywood remembers the victims of the Colorado movie massacre. Rachel Weisz offers her respects to the victims and their families.

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RACHEL WEISZ, ACTRESS, "THE BOURNE LEGACY": I don`t think I can say anything beyond the fact that my heart goes out to the families. You know the people that lost loved ones. To say anything beyond that I think is undignified so I just would want to offer my respect to people who have lost people.

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TURNER: Tonight, Jackson mystery. Where is Katherine Jackson?

Over the weekend, there was a lot of concern and confusion over the whereabouts of the 82-year-old matriarch of the Jackson family who`s raising her son Michael`s three young children. Katherine`s own nephew even filed a missing person`s report. Now Katherine`s own lawyer has reached out to the FBI to investigate a missing claim in a story that`s getting so convoluted that even Jackson insiders can hardly keep up.

So what`s going on inside the Jackson family and who is taking care of Michael`s kids if Katherine isn`t?

Joining me now in Hollywood is Alan Duke, CNN Wire Entertainment editor, and from New York, is Sunny Hostin, legal contributor for "In Session" on truTV.

OK, guys. So the FBI now is getting involved in this.

Alan, I`ve just got to ask you, what in the world is going on here?

ALAN DUKE, CNN WIRE ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR: Well, I was told this just today. You see, the lawyers for Katherine Jackson are so frustrated with the lack of action by the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department that they said well, this is an interstate case anyway. She`s in Arizona taken from California. So they`re asking the FBI to investigate how is Katherine doing? Is she where she wants to be? Does she want to leave?

The reason they think that she does not have ability to make that decision is she has not called home in eight days. She`s not spoken to Paris or the other children or her lawyers or her manager or her driver, her bodyguard in eight days. So the L.A. County Sheriff`s Department sent two deputies there today. They were turned away, not allowed to see her, but I am told that they were satisfied that she is OK but they did not get to talk to her.

Los Angeles County Sheriff`s Department is closing the missing person`s investigation --

TURNER: OK.

DUKE: -- while the FBI is considering one.

TURNER: You know, just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, it gets even more murky.

Sunny, now I`ve got to backtrack a little bit here. Because, at first, Paris, Michael`s 14-year-old daughter, had us all concerned when she tweeted this early on Sunday, she said, "Yes, my grandmother is missing. I haven`t spoken with her in a week. I want her home now."

So, Sunny, what do you make of Paris actually going on Twitter and posting something that`s actually a pretty serious tweet?

HOSTIN: Yes, but that`s sort of the way young people, you know, talk right now. Right? I mean they talk by tweeting and Facebooking and using social media. So I get that. I get the venue. What I think is suspicious is that Katherine Jackson has custody of these three children and they are not with her. These are minor children.

And I think what`s also interesting is that this must point to some sort of rift within the Jackson family. Because you have Janet and you have Rebbie, and you have, you know, Jermaine. You have sort of the senior adult family members taking care of Katherine Jackson and saying she`s OK. She`s with us. But she`s being mistreated by others. And so there certainly is a rift. And it`s very odd that Michael Jackson`s children are the ones that seem to be -- I don`t know, somehow on the outside of that close family circle.

TURNER: Exactly. Exactly. That was my point exactly. If all the family is together why aren`t the kids with them, too?

I know Katherine -- Katherine`s son Jermaine, you mentioned him, he also took to Twitter and he wrote, "Mother is safe and well in Arizona, with her daughter and our sister Rebbie, resting up on doctor`s advice. So it is beyond me how she can be reported missing."

Now Jermaine said that Katherine Jackson is safe and she`s resting. So, Alan, like Sunny mentioned, who`s taking care of Michael`s three kids in California if Katherine is in Arizona. And I just don`t understand. What is going on?

DUKE: Well, she left behind Tito`s three sons. They call themselves the Three T`s. They`re all in their 30s, adult men who are there at the house along with Trent Jackson, along with the nanny, the bodyguard. So they are in good hands as far as she`s concerned, the people that she normally leaves them in control of.

This is a Shakespearean drama. Why I am even reporting this? I think Shakespeare should be writing this. A palace coup is what it seems to be.

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TURNER: You know what, that is a very good point because the more I tried to wrap my head around all of this today the more confused that I got. But at the end of the day I think what we can get from the story right now is that Katherine Jackson is not missing. That she is in Arizona with her family and like you said, Alan, the missing person`s report is kind of coming to a close, and they are closing that. So we`re going to have to leave this Jackson family mystery there for the time being.

Sunny Hostin, Alan Duke, thank you guys very much. We appreciate it.

So from a family mystery to a family tragedy. Usher`s former stepson Kile Glover has died more two weeks after a horrible jet skiing accident. The 11-year-old boy`s mom Tamika Raymond was married to Usher for two years.

I want to bring in SHOWBIZ TONIGHT`s Kareen Wynter now.

Kareen, here is the big question tonight. Are there going to be charges brought now that Usher`s stepson has died?

KAREEN WINTER, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT: You`re right. The big question. Well, Usher`s former stepson, he was actually hit by a jet ski while riding on an inner tube with a friend on a Georgia lake and the man who struck him was a family friend.

I can tell you, Nischelle, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources is pushing forward with an investigation and those investigators say they will take the death of Usher`s stepson into account when they make their recommendation to the district attorney.

TURNER: And Kareen, what about the funeral now?

WYNTER: Right. SHOWBIZ TONIGHT can reveal that the funeral service will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, and that the plans, while they`re still being worked out, and so far, Nischelle, no word on whether or not Usher will attend. Such a sad story.

TURNER: Kareen -- it is definitely sad. Kareen Wynter, thank you very much.

Moving on to Mariah`s huge "Idol" news. Mariah Carey who just tweeted she is going to be the newest celebrity judge on "American Idol." And we`re bringing you all the exciting details.

This is SHOWBIZ TONIGHT on HLN.

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TURNER: Tonight, it`s official, Mariah Carey is the newest judge on "American Idol." She`s the first celebrity judge to be named following the departure of Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler and Mariah just tweeted it`s going to be so much fun. I`m excited to help find and nurture new talent.

Plus Mariah Carey is triumphant on another front. The pop superstar is getting personal in a brand new single.

And the "Bachelorette" gets engaged. So who did she choose?

And the teens have spoken who came out on top in this year`s Teen Choice Awards.

The details in "The Buzz" today.

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TURNER (voice-over): Best Teen Choice moments.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Welcome to the 2012 Teen Choice Awards.

TURNER: SHOWBIZ TONIGHT has your look at the highlights from Sunday`s Teen Choice Awards. Ellen DeGeneres kicked off the night with a win in the comedian category and shared the stage with Sofia Grace and Rosy, the young singing duo who appear on her talk show.

Demy Lovato got some slack from Simon Cowell in a pre-taped video. The "X Factor" creator jokes around that his newest judge is annoying, obnoxious and disruptive. But added that he loves her just a bit. The evening rounded out with the ultimate sing along. Carly Rae Jepsen pumped up the audience with her catchy summer tune "Call Me Maybe."

"Bachelorette" no longer. Emily Maynard`s televised search for true love came to an end on Sunday when the "Bachelorette" star got engaged on the show`s season finale after being courted by 25 men.

JEF HOLM, ENTREPRENEUR: Will you marry me?

EMILY MAYNARD, "BACHELORETTE`: Yes.

HOLM: Yes.

TURNER: The "Bachelorette" chose entrepreneur Jeff Homes and accepted when he got down on one knee and proposed. Not only will the pair get hitched, Jeff will also become the stepfather to Emily`s 7-year-old daughter Ricci.

Mariah`s new hit. Get ready, Mariah Carey fans, because new music is on the way. The singer took to twitter over the weekend to announce her brand new single "Triumphant: Get Them." Mariah also shared a bit about the song`s significance, tweeting, I wrote "Triumphant" when I was going through a difficult time and it helped me get through it. When you hear it, pay attention to the lyrics. The new single will come out in early August.

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TURNER: We are moving on now to the victims of the Colorado theater shooting. Tonight SHOWBIZ TONIGHT takes you inside the emotional memorial for the victims of the worst mass shooting in American history.

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JEREMY RENNER, ACTOR, "THE BOURNE LEGACY": My heart goes out to all those affected. And it is going to be a huge ripple effect for those people and my heart goes out to them.

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TURNER: That`s Jeremy Renner with an emotional message for all of the victims and loved ones of the Colorado movie theater shooting.

Tonight remembering the victims. It was a day of tearful morning for the 12 people killed in the Colorado movie theater massacre. The worst mass shooting in American history. A community and really our entire nation is coming together to make sense of the horrible tragedy that just seems to make no sense.

Right now, the sights and sounds of the fragile beginnings of healing.

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MAYOR STEVE HOGAN, AURORA, COLORADO: Tonight, we honor loved ones no longer with us. Tonight, we support the survivors. Tonight, we reach out to each other and love each other and love our neighbors, and demonstrate what it means to be a community of good, caring and loving people.

GOV. JOHN HICKENLOOPER, COLORADO: July 20th should never be about remembering this event or the killer. It should be -- it should be about remembering those individuals. About remembering those victims.

JOHN GAY, KEY COMMUNITY RESPONSE TEAM: Where there was once chaos because of a united us, there will be calm again.

HICKENLOOPER: History tells us the pain from something like this never -- never goes away completely. But we do get stronger. And it will get easier to move forward, though it may take days and maybe months, maybe longer.

To the families of those gathered here today we remain here for you. Our community is here for you. Colorado is here for you and always will be.

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TURNER: You know that memorial can`t help but bring to mind the horrific Columbine high school shooting in 1999. Several Columbine victims are actually reaching out to the survivors of the Colorado theater shooting. We just all hope they can help heal in this process.

And Dr. Drew has more on the survivors. How in the world can they start healing from this horrible trauma?

Dr. Drew starts right now.

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