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Christopher Walken Pays Tribute to Honey Boo-Boo; Tori Spelling Opens Up about Life-Threatening Pregnancy; Stevie Nicks Weighs in on `Idol` Diva Throw-down; Lindsay`s Lousy Parents; Hulk Hogan Feeling the Pain from Sex-Tape Scandal; Jackie Evancho Gives Advice to `X Factor` Contestant; The Top "Must-See" Videos
Aired October 11, 2012 - 23:00 ET
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A.J. HAMMER, HOST: Tonight here comes Honey Boo-Boo Child. But why isn`t she going away? Well, tonight we reveal the cult of Honey Boo-Boo. And Stevie Nicks wants to strangle Nicki Minaj? These are just two of our big news breakers tonight. But who will be No. 1 in the SHOWBIZ Countdown?
Hello and thank you for watching. I`m A.J. Hammer.
We`ve got two big SHOWBIZ Countdowns tonight, including the top five "Must- See Videos" revealed today. Caught on tape, why in the world did a former teen icon go down into New York City subways to perform? Have things really gotten that bad for this guy? And why did a professional wrestler - - you know, the kind that puts on those fake shows -- get very real with a fan in the stands and try to knock his lights out? Well, we are counting them down, from No. 5 to our No. 1 pick coming up.
But we begin with our first SHOWBIZ Countdown of the night. It`s today`s top five "News Breakers." Kicking it off with No. 5 -- and no, this is not a boo-boo. Our No. 5 news breaker is Honey Boo-Boo, the pint-sized 6-year- old star of the train-wreck hit reality show "Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo." Because, as our fabulous producer, Silypsie (ph), perfectly put it, this was the week that Honey Boo-Boo proved this is Honey Boo-Boo`s world, and we`re just living in it.
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ALANA THOMPSON, REALITY TV STAR: I`m Honey Boo-Boo Child.
HAMMER: Honey Boo-Boo has captured the hearts of serious news anchors, former talk show hosts...
ROSIE O`DONNELL, COMEDIAN: I`m a fan of "Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo."
HAMMER: ... and presidential candidates.
BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Honey Boo-Boo or Snooki.
HAMMER: OK. Maybe not the presidential candidates, as Mitt Romney proved on "Live with Kelly & Michael."
MITT ROMNEY, (R) PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: I`m kind of a Snooki fan.
HAMMER: But SHOWBIZ TONIGHT can tell you, a pint-sized reality show star who is not named Snooki, but rather Honey Boo-Boo -- a.k.a. 7-year-old beauty pageant queen Alana Thompson -- has reached the official peak of her popularity today.
THOMAS: You better not recognize.
HAMMER: Why do we say today is the official peak of her popularity?
THOMPSON: I`m going to dance. I got mad skills.
HAMMER: Well, there`s that, and there`s the fact that Honey Boo-Boo has just achieved something only the rarest of celebrities attain. A tribute by a living legend, Christopher Walken.
CHRISTOPHER WALKEN, ACTOR: Don`t tell nobody, mooty-moot (ph).
HAMMER: On the "Screen Junkies" Web show with Hal Rudnick, Christopher Walken actually reads scenes from TLC`s "Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo," along with the co-stars of his new movie, "Seven Psychopaths," Colin Farrell and Sam Rockwell.
WALKEN: How much weight are you going to lose?
COLIN FARRELL, ACTOR: If you fart 12, 15 times a day, you lose a lot of weight.
HAMMER: Christopher Walken doing Honey Boo-Boo. Someone cast these two in a movie right this minute.
MAGGIE FURLONG, TV WRITER, HUFFINGTON POST: It`s maybe the most amazing thing ever. Christopher Walken talking about the vajiggle jaggle.
WALKEN: Vajiggle jaggle.
FURLONG: I`m sorry, to hear him say those words, that`s gold.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Mama!
HAMMER: From the moment TLC debuted "Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo" to capitalize on Thompson`s popularity on their show "Toddlers & Tiaras," Honey Boo-Boo has been a star.
THOMPSON: A dollar makes me holler. A dollar makes me holler.
HAMMER: The mid-season finale of "Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo" drew 2.8 million viewers. And in the past few days, a number of people have come out as Honey Boo-Boo fans.
CNN`s own Anderson Cooper amused himself on his daytime talk show yesterday by playing with a Honey Boo-Boo buzzer on the air.
ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR/TALK SHOW HOST: I was sitting at my desk at CNN, and every now and then I would just hit it, and people were walking by my office like what is going on? Is Honey Boo-Boo locked in his office?
HAMMER: Anderson, I`ve been there, too.
Rosie O`Donnell`s also a "Honey Boo-Boo" fan.
O`DONNELL: I love smooching. Look at Mama smooching. Look at the judges. Mama.
FURLONG: How is it that so many people, myself included, have time to commit to this little child? It might be frying my brain, but I can`t look away.
HAMMER: Honey Boo-Boo has also been spoofed on "Saturday Night Live."
SETH MEYERS, CAST MEMBER, NBC`S "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE": Are you guys surprised that your show got higher ratings than the conventions?
VANESSA BAYER, CAST MEMBER, NBC`S "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE": No, when you go against us, you`re going to lose your butt.
HAMMER: And on "South Park".
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I`m only 6, and I`ve already had three heart attacks, girlfriend.
HAMMER: But as "South Park" also noted, she has her critics.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What`s happened? It`s like something`s lowered the bar to the point that nobody feels any shame any more.
FURLONG: Critics are really the most disappointed in the fact that this show feels like it`s exploiting this family.
HAMMER: But Honey Boo-Boo shouldn`t worry about her haters, because how many of them get a tribute from Christopher freakin` Walken?
WALKEN: Don`t tell nobody, mooty-moot (ph).
THOMPSON: I want to win the biggest trophy.
HAMMER: Oh, Honey Boo-Boo, you`ve won already.
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HAMMER: Ah, make no mistake about it, Honey Boo-Boo fever has officially swept the nation like a bad rash that refuses to go away. So is it finally time to stop thumbing our noses at Honey Mama and Sugar Bear and give them all a great big hug?
With me in New York, comedian Chuck Nice, who has a new show called, "Home Strange Home." It`s on HGTV. Also Tia Mowry, who stars with her twin sister on Style network`s "Tia and Tamera."
Chuck, I begin with you.
CHUCK NICE, COMEDIAN: Yes.
HAMMER: With that iron-clad evidence that SHOWBIZ TONIGHT has just presented to you, will you now officially please submit and become a member of the cult of "Honey Boo-Boo"?
NICE: You know, I`m going to have a little problem doing that. Here`s why: because I don`t believe the Honey Boo-Boo. I think it`s a scam. Like all white people on TV, these guys are secretly rich.
HAMMER: Yes. I don`t think you`re right, Chuck, but OK. That`s your conspiracy theory; I`ll let you have that.
And this thought ran through my mind today. I actually thought, genuinely. I`m sitting at my desk thinking, Snooki must be somewhere completely ticked off right now, that a smaller, more adorable meatball has now surpassed her fame, Tia.
TIA MOWRY, ACTRESS: Well, she...
HAMMER: There`s Honey Boo-Boo; then there`s Snooki.
MOWRY: Well, this is a problem that I have with the whole show. I just want to make sure that people are not -- that they`re laughing with them and not laughing at them.
Another thing, you know, being a child star, it`s cute when you`re little. But I mean, once she gets older, you know, this Honey Boo-Boo boo-boo, I don`t know if it`s going to be still as cute.
HAMMER: Yes. What is the cutoff point for her being called Honey Boo-Boo? I`ve still been trying to figure that out. But I agree, and I always say people start off laughing at them, but when you see the level of compassion and humor that comes along with these guys, you actually do start laughing with them.
Well, I`ve got to switch gears now and take you to No. 4 in the SHOWBIZ Countdown of "Biggest News Breakers" tonight. Tori`s terrifying tale. For the very first time, Tori Spelling is revealing how she and her newborn son nearly lost their lives.
SHOWBIZ TONIGHT`s Nischelle Turner is in Hollywood tonight. And Nischelle, I remember very clearly reporting about how Tori was rushed to the hospital just three weeks after her fourth child, Finn, was born. But what we`re learning now about Tori`s ordeal even before that, it`s just astounding.
NISCHELLE TURNER, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT CORRESPONDENT: Well, you know, I`ve got to tell you, A.J., I`m sure that Tori just simply hugs her family a little bit tighter every day, after what she describes as going through hell and back.
She tells "Us Weekly" magazine about halfway through her pregnancy, her doctors said she had a condition that caused massive internal bleeding. Now, it could have gotten so bad that she would have had to terminate her pregnancy. To avoid that, she spent ten weeks in the hospital and four months barely moving on bed rest.
Now Tori told "Us Weekly," quote, "I just remember thinking, I can`t leave three children behind."
Thankfully, on August 30, her fourth child, a healthy and happy son, was born, and Tori went on to say, quote, "When they put him in my arms, I was like, we made it."
Now, that`s sweet. That`s sweet, A.J.
HAMMER: Great point, Nischelle. I think they are hugging each other a little more strongly every day. Thank you for that.
We are at the halfway point now of SHOWBIZ TONIGHT`s countdown of the "Biggest News Breakers" tonight. No. 3, it`s diva versus diva. It`s the legendary Stevie Nicks, who added her own violent words to the Nicki Minaj/Mariah Carey verbal throw-down when Nicki allegedly threatened Mariah with a gun.
So Nischelle, this is a dramatic new chapter I wasn`t expecting in this star feud.
TURNER: Yes. You? I know. Most of us weren`t. It was like a "what?"
In a new interview with TheDaily.com, Stevie Nicks said, quote, "If I had been Mariah, I would have walked over to Nicki and strangled her to death right there."
Now, she quickly issued an apology for that. She blamed her comments on an exhausting day of interviews.
Stevie went on to tell SHOWBIZ TONIGHT that, quote, "I deeply regret what I said. I feel very protective toward Mariah Carey, who`s gone through many difficulties in her life, and I spoke without thinking."
HAMMER: Listen, I`m not -- I`m not name dropping here. I`ve known Stevie Nicks for a very long time, having come from working in the music world, prior to being here, and I`m giving her the benefit of the doubt.
I want to bring comedian Chuck Nice and Tia Mowry back with me now. Tia, I`ll start with you.
MOWRY: Yes.
HAMMER: Is Stevie`s apology good enough for you?
MOWRY: Yes. You know what? I think it is. And you know, I`ve -- I`ve been told by my mother to always respect your elders, and I think it`s the same with legends. I would never, ever get into a, you know, argument with Aretha Franklin. And I was just a little shocked with Nicki Minaj when, you know, she tended to get into an argument with Mariah Carey. I would have just kept my mouth shut.
HAMMER: Chuck Nice, what about you?
NICE: You know, I look at this, and I -- really, I smell a great new reality TV show, and it`s "Diva to Death." That`s what I`m talking about. Just give them all weapons and let `em go at it.
OK, I`m joking.
I think Stevie Nicks really didn`t even have to apologize. You know, a statement like that, she didn`t say, "I want to kill Nicki Minaj." She said, "If I were Mariah Carey..."
HAMMER: Right.
NICE: "... and she spoke to me like that." So she`s not really saying "I`m going to kill Nicki Minaj."
HAMMER: No, she`s not, and she will never be Mariah Carey.
NICE: Right.
HAMMER: And I think the development guys are working on your idea right now. I can hear the pens on paper.
We`re winding down the top five "Biggest News Breakers" of the day. We have a showdown between Hulk Hogan and Lindsay Lohan tonight. In one corner you have the wrestling star. He is fighting for his reputation and for his family. In the other corner, we have Lindsay fighting with her family. Certainly never a dull moment with the Lohans, but is it enough to top the SHOWBIZ Countdown`s "Biggest News Breakers"?
Chuck, Tia, you do not want to miss this.
And also not to be missed tonight is video of a WWE wrestler hitting a fan. Tonight, why did WWE wrestler C.M. Punk smack down his own fan? And will his video leave you on the edge of your seat. Or would you rather see Christopher Walken playing Honey Boo-Boo`s mom? Yes, you heard me right. Well, you will see both in our top five countdown of "Must-See Videos" coming up later on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT.
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ROBIN ROBERTS, CO-ANCHOR, ABC`S "GOOD MORNING AMERICA": Walking out is overwhelming. It`s overwhelming to see the sun.
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HAMMER: That is "Good Morning America`s" Robin Roberts taking in an emotional first day outside of the hospital 30 days after getting a bone marrow transplant to treat a rare blood and bone marrow disorder. So good to see her doing so well. This morning, she tweeted, "There`s no place like home."
Coming up, inside Lindsay Lohan`s nightclub feud with her own mother. What Michael Lohan is saying about the whole thing, next.
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HAMMER: Tonight we are counting down the top five news breaking stories. Coming in at No. 5, we are all bowing down to the power of Honey Boo-Boo. At No. 4, Tori Spelling reveals details about her life-threatening pregnancy. And at No. 3 tonight, Stevie Nicks fires some fighting words at Nicki Minaj and the apologizes.
That takes us to No. 2 on our SHOWBIZ Countdown, "Biggest News Breakers." Lindsay Lohan`s family fiasco.
So after partying until daybreak together, Lindsay and her mom, Dina, got into this massive fight over money on their way home. Lindsay frantically called her dad, Michael, of all people, for help, and then he gave a recording of this call to the fine folks at TMZ.
Well, this morning on "The View," Whoopi Goldberg defended Lindsay and had a message for her parents. Let`s watch that.
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WHOOPI GOLDBERG, CO-HOST, ABC`S "THE VIEW": Dina does not understand. She is not the famous one. You are not the kid, Dina. You are not the kid. Your daughter has supported you and Michael for as long as she has. For years. Back off this girl. Let her get...
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He is just...
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HAMMER: I completely agree with Whoopi. With me now in New York, Tia Mowry, who stars with her twin sister on Style network`s "Tia and Tamera." And Tia, you know, you were a child star.
MOWRY: Yes.
HAMMER: You know what it`s like to be there. And now you`re a mom.
MOWRY: Yes.
HAMMER: Would you agree with me that this is probably the most damning evidence we`ve seen yet that Lindsay`s problems are directly linked to her parents?
MOWRY: I would definitely have to say that. When I heard about this news, the first thing that I said was it`s very unfortunate that Lindsay does not have a support system. I mean, clearly, it shows that her mom and dad are a little unstable. And she really, really needs that support system, especially with being in a fickle business such as the entertainment business. And it`s very sad.
And really, you know, her mom shouldn`t be out there partying with her and clubbing with her into the wee hours of the morning. And she should just be her mother. That`s -- that`s her job.
HAMMER: Yes. Partying until 4 a.m., I mean, it`s unbelievable. She`s like a Lindsay groupie.
MOWRY: Yes.
HAMMER: All right. So what bombastic story is the biggest news breaker of the day? Well, it`s Hulk Hogan`s sex tape -- sex tape saga.
Hulk was very open and honest with me when he was right here with here on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, talking about the pain that he`s suffering because of this newly-released sex tape. The tape was taken more than five years ago, and it shows him having sex with the then-wife of his best friend.
Hulk did take responsibility for making a terrible choice back then, but he was visibly rattled when he described the hell his current wife is going through. Let`s watch that.
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HULK HOGAN, PROFESSIONAL WRESTLER: I`ve never had anybody really love me unconditionally, so as strong as Jennifer is and her not being jaded by the media and no part of this, it rocked her world.
I have been through so much. I have never seen anybody hurt this bad or flipped upside-down like this. So it`s the worst thing I`ve ever been through, bar none.
HAMMER: Well, we certainly hope you two can survive.
HOGAN: Yes.
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HAMMER: Well, regardless of where you may think the tape came from, I really genuinely felt the pain that he was going through, and I do wish Hulk all the best.
I want to thank Tia Mowry for being with me tonight.
MOWRY: Thank you.
HAMMER: Be sure to check out "Tia and Tamera." It returns to the Style network on October 16. We can`t wait.
MOWRY: Thank you.
HAMMER: And on to another countdown tonight. Quentin Tarantino revealing the incredible new trailer for "Django Unchained."
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Nobody likes the bounty hunting business.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: To hear white folks and their pain (ph), there`s nothing like it.
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HAMMER: No question, that this should be in the running for the top "Must- See Videos" of the day. Although, I couldn`t look away at Rick Springfield performing in a New York City subway. It`s Rick Springfield. What`s he doing here? Is he collecting change? Has he hit rock bottom? This should be in the countdown, as well. But will it be No. 1? You will find out when we roll out our SHOWBIZ Countdown of "Must-See Videos." It is coming up.
This is SHOWBIZ TONIGHT on HLN.
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HAMMER: Tonight the little soprano with the big-time voice. Who can forget when 10-year-old Jackie Evancho opened her mouth on "America`s Got Talent" and captivated the world with her stunning voice? That was in the summer of 2010.
Well, two years later she`s got four albums under her belt, and she`s the new face of Guess kids, and all at the ripe old age of 12. This is her brand-new album. It`s called "Songs from the Silver Screen." Jackie Evancho joining me now from Hollywood.
Great to have you here, Jackie.
JACKIE EVANCHO, SINGER: Thank you, I`m glad to be here.
HAMMER: It is so much fun to talk about all the amazing success that you`ve had only since 2010, when you made your debut on the world stage on "AGT." I want to take a look with you at your amazing performance. Let`s roll that.
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HAMMER: All right, Jackie. So you smile watching that. I get chills every time I see that. Tell me what the biggest change in your life has been since that moment on the stage.
EVANCHO: The biggest change in my life since then would probably be the fact that more people come to me asking me for autographs. I mean, I have fans, actually, which is really fun, and I love that. So...
HAMMER: I recently had an interesting conversation with another young and up-and-coming star right around your age. She`s 13 years old. We`re looking at her right now. This is Carly Rose Sonenclar. And like you, she stunned everybody with her voice when she appeared on "The X Factor."
So I`m curious, now that, you know, of course, you`re a seasoned professional, what kind of advice would you give someone like Carly, who`s your age, about how to deal with success being so young?
EVANCHO: The advice I would give would be to never give up, because I was always known as No. 2. You know, I was born in 2000, I became first runner-up. I was second place to a -- in "America`s Got Talent." So of course, I`m always known as No. 2, and No. 2 is never bad. I mean, I`m second oldest in my family. And so I`m always happy to be No. 2.
And you should never ever give up. I mean, no matter what people tell you, they`re going to tell you so many things like "You`re not good" or "you`re awful." And you know that, in your heart, you should know that`s never true, and you should continue to go for what you want.
HAMMER: You are the envy of many, but you seem to firmly have your feet planted on the ground, and you`re enjoying it.
Jackie`s new album, as I mentioned, "Songs from the Silver Screen," is out now. If you want to listen to Jackie live, you`re in luck, because she`s embarking on a national tour kicking off on November 12.
Jackie Evancho, thank you so much. It`s so nice to meet you.
EVANCHO: It was nice to meet you, too, thank you.
HAMMER: And we move now from sweet to downright scary, the brand-new must- see video of Anthony Hopkins as Hitchcock.
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SCARLETT JOHANSSON, ACTRESS: How are you going to shoot this shower scene?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I`m married to a man obsessed by murder.
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HAMMER: Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock, Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh in "Psycho." Can`t wait to see this. But is this video more captivating than a WWE wrestler actually hitting a fan? Judge for yourself as we count down the top five "Must-See Videos" of the day.
This is SHOWBIZ TONIGHT on HLN.
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HAMMER: Right now on the SHOWBIZ Countdown, today`s top five "Must-See Videos." Tonight, the absolutely shocking video of WWE star C.M. Punk pounding down a wrestling fan. But is that as stunning as a star-studded parody of "Honey Boo-Boo"? We`re revealing Christopher Walken`s take on Honey Boo-Boo. But is it awesome enough to top the SHOWBIZ "Must-See Video" Countdown? The big reveal of No. 1 is coming up as SHOWBIZ TONIGHT continues right now.
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Welcome back to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, thanks for watching. I`m A.J. Hammer.
We`re kicking off the SHOWBIZ Countdown of today`s Brand New "Must See" Videos, with number five.
The star studded Honey Boo-Boo parody. I love this. It features the great Christopher Walken and Colin Farrell, they`re touring right now to promote their latest flick "seven psychopaths." Well, Walken and Farrell put a new twist on the Honey Boo-Boo craze when they were asked to read lines directly from TLC`s hit reality show "here comes Honey Boo-Boo." Please, watch this with me.
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WALKEN: How much weight are you going to lose?
FARRELL: About 20.
WALKEN: When are you going to start?
FARRELL: Tomorrow. If you fart 12 to 15 times a day, you can lose a lot of weight. So, I think I`m going to lose a lot of weight because I`m going to fart a lot.
WALKEN: There`s some broke down people out there. Please, women that are of voluptuous size. Not all that Vajiggle Jaggle
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HAMMER: Perfect. That is some dramatic boo boo right there.
With me in New York, the great comedian Chuck Nice, the host of TTTV series, "Home Strange Home," it makes its big premiere Friday October 19th.
Congratulations, my friend, on that first of all.
CHUCK NICE, COMEDIAN: Thanks a lot.
HAMMER: But, I don`t know if you are with me. I`m giving them a major thumbs` up to Christopher Walken and Colin Farrell for playing along there. I would need to know how you would rate them. Is it a hit or a big boo boo for you?
NICE: You know, I think we found a Honey Boo-Boo spin-off, my friend. This is it. I am looking for Walken and Farrell in Honey Boo-Boo two, because they did a great job. But, I got to tell you, as much as I love Christopher Walken, I hate to say it, Honey Boo-Boo does a very mean Walken herself.
HAMMER: Yes, I imagine that. I would actually love to see the two of them face to face. I would love to see Walken perhaps interviewing Honey Boo- Boo.
Also, with us tonight in New York, Jess Weiner. Jess Weiner is the self- esteem expert and the founder of the actionist network. And Jess, you know, I`m thinking despite all the fun everyone makes of Honey Boo-Boo and their family, you look at them and think, they don`t have any self-esteem issues. They`re doing just fine. Should everyone be laying off?
JESSICA WEINER, AUTHOR, CONFIDENCE EXPERT: Well, you know what, I was a resistor to the fad, because I was so worry this was going to be a parody of overweight southern hillbillies. And guess what, if you came imparity (INAUDIBLE).
HAMMER: Exactly.
WEINER: But, I really think the winner in this scenario, A.J., is the interviewer who had those actors read from that transcript. That was brilliant. And I think honestly, Honey Boo-Boo and her family have really actually embraced the American public and we`re seeing that there`s some real genuine heart there, and I`m actually rooting for her now.
HAMMER: Yes. I`m doing the same thing, because I agree, once you get past the obvious train wreck factor of the whole thing, these are some people who are just living their lives and loving, and having a good family experience without, by the way, engaging in iPads and all sorts of technology.
WEINER: That`s true.
HAMMER: I kind of dig that.
Well, let`s move now, from Boo-Boo mania to Quinton mania. This is our number four in our SHOWBIZ Countdown of today`s "Must See Videos".
"Django Unchained". Today, we got our very first look at Quentin Tarantino`s incredible new movie. It stars everyone from Leo DiCaprio to Jamie Foxx, even have Samuel L Jackson and Johanna Hill in this thing. And it is incredible. I urge you, hold on to your seat for this. Let`s watch.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Good evening, gentlemen. I must believe this is the specimen I`m keen to acquire.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What`s your name?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Django.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Then you`re the one I`m looking for.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hey, stop talking to him.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Calm down, I`m simply a customer trying to conduct a transaction.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Last chance fancy pants.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, very well.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You kill people and they give you reward.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The fatter they are, the bigger the reward.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I need your help. I`m looking for the brittle brothers.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: However, I don`t know what they look like, but you do. Don`t you?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They caught my wife and sold her. I don`t know who too.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That means we visit every plantation until we find them.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Once the final brittle brother lies dead in the dust, I agree to give you your freedom. And I`ll take you to rescue your wife.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Where are we going?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Gentlemen, you have my curiosity. But now, you have my attention.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: How do you like the bounty hunting business?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You kill white folks and they pay you for it? What`s that like?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I like the way you die, boy.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He is a rambunctious soul, isn`t he?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What`s your name?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Django. The d is silent.
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Wow. I love a Tarantino movie. That looks amazing. "Django Unchained" opens Christmas Day.
Well, from Quentin Tarantino`s thriller to a New York city subway stunner. Let`s get to number three on our SHOWBIZ Countdown of today`s "Must See Videos". It`s Rick-rolling the subway. Take a very good look at this crowd here at New York City`s Penn station. They are just stunned as I think anybody would be, to catch a glimpse of `80s heartthrob Rick Springfield. Yes, it is that Rick Springfield of "Jessie`s Girl" fame. He offers up a little impromptu performance.
We actually had to do a double take when we first saw it. And you must watch it with me right now.
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HAMMER: Now, I don`t want you folks to worry about this, Rick hasn`t hit the skids. He wasn`t down there on the subway trying to scrounge up change or anything like that. He was simply there promoting his new CD, and look, it`s working, we`re talking about him. I love you, Rick Springfield, we`ve always loved you.
He even joked he collected about three bucks from riders during that performance.
Chuck Nice, you apparently know every word to that Rick Springfield song and I`m guessing every other Rick Springfield song, after having heard him, if you were down there on the subway, would you have sprung for Springfield?
NICE: Absolutely man. I would have thrown a couple pennies in the guitar case, you know. I love Rick Springfield. Rick Springfield is partly responsible for me being married to my wife. Her name is Jessica, and I used to sing that song to her when we were dating singing I wish that I had Jessica. And so, I got another but love for Rick Springfield all day long.
WEINER: Me, too.
HAMMER: Yes. Well, Jess Weiner, you know, that`s why we booked you on the show today.
WEINER: I thought so.
HAMMER: The coincidence of your name. But how much you look at this scene, can you imagine? You know, we live in New York City, you go down to the subway, we see sometimes the panhandlers, as they`re called, and the people playing the steel drums or maybe singing this little light of mine. But Rick Springfield, Jess?
WEINER: Yes, I know. Well, I have to tell you the `80s girl inside of me died when I saw that. Because I thought that song was about me regardless that, you know, didn`t make quite any sense. But I sang it to myself all the time.
I think this is the greatest PR and marketing move ever. I think it`s smart. I hope it wasn`t genuine that he really needed a concert in the subway station. But I guess it`s not. I think it`s a really smart way to get us remembering that we love the `80s and we love you Rick.
HAMMER: And I officially dedicate that performance to you, Jess Weiner.
WEINER: Thanks.
HAMMER: Chuck Nice, Jess, don`t go anywhere. You will definitely want to see what is number two and number one on the SHOWBIZ "Must See Video" countdown tonight including a shocking video. I have to show you this, it`s a wrestling star who pounded a fan for real. This was no drama. And an incredible first look revealed today at Anthony Hopkins playing Alfred Hitchcock right alongside Scarlett Johansson.
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JOHANSSON: How are you going to shoot this shower scene?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I`m married to a man obsessed about murder.
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HAMMER: Will he return to psycho or a wrestler`s seemingly somewhat psycho beat down take the top slot in out SHOWBIZ Countdown of "Must See Videos".
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HAMMER: Welcome back to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. We`re counting down the top five videos.
At number five, dramatic boo boo, the Honey Boo-Boo craze draws in of all people, Christopher Walken and Colin Farrell, who do a dramatic reading of lines from, "Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo."
Number four, "Django Unchained." So today, we got our first look at Quentin Tarantino`s jaw-dropping adventure stars Jamie Foxx and Leonardo DiCaprio. It looks amazing.
Number three, Rick-rolling the subway. Yes, `80s teen idol, Rick Springfield goes down into the New York City subways to perform and he sings "Jesse`s Girl."
That takes us to number two tonight in our SHOWBIZ -- on today`s "Must See Videos".
It`s pandemonium at WWE`s raw. Rowdy wrestling fans push seven-time world champ CM Punk too far, heckling, shoving, even poking punk until he`s fed up and finally lets loose. And if you look carefully, you`ll see that he actually hit the wrong guy. Watch.
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HAMMER: Hey, you don`t want to do that. Well tonight, WWE is apologizing, saying that fans started hitting the infamous wrestling bad guy in the back. And then, his kidney, when he went in to the stand as part of the show, and here`s what the WWE is telling showbiz today.
"WWE regrets that proper security measures were not in place, and CM Punk apologizes for acting in the heat of the moment."
Let me bring back Chuck Nice and Jessica Weiner. Jess, are you buying that apology at all?
WEINER: OK. I`m clearly not WWE demographic. But I think that this may be also a great PR stunt. If it was for real I`d go, "ooh," like everyone else. But I never know what with the WWE believe, because everything is so phony and heightened phony that it looks real. So it could be a great ploy.
HAMMER: And oddly enough, here we are, talking about. But I don`t know, this is really in the fans, it looks like cell phone video. Because by the way, I hate, if you`re shooting video with your iPhone, please hold it like this, not like this, OK? Stop doing that.
NICE: Yes.
HAMMER: Listen. No matter how this ultimately plays out, Chuck, you have to figure this guy`s got a great story. He can tell his buddies that he faced off with a seven-time world champion.
NICE: Yes. And finally, at least for one fan, there is no question that wrestling is indeed real. This guy got it for real, you know. But I don`t know what`s up with CM Punk reacting like that, man. You know, you can apologize to me if you punch me on the face. Just do it with dollar bills, that`s all I`m saying.
HAMMER: Yes, exactly. I mean, this guy, you know, maybe has a great story to tell, maybe he`s thinking, do I have an opportunity here to perhaps cash in a little bit.
So Jess, you`re not rushing off to be in the audience sitting in the stands anytime soon?
WEINER: A.J., I have to tell you, I know we share a birthday coming up soon. I`m not going to the WWE any time soon. But I definitely hope that that guy feels better, and I -- I don`t know, I get wincey around violence. I`m not that kind of girl.
HAMMER: Yes, all right.
NICE: See. This is where Jessica and I differ, A.J., because I can`t wait to go to a WWE concert right now, because I need a lawsuit like that.
HAMMER: All right, we`ll see if we can work that out for you, Chuck.
That takes us to number one in our countdown of our top five "Must See Videos".
We absolutely went psycho for the real story behind Alfred Hitchcock`s classic movie, "Psycho." We got our first look at the upcoming movie "Hitchcock" that stars Anthony Hopkins as the legendary director. Scarlett Johansson plays Janet Lee in that now infamous shower scene. It is number one on our SHOWBIZ Countdown.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: All of us harbor dark recesses of violence and horror. I`m just a man hiding in the corner with a camera. Watching.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mr. Hitchcock, you`re the most famous director in the history of the media, but you`re 60 years old, shouldn`t you just quit while you`re ahead.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is murder. I`m getting blisters just watching you.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He`s going out of his mind looking for his next project.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I need something fresh. Something different.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It was the knife that a moment later, cut off her scream and her head. Charming. Doris Day should do it as a musical.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Good afternoon. Psycho looks entertaining.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Is this really going to be your next project?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, ma`am, by the way, try the finger sandwiches. They were real fingers.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No one respects the name Hitchcock more than Paramount. But a talented man sometimes backs the wrong horse.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is Mr. Hitchcock`s` next topic.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Fined. We should can get money.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Who do I make it out to.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Why are we going to have to sell the whole house or just the pool?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You are intrigued, aren`t you? Carrying off your leading lady halfway through the movie.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: How are you going to shoot the shower scene? It is only that, well, from here up. I`m not exactly boyish.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You shouldn`t wait until halfway through, kill her after 30 minutes.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Why are you letting him do something so tasteless?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Don`t upset yourself, Darling. It`s only a bloody movie.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: More anger. More --
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You`re married to a man obsessed with murder.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This will not be released in this country.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Show me some footage now.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I`m under extraordinary pressure for this project. And the least you could do is give me your full support.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We mortgaged our house.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I`m your wife. I celebrate with you I the reviews of good. I cried for you when they are bad. And I put up with those people who look through me as if I was invisible, because all they can see is the great and glorious genius, Alfred Hitchcock.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: How does it end?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I promised mother I wouldn`t tell.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Oh, you`ve got nudity in there.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, her breasts were rather large, it was a challenge not to show them.
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HAMMER: Wow. Another great looking movie on the way. "Hitchcock" hits theaters next month on November 23rd.
And you must see what`s happening to Rihanna`s reputation tonight. She`s reportedly back with Chris Brown, nearly three years after he beat her up. So is there major backlash over their apparent reunion or has Chris Brown proven he`s a different man?
This is SHOWBIZ TONIGHT on HLN.
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HAMMER: Right now, a SHOWBIZ exclusive. The celebrities whose reputations have taken the biggest hit this week, including big surprise Lindsay Lohan, for her limo`s smackdown with her mom Dina.
Joining me right now at the exclusive reputation right now in Hollywood, Howard Bragman, the vice chairman of reputation.com.
So Howard, I got to say. Lindsay really outdid herself with this latest call to the cops coming from the back of a limo, she was fighting with her own mom, apparently over a loan of about $40, 000 bucks from Lindsay. No surprise here. The reputation.com has found that her reputation has sunk to a near all time low of 82 percent negative.
Howard, this is shocking to me because no matter what, it always seems like Lindsay and her mom had each other`s backs in the past. Do you think those days are just over?
HOWARD BRAGMAN, VICE CHAIRMAN, REPUTATION.COM: Listen. I think this is not model parenting here, and she called her father who she`s had a lot of animosity with from the past. I do see a silver lining here, A.J.. There`s only so far her reputation can go down, there`s not much farther to go. So, perhaps that`s the good news.
HAMMER: Well, I do my math. Another 18 percent, it`s all bad.
All right, let`s move to Rihanna, because she`s having a terrible week. And this came after the bombshell news that she`s reportedly gotten back together with her ex- Chris Brown. You guys at reputation.com find that her rep has dropped to 59 percent negative, that`s no good. Anyway she can get people on her side about being back with Chris?
BRAGMAN: You know, that`s going to be a really tough one. Her reputation really started sinking when those rumors started coming out. People really liked her before, and then she launched her fragrance and Britney launched her fragrance about the same time, and kind of cleaned her clock. The way to get her reputation back is to split from Chris. People do not like her with Chris Brown. It`s just not something people are responding to. If she`s going to be with Chris Brown, she`s going to have to be in love and have a thick skin and really ignore the bad news out there.
HAMMER: And it cannot be good for business, although I think she`s doing OK at the moment. We`ll see where it goes if anywhere.
Always great. Thanks so much.
All right. Coming up next, Ben Affleck`s other Jennifer. W all know he loves his wife, Jennifer Garner, of course. But Ben just revealed there`s another famous Jennifer in his life he can`t seem to let go of. I will reveal who in just a minute.
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HAMMER: Tonight Stevie Nicks` bombshell apology to Nicki Minaj. How Stevie got in the middle of her idol feud with Mariah Carey. Plus, Ben Affleck`s big relationship revelation. Why he still keeps in touch with that other Jennifer in his life. That`s top the buzz today.
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HAMMER: Ben`s other Jennifer. Ben Affleck is happily married to Jennifer Garner with three kids, but the director just revealed to the Hollywood reporter, he still keeps in touch with ex- Jennifer Lopez. Affleck and Lopez called off their engagement days before their wedding in 2003.
"We don`t have the kind of relationship where she relies on me for advice, but we have the kind of relationship where there will be an e-mail saying your movie looks great. I touch base. I respect her. I like her. She`s put up with some stuff that was unfair in her life, and I`m really pleased to see her successful."
Stevie`s super sorry. Stevie Nick is taking back her harsh words about the Nicki Minaj/Mariah Carey feud on the set of "American idol" audition. Nicks, who was a coach on "American Idol" last season slammed the Minaj telling "The Daily," "If I had been Mariah, I would have walked over to Nicki and strangled her to death right there." But the Fleetwood Mac now star says she regrets those words.
In a brand new statement just released to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, Stevie says, "I want to apologize for my remarks about Nicki Minaj`s behavior toward Mariah Carey, which I said during a long and exhausting day of interviews. It was very out of character for me and I deeply regret what I said."
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HAMMER: As we move on tonight. Stand by your man, why is Dottie Sandusky still standing by her husband? Could anything ever convinced her, he is guilty of sexual abuse?
Dr. Drew goes inside the mind of Dottie Sandusky right now.
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