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Rapper Arrested in Raid of Justin Bieber`s House; `Price is Right` Winner Accepts Live Proposal; Female Stars of "Law & Order"; Pro Camera on the Hula Hoops in the Movie about Cheerleaders
Aired January 14, 2014 - 23:00 ET
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JOHN QUINONES, ABC NEWS: I`m John Quinones with ABC News. Please join us next time for another edition of "WHAT WOULD YOU DO?" on HLN.
A.J. HAMMER, HOST: Right now on the "Top Ten Countdown," Justin Bieber`s house raided by police. Bieber, feeling the heat after being accused of throwing eggs at his neighbor`s house. Could this really become a felony case? We are in Hollywood with the latest.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You`re implicated in a murder, little girl. So cut the bull.
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HAMMER: The powerhouse women on "Law & Order" know exactly how to make a case. And now they are right here with us to blow the lid off the series that set the standard for crime TV.
SBT starts right now.
Hello, I`m A.J. Hammer coming to you from Hollywood this week. And I`ve got our "Top Ten Countdown" of tonight`s top ten must-see, must-share stories.
Let`s get right to it with No. 10, egging on the Biebs. I just couldn`t believe what was happening on Twitter after Justin Bieber was accused of throwing an egg at his neighbor`s house, followed by L.A. cops actually storming his compound in Calabasas, California. They had a federal search warrant to do that. They were looking for evidence after his neighbor claimed that the Biebs threw some eggs at his house, causing around 20,000 bucks in damage.
Some of the tweets that caught my eye, one from a guy named Bryan D., who tweeted, "Justin Bieber is clearly cracking up. Police searched his house over egg-throwing incident."
Stormie L. tweeted, "Do you like your eggs scrambled, sunny side up or illegal?"
Comedian DeRay Davis is with me in Hollywood. He is the host of GSN`s "Mind of a Man." And also with me Stuart Brazel, the co-founder of Dirtyand30.com. Good to see you.
And talk about the mind of a man here. What possibly could have been going through the Biebs` mind?
DERAY DAVIS, HOST, GSN`S "MIND OF A MAN": You`re talking about the mind of a boy right now.
HAMMER: Come on.
DAVIS: I thought it was a childish move of him to have so much money. But for them to search his house about eggs? What were they looking for, an eggplant? Like, the egg foundation?
HAMMER: I thought maybe they were looking for egg cartons or something like that.
But to be clear on, like, the legal part of this deal. Because it`s alleged that there`s $20,000 worth in damage from the alleged egg-throwing incident, that`s a felony, and that`s federal level stuff. It`s crazy to me, though, that this 19-year-old man...
STUART BRAZEL, DIRTYAND30.COM: Is doing this.
HAMMER: ... is doing something like this potentially.
BRAZEL: It is. You know, and I sit there and I go, he has so many handlers and people that are with him at all times. Why isn`t anyone going, "What is he doing?"
Here he is, speeding around this neighborhood. If you`re going to cause a ruckus, go somewhere else. You don`t drive around Calabasas acting a fool. And egging your neighbor`s house? If you`re going to egg a house, go bother Kris Jenner or somebody. I don`t know.
DAVIS: I mention he has all these handlers. Why don`t have them throw the eggs for you?
BRAZEL: Yes, they`ll actually do it.
DAVIS: Have your body guard.
HAMMER: At least reduce it to egg whites. Because the damage will be so much less.
And allegedly, it was over a feud that he was having with this neighbor. But when the investigators got to Justin`s house, they actually ended up arresting one of his house guests on cocaine charges, which is certainly no yolking matter.
DAVIS: They`re not going to throw that.
HAMMER: I said it was no yolking matter.
DAVIS: All right, sorry.
HAMMER: I`m glad you let me have that. That was terrible.
Let me go to Charlamagne. He`ll be more sympathetic to me. He`s in New York. He is, of course, from "Guy Code" of MTV 2. Charlamagne with all the stuff that Biebs has done. Can you imagine he ends up getting arrested for assault with an egg?
CHARLAMAGNE, MTV 2`S "GUY CODE": I think jail is the best thing for him. I think, you know, once he goes and sits in a jail cell with a big, you know, homey named Renesta (ph) or something, and sticks his tongue in his ear, I think Justin Bieber will be scared straight.
And let the record show, Justin Bieber came on my radio show, "The Breakfast Club," two years ago and I told him if he keeps hanging with these ghetto-ass rafted-out rappers, they was going to get him in trouble and he was going to wind up in jail. I told him this was going to happen.
HAMMER: Yes, you told him. And you were actually serious at the time when you had him on your show, on your show, called "The Breakfast Club." Did he have an egg sandwich or anything like that?
CHARLAMAGNE: No, he didn`t have any sandwich at all. But you know, he needs to go find some wholesome rappers to go hang out with. Go hang out with Macklemore or somebody, you know?
HAMMER: There you go.
Charlamagne, what rappers is he hanging around who have using eggs. What rappers influenced him, like, "Yo, have you dealt these eggs?" Like, he`s been hanging around Rick Ross, who was campaigned so...
BRAZEL: Maybe he saved Rick Ross`s life by taking all the eggs from Rick`s house.
CHARLAMAGNE: He hangs out with Lil Twist and Lil Za. They don`t have anything to do, other than to make omelets. They put out any music. So you know, that`s where the eggs came from, the omelets that they were making in his house.
BRAZEL: Do we really think Justin will do jail? Like, he`ll do an hour max. I mean, look at how Lindsay Lohan.
HAMMER: You don`t think he should be worried?
BRAZEL: I don`t think so. I don`t think he`s actually going to get in trouble yet. I think this is the first of many things that are going to continue to happen.
HAMMER: I want to go to our CNN digital reporter, Allen Duke, who was there. And he`s going to explain to us exactly what the investigators were looking for at the house. Apparently, it wasn`t egg cartons.
CHARLAMAGNE: OK.
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ALLEN DUKE, CNN DIGITAL CORRESPONDENT: The deputies were looking, not for evidence of egg throwing, per se -- no egg shells, NO yolk, nothing like that. They were looking for surveillance video.
If you ever go into those mansions that are up in the hills of Calabasas where the rich and famous like Britney Spears lives and Justin Bieber, Michael Jackson`s kids, I guarantee you every one of them has a big room with security people watching monitors of cameras, and they record what`s on those cameras. And that is the evidence that the sheriff`s department was really looking for today.
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HAMMER: Charlamagne, do you think that the Biebs should be worried that he might actually wind up in some serious trouble over this egg tossing incident?
CHARLAMAGNE: I don`t think he`s really too worried. Because he`s got everybody telling him exactly what the young lady said, "Oh, you`ll only do an hour in jail." But like she said, I think it will continue to lead him into more trouble.
He has to change the circle around him. You see them two little ratty-ass dudes standing behind him? That`s the problem. Those two little ratty-ass dudes standing behind him on the red carpet, those two guys are the problem. He has to change his circle of friends immediately.
HAMMER: You know, when I saw this story cross, I almost thought it was fake. We heard about the peeing in the bucket that he was allegedly involved with last year. Egg story, I was like, no that`s got to be a joke. But not a joke.
BRAZEL: And monkeys in Germany. It`s ridiculous.
HAMMER: I didn`t believe the monkey thing.
But let`s get to another big story that is breaking here in Hollywood. It`s No. 9 on our countdown. Kanye on the attack.
The very latest on this is that Kanye West is facing yet another assault charge for apparently losing his cool. Now this time, you`ve got a lot of people actually cheering Kanye on for allegedly punching a teenager. That sounds strange, but here`s the reason.
That teen reportedly flung some pretty horrific racial slurs at Kanye and his fiance, Kim Kardashian. Talk about playing dirty. The Twittersphere again with Kanye`s back on this. So many examples that I saw. "If someone calls you the `N` word and you punch them, it`s self-defense."
"Kanye had every right to punch that kid in the face for violating Kimmy like that. How racist and rude. Ugh."
DeRay, I`m much more of a pacifist. I don`t think there`s ever any excuse for violence, but what do you think? Was he justified in any way?
DAVIS: Well, first of all, being a friend of Kanye, I was going to say that people keep saying Kanye is losing his cool. When did he gain it back?
HAMMER: Did he have it?
DAVIS: The cool is gone. Let`s just say that.
So if you want to throw out racial slurs, there still isn`t any reason to hit anybody. Sticks and stones. But you can`t -- no matter what you`re yelling out, you shouldn`t hit anybody back. You know? And Kanye is so confident with his words, I`m sure Kanye could have talked him to death. All Kanye would have to do to abuse somebody is sit them down and tell them...
BRAZEL: Let me tell you right now. Let me tell you something.
HAMMER: Let me give you a little example of that. You have a much different relationship with Kanye, apparently, than Charlamagne. Now Charlamagne, I will never forget when Kanye came on your radio show "The Breakfast Club" on Power 105.1. You were straight up with him about his recent behavior.
CHARLAMAGNE: Yes.
HAMMER: I want to watch a little bit of that.
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CHARLAMAGNE: You know, I love the great music you produce. You know why I won`t buy your albums? This new narcissistic egotistical personality you`ve got. That`s what turns me off. I`m not going to the show. I don`t want him around. I won`t buy his records.
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HAMMER: I thought you made a great point there, Charlamagne. Listen, if you had Kanye back on your radio show sitting in that chair across from you, would you give him a brand-new talking to? What would you say to him?
CHARLAMAGNE: Well, I would tell him that if he`s going to go around and punch everybody that`s called Kim Kardashian a slut he`s going to have to hit everybody in America. That`s No. 1. So you have to stand down on that.
And you know, as far as him calling Kim an "N" word lover, I mean, she clearly is an "N" word lover. She`s been with Reggie Bush. She`s been with Bow Wow and now she`s with Kanye. So you know, what`s wrong with that?
I think the bigger picture here is we have to stop this hypocrisy when it comes to use of the "N" word. Because we run around, and we use it all the time. Then we get upset when other races use it. I think we should just abolish the word altogether. Because clearly, it`s a negative word. It can`t be good when we use it and negative when somebody else uses it. We should abolish it altogether.
HAMMER: Yes. I think a lot of people -- most people are on your side with that.
TMZ, by the way, is reporting that Kim called Kanye when she was in the middle of this guy`s alleged rant against her. That`s when Kanye showed up on the scene.
And Stuart, it does seem pretty clear to me that`s not the first call you should make if you`re going through something like that.
BRAZEL: No, it`s not. But then again, it kind of shows a lot about their relationship that she`s scared. She calls her man. Her man`s going to defend her, and he did. He has her back. So that says a lot about the power of their love.
But he clearly doesn`t handle things well. He hasn`t been handling things well since he stormed the stage and interrupted Taylor Swift. He`s a loose cannon. You don`t know what he`s going to do.
HAMMER: I would go to another number on the speed dial.
DAVIS: Yes, I think the moment she called him, she knew what the reaction would be. But it`s just that him showing up and what`s going on now? He`s like -- if you want to hit people, separate the time. Don`t beat somebody up at the last minute, about five minutes.
HAMMER: Here`s the other thing -- not to get down on Kim, because I think she may have -- very well have been very frightened when this was going on and she did what she thought she should do.
All right, Charlamagne, thank you for joining us.
Stuart...
CHARLAMAGNE: Absolutely.
HAMMER: ... and DeRay, appreciate you being here.
Stay right where you are, because Kanye`s troubles can`t compete with the legal drama on this iconic series. "Law & Order" created the winning formula for courtroom dramas, of course. And the powerhouse women at the center of the show are right here. They`re going to reveal all about the iconic TV show.
Get ready, ladies. We`re going to flip the script. I`m going to ask you some very tough questions.
Oprah unclogged. Yes, there is literally nothing Oprah Winfrey can`t do, apparently. She`s proving it right here. Again, we`re going to tell you the story behind this buzz-making bathroom picture.
What will be No. 1 one?
This is SBT on HLN.
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HAMMER: Welcome back. I`m A.J. Hammer in Hollywood with our countdown of today`s must-see, must-share stories.
At No. 8 -- it could be my favorite story of the day -- "The Price is Right" -- very right -- for a woman who was just seen on the infamous game show, who won in more ways than one. Her name is Morgan. She lives in California. She took a spin at the big wheel and came up with a pretty fantastic outcome. I think maybe more than she actually bargained for.
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DREW CAREY, HOST: Want to say hi to someone?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: To my mom and dad, my sister McKenzie, brother Nathan, and my boyfriend, Nick. I love you.
CAREY: Thank you. Ninety. Ninety.
Let`s go to the showcase? How about that? Our final contestant came down here and won a prize and is on the way to the showcase.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I just want to say you make me feel like the most lucky man in the world. I would be honored if you would have me as your husband.
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HAMMER: I mean, come on. He put a ring on it. Mike Richards is with me in Hollywood, the executive producer of "The Price is Right."
It`s great to see you, Mike.
MIKE RICHARDS, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, "THE PRICE IS RIGHT": Good to see you, too. Wasn`t that amazing?
HAMMER: It is amazing. And look, I know how great it is to be there in that audience or on that stage. I`m a guest model on tomorrow`s show. More on that in just a moment.
RICHARDS: Very sexy model.
HAMMER: Well, thank you.
But first, tell me about this proposal. Obviously you guys had to be in on it, at least once she was a contestant.
RICHARDS: Once we knew she was a contestant, the -- her now-fiance asked had asked our contestant producer. "Hey, I want to propose at some point."
And we don`t tend to do proposals or birthday announcements and stuff like that, because then everybody would do it. Then I thought if she gets to the showcase, if she spins the wheel and wins, this would be a perfect time to do it.
HAMMER: Yes.
RICHARDS: So he doesn`t know all this but we`ve just got someone down there holding him. We`ve got a mic for him. And then I see that she`s going to win and we just cued him in which is why you see him come from absolutely nowhere. I mean, he just meanders in.
And she looks at him. There`s a moment. There`s my favorite look. She`s like what are you doing here? Why are you on set?
HAMMER: What`s amazing is it gets even better when it comes time for the showcase. Let`s watch what happened there. Roll that, Charles.
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CAREY: Morgan, you had a pretty good day today. Spun a 90 on the wheel, got engaged. You won your pricing game. Your showcase is pearl jewelry, a trip to Bora Bora and a Jeep Patriot. You bid 26,400. Actual retail price is 28,607. You are going to Bora Bora. Unstoppable. She`s unstoppable. How do you top a day like that?
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HAMMER: OK. Is that the only time you actually changed the music? Played the wedding song?
RICHARDS: Yes, we don`t usually. But then right before we go to break we know who`s going to win. She`s put in her bid. And I`m like we`ve got to play the music. Make it live. It was amazing. You can`t stop people when they`re having a "Price is Right" day like that.
HAMMER: No. Nor could you stop me when I was having my "Price is Right" day, which airs Wednesday. We`re going to chat about my experience, and you`ll tell me how I did in just a moment. Because this was definitely a dream come true. I was a guest model. Again, this episode is airing on Wednesday. I had a smile on my face from the moment I drove onto the lot at the famed CBS television studio in Los Angeles until I fell asleep that night. Here`s kind of how it went.
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HAMMER: It`s one of those full circle moments in life, from the moment I was nine, wanting to be Bob Barker.
RICHARDS: Right. To actually -- did you ever pretend with the microphone?
HAMMER: I took an antenna from a walkie-talkie...
RICHARDS: Nice.
HAMMER: Popped it out of the radio and put a Ping-Pong ball on top. And colored it black so it looked like Bob`s stick mic.
RICHARDS: Right.
HAMMER: And I would walk around playing games.
RICHARDS: Awesome.
HAMMER: I`m not kidding you.
(voice-over): But enough nostalgia, it`s show time. Before I know it, "The Price is Right" host, Drew Carey, is starting the show. Hope I remember not to block the merchandise.
CAREY: Let`s kick it off with the first prize up for bids today on "The Price is Right."
GEORGE GRAY, ANNOUNCER: We`re going to start things off with a new computer. Offering ultrafast performance, this 13-inch MacBook air comes with 128 gigabytes of flash storage and 4 gigs of RAM.
CAREY: Everybody, say hello to our special guest today. It`s A.J. Hammer from SHOWBIZ TONIGHT on HLN. Hey, buddy. Welcome to the show. Nice to see you.
HAMMER: What a thrill. And I`m so excited for all these people to win lots and lots of stuff today.
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HAMMER: I mean, I have to tell you -- I`ve told you this before off camera -- one of the most fun days of my life. Quickly, did I do OK and make you proud?
RICHARDS: You did great. You were very enthusiastic with the car and you were amazing with the grill. When you watch the show, go back. He grabs some and he really just animates it and starts drinking out of the refrigerator. So yes. You`ve got -- I mean, this is a great gig. If we could get this shot in L.A., you could come to TV City, model for us.
HAMMER: I`d be happy to. Particularly -- everything involved. Great having you here. Again, thank you for that opportunity.
RICHARDS: Thank you. You were amazing. It was fantastic.
HAMMER: All right. You might call this the next big showcase showdown. It`s actress Scarlett Johansson versus Siri, the voice of your iPhone.
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SCARLETT JOHANSSON, ACTRESS: The other day I asked her how I looked, and she said, "You are the fairest of them all." And now I feel like she`s backstabbing.
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HAMMER: Scarlett snaps back after hearing what Siri has been saying about "Her." It is the dramatic next chapter of this virtual war of words.
Call it Ricci-ing. Christina Ricci is posting pictures of herself squeezing into all kinds of small spaces. We`re going to show you how her wacky photos have actually started this new online craze?
But what`s going to be No. 1? This is SBT on HLN.
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HAMMER: Welcome back. We are up to No. 7 on our countdown. Tyrese opens up.
"Fast & Furious" star Tyrese Gibson opened up in his very first interview since the loss of his close friend and co-star, Paul Walker. Walker died, of course, in a cash crash back in November, just days after the two friends were back on set, filming the next installment of the race car franchise.
Tyrese spoke with Arsenio Hall about his grief, telling Arsenio he needed to find his smile again.
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TYRESE GIBSON, ACTOR: I mean, you know, everybody knows what ended up happening in my world around, you know, the end of the year, Paul Walker, my best man. And so, you know, I was just with him four days before it happened. We was on the set shooting. And you know, that was -- it was a lot of shock and trauma the family and all of us involved, because he was such a nice guy. And, you know, I`ve never been depressed in my life. But I was very, very sad and down, and it took me a minute to shake it.
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HAMMER: Still so hard to believe it all happened. Tyrese actually says that traveling with friends, including Will Smith, has helped him deal with his grief. As for "Fast & Furious 7," producers are now saying that they`re delaying production, but they are reportedly planning to retire Walker`s character.
Our "Top Ten Countdown" continues now with No. 6, Scar Jo`s Siri feud. I am talking a full-fledged frenemy alert here. It seems the iPhone`s personal assistant, Siri, has been throwing Scarlett Johansson some serious shade over her new role as "Her," the voice of an operating system that falls in love with Joaquin Phoenix.
Now, ask Siri, like I just did, if she`s Scarlett in "Her," and Siri actually throws back this kind of smack talk.
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HAMMER: Sir, are you "Her"?
ROBOTIC VOICE: No. Her portrayal of an intelligent agent is not artificial.
HAMMER: Really. Siri, are you her?
ROBOTIC VOICE: No. In my opinion, she gives artificial intelligence a bad name.
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HAMMER: Yes, well, Scarlett just told E! that she thought Siri and her were friends.
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JOHANSSON: I`m a little confused, because the other day I asked her how I looked, and she said, "You are the fairest of them all." And now I feel like she`s backstabbing. You know, I`m just a little bit confused about that.
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HAMMER: Huge celebrity feud, Stuart. We have Siri backstabbing Scarlett, the lovely Scarlett Johansson.
BRAZEL: You know, I think every woman in America, including Siri and myself, is jealous of Scarlett Johansson. How could you not be? She looks fantastic, and now we see a whole -- listen to her voice in a film, and she`s just as hot just as a voice. Are you kidding me?
HAMMER: Yes.
BRAZEL: How can it be?
HAMMER: It is true. You listen to her in that film. But I`m feeling a little badly for Scarlett right now.
DAVIS: Siri makes everyone feel terrible. First of all, you`re given the wrong information a lot of times. So maybe she just heard her -- you know how girls do with each other. So I just hope that Scarlett definitely -- you know one thing that might help, though, that would lower Scarlett`s esteem? Something, like me could probably date her.
HAMMER: Oh, you think so? OK, we`ll see about that.
DAVIS: Keep at her, Siri.
BRAZEL: Chip her down, and you sneak in.
HAMMER: I just spoke with Susan Bennett, who is the voice of Siri, and here`s what she told me about all this.
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HAMMER: Well, some people just don`t get it. You know, they think you are actually Siri. They may not think you`re actually inside the phone. But just so people don`t confuse her opinion with yours, would you like to take this moment to perhaps tell us, in the voice of Siri, what you really think of Scarlett Johansson?
SUSAN BENNETT, VOICE OF SIRI: Well, actually, I have not seen the whole movie. I`ve only seen the trailers. And therefore, I really can`t say.
But she has a very sexy voice.
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HAMMER: Do you have Siri`s back on this one or Scarlett`s back? Who are you going to defend in this fight?
BRAZEL: I`m Siri all the way. I put my trust in her. She`s got to get my places. I`m Team Siri.
DAVIS: Scarlett Thompson (ph) has been driving me around.
HAMMER: Here you go again. You`re not getting a date with Scarlett Johansson.
DAVIS: Call me.
HAMMER: All right. DeRay, Stuart, thank you both very much.
Well, here we are. We have arrived at the halfway point on our countdown. Even Siri knows that. There is pure drama in the race for No. 1.
"Law & Order" stars are right here in a show of force, ready to blow the lid off the iconic series. Cannot wait to talk to S. Epatha Merkerson and Jill Hennessy and Elisabeth Rohm. You won`t want to miss this.
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JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): And now the thrill (ph) has gone where few have gone before, around and around and around. The Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders are in a hula hoop.
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HAMMER: Wow. You dizzy yet? A hula hoop cam pushing the limits right now, but will it make a case for the No. 1 spot?
This is SBT on HLN.
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HAMMER: Right now, the "Top Ten Countdown" continues with the ladies of "Law and Order." The brilliant women of the show were a big part of what made it iconic. Elisabeth Rohm and Jill Hennessy and S. Epatha Merkerson are right here with their amazing stories.
OK, does this plumber look kind of familiar? Well, she should. That`s Oprah Winfrey. What? What`s going to be No. 1 on our "Countdown"?
SBT continues right now.
Welcome back. Thank you so much for watching. I`m A.J. Hammer hanging out in Hollywood this week. And we are now down to number five on our top ten countdown with the ladies of "Law & Order" Yes, throughout the show`s remarkable 20-year run we watched these fearless cops and lawyers solve crimes, prosecute bad guys and, of course, make New York city safe for we, the law-abiding citizens. Well, now we TV is airing episodes from the show`s first 12 seasons to celebrate "Law & Order`s" most valuable players. It`s women. And we are so honored to have three of them right here today S. Epatha Merkerson, Jill Hennessy and Elisabeth Rohm. I`m so excited you are all here. Thank you so much.
JILL HENNESSY: Thank you.
S. EPATHA MERKERSON, PLAYED LT. ANITA VAN BUREN 1991-2010: Thanks for having us.
ELISABETH ROHM: Absolutely.
HAMMER: Let us now take a quick look at the characters you all played so memorably on "Law & Order".
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HAMMER: In the "Law & Order" franchise the secret weapons of the original and still the best "Law & Order" series are its strong, dedicated and kickass women. These are their stories.
MERKERSON: Cut the bull.
HAMMER: Yes, the original "Law & Order" featured some of the strongest and most interesting ...
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Q would want her killer brought to justice.
HAMMER: Female characters TV has ever seen.
FRANGELA, COMEDIAN: "Law & Order" is one of those shows that started out from the get-go with strong, incredible female character.
MERKERSON: You bring me a witness.
HAMMER: There was S. Epatha Merkerson who played police lieutenant Anita Van Buren for almost 20 years, from 1991 to 2010.
DONNELL RAWLINGS, COMEDIAN JUDGE, MTV`S "GUY COURT": She was the Barack Obama of "Law & Order."
HAMMER: Van Buren was a compassionate boss, but a tough one.
MERKERSON: I hope you don`t make any promises you can`t keep.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE, FRANGELLA COMEDIANS: Let me tell you something if the lieutenant has to come out of that office to talk to you, you have messed up.
HAMMER: Jill Hennessy was the assistant D.A. Claire Kincaid from 1993 to 1996.
HENNESSY: Even if we tie him to the gun I don`t see a motive here.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE, FRANGELLA COMEDIANS: I like Claire because she was concerned about issues.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yeah.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE, FRANGELLA COMEDIANS: She did have some issues with having relationships with people.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Maybe we would be better off sticking to the case at hand.
HENNESSY: Case? What case?
HAMMER: Yes, it turns out the characters of Kincaid and her boss Jack McCoy played by Sam Waterston were secret lovers, which was barely hinted at on the show.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE, FRANGELLA COMEDIANS: I`m just like, if you were sleeping with Sam you would have to be smart.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE, FRANGELLA COMEDIANS: He`s so hot, that, and smart, that like he might ask you like Einstein theory of relativity while you are in it. You are like - right, right, I can`t focus.
RAWLINGS: Mr. Wolf, I have got a great idea for you. Why not you come with a new show called "50 Shades of Law & Order".
HAMMER: And then Elisabeth Rohm who played the idealistic assistant D.A. Serena Sutherland from 2001 to 2005.
ROHM: He admitted the killing to our friend Edwards up in Sing Sing.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE, FRANGELLA COMEDIANS: For the money, she had the best "Law & Order" line ever.
ROHM: Best accent line ever.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE, FRANGELLA COMEDIANS: Ever.
HAMMER: That line was this startling revelation in the character`s final appearance on the show in 2005.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You`re fired.
ROHM: Is this because I`m a lesbian?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE, FRANGELLA COMEDIANS: Wow?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE, FRANGELLA COMEDIANS: Whoa!
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE, FRANGELLA COMEDIANS: Dick Wolf, what are you doing to her? We haven`t talked about this?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE, FRANGELLA COMEDIANS: Hey!
HAMMER: But whether they were on for a few years or throughout most of the show`s run, the women of "Law & Order" left their marks on Dick Wolf`s classic drama and on viewers.
RAWLINGS: I will say Mr. Wolf has done a great job of getting some hot and smart women on that show and it`s been consistent for years.
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HENNESSY: Wow.
ROHM: Wow.
HAMMER: Well, ladies, as you can tell we are big "Law & Order" fans. I bet you`ve never seen your show setup quite like that.
MERKERSON: Well done. Well done.
HENNESSY: That`s awesome.
HAMMER: Thank you. Thank you. Sid Lipsey, our producer, putting that together. I do want to chat with you now and have it look a bit like in "Law & Order" episode since we are such big fans. So, let me now get to our first "Law & Order" question. What makes the "Law & Order" women so awesome? Now, Epatha, I`ve got to come to you on this first, because you played one of the longest running female TV drama characters ever.
MERKERSON: What made this awesome? Well, I think it was the combination of things. It was the good writing, it was the great crew. It was, you know, great glam squads. We had a lot of people working with us. And I think we had to come with the goods, too. So I think all of those things made the women really powerful on the show.
HAMMER: Yes. Jill and Elisabeth, I mean, can you chime in there, please? Because she didn`t mention hot, she didn`t mention the glam squad.
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HAMMER: And let`s say that you are all hot and all very smart.
ROHM: We can thank Dick Wolf for naming some of us even after his daughters. You know, like (inaudible) and myself. He seems to like strong female characters. And actually, Epatha was telling a story about the - you know, where it originated from. You know, that the network really wanted strong female characters. And so, I think that the show has had a history of really igniting that and encouraging the women who were playing these roles to be powerful and still be sexy and still, you know, feminine and, you know, not give that up either.
HENNESY: But also great writing. I mean we had some of the best dialogue, A.J. I mean just - it was nice to see female roles who were written incredibly, you know, with such strength, with such, you know, power and knowledge. And at the time, too, I had never seen a character like Epatha`s, you know, for a female lieutenant to be out at the forefront like that and giving it to the guys especially a guy like Chris Snow. And that guy needs to be taken down a few notches.
HAMMER: Listen, it has to have been very gratifying for you, both as actresses, but also in the way that it just connected with fans. Let me get now, though, to our next "Law & Order" question. Did working on "Law & Order" actually kind of make you afraid to walk down the street in New York City? I mean think about it, your show, very famous for showing everyday New Yorkers, you know, finding a body here, finding a body there. Let`s take a look.
MERKERSON: It happens.
ROHM: It happens.
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UNIDENTIFIED BOY: Dad, he`s all bloody.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Call 911!
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Denise! Denise!
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: This is what?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There was a 911 call about a dead kid in the construction area.
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HAMMER: Yeah. I mean it seems to happen all the time. Elisabeth, listen, I`m a New Yorker. Our city is very safe now. But every now and then I would walk out my door after watching an episode of "Law & Order" and I just felt a little paranoid. What about you?
ROHM: You mean you haven`t seen the yellow tape? You`ve never seen the yellow tape? Just, you know, walking to work? I`ve seen the yellow tape.
HENNESSY: We all run into yellow tape at one point or another, but yeah.
MERKERSON: No, I think it actually did the opposite for me. It made me feel pretty safe in the city. Because there are so many people that watch the show, they were watching my back as well
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HENNESSY: That`s true. Yeah.
HAMMER: Really nice to have that extra protection, isn`t it?
Let me get now to our next "Law & Order" question. Do you ever get tired of hearing doink-doink?
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HAMMER: I mean come on, that sound effect. Jill, do you guys even have a name for that? There`s the call something I`ve never heard.
HENNESSY: You know, I think the one that you used.
ROHM: Doink-Doink ...
HENNESSY: ... is the most appropriate. That`s the one I have been hearing. It never gets tiresome, I have to say. Especially when people on the streets of New York, which I love, come up to me and go doink-doink.
(LAUGHTER)
HENNESSY: There you go. And I - like Pavlov`s dog, of course, I respond. You know. It`s you can`t help it.
HAMMER: Epatha, do you ever think about maybe having somebody digitize that as your doorbell or something like that? Wouldn`t that be funny? Doorbell sound like?
MERKERSON: No, but you know, there are people that actually have the "Law & Order" theme on their phone.
HENNESSY: Yeah. A lot of people.
MERKERSON: I`ve been around people where they wanted people to call them a 100 times, as though I could hear it.
ROHM: And they want us to know that when we meet them, they are like ...
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HENNESSY: Yeah, exactly. We have all had this happen.
ROHM: Yes. HENNESSY: Oh, boy.
HAMMER: You know, somebody gets paid 100 bucks every time this plays. The sound. There we go. Thank you very much. Here`s our final question for you guys. What is the best part about being on "Law & Order"? Again, Epatha, you were there for almost 20 years.
MERKERSON: Well, it was everything. You know, the fact that it was in New York, the fact that it was well written, the fact that there were great actors from the city. It was a great source of employment for actors for 20 years. It was just all of the components made it an absolute dream of a job. Working with these women, working with Jerry Orbach and Dennis Farina. Guys who aren`t with us anymore, but who came with such heart and such soul, and, you know, it`s just being a part of a groundbreaking show.
HAMMER: You know what, I`m so happy that you guys brought this to us and then Dick Wolf, of course, and I`m so glad that we TV is celebrating you guys. Thank you so much for being here. What a pleasure this was.
MERKERSON: Oh, thank you, chief.
HENNESSY: Thank you so much.
HAMMER: All right. Be sure to catch TV celebration of the women of "Law & Order."
As we move on, you`ve got to want to hang on tight it`s the "SBT" star search. An all-star panel right here weighing in on the sensations poised to take over YouTube right now.
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HAMMER: So much to choose from. Adorable puppy audience, brilliant "royal" spoofs or the college band just killing it with that version of "Wrecking Ball." Which will be crowned the Ruler of YouTube. Plus, Oprah Winfrey, mogul, actress, plumber? I`m going to reveal the story behind this picture. It has set social media on fire. But will Lady O. be number one? This is "SBT" on HLN.
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HAMMER: Our top ten countdown continues now with number four. Forget TiVoing or LeBroning, which has taken over Twitter. How about riccing. This is a reference to Christina Ricci, apparently she has gone Twitter crazy posting these pictures of herself crammed into small spaces. Like this mini-fridge. The 5`1" star says she was just showing off the benefits of being small and then - riccing was born. You have to check out Kelly Ripa getting into the act live with Kelly and Michael. But look at this, when co-host Michael Strahan tries riccing, the former NFL star has improvised just a little bit. It doesn`t work out as well, for him.
This takes us to number three on our countdown. It`s the "SBT" star search with new videos popping up in social media just about every hour. You have got to wonder who among these stars will be the next big star. We have got some new must-see ones to share. But who will be the biggest of all? With me in Hollywood comedian DeRay Davis who`s the host of GSN`s "Mind of a Man." and entertainment reporter Stuart Brazell who is the co-founder of TheDirtyAndThirty.com. With us from New York, Charlamagne from MTV "Guy Court."
All right, first a dog watches its owner Gina Naomi Baez sing her version of "Let It Go" from the hit Disney movie "Frozen" and we have paired it with the movie`s original version. Now, let`s watch.
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GINA NAOMI BAEZ (singing)
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (singing)
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HAMMER: Well, there you go. All right. DeRay, that little dog was loving Gina`s version. What about you?
DERAY DAVIS, HOST, GSN`S "MIND OF A MAN": She sounds good. But I was wondering at first did you saw it, it was her or the dog singing? I`m kidding.
(LAUGHTER)
DAVIS: But I guess that`s the only artist you can find at the time. She feeds that dog. Of course that dog has no opinion of a bad song. He has to go outside. He`s like - please finish the song. I got to pee.
HAMMER: Charlamagne, do we have another YouTube star on our hands here?
CHARLAMAGNE, STAR, MTV2`S "GUY COURT": No, you know, that video never did it for me. The only thing that would have made it video impressive is that after she said let it go, the dog would just (inaudible) and peed on, you know.
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CHARLAMAGNE: That would have been your viral sensation. She is telling him let it go and he just let it go all over her. That would have been good. But just him being attentive to his owner? Nah.
HAMMER: Well, guess what - you can go home after we are done with this and you can create your own, you know, send up of that.
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HAMMER: Gina is facing some pretty serious competition from comedian Molly Dworsky. She`s added her own twist to Lordes`s chart topping song that we all know, "Royals". Let`s watch this.
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MOLLY DWORSKY (singing): Kids, mortgage, bills, responsibility, (inaudible). So unfair I have to pay for my own health care.
And we used to be royals (inaudible) -- jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash. We don`t care. We aren`t caught up in your love affair. And we`ll never be royals. It`s a wonder our - that kind of love ...
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HAMMER: All right. Stuart. I`ve got to go to you on this. Because your blog is all about the lives of 30 something.
STUART BRAZELL, CO-FOUNDER, DIRTY AND THIRTY.COM: 30 - 30th.
HAMMER: And that is exactly what is going on here. I imagine you love this.
BRAZELL: I love this. Well, it`s so true. A lot of times we were talking about, you know, think about Justin Bieber. He became famous from YouTube and we sit around and you hit your 30s and you are like, I`m not rolling like Justin Bieber is. And kids are making it so early this age. You look at all of your Disney stars. Your Nickelodeon stars. I mean Miley Cyrus is so young and she is slaying it out there.
DAVIS: Yeah, I actually was in my car. I just got a new Lexus here and I pulled down, thinking I`m doing it big in my car. And this is years - and Bowa (ph) pulled next to me in a Bentley. He was 16 at the time. And I was like - I need to get it together.
HAMMER: Hopefully, that works out for you. All right. Let`s get to our next one really quickly. Virginia Commonwealth University Peppers Band, they are taking on Miley Cyrus`s "Wrecking Ball." I love this. Roll it.
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HAMMER: All right. We know the song. Charlamagne. No peeing dogs here. But what do you think about that marching band? Next big sensations for you?
CHARLAMAGNE: That`ll be a big sensation If Miley uses them as her backup man at a concert. Other than that, no. I don`t see it. Maybe the "Decency" album.
BRAZELL: Did you see like some midgets and some twerking girls.
DAVIS: Yes.
BRAZELL: And they are going to go really big.
DAVIS: Well, it`s just everybody just take their clothes off right there, underwear and did it.
BRAZELL: They were working ...
DAVIS: A judging panel that calls it honestly.
(LAUGHTER)
HAMMER: It`s better than, you know.
CHARLAMAGNE: You have to clean.
HAMMER: Yeah, there you go.
DAVIS: Much loves it on YouTube when I was dancing ...
BRAZELL: No, they were doing like the snake with those tubas.
HAMMER: All right, you guys can talk about this among yourselves. Thank you for being here. DeRay and Stuart, Charlamagne, I appreciate it. Well, from YouTube stars to the star of our countdown, we`re still on the hunt for number one. That big reveal is just moments away. This is "SBT" on HLN.
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HAMMER: Of course, Oprah Winfrey has some terrific shows on her own network. One of them is called "Iyanla! Fix My Life". Well, we might have the title of a new show on the works for Oprah, it`s number on our countdown, Oprah, fix my toilet. I mean come on, check out this Instagram photo. It went up from Oprah`s BFF Gayle King, actually saw this the minute it went off and I said, really, Oprah? Are you fixing your own toilet? She was. At her home in Maui. You know, there`s not always somebody around to help, I guess. Gayle posted this with the caption, "Stars, they are just like us. Oprah at her other job, plumber." Unreal.
Back with me, in Hollywood, comedian DeRay Davis, he hosts GSN`s "Mind of a Man," and entertainment reporter Stuart Brazell. Charlamagne from MTV2`s "Guy Court" is in New York. Let me go to you, because this is your mom, after all, Charlamagne. It begs the question, is there anything that your mom can`t do?
CHARLAMAGNE: Well, yeah. She`s my mother in my head. My last name is (inaudible). And it hurts my heart to see over - her fixing her own toilet. Like where is - where you need them, like who`s busy in Oprah`s world, too busy in Oprah`s world that they can`t help her fix her own toilet. It`s like she`s still in the movie "The Butler" or something. Like please, get off the toilet, mom.
(LAUGHTER)
HAMMER: I mean really, she literally sticks ....
DAVIS: I like it, though, because if you`re in the bathroom by yourself, who are you going to call to come in there? You don`t know what the situation was prior to that.
(LAUGHTER)
BRAZELL: Prior to the issue?
HAMMER: We`re going to leave it there.
DAVIS: I`m just saying.
HAMMER: Stuart, Charlamagne, DeRay, thank you all for being here so much. And be sure to check out "Guy Court" on MTV2 and "Mind of a Man" on GSN. And, of course, "Dirty and Thirty" online.
From inside Oprah`s bathroom to the inner workings of how the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders work, hula hoops can pick a wheel. Number one on our top ten countdown, going where no fan has gone before. Up close in personal with their belly buttons. It`s the wild viral video that has fans of the most famous cheerleaders in the world jumping through hoops to watch. Here`s CNN Jeanne Moos for "SBT."
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JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It`s the little camera that makes you feel like you`re along for the ride on a surfboard or a roller coaster or inside a dishwasher. And now the go pro has gone where few have gone before, around and around and around the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders on a hula-hoop.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yeah, we`re really wanting to show off our girls.
MOOS: So, while the Cowboy Cheerleaders were down to Mexico shooting their 24 team calendar, they shot a few hoops.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So, I`ve got this little camera contraption right here that go pro sits right in there.
MOOS: It weighs about a pound. So they had to fill the rest of the hoop with the lead beads to counterbalance the camera that the whole hoop ended up weighing about four pounds.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Sorry. I wouldn`t break the camera.
MOOS: This is a go pro. Costs anywhere between $200 to $400. And you can pretty much mount them anywhere. From a trombone, to a sword, to a violin bow. So why not a hula-hoop? In fact, it had already been famously done at the Burning Man Festival in 2012. By a group calling itself Hula Fantastica. Their Venice Beach video was the inspiration for the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders. But it was an uphill battle for the cheerleaders.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They hadn`t had a lot of experience with hula hoops. They couldn`t get those cool twirls.
MOOS: But Corbin Perkins, the Cowboy`s multimedia editor, seemed to get the hang of it. He can be seen diving into the beach grass. Get out of the shop on the cheerleaders (inaudible). Nobody seemed to be complaining about the skill level. Instead, there were comments like, "That is one lucky hula-hoop!" "I wanna be that Hula Hoop." Next best thing, to be the hula-hoop handler is like being a fly on the wall of the hula-hoop, dizzying.
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HAMMER: Well, it was only a matter of time, right? We are keeping things moving in a slightly different direction now with an NFL superstar who never, ever listens to his haters, but it`s not for the reasons you might think.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They gave up on me, told me I should just quit.
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HAMMER: Tonight`s moment of awesomeness will remind you that you can do just about anything when you listen to yourself. This is "SBT" on HLN.
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HAMMER: Tonight`s moment of awesomeness is a battery commercial, yeah, those things that you put in your remote control, but believe me when I tell you this add is the most inspiring thing I`ve seen in a long time. It features Seattle Seahawks pullback Derrick Coleman as he reveals how a tiny battery helped him listen to his heart and not to his haters. You`ve got to watch this.
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DERRICK COLEMAN: I was picked on. And people asked - coaches didn`t know how to talk to me. They gave up on me. Told me I should just quit. They didn`t call my name. Just told me it was over. But I`ve been deaf since I was three, so I didn`t listen.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Derrick Coleman!
COLEMAN: And now I`m here with a lot of fans in the NFL to cheer me on. And I can hear them all.
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HAMMER: Gives you chills, right? Now, Derrick and his team, of course, are one game away from the Super Bowl. But thank you for watching. I`m A.J. Hammer. You can catch "SBT" Monday through Thursday at 11 P.M. Eastern and Pacific. HLN continues right now.
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