marilyn" michelle williams. kenneth branaugh said she was witty. >> i'm glad i had michelle playing marilyn, she wouldn't work harder. it was a great luxury as r as a director to have that presence on the set. >> marilyn was notoriously late for filming sessions, wouldn't turn up all the time. are you like that, or are you very professional about these things? >> in all honesty, i run ten minutes late every day, everywhere. but i don't think that's quite the same thing. but i do like to be honest, so i will tell you that. no, i have to say. i was curious about in that, because i didn't really identify with that. how can a person be so disrespectful of the other abilitiers and crew people you're working with. after about three days into week one, i realized exactly how. when you spend three and a half hours sitting in hair and make-up and then are required to transmit the kind of energy and vibration that makes people feel like you're existing to give them pleasure, to put all that out on a consistent basis is ex

it's called "my week with marilyn." here's the trailer. >> gentlemen,it is my special pleasure to introduce a woman who clearly needs know introduction. a very great actress on her first trip to london. >> marilyn, is it true you wear nothing in beder be perfume. >> darling, as i'm in england let's say i sleep in nhing but yardley's lander. (laughter) >> i lon to see her. >> this story described a miracle. >> marilyn is not ready. >> excuse me. >> a few days of my life when a dream came true. >> were you fritened of me, colin? >> no. >> good, because i like you. >> colin, is everything okay? >> miss monroe had large packages she need me to liver. >> what are you doing with my assistant. >> good-bye! >> i have something in my eye. >> be careful not to get in too deep, son. >> marilyn monroe fancying you? come on. >> she breaks hearts, she will break yours. >> i wouldn't try the little girl lost act if i were you. everybody knows exactly what she's doing. >> all people ever s is marilyn monroe. >> what must it be like to

you are marilyn. >> thank you. thanks. >> do you feel a bit weird when you watch it back there just how convincing it is? >> oh, gosh, i don't know. i've sort of -- i don't really know who i'm looking at any more. it's just kind of a her, whenever i see it, it's a she or a her. it's not me. and i wouldn't be audacious to say it was marilyn. it's some other being. i don't -- it's a strange relationship. >> i would say it was truly thrilling to be on the set and watch this performance evolve over the weeks. and truly magical experience to see marilyn on our set and to see what michelle was doing is just fantastic. >> michelle, what did you think of marilyn as an actress? >> i suppose that was one of my other big discoveries along the way. more than anything she wanted to be a serious actress. it was her greatest ambition. and, you know, when we talk about the character that she developed of marilyn monroe, that didn't come quickly or naturally to her. she spent years working on that part, creating that part and that

it's called "my week with marilyn." here's the trailer. >> gentlemen,it is my special pleasure to introduce a woman who clearly needs know introduction. a very great actress on her first trip to london. >> marilyn, is it true you wear nothing in beder be perfume. >> darling, as i'm in england let's say i sleep in nhing but yardley's lander. (laughter) >> i lon to see her. >> this story described a miracle. >> marilyn is not ready. >> excuse me. >> a few days of my life when a dream came true. >> were you fritene of me colin? >> no. >> good, because i like you. >> colin, is everything okay? >> miss monroe had large packages she need me to liver. >> what are you doing with my assistant. >> good-bye! >> i have something in my eye. >> be careful not to get in too deep, son. >> marilyn monroe fancying you? come on. >> she breaks hearts, she will break yours. >> i wouldn't try the little girl lost act if i were you. everybody knows exactly what she's doing. >> all people ever s is marilyn monroe. >> what must it be like to be

it's called "my week with marilyn." here's the trailer. >> gentlemen,it is my special pleasure to introduce a woman who clearly needs know introduction. a very great actress on her first trip to london. >> marilyn, is it true you wear nothing in beder be perfume. >> darling, as i'm in england let's say i sleep in nhing but yardley's lander. (laughter) >> i lon to see her. >> this story described a miracle. >> marilyn is not ready. >> excuse me. >> a few days of my life when a dream came true. >> were you fritened of me, colin? >> no. >> good, because i like you. >> colin, is everything okay? >> miss monroe had large packages she need me to liver. >> what are you doing with my assistant. >> good-bye! >> i have something in my eye. >> be careful not to get in too deep, son. >> marilyn monroe fancying you? come on. >> she breaks hearts, she will break yours. >> i wouldn't try the little girl lost act if i were you. everybody kns exactly what she's doing. >> all people ever s is marilyn monroe. >> what must it be like to be

almost unbelievable one about marilyn monroe's summer fling. sandra hughes has a preview. ♪ >>> michelle williams steps into marilyn monroe's shoes to tell about a wild whirlwind romance during the filming of the prince and the show girl in 1956. my week with marilyn is about the actress's affairs with director's assistant collin clark. williams has had tragedy in her young life. the father of her child, heet ledger died of a drug overdose almost four years ago. she relates to monroe's search for happiness. >> i think she was constantly looking for a place to belong, looking for a home because she was denied that over and over again as a child and never really recovered from it. can you imagine? roar her co-star kenneth branning a said she transformed herself for the role. >> michelle had to do marilyn, sing and dance and walk and shimmy. >> ol ofive yea was livid about marilyn's antics on the set, always late and appearing to be drugged up. >> she knows exactly what she's doing. >> playing owe olivier has its own challenges. >> many people k

she developed this character for herself to play of marilyn monroe. >> reporter: marilyn was no dumb blonde says williams who spent months studying her. she was shrewd with a delicious sense of humor. >> i'll be playing bou shanker. >> can you spell that? >> sure. can you. >> reporter: she could spin situations like when her nude photos were released and the studio said, you have to deny that it's you. >> reporter: deny, deny, deny. >> she said i can't. my face is in the photos. plus i was hung rye. goif not nothing to be ashamed of. they said don't sign them. she would sign them and write on them. do you think this is my best side? >> reporter: put you as michelle williams side by side with marilyn monroe, you had to really transform. >> i did. i think i'm unconsciously trying to make myself smaller. this, i thought every single day about expansion. >> reporter: to get marilyn's wiggle williams walked around with a belt tied around her knees. >> there was a sort of sense of figure 8 to her walk. her shoulders were back. it looked like she had a balloon like a balloon attached to her

that looks like marilyn monroe. >> are you sure that isn't marilyn monroe? >> jimmy: no, this is not. this is not. i swear. this is michelle williams. but still, isn't that wild, how they did that? and you're going to freak out when you see her in the movie. let's take a look at dominic cooper in "my week with marilyn." >> oh, no, the accent. >> arther miller called me. he's not happy with you. >> he doesn't even know who i am. >> well, marilyn must have said something. >> maybe she's just trying to make him jealous. >> listen, kid. i've known marilyn for seven years. i fell in love with her just as you've done. we had ten days together, and that was it. she picked me up. she put me down. that's what she does. she breaks hearts. she will break yours. my advice to you? is quit before you get burned. >> i don't need your advice. >> have it your way. you don't see marilyn again. you don't even talk to her. she's completely off-limits to you. do you understand me? >> yes. >> jimmy: oh! [ cheers ] i mean, so good. you're good. you're a goodie. "my week with maril

i think he knew the world knew he and marilyn. her likeness, her apparent likeness at least in the screen roles was beguilding to him. >> i will fall in love because i always, always, do. >> always? >> reporter: the improbable pair had different reasons for joining forces. marilyn wanted to be taken more seriously as an actress. olivia, his film career waning, wanted to be a bigger star. >> he says directly in various places that he hoped that marilyn would renew him. he was a revered figure, but i think he felt he might be out of touch. i think he wanted to be edgy and more youthful seeming and i think he wanted to be associated with marilyn's magic. >> cut! >> what is the matter now? >> reporter: an electrifying clash of titans branagh calls them. >> i don't know who else. i can't act if i don't know who she is. >> reporter: monroe and olivia had radically different approaches to acting. he was classically trained and she was a method actress who could only perform when inspired from within. >> the life is almost a force you can

she kills it as marilyn monroe in her new movie "my week with marilyn." there's a lot of oscar talk. michelle williams is here tonight. [ cheers and applause ] oh, she's a good actress. [ applause ] you know him from shows like "iron chef america" and also from his bestselling cookbooks, chef alton brown is back on "late night." [ cheers and applause ] i love that guy. he's great, man. and we have stand-up from one of my favorites. a very funny lady, iliza shlesinger is going to be on the show tonight. [ cheers and applause ] oh, she's good. [ applause ] hey, guys, today is friday. and that's usually when i catch up on some personal stuff. you know, i check my inbox and return some e-mails and, of course, send out thank-you notes. so i was running -- [ cheers ] -- a bit behind. so i thought, if you guys wouldn't mind, i'd like to write out weekly thank-you notes right now. is that cool? do you guys mind? [ cheers and applause ] roots, can i get some thank-you note writing music? ♪ james, james? take those headphones off, please. thanks, buddy. [ light l

speaking of legends how about marilyn monroe? >> yes. >> everybody loves marilyn. we'll take you behind the scenes of her shoot for "some like it hot" footage taken on a beach in san diego. the footage is now actually up for sale, part of an auction of some of her personal items including some clothing and costumes in our studio right now. we are going to be talking more about that in just a couple minutes. >> do you think she wore something under that? >> that looks like one of al's halloween costumes. >> there you go. that's a saturday night costume for me. the screams, the kicking, the tears, the crying. enough about brian williams. yale researchers say they've found new ways for parents to deal with those tantrums. we'll walk you through what you need to know. >> all right. >> before we go inside can i just show this? jimmy, can you get this shot? matt, i've purreled a cheek for you to kiss. >> wrong cheek! it was the other cheek? >> was that the cheek? let's go inside. savannah guthrie has all the headlines. she is filling in while natalie is on assignment. >>

norma jean was the name of -- the real name of marilyn monroe and marilyn monroe is almost an affectation. it's almost like a cake ter she created, that breathy voice and everything. she was really, really witty when her nude pictures came out. it was going to cause a scandal. and people said, what were you doing? what were you wearing? why were you nude? >> there is nothing on but the radio, she said. she was almost so witty and smart about stuff. >> why do you think so many people are fascinated with marilyn monroe here in an area we call woodley park, adams morgan in the d.c. area, there is a huge, huge picture of her. what's the fast nation? >> i think that's the person if ification of the american dream. she is born in an orphanage, married to get out of there. and then the romans she had, joe dimaggio, great american baseball hero, arthur miller, playwright. iconic. she could sing, dance, can perform. she was innocent and, yet, she was wildly sexual. it was en unbelievable combination and michele williams gets it all right. >> and michele williams is getting the all right and the mo

did you ever tell this to police, marilyn? >> i don't have any recollection of ever, ever talking to the police. >> judge jeanine: you don't? wouldn't that have been normal? i mean wouldn't someone who heard a woman crying for help and then you hear that natalie wood had died that night or drown that night, wouldn't you have tried to get in touch with them? >> there are several reasons why i didn't. for one thing, the police never seemed to be interested in contacting me. >> judge jeanine: how would they know about you, marilyn, unless you told them you knew something? >> because a gentleman named love, i don't know his first name, was right at my office monday morning and he did the first interview and my last interview until i did the vanity fair one in my office and i told them everything. >> was he in law enforcement this guy named love? >> no. mr. love was a reporter for the "l. a. times" l.a. times. >> judge jeanine: did you interview marilyn? >> did i. >> you seem to recall it and so marilyn you are saying when says he

i think he knew the world knew he and marilyn. her likeness, her apparent likeness at least in the screen roles was beguilding to him. >> i will fall in love because i always, always, do. >> always? >> reporter: the improbable pair had different reasons for joining forces. marilyn wanted to be taken more seriously as an actress. olivia, his film career waning, wanted to be a bigger star. >> he says directly in various places that he hoped that marilyn would renew him. he was a revered figure, but i think he felt he might be out of touch. i think he wanted to be edgy and more youthful seeming and i think he wanted to be associated with marilyn's magic. >> cut! >> what is the matter now? >> reporter: an electrifying clash of titans branagh calls them. >>'t know who else. i can't act if i don't know who she is. >> reporter: monroe and olivia had radically different approaches to acting. he was classically trained and she was a method actress who could only perform when inspired from within. >> the life is almost a force you can't sum

many people knew exactly what he sounded like. >> my week with marilyn shows the several sides of marilyn monroe while delivering a heartbreak story of a star who could never find herself. sandra hughes, cbs news, hollywood. >> now, williams' performance as william monroe is generating oscar buzz for the actress. you can check it out yourself. "my week with marilyn" is now playing in theatres. >> get into the season of the spirit. at 6:00 p.m., andrea roane will switch on 27 acres of lights outside of fredericksburg, virginia. >> at mr. b's park. take a driving tour through the park for $5 per car, $20 if you have a bus with you. new this year, christmas tree lane plus enjoy the festive displays with homemade cookies, hot cocoa and an apple cider for sale as well. >> it is off of i-95 exit 110 at the corner of u.s. route one and gatewood road, one mile north of the ladysmith road intersection. you got all of that? the festival of lights will be on every thursday through sunday until january 1st from 5:00 to 10:00. say hi to andrea. >> time to answer the question of the morning. >> 25% of

was she a convincing marilyn? >> she absolutely is. about halfway through movie you're forgetting you're watching michele williams playing marilyn monday re. it's a great performance. great performances all around in this particular film. this is about the production of a movie called "the princess and the show girl," the movie that marilyn monroe shot before "some like it hot." it's a good little movie. i really enjoyed it. it's a fascinating look at how movies were made back then and the trouble that people had working with marilyn monroe. the movie gets predictable at times but for the most part it's worth seeing especially to watch this performance by michele williams. >> what was your rate on this? >> i would give at it b. it's really solid. we'll see at the very least some oscar nominations for the cast. >> what is the premise of these limited releases when you have a movie like this with this kind of star power why is it movie houses would say we'll only send to it a few cities. >> in a weekend like this where you have three rea

a great movie, probably the best portrayal of marilyn monroe ever on the big screen. my week with marilyn is now playing and is rated r. >>> finally, twilight breaking dawn, it's the beginning of the end for the twilight crew. while the latest film does not have the bite of the prior films, it has much to keep you entertained. a lavish kardashian-style wedding, the birth of a child, and of course the epic wolfpack versus vampire fight scenes. here's your recap. the muppets, hugo, great family films. great date night, my week with marilyn and twilight. enjoy the rest of your holiday weekend. cheers! >>> and we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, (kristy does weather) . >>> time for our last look at weather. >> it's going to be beautiful today. lots of sunshine in store and we'll continue to see dry weather for the next several of days. chance of rain back in the forecast for the end of the week. get outside and enjoy. 70s in the inland spots. >>> big stories we're following today, including the push to shop local today and the nba lockout could be over within a matter o

. >>> another movie about marilyn monroe and this one is told through the eyes of a young filmmaker. vogue releases its best-dressed list. sandra hughes has those stories and more in this look at entertainment. >> for the premiere of a new film about marilyn monroe, sort of. movie my week with marilyn is about the experiences of a 23- year-old aspiring filmmaker who was lucky enough to get a production job with sir laurence olivier. collin clark has already written a book about the six months with the sexy ms. monroe but the movie tells the story of a secret week she spent with the star. >> my week with marilyn will be released november 23rd. >> sisters are doing it for fashion in "vogue" magazine's best dressed issue. the olsen twins are on the cover. the magazine features the duchess of cambridge, kate middleton and her sister, pippa. and beyonce and sollance knowles. >> show time's most watched and longest running comedy is weed. at the end of last season, the show's 7th, it was unclear if it would be coming back. >> hey, mitch, you're back! >> new york magazine is reporting the s

her being marilyn. and then she just turns it on for the crowd. she wiggles and dances and then she just runs away. >> so the artist is another movie you have that's coming out on friday. and "the iron lady" with -- >> meryl streep. >> with margaret thatcher. what's the fascination with historical movies right now? is it just sort of that's the way it is, they all happen to be coming out now or do you think there is something audiences want about history now? >> i don't know. i just go in -- you know -- i'll make a movie like "chicago" because i'm interested in a musical. i'll make a movie about margaret thatcher because i'm interested in her. >> when you look at your company now, would you describe your business as a multimedia company? >> when we stick to movies and everything to do with movies or television or entertainment, the company succeeds. i think when we didn't and it went off base with film companies, clothing companies and internet companies, i'll gladly take my place along the worst ceos. but i'm good at making movies. and we're real

her being marilyn. and then she just turns it on for the crowd. she wiggles and dances and then she just runs away. >> so the artist is another movie you have that's coming out on friday. and "the iron lady" with -- >> meryl streep. >> with margaret thatcher. what's the fascination with historical movies right now? is it just sort of that's the way it is, they all happen to be coming out now or do you think there is something audiences want about history now? >> i don't know. i just go in -- you know -- i'll make a movie like "chicago" because i'm interested in a musical. i'll make a movie about margaret thatcher because i'm interested in her. >> when you look at your company now, would you describe your business as a multimedia company? >> when we stick to movies and everything to do with movies or television or entertainment, the company succeeds. i think when we didn't and it went off base with film companies, clothing companies and internet companies, i'll gladly take my place along the worst ceos. but i'm good at making movies. and we're real

. >>> finally, katy perry as marilyn monroe? young hollywood reports harvey weinstein hints in his new movie "my week with marilyn" wants perry to star as monroe on broadway. monroe on broadway? she is getting so much good press for this movie. >> i could see her voted off. >> is it easy to go from pink to white? we'll see. >>> this comes to us from wnbc 4 new york in nutley, new jersey, one very lucky dog survival story is worthy of a cat's nine lives. last month this 1-year-old beagle mix was living in an animal shelter in alabama where dogs that aren't adopted are euthanized in a gas chamber. incredibly, this death-defying pup found an air pocket and survived. a rescue group brought the dog to new jersey where he was adopted. he was named daniel after the brave biblical character who survived the lion's den. that's great there. >>> i'm lynn berry. this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> mexico city is hoping to cut out some competition. 1,162 hair dressers came together to try and

marilyn cone. sandy weil. >> you can fool some of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time. three sunshine ordinance violates in -- violations have proved positive in his desire to deceive the public whenever he can. he should look at the violations if you have it. i want to say the whole park thing, what a joke. let's have some real management. beyond deception, heavy metal late -- heavy-metal lead paint contamination, even after park advocates told him again and again it was there. proposal after proposal that he ignores and says he will protect the environment, but then it ignores the environment in the community. this is not revitalization. you do not want to be part of this. this is wholesale privatization for political gain. fire him. >> president chiu and commissioners, my name is oscar frick. i am opposed to continuing him as general manager. he proposed increasing the soccer field at the west and edge of the golden gate park. the mcclellan family built t

her being marilyn. and then she just turns it on for the crowd. she wiggles and dances and then just runs away. >> so the artist is another movie you have that's coming out on friday. and "the iron lady" with -- >> meryl streep. >> with margaret thatcher. what's the fascination with historical movies right now? is it just sort of that's the way it is, they all happen to be coming out now or do you think there is something audiences want about history now? >> i don't know. i just go in -- you know -- i'll make a movie like "chicago" because i'm interested in a musical. i'll make a movie about margaret thatcher because i'm interested in her. >> when you look at your company now, would you describe your business as a multimedia company? >> when we stick to movies and everything to do with movies or television or entertainment, the company succeeds. i think when we didn't and it went off base with film companies, clothing companies and internet companies, i'll gladly take my place along the worst ceos. but i'm good at making movies. and we're really e