it s about to be a movie but fans aren t impressed with the pick for the leading man. now he s out. so who would you put in? i live it. i just don t read it, i live it. we want your e-mails this morning. who would you pick for the leading man for fifty shades of gray fox and friends hour two starts right now. i actually haven t read one sentence of that book. but you have? you know how i have? all the women on subways in this city, when that book was hot, they were reading it on their kindless on their way to work. i was looking over the shoulder of one woman. she was in her 60s on her way to work with the kindle. i was like, oh, my gosh. i was blushing. people were wondering why you were getting hot and bothered. she had the giant font, too. i knew what book she was reading. that book is where people
that us forecasters like to give, we get a lot of high fives. beautiful this week. maybe we should all call in sick on monday. that s a good idea. in my plan. we re talking about fifty shades of gray. what was your favorite part? i was one of those people with the brown paper bag. did you hear the story, the guy who was set to play the lead man in the movie is i guess there was a lot of backlash. the sons of anarchy. he s now baktd out of the project saying he has too much going on. some people are saying he has cold feet because of the backlash on social media. why did this guy get picked? he s saying he has other obligations with projects he s working on. it is going to be a huge, huge movie at the box office so it can be a star maker. if he s not going to do it, who will do it? that s what we re asking our viewers this morning.
shades of gray. they made an estimated $95 million. not bad. that s it for early start. thanks for being here. it s time for new day. chris and kate, i hope you have a great show. see you soon. seeing madonna make all that money, used to think there was no line that could be crossed. they are back at it again. take a look at your clock. almost the top of the hour. you know what that means for new day, time for your top news. the indiscriminate slaughter of civilians by chemical weapons is a moral obscenity. on the brink. a u.s. military strike against syria now on the table. could it happen any moment? we are the only network live in syria. defending yosemite.
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e.l. james, the author of the fifty shades of gray book. very satisfying read. who else? secretary of state hillary clinton, governor chris christie. and the big secret is who is number one and this was this year s honoree. general david petraeus was not chosen this year for his war record or his exemplary service to his country. this is about military honor colliding with sex and lies in the digital age. sex and lies in the digital age. that sums it up. the fall from grace. a g mail account. we have all witnessed that in the headlines for weeks. and all that good stuff. one of the biggest scandals of the year. so i get why barbara picked him. she did not interview him. i get why that would top the list. again, the key word, fascinating. that s a good way to encapsulate that list every year. maybe next year you ll be on it, rob. maybe. lindsay lohan, who is still on probation for basically a jewelry