live here from new york city. this explains a lot about what happened to my dog skip. reporter: oh, really. we ll get into that another day. you know what, meg, if claude rains were alive today, he would be shocked, shocked to find out that payola is going on in hollywood. a publicist is suing accusing scamming for money and other benefits. michael russell claims many association members, and this is a quote, abuse their positions and engage in unethical and potentially unlawful deals and arrangements which amount to a payola scheme end of quote. he said it could be illegal and jeopardize the tax exempt status. it s not just the awards, it s the red carpet where the stars are out there strutting its stuff. he claims the association peddles for money, to lesser known media outlets, whatever they are. the program has been criticized