Incoming, as earth braces for a historically close shave with a giant asteroid, we meet the scientists preparing for a real life deep impact. Keep it right here, america. Nightline is back in just 60 seconds. , amer from new york city, this is nightline with cynthia mcfadden. Good evening, and thank you for joining us. We begin with break news from alabama. Its a scene of joy and relief tonight, as the Carnival Cruise ship that lost power five days ago has finally reached port in mobile, alabama with 4,200 people aboard. Over the past few days, many passengers have sent messages describing nightmarish conditions. Food shortages, lack of Running Water and sewage problems. Tonight, frustrated passengers said the experience has been highly stressful, though many praise the boats staff for doing their best under difficult circumstances. Stay with abc news for all the latest. But for now, we turn halfway around the world to the shock waves being sent by the arrest of famed olympian charged with murdering his glamorous model girlfriend in the wee hours of this valentines day morning. Heres abcs bazi kanaany. Reporter Oscar Pistorius and Reeva Steenkamp were one of the worlds hot couples. Think david and victoria, or brad and angelina. But now, the paralympic superstar runner is accused of murdering his bombshell covergirl on valentines day. Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has been arrested for allegedly killing his girlfriend. Reporter early thursday morning, neighbors in his exclusive gated community heard commotion and gunshots. At this stage, we can confirm that a young woman, a 30yearold woman did die on the scene of gunshot wounds. A 26yearold man has been arrested and has been charged with murder. Reporter police say steenkamp was shot four times with a nine millimeter pistol. The murder shocked their fans around the world. This is almost incomprehensible because Oscar Pistorius wasnt just someone celebrated for his feats on the track. He is someone who is celebrated as a humanitarian, as a trailblazer, as a champion of the disabled. Reporter and reevas career was just taking off. The perfect combo of beauty and brains, the law graduate regularly graced glossy magazine covers what did you expect . Reporter and was about the star in a reality tv show. She had been voted one of the worlds 100 sexiest women by fhn magazine. Here she is on a cover shoot posted on youtube. She was just a really vibrant personality and she had a really wicked sense of humor. She was a really great person, fun to hang out with. Reporter oscar was an inspiration, nicknamed the blade runner, this Paralympic Champion made history when he was the first double amputee to compete in the olympics. He was living the dream, fame, lucrative endorsement deals like this one for nike. Ive got an addiction to perfection. I kind of perceive myself not being able to grow up and do anything that other kids would be able to do. Reporter the couple started dating just a few months ago and seemed happy. Early reports indicate that reeva may have sneaked into his home to surprise oscar on valentines day and oscar fired, mistaking her for a burglar. Reeva had tweeted just the day before how much she was looking forward to the holiday. What do you have up your sleeve for valentines day . Later adding, it should be a day of love for everyone, may it be blessed. But police were quick to make an arrest, indicating this wasnt the first time they had dealt with oscar. I can confirm that there has previously been incidents at the home of Oscar Pistorius. Im not going to elaborate, but there have previously been incidents. The fact that theyre coming out, charged him and theyre talking about previous domestic incidents, makes it pretty clear that they think that they know what happened there and they believe it was murder. Reporter pistorius not only loves speed and competition, he had a passion for guns and was a regular after firing ranges. He tweeted this picture of him taking a break from olympic training. The world saw oscar as a charming softhearted fighter, but those who knew him say he had a short temper and was often paranoid about his safety. South africa has one of the highest crime rates in the world. Just a few months ago, pistorius tweeted about possible breakins and how he would react. Nothing like getting home to hear the washing machine on and thinking its an intruder to go into full combat recon mode into the pantry. The defense cant just be i got it wrong. Sorry. The defense would have to be i got it wrong and heres why it was reasonable for me to have believed that there was an intruder in my home. Reporter but this isnt oscars first runin with the law, which likely wont help his case. In 2009, there was an incident where he slammed a door on the woman, allegedly, and he was arrested, charged with assault and spent the night in custody. However, he was released, the charges were dropped. Reporter he was a hero to millions, reaching olympic glory in london, competing alongside the worlds fastest. A lot of peoples time invested and efforts and a lot of my own sacrifices and hard work. Reporter tonight, Oscar Pistorius is no longer living the dream. His spokesperson says he is cooperating with police while the friends and family of his beautiful girlfriend are in mourning and the world is asking why. For nightline bazi kanaany. Next up, the 3d masterpiece and oscar contender 11 times over. 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For our series oscar confidential. Enter the world of oscarwinning director ang lee and be prepared for an incredible ride. He has to act like the tiger is three feet over his shoulder. Nominated this year for his 3d epic life of pi. The cast, a teenager who had never acted before, and a tiger, both a real one and a digital creation, so expertly woven together that its impossible to tell the difference. Lee spent four years on this film, a year of it editing in this very room, obsessing over every detail. Is that real . It looks so real. Its not. You want to hug that tiger. You know this movie frame by frame. Every pixel. The movie is the spiritual journey of a 16yearold indian boy, hurdled into an amazing adventure when a ship wreck leaves him to fend for himself on a raft with the only other survivor, a bengal tiger. The two drift through the pacific with only each other and god for company. Not exactly blockbuster material. You werent initially going to do it, i read. You were hesitant. I was more than hesitant. It was a great read, very inspiring and mind boggling. Just as a film maker, i didnt see it as a movie. But because of that it kept haunting me. His passion paid off. His film is up for 11 Academy Awards, including his nomination for what could be his second oscar for best director. His first oscar came eight years ago for his tour deforce brokeback mountain. Its a oneshot thing. We got going on here. Its nobodys business but ours. The oscar win topping off a string of hits from the tender british period drama of sense and sensibility. The more i know of the world, the more i am convinced that i shall never see a man that i can truly love. To the pitchperfect rendering of 1970s america in the ice storm. I have a husband. I dont particularly feel the need for another. The masterpiece crouching tiger hidden dragon still ranks as the highest grossing Foreign Language film ever released in america. Lee even dabbled in an action film with the unlikely hulk. Whenever your name is mentioned, people quickly say how does the same man create such different worlds for us . I had a chance to talk to daniel daylewis and he said the same thing to me. He said you know, youre really an actor. You keep changing. You know, most of the actors, i think they want to play many parts. I understand your parents wanted you to be a teacher. Yeah, thats more acceptable than film maker. Lee admits to not being much of a student in those days and to the humiliation that came with failing his College Entrance exams. Twice. I was always in shame that i could not focus on books and how the father was my high school principal. Oh, thats painful. That was bad. So i really failed him. He ended up in acting school. And i fell in love with it and my life was transcended. He says his english wasnt good enough for acting. Directing called. But even with all his success, his father withheld his approval. My father was saying, at this rate, i think at your age of 50, maybe youll win an oscar, maybe you can be satisfied and start to do something real. No yes. When he decided to take this tiger by the tail, he told the studio it had to be big. A 100 million budget. Is that right . More. A little bit more than that. Well, it was like that. But then i had this idea to do 3d. So another 25 million for the 3d. Yeah. So fox had to take a big gamble on you and on your vision for this film. The gamble paid off. I mean, youve now made over half a billion dollars. We didnt know. We carried that anxiety for a long time. Once you get to the journey, you become the movie youre making. Like pi himself, were going through a journey across the pacific with a tiger. But were still living, were surviving. You have to believe that its going somewhere. My name is pi, i have been in a ship wreck. Its so ravishingly beautiful. Divine. Divine. Thats what i was shooting it for. A divine moment. Lee couldnt resist on letting me in on a few of the films secrets. These are not real. None of this exists. Except the rat is real. The rat is real. The rat is real . And is he holding that rat . Yeah. Hes holding a blue sandbag and throw it. When hes in the boat and when we see the film, we see the tiger with him. Actually, theres nothing there, is there . No. I wish some shots i could put a tiger in there. Were not allowed. Nobody would insure us. I read that you had to go and prove to the Indian Government that you hadnt actually abused a tiger. That you had to show them that it was cgi. Yeah, step by step. Its very hard to imitate gods work. How much do you want it this time . How much do you want the oscar for best picture . I want it because im captain of the ship. For what the movie stands for. What it meant to the world. For people who spent four years of their life devoting to this grand illusion. Yeah, it would be great to win. 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The asteroid is hurtling toward earth right now at a rate eight times faster than a speeder bullet. While it will miss, disaster wont be missed by much. It will graze the earths atmosphere friday afternoon at about 17,000 miles out. Remember, all of the satellites out there that give us our global positioning, that tell our iphone where we are, those are at 22,000 miles. So this is actually going to pass between the earth and the satellites that give us our directv every day. Thats a close shave. Hollywood loves this kind of thing. Exhibit a, Bruce Williss armageddon. But da14 and others like it are no joke. Which is why a trio of big brains from nasa, apollo 9 astronaut rusty schweickart, ed lou and Scott Hubbard have become the astronaut hunters, launching their own mission to find asteroids that are on a collision course with our world. This asteroid is important because its a wakeup call that we should be looking out there. These things do hit the earth. Reporter the last near disaster was averted by pure luck. It was 1908 and a huge asteroid made a direct hit. Fortunately into siberia, where a thousand miles of trees and wildlife were decimated. Just imagine if the bulls eye had been new york or chicago. If a very large asteroid hit, and im talking about something that is miles across then it would probably create the same kind of disaster that wiped out the dinosaurs. Reporter amazingly, no one knew da14 was headed our way until a spanish dentist and amateur astronomer randomly discovered this grainy proof a year ago. Of all the asteroids that are out there that come near the earth and can do harm if they hit the earth, we only know 1 now. 99 of them, we dont even know where they are. Reporter as anyone who has seen star wars knows, calculating the odds of getting hit by an asteroid is no small task. The possibility of successfully navigating an asteroid field is approximately 3,720 to one. Never tell me the odds. An asteroid like this actually hits the earth, in a typical persons lifetime, about a one in three, one in four chance. Ive got a coin here. If i was to flip this twice, if i got heads twice, and theres another heads. Sorry. We got smacked. Reporter the asteroid hunters are raising money to launch their own asteroid Early Warning system called sentinel, a dedicated infrared space telescope scanning the stars for threats. So what if they find one on a collision course. Then what . The movie armageddon had an idea. There have been lots of movies, of course, that say yeah, well send bruce willis and well blow it up with atomic bomb. Why dont we just send up 150 Nuclear Warheads and blast that rock apart . And that is the wrong answer. Never get your physics from hollywood movies. You only need to change the velocity of a millimeter a second. Thats about the speed an ant crawls. Reporter the solution is to tug at it with a spaceship they call a space tractor, just to get it a little nudge. Its pretty big thinking for what seems like a far out problem. But when youve seen our planet from space, you apparently look at things in a completely different light. When you look at the earth from space and you begin to identify not with just your country or continent but with the the whole earth you realize that this is a precious place. Reporter its not science fiction. These men believe their work is necessary to protect all of us. Im Neal Karlinsky for nightline in seattle. Let us hope. We return to that cruise liner for our closing arguments. Passengers will leave with refunds, vouchers for another cruise and 500. But for five days of misery, should they also be able to sue the company . The tickets they bought may legally prevent them from doing so, but should the lobby change . Weigh in on the Nightline Facebook page or tweet us. Thanks for watching abc news. 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