signs at the former kodak theater were covered up. the iconic american film company ended its naming rights deal after filing for bankruptcy protection. but don t expect the show to suffer. oscar telecast director don misher says this year s ceremony with billy crystal at the helm will more than entertain. comedy is the main difference, like compared to last year s show. i mean, we have made a commitment to make it funny. and that s been reflected in our host. reporter: and so the oscar preps continue. crews setting the stage not just for the stars but for the people covering the stars. the camera risers are already tagged. spots claimed by tv stations from around the world. from italy to china to spain to latin america, the cameras are still rolling in. katya hayes is from russia. anything to do with american film is big in russia. and because people still watch a lot of american movies. it s the biggest story in iran. reporter: fanoud mokri flew in to cover the oscars from
attack when the roof blew off her home. it seemed like it s just a dream or a nightmare. reporter: meanwhile, a powerful storm slammed into the northwest, with torrential rains, hurricane-force winds up to 88 miles an hour. toppling trees in colorado and tossing cars and trucks on the highway. take a look at this. a 100-foot mudslide in washington state nearly pushing this home into the raging pilchuk river. now a wintry blast is carving a path across the northern half of the country. already closing down major interstate highways. and now this winter-spring hybrid storm does a couple of things. it drives a line of heavy snow from the great lakes all the way into extreme northern new england. some powerful thunderstorms get kicked off into kentucky and tennessee. and at least 22 states have big wind advisories following. and with very little change in
it, has struck again. and a bizarre prank by a jilted ex-boyfriend who posted a fake craigslist ad. this guy is just wrong. this story is fun to hate. all right. the posting actually led to floods of text messages and even 15 men showing up at the victim s home expecting sex. can i come in? ktoa s reporter anita kissee has more on this. reporter: it s a story that almost makes you chuckle until you know the details. a jilted boyfriend allegedly posting fake ads on craigslist, pretending to be his pregnant ex-girlfriend, reportedly inviting men over to her northeast portland house to have sex.
when you do that and you think it s funny, there s something wrong. reporter: the victim s mother doesn t want to be on tv. it s not funny. reporter: she s been r adad p: she s been men showed up alurk he got her address. he d set up times for them to come over. reporter: the say flomo poatel people to come dig up trees rem pla 37 postings in all. detectives were able to trace that i.p. address not to flom but to his neighbor s hou then told detectives that he had not put a password on his wireless internet. you know, i have a hard time understanding it. i one, it s not what normal people do. you know, like if a relationship s over, it s over. you move on. and i mean, here he is, he s risking jail time. he s risking all this. for what? and what makes this even more unfunny is that the victim has a 2-year-old son who was home when those men showed up. and this guy you saw had been previously convicted of domestic violence. and after he was convicted, that is when the
it s always super exciting. reporter: especially this year she says because of this film, the artist, a silent film that has movie fans on the continent hoping for a best picture win. the artist, since it s mainly a european movie, you know, super excited about that. reporter: maggie tong of china central tv has a big goal this oscar sunday. interview tom cruise. and for good reason. his mission impossible 4 is in china right now. and i think has reached over 200 million in two days, the box office. reporter: rob hayes reporting for abc news. did that iranian journalist really say that this is the biggest thing going on in iran now? that i can t imagine. i think maybe there are a few other things going on that are a little more important in iran. but that story was amazing to me because it really does show the global reach of american culture and movies. it s amazing. and of course we will be there live on the red carpet. yes. we ll have to accept our oscar for