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Commission. this is a very powerful institution in north korea showing just how seriously pyongyang takes the fact that the interview" went ahead and was released. now theyre blaming not only sony pictures for the release of this movie but also the u.s. president barack obama singling him out for criticism saying that heectively bullied the cinemas into releasing this movie. lets read some of that statement. it says "u.s. president obama is the chief culprit who forced the sony pictures entertai...

We begin this hour at the box office where sony pictures controversial comedy "the interview" is a hit. the film earned $1 million christmas day playing in only about 300 theaters across the u.s. sony originally planned to release the film in 2,000 to 3,000 theaters. sales figures for online viewing on sites like youtube and google play arent in yet but one blog says "the interview" has been shared illegally about 750,000 times. meantime, north korea which tried to stop the film, has issued a st...

Reared him. watch as this man in the video a successful app developer from new york gave his parents an envelope while recording their reaction inside a note sa said, he paid off their mortgage. both parents overcome with emotion as you can see start to cry. clearly a very, very sweet and generous christmas gift. >> i love you. >> coming up in the next hour of our special live coverage, the latest from north korea blasting u.s. president obama on his handling of the sony hacking situation. and t...

Controversy, hes interested in seeing it. this man says frankly he doesnt think the trailer looks funny and he wouldnt pay money to actually see it. south koreans can see the movie. theyll have to stream it on personal computers or devices. cnn, seoul. >> thank you in south korea. the fight over "the interview" might be the last big entertain amount story of the year. entertainment tonight correspondent and cnn contributor looks back at the top ten stories of the year. "frozen" fever. this has...

Well you might expect a movie about doing away with the leader of north korea to be in high demand of the other side of the 38th parallel. as it turns out, south koreans arent gripped by todays release of the video. >> while the united states has been embroiled in the on off, on again release of the interview, here in south korea, which sits 60 ki limitation of motilometer it isnt on big screens at all. most the movies shown in this country now are local, domestic made movies "the interview" was...

Sure. i knew there was a groundswell there in the community to bring the movie to theaters and it just didnt seem right that some external force could censor our ability to watch movies. doesnt seem like the way to do it. there was a lot of people gathering to watch the movie. its a comedy. watch a comedy by yourself in your house is a much different experience than watching it with a packed house. people are loving it. the response has been great. >> so lets talk about the swag here. has sony b...

Bodies at this point. we know the capacity is about 150 per theater here. there are three theaters. you know, one of our friends at cnn, some producers have been digging on that. from what i understand, i dont know that sony is going to be releasing those numbers at the moment. i dont know that we will know any time soon what the numbers look like. thats going to be something that i know a lot of folks are going to be wondering and waiting to hear. so did this help the movie or not? pamela, lets...

Top of the hour now. im pamela brown. great to have you along with us on this christmas day. it might be the only time going to see a comedy is considered fulfilling your patriotic duty. right now people all across the united states are packing into theaters to see "the interview." the seth rogen, james franco comedy about an assassination plot against kim jong-un. movie goers say what it lacks in critical acclaim it makes up for in patriotism. >> you know, this is a film i probably would not ha...

Saying president obama is spreading rumors that north korea was behind at tacks experts says it shows north koreas sensitivity about sonys satrical film "the interview". >> meantime, gas prices still dropping, down a quarter over the past two weeks, a five-year low. expertsg85hó attribute the drop abundant supply and rising value of the u.s. dollar. im kelly wright. back to "justice boston from rafael ramos and one john lieu. despite this moment of peace racial tensions continue to

Lets get to the breaking news at this hour. the white house now is calling the cyberattack on sony a national security threat against the united states thats been taken very seriously. u.s. investigators say an announcement pinning the blame on north korea is expected soon. top obama administration officials are meeting daily. they say they are planning a proportional -- thats their word -- a proportional response to what many are calling an act of cyberterror. theres intensifying debate about s...