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Countries deteriorating over this one movie. what we are seeing hearing in south korea anyway as we are seeing around the world is that there are an awful lot of illegal downloads of the movie. it hasn't released here in south korea. it hasn't released around the world. just in the u.s. at this point. but the it has been illegally downloaded thousands of times. which is interesting because this wasn't even going to be one of the main targets for sony to release this movie. there were reports before that they weren't even managing to find cinemas willing to distribute the movie but now it's bee...

Addison wasn't involved, addison's been behind bars until yesterday. >> she, of course, was happy and to be out of there. but just kind of in shock. >> but addison can't leave tim more until she gets her passport back. >> i've also heard that they can keep her for the trial. >> she is still cat sitting for her daughter and while addison's release made for a merry christmas, she was still hoping for an even happier new year. >> that she can have that passport in her hand, get on a plane and you know come home. >> we'll let you know when and if that happens soon. stacey addison quit her job as a...

Raise serious questions about the fbi's claim that the malaware used in the attack is similar to malaware used in other attacks by north korea. these firms say that malaware was leaked a long time ago and could have been used by hackers anywhere in the world. previously u.s. investigators said they have evidence hackers stole the computer credentials of a sony insider but norse believes it was given out and they track the attack to one potential suspect. a woman code named lena, a former sony employee who he says worked for sony for several years. guideline says lena has ties to the hacking gr...

Pro russia separatists exchanged hundreds of prinners friday as part of a plan by ukraine's president to end the pro russia uprising. this is the largest prisoner exchange between the two sides. sony's new film "the interview" is getting a lot of attention at the few theaters running it. it earned $1 million in a very limited theatrical release christmas day. figures for online sales are not in yet but one piracy blog reports the film has been downloaded illegally about 750,000 times. north korea as expected lashing out at the u.s. for releasing "the interview." the film is about a fiction...

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 aren't 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 statement denouncing the release of the interview" and paula hancocks joins us now live from seoul, s...