Patrick Fuels NASCAR Marketing Gains; Oscar's Music Man
MALVEAUX: Danica Patrick out to make more NASCAR history this weekend. She is the first woman to win the pole position, which is the front spot in Sunday's Daytona 500 race. No matter how she does, Patrick getting a lot of attention. Joe Carter is in Daytona.</s>PATRICK: I think there's an opinion that I'm probably kind of hard or tough or too serious maybe. But I can tell you I'm probably like the opposite of that at home. Number one, I'm very girlie. I mean I like to do -- I like to go shopping. I lake to go get pedicures. I like to wear high heels and dresses. So I'm definitely a lot softer than I am at the racetrack where I'm doing my job.</s>JOE CARTER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Love, as it turns out, has no caution flag. In November she announced the end of her seven-year marriage, but just weeks ago it was revealed she had a new love. Fellow rookie driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and her happiness couldn't be more apparent.</s>PATRICK: We're enjoying it and I think that we both kind of laugh a lot when we get asked about each other. So I think that's a good thing.</s>RICKY STENHOUSE JR., ROOKIE NASCAR DRIVER: Yes, I'm not going to go crash somebody because they crashed her or -- you know, I mean, I'm going to go out there and drive hard every week.</s>CARTER: Being in the spotlight is nothing new for Danica. She's garnered worldwide fame for her provocative photo shoots and record 12 Super Bowl commercial appearances.</s>PATRICK: How hot is too hot?</s>CARTER: Danica is among NASCAR's top earners and biggest stars. But over the years she has been a lightning rod for critics who point to her failures so far to win a race or accuse her of focusing more on self-promotion. But for racing, she brings a tremendous amount of exposure and popularity to a sport that could use an attendance and TV ratings boost.</s>STEVE PHELPS, NASCAR CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER: It's really created significant added interest from a fan base standpoint. She's got this large and engaged fan base. Some who are NASCAR fans before and some who are not. So for us to have her bring that fan base to us and then be able to cultivate it and grow it, it's important for us.</s>CARTER: Patrick struggled in this spotlight last year. Her first racing with NASCAR after seven seasons with Indycar. Just two laps into her debut at the Daytona 500, she crashed and finished 38th. But now, after making history as the first woman to win pole position for this year's race, it's clear that her years of working to make it to the front row are paying off on the biggest stage.</s>BEV PATRICK, DANICA PATRICK'S MOTHER: I think when you have a clear mind and you're happy in your personal life, everything shows, you know. And you can do your job well.</s>PATRICK: I have a lot to learn, too. I understand that. I mean, I've got, you know, Jeff Gordon starting next to me and I've got, oh, my god, a herd of them behind me. So hopefully at the end of the 500 we're rolling and we have a chance.</s>MALVEAUX: Thanks, Joe. Of course it's going to be CNN that will be there as the checkered flag waves Sunday at Daytona. For more on the race, visit CNN.com. And some of the biggest movies ever made known for their music as much as their storyline. So think "Jaws," "Star Wars." The composer behind those films again nominated this year for his work in "Lincoln." This marks his 48th nomination. Kyung Lah reports.</s>KYUNG LAH, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): "Superman", "Indiana Jones", "Harry Potter." You don't even have to see them, you know their music. Composed by John Williams, the most Oscar nominated man alive. This year for "Lincoln."</s>JOHN WILLIAMS, FILM COMPOSER: Forty-eight nominations is -- it's a hard thing to get one's mind around, I think. Because I think things like, how could anybody be that old?</s>LAH: Oscar is a very old friend to 81-year-old Williams. They've had a courtship since the 1970s.</s>WILLIAMS: What made it a good tool for me in the film was that the two notes could be played note, note, or note, note, note, note. Or very fast, very soft, or very loud, in your face.</s>LAH (on camera): Two notes in "Jaws," five notes in "Close Encounters."</s>WILLIAMS: Those five notes.</s>LAH (voice-over): It is an outer space where Williams soared. "Star Wars" is the best selling film score of all time and still celebrated in his live performances.</s>WILLIAMS: It's a wonderful sight at the end to turn around and see them all waving these light sabers. You couldn't plan it. You couldn't say, I'm going to write something today that 30 years from now people will be celebrating in some fashion. Impossible.</s>LAH: The five-time Oscar winner credits hard work and the fortune of a good friend, a 40-year partnership with Steven Spielberg that persevered even when Williams felt he couldn't match the director's work in "Shindler's List." (</s>On camera): You asked Spielberg to find somebody else.</s>WILLIAMS: I said to him, Steven, this is a great film. And you really need a better composer than I am for this film. And he sweetly said, yes, I know, but they're all dead.</s>LAH: How do you keep the energy, the creative juices going?</s>WILLIAMS: It's better not to keep your eye on the finish line so much. Better to keep your eye right from what's in front of you at the moment.</s>LAH (voice-over): A life philosophy that keeps him enhancing those cinematic moments. That soar into movie history. Kyung Lah, CNN, Los Angeles.</s>MALVEAUX: I love this. The "Harlem Shake" number one on Billboard's Top 100 music charts. The dance craze going viral online. Jumped to number one since Billboard added YouTube video views to its formula for ranking the top 100 songs in the country. Composer Bauer released the song last year. Recently skyrocketed to viral video fame. CNN couldn't resist getting in on the "Harlem Shake" action, doing our own little "Harlem Shake" video earlier in the week. There you go. That's what I'm talking about.</s>FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: What about you? Are you in there?</s>MALVEAUX: Hey, I missed that opportunity.</s>WHITFIELD: Darn.</s>MALVEAUX: You are going to have to it --</s>MALVEAUX: It's all right. It's pretty simple.</s>WHITFIELD: All right. We could do it.</s>MALVEAUX: Yes, weekend. Thanks, Fred.