Bon Jovi Sheds Light on Backstage at Benefit Concert
HAMMER: Welcome back to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. We`re counting down the top five stories today that were caught on tape. And here`s where we stand. No. 5, Nick Canon`s TMI about making love to his wife, Mariah Carey to Mariah Carey`s music. No. 4, Victoria`s Secret models showing us they can look pretty, decorate and sing, just maybe not all at the same time. No. 3, you thought the fiscal cliff debate was bad. Get a load of the political fight that was caught on tape in the Ukraine`s parliament. That brings us to No. 2 on the "SHOWBIZ Caught on Tape" Countdown. It`s the dancing anchor.</s>MUSIC: BEYONCE`S "SINGLE LADIES")</s>HAMMER: That is cute. She`s a co-anchor at FOX affiliate KTXL. But she was just passing the time during a commercial break and, as you see, dancing along to Beyonce`s "Single Ladies." It became a viral sensation. She says she didn`t even know it was being recorded, but when she found out, she uploaded the video to YouTube, just to show her family. The best part, Tia (ph) had all that energy, and it was 4:15 in the morning. I give her a lot of credit. And I`m not the only one. Apparently, Tia has gained a lot of fans, thanks to her dance. She`s even received a few offers from fans who are ready to put a ring on it. From one priceless moment to a priceless moment for one rocker Jon Bon Jovi. The New Jersey was just nominated for a song, "Not Running Anymore," featuring in the new movie "Stand Up Guys" with Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, and Alan Arkin. Well, I just caught up with Jon, fresh off his nomination earlier today. And fresh off his very long night of rocking for the Sandy benefit concert here in New York City is our No. 1 "Caught on Tape."</s>HAMMER: Dare I? I mean, really. Really.</s>JON BON JOVI, ROCK STAR: Well, that is true. I wasn`t rocking out. I was not at the rock show.</s>HAMMER: I want to talk to you about this in just a second. First, huge news tonight about your nomination. So the thing is, some 20 years ago you composed a song for a film. You win a Golden Globe for "Blaze of Glory." And then you take 20 years off from writing another song for a film, and if it gets nominated, why wait so long to write another one?</s>BON JOVI: Well, I have a bad memory. I enjoyed the morning immensely and I loved the film and I loved the opportunity to write the song. "Stand-up Guys" is that kind of script. That compelling to me, and I`m humbled by it.</s>HAMMER: Well, yes. And also, because it`s for a film, because now, this potentially sets you up for some love from Oscar, as well, which is always good. "Blaze of Glory" was nominated for an Oscar, and yesterday you found out that the song for "Stand-up Guys" is now at least now a contender to have an Oscar nomination.</s>BON JOVI: Well, it feels -- like I said, it`s wonderful, because I had done it once before many, many years before. And also, you also know how hard it is to write for film and then to be celebrated for it is even crazier. So this is a really humbling morning. Really, it is great. I`d like to have more of them.</s>HAMMER: Maybe you don`t wait so long is what I am thinking. All right? What are you doing?</s>BON JOVI: OK, OK, OK. I have to sleep some time.</s>HAMMER: And last night.</s>BON JOVI: Yes.</s>HAMMER: The concert for 12-12-12 and Sandy relief. Listen, you`ve done so many benefit concerts throughout your incredible career. This one, obviously, hits very close to home as a New Jersey cloud, because it is so close to home being a New Jersey guy, but give me a sense of what were you thinking personally, looking around and being a part of this. Different from any other concert you have participated in, I imagine?</s>BON JOVI: Yes. You know, when many of the same artists came together for what was the 9/11 concert, and my recollection of that night was that that was the emergency services all coming together, fire, police and all of the service providers. So that was a more somber night, even though we were rocking. Last night felt more like a barn raising. You know, this was a kind of a night where we said, OK, we all came through, and this is something that we can fix. Let`s all just join hands and do something. So both governors were there in a celebratory mood and able to relax. All of the artists came together. And there was no great sadness as there was in 9/11. Not that, you know, there`s not a great reason to be incredibly sad at the loss of life or houses, but this felt a little bit more like we`re going to fix this. We`re all going to be better for it. We`re going to meet our neighbors. We`re going to create communities again. We`re going to believe in each other until our differences become one. And you witnessed it politically. You witnessed it socially. And then you witnessed it, especially in the celebration last night.</s>HAMMER: Give me a sense of what it was like last night backstage?</s>BON JOVI: The mutual admiration society. A lot of people like being teenagers. You know, taking pictures and eating cold pizza and stealing bottles of wine. And...</s>HAMMER: Who`d you run up and take a picture with? Did you approach somebody and say, "All right, man. We haven`t seen each other in x-amount of years."</s>BON JOVI: Or ever. You know, Pete Townsend is one, right at the top of my head. You know, I told him it was an honor to meet him, like I was a little kid: "It`s an honor to meet you, sir." So, there was a lot of that. But fortunately, and I`m blessed to say that I`ve known a lot of those guys for a long time. So any time you see Beatle Paul, you`re in awe, and Roger Waters was sharing a dressing room with me, and of course, between Jon Stewart and Bruce and the Jersey connection, everybody knows everybody there. Billy is a neighbor out on Long Island. So we see him often, too. It was that kind of a great get-together.</s>HAMMER: Cool. Jon is so humble. Well, coming up, we have our top five most provocative celebrities of the year. Taylor Swift`s headline-making dating life, combined with her songs about love and heartache. May be one provocative star, but can Taylor top two of the most provocative stars in the history of Hollywood? Madonna and Lady Gaga`s feud fueled one of the biggest star wars of the year. But will the dueling divas top the SHOWBIZ Countdown, top five most provocative celebrities of the year. This is SBT, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, on HLN.