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. two big star weddings and gwen and blake's lold together. could their i dos be next? >> it's what's coming up right now -- >> on "entertainment tonight." they took a private jet to arizona. >> stefani and shelton take their relationship to the next level. >> i wanted a hover board. i got a wife. plus, madonna's custody drama. why she's fighting with her ex over their teenage son. and, see what happens when the long island medium connects "big bang's" jim parsons with a loved one who passed. >> it was very intense, very moving. then the stars we lost in 2015. >> frank has lived a life of great dignity. >> kathie lee's after the loss of her husband.
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>> their co-stars remember. >> they had a good, long life. >> now in our 35th season, this is "entertainment tonight." >> kathie lee's strength after the loss of her beloved husband, frank gifford and the tragic death of bobby christina. looking back at the stars we lost in 2015. but our top story, gwen and blake, country christmas. >> gwen and blake are definitely taking things to the next level. they spent christmas together and they had their first football date where they packed on the pda. >> the holiday timeline picked up december 23rd for this last-minute shopping in oklahoma. the couple spent the next few days at blake's home there. yesterday the 27th, the love birds flew to arizona for a cardinal game. gwen wore camo and the couple poised for photos before boarding a private jet. >> at the game everybody was talking about blake and gwen
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the cullouple smiled and laughed and just really looked like they were having a good time. blake wore a cardinals hoodie and gwen wore a cardinals hat. they ran into a fellow celebrity, david spade, while down on the field. and blake's ex-wife miranda lamrt started following gwen on twitter. >> and more miranda news. blake's ex sparked a fur furor. the singer instagramed two pictures. christmas pick of her five dogs, then one of herself posing in a floor length fur coat handed down by her grandmother. peta told "e.t." since miranda rescued dogs we thought she could see whether a fur comes from a mink, or fox, or a dog or cat in china, the source was always the gentle soul sf an animal that didn't want to die. >> i got married. >> carson and his wife had been together for ten years and have three children. >> it was a really special night.
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i can't wait to ask sirry rysiri what is carson daly's wife's name? >> what -- one more wedding to mention. look at these gorgeous shots in the snow. richard marks and daisy fuentes got married. they were all over each other as you may remember in his video from a last year's "beautiful good-bye." congratulations to them. it is war for some famous actors. >> madonna and guy ritchey are battling over who gets custody of their 15-year-old son, rocco. by the way, lockrocco just blew off his mom for christmas. madonna went to court on december 23rd where a judge ordered rocco to return to his mom's home in new york before school resumes in january. reportedly, the 15-year-old was staying in london with his dad, guy ritchey, and refused to come home for christmas. the story claims madonna and rocco aren't getting along at the moment. he did post this video skateboarding around london to instagram.
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force awakens" lands in shanghai. >> first time in china. yeah, it looks good. >> the movie ope in china on january 9th. the critical weekend if "star wars" will break the all-time record set by "avatar." if the the force awakens just broke $1 billion at the box office, the fastest film in history to get there, taking just 12 days. finally, a scary on-air moment for cnn anchor poppy harlow. watch as she starts slurring her words during a segment. >> bad news for the obama administration. quite a -- quite a turn around in -- she passed out while live on the air this morning. harlow announced she was pregnant last month. after the break she explains. >> i got a little hot and i passed out for a moment. i am fine.
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break, we'll be right back. >> i was watching and it was very scary. poppy is a good friend of mine from my cnn days and she did tell me she is home from the hospital and the baby is totally fine. we are so glad to hear that. by the way, poppy's having a baby girl. time for our look back at the stars we lost in 2015 and the special time that they spent with "e.t." we begin with the most tragic loss this year, the death of bobby christina. >> when news broke that she had been found unresponsive in a bathtub, we all thought, please, not again, not like her mother, whitney houston. i immediately flew to atlanta where her loved ones held a constant vigil until they had to say good-bye. at the funeral home dionne warwick, aunt pat and grandmother cissy houston, with her hands folded in prayer during the procession to the burial site. bobby christina passed away on july 26th after months in a
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during that time her family did not allow her ex-boyfriend nick gordon to see her. last week gordon posted this photoshopped christmas card of the e o of them both wearing santa hats with presents on their laps. there is an ongoing investigation into her death and now a source close to the situation tells "e.t." they believe charges in connection with her death with imminent. gordon has always denied he had anything to do with her passing. pat houston filed a restraining order against nick in 2014 for her own safety. >> he was angry and mad at me and i really tried to show her, you don't have to be in a situation. if something's bothering you or you're not happy in this. >> just 22 when she died, her life once held so much promise. >> reporter: but living in her mother's shadow was tough and when whitney passed away, she
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>> she's still around me. that's what keeps my comfortable is that knowing that my best friend, my everything is still with me. >> reporter: after her death, her body was flown to new jersey for burial beside her mother. >> that entire episode, one of the saddest things i've ever had to cover. >> no doubt about that. bobby christina's life ended far too soon. this next star lived long enough to be called a true tv legend. talking about leonard nemoy who played the role of mr. spock on "star trek" who wished for all of us to live long and prosper. >> hi. i'm spock. >> you feel like a cultural icon? >> that's what they tell me. i don't go around saying that i'm a cultural icon. i don't think about it in those terms but i guess it is true. >> he was a humble man. while his character had no emotion, leonard was a thoughtful man filled with humor and it always came out when he
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william shatner. >> if i said i could fit into that uniform, you think you could? >> the laughter he had. the laughs we shared. that laughter will remain. >> leonard passed away after struggling with a lung disease copd. >> live long and prosper. >> september 8th, 1966, the night we went on the air, after the first episode i called him and i said, bill, what did you think of the show? it's pretty good. you think it has legs? >> speculation is unnecessary, captain. the answer is clear. >> the series while it was extremely good entertainment, i think at the same time offers food for thought. spock was helpful as a role model to me. i think i became a much more balanced individual as a result of portraying spock. i shall simply say good luck.
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popular tweet from 2015 was from leonard nemoy. especially poignant now. he wrote life is like a garden. a perfect moment can be had but not preserved except in memory. leonard passed away five days after posting that message. coming up, more stars that we lost this year from famous faces in music to a sports broadcasting legend. >> every day i am reminded that our life's journey is really about the people who touch us. >> that's on the way. >> does amy schumer owe her huge success to fox news? >> i want to thank my professors. >> that's amy seven years ago when she used to appear on fox news late night talk show red-eye. the host was addicted to her outrageous attitude. >> i was waiting for that to be discovered, how she could look so angelic and be so evil. >> the guy talks a big game. when you finally get into the bedroom, he's not really bringing it. it's the quiet, creepy guy that surprises you.
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television television television. >> every day i am reminded that our life's journey is really about the people who touch us. >> the wonderful thing about the hillbillies is that it was the american dream. >> did you see the thing take off? >> what interview or piece are you most proud of? >> the piece i did in 1972 in vietnam. i think i'm more proud of even though it is tragic than anything else i've done since. >> there's nothing left to say about this war. there's just nothing left to say. bob simon, cbs news. >> they will all certainly be missed. coming up next, the stars who had to mourn the loss of their famous family members this year. joan collins mourning the loss of her romance novelist sister. and kathie lee's heartbreak over her husband, frank. >> you think he's looking down
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by -- "big bang" star jim parsons gets emotional on a new episode of "long island medium" when teresa caputo connects him and his sister julie with their dad. >> who is the father figure? >> our dad. >> okay. i said -- i asked who was the first soul. dad stepped forward. he told me that they were -- or there was a separation when i died. >> knob of . >> none of us were with him. >> jim's dad died in a car accident in 2001.>> none of us were with him. >> jim's dad died in a car accident in 2001.jim's dad died in a car accident in 2001. >> our father was very hard working, very loyal.
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it was very intense and very moving. >> i felt like i see a nickname or a different name. that someone called you or something? >> jimbo. julie poo. >> your mom still here in the physical world? because he just took red roses and handed them to mom. >> that was her flower. he always gave her red roses. >> how do you connect with them month of august? >> that's their anniversary. >> when teresa talked about red roses and august, i knew that's my parents' anniversary, and red roses, that's the flower he gave her. >> teresa also does reads with susan lucci and jamie lynn zeigler and she's always surprised when stars are fans. >> i don't think i'm famous so when i did all the celebrity reads, the first thing they would say to me is, oh, my god, i'm such a huge fan, i watch your show. i'm like, what? are you kidding me? >> she's the right medium.
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across some deep messages. i just love her. i was only sorry when we had to stop. >> his episode of "the long island medium" kicks off the second half of her sixth season january 3rd on tlc. well, let's get back to our look at the stars we lost in 2015. jackie collins. her juicy novels were so much fun to read that she sold over 500 million copies in 40 countries. we always enjoyed talking to jackie every chance we got. >> i like to create visual images when i write, people that come alive and jump out at you from the pages. >> this was our first interview with jackie in 1981, first year "e.t." started with her sister, actress joan collins. for decades the two were the life of the party in the hollywood social scenes. many of jackie's books made it to the screen. hollywood wives became a tv mini series with susan somers, candace bergen and anthony hopkins and it was very racy for 1984.
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book may run out and buy it because everybody's saying they had to tone down the sex scenes and they want to know what's really in it. >> jackie lived a lavish lifestyle almost off the pages of her novels. she loved collecting beautiful things and her home was like a museum. >> this is a particular favorite from thailand. means family. family's very important to me. i have three wonderful daughters and i think it is important that you create an environment whhre you're totally happy. if you're lucky enough to be able to do that. and i was lucky enough to be able to build a house. >> on september 19th she passed away after a long battle with breast cancer that she kept private. our last interview with her was on the set of "sharknado" earlier this year. even though she was fightsing for her life she was still living it by the fullest by appearing in the comedy simply to make us laugh. >> people want to have fun. you know? the headlines always so miserable. everybody's complaining about this, terrible things are going on in the world and people just want to sit back and go, to hell
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myself and watch this fun movie. >> one thing that i loved about jackie is the kind of books she wrote. i remember when somebody called her first novel filthy and disgusting, she responded -- thank you. finally, we remember one of the greatest players in the history of pro football. frank gifford. a hall of famer and he also had a tremendous career as a broadcaster on monday night football. >> but the last 29 years of his life were defined by his relationship with kathie lee who handled the heartbreaking loss with remarkable strength and grace. >> you think he's looking down here tonight saying well done, my love, well done. >> yeah. yeah. >> kathie lee was still emotional when i spoke to her. both of them were being inducted into the broadcasting and cable hall of fame. nearly three months after his passing. >> i have to say my incredible husband who taught me so much, he was the most generous person i've ever met. >> frank was 84 when he dd on august 9th from natural causes.
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instead throwing a private party to honor his life. just eight days later she returned to work. >> i just want everybody to know that this is a man who was at complete peace in his life. he might have been the happiest most contented person in the world at this point in his life. i'm grateful that the lord took him that way because the only thing frank was ever afraid of his entire life was being a burden to those he loved. >> after frank's passing, his brain was studied after his death in hopes of contributing to the advancement of medical research concerning the link between football and traumatic brain injuries. >> more than anything, he'd be thrilled that my children, our children, are here and that they are just the two nicest human beings you'd ever meet in your life. >> he loved even when he may not have been loved back and he gave it despite at times having nothing to give. >> the best tribute a son can pay his father is to live one's life the best one can. thank you, dad, i love you and i miss you.
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by family and faith. >> we can take five minutes and turn it into the most wonderful day. we can take a day and turn it into a wonderful lifetime. that's basically what we've done. >> frank really did help make monday night football an american tradition in all our homes. he called 588 consecutive games before he left the booth in 1997. in our "entertainment tonight" birthdays, which actor was happy to be mr. fix-it? denzel washington, brad pitt or hugh jackman?
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could there be a spice girls reunion? mel b. says they might just do it for the group's 20th anniversary in 2016. >> it's nothing we can confirm just yet. we're just talking. hopefully talking will lead to something else. welcome back, everybody. tonight's "e.t." birthdays, which actor was happy to be mr. fix-it around the house with his wife and brand-new baby? >> it is really good just to be home and put a light switch together or fix the shower caps or anything, simple things like that. >> that is denzel washington. with his wife and baby john david.
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