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the weekend insider from hollywood. your 24/7 celebrity conversation. >> shocking news out of nevada. former nba star lamar odom found

>> my marriage to lamar, i loved it. >> she rushes to her ex's side. >> you become this mother lion that wants to protect her cub. >> the kardashihi built on scandal. >> we thrive on crisis. >> amy schumer's serious standup from self esteem to body image issues. >> i was born weighing 150. give me lingui ni mom. >> scandal. >> i went to rehab in seasons one through three and nobody knew that. i'm breaking it here. i was chill, when i did cocaine, i was chill. >> hollywood from the inside out. the insider together with yahoo!. >> trarac news for the kardashians. khloe's ex, lamar odom, collapsing and clinging to life

>> we just saw khloe kardashian in hollywood and life can change in a secretary and no one knows that better than a kardashihi. >> addiction, 72-day marriages, trans gender father, this family goes through so many highs and lows. khloe and kim immediately flew to be by his side. it is kardashian but their brand is crisis. >> joe was the only person to interview an upbeat and always fun khloe kardashian. less than 24 hours later, the news her estranged husband, nba star lamar odom, was fighting no his life. >> lamar odom found unconscious as a nevadaa brothel. >> according to the brothel owner, lamar was partyingfor days. >> it took khloe and lamar only a month after meeting to say i do. >> this is a real tragedy for

lamar odom and i think can you chalk this to when he made a terrible decision, in my opinion,o go from a big sport icon to becoming a reality tv star. >> piers morgan at daily mail.com says lamar couldn't keep up with the kardashians. >> you're in there, surrounded by cameras 24/7. they capture every moment of your life, good, bad and uglyly and i think the pressure of that became completely intolerable for odom. >> khloe defended her husband and marriage. >> writing a scathing note about people attacking lamar. >> i feel like we get attacked from every angle and there is thing off limits to people. you do become like a mother lion for a second who wants to protect their cubs. >> just three months later the lamar cheating scandal surfaced. lamar would reportedly drug into check rehab and in december 2013, khloe filed fordivorce.

but shsh was still holding her whirl wind romance sacred. >> i don't think you can really look for it. you and i have these talks all the time. you can't search for it. my marriage it lamar, i loved it. i wouldn't change that for anything. >> this family cliefs on scandal and crisis. >> sandy rubenstein remind us this family was created by crisis. >> back in the day when their father represented oj. even today their fame started when kim had her sexting. the scanned yl and talk around it is what propelled them to what they are today. >> reality show cameras are not rolling in vegas as khloe deals with her personal nightmare. and rubenstein believes to protect their reported $300 million brand, the kardashians must remain respectful. >> there is a pint where americans and consumer start it say, i've had enough and this is actually not appropriate. and that is a delicate line that this family is wawaing and thehe have to be very careful as they move forward. >> this is such a sad story. our thoughts and prayers are with lamar's family and friends.

all right. switching gears right now. to the other top trending moment from the past seven days. >> a story kicking off our good week/bad week. >> a good week for christie teeingian and john legend. >> you said you wanted a million little legends running around, how is practice? >> practice is fun. >> after years of working towards the goal of starting a family, their wish finally came true. love your curves and all your -- >> with his hand placed on what willlle her growing curves, the beaming couple posted this portrait. christie captured their struggle to get to this place, quote, it hasn't been easy because we kept trying because we can't wait to bring our first child into the world and grow our family. meanwhile a bad week for whoopi goldberg who had backlash for criticizing viola davis's speech. >> i'm not sure what it means,

opportunity to do what? >> telling bet.com, the only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. >> this is the woman of the night, eveveone is trying to get to her. >> the truth of the matter is, there is plenty of opportunity. kerry washington with booyah. maybe the question is, what d d u have to do to get voteded on. >> d amy schumer opening about self acceptanc >> i have an 18-month-old niece and we have the exact same body. >> it's been a struggle for me my whole life. i can't perform my best or be pulling at mething. if the towel. i'm not going to go do stand-up tonight. >> i wake up in the morning and look like charleze theron in "monster." >> i was born 150, came out swinging, give me linguini, mom.

>> bringing humor to her hbo comedy special, amy schumer live at thehe apollo. >> the guy should always pay on the first date for sex. >> been working in this business for so many years, have donesome things, and all of a sudden, break through. break through. i've finally broken through. yeah. it seriously is like, i'm like wait, i've been doing this forever. man, i'll take it. i d d feel like thihiis an especiallyly exciting timee for me. so it feels right. >> yeah, pretty much a great week for you, because you got serious face time with bradley cooper. >> any time you can spend time with bradley cooper, it is a good week for sure. he has been feeling the heat lately and not just from b bng in the kitchen with sienna miller in their new movie "burnt." but from an outed show man with amy schumer. >> you clearly saw the monologue. >> am i dating bradley cooper? >> yeah, i wrote it. >> you did not. >> we wrote it together. >> did you? >> no. >> oh, i believed you.

>> i don't knowow how hollywood works but i'm pretty sure i'm dating bradley cooper. >> hilarious. >> genius. what would you like to say to amy schumer? >> tha i texted her right after i saw that. thank you. it is hilarious. >> no doubt amy schumer is not alone. many ladies around the world feel the same way about the sexy bachelor bradley cooper who could find a fourth consecutive oscar nomination heading his way. >> ba ba ba! >> in "burnt", cooper is a hot-headed chef battling demomo in and oututf kitchen. >> if you want it cook, let me know, i'll be right here. >> your character to food is what jk's wlip whiplash is it music. >> even sienna miller couldn't help but notice bradley'ss angry transformation. >> he was 2500 pounds, dip in his mouth, full texas the entire time.

then the next week he is like throwing a pan at my head and i'm going yes, chef. >> yes, chef. >> if you could best describe your relationship in a food, what would it be? >> chicken and rice. >> chicken and rice? >> that's like when i'm sick. >> chicken and fried rice? >> bland. come on. you guys are spicier than that. >> so you're the chicken to my rice? >> listen, i would be bradldl cooper's rice any day of the week, kelsey. i mean, come on now. all right, from "burnt" to someone lighting up the internet. >> yeah. michael yo joining us with who else, snoop dogg and big exclusive. >> talk about secondhand smoke. i'm just saying. i joined the dog pound in atlanta where snoop told me all about his impossiblee empire return.. >> are we going to see youon empire this season? >> i don't know.

to a record deal and now they forgot about us. >> man, lucia is lying to the man of mr. legend right here. >> can you please get back on the e show. the hottest show out therere >> just sign me. i performed and everything. what's going on? get it together. >> so it looks like we will have to wait and see he if snoop stays on lucia's label. after 20 years in the rap game and selling over 35 million records worldwide, there's a new project keeping the godfather -- >> patty cake, patty cake. baker's man. >> what kind of grandfather is snoop dogg? >> i mean, i'm a grandfather that just -- i'm the gift that keeps on giving. so you know -- spoil my grandson. make sure he has everything he needs. >> don't't look for this 43-year-old grandpa to be slowing down any time soon. >> your host with the most. snoopy d out for g. >> showcasing other skills set

at b.e.t. hip-hop awards. and we all know exactly how he relaxes before the big show. step up get my lighter so i can light up >> in your trailer and it smells -- >> it is the green season. it's in the air, baby. >> it is definitely in the air. >> sneaking about the aroma, you can't get it out of your clothes for days, guys. >> i didn't want to say anything. >> those trees. >>thanks, michael. >> you got it. >> straight ahead, ed sheareran's milestone and the uproar by the giant tattoo. >> that's a big one. and later, scandal's sun sense uncensored. and gladiator helps his drug addiction.

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honey now, take me into your loving arms >> how much do we love that song? >> love it. >> ed sheeran nominated for five nominationes this week. kelsey, you've been with him for the very beginning. >> i'm convinced i was his first fan. thank you. he has had quite the evolution, now ed is heading into his next musical chapter. >> on the insider, they gave me

one of those hover boards. >> pretty good, acacally. >> i've never tried it beforor oh, oh, oh. >> mean, come on. of course we had to give ed a gift for the year he's had. not only selling 10 million copies worldwide but also nominated for three grammys and checking off one of his whilestp dreams in front of 270,000 people. >> i sold out three nights of wembley stadium which is england's biggest venue. >> only one way for my boy to show his pride. >> getting the a line tattooed on me. >> but that caused a social media uproar. >> this is the biggest thing that happened in my career and i think is a pretty cool way of showing it. and a lot of people found it really weird. sort of took the specialness away from it. >> and another piece of ink that s ed starting a new phase of

his career from star to star maker. >> i have the ginge bread man from shrek tattooed on his arm. i thought it was a cool label. >> singer song writer jamie lawson whose selfitled album is now in stores. >> that's what it seems like, seems to know everyone in the world. the fact he decided to go with my song as his first, is real honor for me. >> to add that i wanted to sign because he was interested in the song in music. and he had complete faith in it. snoelt you took my heart by surprise, i wasn't expecting that >> if you love ed you will love jamie. singer song writer delicious. you will love him. >> this guy will b ba huge star. coming up, domestic violence, drugs an rehab. columbus short takes me exclusively inside his real life

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gifted and black. >> i think it is fair to say that harrison bit it on scandal. a three-season run on the popular series. >> i was sad to see him go. i l led harrison on that show. now in my exclusive interview with columbus, he holds nothing back about the domestic violence and drug addiction that cost him his prime time gig. >> what happened? i have to tell you, harrison was one of my favorite characters. you were awesome on that show. >> i was the weakestling. i was losing myself. i wasn't happy at home, wasn't happy with the role necessarily. life was too much. >> is that because of the pressure? >> i went to relab, you know what i mean? seasons two and three, i went to rehab. >> you went to rehab while you were on "scandal." >> and i'm breaking it here first. it was good then life got crazy again. >> you started using again? >> started using again. and it was still fine. not fine but still workable

>> in 2014, columbus's esstrained wife filed a restraining order after an altercation where she said quote he placed the knife close to my neck and threatened to kill me. and then killed himself. she claims he violated that restraining order six times. >> what is your side of the story. >> my side of the story is that i was involved in a domestic abuse case and it's o or now. and my side of the story is, it's over now. >> you were open about your drugs, et cetera, do you feel you would have made different choices if you were clean at the time. >> no, i think they would have been worse choices. >> i don't think you want to do that. >> i was chill when i did drugs. when i did cocaine, i was chill. i was a chill drunk. a chill alcoholic. a chill cocaine head. >> you were ordered to complete 26 anger management classes. >> in domestic violence case, i didn't complete any of the thungs things i was supposed to

>> so then shonda is not the bad guy here. >> absolutely not. i was not good for the brand. >> the father of two now writing and starring in gangster and an album. >> i was truthful. >> sounds like doing this album was therapy. . >> saved my life. >> columbus seems to have his life back on track now. seems very happy and very healthy. who knows, maybe i will see him back on one of shonda's 7,000 shows. >> she has enough to go around. >> maybe we could. >> i mean, call us. now moving on to someone's fashion sense who is anything but scannedless. rachel zoe, anne hathaway, nicole richie. it is clear after two decades, fashion has taken a back seat to becoming a momma.

it is time to open up my career. we have worked so hard it build this career and open up the time for family. >> you know, i didn't. roger and i have been together 24 years. 18 yearssin. i had my first child. >> it is like a happy accident and of course after i had him, i was like, i want five more. >> for now, the 44-year-old fashionista's hands are full with just two, 4 1/2 year skylar and 1 1/2 year kias. rachel admitting that balancing her boys with her multimillion dollar brand isn't always so easy. >> the truth is, i just struggle everyday because you are pulled in both directions all day. and i think when you can, bring your children with you. >> it was come to work with mom day as rachel hosted south coast plaza's annual live the look fall fashion show with her tot, skylar, sitting front row. but it was her look bringing kias into the world that really

stole the show. >> why are you the most bombtastic fashionable mom of all time. you got a lash, a blowout. >> i said time around, i'm going to be more prepared. i had clean hair and a lash. you know? >> clean hair and a lash. i love it. and i learned two things. for all women for fall, get a long best trench coat. >> i can get behind that. >> and winter white, white all the time, white pants, white shoes, white jacket. >> if you don't have children. the white will not be white any more. but i'm all about it. it's beautiful. coming up, meet the firefighter burning up the cover of men's health. he is not wearing white. you get used to the funk in your man-cave. you think it smells fine, but your wife smells this... sfx: ding music starts luckily for all your hard-to-wash fabrics there's febreze fabric refresher it doesn't just mask, it eliminates odors... ...you've gone noseblind to woman inhales use febreze fabric refresher till it's fresh and try pluggable febreze... ...to continuously eliminate

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him. >> he looked like he was sleeping except for the bullet hole. >> he was in bed. his head was on the pillow. his entire upper body was tucked in. >> the first guess was suicide. but -- >> there's no gun on the scene. >> hard to have a gun suicide with no gun. >> that's right. >> and this was a man who had everything to live for. >> eric loved life. >> he loved his family and women, too. many women. did one of them love him too much? >> jealousy leads to murder. >> no shortage of lovers to question. >> i knew he was a ladies' man. i'm not stupid. >> no sign of a break-in either. >> somebody would have to have a key or be let in by eric. >> so it must have been someone he trusted. or maybe someone who didn't trust him. >> inside the safe was a .380 handgun. >> that's the same kind of gun that killed eric. >> same kind of gun. >> everybody loved him. so who killed him? >> we knew in our hearts that this murder was going to be

going to be served for eric. >> i'm lester holt, and this is "dateline." here's josh mankiewicz with "while he was sleeping." he was the life of every party. at 34, eric somuah was charming, magnetic, successful. in 2012, he was living the kind of life that young men liked to brag about to one another. call it the good life, the lush life, the fast life. it's a world without too many rules. one in which you get close in a hurry. to a lot of people you don't know too well. and it was perfect for eric. living just outside the nation's

he was selling it, too. the son of immigrants from ghana, eric was a top salesman delivering luxury cars and the fantasies that come with them at this jaguar dealership in bethesda, maryland. >> he was focused and motivated to be the best, and he turned out to be our number one salesperson. >> reporter: this was the guy that could sell ice in alaska. >> right. >> oh, yeah. i tell him, eric, you can sell anything. >> reporter: eric's older sisters, suzie and cynthia, spotted his drive and business savvy at an early age. >> he started a lawn cutting business in our neighborhood, the neighborhood kids, they were actually working for him. and he would pay them what, $2 to cut the grass. >> reporter: a born capitalist. >> he tell me, suzie, i'm going to be really rich one day. >> he wanted to go all the way to the top. >> reporter: from the day he was born, eric was a charmer and his sisters and big brother michael always adored him.

>> just a wonderful, wonderful joy to our family and to my sisters and i. >> eric was the baby of the family, but we enjoyed him because he was very vibrant. >> it was just the three of us, then he came along. he was sort of our little doll. >> reporter: then eric grew up and became a living doll to the women of the nation's capital. >> he was a ladies' man, it's no secret. he loved women. >> he walked in a room and everyone liked him, like, oh, who's this guy? he's so nice, had a beautiful smile. and he'll just start a conversation with anyone. i mean, he just had that type of personality where women liked him. >> reporter: but his sisters hoped their playboy brother would finally settle down. in fact, they were counting on it. >> we were waiting for a huge wedding that my sister and i were planning for him. >> reporter: the bride hadn't been picked out yet. >> no, the bride hadn't -- >> reporter: but the wedding

out yet, but we knew pretty much how the wedding was going to be. >> reporter: eric's sisters admit they knew little about his dating life. his big brother knew much more. >> our relationship was very, very close, even though he's my sibling, my younger brother, he was my best friend as well. we talked about everything. >> reporter: eric's thousand watt charm and his work ethic had earned him success on the job, a high-rise apartment in the d.c. suburbs and a busy and exciting social life. he was a young man on top of the world. but his big brother still felt the need to occasionally offer advice like that playing the field has its risks and can't last forever. >> he really respected me, the fact that i've been with my wife, we've been together 28 years. he always would communicate and say, hey, i want to be that, but i just can't find the right one.

>> reporter: even as the youngest and the only one who hadn't married, eric was the glue that bonded his family. >> eric was the person that kind of brought the family together. he remembered everyone's birthday. he made everyone feel really special. >> reporter: so it wasn't just his customers he was charming. >> no, he was charming his family too. >> reporter: all of you. >> he wanted everyone to come together. >> reporter: in june 2012 he brought them together again, but this time it wasn't for a holiday or birthday. it was because they were worried sick about him. june 5th, a tuesday, eric didn't show up for work at the jaguar dealership. initially his boss, brian armstrong, led it slide. >> i chalked it up to, hey, he was taking the day off, unscheduled day off, i didn't think too much about it. then the following day, which was a wednesday, again scheduled to come in. no call, no show, then i got worried. >> reporter: word spread and soon eric's sisters and the rest of their close-knit family were

>> no one had heard from him. >> reporter: now you're really worried. >> i'm really worried. >> reporter: cynthia took a deep breath and called 911. police were dispatched to check out eric's apartment in silver spring, maryland. his family raced to meet them. eric somuah, a man about town who lived life at full throttle, had seemingly fallen off the map. what had happened to him? >> when we come back, an unanswered knock and lots of questions. >> we were all in shock.

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it was just alarming when we heard that he hadn't shown up for work. wow. i mean, that's not like eric at all not to show up for work. >> reporter: as his sister cynthia and other family members arrived at eric somuah's building their fear level was off the charts. they stood vigil in the lobby as police went up to eric's sixth floor apartment. what do you think happened? >> i was just trying to figure out, well, where could he have gone. >> reporter: sister suzie was still on her way when cynthia got her answer from a police

>> when the captain came and gently placed his hand on my arm and said that, ma'am, i'm sorry, it looks like your brother has taken his life. i mean, i was raging with screams. i said, there's no way. there's no way he took his life. eric loved life. >> reporter: through her grief, cynthia managed to call her sister. >> and she was screaming. and she was bawling, and then when she told me eric was dead, i just flipped out. i just lost it. >> reporter: and you show up how long after that? >> we showed up about 40 minutes later. >> reporter: detective dimitry ruvin led the second wave of montgomery county maryland police, after patrol officers made that initial suicide call. >> they tried not to disturb the scene. so they didn't really look around too much.

scene. >> reporter: detective ruvin and a forensic team continued to work. no sign of a struggle? >> no sign of a struggle anywhere in the apartment. no signs of ransacking. the one thing i noticed right away was there was no gun on the scene. >> reporter: hard to have a gun suicide with no gun. >> that's correct. >> reporter: so this isn't a suicide? >> right. this was a murder. >> reporter: in some ways, dimitry ruvin was like eric somuah. young, successful, driven. but even working homicides, he had none of the world weariness of some veteran detectives. so he was the right cop to break the difficult news to the family. >> i just went downstairs and i said we have reason to believe that eric was murdered. that's when everybody lost it. i mean, his sister was just crying. his dad had just had his, you know, head buried in his hands and just like -- people just couldn't believe it.

we were just shocked. >> who would want to murder eric? >> reporter: that is exactly what detective ruvin wanted to know. >> we started right there. we started our investigation with the family and those that were close to him. just to see if he had any enemies, if there was anybody in his life that would want to hurt him. >> reporter: what's the answer? >> the answer is eric was loved by everybody. and there was no one out there that the family knew that would want to hurt him. >> reporter: eric's head wound, from a .380 caliber gun, indicated to detectives that he was shot at point-blank range. >> it appeared that he was sleeping when it happened. so it would be someone that eric trusted so much that he went to sleep and had that person there. >> reporter: and ruvin quickly learned that his victim, mr. popularity, had welcomed lots of people into his life and into his home. >> he used to hang out at a local bar just down the street from his house. the owner of the establishment

be here every night. and he would go home with a different girl. >> reporter: and his family knew that. they didn't deny that. >> no. >> reporter: it was the kind of thing eric's brother michael had already warned him about. >> could it have been some revenge situation? you know, someone wanted to have him, he didn't want to be with them, and they came in and took him out? we just didn't know. >> reporter: but michael and his sisters did know about one particular girlfriend named denise. >> there were several members of our family who did point to her. >> denise dated eric for a >> reporter: she's older. >> about 20-some years older. about his relationship with denise? >> majority of his family did not like denise. >> reporter: because? >> because they thought she was using eric or she -- they just didn't like her. >> reporter: detective ruvin's interest in denise intensified when he learned something else. he said denise told him that for a brief time months before the

murder she had a key to eric's apartment. they were going out. that seems to make sense. >> right. and there was no evidence of a break-in. so someone either had to have a key or been let in by eric. >> reporter: well, denise certainly would fit the profile of somebody that eric trusted, somebody he'd be willing to go to sleep while they were still there. >> yeah, absolutely. >> reporter: police were eager to interview her. but they knew that, if denise had been in eric's apartment recently, any forensic trail she might have left might not mean much. and the same was true for all those other women police hadn't even identified. >> because the dna belongs there. their dna belongs everywhere in the apartment. their fingerprints belong in the apartment. so now you have to prove it some other way. >> reporter: after day one, ruvin said, denise topped his list of people to check out. but she would not be ruvin's only lead. >> and the reason is because you're a witness? >> reporter: a witness came forward who'd seen a man meeting

like eric, he was a salesman. but he wasn't selling cars. coming up -- a possible new suspect. >> he's about my color. skinny guy. scruffy beard.

as time. i was here, but i wasn't really here. it was very, very difficult. >> reporter: people tell you grief diminishes over time. but days after eric somuah's death, his close-knit family could only dream about whether that moment would ever arrive. >> when i received the paper the next day and i opened it to the obituary section and i saw this