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tt2w`t3n@24" bt@qc., [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: still to come, music from elo. our next guest has more talent in her ten powerful toes than most of us have in our 11 or even 12 toes. she is the principal dancer of the american ballet theatre. you can see her through december 20th in "the nutcracker" at the segerstrom center in orange county and she's the subject of the documentary "a ballerina's tale," please say hello to misty copeland. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: good to have you here in l.a. you're from l.a. >> it's nice to be home. >> jimmy: you've found great success in new york so people assume that's where you're from. you're from san pedro. >> i am. >> jimmy: aren't they naming an area aiv after you there?

>> jimmy: what are they naming? a square or something? >> a square. down the street from where my oldest sister lives. they're painting this mural with like three massive mist whys iveive misties on the side of a building and i feel so bad for her. >> jimmy: why? >> she gets to look at that every day. >> jimmy: i bet she'll be happy to look at it every day. i'm going to do a quick summary. you started out -- you're not an upper or admit-class kid, you were disadvantaged, you did not start dancing until you were 13 years old which a apparently is very late for ballet. you started dancing and you won awards and scholarships. now you've become the principal dancer at the american ballet theater. [ cheers and applause ] which is a big, big deal. not only is that a big deal you're the first female african-american principal danceer dancer [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: and you've inspired

into ballet dancing. and on top of it really brought a lot of attention to the art form, which was really kind of fading? is it true, is it correct to say you've saved ballet? you can say that. >> jimmy: do you feel like -- guillermo and i saved ballet, brooklyn? >> something like that. or scared it. >> jimmy: were we better or worse than you thought we were going to be dancing-wise? >> a combination. you know, guillermo's commitment was -- interesting. >> jimmy: yes. >> your natural physique, which i've told you, really surprised me. >> jimmy: in a good way? >> in a good way. >> jimmy: yes, yes. >> all the dancers at abt who watched the segment, they were so impressed with your legs. >> really? see that, guillermo, everyone was impressed with my legs.

something? you don't have to lie to him, you can come back to the show any time. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: he's been working on that one since october. we have a clip. let's look at what we did together. >> we're going to start with the very first step that the swans do in the second act. five, six, seven, eight -- you have to move so he doesn't crush you. i'm extremely nervous about this performance for them. my hope is that they don't fall and hurt themselves. okay, i don't think we're going to get any farther with that stuff. >> i think we're ready to dance. >> guillermo: i think i'm ready for dinner. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: so we finished with a big dance number. and i have to tell you, when we did dance and all of a sudden it went from funny to me being nervous, i was nervous i was going to trample one of the dancers.

are there accidents? i know there are injuries. are there collisions and whatnot? >> yeah, i mean, that's the amazing thing about live theater. is that you're going to get whatever is happening in the moment. and whatever the audience is feeding you, you're going to react to that as well. but yes. >> jimmy: you've seen it happen? >> i've been a part of it many times and i've seen it happen. i think it's one of my favorite things about live theater is seeing those things happen. >> jimmy: is there one in particular that stands out to you? >> yes. there was one moment in the ballet, human variations, a george ballanchine, made for american ballet theater, you would know. >> jimmy: you don't have to tell me, yes. >> i was with another soloist couple, we were doing these turns towards each other, me and another girl. we were dipped by our partners and our tiaras got stuck together. we literally had to be pulled apart. we were center stage.

coming forward. we were like, oh my god, oh my god! >> jimmy: like elk fighting in the woods, wow. that's pretty crazy. and does the audience laugh? or do people get angry? >> i don't know if they realized what was going on. you try your best to make it look graceful and like it's supposed to be happening. you just keep a smile on your face. >> jimmy: are you graceful in everything? brushing your teeth? is it just a beautiful thing? >> no, no. i'm very clumsy i would say. >> jimmy: you are very clumsy, really? >> yeah. >> jimmy: are you very flexible, though, yes? >> yeah, that too. maybe that's why i'm so clumsy. >> jimmy: is that natural? or sit a combination of working on it too? >> it's a combination. i think that's why ballet was so easy for me is that my body was very loose and flexible. and i think i must have been about 7 years old when i realized how flexible i was. i remember i woke up -- i'd never danced before.

i woke up one morning stretching my arms. and they weren't all the way over. i was holding my hands. i remember thinking, what just happened? i woke my mom up, look what i can do, look what i can do? she's like, that's weird. >> jimmy: this is like how spider-man got started. >> years later i think being a swan in "swan lake," having flexible shoulders helps. >> jimmy: can you still do that thing? >> i've never done it before -- yes, i can still do it. >> jimmy: you can, okay. will you do it? [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: wow. that's good. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: who knew that would come in handy? do you feel like you would be great at any kind of dancing? like were you involved in ballroom dancing or some other kind? >> i was always really drawn to music and movement. i don't know if i would have been this natural at every time

but i think that athletics just run in my family. like we're all pretty natural with movement and athletics. like my cavs, all of the copelands have them. we call them the copeland calves. >> jimmy: thank goodness for the copeland calves. you're doing a limited run performance here in san pedro, in that area in orange county? >> american ballet theater, yes. >> jimmy: the documentary is very, very interesting. misty copeland, everybody. "the nutcracker" runs through december 20th. "a ballerina's tale" is in theaters and on amazon and itunes. thank you for coming, misty. be right back with jeff lynne's elo! >> announcer: the jimmy kimmel live concert series is presented by samsung.

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see it all.tt2w`t3n@24" bt@qc., tt2w`t3n@24" "a@qs"h >> dicky: the "jimmy kimmel live" concert series is presented by samsung. >> jimmy: i'd like to thank oscar isaac, misty copeland and apologize to matt damon we ran out of time. "nightline" is next but first this is their album "alone in the universe", here with the song "when i was a boy," jeff lynne's elo! when i was a boy i had a dream all about the things i'd like to be soon as i was in my bed music played inside my head

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charging them with damaging his reputation. these seven are only a fraction of the more than 50 women who have accused cosby of section assault, drugging or rape. tonight the embattled comedian tries to change the narrative. here's abc's linsey davis. >> but he had no right to do that. >> i had really no idea what was happening. >> the next thing i remember i was on the couch and he was removing my underwear. >> reporter: it's one of the big esscandals to rock hollywood this year. to date more than 50 women accusing the legendary bill cosby of sexual assault, drugging, or rain rain. today bill cosby is turning the tables saying he's the victim and firing back at seven of the women who are suing him for defamation, accusing them of making false accusations of section a salt for financial gain. >> we are now taking steps in order to right a wrong. and yes, returning and restoring mr. cosby's legacy, reputation,

endeavors and career. >> reporter: the counter suit filed in massachusetts federal court claims the accusations of sexual misconduct against companies by are defamation in their own right and have tarnished companies by's reputation and career without a shred of proof. >> we recognize that there is difficulty there in finding witnesses, there's difficulty there in pulling up records, there's difficulty in doing all the things frankly that the media hasn't required these accusers to have to do. >> reporter: they claim the allegations made public in the media ruined potential deals for cosby with netflix and nbc. joe camerota represents all seven women. >> they believe they will be found to be the truth-tellers and as a result they will have their good name and reputation restored. >> reporter: cosby's counter suit comes after a federal judge in massachusetts refused to throw out the women's suit against him. >> bill companiesby's effectively upping the ante. saying next, okay, i'm also going to sue you. because everything that you've said about me isn't true.

named in the counter suit and one of cosby's most vocal accusers, has said she's come forward not for personal gain but to help other women. >> my goal is not to ruin him, take his livelihood away, to witch hunt him. my goal is to speak and to create a safety net for other victims. >> reporter: she and a dozen other women told their stories in a&e's documentary "cosby: the women speak" produced by abc's lincoln square productions. >> he really knew how to zero in on my insecurities and vulnerabilities. >> reporter: 1985, bowman was living in denver, a 17-year-old appearing model and actress. >> he would come to town and scout for new talent. and i was selected as one of the talent. >> reporter: she claims cosby manipulated her into trusting him and later drugged and sexually assaulted her multiple times. >> i had one glass of wine. the next thing i knew, i was coming to, slumped over the

and he was looming over me in a white robe. and i was in my panties and a white t-shirt. >> reporter: she says there was another incident in a hotel in atlantic city. >> he attacked me. he came after me. like a wild animal. and tried to rape me. and i was coherent enough to fight and scratch and scream and cry. and i fought so hard that he eventually just threw me away, off the bed, and he looked me square in the eye and he said, i had better never, ever hear your name or see your face again. >> reporter: bowman said she wided to a girlfriend years later who took her to a lawyer. >> when i went to a lawyer in '89, he laughed me out of the office. who's going to believe me? >> reporter: bowman didn't seek logical action within the statute of limitations. but over the year she's told her story to multiple media outlets,

companies by raped me, why did it take 30 years for people to believe my story?" days later cosby's team said, over the past several weeks discredited allegations against bill crosby have resurfaced. the fact that they're being repeated does not make them true. mr. cosby does not intend to dignify these allegations with any comment. statements like this are at the core of the defamation case. each of the seven accusers' allegations against cosby disputed by his representatives, opening the door for legal action in the first place. >> these paragraphs are suing bill companies by not for the actions themselves, they're getting creative here and saying, we get it but we're still going to sue him for defamation for what his representatives said about us. >> reporter: cosby has never been charged with a crime in regard to any of the accusations lodged against him. and his attorneys have said he denies all allegations. in today's new filing he specifically denies that the statements he or his

of the seven women were defamatory, adding that their accusations caused him shame and motorfication. >> and he was behind me having sex with me. >> reporter: terese, named in the counter suit, spoke to abc in 2014. she says she was 19 years old when cosby allegedly drugged and raped her in a las vegas dressing room after a show. but she was too intimidated to report it tet. >> i was sorry all my life that i wasn't more powerful. i'm sorry i put myself in circumstances where i should have known better. >> reporter: the circumstances of her relationship with cosby are complicated. she admits she continued to see him socially and may have had sex with him again but that it was never consensual. >> i never was an active participant in any section sexual intercourse with him. >> reporter: she says she's not interested in seeing cosby go to prison. the statute of limitations have long expired. but by coming forward she hopes cosby is held accountable.

i have been sorry for 38 years. and now it's time for him to be sorry. >> reporter: today's counter suit cites cosby's work as a philanthropist and comedian saying cosby prides himself in the legacy and reputation he's earned throughout his life. but many of his accusers say it's precisely that on and off-camera reputation as america's dad, the wholesome cliff huxtable on "the cosby show," which made so it hard for them to come forward. >> he's dr. huxtable, america's favorite dad. >> reporter: attorney gloria allred, who represents 26 of the more than 50 women who have come forward are released a statement to abc news saying, such a tactic will not deter courageous women from fighting the battle against him. cosby's legal action comes amid a half dozen other legal battles with other accusers and on the same way boston university announced it's revoking his honorary degree, one of the more than dozen institutes to do so

>> you have to believe that bill companies cosby isn't doing it because he wants to win money from these women. you have to believe bill cosby's doing it to try to get his reputation back. >> reporter: according to his attorney companies by is seeking compensatory and punitive damages and it's fair to say there may be more of these def nation lawsuits filed on cosby's behalf in the future. >> the problem with filing this lawsuit now is when it comes to the court of public opinion, this lawsuit may be way too late for bill cosby. >> reporter: for "nightline," i'm linsey davis in new york. next, she took the world by surprise in "the hunger games." now jennifer lawrence is trading in her bow and arrow for a mop if? later the bizarre winter weather prompted one guy to go shirtless. with my moderate to severe ulcerative colitis, the possibility of a flare was almost always on my mind. thinking about what to avoid, where to go...

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