well, i had to leave maryj blige behind, which was beautiful, and a blessing for mary] blige.broken. you know, once you see how florence lives, it's like, wow. i didn't know that i was so vain. we write that. i don't want you working for them. i won't be working for them, i'd be working for us. so who's idea was no make up... laughter you've resisted it? dee because my nails are actually this long, so i had to cut my nails off! and it was like, well, so florence doesn't wear lashes? you know. you've got to have lashes! i had to take away lashes, so you're trying to sneak things in and dee is like, get those nails off! they look manufactured! so yeah, it was all dee that said no perm, you know, no wigs. but it was you that was willing to do that, though. most actresses wouldn't be willing to do that. i was willing to do it with dee, because i knew that she sees better than we see, so i trusted dee , and i said that we would just go for it. something great is going to come out of this. when i watched it, ifelt that the film was asking questions about patriotism, colour, poverty,

blige and a look at the famous star that he was finally ready to let the world see. >> he always laughedple loved. ♪ >> reporter: abc news, new york. >> an iconic moment. he was halfway through producing this documentary by the time of his death last christmas. >> hard to believe he died last christmas, almost a y this week. >> a lot of people will be able to get this introspective look one of the greats. >>> coming up, the sequel to one of the greatest movies of all time. can this much love be cleaned by a little bit of dawn ultra? oh yeah one bottle has the grease cleaning power of three bottles of this other liquid. a drop of dawn and grease is gone. that cough doesn't sound so good. take mucinex dm. when your cough returns. one pill lasts 12 hours, so... looks like i'm good all night! why take 4-hour cough medicine? just one mucinex lasts 12 hours. let's end this. ♪ >>> actually, a very exciting "insomniac theater." >> counting down the days to halloween. we start with "the snowman", starring michael fast bender. he races against time to connect th

as themes of race, poverty and patriotism dominate america, we talk to mary] blige and director dee reesnd. how much has america changed since the 19a0s? i thought that things had changed. when i saw president 0bama, when he was located, that day, i saw a separation. —— when he was elected. they showed people over here hearing and then they showed another side that was very piseed off. —— cheering. good evening. the prime minister's dinner in brussels — downing street insisted today — had "been in the diary for weeks".

blige and maroon 5 among a few. all of that right here on nbc 4. catch it at 10:00 tonight. >>> 8:39. a lot of people will experience the new wharf on d.c.'s southwest waterfront for the first time this weekend. there's a number of things happening there over the next few days. open the book and take today, there will be more music and entertainment throughout the day. d.c.'s popular '90s cover brand white ford bronco will headline. tomorrow, there will be a blessing of the wharf in the afternoon. a performance by the howard gospel choir will be followed by fireworks at sunset. that's going to be good. >> it sure is. perhaps we're still thinking we're in the midst of this fall season. not feeling like it though. if you're going pumpkin picking this weekend, we'll tell you what you need to know before you head out the door. >>> and an nbc news exclusive. we are looking into the former rnc chair and the russia probe. the details you'll hear only on news 4hen we w ♪ so we created the only bed that adjusts on both sides to 9 out of 10 couples prefer a

. >> in the woman has more money, i'm thinking mary jay blige, she is the one paying, he cheated. >> well, okay. >> and all i'm saying you probably see a lot more cases of women, having to pay where it is not all on the man. if we were getting paid more in general, pay us more than we can start paying more whether it comes to divorce. but because we're -- >> whether it comes to men, that's kind of how it goes, we get paid what on the dollar compared to you guys. >> i think 60 cents on the dollar. >> chump change. >> wow. >> if you look at all of our paychecks, i'm sure you would be the one paying us. >> i have longevity. >> it may be true, yes. >> but if i were your agent, i would say no. i should get the same amount of money because we dot exact same job. >> maybe little bit more for me because every my longevity. >> but don't think doing that, >> but we are outnumbered right now, where can i finds another mike? >> mike grenich. >> oh, our photographer. >> time for another mike check with mike. okay, he's married, has two daughters married for 17 years, go. >> i disagree with this d

freedom also features celebrities including eltonjohn, kate moss and maryj blige paying their respectst sounds like stevie.” # they won't go where i go. # it sounds like stevie. i love this song. so much exhaustion. like not exhaustion in him as an artist, but exhaustion in him as an artist, but exhaustion in him as an artist, but exhaustion in him, you know, as a human. and in world we live in, i hear a fight. george michael directed and narrated the film before his death on christmas day last year.” the film before his death on christmas day last year. i had no master plan, i didn't know if i was going to be a singer, but i met andrew and we formed this band called the executive and we were terrible, but andrew and i had developed a knack for writing these catchy little songs and we got together a couple of tracks. one was called careless whisper. the 80s was probably one of the most depressing and demoralising times that we had for young people in british history, because of the recession and mass unemployment. sol because of the recession and mass unemployment. so i think music the

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