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. >> abc's chris connelly looks back at king's six decades of broadcasting. >> this is the premiere editione." >> reporter: thousands of notables talked with larry king. >> you put your own makeup on today. >> i did. i wanted to look exactly like you. >> reporter: who spent 63 years on the air waves. and whose hour-long interview show was a primetime staple for a quarter century. >> i have seen evil and good. i have seen bad things and nice things. >> reporter: from newsmakers to show business figures. >> why are you here? why did you come to this program? i'm glad you came. >> because you asked me to come. >> reporter: world leaders and the wonderfully well known. in an era before the internet ansocial medialay ng live reflected and occasionally sparked the national conversation. he preferred guests with passion. humor. with his gravelly voice and suspenders. and taking viewers' calls. his questioning could elicit some memorable reactions. >> we may never have known this. how close you came to dying. she said three times close. >> yes, that was when i was shot. >> were you aware that you w

chris connelly is in los angeles with her story.e 1950s onward, cloris leachman won emmys making audiences laugh. she won an oscar making them cry and at 82 won their hearts on the dance floor. >> i had sex appeal. in fact, i still do. >> reporter: all that and then some well into her 80s. cloris leachman brought her deliciously late in life sizzle to such sitcoms as "raising hope." >> i'm just hanging with a friend, and if ten peaches show up, they're for me. >> reporter: at age 82 to doing the tango on "dancing with the stars" getting a leg up with the show's judges. >> i didn't do it. my leg did it. >> reporter: yet even before her renaissance as a prime time provocatrix cloris leachman had eight primetime acting emmys, an academy award and an unmistakably great way with a one-liner. >> did you know that lars has a neurotic fear of swallowing hair? [ laughter ] >> reporter: in the '70s best known on "the mary tyler moore show" as phyllis lindstrom married to lars, mother of bess, the overdisclosing neighbor swimming in a sea of t

abc's chris connelly joins us now from los angeles with more. good morning to you, chris. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, eva. you know, a preeminent interviewer on tv and radio for decades. larry king used innate curiosity and a conversational style to entertain and enlight. -- enlighten. >> this is the premiere edition of "larry king live." >> reporter: thousands of notables talked with larry king. >> you put your own makeup on today. >> i did. but i wanted to look exactly like you. >> reporter: who spent 63 years on the air waves and whose hour-long interview show was a primetime staple on cnn. >> good evening. >> reporter: for a quarter >> i've seen evil and good. i've seen bad things and nice things. >> reporter: from newsmakers to show business figures. >> why are you here? why did you come to this program? i'm glad you came. >> because you asked me to come. i haven't seen you in a long time. >> reporter: world leaders and the wonderfully well known. >> i don't know how we got anything done. because everybody was laughing so hard. >> repor

streaming services but there is hope on the horizon with studios making big plans for 2021 and chris connellystore for the coming here that includes some updates to beloved franchises. happy new year to chris. appy ne'sarye that's a lot of pressure on these films. >> reporter: no doubt about that happy new year to you too as well, eva. part 2020 do-over, the still sts influx lineup offers hope that covid vaccines and can't miss crowd pleasers will lure them back into multiplexes nationwide. >> what's up, doc? you sound fuzzy. something wrong with your microphone. oh, wait. >> reporter: lebron james in "space jam: a new legacy." >> a gunner seat. >> reporter: "ghostbusters afterlife in middle america." john cena versus vin diesel in "f9." yes, but it's not all sequels, remakes and franchise fare. >> oh, my goodness. >> why am i so pretty. >> reporter: regina king's "one night in miami" starts streaming. >> power, black power. >> reporter: scarlett johansson's "black widow" -- >> i've lived a lot of lives but done running from my past. >> reporter: press pause on the cinematic marvel universe.

chris connelly is live in los angeles, the place larry king called home. nd yes, we loved him out here. larry king relied on short questions and his life-long curiosity for interviews that sometimes became part of the national conversation. he once said he liked guests with passion, a sense of humor or a chip on their shoulder and in his remarkable career, he sure found a lot of them. >> how do you deal -- are you with men more or women with more? do you want to be married? >> i deal with it just fine. >> reporter: if you made music, or movies or made history -- >> what are you going to do now? >> i'm going to do something creative in order to help to speed up the liberation of my people. >> reporter: made people laugh. >> miss piggy. >> don't flirt with the host. >> she's very pretty. >> reporter: or just made people go what? >> have you ever commented on guilt or innocence? >> my opinion is i think o.j. is guilty. >> reporter: then you were one of the estimated 50,000 people who talked live to larry king especially during his 25 years in prime time on cnn

chris connelly joins us with the very latest on all of this. good morning, cecilia. revered for her timeless performances of uncommon depth and feeling, cicely tyson was an actress whose courageous and uncompromising portrayals reshaped how millions of americans looked at their nation's history and at themselves. cicely tyson utilized her exceptional abilities to enlighten audiences, to inspire pride and to advocate for understanding and fundamental change. >> there were so many issues that i felt that i had to address and i used my career as my platform. >> reporter: she had been acting for two decades when at age 47 in the 1972 drama "sounder" tyson would see her film career take flight. she'd be hailed for her fire and indomitability. nominated for a best actress oscar, her character's sprint across a field to embrace her husband would become a defining image of '70s cinema. two years later the "the autobiography, of miss jane pittman" was a tour de force featuring tyson as she depicted a woman born into slavery living into the civil rights