it was a night to remember filled with heart-wrming reunions, diana ross together again with the supremeser (applause, cheering) (narrator) the jacksons reunited with michael. (motown music) and smokey with the miracles. ♪ well there's a brand new place i found ♪ ♪ where people goin' from miles around ♪ ♪ they come from everywhere and if you drop in there ♪ ♪ you might see anybody in town goin' ♪ ♪ goin' to a go-go (narrator) we saw the emotional homecoming of marvin gaye in one of his last performances for his motown family. ♪ i, i've got to know, lord ♪ ♪ somebody tell me ♪ ♪ tell me what's goin' on ♪ (narrator) plus, you'll see michael jackson capture the attention of the entire world with the historic world premiere of the most famous dance routine of all time. ♪ and now you can have a front row seat to this unforgettable night. we're about to see some of the incredible performances from one of the greatest musical programs in television history. ♪ it was the reunion of soul music's brightest stars. presenting "motown 25: yesterday, today, forever." on dvd for the very first time. ♪ b

if we could get diana ross to come here tonight to sing happy birthday to you.et -- >> yeah. i was like, what am i missing? >> jimmy: we were able to get what i think is the next best thing. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome america's roast master general, jeffrey ross. [ cheers and applause ] >> i love you. >> i love you, buddy. >> happy birthday. >> thank you. >> hi, jimmy. wow. >> jimmy: i don't know why my instinct is to run. >> you are so beautiful. >> you are. >> wow. i would bang him to get to you. this is the birthday party you throw this beautiful woman? you're going to be breaking up after this. [ laughter ] all right, let's all bring it home together and sing lauren a big happy birthday. are you ready? >> jimmy: all right, here we go. ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ happy birthday dear lauren ♪ happy birthday to you >> jimmy: i also want to say, not that this wasn't a wonderful gift, not that jeff isn't completely beautiful, but we're making a donation to the charity organization you co-founded, the kind campaign. there it is righ

turned on the radio in the bathroom that we weren't supposed to turn on and we were doing -- i was diana ross she was the supremes then i was david ruffin and she was the december takes and then i was -- i was the pips and they took gladys knight. and by that time sister renata comes no and starts screaming and yelling at us and tells us to hold out our hands and we did and she proceed today whack them. and then told us to turn them over and whack them again. and to the point where it was cracking and there was blood and the stinging and it was so hard. and terrible the pain. and then she had the goal to say, now go -- goll to say go back and finish cleaning and i said with what, our feet. and it was crack. she just smacked me across the face and backhanded and it was and it was three or four slappings, so it was adding insult to injury. and then we had to go and clean the bathroom. and the girl, crazy cindy, started cursing. and sister renata thought it was me, so i had bloody hands, they are stinging, i am trying to not touch the soap because it's burning. and she takes the soap out of my h

>> to diana ross. sinatra.ot supposed to be ameaniable at the table. >> he was fast. but those were the days. but it is nice now too. >> would you describe yourself as a degenerate gambler? >> yes. we have a two 2-year-old at home but i'll always have the gamb r gambli gambling. >> eric and erica are professional gamblers. it is not unusual to sit down with half a million dollars. tonight, slightly lower stakes. >> bennie, how do you like my chances? >> good. >> we have the camera version of texas hold em. you play against the house. the odds, to say the least, are stacked against you. >> there is a winner. two pair. he's kugt -- cutting up over there. see how easy it is. you have this game down. >> oh, no. those are famous last word. >> let's put out a hundo and see what happens. >> i have a pair of sevens. >> i have trips. >> it is going to be pretty hard to beat. >> you're a dead man, bennie. hit that again. >> okay. two pair. a pair of duces. two pair. a pair of tens. >> oh, no. >> a pair of kings. >> benni

brandy on cinderella frm the wiz, diana ross as dorothy.alked about morgan freeman has played god. god is a black man. >> even if you go back to the casting of presidents, whether gender or race gina davis playing the vp. now we have dreyfus, with the raise, talking about morgan freeman he made us all believe because of that voice that jesus could be black. >> one other character could be annie. >> which just opened. >> talk about annie black annie. >> yeah the piece i rote talked about how our heroes need to be representative of all colors. these are imaginary story telling, can we at least root it in reality if it doesn't take us all the way there in ters terms of post-racial fantasies. >> how version was it to get that version of annie made and how hard is it in hollywood for black actors to take over traditionally white roles. >> it really depends who is behind it. annie has will smith and jada pinkett smith producing, the problem is annie is not getting a good review. the wiz, that is a plooclunky movie. you want to make great movies.

by the way, "silent night" by diana ross does it get better on christmas?family are celebrating this christmas as they usually do like the rest of us. they went home. they went to barack obama's home in hawaii. and since cnn's michele kaczynski covers the white house for us coskin ki covers the white house she went to hawaii. hi, michele. we thought we would put you to work. you look like you're happy and rested. >> this isn't my home. >> what a beautiful scene behind you. get me up to speed. >> no complaints here. >> on the work that the president and actually mrs. obama, that the work they're doing while they're there? >> yeah. they're able to make this a real holiday for themselves. i mean, they're staying in a ke sequester clueded neighborhood. they -- secluded neighborhood. they rent a house here. they were able to bring sunny and bo along with their two daughters. we've been seeing the president mostly doing what he loves to do, golfing and more golfing including one time with the malaysian prime minister. that was something of a working golf outing b

that is my diana ross moment.t dylan and sheinelle. >> i'm going to let you work on mine robert. i'm going to do the weather. i'll take my time. that is so cool. i can't wait to see my face in glitter. let's look at the weather right now. we are going to see the chance of snow showers back through the rockies. we already had about a foot of snow fall the past couple of days. more snowfall this area of low pressure some of this stretching up into nebraska. we could end up three to six inches possible. because of that winter weather advisories. down into kansas most of colorado. winter weather advisories and warnings too. most of the snow through the day today. here it spresd eastward through this evening and into early saturday morning. then it it turns into a rainy event for the southeast. warm air off the gulf of mexico that cold front will trigger stronger storms. right down into louisiana, we could end up with three inches of rain. this could lead to some flash flooding. i'm going to keep in mind especially as

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