jordan sparks, who plays sparkle in the film, said she gets emotional thinking about whitney.this. >> it hits me in waves sometimes. i'll be talking in an interview and somebody says something and i'm like, okay, yeah, this is the last piece of her legacy, you know, like this is the last piece. and it's really crazy because, i mean, like i would have never thought i would be in a movie with whitney houston, acting in a big film. i never would have -- and to do it both together is incredible. >> you know, "sparkle" is a remake of the 1976 cult classic, one of my favorite movies, starring irene cara. whitney houston spent more than ten years developing this and it was supposed to spark a comeback but as you know this has turned into a memorial and remembrance. >> how do you think it's expected to do at the box office? >> it's gotten pretty good revie reviews. it's expected do well this weekend but it's going up against "expendables 2" and "para normal" and you know never. it's gotten good reviews. everyone is touting the acting in this movie and, of course, the singing because y

jordan sparks. exactly. and carmine plays the oldest sister.he girls in the film are amazing. the music can't be beat. i loved it. i just thought this movie was fantastic. on rotten tomatoes 56% on the tomato meter. what the critics are saying is that it is full of every single movie cliche that you can think of. and it is. the music is great, jordan sparks is great. >> should we be looking at a clip? >> let's watch. >> i know lord loves me and he wouldn't torture me with something i want to do. >> you figured i was wrong? >> i thought i had a gift. >> sparkle, you can have a gift. it's how you use it. >> interesting. i like what jordan sparks said about this movie and whitney houston in a previous interview saying each character extrapolated something from different phases of whitney houston's house whether by design or chance. >> that is probably why the movie was so interesting. there was not a dull moment in it. this movie had me hook, line and sinker. i was the one in the theater screaming at the screen like no, girl, don't. >> my husband

her sisters, kind of like the supremes, jordan sparks and carmen joko, she plays the oldest sister andamazing. music can't be beat. i loved it. >> oh, my goodness. >> whitney -- >> i just thought this movie was -- it did sparkle. it was fantastic an on rotten tomatoes, 56% otto nato meter and basically what critics are saying it's full of every single movie cliche that you can think of, and it is and it doesn't matter because the movie is great and jordan sparks is great and her performance brought tears to my eyes. >> let's watch. >> i know he loves me and he wouldn't torture me something with something i want to do and can't help, but to on so i figured -- >> you figured i was wrong. >> that i had a gift. >> sparkle, you can have a gift. it's how you use it. >> interesting. i like what jordan sparks had said about this movie and whitney houston in a previous interview saying each character extrapolated a little something from different phases of whitney houston's life whether it was by design or by chance, but she thought effectively what happened. that's probably request why the mov

i spoke to jordan sparks. is an emotional scene in the film where whitney houston says to her daughter played by jordan sparks was my life not enough of a precautionary tale for you? i asked jordan what did that scene mean to her and was whitn whitney's life a precautionary tale? >> being in that scene and filming it i remember when she said it and she was looking at us and i just remember having chills going, whoa. that's so crazy because it's so applies. now that she is not here, it even holds more weight. >> i heard that people were leaving the screening in tears. >> when i was there in los angeles people were crying. i won't even lie. i got a little choked up too. it's a great film with a lot of highs to the film. >> the music is amazing. >> the music is amazing. a visual treat in a lot of ways. you walk away. you're sad that whitney is gone but she really comes to life in the film. for her fans like michael jackson "this it is" this film is very much a good-bye for her fans. >> if you can't make it to the

. >> the late singer stars in the movie along with jordan sparks.we have a report. >> reporter: idol winner jordan sparks stars in the new movie spark allonge side the late whitney houston. the story set in the 1960s as cautionary tale about three singing sisters who go against their mother's wishes and break into the music industry. the actresses couldn't help but see similarities to houston's real life story. >> was my life not enough of a cautionary tale for you. >> the parallels between her hive and the story of this movie, she was sparkle. she was sister and she was the mother and so there is a lot of her in this film. what i took out of the whole thing was her strength of having her whole life being played out since she was a young girl to now. >> reporter: following houston's tragic death, her costars saw her character may whole new light. >> i'm getting chills just thinking about t a lot of the things she says, it is almost like she is answering those questions that everybody has. this is like her saying, okay, here you go. it is like the mo

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>> yeah, that song celebrate that jordan sparks is talking about. she loves that song. just four days before whitney passed away. >> they were set to walk the red carpet together at the grammys. and she got the call that night. >> jordan got the call that night. >> yes. >> it remind me of -- batman returns? >> saw that recently. >> that tragic ending, you know for him and seeing him back on the big screen. but i think this is a little different. we are going to see whitney in the light that is going to be very becoming of her. >> looking forward to it. >> we'll be right back. [♪...] >> i've been training all year for the big race in chicago, but i can only afford one trip. and i just found out my best friend is getting married in l.a. there's no way i'm missing that. then i heard about hotwire and i realized i could actually afford both trips. see, when really nice hotels have unsold rooms, they use hotwire to fill them. so i got my four-star hotels for half-price! >> men: ♪ h-o-t-w-i-r-e ♪ hotwire.com >> announcer: save big on car rentals too, from $12.95 a day. on ave

. >> a movie, whitney houston's, final performance, "sparkle" and stars jordan sparks.other to three daughter whose form a supremes-sesque type of band. three daughters right there. her part, a single mom, firm, a proper lady, christian, good church-goer. her daughter played by jordan sparks is trying to balance this new career with a romance with her music manager, the scene you are about to see is whitney talking to her daughters. >> i have made it very simple in this house. respect, getting an education, and having a relationship with the lord. if you can't do that then go. >> why would the lord give me this gift if i wasn't supposed to use it? >> what did you say? >> i know the lord loves me. and he wouldn't torture me with something that i want to do, but can't help but do. i figured. >> you figured i was wrong. >> parallels, similar to whitney's real life. rotten tomatoes giving it 60%. that's it for this half-hour. >> see you in a bit. >> >>> this morning on "world news now" -- moren >>> this morning on "world news now" -- war on west nile. a city opened an aeria

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she film this before she passed away earlier this year in the remake of sparkle, jordan sparks played a young singer who hoped to make it big with her two sisters. they find that fame opposes its challenges. sparkle is rated pg-13. and the biggest action movie stars are to give a lichen and never miss--the biggest movie stars are to get a life you have never seen before this is the expendable to. their mission is supposed to give them an easy paychecks with things take a violent turn. [music] >> ysabel: jan will have her own take of sparkle and the of life of timothy green that is coming up starting around 8:00 p.m.. >> marty: the little bit i saw their looks pretty good. >> ysabel: yes. >> marty: now let us take a veliook outside we have the golden gate bridge with some overcast skies. [music] >> ysabel: we are back taking a live look outside how is the traffic going for us? >> janu: let us with his forecast. >> janu: this is the view of the bay bridge toll plaza the fee from sunny skies and low clouds. >> janu: we could see isolated showers throughout the morning and the afternoon.

lead actress jordan sparks talked about the movie's impact on houston's fans. >> this movie, what betterift for her to leave than this amazing performance that she does. >> reporter: while it may not break box office records, studio executives are hoping for a strong turnout for houston's swan song. >> whitney's had this core audience of african-american women. and you know, this is one way for those fans to kind of pay their respects to her. >> reporter: fans that had been waiting to see houston shine on screen in "sparkle" for her final curtain call. stephanie stanton, nbc news, los angeles. >>> and now we want to take a look at some other movies hitting the box office this weekend. >> there's plenty of family fun to be had along with new releases. >> somebody's hooked. >> first up is the action-packed flick "the expendables 2." a blast from the past. sylvester stallone, remember that name? he leads a cast that includes bruce willis, arnold schwarzenegger and chuck norris. they're all part of a crew working on a mission that involves weapons grade plutonium. it is rated r. "the odd lif

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sparkles stars former american idol winner jordan sparks and the late whitney houston. this was her final performance. >> well, not that we knew at the time the movie was done. this movie is almost heartbreaking because this was a labor of love for the late whitney houston. since she saw the movie as a young child she wanted to do this movie. when she started working as a producer she wanted to play sparkle. as the tide turns, you get older so you end up playing spark's -- sparkle's mom. it was dubbed as her comeback. she hasn't been in a major motion picture since 1996. this was supposed to be her big comeback. her fans were expecting it. she was supposed to sing in the movie. the movie is supposed to be updated so instead of harlem in 18960s it's detroit in the 1960's. instead of playing a single mom, she plays a single mom who's actually successful and jordin sparks plays sparkle. >> but -- this was her dream come true and the song is one of the highlights of the movie, whitney houston's song. >> absolutely. you can hear her singing through it. although it's not the

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. >> kevin mccarthy sits down with the stars of sparkle including jordan sparks. >> for some reason didn'tsound right. >> we well, she is not in that group >> they dished about american idol. time now 7:57 a.m. right back after the break wisdom on deck coming up wrap >> your realtime captioner: linda macdonald >>> straight ahead at 8:00, gunfire inside a conservative lobbying group in the middle of chinatown. how a hero guard stopped anyone else from getting hurt. >>> plus, wildfires burning out of control out west. the progress emergency crews made overnight and why mother nature isn't helping at all. >>> and later, stuck in the middle. we are going to show you the dramatic efforts to free a small boy trapped in the frame of a stone balcony. got to be scary. good morning, i'm tony perkins. >> i'm wisdom martin. allison has the week off so i'm filling in for her. >> tucker barnes isn't on vacation. he didn't win the lottery so he is here to talk about weather. >> right. >>> a beautiful day, lots of sunshine, lower humidity. this is the kind of day we wait for all summer and should be just

great music of course by jordan sparks and that together with whitney just creates a symphony as it relatesmusic as well as cinematography. >> this is will cain. did you happen to make any or need to make any changes to the film after whitney died? >> well, we had shot all of the scenes and we were in post editing so we didn't have to do anything other than develop post editing and the things we would normally do and, quite frankly, whitney did such af amazing job and was so professional on the set there wasn't a whole lot of enhancement we had to do, just the normal things you would do at the end of the shooting of a movie. >> i would imagine as you walk down the red carpet, it's going to be tough because the red carpet is a big event, people going crazy, but you're missing the -- a big part of the film. that would have to be challenging for you, i would think. >> it is challenging. even looking at the film it's heart touching when you realize whitney is no longer with us. there's synergy between things that happen in the movie and things that happen in her life. and there's a kiss good-by

. >> speaking of jordan, we have another jordan in the house. jordin sparks. ney houston. we'll talk with jordan about working with whitney houston and other projects on the horizon. >> we know olympic gold but what about the fierce five ability to forecast? they are going to help me with the weather in just a little bit. and then later on, hope solo will be joining us. we have a gold filled day. >> let's go inside. we have a lot to get to. natalie has the headlines. good morning again. >> good morning. more homes are threatened by a growing wildfire that has burned at least 40 buildings in central washington state. officials say the fire has scorched more than 24 square miles since it started monday. they are urging residents in the fire's path to evacuate. wildfires are also burning in oregon and idaho where a firefighter was killed sunday when a tree fell on her. >>> french police say at least 16 officers were injured overnight during rioting in northern france. officials say dozens of young men pulled drivers from their cars and set fire to a school. the vi

to spiral into a full scale regional conflict jordan has lashed out at the syrian government following a cross border attack that wounded a child and sparked panic in a nearby village that is adding of course to an increasing influx of refugees to the country are she's polis lior is there. i'm standing at the zaatari refugee camp on the syrian jordanian border which is the first legal camp that has been established by the jordanian authorities in the desert what happens is that the refugees come to the border they are picked up there by the jordanian police and both here to zaatari camp now depending on the levels of fighting in syria anywhere between a thousand and three thousand people are fleeing across into jordan each day the current figures stand at some one hundred and fifty thousand refugees who are currently in this country now the united nations refugee agency is preparing itself for the long haul and to this end has begun building wells in jordan where water scarcity is a huge problem the condition in the camps is alarming we're hearing from human rights groups they're talking about a crisis in the making we know that the camp i

jordan, good morning to you. >> good morning, how are you? >> jordin sparks, "sparkle." >> i said that the first time.h this film. everybody was in a place where they could really propel the characters. i feel like whitney was also in this place in her life where she could really play a mother like that. with me, it was my first time, so i couldn't ask for a better experience. >> i wanted to ask you about that your music has gone platinum, done broadway, feature films was the next step. was that a little scary? >> it was nerve-racking for sure. there were times when i felt comfortable. there were times when i was like, i don't know if i'm doing this right. the whole cast were so amazing. maybe you should try this or try that. how can i help you? they were so open and warm and i wasn't expecting that. >> you had to audition for that role? >> i did. >> what was worse, auditions or "american idol." >> both nerve-racking. after getting to know simon a little bit, he actually is a softy. auditioning was different because i didn't have a microphone in my hand. then i'm good. you go in and try to relay the c

you can see the sparks flying after the car lost its tires. it was running on rims. chief howard jordaneping people off the streets late at night could help stop the increase in homicides and often violent crimes. today is the first day of a new pilot program on b.a.r.t. bikes will be allowed on trains during rush hour. alex savidge has more. >> reporter: well, bikes are allowed during those peak hours and that's right now. this is when you normally can't brick your bikes on -- bring your bikes on right now. these are fliers. right now. this test-run happening today and then for the next four fridays. word seems to have gotten out. we just gob a ride -- got a ride. >> i think it's great. actually, i've been coming in early just to get in early before the blackout. and after the blackout, it's a little too late. bikes will still be banned from the first car of every b.a.r.t. train. now, over the next month, b.a.r.t. will be surveying riders for feedback on this pilot program. they will be analyzing whether there's any details. they ultimately will consider whether to lift the restriction

sparks becomes the youngest "american idol" winner. now look at her five years later and 50 pounds lighter. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: looking pretty perfect in her blue bikini, jordan the august cover of "shape" magazine. >> you really lost 50? >> i reallydid. >> reporter: it was a sudden illness that proved to be the wake-up call for the young singing star. >> i had walking pneumonia and i was about to turn 21 and i was like i can't take my health for granted anymore and this is going to change right here right now. >> reporter: now, two words can describe her diet simple and sensible. >> i eat a lot of mixed green salads and grilled chicken instead of fried, raw oatmeal. i just discovered that and i'm obsessed with it. it's so good. it's raw oatmeal instead of cooked and it's associated in cashew milk with coconut flakes on it. really yummy. >> reporter: even as she is pulled in many directions now promoting her new movie "sparkle," jordin tells me she drinks water like it's her job and when she eats it's for the right reasons. >> before i was eating it because i loved food. i love the taste of it and so for me, i really had to step back and think, am i just eati