luther vandross, azrthea franklin, sam cooke. good-looking sam cooke he was a gospel singer. karen: you have a love for gospel yourself. artists of the day to wrap and everything out there now. karen: i have to ask you about your movie career. everybody just loved you as danny glover's wife and all of those lethal weapon movies. how did that come about? kareni wa >> doing my own show t the bottom line in manhattan. the producer of the show the casting director to see me in the show. the next day, he called my office and asked if i would be interested in being in a movie with mel gibson and danny glover. karen: who would say no to that? >> nobody. i said yes before they told me what the deal was but the deal was great and i knew we were going to do to but i did not know it would be three. karen: you have done broadway as but if you want to do hard work, do broadway. that midler is going back on broadway to do a show. karen: it's hard work because it is a live show. >> every day and there is no reruns. if you make a mistake, you keep right on going. karen: your voice has to sti