♪ oh darling because you'll always be my baby ♪ >> larry: we're back with mariah carey, who has pivotal"push" by sapphire. mariah is a tough love social worker. here's an intense excerpt with mariah's character and precious played by a newcomer gabourey sidibe. >> you don't even like me. >> have we not been in this room together for like a year? discussing your life. >> does that mean we like each other because we discuss my life? >> i can't speak for you. i can only speak for me. and i do like you. i do. >> so are you italian or what color are you anyway? you some type of black or spanish? >> what color do you think i am? i'd like to know what color do you think i am? >> my throat is dry. >> your throat is dry? >> it's really hot in here. >> it is kind of hot in here. i'm going to go get a soda. >> larry: mariah carey like you have never seen her before. we'll talk to her about her role in "precious" and why she says she had to drink the ugly juice to play the part, next. ♪ (announcer) some people just know how to build things well. give you and your loved ones an expertly engineered m

. >>> tonight, mariah carey's shocking claim of abuse.that claim and rihanna's domestic abuse case also made for big news breaking today. in a brand-new and dramatic interview seen tonight just hours ago on cnn's larry ki"lar liv live", mariah carey opens up for the very first time about being emotionally abused when she was married the first time around. >>> also breaking tonight, the startling reaction today to rihan rihanna's brand-new refrlations about the night chris brown beat her up. rihanna now says she would like to be a role model, but has that ship already sailed? joining me tonight from new york, midwin charles, an attorney. and also from new york, cooper lawrence, a psychologist and author of "the cult of celebrity." ladies, i want to begin with mariah carey's brand-new bombshell revelation. in an interview seen tonight on cnn's "larry king live," mariah and larry were talking about the rihanna/kris brown case and when larry asked mariah if she had ever been abused, she revealed a bombshell. watch this. >> abuse has several c

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. >> larry: and learn the identity of mariah carey's inspiration. a night for heroes, a special thanksgiving edition of "larry king live." >> larry: our thanksgiving special saluting heroes, mariah carey joins us. did you have a hero growing up? >> did i have a hero? well, i loved marilyn monroe since i was a little girl. my mom was watching one of the tributes to her, and i was like 5 years old. and i just -- it was diamonds are a girl's best friend. >> larry: with jane russell. >> yes. and it was the -- obviously the pink number. i was like, she looks like a doll. i don't know what it was, but i was very drawn to her. ♪ diamonds are a girl's best friend ♪ >> then i started getting norman mailer books at like 9, which was clearly inappropriate. >> larry: great writer. >> great writer. no, i don't know that she was a hero. she inspired me. i don't know that i -- >> larry: was your mother a hero? >> yeah. she got us through everything we needed to get through. so yeah. >> larry: do you have heroes now? >> i will have to say, and i know they're going

. >> larry: learn the identity of mariah carey's inspiration. a night for heroes. a special thanksgiving edition of "larry king live." >> larry: on our thanksgiving special, saluting heroes, mariah carey joins us. did you have a hero growing up? >> i've loved marilyn monroe since i was a little girl. my mom was watch ago tribute to her when i was like, 5 years old and it was "diamonds are a girl's best friend." >> larry: jane rus snell. >> yes. it was obviously the pink number and i was like, she looks like a doll and sings so -- i don't know what it was but i was very drawn to her. ♪ diamonds are a girl's best friend ♪ then i started getting norman mailer books at, like, 9, which was clearly inappropriate. >> larry: but he was a hero? great writer. >> yeah, no. i don't know that she was a hero. she inspired me i don't know that i had -- >> larry: was your mother a hero? >> yeah, yeah. she got us everything we needed to get through so yeah. >> larry: do you have heroes now is. >> i will have to say and i know they're going to be like, oh please, but for real, presi

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dude, just made out with mariah carey! (tucci) at&t.se samsung touchscreen phones after mail-in rebate. only from at&t. >> couric: andre agassi's disclosure last week that he took a drug known as crystal meth-- lied about it to authorities and got away with it-- is only one of the startling revelations in the new autobiography from one of the most respected athletes in the world. what agassi has to say about tennis-- the sport that earned him over $100 million-- is also surprising. agassi's book covers a life he says he didn't choose and couldn't escape, a life that often made him feel empty and depressed. it's the story of a tennis prodigy whose flamboyant personal style and relentless game changed the sport. and the story of a man who was a star before he was a champion, a champion who fell to the bottom before rising to the top, where he matured to become an elder statesman and philanthropist. we caught up with andre recently in his hometown of las vegas in a place he doesn't visit very often anymore: a tennis court. it's been three

is mariah carey having a baby? time now for the "showbiz" news ticker. more stories from the "showbiz tonight" newsroom making news right now. >>> did you see this? it is not quite 101 dalmations but an american bulldog got pretty close. she delivered a litter of 21 pup puppies. sadly four of them died dur the 20-hour delivery. 17 is still a handful. the puppies are up for adoption. >> speaking of babies, tonight mariah care ary baby news. they said they want to have a family when the time is right. so is that time now? in an interview with ma rye ya, larry got right to it. >> are you with child? >> right now? i will have a swig of my scotch. >> it would be the happiest thing in your life. >> right now with this movie coming out with the neck few singles from the album and those things that i am doing, i need to focus on that because i cannot do the having a child thing half way. i wouldn't be like i am having a child, yeah. let me have a nanny to you can take the kid. >> you don't want that. >> that doesn't work for me. >> so when you do have children,

. >> please welcome mariah carey. >> thanks for coming. >> when i tripped i had choreographed that earlier>> right. >> it was a plan just to make jay nervous. >> those are amazing shoes. >> do you like them? look what happened backstage. that's loose. >> oh. it is so abusive when they cannot make shoes properly. >> i was watching the guys in the audience and that is the first thing their eyes went too. >> i have got hand it to her. she was on the show promoting her new film precious. i have got to tell you her performance as a social worker is getting big oscar buzz. you have come a long way since glitter. >> but she missed a step. now we have a bizarre story. let me explain this is a little complicated. sandra is married to jesse james while his exwas in prison for tax evasion. she is a hard core porn actress. she wrote a letter to the judge saying she feared for the little girl. and even more concerning, the condition the girl will be in. her husband's exhas spent the last few months in a half way house. jams and bullock have been awarded temporary custody. >> on monday with asked you to