remember gwen's fuzzy bikini top, beyonce's not-so-subtle baby announcement, mariah twinning with whitney houstonht i would be asking cher to hold my meat purse. >> and then, there's lil kim. diana ross said what we were all thinking. >> she said, "kim, what is that you have on your [ bleep ]. >> the vmas also have a rich history of hollywood couples, who didn't make it. justin and selena. taylor and joe. j.lo and diddy. in 1989, cher and richie sambora debuted their romance, the same year brad pitt and christina applegate went on a date. the story goes, she ditched him during the show for another guy. >>> still ahead -- "look who's talking" 30 years later. >> i'm not tired at all. >> what john travolta and kirstie alley just revealed about another sequel. >> oh, my gosh. >>> then "my so called life," then and now. >> i can see it in your eyes. >> one star's life after the show, from actress to countess. >> there's this big castle. >>> closed captioning provided by -- ♪ john travolta and olivia newton-john have a bond that will never be broken. they may have shot "grease" over 40 years ago, but i

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whitney houston!ld be blessed with that much, with the looks and the talent. >> this lady started out as a dancer, went to new york, went to paris, worked with bands, came back as a single. and is she hot? this is madonna. ♪ >> if you saw madonna then, she looked just like the girls who hung out at the club called the funhouse. all the girls there had the mesh thing and they had the boots. and it was kind of a mix of new wave punk with this other dance sensibility. ♪ holiday ♪ celebrate >> i think madonna was able to use that core dance music and use the style of the streets that were going on and evolve that into a pop career. >> we are a couple of weeks into the new year. what do you hope will happen not only in 1984 but for the rest of your professional life? what are your dreams? what's left? >> to rule the world. ♪ star light, star bright ♪ first star i see tonight ♪ star light ♪ star bright ♪ make everything all right >> all of a sudden there was grls around that had the gloves with the fingers

wanna feel the heat ♪ yeah i wanna dance with somebody ♪ >>> can never go wrong starting with whitney houstonher in times square. "dancing with the stars" cast revealed. >> they are here and live and there are some big surprises this year. athletes, actors, reality stars, and so much more. that's all coming up ahead. >> we're walking around the halls this morning and we were like is that -- >> yeah, exactly. [ laughter ] >> that's all coming up. >>> we begin with the storms. multiple tornadoes have touched down in the midwest. heavy rains in d.c. now spreading across the northeast. ginger starts us off, good morning, ginger. >> good morning to you, george. if it feels like we have had a lot of images over the last couple of days, you're right. more than 450 severe storm reports just since monday, and they're stretching from south carolina up to maine. >> reporter: severe storms drenching the nation's capital. up to three inches of rain falling really fast, flooding this entrance to the d.c. metro. in iowa, three confirmed tornadoes. an ef-2 slicing through homes with winds up to 135 miles per