Legendary singers on Dick Clark's legacy
Little Richard and Aretha Franklin discuss how they first met and how they view Dick Clark's legacy.
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Dick Clark broke racial boundaries
Singers Aretha Franklin and Little Richard say Dick Clark's program broke down racial boundaries.
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Berry Gordy: Dick Clark's influence on Motown
Motown Records founder Berry Gordy tells CNN's Anderson Cooper why he feels Dick Clark helped grow his company.
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Dick Clark bloopers reveal lighter side
Anderson Cooper reveals a blooper real Dick Clark narrated, mocking his less glamorous moments.
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Aretha on Dick Clark's 'Bandstand'
Aretha Franklin tells Anderson Cooper that a musician hadn't made it until going on Dick Clark's "American Bandstand."
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A modern twist to Milgrim's shocking experiment
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Would you shock someone with potentially lethal amounts of electricity simply because you were told to do it? That's exactly what the subjects in Stanley Milgrim's experiments did in the early 1960s. His objective was to test obedience to authority, and the world was surprised to see the results. A majority of ordinary citizens in the test chose to shock an innocent person when they were ordered to by the scientist leading the experiment. The individuals on the receiving end of the powerful shocks were actually actors pretending to suffer, but the subjects believed they were causing the actors real pain throughout the study.
Now, a French documentary has put a modern twist to Milgrim's original work. The film, called "The Game of Death," features players in a fake television game shocking fellow contestants if they answer a question incorrectly. The audience cheers them on, and the actors pretending to be zapped put on a good show. The documentary explores television's impact on morality. Tonight, Randi Kaye digs deeper on the psychology behind the experiments. Tune in at 10pm ET.
"Thriller" included in 2009 National Film Registry
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Washington Post
The music video for Michael Jackson's "Thriller" made history again today when it was named as one of 25 motion pictures to be included in the Library of Congress's National Film Registry.
"Thriller," a 14-minute video promoting the song of the same name, represented a revolutionary moment in film and popular culture when it was first released on Dec. 2, 1983. Directed by the established Hollywood filmmaker John Landis ("The Blues Brothers," "Animal House"), the video merged such formal cinematic elements as a script, elaborate sets and cinematography with the relatively nascent medium of short-form music videos.
"Thriller" joins such esteemed films as "Dog Day Afternoon" and "Jezebel" in this year's National Film Registry roster. The Library of Congress established the registry in 1989 as part of the National Film Preservation Act, to spotlight films that are "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant and deserve to be preserved for all time, according to Librarian of Congress James H. Billington. As of this year, 525 films have been selected for the registry.
What's your favorite 2009 viral video?
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We're rounding up the most popular, entertaining, and hilarious web videos of 2009, and we want you to weigh in on the list. Write to us in the comments section with links to your favorite videos and we may use your suggestions in the show later this week!
Video: The cast of 'Nine' with Larry King
Programming note: Tune in at 9pm EST tonight to see the full interview with the cast of 'Nine' on Larry King Live, then don't miss Anderson's interview with Larry at 10pm EST when he reveals what went on behind the scenes.
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