she is in the middle of a world tour, a spokesperson for several big companies and a working mom. clearly beyonce is music royalty. now she is about to become a queen. abc s amy robach explains. reporter: she s is electrifying on her sold out globe tour. here we go reporter: queen b runs the world of muk. now she is expanding her reign. smiling. reporter: take on the role of queen tara in the upcoming animated film epic. there are similarities between beyonce and the character you play. is that the part of what drew you to the role? you know, i was so honored when they asked for me to do the role. i was actually pregnant at the time. and i thought, you know, by the time this comes out, my daughter will understand it is my voice and what an incredible cool point.
clearly beyonce is music royalty. now she is about to become a queen. abc s amy robach explains. reporter: she s is going around the globe on her electrifying sold out tour. here we go reporter: queen b runs the world of muk. world of music. now she s expanding her reign, taking on the role of queen tara in the upcoming animated film epic. there are similarities between beyonce and the character you play. is that the part of what drew you to the role? you know, i was so honored when they asked for me to do the role. i was actually pregnant at the time. and i thought, you know, by the time this comes out, my daughter will understand it is my voice
[shouting] reporter: tempers are flaring over a right-to-work vote as a democratic lawmaker promised blood in return. bill: is your government broken, america? there is a new poll that shows just how many people have lost faith in washington. you think? plus this [singing] reporter: music royalty was out last night rocking for a good cause. how much money did they raise for sandy victims? we ll take a look at the music and the numbers. [singing] [ male announcer ] when was the last time something made your jaw drop?
jermaine took on the role of peacekeeper calling for an end to the very public feud saying mistakes have been made and irrational things have been said by both sides in the family dispute. and also, we had an earlier report a couple of days ago about this physical altercation between janet jackson and michael s daughter, paris, reported by tmz. tmz is now retracting that story, saying it never happened. we ll talk about it in a different part of the show as well. how that was interesting. it is a very public feud. i would expect that maybe from my family from the south bronx. but the jackson family? they re like music royalty. they were very publicly sort of airing dirty laundry. it was unseemly. it got messy. we ll see does katherine get sole custody, split custody with t.j. tito-joe, tito s son. likely. so we ll see what the court decides. who knew? the thing is, the money follows the kids.
to mourn. the stars arrived at the beverly hilton just hours after pop legend whitney houston s death. we ll miss her. we ll miss the sound and her presence. we re very sad. as they comforted each other, police continued their investigation. approximately 3:43 p.m. this afternoon, a 911 call was placed to the beverly hills police department by hotel security. it was a medical mnl call. firefighters in the hotel rushed to houston s room on the fourth floor and tried to resuscitate the 48-year-old. minutes later, she was pronounced dead. around the world, houston s death brought shock. but in recent years, her singing was often overshadowed by drug use and bizarre behavior. just thursday she was spotted looking disheveled at a hollywood grammy party. but it wasn t always that way. whitney houston as born into music royalty. the daughter of gospel singer, cissy houston, 60s star dionne