family. he was comfortable and i think there is still, though, this lingering desire to really be recognized correctly in the pantheon of who created rock and roll. this film certainly does that. lisa, thank you so, much it is fascinating. thank you. and here now, the new cnn film little richard: i am everything. ow! man: little richard, it s now 16 years since you had your first hits. oh, yes. do you realize that well, you must realize that at your performances now there are people who weren t even alive when you first began? yes, but i have woke them up now. everybody that wasn t alive when i started and was gone, i have brought the spirit and put it on them. were you always so shy? no, i m not. a lot of people say i m shy, but i let it all hang out, every bit. the love, the gentleness, the tenderness, the kindness. you ain t supposed to hide them. you got it, god gave it, show it to the world. announcer: ladies and gentlemen, if you will, a man who s beco
rock and roll. well, this film certainly does that. lisa, thank you so much. it s fascinating. thank you. and here now, the new cnn film, little richard: i am film, little richard: i am everything. captions by vitac www.vitac.cocom ow! man: little richard, it s now 16 years since you had your first hits. oh, yes. do you realize that well, you must realize that at your performances now there are people who weren t even alive when you first began? yes, but i have woke them up now. everybody that wasn t alive when i started and was gone, i have brought the spirit and put it on them. were you always so shy? no, i m not. a lot of people say i m shy, but i let it all hang out, every bit. the love, the gentleness, the tenderness, the kindness. you ain t supposed to hide them. you got it, god gave it, show it to the world. announcer: ladies and gentlemen, if you will, a man who s become a legend in his own time, little richard! [ cheers and applause ] g
goodnight. it s hard to go from the bottom to the top, but it s even harder, when you re already at the top, to go to the bottom and then look back up at that mountain again, knowing that you just climbed it and all the struggles and hard work that you had to go through, to look at it and say, man, i got to climb that thing again. hello and welcome. i m jesse l. martin. kobe bryant s life had many acts his entrée to the nba as a skinny teen, his ascension to super-stardom, and post-retirement, a new focus on his family and creative projects. kobe s re-launch in entertainment could have been more impactful than his career on the court. until a routine flight on a foggy january morning changed his destiny forever. this is how it really happened. o brien: the combination of celebrity and aviation, mystery and fear is very compelling to people. and you know, what s interesting is you can connect a dot directly between what happened to john f. kennedy jr. and what hap
i m jesse l. martin. thank you for watching. good night. you know, it s about appreciating every moment for me, you know, cause we ve been through so much, and as your career kind of. i m not an old man, but you know, you start seeing the light at the end of the tunnel is much brighter than the one at the beginning of the tunnel. so it s really about appreciating every day as it comes, you know, every game, every win, every loss, every practice. it s just soaking every day in. hello and welcome. i m jesse l. martin. kobe bryant was just 18 years old when he took the nba by storm. over his 20 years in the league, he was an 18-time all star, five-time champion, and two-time olympic gold medalist. his achievements off the court were just as lauded. he was an accomplished writer, academy award winner, and a self-described girl dad of four beautiful daughters. at 41, bryant had reached the pinnacle of his success, until one foggy january morning. this is how it really happe
you know, it s about appreciating every moment for me, you know, cause we ve been through so much, and as your career kind of. i m not an old man, but you know, you start seeing the light at the end of the tunnel is much brighter than the one at the beginning of the tunnel. so it s really about appreciating every day as it comes, you know, every game, every win, every loss, every practice. it s just soaking every day in. hello and welcome. i m jesse l. martin. kobe bryant was just 18 years old when he took the nba by storm. over his 20 years in the league, he was an 18-time all star, five-time champion, and two-time olympic gold medalist. his achievements off the court were just as lauded. he was an accomplished writer, academy award winner, and a self-described girl dad of four beautiful daughters. at 41, bryant had reached the pinnacle of his success, until one foggy january morning. this is how it really happened. [ crowd chanting kobe ] smith: kobe wanted to be