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Hollywoods big night will look different this year due to the ongoing pandemic. so with that in mind lets see what we can expect. the oscars will be staged at union station in los angeles. that red carpet will be closed to most media. and the backstage interview room will be virtual. the films with the most oscar buzz this year include "ma raineys black bottom" with the late chadwick bozeman nominated for best lead actor. he of course passed away from cancer last year at the age of 43. >> what a...

>> i always wondered for the life of me, like, just in the booth like -- >> actually, i saw everybody out of the studio. switched the lights off. made sure that the tape is running. and i said, okay, lets do it. and i think she did it in ten minutes. >> the donna summer records, some of the biggest records of all time and they kicked off a revolution. >> unless you have been living in a sealed cave, you probably noticed that americas latest craze is disco dancing. thats dancing, without the g. >...

♪ have you heard about the new dance crave ♪ >> it was kind of a dis to studio 54 for rejecting them. the part where they say freak out actually began as something else. it went, from something off, to freak off, to being freak out. ♪ freak out ♪ >> thats probably the best thing that came out of studio 54 was that song. >> disco was a revolutionary force. funk marries disco. and it leads to hip-hop. its 1979. i heard "good times" come on and i just kept hearing someone talk

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Angst. >> kurt cobain was a great songwriter, has this ability to scream almost in tune. it just gave an intensity that was really unique. >> nirvana gave the record industry a wake-up call and said here is your new audience, so start looking for the people with the clothes with the holes in the knees and you better run to those clubs to buy up the next one. >> i would go to clubs and see bands like pat and screaming trees and it was such a refreshing change from competitive sort of l.a. hollywo...

>> while the go-gos have always managed to look like theyre having fun, they are to be taken seriously. theyre the first female group ever to have a number one album, and they are at the top of a list of female rock stars whose impact within the industry is stronger than ever. ♪ the phone rings in the middle of the night ♪ ♪ my father yells what you gonna do with your life ♪ >> i thought her voice was extraordinary, and cyndi was a very good visual content creator. those videos were so c...

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>> come to expect a standard of performance. better quality of lighting and sound and staging. they have come to expect a show. ♪ still have time, might still get by ♪ >> in the 70s, the group started to become more theatrical. they realized that just giving them the music isnt enough. we have got to give them something to look at. more people, more misbehavior, more over-the-top stuff going on. just -- just more. >> playing stadiums was too unreal. it would just be a sea of faces. ♪

Overlooked by this rock n roll music was going on was good music. they were touring and building up a fan base. ♪ i should have been boots and ruined your black tie affair ♪ ♪ number one in the nation was garth brooks. are you surprised by that? >> yes, sir. i guess my family knew where they were going to ask the question and got there before everybody else. ♪ i got friends in low places where the whiskey drowns and the beer chases my blues away ♪ living in mississippi, country was...

Ladies ♪ >> aerosmith had sort of fallen off the map at that point. it brings them back into the fore and also breaks run-dmc in a much bigger way because then you start to get more white kids listening to hip-hop. ♪ walk this way ♪ ♪ talk this way ♪ >> run dmcs latest album titled "raising hell" has sold more than a million copies in just 13 weeks. a first for a rap record. >> the album is called "license to ill." thats a stupid name for an album. ♪ wake up late for school, man, you...