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Finally tonight, pink is the color of the summer, but a barbie movie enjoying a blockbuster opening week, but its also the stage name of one of my previous guests, the pop star pink, who is kicking off the north america leg of her summer carnival tour this week. i spoke with pink earlier this year about her newest album, "trust fall" as she was preparing for the tour. she told me what its like to perform in front of a packed house and sometimes to flyover it. explain to us mortals how is it like...

>> finally tonight, pink is the color of the summer. the barbie movie enjoying a blockbuster opening week. it is also the stage name of one of my previous guests, the popstar pick who is kicking off the north america leg of her summer carnival tour this week. i spoke with pinker earlier this year about her newest album, trust fall. as she was preparing for the tour, she told me what it is like to prepare and from of a packed house and sometimes to fly over it. >> explained to us mortals what is ...

With a name like Tony Bennett, it's easy to presume that was the one given to him at birth. But that's not the case for the crooner.

>> translator: the spirit of general secretary xi jinpings speech, the country is the people. >> reporter: the jokes are communist party propaganda. punctuated by silly sound effects. parroted back by a studio audience that almost resembles after-school detention. a fate far worse than detention awaits comedians who may be tempted to push party rules, as china exercises very tight control over comedy shows. li hao, known by stage name "house," was doing a skit about stray dogs chasing a squirrel...

Raised by sharecroppers. she was discovered we ike turner, who gave her the stage name. they performed together as the ike and tina turner review. in their 16 years of marriage, ikes abuse was brutal and unrelenting. >> there was no control, no freedom. you just get fed up and you say, "life is not worth living if im going to stay in this situation." >> reporter: tina fled in 1976. she said she had just 36 cents and a mobile card to her name. a scene recreated in the 1993 biopic, "whats love got...

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Soaring sound of triumph. ♪ left a good job in the city ♪ >> reporter: that powerful voice. ♪ rolling, rolling down the river ♪ >> reporter: that electrifying dancing, no wonder tina turner was known as the queen of rock n roll. >> when i walk out onto the stage, its one big healthy party. thats the feeling, and thats what i always wanted. ♪ whats love got to do with it ♪ >> reporter: after an icononic career r and life of harardship and d resililience, the e 83-yeaear-old legegend d...

The Weeknd is now officially known online by his real name, Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, after following through on plans to update his social media accounts.

The Weeknd's name change comes after the award-winning artist told W Magazine that he wanted to "kill The Weeknd" — and he's not the only artist to ditch their stage name. 

Canadian artist The Weeknd is set to ditch his long-running stage name, reverting back to his birth name Abel Tesfaye following an interview admission that hes ready to close the "chapter".