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>> larry: are you the glue of the family? >> i dont think im a glue. i think theres a lot of glue in my family. we all keep each other together. >> larry: do you ever go back to newark? >> yeah. thats where my familys at, so i have to go back. i have to see my family, my friends. >> larry: now theyre going to have the mets. they have a new soccer stadium. >> the soccer stadium looks amazing, too. >> larry: betty white was in the movie "bringing down the house." one of the funniest movies ever ma...

>> larry: were you addicted? >> no, no. but i think -- you know, when we do -- what we do for a living, youre in the spotlight and you have to wear a lot of hats. and you -- i think at that time i was just maybe using alcohol to numb whatever that i was -- whatever emotions i was dealing with, whatever i was exhausted about. and i just didnt pay attention. and it was kind of like -- god just pulled my skirt a little bit and said, wake up, girl, get it together. you know? >> larry: did you have t...

Death clause in your contracts that queen latifah cannot die in a film? >> no dying allowed anymore. >> larry: is that true? >> it is. it was kind of a joke. but excuse me. i think i just died too well on camera. >> larry: supposing someone gives you a great script, phenomenal. oscar stuff. and you were nominated for an oscar. >> then i might -- >> larry: that youve got to die. >> i might -- >> larry: theres a death scene. runs about eight minutes, just you in front of the camera. >> wow, eight ...

Friends who ive known since high school. so i have real people around me. who can pat me on my back when im doing good and smack my hand when im doing something naughty, and it just keeps me more grounded. queen latifah has become a phenomenon in a sense, but underneath the queen is just la. i think thats what people really get from me, and they feel like -- when people approach me on the street, they just feel like they can hug me, you know? like they feel like they know me. and they say that t...

Looked right, i felt quite comfortable. >> larry: the book is "put on your crown." whats it like to be a brand? queen latifah will tell us, ahead. ancan stream livdeo to t web. firshaan hdmi out.♪ rst shar wi-fi with 8 devic at ce. rst is notteen fur firshaan hdmi out.♪ pledunder in al hous firswh will do firsthing. with e, e rs4g? firshaan hdmi out.♪ ly fm rint,thnone deafhaand opitspee dit access www.sprinty

Wakeup call, because i thought about all the times, you know, all the people who, you know, are killed in drunk driving accidents. and i was -- i could have been -- it could have been a lot worse. it actually wasnt a dui. it was reckless driving. i was not actually impaired. but i was over the legal limit. and it just made me think, thats not responsible. thats not the right thing to do. wake up. get it together. you know, im fine with checking myself when im, you know, when im not doing the rig...

Latifah, all these different monikers that you could put on. but i thought queen. my mom raised me to be a queen. queen. queen latifah. i asked all my boys and they thought it was cool. i went with it, larry. >> larry: good move. well be back with the queen -- >> with the queen. >> larry: the book is "put on your crown" right after this. granola nut clusters from nature valley. 100% natural nuts and granola in bite sized clusters. its a little bit of nature... a little bit better. and nature app...

Dre dream. we were these kids that had all this idea, had this drive, determination, trying to create things and make things happen. but we never went to business school. like certain things we just didnt do right. and i wound up with big tax bill that was due. and i had paid all these bills for all these things, and i didnt have the money to cover it. so i was kind of broke. >> larry: what did you do? >> just talked to my accountant and figured out. obviously we had to negotiate with the irs, g...

As such and we should request that sort of treatment from others. so putting on your crown is really like accepting the fact that you are a queen. youre a great woman. wherever you are in life, just keep on that path, and so for me, sometimes as women we forget -- we forget that about ourselves. so putting on your crown is sort of reminding yourself that, hey, im a queen, and i can do what i want in this life, and take it, you know -- >> larry: this is a how-to book? >> actually more of a conver...

Im pretty good at coming up with things like that, larry. >> larry: one day sitting around and you said, i think my name is going to be queen? >> this might sound crazy, but i was 8 years old. and my cousin, shiranda, brought this muslim book of names over. and each name had a meaning to it. so when i read the name latifah, it said, delicate, sensitive, kind, nice. and i was 8 years old. but i was big for my age. i was usually like the biggest girl in class. but i was a teddy bear on the inside....