Nightly News   |  September 21, 2010

Michael Douglas attends 'Money Never Sleeps' premiere

Actor Michael Douglas, who is battling throat cancer, attended the premiere of his latest "Wall Street" movie. NBC's Brian Williams reports.

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BRIAN WILLIAMS, anchor: He plays a conniving, scheming, duplicitous former convict who always seems to be on the make. But last night he was every inch an Academy Award winning movie star . A man in full on the red carpet four blocks from this building at the New York premiere of his new movie "Wall Street 2." Michael Douglas , who also happens to be our announcer, is in the midst of one of three rounds of chemo and radiation for throat cancer, and last night, he took time out to shine the only way a star knows how.