A set of previously-unheard audio interviews with former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy are been released to the public this week in tandem with a new book -- Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy -- and Monday morning, ABC News played parts of the tapes.

The interviews -- which were sealed by the Kennedy Library prior to now -- were recorded with White House aide/Kennedy family friend Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. just four months after former President John F. Kennedy's November 22, 1963 assassination.

In one sequence of the never-heard-before tapes, Jacqueline recalls how she pleaded with her late husband that she wanted to stay by his side during the tense days of the Cuban missile crisis, with nuclear war a real and scary possibility.

The ReelzChannel released a new trailer for the controversial 8-part movie event The Kennedys, where Katie Holmes portrays iconic First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy—and you can watch it right here on RadarOnline.com.

The suspenseful teaser follows the Kennedy’s drive to power, with Academy Award nominee Tom Wilkinson as Joe Kennedy Sr., Barry Pepper as Bobby Kennedy and Greg Kinnear as John F. Kennedy. 

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The Kennedys was set to air on the History Channel this Spring, but in January A&E Television Networks pulled the plug on the controversial dramatic interpretation, after deciding it wasn’t a good fit.

Legendary fashion designer Oscar de la Renta has taken First Lady Michelle Obama to task because of the gown she wore to the state dinner for Chinese President Hu Jintao, RadarOnline.com has learned.

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“My understanding,” de la Renta told WWD, “is that the visit was to promote American-Chinese trade — American products in China and Chinese products in America. Why do you wear European clothes?”

Mrs. Obama wore an elegant red-to-black gown designed by Sarah Burton from the late Alexander McQueen’s design house.  McQueen was British as is Burton, and de la Renta thought Mrs. Obama should have only worn a gown that was made in the U.S. of A.

Even though Mrs. O is the first First Lady in 30 years not to have de la Renta design for her, he insisted his criticism wasn't based on that.

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"I'm not talking about my clothes, my business," he said. "I'm old, and I don't need it. But there are a lot of young people, very talented people here who do."

Comedienne Joan Rivers revealed she once ditched a joke about First Lady Michelle Obama from her stand-up routine - because she feared she'd be accused of racism.

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Recalling the wisecrack to shock Jock Howard Stern, the comedy legend said: "We used to have Jackie O now we have Blackie O!"

The audio can be heard here on RadarOnline.com.

Rivers wrote the quip about President Barack Obama's wife in reference to her fashionable dress sense and comparing her to former First Lady Jackie Kennedy Onassis.

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Mrs. Obama, who supports many American designers and is famous for stepping out in J.Crew attire, has officially become one of the fab four of the political fashion world —joining Jacqueline Kennedy, French First c and Princess Diana.

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