from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome,verybody. thank you so much for joining us on this fun day monday, april 28th. any day that the academy award winning julie andrews is here is a good day, hoda. >> and the pick for artist of the month, the name is lo-fang, google it. >> and our kentucky derby hat contest winner.

but first, our weekends. my dog louie had a good weekend. here is a picture i tweeted of louie in the kitchen sink. >> why does he have shades on? >> he likes to relax. when the sun comes through you put the -- this dog will sit in the kitchen sink for hours in the water if you let him. he just moans, falls asleep, has dreams. you can be changing flowers, washing dishes next to him in a different separate sink -- happiness is a little afternoon bath. >> how cute. >> in the kitchen sink. >> sweet. >> your friend had a better weekend. >> my friend karen, her sister got married, kimmie. i have a quick picture of kimmie and her husband, paul. it was this beautiful wedding in new hampshire. and it was this stone church, gorgeous, the reception was in this really cool lodge. >> hoda says i'm going to maine for the wedding. big surprise when they landed in manchester.

>> before i left, there was this great cancer support community awards ceremony -- >> you were honored. >> there were other great people who were honored. jack ford hosted it, the emcee of the event. jack used to work here and worked at abc as well. and a great woman named jennifer griffin was also honored. she comes up in the next picture with these wonderful men. >> jennifer from fox. >> yes. >> she is fantastic. >> she is awesome. we had -- >> she is a cancer survivor and extraordinary journalist and lovely person. she looks like she's thriving, so glad. >> she looks awesome. >> want you guys to know this, and you may not, you may already know, george clooney is engaged. >> allegedly. >> no, he is. he is. "people" magazine reports it. and when they report it, it's true. she's a 36-year-old british human rights lawyer. her name is amal alamuddin. she is -- she speaks three languages, she advised both kofi

annan at the u.n., represented julian assange in the wikileaks trial. anyway -- >> wow that was quick. >> wasn't it? >> i think it wasn't as quick as we think. i think they were undercover. that's interesting. they were hanging out with julian assange, i think -- but they were overheard at dinner showing off a ring, to ed norton, on earlier, and talking with cindy crawford and her husband randy. >> they were dating six months. >> i heard more. i heard -- is it just six? somebody said -- >> somewhere in there, six or seven. stacy keebler got married. did she already get married? >> yes. >> and she's pregnant, i know. nbc news reached out to george clooney's team for confirmation and you know what happened? >> they got back to us. >> i couldn't believe it. what was riveting is what they told us. >> no comment. >> anyway -- >> just don't get back to us. >> we'll have more coming up in

buzz. >> do you think some men are meant to just be eternal bachelors. i think there are some. i don't know if it is selfishness or they just know innately they want something different in life than that. or they know themselves so well that they're going to get bored and that wouldn't be fair to somebody. >> some people are like the shiny penny person. they want the next one and the next one and once they're bored with that one -- >> i went with a guy for a while who was married before and did not want to get married again. great guy, but his best friend took me aside and said, you know what, he's a great guy, but he always wants the back door open, you know? it is important to know. you got to discuss those things up front. we don't know what the gospel truth is about chris martin and -- but he is speaking out now. >> yes. we haven't -- >> uncoupling of the decade. >> everyone is always piling on her. >> we don't do that. >> we don't. but other people do. chris martin spoke out on bbc radio. we're thinking, everything is going to be clear. he's going to explain --

>> just confused it further, i think. >> we don't understand what he meant. but maybe you guys will. okay. first of all, he says he doesn't blame anyone for the breakup, that they needed to make some changes. here is his quote. if you can't open yourself up, you can't appreciate the wonder inside. so you can be with someone very wonderful, but because of your own issues you cannot let that be celebrated in the right way. >> also said you don't let love really in, you can't really give it back. >> and there is more things like that. >> do you think -- i just -- what are the issues is the point? what kept him from -- maybe he doesn't want to share them, which is certainly his prerogative, but this has only confused me more. maybe they have a communication problem. >> we don't get it. >> we do have breaking news. >> oh, gosh. >> about the atlanta housewives. very important. we have to finish the story. we showed you the -- >> we are nbc news. >> we showed you the big smackdown between portia and kenya. they fought.

>> not the whole country. >> they pulled the weave. anyway, this happened. someone pulled down, andy got in the middle, tried to break it up. cursing. police were called, arrests were made. >> does it look like a jerry springer show. >> yes, thank you. >> not that i watch that. >> so portia is being called with one charge of battery. in this thing, she said i embarrassed myself, she was crying. she did an interview with "access hollywood" live and this is a little piece of it. >> we were talking about your song, flat line and about domestic abuse. you said you suffered it. here we are, you know, turning to our hands in a situation like that and granted you were pushed. do you have regrets when you watch that? >> i had regrets immediately after. you know, my relationship with kenya has been on the rocks up and down. i was bullied, you know, when i was in high school, elementary school. >> for what? for what? >> for being super skinny with big teeth and big eyes.

at that moment, it felt like bullying on level ten. level ten bullying. >> you know, it is interesting about the word bullying. it is being used a lot for a lot of different things. >> i think it is being misused in some cases. i'm not sure about this one. >> i think if you're the weaker one, it is bullying. i think if two people are on a level playing field and say things to one another, i'm not sure if it is or not. >> what about the word cruel? bullying seems to be an ongoing taunting, never letting up, the kid is afraid to go to school because they know -- bullying seems to be ongoing. we haven't -- just in my own mind, that's what i think. i think that is just cruel. call it cruel, or call it wrong. >> kit and billy will do the entire interview tomorrow on "access hollywood" and "access hollywood live". >> they do a great job. they have found their doppelgangers. >> they have. >> someone who lost hers sadly, also following our friend tori spelling. we didn't realize she's been --

she's got this ongoing -- they don't call it reality series, docu-series. >> docu-series. i cannot keep them straight. she has been sharing intimate painful details about her troubled marriage on her new show called "true tori". >> there are reports that she was hospitalized for six days, not saying what the reasons are. he was reporting on saturday that she has been in the hospital for almost a week, and -- >> that's a long time. >> yeah. >> they're not saying what it is, stress related thing or something else. >> remember, we talked about it last week, hoda, you want things to get worse, put cameras in the room. >> i know. >> and now i'm fearing for her health because it is one thing, you fear for your marriage, you can survive a bad marriage, you can survive divorce, you can go on and have a very happy life, but you get sick and who is going to take care of her children? i just -- i turn those cameras off so fast, i'm sorry, i've got to heal my family. >> let's lighten it up. kind of depressing and sad.

anyway, this is a little tiny bit of a bummer, but we'll make it good. we won't be able to see little prince george for a while because he's not going on vacation with his parents. >> he was told to turn the cameras off. >> so we're going to look at a montage just to look back because we love it so much. oh, my god. his teeth. >> the wonder of it all. >> oh, my gosh. >> i guess he started crying when he left, though, right? >> look at his little legs. >> he's so interested in everything. he's got some teeth. we're happy to report. >> we were counting. anyway, he's such a -- >> i love all babies. all the clothes are selling out in the stores and she is smashing. >> she's unbelievable. >> smashing. what a great, great choice she was for him and for the royal

family and makes us love him all the more too, you know? >> this little boy is in the tabloid scandal already. "us weekly" is accused of photo shopping the most handsome baby in the world. apparently they disputed the allegations. they said it was a blueish tint and they tried to bring it back to normal color and they didn't airbrush, didn't add any rosiness to his cheeks, that's how the cheeks are. anyway, but, you know -- >> i'm sorry, he can't get better. they have done that to me on occasion on covers and things. they have to you as well. i am all for it. you have my permission to airbrush me out the wazoo. it is in my contract. one time it bothered me, though, because they showed my hands, and i always just, you know, the way you do your nails or whatever, it is very personal to you. it is an expression of your personal grooming and what you like to look at. they took my french manicure, which i had always had for years, and put pink and rounded it, like rounded the nails.

and it was, like, ghoulish to me because it is not what i do. i took umbrage to that. >> okay. >> favorite things. >> favorite things. we had this young lady on our show in the past. she's really an extraordinary role model for young girls. bethany hamilton. remember the young surfer in hawaii who lost her arm to a shark attack and a movie was made, i think it was called "soul surfer," just a spectacular young woman. this is called "a girl's guide to a fit, fun, and fabulous life." i read it, not all of it, but lots of it last week. great recipes, exercises, great advice. and she's a deeply faithful young woman, happily married now and she's turned a tragedy into a great triumph. it is released on may 6th, $14 at amazon.com. i think you can preorder those things, right? >> yes, you can. my favorite thing is right here. >> let's dip in. >> if you want a springtime dish

and it is so easy, two ingredients, three, watermelon, fresh basil, big chunks of it, and balsamic glaze. not balsamic vinegar, the glaze. it looks a little thicker. >> like hoinen sauce. is that how you say it? hoisin. >> if you like it, you can put tomatoes in with it. take a bite. >> if you're not lactose intolerant, hoda -- >> open, open. wait, get the basil. isn't that good? all the flavors -- >> delicious. >> we want to give a shoutout to two special people in with us today. rhonda hartsle and michelle orits. they won our show as an auction item for their auction speaks event. they're both nurses in the armed services. god bless them. ed asner arranged the whole thing. we're going to have wine tasting. >> and we're going right after the show, in case you're wondering -- >> we're wondering.

>> we're co-hosting the matrix awards, big awards ceremony for women in communication in new york. >> if you missed all the hollywood gossip, guess what? we'll get you caught up on "today's buzz." and the story behind these two very fair ladies, talented mother and daughter duo, julie andrews and emma walton hamilton with their little book right after this. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] great rates for great rides. geico motorcycle, see how much you could save.

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very fairy princess." congratulations, girls. >> thank you. >> once again, welcome. once again, it is adorable. >> so cute. >> thank you for being here. you can go home now. >> the ideas just keep coming for this little character, don't they? >> she's so rich, really. >> she is. we know her so well now that it is great fun. she is like a member of our family. >> and they do become like family, they become real. >> they become family to a whole generation of little children reading them. and that is so -- you have a legacy of all your films which have done that. now to have this with your own daughter. >> this is such a pleasure. >> nothing sweeter. >> i know. >> how do you work together? how does that work out? >> we really -- it is very organic process. mostly verbal. i'm the scribe and we brainstorm out loud. >> yes, we do. >> over tea. >> over tea, lots of tea. and the best idea wins. and a lot of respect.

so she's more passionate or i'm more passionate about holding on to something, the other one seems to always listen somehow. >> kind of disappointed it never comes to blows. we want to hear stories like kenya and portia. >> we have a healthy discussion. >> what is she like as a mom growing up? was she the disciplinarian? >> she was firm and there were certainly healthy boundaries. she was very protective of us which was great. >> you have to. >> she was very hands on. she was really -- even when she was working long hours, she was always there, making eggs at 5:00 in the morning before we went to school or -- and did you go back to bed after i left for school? >> seldom. maybe went up to have a shower and get ready for the day. >> what about having a mom who is just so famous and all those different areas? >> didn't really -- it's what it was. >> i don't think i really saw it that way. i was aware that this was what she did for a living, but she was just mom.

>> actually the grandchildren have more of a surprise sometimes, don't they? >> probably, although i think in many ways they're even more used to it because they see themselves on camera all the time these days. everybody has got their cameras -- >> everybody is a star in their own little -- >> the whole theme of the series. everyone is their own -- >> we noticed this morning you're doing issues about self-image and all that, and this little girl, she couldn't fit in more beautifully because it is all about your inner sparkle. and being individual. and what matters. >> and how unique every -- >> how unique every individual is. >> when they're little they want to be like everybody else, don't they? they don't appreciate their uniqueness. >> somehow it all comes out. in the case of this little girl, my granddaughter, hope, who is -- she is totally unique and individual and they all have their special -- >> you must hear great stories from readers who say my daughter just can't put this down. it must feel good. >> fabulous.

>> every child should be reading these books. >> this book is a favorite or something like that, or -- >> we love it. keep writing. we love you to come back over and over and over. >> this one is all about graduation and moving on. >> perfect timing. the second one is in the fall. we'll see you then, okay? >> i would love it. >> thank you. >> thank you, darling. >> what do you see when you step in front of a mirror? >> wait until you hear what we said. you're not going it like it. >> the winner of the kentucky derby hat contest. >> moments away. coming up right after this. as a kid, i made a list of all the places i wanted to visit. i'm still not going to make it to mars, but thanks to hotwire's incredibly low travel prices, i can afford to cross more things off my list. this year alone, we went to the top of the statue of liberty... and still saved enough to go to texas-- to a real dude ranch! hotwire checks the competition's rates every day... so they can guarantee their low prices. so we got our 4-star hotels for half price. next up, hollywood!

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is time to announce the winner of our kentucky derby hat contest. >> we asked you to get creative and impress us with your own original hat to win a trip to the kentucky derby. we received countless, fabulous submissions, three. but the winning hat belongs to, drum roll, please. >> it is jackie snyder from edmund, oklahoma. >> oh, my gosh. we're going to meet jackie in just a second. but jackie is a big fan of our show, she made a kathie lee and hoda themed derby hat. we're at the gates and off to the races. >> jackie included a lot of clever detail in her design, horses blake and bambino. >> she had a lot going on. >> and miniature wine glasses which inspired the name of her hat, run for the roset. >> she's standing by, by skype. congratulations. >> good morning. thank you! >> how does the hat work, jackie? show us.

>> okay. >> can you hear it? >> oh, my gosh. >> it doesn't look like it is too comfortable. you have a miniature version? oh, my gosh. >> oh, my gosh, she's running. >> run for the roset. you're genius. here is what your trip includes, you get tickets to the kentucky derby events, all furnished by churchill downs incorporated. >> you're going to have an unbelievable time. >> thank you so much. >> thank you, jackie. >> catch all the excitement on the 140th kentucky derby on saturday, may 3rd, at 4:00 p.m. eastern time here on nbc. >> we'll be back after this.

we're back with more of "today" on this fun day monday, time for "today's buzz." we give you the inside scoop on all the hot, hot hollywood gossip that you missed over the weekend.

>> here with all the celebrity news you can't live without are bonnie fuller, president and editor in chief of hollywoodlife.com and from nbc's gossip gram, roseann colletti. hello, ladies. >> trouble in the midwest and stuff, but most people are out, and might not have heard that george clooney is he officially off the market? >> well, it is not official as in confirmed by his publicist. >> but enough said. >> yes. we believe -- apparently they told edward norton in a restaurant in nobu, in l.a., that -- he was with cindy crawford and edward came over to the table and she's wearing this ring and they told him the news that they were engaged. >> what do you make of how quickly it happened after -- >> i think everyone is asking who this woman is. he only met amal alamuddin in october. it is seven months. it is very quick. she's an oxford educated british human rights attorney. >> yes.

>> speaks three languages. >> yes. >> yeah. >> she is super smart. and the big question, of course, is going to be are they going to have a commuter relationship. they already had dates all over the world. >> she lives in london. he's based in l.a. he's taken her to the white house, to meet president obama. >> i'm sure to lake como. >> life is going to be good. >> i want her life. >> let's talk about beyonce and jay-z. >> for the first time, they're going to tour together. it kicks off in miami on may 25th. wraps up in august, in san francisco. 16 american cities, two canadians in that group. not new york barclay center. >> why? >> don't know yet. some dates may be announced later. >> are the songs collaborations or he sings and then she sings -- >> i think it is going to be a combination. they love to perform together.

and, i mean, she has her album, beyonce did fantastic, but the thing is she just finished a year long world tour. >> ivy blue will be singing three-part harmony with them pretty soon. >> who knows. maybe it is going to be like a maternity tour. they're going to be together. >> and if you can have a lot of help and get a lot of rest between each gig, being together -- >> what about mila kunis? >> what's your point? >> another unconfirmed engagement, marriage, baby bump. >> did they confirm that they're engaged? >> she's wearing a rock. but she also, though, was flashing. if it wasn't the baby bump, it was a huge food bump all weekend. the couple were at the stagecoach music festival in california. look at that. >> she wasn't trying to hide it. >> no. >> i think that's -- >> all the barbecue. >> that's a baby bump? >> that is like a bagel. >> yeah, yeah.

>> she kept wearing these short tops and he was cradling her. >> reportedly the baby is due sometime in october. >> they're a sweet couple. >> my daughter was out at that this -- the stagecoach, and so much fun. >> is that it? >> there is another one. jennifer lawrence, supposedly -- is she engaged or not? >> another unconfirmed. what happened is she goes out in london with nicholas hoult, her long time boyfriend, and she's wearing a big heart shaped turquoise ring with gold all around it. there you see it. and she actually, like, held up her hand. so people, of course, are wondering if she's engaged. >> i thought somebody from her camp said it is not -- it is just a ring she loves and only fits that finger. they're denying it. >> that's the story. she has to be careful with what she's wearing on that finger because she has been with nick hoult for quite a while now. >> is orlando bloom dating selena gomez? what is that picture? >> they were together. this is interesting.

they went to a chelsea handler show on the weekend and came together and left together. we saw -- heard this of hollywood life and they were having a great time together. met each other before -- >> she's unfollowed kendal and kylie. >> and bieber. but he just released a new song yesterday and it is all about her, clearly all about her. >> all right. coming up when you look in the mirror, what did you see? >> i don't want to see this. >> how to reclaim your beauty and love yourself. >> he's touring with one of the hottest names in music now. our artist of the month, lo-fang. ♪ ding ♪ do you have something for pain? i have bayer aspirin. i'm not having a heart attack, it's my back. i mean bayer back & body. it works great for pain. bayer back & body provides effective relief

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it is time for elvis duran's artist of the month when he introduces us to his pick for next big thing in music. >> the musician you want to keep your eye on, this time around, is matthew hemmerline, better known as -- easier to say, lo-fang. >> his album is available on itunes. hello. >> how is it going? >> hello, elvis. >> we brought a lot of music to

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♪ yeah, yeah, you should get out of town too ♪ ♪ oh, you, you, you should get out of town too ♪ [ applause ] >> wow. >> different. >> oh, my gosh. that was really cool. >> beautiful. >> you're cheating yourself if you don't hear the entire album. the whole thing together is an amazing piece of art. >> i'm blown away. it is so beautiful. >> thanks, you guys. that was awesome. >> the love-hate relationship women have with their mirrors. >> and he -- the lovely brigitte is with us right after this.

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complicated relationship women have with their mirrors. >> a recent dove survey found that one in three women say the mirror feels like her cruelest critic and nine out of ten said they felt badly when they looked in the mirror, choosing words like fat and unattractive to describe what they see. >> we reflected on what we see. take a look. >> i see me. i see me. an older version of the same woman. wiser. little plumper, she's fine. she's all i got. >> i see a body that i'm glad to be in because when, you know, it was six years ago that i had breast cancer and i was always very critical of my body all the time, i was always looking at it and poking it and when you're just happy that you have what you have, you feel lucky.

>> if i'm not working, i don't look at myself at all. only time it matters is if i have to go on camera or take pictures or something like that. when i'm not around the theater or i'm not around a set, i don't wear makeup, don't wear spanx and don't do my hair and i love my scrunchy. >> stomach. i see my stomach first. that's why i'm wearing this blousy sweater because i like things that hang long and mask a little bit. i probably look there first. >> i looking back now wish i had been more careful about some of the things i would say in front of my daughter. she's got a very, very healthy self-image, but i use humor a lot in my life. and so i would say things, like, do you believe -- that kind of stuff trying to be funny. i hope it didn't do much damage long term. >> yes. you know when you wake up and you have, like, baggy eyes because you didn't sleep much,

that initial look-see in the mirror when you go, oh, but the days you get rest, and you wake up and suddenly that day feels awesome. >> i guess my reaction would be my stomach, but i have this stomach because i had two cesarean sections, so i could have my children. so you have to say to yourself, was it worth it and that's a stupid question. >> i look -- i think i look happy. i don't know. i feel happy. i hope, you know, you hope what you feel inside is how you look. >> i love that, hodi. >> that turned out much better than we thought. >> see, now i love us. tomorrow as part of the series, tony winner sutton foster, such a talent, joins us to talk about beauty, self-image and her new show, which got rave reviews. i'm sure there is a tony in her future. >> up next, "blue bloods" star bridget moynahan is with us.

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she's the model turned actress who appeared in dozens of magazines, commercials, tv shows and movies. these days you can find bridget

moynahan on the hit series "blue bloods" playing erin reagan, an assistant d.a. living among a family of new york cops. >> now, bridget is taking on a new challenge to live below the line. it is an awesome idea. she's here to tell us all about it. great to welcome you back. >> good morning, thank you for having me. >> she is sharing love and spreading beautiful radiance everywhere she goes. >> we're doing a whole thing this week, i think you saw the piece before, it was a love your selfie thing. girls have trouble with self-confidence when it comes to their self-image. i'm sure you talked to a lot of young girls. what advice do you give them? >> i kind of think we as adults also, i think you mentioned this in your piece, that we have to change the way we speak about ourselves and about other people in front of our children. and i think that the girls are getting insecure about being fat or -- >> going on a diet. >> yeah, at 7, 8, 9, 10 years old. and it is absurd. >> such an unrealistic

reflection of beauty, in all the magazines, where everything is airbrushed, even beautiful women are made -- have imperfections and those are cleansed away. all of a sudden, if you had a zit that day, it is gone, or an extra pound, they can round you out. >> that has always been the case. we always had that, just we have more venues for it and more magazines that also just take pictures of celebrities, out and then pick them apart. i think it is the picking apart that is bad for all of us to hear and read and look at and, i mean, i would love that to end. >> that is bullying. >> we want to talk about your live below the line idea. this is a great idea. so explain to everyone what you're trying to do here. >> we're asking people to live on $1.50 a day. that's what 1.2 billion people live on, for all their expenses. >> year round. >> every day. every day. >> you're asking people to do it for between one and five days, right? >> yes, april 28th to may 2nd. just for food and water or food

and drink, to really kind of somewhat step into the shoes of these people that we're trying to raise money for. >> yeah. >> if they have shoes. >> and, you know, it is obviously they have to make huge decisions and if their child is sick, they might have to go without a meal because that's what they're living on. >> so what connected you to this project. what was it about it that made you want to join in? >> i met the people from global poverty project at u.n. last year, and just was very impressed with the way they really take a look at how to get their message out and all these different projects that they do have year round. and they really think of great ideas to get people involved. >> you think of $1.50, how do you even do that? have you planned it out yet? >> i have a great team leader and i have -- i'm doing it with four other people. we pooled our money, we've got a very strict diet and i pushed them to make sure they were healthy meals. so i think that's something that i found challenging going into a

grocery store and still having healthy diet on this kind of money. so you do have to plan ahead. >> what if someone does it for one day or one -- or five days, the fact you're going to do it is just awesome. >> think about the choices other people have to make. >> talk about "blue bloods," by the way. good for you. >> it's hot. >> i know. i'm excited. i'm so thrilled to be here in new york. >> and you shoot here. where do you shoot this? >> we have a studio out in green point, we shoot all over the city. >> the trucks all the time. >> will you do me a personal favor, please? >> maybe. >> will you give tom selleck a big wet one for me? >> a wet willy? >> no, a big wet kiss. he's one of the nicest gentleman. anywhere you want, just say it is from kathie lee. >> he'll remember. he'll tell you the story. >> thank you so much.

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