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>> it is tryday friday december 18th, and also free shoppi sh. d not shopping. i mean, it could be free, but it is actually free shipping day. >> and it is ugly sweater day, and this is g really, because i have been pregnant most of the year. so i have been very nice. >> and it is hot underneath he jenna is here and we are listening to brenda lee singing "rocking around the christmas tree." >> i love brenda lee. okay. let's switch. >> we will have kurt russell on

and he is known for being with woel di hahn and what else? >> and "glee" every time we see him matthew morphin, and mr. shoe on broadway. >> he was in "finding neverland" and he was a ten. n it ends. >> and we are announcing a surprise vacation getaway for two besties, and so we asked six finalists flown into new york, and it is all part of the show.'s girl and among those, we are going to pick a winner. where this would have r. looked very chic? >> where? >> at our holiday party. >> we had a fun christmas party

yesterday on 58th street, and this is how it started out, slow. we were first ones there. w and you progressively more and more people piled in. it is up, but we upid, i posted were in the photo booth and my toeday pas it, but it is for all to see, but now we fixed it. and your chr still wish i had t at one point willieumped on top of me. e h a sandy lee and the hurt. whole gang. and so we had a lot of fun. we know how the party at "today" show. >> yes. but one thing that surprises people is that we party at 11:00

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reading a lot of newspapers printed in washington, d.c. any hoo, i am just trying to let y'all know how grateful i am. i was a goner, and y'all saved me. >> you want the show me how grateful you are? shut up. >> ooh. >> shut up. >> you learned that at home both of you.way, didn't you? >> great. >> was that a real mustache by the way that you are sporting? >> yes, i let it grow. goal di was not a big fan of that. >> a real turn on. >> oh no, forget it. >> and you find stuff in those things after a while, you know. >> well, you know what is hard in that, i had a big coat on, and ever are i time you turn, it slap slaps you. kw just what he wanted quinton tarantino. >> and he wrote it as a look, the walrus look. and i have my own feeling of a

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each other, and swords, but a day on the set with him is just a blast. i have been lucky to work with great director, and i hope i have a with all of them again, but it is just that quinton loves what he he does so much, it is infectious. >> i have to tell you something, and i don't know if i have to tell you this before, but you were the hugest crush of my life "the travels of jamie mcspeeders." >> 1963. >> what was the role? >> i will say it, you don't look lild seen that. >> the old baby and i was just like, and i think it is the one dimple right over there. >> are not smymmetrically perfect, but it works. >> no, i am not symmetrically perfect. interestin looking as some people would say. >> and now, you are going to be in drop dead gorgeous colorado. >> yes, we have a a place there

that is great, and it is only three or four hours away from where we shot "hateful 8." >> and we were reading in the the richard gere role. >> yes. >> in "officer and a gentleman." >> and another really, really great drirector taylor hackford. i don't like the sex scenes and if you are having fake sex, you know it, they know it, the audience knows it, and if you are going to be doing the sex, do it. so i don't want to the -- it. >> i don't want to look like -- and the horrible thing to me about it is that i see that this is what think they think sex looks like, huh? i need a better story point. list listen, if you have a storid pi called "unlawful entry" -- >> hmm.

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all right. there are still a few days left to be part of the toy drive. so far we have sent out $30 million toys and gifts to children across the country. >> and with us is the president of national brands, and let's find out what the big donation is today. >> hello. >> shall we open up the box? >> yes. >> oh, kids. what are you giving, ed? >> well, at our national products we are e donating 300,000 great products like all and snuggle, and over 8,000 snuggle bears. >> this is the first year? >> fourth ye donated over $1.3 million in product, and 75,000 snuggle bears to

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as we're all getting ready to and right now at 11:00, rain headed our way again as many are getting ready to head out of town. here's a live look at san rafael. the storm will make its way through the north bay first and then head south. good morning everyone. thank you for joining us. i'm scott mcgrew. kris sanchez has a well-deserved day off. let's get right to meteorologist kari hall who's very busy with the radar. >> and it looks busy as we look just to the north of us, but in the bay area it's still nice and quiet. just some clouds starting to move in. now, we'll start to see these scattered showers moving into the north bay first once again and then working to the south. but they've really had a hard time working to the south. it's been very slow. and you know what that means,