tonight -- >> it's driving me nuts. what the [bleep]. >> it's a tv tirade to end all tirades. the blow-off "the view" never wanted you to see revealed. >> good-bye. then from explosive to emotional. kathie lee's tear-filled good-bye to the "today" show. >> i'm done now. plus -- >> it's "e.t." and we're in las vegas. >> halle berry proves she's in the best shape of her life. how does she do it? >> that's my secret. >> and charlize theron is looking for love. >> i'm shockingly available. >> delivering a medicatissage t on "e.t.." plus -- >> you will not believe who joins us today. >> yep, call the paparazzi.

>> tonight's "e.t." from vegas is going to be magic. >> how did you do that? no, no, no, no! ♪ we have got the moment "the view" never wanted you to hear. hi, everybody, from vega >> you know, we've seen some drama this week from outside omni nightclub in caesar's palace but nothing like this. elisabeth hasselbeck exploding, the backstage meltdown just released today. >> what the [bleep]? i don't even swear and she has me swearing. this woman is driving me nutsz. i'm not going back out. i can't do the show like this. she just reprimanded me. she knew exactly what she was doing. good-bye. i'm off. write about that in "the new york post." >> the explosive audio was released this morning by "variety." the drama unfolded in 2006 after barbara scolded elisabeth on live tv during a debate about the morning after pill. >> elisabeth, calm down. >> i can't, this makes me so

upset, barbara. >> i know, everybody has strong opinions. we have to go on and we have to learn how to discuss these things in some sort of rational way. >> elisabeth is so furious, she rips up her note cards. she walks off the set but she's still mic'd and talking to host joy behar. >> [bleep] that. i'm not going to sit there and get reprimanded on the air. it's not okay to sit there and get reprimanded on the air. i'm not going back out there. >> elisabeth googs to her dressing room. with seconds left in the break, the show's then executive producer, bill geddie, plead with her. >> i already said something to her. >> i can't breathe right now. >> you have to go on because you're a pro. now come with . >> they race back to the set and when "the view" returns, elisabeth and barbara have their arms around each other. >> we respect your opinion. >> uh this. i respect yours as well. >> the current voou co-hosts did not address the drama on today's show but elisabeth posted an apology for swearing. she also defended her passion, quote, i felt the need to protect what i knew to be truth.

it's interesting to point out that the audio comes three days after the publication of a new voou tell-all, ladies who punch. we spoke to the author. >> you can see that there were tensions on the show but i didn't imagine the tensions were so much that elisabeth actually wanted to leave in the middle of the show. >> sherri shepherd bwho was not on the panel during the meltdown told us she experienced plenty of voou drama. >> i cried for three years straight because i had a tough task master who i loved to death, barbara walters. barbara walters was tough on the people that she loved and she helped me find my voice. >> today there was no drama but lots of tears. >> kathie lee, you know the best part of my life, my tv life, was the 15 years i spent with you. >> regis with that heart felt well but it was the messages

from 29-year-old cody and 25-year-old cassidy made her mom lose it. >> you have a purpose. >> find something you love to do and figure out a way to get paid for it. >> i'm done now. >> where do you put this in everything you've done? >> the greatest blessings in my life. >> you know what kathie lee wants to do next? she wants to direct more movies. she's done some. perhaps an oscar is in her future. >> i was with a pair of oscar winners last night, halle berry and charlize thero but let's start with the bombshell that charlize dropped on me abo her dating life. >> i've been single for ten years. it's not a long shot. somebody just needs to step up. >> technically charlize's last

public romance with sean penn ended in 2015 but in her new movie "long shot" she has a budding romance with co-star seth rogen. >> monday was not a good day because according to your instagram a dog bit your boob off. >> my kids actually did think it was off and asked many questions afterwards. it's damaged. >> there's damage? >> there's damage and i don't blame the puppy. i blame my boob. >> the picture you posted of your abs recently, why are you doing that to the internet? why? >> got me in the best shape of my life. why not show it? >> halle's amazing body comes courtesy of her role in the latest john wick flick. >> i'm a john wick fan and i heard he was looking to cast a bad ass female. so i went to his office and i said i think it should be me. >> you didn't say -- you said it will be me. i couldn't kick her out of the

office. >> meanwhile, jamie lee curtis was in vegas being recognized with the cinemacon van guard award. the og scream queen says she's got a soft spot for "halloween's" michael meyers. >> you want him to come back? >> of course i do. lori and michael, it will be the sort of love story of my life. i mean, besides my own actual love story. >> her real life hubby is blushing right now. as you just saw, all the big stars talk to "e.t." in vegas including these two legends, lady gaga and reba mcentire. welcome ladies. i got to start with you, gaga. you must have brought your oscar with you. >> oh yeah, right here. i love it. >> reba, you have a busy weekend because you're hosting the academy of country music awards this weekend. >> i know, it's going to be so exciting. we got surprises planned. you're going to love it. >> i love the accent. now, this isn't really gaga and

reba but these ladies are the next best thing and you can see them at the tropicana. thank you for stopping by. >> thank you. >> love the voices. back to the real reba, there's everything you can expect from the queen of country music. ♪ >> i'm reba mcentire, we're at the acms. it's my 16th time to host and i'm ready. >> today only "e.t." was backstage with the legendary star before she appeared at an acm press conference. she was surprised by jason aldean who will receive the artist of the decade award. >> i don't know what i'm going to say yet but i got a lot of people to thank. i know that. >> carrie underwood will perform for the first time since giving birth to her second son jacob in january. she will sing alongside "this is us" star chrissy metz who is debuting her new song "i'm standing with you" from her movie "breakthrough". >> mind blown. just sort of thinking, oh, i'm glad i'm doing this, with incredible female vocalists who i love about a song that i think

is going to touch a lot of people. >> chrissy is a wonderfully talented, beautiful woman and i can't wait to meet her in person. >> we'll see performances by kelly clarkson, blake shelton, luke bryan and miranda lambert who will sing a immediamedley o famous hits. reba will perform a song from her new album. >> it's a song called "freedom." >> could the song be about her new boyfriend skeeter? >> it's about a woman finding love after all of the bad relationships she had been in, and loving you feels like freedom. coming up, more from -- >> "e.t." in vegas. >> country stars arrive in sin city. we're with maren morris after getting rejected by "the voice" and "idol." >> sometimes it pays to take the long way.

plus -- ♪ back street's back all right >> bsb breaking news after saying bye-bye to their show on the strip. and our day at disney with avengers. how they became a real life superhero for these fans. >> they're like, who are you? thor? first, the discovery channel is in egypt and we have an exclusive sneak peek at a two-hour live event they have planned for sunday night. >> doctor, we're standing next to what looks like the entrance to one of the tombs. is that right? >> this is the big surprise that you will see on sunday. >> chris jacobs, explorer josh gates and a team of archaeologists will enter a 3,000-year-old tomb and open an ancient egyptian sar kof gus and viewers will watch it in real time. >> oh, my god. >> i think viewers expect to meet a mummy face-to-face. we're going to go into tight

tunnels, tombs and passages and there are snakes and curses. for me, i'm not too worried about the curse, although, who knows, maybe i should be. ♪

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♪ it's only april but the jonas brothers just dropped this year's summer anthem "cool" and the video is the ultimate beach party. speaking of parties, the backstreet boys have been living it up here in las vegas but their residency is coming to an end and the guys reflected on their sin city run with our keltie knight ♪ everybody >> backstreet boys, we've been around forever. we're just getting started, ladies and gentlemen. >> that's crazy. the boys have been living it larger than life at planet hollywood for two years and making audiences very, very happy. ♪ back street's back all right >> what has been the best part of being residency? >> for us to come to vegas, it was perfect timing and gave us a chance to settle things down, to appreciate the fans coming to us in one location and at the same time be able to combine a good,

happy balance of family time and also work time. ♪ baby don't go breaking my heart ♪ >> 25 years of the backstreet boys, what does that mean to you? >> every time we get up on that stage it feels like a new performance, like it feels fresh every single time. so for me, i don't know, it's unbelievable. i don't believe it. >> next month the boys will begin their dna world tour and their kids are coming along. do you do backstreet boys press and then kid bus? >> we all share. ♪ i never want to hear you say ♪ i want it that way >> what are the chances that we would be here after 25 years? >> drop the mic. still ahead, we go inside vegas's newest instagram-worthy wedding chapel and take a walk down memory lane with stars who wed here in sin city.

>> i wanted to do something wild and crazy. then -- >> we're turning up the heat in las vegas with criss angel. >> so hot. and a superhero surprise. >> the reason i think most of us do it is the looks on their faces. ♪ closed captioning provided by --

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"avengers: endgame" is going to be a massive success because the anticipation for this film is so big that, get this, after some movie websites crashed following high demand, presale tickets started popping up on ebay for up to $25,000. what? meanwhile, the avengers assembled to become real-life heros at disney today and our nichelle turner was there. while the avengers gathered outside, kids from the boys and girls club were playing nearby in the lego house when suddenly -- in came our heros to hand out avengers toys. >> when they look at you and you're a bit of a hero off screen, that's got to make you feel really good. >> it does, absolutely. they're like, who are you? thor. they're like, where's the hammer and the long hair and the outfit?

>> being able to provide any opportunity for kids to do exactly what they do best, to see a kid is awesome. >> these avengers are parents in real life. paul rudd has two kids, chris three, scarlett and jeremy, one each. >> it encourages me to do more for kids. he doesn't know i'm an actor. he just knows i'm hawkeye and i'm on their pajamas. >> do your kids have thor pajamas? >> they deent. one have my kids thinks it's cool and i'm hanging onto that. he's my favorite. >> the giveaway was part of a $4 million gift of toys announced today by disney chairman robert iger. >> the reason most of us do it is the looks on their faces. >> say avengers. >> a: avengers. >> if you're wondering where i am right now, this wedding chapel is inside the palms

casino resort and it is an instagram-worthy spot because it looks kind of cartoonish but it makes for a great picture. you know, hollywood loves a great las vegas wedding and keltie knight is here now to take us on a walk down memory lane. >> i'm in front of the world famous chapel of the bells and this is where kelly ripa and mark consuelos became mr. and mrs. >> to us. >> and they said it wouldn't last. >> they said it wouldn't last. >> kelly and mark celebrate their 23rd anniversary next month. they didn't even decide to tie the knot until the night before. >> we were talking about how we didn't need marriage, you know, because -- >> we didn't need it so much that we'll fly to vegas tomorrow and elope just to do it. >> angelina jolie and billy bob thornton said i do at the little church of the west. she famously wore a vile of his blood as a necklace. reverend jim hamilton performed the service. >> she had the vile around her

neck and they popped in the chapel and we did the service. >> the most important thing is my marriage and i'll always have that. >> but the marriage fizzled out after only three years. ♪ oops i did it again >> i really wanted to see what it was like to be married. >> and one of hollywood's quickest vegas weddings happened here at the little white wedding chapel. that is where britney spears married her hometown friend jason alexander in 2004. the marriage lasted only 55 hours before being annulled. >> in that moment i was with a friend that i love dearly and i wanted to do something wild and crazy. >> in 1989 george clooney married his first wife, actress talia balsam, in vegas and bruce willis and demi moore had a quickie wedding in 1987. why get hitched in sin city? how about no blood tests, no waiting period, but you did need a marriage license. >> get that downtown and take it to the chapel and they'll take care of it.

>> just like that, poof, you are married and the most recent vegas marriage happened between erica, although he did ask a nd judge to annul the wedding after just four days claiming he was a little drunk. >> keltie, can we get back to this wedding chapel. the art installation was inspired by billy idol and his song "white wedding." why does that make sense here? because he has a residency at the palms which returns in october. >> meanwhile, at planet hollywood it's all about illusionist criss angel. >> the audience really goes nuts when i levitate and fly around the stage. >> look at this. he gave us an exclusive tour of his fiery show with 31 flame heads. have you ever had a close call? >> i've had many close calls and i've ended up in the hospital multiple times. >> you've played in front of oprah. why do you think that they love illusions and magic?

>> i think magic by and large brings up a child in all of us, right? >> cristy has two kids of his own. his 5-year-old son johnny is in remission after battling leukem leukemia. >> ehe's great, starting school in august. >> in his lobby is a donation box for pediatric cancer. >> people donate right here. >> i couldn't leave without a little magic trick. he had me think of a card. >> say yes to both. spades. >> yes. >> clubs, yes. >> it was spades. you blinked on picture card so i'm going to go with number card. one, two -- >> just by measuring my reaction, he had it. >> 2 of spades. >> how did you do that! i don't even know you! no. no. no. no. no! >> here it is.

>> you know what, i studied and studied those tricks and can never figure them out. coming up, singer maren morris is in the middle. >> i see what you're

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♪ maren morris struck it rich at last year's atm awards in vegas. for sunday's show, well, she's doubling down with a performance with brothers osbourne. >> they're my favorites so we're going to bring it down on the atm stage on sunday. >> maren is on fire right now. not only is she nominated for female artist of the year, her chart-topping record "girl" is at the top of the charts. crazy to think she was once rejected by agt, "the voice" and "idol." >> i feel grateful that i didn't make it any further on those shows. sometimes it pays to take the long way. things worked out. >> i just got to say we have had a great week here in vegas at the only nia nightclub in caesar's palace but we're not leaving just yet. >> oh, no, we're not.

i'm excited about country music. we're going to be back monday with an exclusive.

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