"today", with kathie leee gifford and hoda kotb, live, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> can we squeeze in? >> hi!! down. >> up, down, up down, oh, kick. >> oh, my gosh. look at this. >> it's ugly sweater day, guys. >> we're actually holding hands under here. >> at that's the only way we can do it. how ararwe going to do it? >> slide over. slide over. >> there we go. >> it's try day friday, december 18th. it's also free shopping day. >> not free shopping. >> shipping. >> i mean, it could be free, but it's actually free shipping day. >> it's ugly sweater day, which is where jenna and i found this one.

>> i've withinbeen naughty this year, but not the entire year. i've been pregnant almost the entire year. >> it's hot under here. >> jenna's here. we're rockin' around the christmas tree with brenda lee. >> wait. okay. let's switch. >> i know. >> firstst of all -- >> you have been naughty. >> i need to be a lefty to be on this side. kurt russell is here. he's been with goldie hawn for many, many years he's in a new movie. he's going to talk about that. and he looks, he gets better and better looking as he ages. >> very handsome. >> then what's next? >> then the guy that brought us "glee." broadway and tv star matthew morrison. you know, mr. shoe. >> i love him. >> don't you love mr. shoe? >> he was in "finding neverld."

january 24th before it ends. >> and a surprise get away for two lucky besties. it's part of a promotion for "girlfriends' guide to divorce." >> i spell something, it's not me. >> we're so close. >> just kidding. >> you know where this sweater would have looked really chic? >> at our party. >> at our holiday party. we had a really fun holiday party yesterday. this was how it started. slow. we the first ones there. >> it was slow, you startrt with a march tonyetineimartini. >> then more and more people piled in. i did something stupid. i posted a picture of "the today" show. there are pictures, we had a photo booth.

was on it and i posted it for all to see. look at your christmas tree hat. >> i wish i had that christmas tree hat. at one time willie jumped on top of me, and it really kinin of hurt. >> we did have a lot of fun. that was zack's photo booth. we know how to party at the "today" show. >> we party at 11:00 in the morning. >> it's the best time, because when it's over you get home and nap. >> savanna said i don't know if i can day drink like i used to. >> she can. sfro when it's the mornini afterour holidayparty, we found something that expresses how it's like the day after.

>> ooh. >> how are you? >> let's not talk about it. >> i was looking for my key card. >> hey, what's going on, mr. q. you quit. are yoyo here to pick up your stuff? >> no, i didn't quit. >> i love that new idea you had for the company. making musical instruments out of bananas, brilliant. >> we're losing the east coast. >> i have a number for great rvice. >> i canaybe take that later. i wbnt to get back to the meeting. >> if your husband doesn't see you as a sexual being anymore, you need to get that on the table. >> we did bring that up last night. >> it made me turn red, but i hope i didn't do any of that.

really comfy, and then suddenly, you're like, my biggest insecurity and then you're like, what am i doing? >> when we go on trips with pepele, you go away f f a day, you start to feel really comfortable. you're traveling. they see you in the airport at your most vulnerable. i think high most vulnerable. >> but i think that's why people bond in our business, because it's 3:00 in the morning. >> you're tired. >> exhausted. that's when you tell your secrets. >> people look at you, and is that what you look like? mm-hm. >> are you hot? >> yes. you smell, but i'm hot. >> you cannot! >> i'm just kidding. you can't get away from me, even if you wanna. >> so the real family put out their christmas cards. >> do you do your cards? >> i call them new year's cards

>> this is on william and kate's cards, oh, highmy god. >> so court. >> they're in the garden at kensington palace. charlotte looks like h h mom and e prince looks like his dad. it was kind of a fun photo. >> i like kate's bangs. but, you know what else i like? i think that whenever, i'm sure this was a professal photo. but whenever we get professional photos, which is not often, it never looks as good as one when you're in the park like that. the real moments are always -- >> i totally agree. i've got to cross my legs. >> i know, we're hot. >> so prince charles and camilla also septembmb out their holiday card. >> cute. >> normal couple in the woods. >> you can always tell, if a couple is tactile and touching, they're in love.

"fuller house"? >> i grew upp on "fuller house." >> it was "full house". >> i'm excited but not overjoyed. how about you? >> i can't say that i'm counting down the minutes, hough, this netflix promo is making people very, very interested.d. take a lockok and see the famous tanner household in san francisco, take a look. i know they say you can't go home again sfoet i i just had to come back >> it's great to be back, can someone help me with the boxes. >> the hair, huh? >> max, cut, it, out. >> can you help your brother? >> i know issued have got

>> you don't need movers. you've got us. >> welcome home! >> oh. love it. >> love it so ch. thiss the way we clap. >> that's going to be good. i love the song. >> if it's not good, i'm going to watch the trailer over and over again e. >> have you ever gone back to a childhood home? >> i love to. we go back in dallas,y parents don't still live in it, but we went back and visited. >> someone else was living there? >> yes. >> they didn't say who are you. >> no, they said what are you? >> this used to be on when we were little kids, barbara and i used to watch itit i think that's the way people feel, it's like going back to an old house. >> there's a woman over there in the corner by the tree who's one of jenna's favorite people in the world.

her name is janette. in our family, we call her net net. she's like the pink care bear. >> she takes care of my kids. and i love her so much. >> so love you, nettie. >> love you, too, baby girl. >> she called you baby girl. >> she says my pants look too tight every day, just about every day. and then she's like, you need to eat more, but then she's like, your clothes don't fit. >> that's love. >> and we love to jump on her every now and then and give her a big hug. >> oh, gosh. >> here. >> we're using our hands. >> all right. so tonight if you likik music, you're going to like what's on. billboard women and music. our own brittany schreiber was

it was, i got to present. >> there you are. and of course hoda got up there and changed the energy. you did.d. >> we're goingo see some great performances. >> there's brittany. >> selena gomez, demi lovato, lady gaga. and the performances are spectacular. please tune in. >> he plays a pretty hateful guy in his newest film. >> but we've got nothing but love for kurt russell. >> we're going to checke catch up with the hollywood heartthrob

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kurt russell's one of hollywood's most handsome leading men. >> kathy and i had a chance to sit down with him to talk about

and in it, kurt plays john the hangman. >> sounds like you've been reading a lot of newspapers. >> i'm trying to loetet you all know how grateful i am. i was a goner, and you saved me. >> you want to show me how grateful you are? shut up! >> you learned that at home talking that way, didn't you? >> was that a real mustache by the way? >> yeah. >> how long d d it grow? >> y y're a big fan of that. >> it's a turn on. >> yeah. you find stuff in those things after a while, you know? >> it's just, you know it's hard i had a big coat on. avenue time you turn, it just gets you. >> but it was the style. >> did quentin know what he wanted?

>> he wrote it as a walrus mustache. i have my own personal feeling about walrus mustacacs. ll grow a big sweeper. but you're right. those characters in those kinds of movies, in those days, they wanted you to see who they were right away. especially this guy. >> knowing how fun and how nice you are, it's hard to see you in a role like this. >> i'm nicer than i was the last time i worked with quentin. i was running women over with my car. so i'm working my way up the ladder. i just, i tell you. when you get the opportunity to work with him, he's just -- >> that's what all the actors say. >> what is it about him? >> it's his energy and besides his talent. his talent is fantastic. i think he has a tremendous sense of humor. it taps into mine. >> the little things.

yard sort of hey, let's make a movie, squirt catsup on each other and play with swords. >> like a little boy. >> it's a blast. and i've been really lucky to work with great directors, and i hope we get a chance to work with all of them again. it's just that quentin l les what he does so much that it's infectious. >> i have to tell you something. i don't know if i've ever told you this. you were my first hugest crush i've ever had in my life. the travels of jamie mcfeeders? >> 1963. >> w wt was the role? >> you don't loo like you could have seen that. >> i was just like oh, my god. i think it was the one dimple over there. >> yeah. >> you know? not sim etically perfect, but it worked. >> no. i'm nit symmetrically perfect.

the family, in colorado. >> we go there every winter. we've got a place that's great. it's only about three and a half hours from where we shot the movie. >> you're getting lots of snow right now. >> we were reading in the notes that said that you didn't want to play the -- >> richard gere role. >> you didn't know if the lovee scenes would be taken seriously? >> no, i don't like sex scenes. if you're having fake sex, everybody knows it. >> you want to do porn. >> yeah, if you're going to do sese let's go with the senses, you know. >> l l's do it. >> ll, the horrible thing about that scene is, so i see, this is what they think sex looks like, huh? i don't want to be on the other end of that. but if i've got a story point. >> it makes a difference whwh

>> if you've got a story point. i've done a picture which is "unlawful entry." [ laughter ] >> when you're talking about sex scenes, that's a good start. ray leeiota is this bad cop. >> who was your wife at the time? >> madeline stowe. she was great. she played it great and everything. you can b b comfortable. in silkwood, meryl streep and i were supposed to look like we were -- >> you carried that off. >> it's okay. in that one, "an officer and a gentleman", i said tell me how

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>> not only did he marry his long long-time girlfriend, but he wrapped up the season as will shoe on "glee." >> in "finding neverland." how are you? >> i'm average, how are you. >> you're not average. >> we have to give myself room to grow. >> we just learned that kelsey grammer will be learning to "finding neverland." and i will overlap and be on the show together for a while. >> have you ever worked with lsey? ? . >> he started the show with mow and left in june. so we did it for like three months. it's like a good book end for me. i'll start the show with him and end it with him. >> you are sprinting through. you're in the holidays, doioi

you're like one of the hardest-working men in showbiz. doing broadway is hard. >> it's tough. but you go to work three hours a night. but there is a lot of you know, preparation for that night't' performance, resting your voice and everytytng. this show definitely takes a toll on me, my body. >> after the show you need to take time for yourself. do you really take ice baths? >> i do. i never leave the stage pretty much in the show, and i'm just kind of going and being dropped six feet from the air, jumping, i feel like a nfl running back sometimes going everywhere on the strategy, but it's been a journey.

you miss "glee"? >> no. >> is that one of the things you're most proud of? we also read that you talk about your wife in such a wonderful, lovingng way. >> can we read your quote? >> i feel more in love with her than i ever have been. i mean -- >> do you remember saying that? >> no. i was misquoted on that. >> look at her! oh, my gosh. >> she's amazing. she's a beautiful person, but on the inside, she's from hawaii. we call it the aloha spirit. she's just glowing all the time. >> that is so sweet. do you guys want kids? >> we do. yeah. >> you are an only child? >> i am an only child. weweo want kids. we are going to start soon, but we had our a year old niece stay with us for a while, and we thought we'll push it back. >> why don't you take my 3 month old and see how you feel. >> no.

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the only requirement, submit a photo and a story about how you helped each other in need. >> we h he chosen three sets of best friends. >> they are kara and nicole. hi, how are you guys? >> then gabby and patricia. >> woo! >> oh, my god, it's so exciting. >> and kinsey and shelly! all right, where are you from? >> virginia. >> atlanta! >> louisiana. >> oh! we're going to talk to all you guys in just a minute. but we're going to check out first the story of kara and nicole. >> my bestie nicole has been there for me quite literally through the e ick and thin. she has personally helped me lose nearly 100 pounds and held my hand every step of the way. nicole has always been there for me and treated me with the same

she deserves a t tp to new york city followewe by a surprise girls trip. we both do. we have so much to celebrate. nicole's constant loyalty, our friendship and my new size 2 body. >> oh! >> way to go! >> oh, my gosh! >> how long did it take you to lose all that weight? >> about eight months. >> now we have to meet gabby and patricia. >> okay. >> let me tell you about my best friend patricia. i love her with all my heart and then all my guts. she's a woman of great faith and courage living her childhood dream of saving lives. a true georgia peach. brilliant, brave, and never too busy to text with me throughout the day. most women are lucky enough to marry man whoho lovin and

i've been blessed with the best of both worlds. my husband's sister works so hard. >> the husband's sister is the best friend! >> she's m m sister-in-law, my sis ner in love. i love her so much. i couldn't do life without her. >> oh, my god, and you're going to have a baby, probably on our show! >> i told that baby -- >> she's a doctor. so it's okay. >> you can deliver. >> all right. and finally, we have tiffany and shelly from louisiana. >> with a husband and four ids, i don't get m%ch me time anymore, but die try to hang with my friend shelly at least once a week. we have been on each other's porches and talk about everything under the sun. with allll that porch therapy, we have shared so much.

4-0 and became a grandma. i talked her into moving to louisiana so i can drop in on her anytime i want. we are besties, and i can't imagine life without her. i think shelly should win a trip, because she deserves it, not the too mention, she would bring me as her plus one. >> you moved to the teeny town to be close to each other? >> you know what i love about that? you sit on each other's porches! >> we call that porch therapy. >> how many years have you guys been friends? >> kindergarten. >> how about you guys? >> 11 years. >> you guys? >> about 11,2 yearsrs >> i think it's so cool. you can meet people as a child or later in life and have a total connect. you guys were chosen above so many who were submitted.

>> drum roll please. >> second runner-up. >> and they're all nners, so don't feel like you're third. >> gabby and patricia! >> you get a $500 gift card. >> first runner-up -- tiffany and shelly! >> you get a $1,000 g gt card! >> and who's the winner? >> one, two, three! kara and nicole! >> five-night trip to hawaii! >> aloha! >> you are awesome, awesese. >> good luck with your baby. >> thank you. >> remember, you can catch "girlfriends guide to divorce" on tuesday nights on bravo. >> you all are going to hawaii. >> last minute deals for everybody on your list. coming up after this. >> congratulations, guys.

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>> they constructed it. you can deconstruct it, reconstruct it. hours of fun. >> this is will! >> hi, will. >> and we have another special friend with us. and these are magnetic tile pieces for kids 3 years and older. free shipping, $24.95. >> hi, jordan! >> i know your mom, jordan! . >> and these are great knitted sweaters and caps for the kids th the matching. >> cute! >> this is emerson, isn't she adorable? starting at $20 for the caps. aren't they adorable? this is for newborns up to about age 8. >> look at this. >> you have a great smile. >> oh, my gosh. she would look great in this. >> look at the bunny. >> let's look at you, emerson. look at emmy. >> look at the matching lucy on her tum-tum. >> are you excited for christmas? >> yeah. >> come over and hang out with me, will.

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and one spotted him while on the treadmill. here's kristin webb's 3 year old cutie. >> and amanda's here f f a reason. what do you have?? >> department of corrections. so matthew morrison was on earlier to promote "neverland." and we inferred that the show was closing at the end of january. it is not closing. and good news. kelsey grammar's joining the cast. >> we have to show what's underneath injure shirt. look at amanda, she's going to "star wars" tonight. my mission is simple. to make you money. i'm here to level the playing field for all investors. there's always a bull market somewhere. i promise to help you find it. "m!d money" starts now. hey i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money." welcome to cramerica.

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