captions paid for by nbc-universal television hi, everybody. it's fun day monday, january 9th, 2012. it's the 30th birthday of princess kate. >> happy birthday. >> i'm sure she's watching. happy birthday, girl. everybody loves her. in the newspaper, i think it was the post, 30 reasons why we love princess kate. >> yeah. >> what we were looking at, sorry about that, but it was one of the funniest things. i was reading the newspaper early saturday morning and saw this picture of this guy, this little guy. see him? already.

the horniest ram. see him? >> yeah. >> okay. his name, believe it or not, is randy. it really is randy. he got out of his pen or his -- his farm or whatever. >> right. >> he went to the next door pen or whatever. >> yeah. >> farm. and visited -- he went in the field and visited 109 female lambs. >> do you know what we're saying? >> they call it ram bam romance. 13 of the babies have already been born. >> 33 rams in a 24-hour period. how is that possible? >> i don't know. the owner said when he came back he had a smirk on his face. >> look how they have him with his bling and his hat. >> so bad. sometimes in the newspaper you see something, almost always bad news, but this is good news for a change. >> well, a lot of people -- >> it was this guy. get on it.

>> a lot of people were glued to the tv set, and before we talk about how great it all was, and it was great for a lot of people, my brother is a huge steelers fan, pictures of lynn swann taped to his wall since he was a kid. the game with the broncos. >> people are excited about it. >> some people are taking fistfuls of prozac. the steelers fans are heartbroken and bleeding. however, it's part of maturity. you grow up. you win some and you lose some. >> this was a spectacular finish. >> i didn't realize it was the fastest win in overtime ever in nfl history. >> one play. >> look at this. >> see it one more time. >> and he is gone! that's tim tebow. >> yeah. >> that's unbelievable. you have to say that. no matter who you're rooting for, that was amazing. >> even if they were playing against the giants, which would be a very tough thing for me -- >> i happen to adore this kid. he's amazing. i wish we had more role models like him.

>> a lot of people who knew him from his college days continue to follow him. >> our producer has followed him. jay, his secretary, they follow him. they loved him then. >> i hope people aren't rooting for him to fail. we had a nice little victory in our family yesterday. it's fun to go to a giants game with frank gifford because, you know -- i got to say, that's the tradition. he wanted to take cass down on the field yesterday, too, and show her off. i said to those guys? why do you want to do that? >> don't do that to her. look. >> i brought you one, too, because you had your flags yesterday, your -- here you go. >> okay. terrible towel. >> we wave it. we had a great time. awesome game, giants won 24-2, and they go on to -- this is going to be tough -- they go to green bay next week in green

bay. they play the packers. >> and we have to give a big shoutout to the new orleans saints who killed detroit. just very happy about that. >> we have a few fans in detroit, so we're sorry. >> terribly sorry. okay. all right. things do go wrong in sports. >> this one is everybody's worst nightmare. >> before we show it to you, we're going to tell you she's okay. >> we wouldn't show it if she weren't. >> a 22-year-old australian woman decided to bungee jump. it was a water full of crocodiles, apparently. i guess that's part of the fun of bungee jumping over it. watch her bungee snapped and broke. and she fell into that water. she got -- you know, she had some bruises and stuff and swam very rapidly out of that water. >> she did suffer a broken collarbone and some minor injuries. but she said she was unaware of the crocodiles and she would have swum faster had she known. but she made her way out of there. >> 250,000 tourists do that jump every year. i bet they have far fewer this

year. >> creeped me out. >> how often do they check it? get your oil checked, but how many people check their bungee cords? >> yeah. you just keep going. should we talk about these doughnuts? >> yes. we are celebrating 60 years of the "today" show all week long starting today through friday. >> dunkin' donuts. >> participating dunkin' donuts. you can celebrate with us. >> all of our "today" show colors, which we've just learned are yellow, red, and orange. here's the other thing happening this week. the "today" show, we are lighting the empire state building in our colors, orange, red, and yellow. >> orange, red, or yellow. >> we should. niagara falls. we're lighting it up. >> orange, red, and yellow. >> orange, red, and yellow. >> a big week. >> beyonce had her baby girl, bouncing beyonce baby.

blue ivy carter, born very early sunday morning in new york city. dad is jay-z. his real name is sean carter. >> it is sean carter. we're going to talk about this more in "the buzz" because we're thrilled for beyonce and jay-z. there was some controversy, and this sometimes happens in situations like this. >> we don't know the truth, but maybe by the time -- we'll tell you what the rumors are anyway, okay, and you can decide what you want to believe. >> and also, apparently there's a business called blue ivy or ivy blue -- >> there is? >> yes. and they're thrilled. they're getting a lot of google hits. if you are 45-plus and you keep forgetting everything, we just want you to know that you're okay. >> yet another study. >> we used to think the decline started at 60, but no, no, no. 45. i can understand that. i forget things -- like i can be talking to you in midconversation -- >> i know it when it happens.

up -- you glaze over. you glaze. >> i totally blank out. i'm waiting for more info. >> what was the beginning of the conversation? it happens like that. >> i know. i can tell. you want me to point it out next time? >> no. >> all righty. apparently, it happens at the same rate for men and women. but it's interesting in our house now because i'm 58, and frank is 81. and between the two of us, i don't know how we finish a sentence. i honestly don't. >> you know what i'm excited about? jennifer hudson is getting her last little -- >> touch-up. >> it's okay. the glam team. >> the glam team. >> she doesn't need them anymore. you guys are out of business now. she's drop-dead gorgeous. >> by the way, what a nice human being. just a genuinely kind human being. she's got a book out. we'll talk about the book. she was on "dateline" last night, on with ann earlier and on with us. she's overcome a lot. just joyful and happy. >> what's interesting about what jennifer is going to tell us, she thought everybody would be

thrilled with her for the weight loss. she's had some other reactions. >> people are funny. >> why wouldn't you be thrilled for her? this is amazing with this transformation. she did it the hard way, the old-fashioned way. jennifer, we're two ladies that say you go, girl, you keep kicking it. you look amazing. >> you sure do. >> time for our favorite things. i love my favorite things. >> apparently someone said i already did it but i know i didn't. if you are tired of speaking on iphone because it's too clunky, doesn't fit on your ear, why would you need to when you could have an old retro phone you could put in your purse? i'm going to call kathie lee -- >> actually, you're going to call christine. i'm using her phone. >> hold on. christine gardner. >> my dinosaur phone -- hoda, every time you do something -- i mean -- >> that's not it. she got a text. >> hold on. [ ringing ] >> that's not it. >> is that for me? >> am i dialing your other

phone, christine? the wrong one? >> hello? >> no, it's not you yet. it didn't dial. >> hello? hoda? [ dial tone ] hoda, i hate this. >> please. just stop one second. hold on. let me try one last time. okay. there it is. it's going to ring. >> okay. don't let her do this again. >> the cool thing is you can put it in your purse and walk around the streets with this headset. >> why would you want to do that? >> answer it. answer it. >> hello? who is this? >> come on. how cool is this? do you like it? >> no, because there's a delay. >> because i'm next to you. >> anyway. a retro phone. you can put it in your pocket and walk down the street. >> the only reason it's good is because there's controversy about those rays and all that stuff. >> it feels more old-fashioned. >> you can get it anywhere, urban outfitters, amazon.com, $26.

nice talking to you. >> bye, hoda. hey, hoda, let's do favorite things now. >> all right. >> what have you got? >> i got some reading done over the holidays. i started a great book about frederick douglass that a friend of mine had said, frederick douglass and lincoln called "giants." it was great. my friend emily said this is going to be one of the greatest gifts you ever will get. it was waiting at my door when he we got to florida. it's called "1,000 gifts" by ann boscamp, who is a pig farmer's wife from ontario, canada, has six children. she's a beautiful woman. it says, "a dare to live fully right where you are." most people find it very difficult to find contentment right now, right here, exactly in this moment. and this woman is one of the most brilliant, natural writers.

she's just -- it will transform your life in a wonderful, wonderful powerful way. you won't be able to get it out of your mind. that's "1,000 gifts." >> okay. is that sounds really good. $10 on amazon.com. that's a bargain. >> is that what it is? our fan of the week. our winner today is -- is it julie? >> she's from decatur, georgia. she watches us on wxia. >> she recently moved to georgia leaving most of her friends behind. she misses her friends. >> she feels like when she watches us, she's back with them again. everyone has a story. >> we'll do that on wednesday. >> and the joy fit club. >> look at her vino in her hand. >> julie and her husband dressed up as us. >> your book, hoda. >> they really did dress up. >> who's who? i don't even want to know. >> i think her husband's me. >> she's got my book.

>> guess what, you and your husband are going to enjoy a four-night, all-inclusive stay in a resort in aruba, round-trip air fare provided by the tamron aruba all-inclusive resort. >> that is a great gift. wow. we're excited. all right. coming up -- actress, singer, wife, mother, most of all, an inspiration. jennifer hudson is with us. >> i'm going to call hoda. is it time to bring everybody up to date on the celebrities? call me later. >> all right. ♪

it's hard to believe eight years have passed since jennifer hudson first came into our homes on "american idol." while she didn't take the crown in that competition, it wasn't

over. it was only three years later she went home with an oscar. and right after that a grammy. then recently a baby. >> yeah. biggest production of all, of course, is that baby boy that caused jennifer to turn her focus on her health. we'll get to that in a second. first, let's take a look at how it all began. ♪ >> this is how the world first met jennifer hudson. >> jennifer, see you in hollywood. >> thank you so much. >> congratulations. >> back in 2004 on "american idol," she wowed the judges and america with her voice. ♪ her journey on the show was short lived when she was the sixth contestant voted off. >> the lowest number of votes, and that person is jennifer hudson. >> but her path to stardom was just beginning. her talent was undeniable, and hollywood soon came calling. >> what do you mean? tell him. >> she beat out nearly 800 women to land her first film role in

the movie musical "dreamgirls." ♪ playing effie white, she walked away with an academy award. she has since recorded two albums and added a grammy award to her mantel. but her most treasured gift came in 2009 with the birth of her son, david. it was then that she turned her focus to a healthier lifestyle. now a spokesperson for weight watchers, she's become a self-proclaimed ambassador of health, hoping to inspire others to follow in her footsteps. ♪ because i believe in you and me ♪ >> that is a cool commercial. jennifer's going to take us on her journey. a new book out tomorrow. it is called "i got this: how i changed my ways and lost what weighed me down." we are truly, truly happy for you. >> thank you.

>> you are an inspiration on so many levels. it's wonderful to read your story, because it truly is about -- no self-pity in this book at all. you've been through a lot. >> you're not defined by those tragedies. >> even just thinking about the weight and you're very candid in this. you've had a lot of people try to define you and you did it for a while. you played the game by other people's rules. what made you say uh-uh, not anymore? >> again, i do not like being boxed in. i do not believe in limits. and i know that nobody knows your potential better than you. >> mm-hmm. >> so i don't really listen to, oh, you know, the things that weigh you down or the things that -- or you consider negative. to me it's all a positive. >> when you walked the red carpet, jennifer, and you were heavier than you are now, but that's not how you viewed yourself. to hear reporters say to you, how does it feel to be one of the bigger girls in hollywood or whatever -- >> yeah. >> what did that feel like back then? >> one, i didn't define myself

that way so it was, like, it was a shocking moment for me, like, okay, because actually when i started on the red carpet doing "idol," i had already lost 60 pounds then. by then i was, like, a size 12. >> this is every woman's size. >> the average size. i was, like, what are you talking about? here it is again, image, image, image, image. to me it's talent, talent, talent, talent. at least where i come from, you know? yeah. >> sure. >> and you always said what's going to happen to me will be. >> yes. right. >> the other thing you talked about is not letting other people define you as we discussed. when you went to clive davis, what happened next? >> i got a message from mr. clive davis, she can't be a supermodel like that. i love you clive. i do. i was, like, what does that mean? by that point, i had already won an oscar. i had already, you know, like, defined myself in the industry being a big girl, being plus sized and going on talent alone.

i still did not get it or understand, like, okay, what is the big deal about image? it's not about that. >> a huge superstar as a singer and an actress -- >> yeah. >> image, image, image. >> you're strong, obviously, on the outside, but you're very strong on the inside. i know that, you know, you don't talk publicly about the tragedy that happened to your family and understand exactly why. but there's some strength within you that has helped you through all of this stuff, helped you through that tragedy, helped you become who you are. define that a little bit for people. >> definitely it's my faith in god and growing up -- my mother, even though she's not here now, she trained us well. and all of those things that she taught us are still with us, and that's what keeps me getting through and hearing them every day in my head and knowing, okay, the best way i know that they could be pleased with me, and they're not turning over in their graves, is knowing that i'm happy, we're healthy, we're strong, and we can still go on in that way. so that was like a huge part of

my motivation to carry on. it's, like, okay, as long as -- i know what makes my mother proud and makes my family proud. that is what will keep me going. >> what did you say when you won the oscar? see what miracles god can do? >> i always dreamed but never this big, and look what god can do. that's something my grandmother used to always say. she would always shout. she'd get happy and ah! what is wrong, grandma? how great thou art! and i never understood how great thou art. what does that mean? until i've been able to travel the world and see god's marvelous works around the world and i would find myself saying, oh, my god, how great thou art. all those things they taught us and watching them live is in me. >> you have a beautiful son. >> thank you. >> he was here. >> and the love life is terrific. right? everything is good. >> yeah. my two davids. the big one and the little one. >> we are thrilled for you.

>> we're so happy, jennifer. >> thank you. thank you. >> you've got a single coming out real soon. >> i do. >> come back and sing it for us. we have the "the buzz," hollywood's hottest couples. 2:30 in the afternoon, a lot to do, and you've hit the wall. but you got to get stuff done. so take 5-hour energy. just open it up, knock it back, and roll up your sleeves. 5-hour energy is faster and easier than coffee. man, does it work. you'll get that alert, energized feeling you need to get stuff done. a lot of stuff. wow. look at you go. 5-hour energy. when you gotta get stuff done.

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still to come, what's going on. >> your child's next birthday party. we have an invitation for you. >> and celebrity news. while you were doing your weekend errands or watching football. and today's "buzz." >> and one guy who weighed 337 pounds ran a marathon. can you believe it? the latest member of "the joy fit club."

♪ what's going on what's going on what's going on ♪ we are back on this fun day monday with "today's buzz." >> our good friend, rob shuter, naughty but nice columnist for "huffington post celebrity,"

mr. fancy news title. >> show-off. >> very much. >> beyonce had a girl. we talked about that in the open. >> she did. a baby girl over the weekend. security is so tight at the hospital, the controversy you were referencing earlier on the show, the gentleman said he couldn't actually see his baby because security was so tight. this is not being proven at all, unconfirmed. but people who know beyonce and jay-z say they would never allow that to happen. often people make decisions in the name of celebrities. >> that's right. because they're here often and they have big, big security guards downstairs. they don't know who a lot of these people are. i have trouble getting into my own dressing room sometimes. they think they're just doing their job. >> precisely. >> a place like a hospital, this gentleman is saying his twins have been born in the neonatal unit and -- you know. >> very sensitive. >> hope it's not true. >> this is the most private

couple probably in the world. >> they are. >> they have not even confirmed they have had a baby yet. three years later. >> she has two million twitter followers and she has not yet sent a single tweet. >> i respect that about them. they keep private private. >> she has 2 million tweets to follow up and has not sent a single tweet. >> are you kidding me? brian williams, he sends a tweet, everybody follows him. >> that is her first child. she's experiencing it. >> yeah. wants to enjoy it. >> there is time -- okay. >> katy perry's mom and dad spoke out about their daughter, which made some headlines over the weekend and she spoke out about them speaking out. >> their pastor said they have a congregation and audience, and from their pulpit they talked about katy and the marriage and the divorce, and some people got a little upset with this, including apparently katy perry, once again back to the twitter, she twittered nobody talked to me, friends, magazines, even my parents. i think this is a signal here she wants everybody to shut up.

when she's ready to talk, she will talk. >> until somebody tells us the reason for it, there will be rumors, of course. >> exactly. people will make things up. >> parents do have a public platform like that, for them to give a service and not mention their daughter's divorce, maybe that would have been deafening, too. i'm not sure they could have -- >> does she have a relationship with her parents? >> not a great relationship with them, but they are still parents of superstars. i think they felt they had to say something. >> what do you hear is the reason for the breakup? >> we do not know yet. there are many different opinions. i think somebody like katy is quite private, as well, so we've made as many calls as we can and still haven't got on the bottom of it. >> no bad-mouthing about them. >> a rumor we should set straight is he's been disinvited from an award show she's performing at. that's not true. he was invited and decided not to go because it's her night. >> brad pitt was seen on the red carpet with a little pain.

>> he had a slight tumble while carrying his daughter, vivian, angie had a great laugh about this, not the first time as parents they've been injured. you will do anything to make sure your kids are okay. >> bethenny frankel has a reality show but maybe no more. >> the third season of bethenny is not coming back. what's been said is she wants to go out on a high note, doesn't want to this to string on to the point there's no viewers left. viewers have been declining a little bit over the year. >> they do on those shows. >> she doesn't want that drama. what attracts viewers to these shows are those crazy sorts of moments that bethenny i think is trying to distance herself from. it looks like she's not coming back, but she doesn't need to -- >> she'll find a way. >> yes. >> kathie griffin has her own show. >> yes. her own talk show, an hour one day a week on bravo. she'll gossip about celebrities.

>> i'm sure she will. >> she will have celebrities come on. it will be a prime-time show. >> all right. have a great day. coming up next, another rob. robert went from weighing over 300 pounds to running a marathon. he's going to tell us how he dropped 121 pounds. ♪ have given way to sleeping. where sleepless nights yield to restful sleep. and lunesta can help you get there, like it has for so many people before. when taking lunesta, don't drive or operate machinery until you feel fully awake. walking, eating, driving, or engaging in other activities while asleep, without remembering it the next day, have been reported. abnormal behaviors may include aggressiveness, agitation, hallucinations or confusion. in depressed patients, worsening of depression, including risk of suicide, may occur. alcohol may increase these risks. allergic reactions, such as tongue or throat swelling, occur rarely and may be fatal.

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♪ now the look at me now, "the joy fit club," and the induction of the newest member, a gentleman by the name of robert. >> a 33-year-old videographer from the bronx in new york who lost 121 pounds. let's take a look at his story. >> my name is robert, and i once weighed 337 pounds. i began struggling with my weight in college. my weight grew steadily, and i weighed up to 265 pounds by the time i married my high school sweetheart. i've always been a very positive person with an outgoing personality, but being obese became a daily struggle both

physically and emotionally. i began to have difficulty sleeping and my breathing was labored, even when i was standing still. i began to experience numbness in my arms and leg, and i was worried that my family would start to pick up on my poor eating habits. i decided i wanted to make a change and avoid health problems that plagued my family in the past. my wife found a medically supervised weight loss program at mt. sinai medical center that provided me the simple tools for tracking my food intake and a strategy to fill up on fruits and vegetables. i hired my cousin as a personal trainer to help me exercise. within a matter of ten months i lost over 100 pounds, and i've lost 120 pounds to date. i recently ran the new york city marathon, and i plan to keep running. and now that i can keep up with my son, i look forward to running races with him in the future. >> wow. >> yay. >> before we ask robert to come out, we're with today's contributing nutritionist joy bauer, who will tell us more about the eating habits of his.

>> another super handsome, hot guy, unbelievable transformation, but happily married. >> obviously. >> beautiful son. >> i love that he took advantage of a local hospital program, mt. sinai medical center. a shoutout to his nutritionist, maggie lynch, who is responsible for how incredible he looks. >> what did he eat before and after? >> these are three foods he could not live without before in his heavier days. white starch, two to three cups at any meal in terms of the pasta and the rice. lots of sweet cakes, vending machine and the bodegas, and sugar cereal, huge bowlfuls. now the three foods that he can't live without, i love this, oatmeal -- his mom used to feed him oatmeal and he used to call it torture. he starts every morning with a bowl of oats. green tea he sips between lunch and dinner and breakfast and lunch so he doesn't snack, and a lot of spinach. puts it in salads, on top of

pizza and his little son bronson loves it as well. >> over there with his wife. >> let's look at robert's before picture. >> all right, robert. come join "the joy fit club"! oh! wow! whoa, whoa, whoa! >> thank you. >> you look great! >> so fit. >> can we talk about the marathon for a second? you really ran the marathon? >> yeah. a lot of fun. i trained with my local community and i've been running. it was really a great way for me not to focus on the scale every day. >> right. >> focus on improving my running, and if i improved my running i had a nice result when i went to weigh myself. >> look at your little boy. >> he is so adorable. >> son and wife. adorable. >> now i try to eat -- you know, look for things that are good for me. i used to eat without thinking. and now i plan my meals. >> you think things through, don't you, robert.

>> i really do. >> all right, robert. >> your joints, your body, everything feels better. >> before it was aches and pains. just from the inflammation. you know, my body was just reacting to stress. absolutely. >> we're happy for you and so happy for your family, too. what a terrific group. thanks so much. >> all right. coming up next, what you should know before you step into that shower and wash your hair. >> oh, no. >> we have secrets revealed. not about germs. good morning. i'm chris warren with your weather channel forecast. looking at the day ahead your tuesday, we're going to see more of that heavy rain moving through the south, possibly a little patchy fog as well, this low eventually going to make it up to the northeast. quiet in the middle but to the north we'll see changes with a few showers ahead of a cold front that will eventually bring cooler air but not quite yet.

still very mild. this is way above average for minneapolis and that's going to be coming down in a huge way by the end of the week. wait till you see these numbers. cold front dropping down with it, chance for some snow. this is your wednesday forecast in the mid atlantic, the low from texas, moving to the south. by wednesday we'll see some of that rain and the northeast not looking too bad. starting to feel a little bit cooler in the northeast but it's the upper plain, northern plains where we'll have the daytime highs in the afternoon really coming down quite a bit. by thursday it's only going to be into the teens. still mild in the south, that's also going to change. by friday it's going to be lake effect snow. that's what we'll be dealing with for both the peninsulas in michigan. and on the weekend, saturday, pretty quiet across a good portion of the country but feeling a little bit more like it should this time of year, a

little warmer than average in the northern plains. sun a new system starting to push into the pacific northwest with a chance for a few showers in texas but right through the middle, as it has been for a good portion of this season, it remains very quiet, just a few of those hit-and-miss showers around the great lakes. of course you can stay up to date every morning with "wake up with al" on the weather channel. [ male announcer ] when do you take 5-hour energy? when i'm on the night shift. when they have more energy than i do. when i don't feel like working out. when there isn't enough of me to go around. ♪ when i have school. and work. every morning. it's faster and easier than coffee. every afternoon when that 2:30 feeling hits. -every day. -every day. every day is a 5-hour energy day. [ male announcer ] 5-hour energy. every day.

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time for "today's beauty." if you're like most of us, good hair days are few and far between.

>> yahoo.com's expert sarah bernhard never wants you to have another bad hair day again. >> she says your problem probably starts in your shower. it does? >> it does. we are all on auto pilot in the shower, same routine, doing it over and over, we don't think about the way we're washing our hair might not be getting us the best results. >> we'll play a game and ask a question about the shower. we're ready. >> number one. you're going to tell me myth or fact. >> myth or fact. >> it's bad to wash your hair every day. >> fact. >> fact. okay. myth. you're both wrong. because it is not bad, but it is not always necessary either. it depends on what kind of hair you have. >> then it's a trick question. >> if you have fine hair -- >> if i did it every day it would be a frizzier mess because it would be dried out. >> if you are curly hair, thicker hair, it looks better a little dirty. >> exactly. >> okay. number two. lukewarm water is the ideal temperature for washing your hair. >> i'm going to say myth. >> this is fact. this is a fact also.

and i'll tell you why, because we all want to have a nice hot shower in the winter, but it's actually overly drying for your skin and your scalp. >> ice cold then. >> that's also what we recommend. right in the end, a blast of -- >> another trick question! >> so far we're winning. >> you're twisting this around. use your logic. all right. number three. you should brush your hair in the shower to help distribute the shampoo and conditioner. >> no. myth. >> i'm going to say fact just to have some fun around here. >> just having fun? hoda wins this round. >> of course she does. >> the reason why is wet hair is actually more fragile than dry hair. >> i know that. exactly it. >> so if you want to brush your hair and detangle, do it before you get in the shower. number four. women should use no more than a dime size amount of shampoo. >> ridiculous. myth. it probably is a fact but it would take me two days to -- >> come on. when you have hair that's, like -- >> you guys are right.

it is a myth. it depends on what texture you have and if you use a lot of styling products. then you obviously need to use more shampoo to get it out. here's the last one. >> this is the tiebreaker. >> you're winning. >> tiebreaker. >> new rules. making it up. >> apply conditioner to the ends of your hair and avoid conditioning the roots. >> fact. >> i'm going to say myth just to have a little more fun. >> it's hoda. hoda wins. it's a fact. >> just apply it to the ends. >> that is because the ends really need it more and your hair can get greasy if you apply it at the roots. shampoo you should do the opposite, only at roots, not at the end. >> how about if you're really, really happy with your hair, can you just keep doing it the way you do? >> your hair looks amazing. >> we also have -- >> you guys are blessed with good hair. >> yeah. thank you very much. thanks. up next, how to make the birthday party different from all the rest.

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this portion of "today" is brought to you by bounty -- the clean picker-upper. >> time for "today's" moms, some new birthday party ideas. >> if your kids' birthday has you stressed out, we have a couple solutions whether you've got daughters or sons. >> hi, kathy. >> welcome. how are you? >> i'm fantastic. if you like cooking shows, this first party is for you. it's our birthday version of "iron chef." >> kids love cooking shows, by the way. >> i love cooking shows, too. so tip number one is you want to buy your ingredients before hand. go to an online store and make sure you can get everything prepared before the party. and you can actually -- everything here, this is making soft tacos. >> i like. >> what's great about this is you want to make sure they have everything they can assemble at the party. >> move around the table and fix stuff. >> absolutely. it should be lots of fun. they can make anything they want. michael is making a little pizza.

>> what are you making? >> i think it's a hockey puck. >> i like it. >> another tip, you guys, is to keep it affordable. you want to use paper parts whenever possible for easy cleanup. mexican beans so, we have -- >> guacamole. >> and these are actually cupcake holders. >> that's a cute idea. >> great party for ages 6 to, you know, 40. >> is this a pinata? >> it is a pinata. we made a cute "master chef" sign, our version of "the iron chef." >> that is cute. >> everyday items you have in your own kitchen. we used cutting boards as place mats. these wooden things you have at home. >> those are not -- >> sombrero. >> you know, all about presentation. and last but not least -- >> guacamole. so good, you guys. >> sweet treats. it's like the mexican dessert. it's called a churro.

a sweet treat you do for yourself. the next party is a very girly party. >> okay. >> this is your rachel's spa glam princess party. it's really great for ages 4 to, again, my age! so some of the great tips here, you know, rachel is painting her nails with the latest nail color. and there are two-tone nail polishes now that actually change color in the sun. this is disney's princess collection. i have it on high authority that salina gomez loves this color. >> great. i see we're doing the press-ons over there. what's happening with that, rachel? is that fun, having long, long princess nails like that? >> yeah. >> and the braiding party. that's all the rage, the braids. >> braids are super fabulous for celebrities and you can do it at home. do it yourself braids, cozy cuts make this terrific cuts, inspired by her creation. i did it on myself, my daughter,

and it's actually easy to do. i don't know, you guys, do you like your hair? >> yeah. >> and these are beautiful, colorful snacks. >> if you want to take your spa to the next level and serve something healthy and fun, this is a ruby red juice. it's beets, pineapple and apple. i tell you, it's delicious. >> don't tell them there's beets in it. >> exactly. take out that part. it's a beautiful color, called ruby red. again, presentation. kids love this. my daughter makes this at home. she loves it. we have beautiful french we have beautiful french cookies that are macaroons, and for a great goodie bag, presents are sometimes a stressful part of the party, we have cute cookies, a relaxing facemask. kids can eat them or take them home. >> cathy, great ideas. >> coming up tomorrow, after the chef visits us, camille will be in the house. >> and the dirty little secrets of parents. >> and the dirty little secrets of parents. we'll tell you everything.

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