welcome to "today" on this tuesday morning, february 19th, 2013. warming up a little bit today. there's rain in the forecast. i'm willie geist with natalie morales and al roker. joining us for the morning, food network superstar sonny anderson. >> good morning. happy to be here again. >> is that on your business card, superstar? >> i'm not a business so i don't have business cards. >> we're going to call you a superstar. >> we'll take it. >> you have the bangs -- no, not anymore. you lost bangs. >> i could make bangs happen. >> you are kind of an authority

because you had bangs. >> i've had them, yeah, a little while ago. >> first lady's bangs. she was talking to rachel ray yesterday and explained why she got the bangs. >> this is my mid life crisis, the bangs. i couldn't get a sports car. they won't let me bungee jump so instead i cut my bangs. >> so you went for the bangs? >> you remember the first lady, 49th birthday, showed these off and she said it was better than the other things i could have done for my midlife crisis. >> i would have loved to have bungee jumped with the first lady. >> let's make it a segment. what was your incident for the bangs? >> i just needed a change. a lot of women sometimes do it when they are sort of having some sort of change in their lives or want to feel new and different. she did it at 49. i did it a little while ago. after a while you get tired of the same old do all the time.

>> i never cut hair. i always add hair. >> how do you do that? i've never been able to do that. >> it's like these little clips, extensions. >> clip ons, weaves, wigs. >> did you ever change your hair? >> once when i was 3 years old. >> part down the middle? >> i had the bouffant since i was 3 years old. >> some would like to have the bouffant. >> it's all real, too. >> roker used to have the bouffant. >> women when they are looking through their purses, they pull out hair. it's the creepiest thing you've ever seen. >> like an animal lives in their purse. >> exactly. >> i know. take two, you've got mail. this is a very sad story for me personally. i'll explain in a moment. outlook.com will replace hot mail as microsoft's web mail service. when web mail user goes to hot

mail.com, he or she will be rerouted to outlook.com. i may be one of the last americans with hot mail. >> i know a few people. >> i am mocked relentlessly, a very business-like e-mail, laughter, mockery. >> do you have an aol account, too, you want to tell us about? >> no. >> do you have an aol account? >> no, no, but i still have a blackberry. >> that's okay. lot of people. >> aol, who is still paying for e-mail when there's so many free options out there? for a long time they held on to the fees. >> sure. >> hot mail is my first e-mail in 1998. i never saw a reason to change it. >> people mock you? >> in a fun way. >> do you have a fun e-mail address name? >> i'm not going to give it out. i thought about it for a second and caught myself. >> what does that say about you,

willie? >> people think it means i'm -- >> outdated? >> technologically outdated or ignorant. here is what i say. >> okay. >> i'm a throwback, old school. like rolling in a '57 chevy. it's cool. you just don't know it's cool yet. >> it's an e-mail account, really? come on. >> i tried. >> let it go now. we need an intervention here? we need to talk you down? >> are you going to switch over to outlook? >> just to say i switched and i have to tell everyone my new e-mail. >> they're going to migrate the accounts by the summer. >> if you have a hot mail address you get to keep it. >> cosmetic. >> when they got rid of mac.com they still -- >> you keep your hot mail. when you log in, there's a whole new interface from outlook. >> a guy who held on to his blackberry until like a month ago and now is fully migrated to the -- >> don't feel any shame if you haven't. come on. >> old school. >> lighten up. >> the chevy. you're the chevy. >> the '57 chevy.

>> that's what we always say about you. >> i don't understand, if somebody would mock you. >> human nature. i think lena dunham onh a line on "girls" where she made fun of a guy with hot mail. >> i'm still watch iing reruns of -- >> the cosby show. >> there it is. >> a team. wow! we know a lot about al. let's talk about take three. i don't even know what this is. this is a hugely popular new free app that lets create portraits of yourself. that is not a cartoon. >> are you sure? >> here it is. >> you start out with a face and there are templates and you can change -- almost like doing a police sketch. you can scan through, swipe through and change nose, mouth, eyes, put on glasses, facial

hair and keep switching. >> here is natalie. let's see how we did here. >> cartoon natalie is -- >> you say that's natalie? okay. >> artsy comic book character. >> al? >> there's al looking good in real life. let's see the cartoon. looks like you. >> that's squinty old man. hey, what are you -- you kids get off my lawn! and i would have gotten away with it if it hadn't been for you kids. >> you meddling kids. >> you look angry. sonny, beautiful sonny. >> how did we do? >> i'll take it. i got a tan. >> your hair got lighter, your skin got darker. >> how did you know i was going to miami this weekend? >> now matt and savannah.

let's see how they made out. >> that looks like matt. >> that does look like matt with the high and tight. >> that doesn't look anything like savannah. >> no. >> they enlisted matt. he just got into the military. go to our website and vote the most accurate portrayal. i'm thinking willie. >> or angry man. >> i like al. >> today.com. >> the app is i made face. we're doing this, what just for fun? >> it's a hot app. >> number one app. >> why do people do it? >> maybe they can e-mail you in hot mail. >> and sonny will give out my hot mail address. >> no problem. >> tootallwilliegeist. >> it's bouffantwillie@hotmail.com. should we turn more serious and go to natalie for a check of the top stories? we have some serious news. premeditated murder is the charge against olympic runner oscar pistorius, who wept in a south african courtroom as prosecutors claim he shot his

girlfriend, model reeva steenkamp, while she hid behind a locked bathroom do door. in an affidavit read by the athlete's lawyer pistorius said he was, quote, deeply in love with steenkamp and had no intention of killing her. he claims a noise from the bathroom woke him, causing him to put on his prosthetic legs to protect himself and reeva. sad new details of country singer mindy mccready's final days. her former boyfriend billy mcknight said she was allowed to leave rehab just after 17 hours. days later she took her life. she had threatened suicide after losing custody much one of her sons earlier this month. u.s. coast guard says the leak in a fuel oil line was the cause of the fire that left the carnival cruise ship powerless and adrift in the gulf of mexico last week. officials say they do not

suspect the leak aboard the triumph to be intentionally caused. new gun control measures from colorado, state's democratically controlled house past four measures that would mandate universal background check. colorado was rocked by a mass shooting last year at a movie theater that left 12 dead and dozens wounded. the measure now heads to the the state senate there. word today that women are more likely to suffer a failed hip replacement than men. new research in the journal of american medical association says hip replacement failures are still very rare but they can't explain why women are 29% more likely to need a repeat surgery. it's blu-ray or the highway for this cat. something about his owner's computer dvd player just gets this kitty fired up. whoa, doesn't like it. maybe prefers a witty conversation? good old movie night? i don't know. doesn't like that dvd player, though. >> the cat wants them to put a dvd in there. >> maybe that's it. >> wow!

>> wonder how long he sits there and does that. now nine minutes after the weather. let's get a check of the weather from mr. roker. >> announcer: "today's" weather is brought to you by chico's, your destination for fabulous fashion and accessories. as we look out to the west, we can see we're going to be seeing a big storm coming on shore. that eventually makes its way through the plains, bringing blizzard-like conditions and makes a mess here in the east the latter part of the week. take a look. we've got winter weather advisories. winter storm watches and winter weather advisories with high wind warnings stretching throughout much of the west. we're expecting about half an inch of rain generally and into the sierra. we're looking at anywhere from a foot to two feet of snow in >> good morning. light rain showers are likely on and off for the rest of the day. mostly off and on light rain.

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with that irritation and bumps you get. >> really? >> what i liked about this deodorant, anti-percespirant haa hair minimizer in it, preventing that hair from growing back. who knew. >> baby shampoo, lots of uses, not just for baby hair. >> i have a 3-year-old daughter. i always have this in my house. i found all these really cool uses for baby shampoo. it's super gentle. you can actually wash your face with it. you can use it to wash your makeup brushes to keep them lasting longer and you can use it to wash your delicates. and i talk about this in the bra book as well but you can wash your bras. we have pantyhose here. >> is it more gentle a formula than regular detergent? >> correct. it's very gentle. it will still get it nice and clean. >> very good. >> for baby shampoo to baby oil. >> my mom used this for slopgas

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>> you're just the gal in the know. >> it kind of just sort of cleans them out. >> it does. it's like a little bit of a shine to it. roll like a clean mascara brush in there and paint your eyebrows with t you can use clear mascara for that but you need one product, which is so much easier. >> like an eyebrow gel or whatever. >> to tame those eyebrow hairs, exactly. >> i end up taking these from the beauty supply store. >> go ahead and take them, sonny. >> next time you walk in that bout supply, they're going to be like -- >> you swear by this lotion, what does this do? >> this is like a really thick moisturizing lotion. and a makeup artist friend of mine that works on a lot of celebrities told me and taught me that you can use it as a makeup primer. take your foundation brush, put a little on your hand and go like that. then you kind of paint it on all over your face, then put your

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>> this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> often on rainshowers likely through the rest of the day. like rain is possible, and there could be snow or sleet mixed in at times. it will clear out tomorrow, breezy in chilly. there could be like rain or snow

here we go. top ten things you don't want to hear from a guy dressed as abraham lincoln. >> daniel day lewis wished he looked this good. >> that's right, abe. >> number five. >> does the $5 bill make me look fat? >> number four. >> wow, i thought my clothing was outdated. >> yow! >> hanging out in pencil park. >> heckling people. >> he's tough. >> nobody stopped. >> no, typical new yorkers, right? whatever. >> they don't notice abe lincoln. >> they stopped for benjamin. >> right. that was david letterman last

night. i'm willie geist along with natalie morales and al roker and our guest for this morning, food network superstar sonny anderson. we'll chat with oscar winner and star of the nbc drama "smash," angelica houston, in a minute. oscar awards are this sunday. we'll fill you in from all the latest news from hollywood. something a little different from "today's" kitchen, vegan desserts. >> are you a fan of vegan z desserts? >> if it's a dessert, by law i'm a fan. >> you'll keep an open mind. >> yes. >> test drive it. we're looking at a lot of wet weather along the eastern seaboard later today, icy conditions in the appalachians changing over to rain. snow become through the sierra and a lot of windy weather as well in between frigid and sunny. then as we -- not anderson but

weatherwise. strong storms in northern and central texas, snow from the rockies moving into the plains. lake-effect snow hanging around the great lakes. it will be sunny and cold, midatlantic down into the southeast. nice and mild. >> good morning. we will see some light showers developing on an author the day today. there is a slight chance for some sleet or snow to make >> and that's your latest weather. willie? >> thanks a lot. on nbc's "smash," angelica houston plays, whose musical

bombshell is fighting its way to broadway amidst scandal and, what's worse, rewrites. >> glamour, power, sex. new broadway. good job. >> angelica houston joins us. good morning. so good to see you. >> great to be here. >> have you been fun doing this show? >> i've had a great time. >> you come mostly from the world of film. do you enjoy doing television? >> i do. it's consistent. i know where to go every morning. there are no mysteries. >> you can get yourself into the routine. the show within the show, bombshell in the process of undergoing some changes and the show itself "smash" as well. for people just catching on to the second season, what's new? what should we be looking for? >> we have two shows going now "hit list," the show that derek wills, our rather snarky director, has taken over with a young group. that's more of a sort of cutting edge musical and then there's "bombshell," which is my baby. and katharine mcphee is with the

"hit list" group and megan hi will. ty is with the "bombshell" group. we're warming up for the tonys with list of great stars, jennifer hudson. >> you brought in as the producer last year this investor who now turns out to be a little shady. he bank rolled the play. now you're worried about where that money is coming from. with that, we introduce your husband. that brings a whole anew set of problems. >> jerry, my ex-husband, is a nightmare. and i'm doing everything i can to succeed without him, even though he throws all kinds of obstacles in my path. my love interest, nick, is a little shady, but he's charming and lovely and, hopefully, he will come back to me. >> what has it been like for you to work with this cast? you have been so revered.

how have they treated you when angelica houston walks into the room is this. >> they have been so nice. if i put together a wish list, i couldn't come up with better people to work with. i love debra messing. everybody is a dream. christian. the girls are fantastic and they work endlessly, ceaselessly to make this all happen. >> and they all convinced you to sing. >> i know. >> you are breaking into song on "smash." how did they get you to do that? >> they merely had to ask, matter of fact. i am a frustrated singer. >> pretty good, i have to say. >> sure. >> i have another one this season that i'm very excited about. >> now you, of course, famously won your oscar for best supporting actress for "prizzi's honor." who are you looking for this weekend? do you have a favorite film this year? >> i love "life of pi." i haven't heard that much about "life of pi." there's been a lot of "argo"

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back now with all that is hot in hollywood. and back with us is alicia quals. we understand a little baby hump is on the way for fergie. >> i like that. she and josh duhamel have tweeted it. they sent out photos of themselves as babies and baby

makes three. he says it's coming. we're excited for them. married since 2009. she's 37. he's 40. congratulations to them. >> they are so cute. >> will make great parents. >> twitter baby announcement has been the way people in hollywood are taking to make these kind of announcements. >> obviously, everybody has publicists. this is a way for them coming directly to the people. a lot of speculation the last couple of months that she was pregnant. she wouldn't do interviews. they knew it was going to leak anyways. why not do it yourself and do it on a holiday? smart. >> there you go. >> everyone is doing twitter announcements. didn't lady gaga announce on twitter she was canceling her tour? >> 25 days. her hip is in severe pain. she'll have surgery. she is in a wheelchair that she has named emma. if you've ever been to a lady gaga show she works so hard and there's only so much your body can take. she's in a lot of pain. >> hip surgery is in store for her. sounds like she won't be able to get back out there on the

concert scene for a while. >> absolutely not. a artists these days make their money from tours. for her to cancel this many dates you know she has to be in a lot of pain and surgery. >> we saw the picture of the wheelchair emma she named it, twieted that out as well. let's talk oscar race. oscars are this sunday. all eyes are on the race for best picture. a lot of people assuming that "lincoln" has it locked up. >> i'm hearing "argo" may have it locked up. british equivalent of the oscars picked "argo." that's a very good indicator. also oscars did not give ben affleck a best director nominee. that was the big snub. this could be the makeup for it. >> i have still yet to see any of them. >> sit down and have a movie. >> come to my house. >> as you mentioned, ben affleck out. he was snubbed from that? >> snubbed from best director.

so was kathryn bigelow for "zero dark thirty." she won a couple of years ago. it will be a tight race. best actor, hugh jackman, daniel day lewis, two oscar favorites. there's no sherlocks going into sunday. >> how about best director? i've been hearing certain things, even are roger ebert, famed film critic, saying "silver linings playbook" may have -- with david o. russell as the film director. >> ebert, as you said "silver linings playbook," besides cooper being nominated, going into sunday there are no sherlocks except i'm putting my money on "argo," best picture. >> okay. all right, ladies. >> prince jackson, the 16-year-old. of course, michael jackson's oldest child. >> look at him. >> has a new role as an "entertainment tonight" correspondent. >> prince jackson, 16, is working for e.t. for a little

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>> no fat, no sugar, right? >> sunny is keeping an open nd. >> totally. >> let's start with some melted vegan margarine. make sure this coats the bottom. >> okay. >> top it with vegan graham cracker crumbs. >> marginin v gechegan? >> a blend of oils. you'll see the final product. >> i thought margarine was vegan. >> this is like an organic, nonhino nonhydrogenated, the healthy kind. there you go. we'll have fun. decorate it with chocolate chips. >> are they generally vegan? >> if you have not milk chocolate. dark chocolate semi sweet are vegan. homemade sweetened condensed

milk using canned coconut milk and add agave for sweetness. no sugar. vanilla, exactly. little bit of cornstarch and sea salt. sunny can whip that together. it will bind the cookies together. pour it over. beautiful. that will hold the crust together. >> right. >> it will give it that sweet, creamy coconut bite. you won't miss the dairy, i promise. let's go crazy with shredded coconut. >> go crazy. >> go crazy, girl! >> more chocolate. >> more chocolate chips. >> that's what i'm talking about. >> it's all in one pan. bake it for 25 minutes and, voila, this is what we've got. layered cookie bars. take a bite. let me know what you think. >> i like how you took a bite. i took the whole thing. skinny girl sizes. >> pop a couple of them. they're low fat. next, cookie dough truffles. i eat the cookie dough before i bake the cookies.

>> delicious. >> it's okay with vegan cookie because there's no raw egg. roll it in a ball, scoop it. we'll dip it in chocolate. it's safe to eat. this is a really nice after party treat, and it's totally vegan. put it there. chill it in the refrigerator. leave it in the freezer. i like to keep a batch of these always in the freezer if the guests come by. >> can that dough freeze? >> yes. try one. these are cookie dough truffles. let me know what you think. >> those are very good. >> ooh, even the crunch of sugar in there i love. >> you could actually bake these cookies? >> if you wanted to. >> it's right there. >> this is another cookie. >> different cookie. >> snowball cookies. these are also vegan many five ingredients. if you want to taste them they're sifted with powder

sugar. >> vegan powder sugar? >> vegan powder sugar. these are delicious. i can pop a few and feel light and energized afterwards. chocolate on my mouth. >> chloe cascarelli, thank you very much. opening our eyes about vegan desserts. so fantastic. check out the recipes on our website at today.com. we are back in a moment. first this is a vegan "today" on nbc. jooirngs

. we want to thank, again, sunny anderson for hanging out with us this morning. we'll see you in miami when we go. >> you have an event at south beach. >> cooking for the kids and the adults on sunday. >> i like how they put the wine before the food. >> yeah. >> i'm at the q. >> bubbles and barbecue. >> and willie and savannah are going to help me cook. >> are you serious?

>> yes. >> that will be fun. >> you are going to be my sous chef. >> okay. >> still to come, tomorrow, jill's must haves. >> california girls, kathie lee and hoda, after your local news and weather.