from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee giffor and hoda kotb. >> hi, carly rae jepsen. it's monday, august 29th. >> and james' birthday is today. >> glad you remembered. here in new york city, the vmas were held at madison square

carpet. >> we've got to hear what it looked like -- i liked kim's hair like that. britney looked good, i thought. good girl. >> uh-huh. >> we'll talk all about it. >> okay. in today's "buzz." if you're getting married or attending a wedding, the products to help you look flawless on that day or any given day. >> and we give four moms back-to-school makeovers so they or you can lth morning look, or you can have a cute style when you send the kids off to school. we'll do that. plus, tips on how to choose the right color for the rooms of your home. big weekend. >> how was your weekend? >> i had a hoda weekend. i love the weekends. >> friday, i went to atlantic city to the golden nugget for the international wine fest. >> look at you. the chart house?

>> so many nice people came out. it was just a lot of fun. it was a two-hour tasting. and the stuff was a big hit. that was fun. now what i hadn't told everybody the week -- the days before was that gabby douglas and her mom natalie and my good friend, their press agent, leslie, stayed at my house for, i don't know, three days? >> nobody leaves your house. they come and never leave. >> they came wednesday and left friday so gabby when she first came to my house on monday had just come from the olympics and was exhausted. there are lots of places to plop in my house. the place -- no. she and her mother was fighting over how tall she was for years. her mom said he was 5'1" 1/2, and she said, i'm 5'3".

-- she is 5'3", and her mom head -- mom has to make a public apology. >> yeah, she will. >> then she was down on the dock -- guys, go to the dock one, please. >> she's lounging everywhere. >> facedown because it was schlaussen. she was exhausted. >> happy to be at peace. >> the rest of the time this child ate like she'd never eaten before. then the bloom came back, came by friday, gave her shoes for the vmas. >> then? >> everybody's wondering what happened to her. a while back she had had some sort of infection in her mouth. i don't know what exactly it was, but it came back badly enough she needed to spend two nights in the hospital with a mouth infection. >> people looked at the vmas, because the final five was supposed to present, beyonce. there were tweet saying where

else. this girl's been through enough for no reason. she is one of the finest young women. i've always said that. >> great kid. >> great young woman. we should absolutely applaud and e exalt our young people with such great character and accomplished what's never been accomplished before. can we please start throwing them a party instead of ripping them down? >> if you don't know, the reason -- one of the reasons she was getting ripped down which w silly, we all thought, was when she played the anthem when they won as a team gold, the other girls had their hand on her heart and she was standing at attention. people do it both ways. and for some reason -- >> she comes from a military family. both of her mother's parents were in the military. you either stand at attention or have your hand over your heart. i mean, please. >> people went after her for that. it was silly and dumb. we're glad that that's gone away. >> they were going after her for things like her hair. stop it. how about look what the woman's

>> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> then look at your own life. >> yeah. look at your fingers that you're typing with with cheetos on them. >> cheetos and cat hair, covered in cat hair. stop it. >> all right. >> not nice. >> where else were you? >> oh, my gosh. we came home, christine and i -- >> i'm exhausted. >> i don't usually have weeks like this. we went to regis' 85th birthday party. it was for some of his oldest and dearest friends. i shot very it didn't even make it. he actually is with us today. he's having a little pasta in the kitchen. >> we're so glad you could come again. >> he loves that -- >> sal, little further. good, good. >> my gosh. >> we loved having regis for his birthday. >> ciao, baby. >> can we celebrate another important? >> yes. >> kathy ryan. >> my assistant -- turned her day over the weekend. ? i'm not going to say.

kathy, happy birthday to you. so the vmas were last night. >> let's get to those. >> everybody's talking, buzzing about them. here's a recap. so beyonce got to the red carpet and showed up with blue ivy. >> she's 4 now. look how cute she is. doesn't she look like her father, though? >> she looks like both to me. >> in that particular picture, she really looked like her dad. >> yeah. anyway, beyonce got up on stage. she won all the awards. she killed she sang five songs from her album "lemonade." she performed for more than 15 minutes. she took home eight awards, by the way, including video of the year for "formation." it was really cute actually. the final four, four of the five, got present the award to beyonce. and they were looking at her like, oh, my god. oh, my god. >> everybody's in awe of that talent. she's pretty extraordinary. >> the hard things would have been if you were britney. >> poor britney.

beyonce. >> she cannot catch a break. >> couldn't they have rejiggered the lineup? >> i think they were trying to milk the suspense to keep her to last. >> britney sang with ge-zy on the show. it was her first time performing. she was probably nervous. >> apparently she did weird things to him. she looks nice and slender and fit, in athletics. in good shape. >> i thought her performance was cool. >>'s lip-synching things. >> you sort of know that's what she does. you look for performance. >> right. right. >> a lot of people do lip-synching, and you enjoy it. >> other refuse. that's the problem. you know, it's not accepted in the industry. people -- i don't think people care so much. industry people really, really so no, no. >> when you do the athletics that a lot of these performers do, you wonder how on earth you can -- you know, even someone who's fit, you know, you still

>> you said she was amazing. >> i love her, period. >> she's adorable. >> she's doing this no make-up things. >> still? >>ye, still doing it. she not doing make-up again. >> she gets dressed up and doesn't do make-up. she doesn't have to, look at that -- >> if you had that face, would you bother with make-up? >> probably not. >> i say no. jimmy fallon was there, too. he's a presenter. he showed up dressed as ryan lochte. take ? ? is it too late now to say sorry ? >> that's my jam. that's my jam. it should be my jam. i wrote it. i wrote that song. i did. i wrote it. i wrote it, i produced it, i directed the video. i did. it happened. in fact, i directed all five

had. it's true. i'm the one who gave adele the flip phone. hell-er? >> didn't seem to go over with the crowd so much. >> no. >> i had a moment like that at regis' party, too. when it happens, you kind of go, well, nobody said comedy is easy or pretty. >> they had a couple of shots of phelps taking pictures. he got a kick out of it. -- >> lilliana was on the red carpet. >> she sure was. >> this is one of these videos where you say thank god this police officer was there. this jersey transit officer, victor ortiz, was walking his patrol. he was at the new jersey transit. he looks down and sees a guy who's on the tracks. the guy's pbigger than him, trying to yank him. takes time, and with seconds to spare, he pull this guy up. the man purposefully laid down on the tracks.

>> he wanted to kill himself. ortiz wouldn't allow it. he said he had to pull hard the last time. >> god bless him. >> he said if i didn't -- you try and sometimes you have to do that get out of the way, self-preservation. he said if he didn't try that hard, he could have never lived with himself. and he's -- they're calling him a hero. >> god bless him. i like to hear about the cops that are heroes because there are so many out there. >> plenty of them. >> we're grateful for you. thank you. >> absolutely. don't go anywhere, anybody. you don't wanted to miss - forgot. you have a favorite things? >> i didn't bring one. >> we'll have something by the end of the show. plus, the white carpet was white hot at the vmas. >> lilliana was front and center. and ge-z. >> wow. >> wow. >> you used to be mmm this ham is great. see, we can agree. that one. ugh, come on. dad, can we turn up the heat? no. put on a sweater.

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>> that's all you need to say. i want to see your face. what is the face you're going to make if you win in that category tonight? ready, on three, what is the face you're going to make? one, two, three -- i was talking to your brother. he said some not-so-nice things about you. what's the biggest secret you can tell me about him? >> that's terrible. he's kind of nasty. >> a huge congratulations. you are rock s do you know whole loved watching you in rio? well, she surprised you guys, hoda kotb. >> yeah, i love hoda. oh, my god -- >> my favorite! >> she is the sixth member of our group. we love her. we love her so much. >> we're going to play a fashion game. i'm going give you three looks that have made vma fashion history. tell me if you'll flaunt it or put it back on the rack. ready? >> all right. >> the first is lady gaga meat

skillet and cook it. [ sizzle ] >> miley cyrus co-hosting last year in this outfit? >> flaunt it. >> yeah? >> yeah. >> even with the hat? >> word, absolutely. >> let's go with cher. >> that's iconic. it is. like -- >> flaunt it or put it back on the slack? >> i say flaunt it. >> i have seen so many photos of you owning the streets of new york like it's your personal catwalk. >> crazy. it's like fashion week every day. they sit outside, and my the vmas. i actually know that you have a mandel -- a moon man. >> i have one, i keep one in my toilet as a toilet roll dispenser. whoever designed it obviously meant it for that. it perfectly fits. >> i'm going to take off my heels for a hot second because i want to tell you that if you're looking to recruit anybody --

look how much taller she is than me. i know that hoda kotb lives for you. >> hoda, i love you. >> what the hell does "cake by the ocean" mean? >> see this mike? >> that was great. >> the sound guy loves you. >> i know, right? >> either way, you're meant to be on the red carpet. the white carpet -- so good on that. >> i had so much fun. they were all so nice. these they were so excited to be there, thrilled to see the performances. and they're fans of each other. >> the face -- that of great. they won. >> so happy. >> i knew them when i heard the music i'd be happy for them. ? cake by the ocean ? >> that doesn't sound like the song at all, i'm a horrible singer. >> thanks, sweetheart. j. lo and marc anthony making sweet music. don't miss the scoop in today's "buzz." you'll be a show-stop or

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she was very touched by this. at the end of the song, he calls her "the queen." then they go backstage, and this was the part that i was taken aback. they took a family picture. shannon, marc's wife was there -- >> they have two beautiful children together. >> what everyone was saying was the relationship between jennifer lopez and marc anthony was a little strained. back in april, she did an interview with "w" magazine, she said this was one of things, to fix and repair the relationship. >> you do anything for your children. >> it follows that. >> rob lowe was getting roasted this week. >> not as much as -- >> ann coulter. well, you know, what happened is comedy central does this traditional roast. rob wriggle was there, david spade, peyton manning, jewell. >> it's ruthless.

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sent in the photo. we were able to scan the image in. >> that's her bedroom. >> it is. >> and you can try different colors -- >> different options. so before you spend a dime on paint, you can get a good idea of what it should look like. >> cool. >> it's a powerful tool, easy to use. >> the samples, you put them up and have to picture it. >> that's difficult. >> say you picked your color. now you'd like to paint. show us the right way to do it. >> there's key steps. >> show us something -- >> that's right. you want to edge the room. >> you do know how to do this -- >> you edge it. then you roll -- >> i appreciate the help. i love to paint. >> i know you do. >> you know why you like it? it's very clean. >> yes. it's fast. you get an incredible change so quickly. >> we make this things called an n, you go back and forth, right? and i'm going to put more paint on my roller. >> uh-huh.

like a professional finish with a good quality paint, paint and primer in one, it will roll on quickly. >> that's a big change in the industry. >> it is. >> you don't have to put primer on -- >> primer. >> a coat and another coat. >> awesome. salmon? a salmon color? >> coral. a beautiful color called begonia. >> can you please reveal the color of the year? exciting. >> come on over. we have this amazing announcement. sh erwin williams' announcement of >> like p-o-i-s-e-d. >> poised taupe. >> poised for our taupe. >> it's an amazing color. neutrals are shifting. for five years we've been talking about gray, gray, gray, gray, gray, gray. they're warming up. it's like gray and brown had a baby, and it became taupe. >> i love taupe. always have. >> we think it's stunning. we've picked a color for our room. designers have a rule, a golden ratio.

harmonious. 60% of the wall or surface is a color. you bring in 30% of a different color, neutral. >> 30%. >> 10% of a yellow. >> or a print. >> it's an amazing way to keep a room harmonious. >> if you don't want to paint the whole room, you can paint some of your furniture -- >> absolutely. sometimes diy-ers intimidated by a room. furniture is a great way to jazz up the space. reclaimed furniture. something the process is simple. you sand it down. you have to get the finish off. nice and smooth. use a heavy grit first and -- >> that will last. >> exactly. you want it to be durable. >> it will adhere better. >> you do the same things that but on the wall? >> you do. you want a primer coat and the top coat. and you go with the grain. that's important in furniture because you don't want it to look -- the surface to be muddled. >> right. all righty. >> beautiful. >> go with the grain.

>> yes, are you. >> poised taupe. >> you got it. >> thank you very much. coming up next, favorite things, we finally decided. >> thirsfirst, this is "today" nbc. norman: that's a lot of vitamins there, harold. harold: oh, i'm stocking up before kelly ayotte gets her way on medicare. norman: what do you mean? harold: well, she wants to privatize medicare, turn it into a voucher program that'll cost families big time. norman: uhhh... the vitamins? harold: gotta keep my family strong because ayotte norman: ohhh... i think maybe i'll pick up a few too. narrator: tell kelly ayotte: oppose medicare privatization.

time to share our favorite things. for years i've been using a very expensive line of skin care because the older you get, you feel like it's worth it. it's worth it finally cassidy, my daughter, who looks at every single ingredient on everything. she said, mom, why are you spending so much money on that when you can get something so much less expensive and is even better because it's so clean? everything's so clean. >> what is it? >> her skin -- of course, she's 23. it's luzern -- l-u-z-e-r-n. this is the cleanser. this is fantastic.

it exfoliates. i was blown away -- it's transformed my skin. i said, order me all of it. order me all of it. i have spent my last penny on the other stuff. >> luzernlabs.com. >> yeah. >> we want to show 2000 t hire shirt. >> they're soft and buttery. better together because we are. and a lot of the money goes to charity. these are great tees, your husband -- >> i'm going to share this with you so you can give that to joel. >> isn't that nice? >> yes. and i hope his eye infection clears right up. tomorrow, lou manfredini with home improvements that will change your life.

>> sarah: pipeline protest in west roxbury. one man has to be cut free after he locks himself to a car. >> christa: panic at lax. people racing for cover afterreports of a possible gunman. america's olympic hero sharing the stage with beyonce at the mtv video music awards.

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>> sarah: protesters gather in west roxbury. one man even locking himself to a car to opposition to a pipeline proposal. >> christa: welcome back to 7 news at noon, everybody. >> sarah: officials cutting that protester loose. victoria warren has details now. >> reporter: this is yet another protest. there have been several at this site. they are protesting a gas pipeline. and today two people locked themselves to cars. one man, they actually had to use a welder's torch, because he had wrapped a bicycle lock