>> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and everybody. november 28th. cyber monday. hope you had a really fabulous and blessed thanksgiving with your friends and family. and it's all about shopping, seems to me today. >> today's that day. clickity clack. >> it cass saturday. saturday was -- small-town -- >> small business saturday. >> you're right. and friday was -- >> what the heck is tomorrow? >> what is tomorrow? by the way -- >> tuesday.

wednesday -- >> look who's with up today in the kitchen. >> marcus! >> what's up, ladies? how are you? >> got an eggplant. >> exactly. i shopped it on saturday. >> shining up his eggplant now. there used to be a word for that. >> all right. marcus. [ laughter ] >> all right. we have a great way to kick off your week starting with "today' something posted that has everyone talking, plus more celebrity scoop. >> and teamed up with "people" magazine, second annual beauty ay wards. we're going to show you today the best hair products from the drug store. very important. >> why are we showing makeup right now? >> it's the whole week. makeup, hair, best of everything. >> this week five chefs cooking up a dish they would make if i came to their house for dinner.

festival and fantastic chefs were there for it. what did i do? i just hosted a moderated panel with all of them and asked every one of them. we know what you do at your restaurants, all fantastic. what you make on the "today" show. but if i were invited personally to come to your house, what would you make for me to present who you are and what your home is, and everybody had such a -- completely different answer, that i said, you guys,et that one week. we put it together. got everybody coming all this week. >> yes. >> and marcus is heading it up. >> i am. i'm super excited. i'm going to do a cocktail and then a little fish. >> looking forward to that. >> darling picture of you and your little boy in "people" magazine. >> how cute! your family. >> a great thanksgiving four. >>absolutely. great for me and my wife. >> what's his name? >> zion. >> zion. of course.

black friday? i'm not, because i didn't -- >> you didn't clickity clack. >> i didn't clickity clack. >> how to make extra money for all your gift shops without leaving your house. >> and favorite things a little later. stick around. >> yes. oh, my gosh. i know you -- tons of family and fun stuff. i had great friends, family from michigan and florida, came stayed with us a couple of days. i don't like to play games. >> you mean, like -- >> except -- >> board games? >> any kind of games. >> oh. >> just had such a -- a good time, and it was a nice mix of our traditions with theirs. they have everything on thanksgiving. they have the thanksgiving turkey but also a ham and a tenderloin. >> they like to do it big. >> they do. very midwestern. do it all! we did it all. of course, cods and cass were home. that's all i care about, and then i'm going to say, might as well say my favorite thing, that was part of the weekend.

and years and years. always been good to me. i hated "pulp fiction." regis sent to me, kathy, so sorry you hated "pull m fiction -- pulp fiction" so did my mother. he sends me occasionally ones i'll be moved by. a movie out locally now but it's going to go full -- full nationwide n "lion" with dev patel. nicole kidman and rooney marra. it is simply stunning, and you'll sob your eyes out, it's so moving. that's all i'll tell you about it. >> love it! >> went to see -- >> how was that? >> cody had seen it before. he's my guy. mom, i think you'd really like it. >> he went again? >> tock me and his girlfriend

unbelievable one. it was years ago, but, oh, does it stand out. >> you had like moviepalooza! >> cody got me hooked on "the crown." i've never binged watch anything. six hours of the crone, but bleary eyed. fascinating about princess elizabeth. how much is based on true? wow! intrigues of court and recommend it. >> what's it on? >> netflix. >> i think every episode, probably get this wrong, like $7 million. you cannot believe the attention to detail. >> i'm going to watch that. on netflix? i have netflix. >> tell us about the little show you put on. >> i had my nieces, mom, brother, everybody at my house. did all the thing. remind me how much i love new york when your family's there, because you go to the radio city

block, both of those guys were there, tom's daughter sarah and their son. at the thanksgiving day parade. >> of course you were. >> kids kept screaming, can you see me, santa? because last year santa looked the other way. very depressing. this year we yelled and screamed. joel watching as the pa rate parade went by. what i did, same table, just bought two extra chairs a how about that? >> you're a mathematical genius! >> i couldn't believe -- how awesome it was! >> how about a table with a leaf? >> oh. that's a good one, but i never have people over. that's the most people i'll ever have in my house. >> unless you have a table that expanded and then you might. >> maybe. the cool thing is, i made my nieces, every morning ux when we woke up, we would raise the shades and all say, "good morning new york! ! there's a button. press a button.

curtain and we would do a broadway show. i got my guitar out, horrible, and we -- can anybody see us? look at all of these windows. some freak is watching us right now. so we did, like a whole thing. we had such a great time with the whole group. so, there's -- we went and saw "wicked." i mean, we did -- the rockettes. >> you're the best aunt in the world. >> went to the park. by the way, the rockettes, if you haven't been, please, go. look at , just took this. >> which is illegal. >> oh, it is? >> yes. >> well, watch it anyway. watch this. here we go, and -- >> they do this every year and it never gets old. >> then it went all crazy. >> yeah. >> wasn't that awesome? >> i love it. it never gets old. might have seen it 100 times. my niece, took her every year and then my kids, too, and all of a sudden -- they've done it, and don't want to do it anymore

to see some grandchildren. >> earn time you go it's different. >> it's different, but keeps elements that were completely -- >> yes. congratulations for kathie lee gifford. how many followers on twitter right now? >> i guess -- a million. thank you, everybody. >> where is the confetti! >> what does that mean, anyway? >> it means lots of people are paying attention to your tweets. so be careful. >> my friend kyle michael miller, just left our show. tweeted, kathie, so proud of you did it without one nude picture. i would have lost followers if i'd done a nude picture. so, i want to hear about this wonderful story. we freed a great story today. tell this one, hoda woman. >> a guy named jim ward, a repo man more than 20 years. his were job is repossess cars. had to repossess one a 1998 buick. well, the owners were 82-year-old stanford kipling and his 70-year-old wife patti.

sinking deeper into debt and that was because they had to pay so much for medications. they only had $30 left until their next social security check. but the kiplings understood jim had to do a job so he took the car. there they were without their car. it really bugged jim a lot. >> i bet he sees everything, too, in his life of work? you know? probably seen the best and the worst. >> uh-huh. he decided to start a gofundme page, wanted to raise pay off that car. not only did they raise that $3,500, received $17,000 in donations from more than 400 people. what jim did. jim repaired and detailed the buick, delivered the cash -- >> please, stop. >> and the thanksgiving turkey to the kiplings. stan said it was like hitting the lottery and patti says there are very good people out there. >> there are. there are beautiful, wonderful people. >> ah, yeah. love that story. god bless jim.

well, i'd go broke. just be -- >> yeah. keep it and you have to pay for it we lost a good friend, mown her many, many years. one of the first people you meet when you went out to hollywood. florence was everywhere. the love florence henderson passed away thanksgiving day. pinch me. i am in this world. i get to make my living this way, get to be with wonderful people. she was o person. >> did everything you can imagine in showbiz, including anchoring an hour of the "today" show. actually the original third hour host of the "today" show along with asjha blake and jody applegait. i remember her from "the brady bunch." you really did learn life lessons. so funny. you learned about things. your family -- >> you wanted her to be your mother. >> sure did. >> also the first woman ever to

johnny carson. >> he took off one time. >> yes. and congratulations. three days before her death. >> she was in the audience of "dancing." which shows you just how -- >> cheering on marcia. >> didn't look ill or -- >> yeah. >> they said it was a fast illness, thought she'd be in, come out, get over it, and she didn't. so -- >> wow. >> anyway -- her manager told the "los angeles times" she had not been >> and you mentioned your awesome movie. dying to see "lion." can i tell you what it's the time of year for? these are called satsumas. i want someone to try them. zach, please, come forward. >> i'll try it, too. zach has never turned down anything. >> so true. >> just bite it and, please, do close-ups on each of their faces. >> so much better than i, hoda. hmm. >> that's the emotional face you give when you eat?

>> no. these are -- >> sugar sweet. that time of the year. if you can get them a type of citrus. delicious, the time of the year. >> they're delicious. thank you, sweetheart. something new for "star wars" fans. we were talking turkey this weekend. find out what had tinsel town talking in "today's buzz." >> and more, coming up right after this.

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the "star wars" story came out over the weekend. people are flipping out. the first time a stand-alone movie of "star wars," coming out 16th of december. about three weeks away. all new characters with the exception of darth vader who makes an appearance is. i'm excited about the new droid you see in this trailer, and really reminds me of 3 cpo. that vibe. >> i was that for halloween once. >> yes,he this and people expecting about $130 million opening. >> how would this compare to the last "star wars" movie? >> not the business of the last one that was mammoth and part of the overall main -- >> had harrison and it had carrie. >> but this is going to be huge. >> talk movies. weekend box office. how did things do? >> "moana" came out thanksgiving weekend, disney animated film. loved it so much.

female character, by the way, not looking for a man or boyfriend. >> saving the world. >> fabulous. >> and it made $81.1 million, if that number holds, the number two thanksgiving opening weekend of all-time behind only "frozen," which made $93 million a few years ago. huge. "fantastic beast" a great weekend made over nows over $150 million. the news unfortunately not all good, because warren first movie in 15 years called "rules don't apply." i really liked. a great old hollywood -- >> what happened? >> people didn't care. made $2 million over the weekend. >> in wide release? >> very disappointing. i felt bad. did an interview with warren and annette, the academy appreciated the movie but the audiences did not. >> he worked very hard for that

you know "star wars" is going to do -- you'd think an interest in seeing -- >> sad. because i want hollywood to make more movies like "rules don't apply" that are differ and new. >> how about "allied"? saw that yesterday? >> i liked that. >> i didn't hear good things about it. my son in the film world said, mom, you're going to like it. >> not a huge blockbuster, looking for an old-fashioned hollywood movie with some romance and some intrigue, can' >> maybe because brad has not really been 3r0e6789 promoting it. >> true. >> selena gomez made news? >> decided to take time off, deal with health -- panic attacks, sides of lupus. came back on the amas and did her first instagram post. most followed on instagram in the world, by the way. did a post the last couple of days with a great picture of her and her fans talking about what

i think people are happy to see her back in a good way. >> she handled it so well. you and i talked about this so many times. young kids get into a situation like that. take a break. go back and get in tough with yourself. she's a deeply spiritual girl and you can see he's healing. >> when she made the speech at the amas, i was a fan before, after seeing that, she's got courage. >> got a great >> you can go now. you're a sweetheart. come see us again. all right. about to surprise or fan of the week. could be you, but maybe not. >> unlikely. then, never, ever have a bad hair day again. putting the best hair products to the test, coming up, right to the test, coming up, right after anyone with type 2 diabetes to the test, coming up, right after knows how it feels to see your numbers go up, despite your best efforts. but what if you could turn things around? what if you could...

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this past september i was lucky enough to host a panel called "meet the culinary masters" with five amaing festival. what would they make for me if i were to come to their house for dinner? >> guess what? all five stops by this week to make a special dish and kicking it off, marcus, owner of the new washington, d.c. restaurant -- >> all: marcus." >> opening in a week or so. >> yes! >> start with a cocktail. >> what's this? >> i grew up in sweden. a little bit of vodka. right? a yes-chef cocktail.

>> hmm, nice. >> and no straw. check it. no straw. >> real men don't use straws. >> okay. what are you making? >> what we do, we do rub the eggplant with olive oil. how about that? >> we witnessed that. >> how about that? you saw that! no comment. >> highlight of my day so far. >> yeah. >> so here. my favorite dish. >> yeah. >> and -- a little bit of roasted eggplant with a halibut, halibut on the bone. i brought from the water, you know, in sweden. so i wand >> yes. >> but eggplant is super delicious and we're going to char this. rub it with olive oil. >> every time you said it. >> right. >> weird. >> wrap it up, put it in a broiler. feel that. it's soft. right? it's cooked. it's soft. >> squishy. >> and then put it in the blender. hoda, you can do that. >> what do you want me to do? >> put the garlic, jalapeno, put in olive oil and then put this machine on.

on. >> perfect. you can cook! >> we've got it. >> that's all? >> turning into puree and then add in a little bit of spinach. this is so delicious. we have spinach -- with our beautiful -- puree. >> eggplant puree. >> this could be a hummus dip, use for chicken. use it with fish. >> you're adding the spinach to it? >> absolutely. we're going do that. look at that, you little star chef. come on, come on! >> mark murphy is coming. >> alex. >> and michele mishon. >> and evelyn. >> look how you just flip it like that. >> exactly. it's my job. i'm a chef. i should be able to do that. >> you cook it um like that. >> yes. >> that's chef 101. isn't it? >> boom! and halibut on the bone. >> looks so good! >> if people don't like fish, one way to do it. we're going to do a little

sweet soy. garlic and dill. just put that in. >> garlic and dill. >> kind of glaze that on top of the halibut. this is going to caramelize. that's how you get that golden -- see? >> oh, yeah. >> yeah. >> this is the type of food that i grew up with in sweden. very simple, on the bone, boom. just kind of cook it, with a little bit of butter. >> both sides, do you? >> yeah. normally start with some olive oil and add in the butter and baste it. >> can i glaze that side? >> glaze. come on. >> how many on each side sweetie? >> i would say two teaspoons. >> how long do you cook it? >> four minutes each side. >> four minutes. >> because we cook it on the bone, right? it's going, the fish is going to stay juicier and -- taste. >> oh, my gosh. falls right off the fork. >> come on. >> get outta town! >> not you, marcus. >> got to get involved. >> and -- >> yes! >> wait, wait. >> wait a minute! >> wait a minute. >> ooh. just right. >> how good is this? >> there you go.

underneath. right? >> it's crazy good. >> hold on. >> healthy! >> a perfect dish and not that complicated. >> you're going to have it -- >> oh -- >> in my restaurant. marcus, in national harbor, opening at mgm. >> marcus, delicious! this is truly delicious. to get these recipes go to today.com/food. need extra cash for the long list of presents? >> gift of more money without leaving your house. coming up, next. >> mmm... i can't believe

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