>> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. let's make sure. >> okay. >> can we squeeze in? hi! >> okay. the dance. >> up, down, up, down. kick.

>> it is ugly sweater day, guys. >> and we are holding hands and now you slide over. >> there we go! >> it is tryday friday december ship not shopping. i mean, it could be free, but it is actually free shipping day. >> and it is ugly sweater day, and this is where really, because i have been pregnant most of the year. so i have bn een very nice. >> and it is hot underneath here. ye jenna is here and we are listening to brenda lee singing "rocking around the christmas tree." >> i love brenda lee.

let's switch. >> we will have kurt russell on and he is known for being with xwoel di hahn for ye and what else? >> and "glee" every time we see him matthew morphin, and mr. shoe on broadway. >> he was in "finding neverland" and he was a ten. >> i have to thn it ends. >> and we are announcing a surprise vacation getaway for two besties, and so we asked six finalists flown into new york, show. pick a winner. we are so close together. looked very chic? >> where?

>> we had a fun christmas party yesterday on 58th street, and this is how it started out, slow. we were first ones there. >> and you had a w progressively more and more people piled in. i did something stupid, i posted it is up, but we were in the photo booth and my toeday password it, but it s is for all to see, but now we fixed it. and your christmas still wish i had that, but at one point willie jumped on top of me. and it actually kind of hurt. >> a and sandy lee and the whole gang. and so we had a lot of fun. we know how the party at "today" show.

but one thing that surprises people is that we party at 11:00 a.m. >> it is the best time, and said i don't know if i can day drink like i used to. three glasses put her over. >> she par somehow expresz sed how the staff felt this morning. >> not us. fast company, take a look. >> ooh. ah. i -- >> let's not talk about it. >> do you want to meet in the copy room? >> yes. >> hey, ellen, i have -- >> hey, what's going on, mr. q. you quit. what? you just came by to pick up a a your stuff, a and that great idea of making musical ideas out of bananas, brilliant.

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>> and people look at you, and say, is that what you look like? mm-mmm mm-mmm-hmm, 100%. >> are you hot? >>ki get away from me even if you wanna. >> you are right, i can't. and the sent out the holiday cards. >> do you send them out? >> yes, but they are new year's cards. and this is from kensington palace and they usually take a nice pose, but look at this. >> they are so cut palace, and prince george is 2 and princess charlotte looks just like her mom, and the prince george just like his dad. this a fun photo they used for their kris

>> i like kate's bangs. >> yes. >> and i am sure this is a and which it is not often, but they never look like that in the park. >> and i have to totally cross my legs. >> are you hot? >> yes. and prin and loo at that, normal coup ml the woods. that is love. >> you can tell if a couple is tactile and touches, they are close. >> like usd to see "fuller house." >> i grew up on the "fullerer house." >> "full house." >> well, it was "fuller. i am not overexcited, but -- >> well shgs , this netflix promo is making people very, very

take a look. >> okay. i know they say you can't go home again i just had to come back >> gosh, it feels good to be back again. can someone help me with the boxes. >> max. max, cut it out. >> cut it out. >> jax, watch your brother. >> you have keys? >> you don't need movers, but have us. ain't nothing but awe mem memory >> oh, that is going to be gby the watch the trailer over and over. >> that miranda lambert song, it so good. have you gone back?

where my parents were living there. >> is there somebody living there? >> they didn't say who are you, but what a are you? and this used to be on when we were little kids and barbara and i used to watch it, an peo like the nostalgia of going back to an old house. >> speaking of loving your home and your kids, and there is a woman over there in the corner by the tree, and this is one of jenna's favorite people in the world. >> that is net-net. and in our family we love her and call her the pink care bear, and she spread so much love in our house -- >> she takes care of your kids? >> she takes care of my kids and i love her so much. i love you, netty. >> i love you, baby girl. >> oh, she is so beautiful. >> a tells me that my pants look too tight just about

and then she says, you need to eat more, but your clothes don't eat. anyway, i love you netters. >> thank you for coming over. >> and henry and i jum hugs. oh, here. >> one more. >> thank you for using your hand hand. >> here, i can el help you. >>oh. and tonight, if you like music, you will like what is on tonight, billboard music and women and to a awards are on lifetime and we had a chance to be there, and it was so fun. our own brittany schriver was on the awards and savannah and tamron hosted. >> there you are, and hoda got up there and changed the energy. >> and e it is so fup, and we performances. >> there is brittany. so beautiful. and lady gaga and salena gomez, and demi lovato, and so many great performances. >> and we will catch up with

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>> and kathie lee and i sat down to talk to him about his new movie "the hateful 8." and he plays a bountyman. >> now, you and me have been reading a lot of newspapers printed in washington, d.c. any hoo, i am just trying to let y'all know how grateful i am. i was a goner, and y'all saved me. >> you want the show me how grateful you are? shut up. >> ooh. >> shut up. >> you learned that at home talking that way, didn't you? >> both of you. >> great. >> was that a real mustache by the way that you are sporting? >> yes, i let it grow. goal di was not a big fan of that. >> a real turn on. >> oh no, forget it. >> and you find stuff in those things after a while, you know. >> well, you know what is hard in that, i had a big coat on, and ever are i time you turn, it slap s

>> k just what he wanted quinton tarantino. >> and he wrote it as a look, the walrus look. and i have my own feeling of a walrus mustache, so i decided to grow a big sweeper. but the characters in those kinds of movies in those days, you to see who they were right away, especially this guy. >> k you and how fun and sweet and nice you are, it is hard to see you in a role like this where you are a rough and tumble and mean guy. i am nicer than the last time i starred in a quinton tarantino fill running over women in a car. but y when you have the opportunity to work with him, it is fantastic. >> what is about him? >> it is the energy, and besides the talent. fantastic. i look at it, and i think that he has a e tremendous sense of humor, and it taps into mine,

way it is. >> and that is sick. >> and in a backyard kind of way, and throwing ketchup at each other, and swords, but a day on the set with him is just a blast. i have been lucky to work with great director, and i hope i have a chanc with all of them again, but it is just that quinton loves what he he does so much, it is infectious. >> i have to tell you something, and i don't know if i have to tell you this before, but you were the hugest crush of my life "the travels of jamie m mcspeeders." >> 1963. >> what was the role? >> i will say it, you don't look like you c see that. >> the old baby and i was just like, and i think it is the one dimple right over there. >> yeah. are not smet ymmetrically perfect, but it works. >> no, i am not symmetrically perfect. interesting looking as some

>> and now, you are going to be in drop dead gorgeous colorado. >> yes, we have a a place there that is great, and it is only three or four hours away from where we shot "hateful 8." >> and we were reading in the notes that you did not wan the richard gere role. >> yes. >> in "officer and a gentleman." >> and another really, really great drek irector taylor hackford. i don't like the sex scenes and if you are having fake sex, you know it, they know it, the audience knows it, and if you are going to be doing the sex, do it. so i don't want to the -- >> let'sit. >> i don't want to look like -- and the horrible thing to me about it is that i see that this is what think they think sex

i need a better story point. listen listen, if you have a story nd picture called "unlawful entry" -- >> hmm. >> and which when you r are talking about the sex scenes, that is a good s know, but it with because scene where ray liotta is a bad cop, and he is watching me having sex with my wen you have to make it work. >> and who was your wifet ta at the time? >> in real life? >> no, in the movie. >> madelyn stow, so it can be comfortable, and in silkwood meryl streep and i were supposed to look like we were in love. >> ok, but it is just in that one "officer and the gentleman" and i said, tell me how thgrea he said, i just want to go past the point of

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all right. before you head off for the weekend, we want to share a webtastic video. >> and this s is a video of some who bit off more and the they can chew, possums. >> what are they eating? >> bananas. >> okay. oh, wow. >> anyway these guys are from russia and found orphaned by a wildlife rehabilitation. >> i would say they are cute, but they are eating the last meal before -- >> i think it is weird. >> me, too. i'm not exactly sure why -- >> do you like my sweater? >> shake the little booty. >> we should have given this to matt lauer when he ran over the deer on his bike. that is what we should have done. i like yours, because it fits you to a tee.

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the weather may be unusually warm. but one charity wants the remind you a lot of people are in need of coates. they have only received 30,000 coates this year. you can donate used coates to new york at police stations. a check of the weather. today, 49. 20 in the suburbs tonight. sunday, sunshine. 46 for the high. monday, clears up to 53. "glee" favorite matthew morrison coming up on the "today" show. we'll see you tomorrow morning

it is tryday friday and jenna bush hagar is sitting in for kathie lee, and it has been a whirlwind yee for superstar and tv star matthew morrison. >> just this past spring he wrapped up 16 seasons as the "glee" director will shoo in the tv show "glee." >> and he has been on broadway in "finding neverland. i " ""hi. >> how are you? >> happy. how are you? >> wow.

>> are we will be beginning with breaking news on the program, and now, we have just learned that kelsey grammer is going to the be returning to " finding neverland." and you two will be overlapping. >> yes. >> and you have worked with him? >> well, we started together, a and we did it for three months, because he left in june, and so it is a great bookd m. t holidays, and you are doing this show, and one of the hardest working men in show biz, because doing broadway is much more difficult than tv. >> it is tough. i highly doubt that i am one of the hardest working men in, but anyway, you go to work three hours a night, but there is a lot of the preparation for that night's performance and resting voice and everything, but

my body >> and we heard that after the you have take time for yourselves, and do you really take ice baths? >> yes. i never leave the stage pretty much in this show, and i am going, and being dropped six feet from the air, and hurdling, and i feel like an nfl running back just going everywhere all over the stage, but it is a journey. >> and a lot of us miss "glee." do you miss it? >> well shgs , no. it is one of the things they will be t but it is -- i can't believe i finished it this year in february. i was looking ban years, i was like, oh, i was still doing "glee" this year. >> is that one of the things that you are most proud of. and we also read that you talk about your wife in a lovingly way. >> and can we read the quote. >> tell me what i said. wants her husband to say that. i feel more in love with her

>> do you remember saying that? >> nfto, i was misquoted on that, sorry. >> look athe oh, my gosh. >> she is an amazing -- and she is beautiful person, but on the inside, she is from hawaii and we call it the aloha spirit. and she is just glowing all of the time. >> that is so sweet. >> do you guys want kids? >> yeah, we v have talked about it. >> you are and only child? and only child, and we want some kids and we were going to the start soon, d then we had the 5-year-old niece stay with us for a week, and we were like, well, let's push it back a little bit. >> and let me give you my 3-month-old, and you will real areally know how you n thayou. >> and you k can catch matthew on broadway until november 24th. t her to tune in right now, because we have girlfrien i use what' s already inside me to reach my goals. so i liked when my doctor told me i may reach my blood

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>> and so we have a set of three finalists here to be with us today, and two of these lady s will be winning a trip to a surprise location. >> and here they are. kara and nicole. hello. >> gabby and patricia. >> oh, my god, i'm so excited. and kathy and shelly. >> and where are you from? >> virginia. >> atlanta. >> louisiana. >> okay. we are going to be talking to all of you guys in a minute, but first, check out t story of kara and nicole. >> my besty nicole has been there for me quite literally through the thick and the thin. she has personally helped me to lose nearly 100 pounds, and held my hand every step of the way. nicole has always been there for me me, and treated me with the same amount of respect,size. she deserves a trip to new york city followed by a surprise

we both do. we have so much to celebrate. nicole's constant loyalty, our friendship and my size. >> oh, my gosh. >> how long did it take you the lose all of that weight by the way? >> eight months. >> and we need tissue s s, you are crying. >> and now we have to meet gabpatricia. >> okay. >> let me tell you about my best friend patricia. i love her with all of my heart and then with all of my gut. she is a woman of all grace and courage and living her childhood dream saving lives as a physician. a true georgia peach, brilliant and brave and never too busy to text with me throughout the day. most women are lucky enough to marry a man who is loving and supportive, but i have been

world, because my husband's best person is my best friend. >> she is my sister n -in-law, and my sister in love and i love her soh.her. >> and you are going to be having a baby, oh, my gosh, probably on our show. i told that baby not before. >> it is okay, i'm a dock tor, so i can deliver. >> and now, we have tiffany and shelly from louisiana. >> with a husband and four kids, i don't get much me-time anymore, but i do try to hang with my best friend shelly at least once a week. we sit on each other's porches and talk about everything under the sun. we call it porch therapy. shelly and i have shared so much over the last year and half. she got divorce and turned the big 4-0 and became a grandma. and since shelly's family is grown with a home of their own,

so i can drop in any time i want. we are besties and i can't imagine life without her. she deserves and trip not to time. >> and i love that, you sit on each other's porches and call it porch therapy. how long have you been friends? >> kindergarten. >> 11 years. >> you guys? >> 11 or 12 years. >> it is is cool, because you can meet each other as a child a have a total connect, and you are awesome, and you guys were chosen so many who were winners all right now.

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all right. there are still a few days left to be part of the toy drive. so far we have sent out $30 million toys and gifts to children across the country. >> and with us is the president of national brands, and let's find out what the big donation is today. >> hello. >> shall we open up the box? >> yes. >> oh, kids. >> hi, guys. >> what are you giving, ed? >> well, at our national products we are e donating 3 300,000 great products like all and snuggle, and over 8,000 snuggle bear s s.

donated over $1.3 million in product, and 75,000 snuggle bears to family families in need. >> welcome handsome, and next week is our final day to donate to the drive, tuesday. so go to k lshgs gshgs and hoe da g and hoda.com. >> and from the naval air station, le more sent this in. >> he is having fun finding regis everyday. >> and messy hair to keep the workout going to eat the pasta. >> and finally, here is kristin web's 3-year-old cutie spotting regis. >> and regis is here for a reason. and what is the department of correction and so matthew morrison was on earlier to the

"ending neverland" and we had inferred that it was closing, but it is not closing, and kelsey grammer is coming back to