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news? we're breaking it here today. savannah had a baby. >> vale guthrie feldman. born yesterday, august 13th. that means she had one day off. she was here monday, went to the doctor tuesday, and the baby came yesterday. >> 8 pounds, 5 ounces, 19 1/2 inches long. here's how savannah describes this cute little baby. has blue eyes, a little bit of blondish hair, and the chubbiest cheeks you've ever seen. she says they are overcome with happiness, gratitude and joy. we are practically levitating in excitement. >> look at her beaming. >> i think we found heaven in this little hospital in new york city. i love that. >> something about that picture. >> what a statement. >> i'm here and i'm going to make a mess. >> congratulations to savannah. she's got to be exhausted but she looks so happy and the same with mike. we were watching it in the makeup room when it came on at 7:00 and literally everybody was

tearing up. one those moments where you're just so, so happy. >> i'm sorry, but it looks like mary and laura went over there and touched her up a little bit. you don't look that good. >> the thing is when you wait so long, when you're nine months pregnant and you've had this child in you that you're unbelievably linked to in so many cosmic ways. but you don't really know them yet. you can't know what -- they look very different from a sonogram. >> that baby looks beautiful. >> beautiful. >> i think the baby looks like savannah. and that's my call from right here. >> i said she was going to have a girl. >> i wasn't sure, but i must have said boy since you said girl. >> savannah has competition in the new baby world. >> yes, she does. >> because you know what? >> what? >> another mother had 18 children. all at once. in one birth. >> it happened in mississippi. this is unbelievable. you never expect anything like this to happen, but it happened to someone named kimber.

>> holly springs, mississippi. >> what is kimber? >> she's mother of the year is what she is. >> but what is she exactly? >> all right. she's an english mastiff. the vet told the opener she had never be able to get pregnant. >> but she did. they expected 10 but she had 18, so they had to do a c-section. >> an machine one, i wasn't the only one. >> all the puppies are being fed with little bottles because the mom is healing. >> oh my gosh! so cute. >> you run out of names. >> here's the thing that's so unbelievable. who knows how big savannah's baby is going to grow up to be. hopey 5', 120 pounds. every one of these puppies is going to grow up to be 150 pounds each. >> can you imagine? 18 of them at 150 pounds. >> put them up for adoption. >> of course, of course.

>> we're on a theme here. >> simon cowell and his son, we've talked about this. they're twins. the picture posted. look at them. >> they love to go shirtless. let's be honest. so does little eric. >> that's adorable. anyway, is is the caption was twinsies which is very obviously why. >> he said the -- what's her name? i forget. lauren silverman, the mother of his child, she said he was born to be a dad. at that age, we were talking about it earlier, when you have a child later in life, so much of your questions about yourself and you're trying to find your path and your esteem and all of that, it's all settled. you know? >> right. the questions are answered right then and there. >> and then the baby comes along and absolutely just absolutely takes the rug out from underneath you. and it should. >> we're happy for everybody -- it's been a big baby day. and it was also a big day at your house. there was a moment -- >> unbelievable. frank and cody and i were just getting ready to sit down

and watch "the giver." i had the dvd and i wanted to give it back today. haven't had a chance to get to it. and i went out to let the puppies out and i literally gasped to the point that my husband and son came running out. and cody then took this picture of what we saw. look at that. that was a double rainbow. and that doesn't even show the colors. we had a sudden thunderstorm. we thought all the rain was gone. thunderstorm comes up. in 20 years of living there, never seen -- >> i've never seen one that went all the way. usually just part of one. the mountain or whatever. >> i know. i just wanted to share that with everybody. we had a couple of miracles everybody. a little baby and that rainbow. >> lk what happened to me. i was running in the park, la la la. >> running with visual. >> i like to show it. and this old guy stopped me. while i was running. crack of dawn. he goes, stop for a second, i want to tell you something. >> oh-oh. >> he said, have you ever heard

of itzhak perlman? the violinist. i said sure. he said, i'm going to tell you a little story. itzhak perlman got onstage to perform, lincoln center or something, he was getting ready to perform and just as he started one of his strings popped. he had three strings left. he said everyone was looking around, the place got quiet, they were trying to figure out if someone should bring him a violin -- >> a bow. one of the strings from the violin? wow. >> he cued the conductor to play. and the conductor and the rest of them kept going. he played his heart out. when it was over it was silent. the whole place erupted in applause. he stopped and he said, "sometimes you have to play with what you have." wasn't that a great lesson in a stranger in the park. i looked at that guy and i thought, sometimes you have the hand that you're dealt and you've got to do the best you can with it. >> yeah, what was his point?

>> you. >> his point was, it was a life lesson that i needed to hear at that moment. he knew it and i knew it. >> you're playing with what you've got now. >> no, but it could have been -- >> maybe words of wisdom -- >> i was thinking about somebody else and i thought to myself, that's exactly lay needed to hear. sometimes at the right time someone says the right thing. >> you've got what you need for the moment, hoda woman. be the person that you want to be with. >> i hate when she keeps repeating that. >> it's time for the ice bucket challenge which won't end but that's good. >> kathie lee did hers naked in her tub. >> i was not naked. >> you were, practically. >> i had a bathing suit on. >> there were a lot of people watching that. anyway. you look naked. >> i was not. i haven't bought a new bathing suit in like 30 years. >> right. >> i was in a 30-year-old bathing suit. >> nobody saw it. okay. so you cllenged kenny loggins, meredith vieira and billy bush. billy accepted the challenge. he was on vacation. >> yes.

kidd had already challenged him. >> shortly after he did that, he posted a photo of his swollen foot. and he wrote, "more broken bones on vacation. slow down, fool." so we didn't know when that happened. >> i hope it had nothing to do with your challenge. i can see it already. >> all right. kenny loggins who likes to call himself k-log for some reason also took the challenge. take a look at the video he sent. >> hey, kathie lee. you called me out. a.l.s. ice bucket challenge. so here i am. i'm going to do it. here it comes. now. arrggghh! >> oh, man. >> good for you.

>> his hair is real. he's got great hair. >> you never know with some of them. >> he's got a great everything. please, believe me. well that didn't come out right, did it. he was a house guest for a few days. >> don't -- stop -- he challenged kevin bacon, brad paisley, and zoe deschanel. >> that's what i'm loving about this. >> and meredith vieira took the challenge with the help her family on vacation in minneapolis. take a look. >> hi, kathie lee. just the water, not the whole bucket. >> ready? >> ready. >> one, two, three. >> oh, oh! oh, oh! >> that hair is not real. just kidding. her kimeredith, you're a great sport. >> she challenged steve harvey,

the rob ket rockettes and barbara walters. all great ones. >> time to have some fun. >> i had fun until now. >> the i-hoda playlist. this is an iggy azalea song. a good gym workout song. i thought you'd want to see the video because it helps. and the words are a little complicated. >> complicated? >> yeah. >> sond hyme complicated? >> try it out. ♪ ♪ make it bounce make it bounce ♪ ♪ shake it shake it break it make it bounce ♪ >> make what bounce? ♪ oh oh oh oh

>> it's fun. when you're in the gym, on the stairs, let me tell you. ♪ make it bounce >> stop for just aoment. when you're in the gym? you don't want it to bounce. it's bad for your breasts. why god mate sports bras. you don't want it to bounce. people running along, jogging, boing, boing, it's not good for you. >> there's another soundtrack out there that is humongous. >> this one i like. >> if you've seen "guardians of the galaxy" there is a soundtrack from this movie that is now i think number one on the charts on the album charts. >> yeah. >> they're all old songs from the '60s and '70s. >> yes like them. doris day? >> maybe. the teenagers are loving this, they're hearing it for the first time. >> when music was music. >> here's our favorite songs from the soundtrack. ♪ oh child things are going to get easier ♪ >> this was yours. >> no, this wasn't mine. >> exactly. ♪ oh child

>> this is your favorite song? >> no. i like it. >> you picked it. >> no, hoda. from my teen years was the next one. "hooked on a feeling." >> that's the one. "love the one you're with." >> what was mine? i forgot already. something dumb. crosby stills and nash -- >> no, the one with the boom boom that you said, why did they ruin the song? >> what was that one? play mine. >> hoda's is this one. >> we can't hear very well, you guys. >> honestly, whatever. anyway, mine was really good. >> the music from your teen years, there's a study out that says it has a profound impact on you for the rest of your life. i was madly in love for the first time with my surfer. and that's when fire and rain came out, and carol king's album," tapestry." you're never the same afterwards. what was it for you? >> i loved captain and tenille.

>> oh, yeah. you're right. just a reminder we are also on the radio. while you're watching -- >> we don't know why. >> challenge 108. sirius. see if it's any good when you're listening and not watching. >> okay -- no time for that? let's go on. if there was ever a reason to come to our plaza bright and early this was it. we'll find out if some ladies like what they see because sometimes it's awful. >> we have something very special in store, don't miss it right after this. look at the body that woman has. i used to like her.

beautiful actress mira sore vino has been in more than 60 films and tv shows, lucy in "mighty aphrodite."

and "romy and michelle high school reunion." now showing a darker side in "intruders." she plays the wife of a former l.a. cop who has more going on than meets the eye. take a look. >> wake up, you're dreaming. come on, baby. wake up. hey. hey. you okay? you all right? >> yes, i'm all right. it goes from the beginning. it always does. >> we know it's a comedy. >> oh, my god, it's so creepy. >> in a good way, though. -- it's a good creepy? >> a bunch of different story lines. you have to stick with it. it starts out, you go where is this going? tell us about it. >> well, in the first episode, it feels like you have three or four different storylines.

but they all converge as the series goes on. everybody is connected. everybody is different from wha they initially appear to be. good guys have a dark side, bad guys have a surprisingly human side. i have a lot of sides. >> you sure do. >> my character is the spoiler. >> how do you keep who you are -- >> continuity with the script -- >> i would go to the creator and be like, glenn, i need to know what is happening on this very line. like, who am i now? >> what an actor's dream. a role like that. >> incredible scenes, incredible costars. jon sim and we have the great robert forester. >> i recognized some of the people. i don't know the names so much. all fabulous actors. >> bbc america, big stars in england and i think american audiences are going to fall in love with him in this role. >> when you first read the script, does you nod your head? yeah, i'm taking that. >> it was so creepy and really

gripping. fascinating. i've seen the first three episodes and after each one i'm like -- i get frightened watching it. >> you know what's happening. >> i know what's happening but i get frightened watching it. in a good way, though. there is something wonderful about being chilled in an intelligent suspense way. >> dark. >> that's where it works. you're not prepared for it. you think you've got it all down. and then something happens quite quickly. >> there are so many surprises. it doesn't go in any way that you would expect it to. there's so many shocking things that occur. it's kind of -- it was a great range to play. from vulnerable and broken, to very strong and machiavellian and passionate. >> look at you, big words. we're confused. >> you're not with woody allen, you're with us. >> all right. we need to talk about another part of your life. you're a huge star trek fan. >> i am. >> trekkie.

what's going on with that? >> i've loved it since i was a kid. my dad introduced me to the reruns. we used to watch them together. >> the great paul sore vino, actor, singer. >> it was like my moral foundation, the ethos of star trek. >> look at her with her words. >> in a new world where you could sort of establish the best way to represent the human race. how would you behave? what would you do in these ethical quandaries? >> a quiz. >> let's see how good she is. shall we? finish this phrase. from the opening credits. these are the voyages of the star ship enterprise. its five year mission, to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations and -- >> to boldly go where no man has gone before. >> yes. the vulcan salute, tell us the phrase that's associated with it. >> live long and prosper. >> what actor played sulu? >> george takei. >> are you sure? are you positive? >> i'm positive.

>> george takei, come on out. >> hi! how are you? >> congratulations on your new show. >> thank you so much. >> may i give you -- >> wow, thank you so much. >> star trek the motion picture and the wrath of kahn. >> amazing. thank you so much. >> may you live long and prosper. >> he's hilarious on twitter. you have to follow him. >> thank you for being with us. good-bye to you. catch the premiere of intruders on bbc america august 23. really, really gripping. >> love it. we're about to find out if two women like what they see when they face the mirror. >> it's ambush makeover day. energy! energy, energy, energy. it's inside of all of us. even gary here. [applause]

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♪ we're back with more of "today" on thirsty thursday ready to reveal our makeover ambushes. two lucky ladies woke up early for a chance to get primped and pampered. >> no one knows how to do it better -- >> than you, hoda, there's nobody better. >> "today" contributor and style toast the stars with me now -- >> sing it like you mean it. ♪ >> make it bounce, baby. shake it, break it.

>> and today" contributor and author jill martin. >> hello, kids. >> hello. >> beautiful day. >> gorgeous. >> beyond gorgeous. so many people to pick from. again, our job was confusing, we didn't know who to go to first. >> you picked julie, 49 turning 50 next month, she's from lake ann, michigan. when we asked her the last time she got her hair done, she gave us a blank look. she's thrilled to have the opportunity to have a new look, take a listen to her story. >> we are celebrating two upcoming birthdays. i kn this is your version of flipping out? >> i'm very calm normally, yes. thanks for picking me. >> and your husband is flipping out. >> most definitely. most definitely. >> why are you excited for her? >> something new. different. being on tv. >> beck de, what do you think? >> it's really great. >> apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

okay. i promise we'll take good care of you. i promise. >> i can't wait. thank you so much. >> so her loved ones are here. please keep on your blind folds for just one second. here is julie before. >>edly. >> and let's see the new julie. come on out. ♪ >> you can take off your blind folds. >> are you ready to see yourself? >> i am ready. >> spin right around. >> oh, my goodness. i don't even look like me. >> you look awesome! >> oh my gosh. >> you look hot. >> oh my god, this is wonderful. >> come see your mom. aww! bekaa, what do you think, sweetie?