from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hey, everybody, it's thirsty thursday. it's november 10th. that is "faith" by stevie wonder and ariana grande. isn't that a funny combo? let's listen for one second. ? i got faith ? >> i got faith. come on. >> look who's liking it. look who's over in our kitchen. we have lori laughlin and her darling daughter making her

movie i hear. >> congratulations. >> look at their smiles. and their eyes. >> wait, look. >> she got the blue eyes though. i don't know. >> father, right? >> gorgeous. >> all right, that's enough of that. we'll see you guys in a little bit. are you coming over to talk with us? >> yes. >> '80s darling molly ringwald. >> you think you're the only one, lori? >> star of 16 candles and breakfast club, all grown up and a mom of three. another classic 1980s film she's bringing back to life. >> her role may surprise you in that. it's thursday. that means louis and jill are on the plaza to pick our ambush makeover ladies. they've been getting primped and pampered with transformed beautiful new looks. >> and a pair of hunky chefs. jeff mauro and gavin kaysen.

potato? >> they're going to show us how to impress your guests on thanksgiving with show-stopping sides. >> all right, so lori and bella, so tell us about that hallmark movie. >> it's a christmas movie, it's on this saturday night. >> is it a whole like six weeks of christmas, every day on hallmark? >> it's christmas every weekend, every night on the hallmark channel right now, it's a countdown to christmas, but we have our show on saturday night. >> you play a talk show host? >> i play a talk show >> i play just a girl in a small town who helps her. >> who loves christmas. >> who wants to be a talk show host. >> you're like so many other women out there. thousands of them. dreaming. our job. >> bella. >> and some day you get 'em, good for you. >> well, we wish you best of luck, bella. >> have you always wanted to be an actress, sweetheart? >> like in the past two year, i started to love it more.

>> that will be on the hallmark channel, 8:00. >> 7:00 central this saturday night. >> with that fabulous bill abbott, yes, yes. >> love bill abbott, love him, he's our guy. >> take care. >> bye, guys. >> so modern family's julie bowen, or is it bowen, addresses her rumored feud -- aren't they always rumored, with sofia vergara. >> a lot of times when people see two female co-stars together sharing the spotligh yesterday and ellen was saying it's unusual that everybody seems to get along on that show. this was julie's response to that. >> it's a great cat and everybody really likes each other. >> we genuinely do. every now and then i get a caller, an e-mail, that says so-and-so trash mag will be running a story that you and this week it was that you are

we talk and i'm, like, what should i say? because we're friends. she goes, please, just borrow my blouse so i'm borrowing her blouse. >> i don't know why they just assume. we don't hear about it as much with men, you know, that they're not getting along. i just -- i love coming to work every day knowing i'm going to be with you. >> me too. >> i signed for this job for one been? >> yes. >> because of my hoda woman and everybody here that i love so much. you become a family. not you. no, no. all of you. amazing group of people. >> producers say one of the things they get asked the most about us is are they really friends, like off the show, are they really friends. >> i know. >> it's so funny because for us it's like natural, it's like breathing of course and everybody else wonders is this one hour pretend and then when you get off -- >> who wants to live like that? >> not me. >> huh-uh.

she is? >> isn't she harry's -- >> harry's new love interest. beautiful girl. >> and kate middleton. >> yes. >> she's adorable. she's on the show "suits" in case you wonder how we know her. >> they were seen wearing the same dress. >> let's see. >> why are we talking about it? >> because it's important. >> what? >> well, one's a long version. >> it's the same cut but one's long and one's short. >> okay. >> it's a dvs, d furstenberg dress. >> it's beautiful, it looks great either way. >> kate could wear it either way and so could -- >> look at this skirt. this megan markell, she can wear anything. >> the palace is confirming she and harry are a couple. >> i think that's fantastic. i wish people would leave them alone and just let them. >> yeah, there are people who are apparently being very cruel to her on social media and the palace is slapping back saying back off. >> it's all about the fact she's biracial?

>> aren't we in 2016. >> hello, i thought we were. that's ridiculous. but love will overtake everything, right? >> yes, it does, yes, indeed. >> so there's a study, oh, another study, women have better memories than men, did you know that? >> i don't know if it's true. >> it's online, the journal of menopause, so it must be true. >> there's a journal of menopause? >> there is now. frank used to say to me because he's been married three time, i've been through incredible memory. >> so far. >> my memory's horrible but yours is really good. ?? >> what is it? oh, no. ? so it's the last ? ? we will remain ? >> there's a big note. ? whatever we ? all right, that's enough, i'm

times. >> that is funny. >> yeah. >> they found women between the ages of 45 to 55 found they outperformed men. however, after menno paushgs women experienced more forgetfulness and brain fog. what? >> it's all about your hormones. you know. yeah. >> we have a new trend. >> babs is still singing. >> we have a new quick trend and it's called long hair. is donna still here? >> come o there's an ultralong hair making a mark on the fashion world that women like the kardashians and our own donna. >> and more tisha adams long before anybody else, right. >> i feel like i need to do this look. >> yeah. >> now turn around. >> so are they wearing wigs or wearing extensions? >> i think they're extensions. >> you were hoping this would be blonde. >> i know. i wanted to live out my blonde fantasy.

>> all right, you look beautiful, we love you, thank you. >> i don't know. think it -- >> it reminds me of morticia adams. >> we originally wanted to do dark lipstick but we thought it was too much. >> how about old school for i-hoda? let's take it back. let's take it way back. i-hoda old school. hit it. it's cd it right." ? take your time do it right ? ? we can do it baby ? ? do it tonight ? ? baby we can do it ? ? take the time ? ? do it right ? >> are they talking about what i think they're talking about? >> it's whatever you imagine. yeah, yeah. >> we, okay. ? we can do it baby ? >> yes, but they must have worked on these lyrics forever.

you say give me the chorus, i deliver. see, this is the part i like. horns. you got to have a horn section in a good song. we want to give a big shout-out to some auction winners who actually paid money to see our show. >> dane and jennifer here? >> dane and jennifer are here. they paid good money. >> why? >> they paid good money to see us. we're happy to have you guy, thank you so much. >> lady, thank you for coming. they were at the foundation dinner and they're terrific ladies. ladies, thanks again. >> you can find all of i-hoda's stuff, why you'd want it anyway, on apple music. hoda is on her radio station sirius on monday and wednesday and you can even listen to our show on sirius on 108 i think. >> you're going to be very busy. >> the third annual greenwich restaurant week begins tomorrow but the festivities kick off tonight. >> what? >> yep, i'm going to be at the j

exclusive opening night cocktail party. it's going to be fun. we're going to be pairing my stuff with some signature dishes and lots of other local restaurants are participating. >> that will be fun. >> it goes all weekend long. >> it's a beautiful event. get ready for our amazing ambush makeovers reveal. >> and counting down to thanksgiving with some souper sides that will make your meal -- oh, it's going to take it to a level that you're not even -- you're on fire today. >> i'm feeling. >> what's w >> a ? go paperless, don't stress, girl ? ? i got the discounts that you need ? ? safe driver ? ? accident-free ? ? everybody put your flaps in the air for me ? ? go paperless, don't stress, girl ? ? i got the discounts that you need ? ? safe driver ? ? accident-free ? ? everybody put your flaps in the air for me ? i can't lip-synch in these conditions. ? savings ?

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>> yes, i'm already winning this batle. >> what is the name of your restaurant? >> spoon and stable. like where the horses go. >> that makes sense. >> all right, go on. >> and from chicago, illinois, congratulations by the way on your cup. >> thank you, thank you, my pleasure. >> jeff mauro is the executive chef pork and mindy's. >> it's mork. >> can we start over? >> we'll start with the sweet potato chips. >> i'm making my soon to be famous maple bacon sweet chips, all right, it's all often baked. fun way to present this traditional flavor of sweet potato. we're going to use a mandolin. have you ever used a mandolin here? >> yeah, they're great. >> hoda, maybe not. >> no, not for me. >> you always want to look at the mandolin. you don't want to be like, someone grab the phone, what's on fire, right. so you get these beautiful little kind of things. and lay them almost like fish tails.

then some melted butter. straight right from the cow. and then some maple syrup. so easy. we were going to whisk it together. right? with a medium sized whisk. not a giant whisk. >> why is medium -- >> i don't know. that's definitely -- and then we're going to paint it liberally. right. we're going to get crazy with this. we want every little kind of surface exposed -- >> just pour it. >> pour it on and boom, all right. >> now what? >> season it, salt and pepper, right, boom, we're going to bake it high heat, about 425 for 20 minutes. >> boom. >> and then we have it beautiful like this. and we got my famous pork and mindy's pig candy here and we're going to sprinkle that on top and you're going to get that kind of crunch from some toasted pea cans and a little color from the fresh parsley on this. i encourage you to serve this at

>> like a little nacho. >> that's so good. >> that's delicious. >> but healthy. pretty healthy. >> no carbs. >> what are we making here? >> the opposite healthy. creamy spinach with fried cheese curds. >> oh, my gosh. >> saute garlic. add a little spinach. >> that always cooks down to almost nothing. >> i know. >> you're the chef. >> i in there. >> he got it. >> there's your pepper. >> oh, that's good too. >> put that in your pocket, we'll save that for later. we took that down and it wilts to this. >> that was a room full of spinach earlier. >> the whole studio was filled. this is some cream, shallotshal garlic, bay leaf. >> can you substitute like low fat milk? it's not the same, i know. >> no. >> sorry, i thought i'd ask. >> it's a good try.

>> so then we're going to put this over a double boiler. >> yeah. >> we're going to add some egg yolks. >> okay. >> yeah, keep going there. don't burn it there, chef, huh? >> i'm trying not to. >> appreciate that. whisk that up. a medium size whisk. in minnesota, we like to go a little bit bigger. there we go. and then we have -- thank you, thank you. and then we're going to fry these cheese curds. we bread it. traditional breading egg, flour, bread crumbses. >> what are cheese curds? what kind of cheese do you use? >> just cow's milk. >> just cheese. there's no name. >> the pure et form. >> just cheese. >> fine, why do i even care? >> we can call it something fancy. >> thank you. >> cheese curds. >> real quick. >> then we put it on top like

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we're back on this thirsty thursday and we're about to show you two unbelievable transformation because it's time for ambush makeover. two lucky ladies were plucked from our audience plaza and given head to toe new looks. >> courtesy our contributors from the licari cutler salon louis licari, la, la, la. and our golden girl. >> yes, we love her. >> how was it today? >> pretty sweet today. you know, again we had plenty of signs. the ambush i can only say is growing and growing. and more and more people come here specifically on this day to be ambushed.

operandi. >> yes, it is. >> who we got? >> linda jane, 52 years old from washington. married two kids in their 20s. she's been going through a difficult time. she's taking care of some sick family members. she was recently laid off from her job in manufacturing. so her cousin had a great idea to try to get ambushed this morning. let's take a listen to her story. >> i know your so excited but this is also so important for you for your cousin. tell me why. >> she deserves a makeover. she lost she needs a makeover. today's the day. >> you're starting a new chapter with us. >> yes, i am. >> we can do whatever we want. >> yes, you can. yes. i need to look fabulous so i can go on interviews and try to get a really great job. >> good for her. >> she's here with her friend sherry who said she ran ten blocks and changed to make sure she looked good for this moment with the blindfold on. please keep your blindfold on for a second. here is linda's before picture.

oh, yeah. >> come on, girl. >> are you ready? >> ready. >> take often the blindfold. check out your girl. >> you look amazing! i love it. you deserve this. >> are you ready, sweet girl? >> you are gorgeous. >> right here. >> deep breath and go. >> look at her eyes. >> oh, my gosh. oh, my god. >> wow. >> it's awesome. >> i think she likes it. >> beautiful. >> i think i like it. >> louis, tell us about it. >> okay, i think we've -- yes, exactly. that's a great haircut. it's so chic. works with her face. it just frames it. it's beautiful. i love the side swept bangs. and the color. >> what do you call that, louis? >> it's like a barely there

sure. but what i did is i just wanted to make her a little brighter. also notice what it does to her eye color. they pop. >> your eyes are popping. >> i love it. >> she said she's so blessed she got chosen today. >> she deserves this. >> it's sort of antiquated you have to wear a full suit to a job interview so i wanted to give separates so you can mix and match. the top is from talbots. >> our second lady is 53 from so of suffolk, virginia. she has three kids. she's a retired plane controller. before that she was a 911 dispatcher where she met her husband who is a police officer. they are celebrating their anniversary. >> you really begged us for this one and we want this for you.

>> i haven't had a haircut in a long time. i really want a makeover. a new look. new clothes. i pretty much live in jeans and t-shirts and i want to update that. >> are you guys ready to see a whole new look? >> and she is here with that husband of 30 years, allen. keep that blindfold on, allen. so let's take one last look at mary lynn before. and bring out the new mary lynn harvey. wow. >> wowzer. >> gorgeous. >> all right. >> you ready, allen? >> i'm ready. >> all right, take a look at your bride. >> oh, wow. fantastic. you look great. >> you gonna make it another 30? >> i'm hoping to. >> why don't you turn around, see what he's looking at. you look so pretty. >> oh, my word. >> oh, you look beautiful. >> who is that?

>> you look gorgeous. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> so pretty. >> look again, go ahead. >> oh, my goodness. >> it's just an hour show, it's fine. >> one more time. >> so she did. >> okay, what we did is i lightened your hair. and then i added the soft, soft minimal highlights around the front. again, your eyes pop. allison gavou your face so it doesn't just hang. which is a major mistake so many people make. this lifts and almost like a mini facelift. >> so pretty. >> it's so, so pretty. >> love it, love it. >> thank you so much. >> jill what about the outfit? >> from chicos. we wanted to be able to dress up jeans because you only wear jeans. so you can mix and match. i love a faux red leather jacket

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call it didn't seem possible. i mean, it was a movie that i loved so much. shirley mcclane has an absolutely flawless, flawless performance. but you know, she was 50 years old we she got the academy award for it which meant she was about 48, 49 and i'm 48 so -- >> it works out. >> yeah. >> did you love that movie? >> i loved it so much. >> i remember crying so hard in the movie. if you want to let the floodgates open. >> yeah, exactly. our play, it's never been done as a play before. our play is a combination between the james brooks screenplay and the larry mcmertry book. >> is that pressure because shirley mcclane played that role before you? >> i would say there's a fair amount of pressure because it was such an incredible amount of performance. i saw it a bunch when i was a teenager and made the choice not to watch it again because it would be hard not to make either single choice that she made. >> but you know because you're

do it a ton of times when you do it in the film but you don't get another chance on the stage, your performance is what it is in that moment. >> you have a lot of days to explore and try different things. i'm really trying to find my own way into the character and make her a little different. she's a little bit more like the aurora in the book. and, you know, i put a lot of myself and people i know -- >> are you thinking of that same period or have you freshened what year? >> it does late '70s into the early '80s. there's loss a span of time. we don't go 30 years. we go about ten years. >> you're a mom of three. >> i am. >> your oldest is a teenager. has your teenager seen any of your movies? do you think it's weird when they're watching? >> my teenager ma dilt ta has seen "the breakfast club." she's seen all three of the john hughes films. she likes them.

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who has mixed nuts, half a cup, or cheese and calories. >> which one is lower in calories? >> definitely the cheese and crookers. >> 400 versus about 300. >> let's see who's up next. >> is that the doorbell? >> oh, there's our neighbor down street genine who's got a dinner roll for us and cornbread. which one is lower in calories? >> dinner roll. >> you would be right. even though it's a white roll, about 130 calories versus 200 for cornbread. >> cornbread is also dense. >> i love it. >> cut down your portion and you can enjoy everything. no deprivation. >> who's at the door? >> come in. >> here's davey and he's got some mashed potatoes and he's got mashed butternut squash both

>> i'm going to go with the orange dish. what is it, squash? >> butternut squash. the orange dish would be correct. >> i was right. >> 170 calories versus 240. both of them are starches. the butternut squash is less starchy so enjoy them all. you want to trim the calories, cut it in half. >> any gravy on that? >> no. >> does anyone care if i -- i know it's going to be a crappy prize. >> here's lesley with some wine. and some beer. so for five ounce gla beer, which one is lower? >> beer. >> you would be wrong because there's about 150 in a regular beer and 120 in a glass of wine. >> oh, 30 calories. >> who is it? >> oh, look, here's phil with some bread stuffing and some macaroni. >> looks like my brother. >> red stuffing.

>> i would say the bread stuffing because the cheese and macaroni and all the pasta. >> macaroni and cheese has about 100 calories less. >> really? >> i still want that. >> in a one cup serving. enjoy it all and just cut down the serving. >> madeleine. >> all right, who's at the door? >> okay. >> who is it? >> not yet. not yet. wee what she's got is a sweet potato casserole. that green bean casserole, one cup of each, which one is lower? >> i'd prefer that but i'm going with that. >> and you would be right. >> you got it. >> 150 versus 200. all those marshmallows. >> now who's at the door? >> we have two kinds of pie. we have pumpkin pie and apple pie. >> don't let anybody in your

>> which is lower? >> pumpkin or apple? >> lower? apple definitely. >> you're right about 300 versus 450. enjoy a small piece. >> a little bit of this and a little bit of that. >> thank you, donna. i like your hat. >> that was fun. >> we have a prize. >> we're ready. >> who's at the door? >> this is exhausting. >> oh, my gosh. >> i don't want it, i said i didn't want it. >> this is great. >> that's yours. >> it's a >> that's your dessert. >> good-bye little turkey. good-bye. >> to learn how turkey compares to other holiday meats. >> and should you delete your ex on social media?

for all you friendsgiving hosts, invite who you want, not who you must. serve a turkey, don't serve a turkey. bring classic flaky crescent rolls, or not so classic pizza sticks. and don't forget something sweet, and golden brown fresh from the oven. set the table, set the coffee table, set no table at all.

debate of okay or not okay. >> today's question, is it okay or not okay to delete ex's from social media? taylor swift and calvin harris scrubbed each other out and zac efron and ariana grande. >> i didn't even know they were together. so what did we think? take a listen. >> if you delete them from your life, why wouldn't you want to delete them from your social media? >> you're so smart. i say yes it's okay. preoccupied with their social media accounts? >> good, girl, you thought it through. >> excellent. >> all righty. so that does it for this thirsty thursday. >> join us tomorrow for try day friday when music legend sting will perform for us. >> plus, the fabulous actress sell sela ward will be here. >> and the always delightful andrew reynolds.

right now, a lot of anticipation as we wait for president obama and president-elect trump to meet at the white house. washington an hour ago. easing traffic could cost you. the meeting happening today to look at how new toll lanes on the beltway could improve the situation. and a look at the improving forecast. this weekend could be beautiful but we do have some rain in the ten-day forecast and a big shot of cold air coming our way.