have a great weekend. >> good night everyone. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. ?? hey, what's better on a try day friday than two things? jenna bush hager, filling in, and "move" by saint motel, downstairs, rehearsing. they are going to be playing for us. they are going to make your friday fine. >> yeah. doesn't that seem like a party? i love it. >> i'm already -- >> right? >> it's a little old school.

actress recently married anna camp is here, you know her from "pitch perfect." lately she has not been a very good girl. >> i can't wait to hear why. and we'll make your halloween creepy and cool to have kids coming to your house. do you want them culling to your house? >> when you live in new york city you have to put your name with the doorman to say anybody can come up and i say that. >> do you say that? >> i just say, come and trick-or-treat. >> and fits for less. leg wear this go-round. >> and a wonderful performance from cirque du soleil. >> and more. so many things going on here. >> what? >> plus, you're not going to believe this. >> what? >> how we know it's friday. >> what? >> we have our own cheering section. the rutgers universe cheerleaders are here, ranked

a reason they're here. first of all, we love them. >> we don't just travel with the careering squad. don't you wish we could? because we were feeling a little tired. then all of a sudden -- >> [ cheers and applause ] >> why they're here. thanks to our friends at american express, you're getting fewer commercials and three more minutes of us, and that means every time we say the word "more" -- ?? >> all: more, more, more! >> rutgers is going to start building a pyramid. the bottom layer and one guy above it. keeping our eye on you. >> do it slowly, but who will be happy, my mom. >> she likes rutgers? >> no. she likes less commercials. >> and rutgers. >> of course she loves rutgers! >> a question. do you wish you could have gotten more -- >> all: more, more, more! >> more sleep last night?

>> all: more, more, more! >> i feel bad they have to stay in that the whole time. >> we're going to get to them. we didn't get much sleep last night. >> no, you were off on a shoot. where were you? >> in oakland, with another show i'm working on, and did a crazy thing where i climbed into a tree. >> what? >> i rappelled into a tree and see, there i am. >> boom. >> look how fast you go. i'm kidding. >> well, that's actually speeded up. y and shaky i was, it was actually -- it's not supposed to be a workout but i'm sore in places i didn't know you could be. >> you had to hanning on. >> ooh! >> remember in junior high, ever have to do the arm hang. held like this and they counted like 30 seconds. >> i could never do it. could you do it? >> no. i don't have strength up here. >> when i was kid i had a lot of upper body strength and then i got an upper body and i had more to lift. >> the what?

>> all: more, more, more! >> this is exciting. so, also last night while you were busy in oakland i flew to houston, texas. surprising a beautiful, beautiful woman and her husband, but i'll give you a sneak peek, because we went to go see luke bryan. check it out. team picture. the crew. luke in the middle. we're going to show you this story next friday, but we flew back and forth to houston. you and i both landed at 12:30 in the -- >> it felt good. i saw your instagram pic at 12:30. she's still up. i'm still up. i'm not alone in this world. you know what i mean? >> we're still up. last night james corden is awesome. you know who we need more of -- >> all: more, more, more! >> who? cher. we need to cut away because --

if you haven't heard, cher is back on tour. a concert tour coming up. she was on james corden show. >> i love james corden so much! >> these guys reimagined her 1965 hit "i've got you, babe" for 2016. take a look. ? they say we all don't know how to find love ? without using your phone ? ? well, i don't know if all that's true ? 'cause you swiped me and, baby, i swiped you ? babe i've got you, babe ? i will make it facebook offic -- ? i got you babe ?? >> everybody! cher!

>> all: more, more, more! >> are you guys okay? we need to do a check-in. are y'all okay? >> that's the top. >> did we do it? >> is that the top? >> that's the top? y'all, you are -- >> you did t. awesome. the rutgers team. what's your favorite cheer, by the way. >> ah -- >> there's two more! >> what? >> all: more, more, more! >> oh, no. >> uh-oh. >> and -- let's do -- one more -- more -- more. >> all: more, more, more! ?? >> yes! [ cheers and applause ] >> whew! >> can we hear it for our friends at rutgers? y'all are so awesome. that was good. >> yes! >> really good. jen and i feel guilty watching

are you okay? >> they're good. we're going on to -- by the way, jenna, what's your favorite cheer song? >> i loved the movie "mermaid" so much. remember, cher in "mermaid." used to make the little appetizers, '70s style. there she is. we were like, why doesn't our mom make everything on skewers? you know? so i love -- "it's in his kiss," or no? >> what is this? >> cheeseball. ? it's in his kiss ? that's where it is ? oh, yeah ? >> and i'm sure -- was this cher? original? no, no. a remake. >> i think it's a remake. >> what about you? >> i love so many cher songs. i love "do you believe" ? do you believe in love after love ? love. >> meaning, have your heart broken and still believe in love? >> yes. and you know what? you do. ? do you believe in love after love ? >> all right. so -- >> we should go to vegas to see cher, by the way. >> i would love that. >> can we go to vegas to see cher? >> we'll ask joann. she says, yes. joann said, yes. >> all right. so you have had -- been through your share of haunted houses. >> yes.

it was scary even to be watching it. >> it was frightening. >> oh, my god! >> i don't want to go! >> okay. >> [ bleep ] -- [ bleep ] -- >> here's what i love about you in a haunted house. all the beeping. because i know your go-to words. >> oh, my gosh. well, right? they're like -- >> they're holding, wrestling natalie. >> go backwards! >> apparently there are some rules in some haunted houses they're not supposed to hold natalie, so -- why can't somebody else? >> what i did, do be honest, i used her as a shield. i wanted her to get through, too, but i sort of wanted to preserve myself. >> buzzfeed listed confessions from haunted house workers. headed ho haunted house, be aware of. if you look scared they're going to try to pick on you. give your stone face. >> if you don't continue to scream after, they move on. i like they call them actors. that's what they are. move on.

touching policy. >> not the one we went to. >> check before you go in. >> common things that happen when people get scared, one, a panic attack. if you are, don't go to a haunted house. vomiting. >> peeing or soiling on themselves. >> soiling their pants, it said. >> that's where that soil would happen. [ laughter ] where else? where else is the soiling happening? >> wait. please. i have to tell you. do you kth thought that henry was going to propose to me, and this is a true story, and we were in a restaurant, and we were in d.c. and i said to him, ah -- i thought you were proposing? i nearly -- s-h -- you know? >> the rest of it. >> my pants. >> and it was in the "washington post" next morning, but it said soiled. i nearly soiled my pants. my mom the next morning was, oh, i'm so glad i raised such a lady. and then i was like who would call in that moment where i thought i was being proposed to

said -- >> that almost what happened to you if he did? i love that. wow! all right. >> so romantic. >> a shout-out to andy grammer, video, here's a little bit of this video. a song about love, but the music video kind of put a different spin to it. bringing attention to the homeless on the streets of l.a. so this was filmed at union rescue mission in l.a. they provided clean clothes, ha >> i love this. >> let's listen to this. i love it ? stranger, i can't believe she's mine ? now all i see is you ? with fresh eyes fresh eyes ? so suddenly i'm in love with a stranger ? >> i love andy grammer even more and i didn't know that was even possible. >> i got chills. >> so good to people to use their music to do good. >> and he hopes people will

donations, will go directly to the union rescue mission in los angeles. so our thanks to our friend andy grammer. so at this point we normally throw to commercials. thanks to our friends at american express blue cash every day card instead of going to break we're going to talk some -- >> all: more! >> let's start the clock. no commercial. we got more topics. shall we? >> my favorite thing to talk about ever. kittens! i love cats so much. okay with that. this is a photographer named seth castille who napped pictures of kittens -- pouncing. >> kittens. >> please, stop making fun of the way i talk. that's bullying! >> kittens. say it again. >> i'm from austin. >> kiddens! >> pouncing for his new book, "pounce." show us another. we don't want to waste the whole

next, please? that's cute. >> oh! >> oh! super man kitty. >> those are really cute. >> all right. speaking of cats -- >> and hoda doesn't like -- >> i like -- >> you don't like flying kittens. you just don't. >> i like "kittens." already. maybe not fly the at me. you know why i have a problem with cats, by the way? i was house sitting one time for a friend of mine, calmed a cat she called, gi named it. will you house sit? i was on the couch, minding my own business and hey girl did one of those pounces. i putter in a room. panicking. >> it's an animal. i actually got my cat bernadette cat whispered once? >> hmm? >> cat whispered. waking me up in the middle of the night, so we got her a cat whisperer. >> do you think cats or dogs

"usa today" conducted a study for a new show calmed "falling water" which takes on this topic. people were asked whose dream would they like to experience given any dream you'd like and they picked their pets as the number one answer. so cute when he's dreaming. >> your number one answer -- >> oh, look at blake. >> oh, blake! i miss you. >> y'all are both dreaming together. >> look at his eye. >> is that a fake picture? >> totally fake. i ta it's impossible. i was like, blake, close your eyes. anyway, in harvard they did this study and say most people would like that. all right. so i guess it's time for our rutgers cheerleaders, we're about to go to commercial and bring in our next guest. so we'll be back. don't go anywhere. we're going to keep rolling. >> all: jenna! hoda, jenna, hoda, jenna, hoda,

more of jenna, m-o-r-e more of hoda and jenna! m-o-r did e more of hoda and jenna! [ bell ] oh, my gosh. was that slightly narcissistic or what? >> we want more. next guest -- ms. anna camp. come on -- hi, sweetie. >> hi. >> nice to see you. >> there's a southern girl that probably says kitten the way i do. >> i love the way you say that. beautiful. great. thanks for having me. >> we all know anna played aubrey in "pitch perfect" we loved. and now part of this new amazon series that jenna and i were -- >> we can't wait. >> loving.

1970s. first goal, southern girl's goal. find herself a good husband, and then starts to begin to like her job. >> she was chatting with a co-worker and finds herself torn between wanting independence as a career woman and the pressure to be a good girl. take a look. >> the girls and i are filing an equal employment claim. it's illegal for them not to let us write and we want the policy changed. >> what? you're suing "news of the week." >> no. no, not suing. we are complaining, officially. and i'm going to write an article about it. >> is this why you've been so secretive at the office? you and cindy and all the other girls? >> yeah. >> oh, be a part of this with us. you deserve it. >> this is based on a real thing.

will look at it, what is this up from? it's from an actual lawsuit that did happen, right? >> absolutely. i didn't know much about it, "good girls revolt" who was actually a journalist at "news of the week." female researchers for all the male reporters and could never get work and get blamed if the story didn't go well but never got credit if it did. basically dodging bullets trying quo and jane, the character i play, in the beginning of the season is very content in the status quo. like you said. she wants to get married, have a baby, move to connecticut and have a perfect life and then in the middle of the season something happens that rocks her world. the best thing that could have ever happened to that character. >> i can't pep but think about how this is still relevant all these years later's what do you hope people get from the show? >> the should touches on a lot of issues.

together. girls coming together for the good. about finding solace in one another and communicating and coming together to fight. so i think it's a real, a real so for women to not be competitive and to join forces. i hope young girls watch that. yeah. >> it's got a "mad men"-esque quality. very lean in. thinking back. you can picture that kind of thing happens before, and happening still in some cases. >> absolutely. it's so, so flattering to be compared to "mad men," my favorite show a long time. >> love it. >> the voice of the show, don draper, a bit more morose and bitter. >> yeah. >> and a man. absolutely "mad men." but our show is coming from voices of hope and light and

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oh, it's the season of tights and lilliana vasquez is in the house. >> hi, guys. you look so cute. >> thank you. you guys look adorable, too. hi. how are ya? >> take us through these tights. take us through. >> so leg ware, people never k fall and winter but it's such an easy thing to add to your outfit and inexpensive. everything we're showing today is under $25. bring out the first look. gwen stefani loves to rock a fishnet tight. she's a rocker, she can pull off anything. i'm going to show you how any woman it pull this off. we made it a lot bigger called the spiderweb fishnet, bigger,

classier. it's all about what you pair it with. these tights available at misguided. $8.50. >> like that. >> if you do an open-toe shoe, make sure the front piece is nice and wide to give you coverage. >> or actually correct on the toe, which -- >> position is very important. >> to do it with a really sophisticated outfit like a midi skirt and blazer -- >> can i ask a question? >> yes. >> all the prints, print on top -- too much? is because it's all the same color. keep it in one color family. >> all right. lilliana styled it. >> up next, one of my personal favorites, well, i guess she's everyone's personal favorite. alexa chung shows how to have twitter tights. sometimes feels exclusive. what "today" style is all about. approachable way. >> we like that. >> glitter tights on jordan. how cute are these?

>> they do look -- on your girls, so cute. available at asos, and this is a great, cozy -- >> where you going? >> she loves me so much! >> so vanessa hudgens, cozy, fun, beautiful look. layers are cool. i love this with an over-the-knee boot. hottest style for the season only $24. >> could you do that without the jeans? much? >> do it with a skirt also with a legging. my favorite way to wear it. layered up, entire outfit from old navy. >> cute. >> adorable. >> one last look. >> rihanna, ultimate icon. >> with her pumps. >> that's hard. >> took the look interpreted it different. ankle boot from nine west and ankle stock peeking out at the top.

regine looks beautiful. >> you do. >> assets basically spanx in tight form. >> yes. >> contour you all the way from the hips down to your toes. $18. >> we could use them. >> thank you. coming up, steve greenberg helping you out with frightening halloween gadgets. >> and from cirque du soleil get ready to take our stage after your local news.

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outside our studios. it's try day friday. jenna bush hager -- she's in for kathie lee. if you want to get in the halloween spirit, freak out the trick-or-treaters. we have gadgets to do the trick. >> sheer the author of "gadget nation" and our gadget guy, steve greenberg! >> hello, steve-o. >> my suit, a spiderweb suit from spirithalloween.com. about $60. saw it on the web. >> does it light up? >> no. of course, you have to have the right footwear. they make sounds as you walk. robot sounds so i feel like doing the robot with these. >> bring those to the dance floor. >> they look comfy. >> for halloween, don't get uncomfortable shoes. and chewbacca. very cool. >> cool. >> and about $30 from kinky.

know, ghosts all around. video of it, i think. back there. maybe show it. maybe we won't. what's cool, normally like $100, $200. this is under $20, a really good effect from athome.com. whirl emotion, stick in your lawn, ready to go. >> do it inside, too? >> absolutely. >> haunted house. >> this is a haunted hedge from the folks at, athome.com. motion censored. >> that's scary. >> anytime someone walks by, it goes off. >> goes off. your doing and cat will love this. >> terrify them. >> next, eyeball doorbell. simple product. $12. just push the button. ooh, scary! >> how do you put that baby on? >> double sided tape. indoor room, outdoor room. >> okay. that's cool. i would get that. >> $12. biglots.com. >> everybody needs a tombstone

added feature of a very scary arm that comes out, reaching arm from the folks at spirithalloween.com. again, the pets are going to love this. >> this could actually give kids nightmares, though. >> a little scary for me. >> depends on the age. i would say a 34-year-old child would be scared of this. >> a yorky would go nuts. >> yes. >> next, kind of a weird one's right here. this is, let's see if he starts up for u like a -- weird ghost. keeps moving around. when he hits something he turns around, keeps going. keeps talking. kind of creepy. >> that is really creepy. >> like he's on a rhumba. >> too scary for young children. you're right. dogs would like it. >> cats would go crazy. >> and a cat would like it. >> by the way, that's what nightmares are made out of. >> imagine in your house, went off in the middle of the night? >> that would be scary. >> it's coming towards, me, too!

let it go. >> okay. let it go. >> this is, i do 3d ghosts, build your own goblins and ghouls. some over here. let's you draw vertically. it uses -- >> turn him off? i got him. >> you got a -- switch, other side. there we go. >> sorry. i just -- >> she's scared. >> okay. here, just, actually draw vertically with this. so i -- you know, going to start over. made a mess already. a couple over there. turn the light on. turn the light on. >> oh. >> oh -- >> oh. it makes glow in the dark. >> no. it has a uv light. as you use it, it actually hardens it up right from front of this. >> like squeezing out a toothpaste. >> yeah. >> and draw vertically with it and build things like this. comes with little things to build on top. >> cute. and get to the --

>> we should carve out that -- >> they are horrible. >> you came to us. you said, take a picture for us. jenna and i, the other day. make a crazy face. these two. how did you turn those photos into that horrific looking jar? >> a mom and pop business. takes photo, creates one big side, front side, back, circles, puts it in jars, fills with liquid a scary display. >> never been more scared than these pictures. >> look at mine. see mine? >> can anyone get these? how do you get it, steve? >> go to littlejarsofhorror.com. standard monsters to pick out, like this one. >> i'm not a standard monster. that's me. >> i'm sorry. this one, this one, this one, standard monster. get anchors and political candidates. sorry about that. >> i am sort of a standard

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"check out credit karma today." we cannot stop marveling at that move. never seen anyone come up from a split. >> no. >> like that. >> i mean, frankly, i've never seen -- >> got to see it one more time, because i have to, we have to. look, look, look. oh. >> ooh! >> how? >> they were incredible, cirque du soleil. >> and this is from two women who can't do cartwheels. >> ever. even in seventh grade or third grade. >> who could do a somersault. >> the weekend is here. t.g.i.f. thank you for hanging out with me. next week, from "the price is right," drew carey. >> and mary steenburgen will be here, and the hilarious ana gasteyer, a new project that is out of this world. >> ooh, cool. >> have an awesome weekend. >> you guys, enjoy every minute of it. enjoy your weekend. >> have a good one.

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