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from nbc news this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> we made it back from vegas, and we're here for fun day monday, january 25th. jenna bush hager is here for kathie lee while she enjoys time off in florida. it's good to be alive right about now. andy grammar is singing for us. we got a good show, don't we? zachary levi. >> he is in that telenovella show. he is such a singer, this guy. i did a nascar event, whenever it was, a few months ago, and he
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say, you know, drivers start your engines. he sang "the national anthem." i looked over and thought, oh, my gosh, this guy has an incredible set of pipes. he plays eva longoria's love interest in tele novella. we're supposed to take acting lessons with him. >> that's going to be very interesting. and if you were busy in the snow this weekend, or just busy, you might have missed the hollywood scoop. we'll get you caught up with "today's buzz." >> and tyler henry, he has some big stars as his clients. cue snooki. staffers, and we'll see how well he did with our people. then this really fun guy chris cormack. he is on "nashville." he has a great singing voice and a good single off of his number one album.
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>> he is a hunk too, huh? hot. >> when i was little, he looks like a ken doll. that's what i would have wanted my ken doll to look like. >> he is fine. >> that jawline. >> everyone was in the snow. you know what, when it snows so hard, you're so happy because you get to sleep and you don't have to go do anything. >> except if you have two kids. >> what did you guys end up doing? >> i used to love the snow day because you just sit around. >> sit around. >> have a bloody mary. >> that's what we did. bloody mary. >> my dream. >> living the dream. >> your kids still wake up. you still have to get up. i said to henry, i said, we're going to use this opportunity to potty train. >> the storm was a good opportunity -- >> yes. the storm because we were stuck inside, right? she can't -- it's fine if she pees on your own floor.
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and my dad goes, where are the barbies barbies, it's every possible toy. i'm a little bit afraid. i don't know if people feel this way. i'm raising my -- i don't know. somebody that needs a lot of props to use the restroom. a lot of props. >> how did it work? >> it worked. it worked. hallelujah. i think the reason why i did it, i was talking with lindsey, the producer, and she's, like, you haven't potty trained nila yet? and i realized, it's only my pure laziness. she could have been potty trained by now, but we really want to waste our whole weekend potty training? i feel badly about that. >> but she got it quick? >> she got it. she did pee on henry's leg. >> well, yeah. >> we took her to starbucks. the starbucks across the street was open. we took the kids for a break out of the house. she was, like, i don't need to go pee-pee. three, two, one, and henry goes what's wet? it's all about how you react. he was, like, oh, no big -- that's just a little nothing. like hide it from the people. you are supposed to be, like, oh, no big deal. you don't want to scar them.
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when you were a kid? >> i peed my pants, like, last week. >> let's take you back to little kid days. were you ever in your -- were you ever sitting in class, and you had to go. >> no, but i pooped my pants once. [ laughter ] i pooped my pants on a slide. then i went down the slide, and my mom had to -- i was in kindergarten or something, preschool, and my mom said that she drove up, and they were, like, jenna had an accident. i know. i had to go. i was sitting on the little, you know -- the curb. >> like waiting. >> in somebody else's pants. >> oh, my god. my worst urinate story was when i was 7 or 8. maybe i was 6. >> that's old.
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i was in tap which i hated. i was a terrible tap dancer. thing. it was the audition or whatever. >> no. telling the teacher i have to she said you just hold it. just hold it. >> you can't take off this and that. i went out, and i'll never forget it. step shuffle hop step, and i started peeing, and i was crying and tapping and peeing. it just kept going. >> in front of/everybody? >> crying and tapping and peeing, but i kept going. i was scarred. i remember it. i remember i was just sobbing, and it was wet all over the happened. >> it's horrifying. whoever the teacher is, let people pee when they need to. >> it was time. but let's look at someone who had fun. >> by the way, dogs are crazy about the snow. i'm just trying to hold on. he was running, we were in central park. i couldn't even keep up. he was flying like the wind. they love it. >> what about, does he ever get anything in his paws like salt
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>> the salt is terrible for them. she loved it. >> she loved it. she went sledding. it lasted about 35 seconds. she went sledding and at the end, she was like, let's do it again. >> she's very fashionable with her hood and the whole thing. >> please. >> all right, we have to recap vegas a little. we did have -- we had fun. one of our favorite moments in case you missed it was the scene we trashed the suite. look at it. i didn't really see it. okay. >> we want to see it. >> where -- where are we? did i lose a tooth? i told you we should have gone to the donnie and marie show.
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>> we're late. we have a show to do. >> where's my shoes? what is that? >> by the way, the guy on the floor is gavin. that was the guy. look, we just want to show you what our producer did. we stayed an extra day and whooped it up. our producers -- >> gavin is right there. >> that's him. he got escorted off the property. you don't want to know why or how, but there were some issues with gavin. >> we don't know why we were laughing so hard. the poor guy had to play our, you know, person that passed out on the -- your role is to be passed out on the ground. >> his face was in a pizza box. >> somebody was like, did that really happen? i was, like, no, my tooth is still intact. >> one of my favorite things that we did in vegas was you did something that i love. i got to observe. you taking a drop. an 829 foot drop from this thing called the sky drop. >> why do i keep saying yes to this? i'm literally sweating in places didn't know i could sweat.
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no, i don't want to. hoda, i love you. i have a giant wedgy. can you push me? no, don't push me yet. >> three, two, one, go. >> viva las vegas. [ screaming ] >> oh, my gosh. >> that is so disturbing. >> is it a bungee? >> that is so disgusting. >> how did you feel after? >> i mean, i felt sweaty on my lip watching it. i really am sweating. i'm sweating under my kneecaps. >> that's when you know you are -- >> that's a weird spot. i have really -- i don't like this stuff. i hate it. everybody, don't make me do it again. >> she doesn't want to do it. >> i don't ever want to do it again. i felt sick to my stomach where
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happen. either i could throw up -- i mean, gross. >> that would have been horrible. >> yeah, could have been worse. >> well, congrats on doing it. yeah. i. >> i had to jump off a building, basically they had to push me. >> i had to jump up and down too with j. lo's backup dancers. she was right there. oh, my god. i reached out and touched her hand. >> wow. your segment looks so hard. >> by the way, she gives such an awesome concert. it is awesome, awesome. special behind the scenes clip that we hadn't showed you yet. i got to talk to casper, j. lo's boyfriend, and it was right before the show, and you don't -- you see them together as a couple, but you don't really get them, and then -- here's a little tape. >> what is it like being in the audience and not on stage? >> i love it. yeah. i love watching concerts in
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course my girl's concert, is even like, it's even more, and then watching her is even more. sometimes you step back, and you go, like, she is incredible. >> do you get nervous for her? sometimes when you love somebody and they're on stage, your heart pounds for them. >> yeah. certain parts i know are coming up that are, like, a little bit scary or complicated or it's a big lift or throw or something. i'm, like -- yeah, yeah, yeah. yeah. like there's a certain part in the show, i can't tell you that shsh does, and she gets very close to the edge of the stage and i told security, i'm like, make sure you're right there. just in case. she's, like, i'm not going to fall. make sure you're there. >> he is looking out for her. >> can you imagine i ij. lo was your girlfriend? >> no. >> i just mean that talent and that -- you're standing there watching somebody that talented you are, like, that's my girlfriend? >> can we show the panda? do we have time? if you didn't get to enjoy the
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mean, there's nothing better than watching this panda at the national zoo love up on the snow. >> i sort of feel like that's what henry looked like when he did a snow angel. don't tell him i said that. >> if you leave now, you're going to miss our favorite thing. stick around. >> yes. plus, the telenovela star that's in a love triangle with eva longoria longoria.
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singer, tv host, and star of stage and screen, but it was zachary levi's role as a computer nerd turned spy in the cult comedy "chuck" that cemented his fame. >> now, zachary is using his power of love over eva longoria. starring in the nbc comedy telenovela. >> he is making her character a little nervous. take a look. >> i'm not here to talk. i'm here to sing. >> oh, god. >> i'm so sorry. >> james. please forgive me i should have been honest all along so i put my apology into this little song
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>> eva longoria. >> you guys have been pals for a long time? >> a decade plus. >> really? >> i was working on a show called "less than perfect" way back in the day. it was a sit com. it was right when "desperate housewives" was starting. we just hit it off. we're just kindred spirits. she's such a lovely person. so smart, so lovely, talented. this role came up with her new show, and she said i feel like this could be something really fun to do together. i said, yeah, let's do it, so we did it. >> y'all are good friends, but you play love interests. >> yeah. there's definitely like a love -- >> is there smooching going on? >> there's a little smooching. she's a fantastic kisser. fantastic kisser. >> is it at all awkward? >> that's it. >> steamy. >> after ten years of friendship and that moment happens, is it really just work? >> it's just work. being an actor is such a weird job. fortunately for us we've known each other for so long, but that also make it more awkward. you are my friend for ten years. do i kiss you now?
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hi, i'm zach. tongue or no tongue? how romantic is this? >> you know what's funny about you? i know so many people know you as a singer, but when we were at nascar, whenever that was -- >> yeah. >> i was, like, oh, you're here. when you grabbed that mike he was, like, what is going on, and you killed it. you sang "the star-spangled banner." >> only the second time i did it. i sang it at the dodger game, game five. >> do we have that? >> do we have that? do we have that? >> we have that. rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air >> that was the first time i did it. it was game five. i'm a big dodger fan. >> were you nervous? >> i was crazy nervous. nothing a little maker's mark can't help a little bit. >> do you worry about forgetting the words or anything like that? >> no. oddly enough, i sing the national anthem a lot. >> where? >> just like on the show. -- just like in the shower. i don't know. i love singing.
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i sing songs that i know, and i'm also patriotic, i don't know, so i'm singing "america the beautiful." "god bless america." i wasn't worried about the lyrics, but i was worried about starting in the wrong key. if you start too high, you get to the rockets red glare and you are either good or, oh, you are super hosed. >> we're going to play a little telenovela. can we? >> you are playing the exec, right? >> yes, i do. i do. i play the exec. >> we have wigs. >> we have wigs as well. >> you don't. >> i don't get a wig. i don't need a wig. i'm already wearing one. >> not exactly -- >> oh, that's a look right there. >> gunky. >> we have our lines. this looks like my real hair. >> it does. i'm sure it does. that looks like you. you're playing hoda. >> all right. please do it. >> do we have music or anything? >> no. do it, do it.
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co-hosted with you many atimes. >> si, amiga. >> but i have never co-hosted when senior levi is here. and we have something to tell you. >> si, si, we do. >> what is it? >> we are in amore. [ laughter ] >> for how long? >> for a few minutes. >> this is all happening, you guys. this is really happening. >> senior levi, how dare y y! >> ah! >> there's enough of me to go around. >> i love you, but you have something to tell you.
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>> this is like a bad "saturday night live" skit. >> why does this look like my hair? that's my take-away. >> watch telenovella. >> every monday night. 8:30, 7:30 central. >> and go see "she loves me." we open march 17th. come see "she loves me." >> oh, my. can we come? >> please come. come. >> all right. we have a big surprise coming your way. will you be our fan of the week to win it? >> we're about to find out all the juicy hollywood scoop from the weekend. >> it's your hair color. >> i'm going to wear this instead of having a blow-out. had traveled for over 850 miles. my men driven nearly mad from starvation and frostbite. today we make history. >>bienvenidos!
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it's time to surprise our fan of the week. >> drum roll, please, while we spin the globe, and today's landed in san francisco. >> for fan dina hemrick. she watches us on channel 11. she's with us by skype. >> hi, dina. >> how are you? >> hi. >> you got a good blow-out. hey. >> hey. >> so cute. okay, dina. let's tell everyone why you were chosen beside being a super fan. dina just celebrated five years of ovarian cancer-free. she says that your courage, hoda, gave her the strength to >> dina, we love you. dina loves watching our show while drinking her signature kale juice spritzer. she named is after kathie lee refreshing. we agree. >> ambush makeover and cooking segments are her favorites, but now it's time to put your fandom
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question. you have 15 seconds and one guess. you need to answer right, and you'll win the grand prize. are you ready, girl? >> i am so ready. this is the best day ever. >> aww. >> last week jenna and i took which exciting city did we broadcast from? >> it was las vegas! >> dina, you are right. you won a fabulous vacation. you and a guest are going to tallahassee, florida, where you will spend three nights at a historic -- >> the park avenue inn. you'll also enjoy a kayak tour with the tnt hide-away. and ziplining. be careful with the zip lining. >> you get two dinners at -- [ indiscernible ] [ indiscernible ] round-trip airfare is included,
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without it after today's news. it is fun day monday. jenna filling in for kathie lee. if you are one of the 80 million people digging out of the snow this weekend, you may have missed some of the big headlines in hollywood. >> don't you worry. here with today's buzz is entertainment weekly correspondent nina terrero. >> mariah carey, we knew she was engaged. she just met the guy a year ago? >> 2014.
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she knows how to add pieces of jewelry to her collection. everything. it's 35 karats. that's bigger than kim kardashian and beyonce's engagement rings combined. it is almost as big as the hope diamond. who can say no after being >> i guess you would just wear >> i would go ice skating on >> i'm afraid somebody would maybe cut it off, you know? >> who is she engaged to? >> james packer, an australian third marriage for both of them, and they each have kids. it seems like nick cannon, her ex, has given his seal of approval. he says to instagram on friday, he put up a funny meme saying it's just a ring, nick. but in the caps, he was like, great couple, congratulations to you both. >> maria, she loves her christmas. we know that. she is still living in christmas. >> apparently she is in the mood to celebrate. all weekend long the snow inspired her to celebrate christmas part two. i mean, she had a christmas tree. like, what a diva wants, what a diva gets.
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christmas tree in late january. she got one, decorated it, even put presents under it. >> i feel like mariah carey, it's her holiday. part two? >> because it snows? >> because it snowed. it put her in the festive spirit. >> mark ruffalo is one lucky man. >> he is. >> mark is one of the celebrities in new york, and he seems to have lost his cell phone and wallet while walking around in the blizzard. >> how does that happen? >> maybe if you try and make a call, and it fell out of his pocket. >> he turned to twitter for help. he put out and said i lost my stuff. can you help me find it in. within 20 minutes, a family with two small children found his stuff and she was really grateful. if you are mark ruffalo, you don't need to call the avengers. you call your fans. >> you can just call the phone. >> yeah. use the tracker. cute. so cute. >> gave them each $100, somebody said.
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>> that's a college fund. >> other celebrities endured the storm. >> jennifer hudson, kate hudson, drew barrymore, they were all in the snow. but there was one celebrity who decided to rub it in. john stamos, he was by the pool. he could have invited me. >> there's something fun about being in the snowstorm. it was 1/8 of an inch less of the forever record. there's something about being in a community. >> you're all in it together. >> i lost some brain cells. i watched way too many hours of netflix. >> that's what you're supposed to do. we appreciate it. >> coming up, the hollywood medium who has celebrities hanging on his every word. >> find out what happens when tyler sits down with a few strangers. >> plus, a performance by "nashville" star and real-life singer songwriter chris carmack right after this. (cell phone rings) where are you?
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at just 10 years old, tyler henry knew he was different, foretelling his grandmother's death and later reading his classmates. >> now a decade later the 20-year-old is using his gift to help big name celebrities communicate with their departed friends and loved ones. >> you can see it all in the new reality series that premiered last night. it's called "hollywood medium with tyler henry." take a look. >> my aunt made me this bear, and it's basically a bear made of my uncle's shirts. he was a farmer type. he made a lot of -- he wore a lot of denim and flannel. >> okay. so with his passing, he's there. as he's coming through, who is elaine? >> stop! i can't, oh, my god. >> who is this? tell me. tell me. >> that's his fiance. >> tyler, welcome. >> thank you.
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with snooki or whoever else you are sitting, how does it come to you? do you hear something, see something, feel something? >> well, i work primarily as a clairvoyant. that means i get visual impressions. that are primarily mental. i get little pictures, images, but i have to kind of piece together and deliver in a message. >> you were 10 years old when you knew you had this gift. how did it come to you? what happened? feel like a gift initially because, you know, i was 10 years old, and i woke up one night and just knew that my grandmother was going to pass away. i walked into the room to tell my mom that i just knew, and upon telling her, we got the call moments later that my grandmother passed. >> what did your mom say? >> she was in complete shock. it's hard to even come up with words at that point, but from there it just developed into getting feelings about school mates and teachers and people that i interacted with. >> we wanted you to come to our offices, and we wanted you to read a few of our staffers, and one of our plaza producers, the plaza producer alex, is one that you picked up on. let's take a look. >> i'm going to bring -- i think two people for you, which is good to keep in mind.
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heart attack. completely randomly. talked about how he had a bowel problem. the emphasis is that i don't think we could have really predicted this happening. that makes sense for you? >> this is crazy. you're definitely talking about my dad. he passed away of heart failure completely unknown overnight. >> he did. definitely coming through very clearly. i have an individual coming through in your past that i consider to be a tragedy. where does that make sense for you? >> my brother died of a drug overdose. >> please know he is with your dad as well, of course. they definitely connect. there's a reference to a name being passed down. >> my brother was named after my dad. >> okay. that's the connection. >> we have that connection. >> oh, my god. we know all about alex and what he has been through, and i can't believe that you were -- you saw those things or felt those things. you gave him what seemed like a piece -- it felt like peaceful.
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because you are giving people these news that is hard sometimes. >> it's very sensitive subjects, so it really puts the emphasis on the delivery, but the goal is to heal. >> you also saw something with jen, who is awe producer of ours. >> she lost her mom too. let's take a look. >> i mentioned she was given permission to go. she was also acknowledging very deeply that she actually tried to communicate. she's referencing right before that she said thankfully upon transitioning she was not conscious. are you aware of that? >> yeah. >> she's also acknowledging very clearly that she knew her hand was being held. she is so thankful for that last interaction because that was something for her that she needed, and she did try to move her hand just a little just to let it be known that she was there. okay? she's very clearly very aware that that happened, and that for her was the goodbye. >> i didn't know she knew that i was there with her at the end. >> she did.
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>> she was aware. she knew. >> oh, my gosh. your job. >> my god. wow. and it is nice to know because we all have questions after we lose someone, and you sort of give them that peace. when you go into a celebrity's home and you -- let's say you hear from someone who may not be the nicest person because everything you have shown has been a great gift. >> sure. >> do you have difficulty saying, hey, look, by the way, not so happy this one or -- >> well, you know, i always say that death puts things in perspective, and oftentimes when people pass, they really take accountability for their actions in life. readings are about healing and the connections that we make with our loved ones, and what i do in readings is about providing clarity and insight and closure. being able to let people know that their loved ones are okay, and it's a healing on both sides. not only for the client, but for the soul on the other side. >> wow. we wish you had time for us, but someone said we're out of time. >> i know. >> can you feel anything here? >> you know, i'm always picking up on information. it really requires me to sit down. >> maybe we'll do this in commercial break. >> that was outstanding. >> thank you so much.
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>> the citi concert series on "today" is proudly presented to you by citi. >> he is the singer songwriter with a smooth and powerful voice, and, get this, he also plays one on tv. >> we're talking about chris carmack. his fans know him from "nashville" where he plays the hunky, openly gay country singer, will lexington. >> he just released his debut e.p. which hits number one on the singer songwriter chart. it's called "pieces of you." how good is it to be you? the show.
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>> yeah. things are cranking along for me right now, and it's an exciting time in my life. >> country music on nashville, and you have your own sort of vibe and sound that you are going to play. >> you know, i'm still trying to find my voice as a musician and an artist, and i'm really proud of this e.p. that i put out. the song on the album is an electrified things, and here i am doing an acoustic thing. >> acoustic. we can't wait. >> take it away. >> all right. >> chris carmack. the holes in the wall behind the picture that you hung
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frozen in a song unsung telling old sad stories of time, something i held in never mine and i can't bring myself to patch them up sugar's on the counter because you took your coffee sweet carpets on the floor cause you hate the feeling of the cold against your feet in my bed you're not there i smell a faded memory of your hair and i can't bring myself to wash the sheets too many pieces of you
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all right. my best friend, her name is mia. she gave me this painting by this texas artist named kelsey smith. she's from austin. if you zoom in, that's me holding poppy and little mila. it was a little gift. it means welcome poppy. there's cats in the sky. she knows me so well. and what else? also tumeric. this is a spice, y'all. i was sick after vegas for obvious reasons, and -- with a cold. i went and interviewed somebody. they gave me a shot of this. no longer sick. >> not a shot. >> you juice it and take a little shot. >> she has no cold. >> tomorrow you guys are going to sit down with the lovely and fun kate hudson. >> also, elvis duran reveals his new artist of the month. >> plus your dinner dilemma solved. we'll give it away to five lucky fans. >> amazing. >> have a great monday. >> nice talking to you.
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