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brad pitt e tell us about his showdown with his good buddy, george clooney. >> we're going to wrestle at the end. last man standing takes it all. >> my money is on brad. fistfig. i'm not even talking about the -- >> thank you. >> on the basketball court, maybe not. no, this has been such fun, to do this and do this with him. you know, no one does it better. and it's just -- it just makes it so much more pleasant. >> says he needs $220,000 for ricardo rinko, please. yes, i added the please at the end. okay. let me -- hold on one second, please. >> tell him i'll pay for him. it's the only listerine® that gets teeth two shades whiter and makes tooth enamel two times stronger. get dual-action listerine® whitening rinse. building whiter, stronger teeth. at meineke i have options... like oil changes starting at $19.95. my money. my choice. my meineke. >>> this is "showbiz tonight's" special coverage of the road to gold. i'm a.j. hammer, just outside the hollywood and highland center, where the oscars will begin within the hour, with host billy crystal tonight. let's face it, that host gig,

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>> brad pitt. >> so brad pitt so i can see the movie trailer now, brad pitt as newt gingrich? >> yes. why not go for it, you know? >> is it because you look so much alike? >> no, he is thinner and better looking and younger, but you asked me if i had anybody to play me in a movie, why not go for brad pitt? >> he is right, actually. that's a decent choice. i loved him in "good fella." >> let's discuss this in the -- >> lightning rooooouuunnnnd d lightning round. >> isn't this why we love newt? he shoots for the moon. why say james cocoa when you can say brad pitt. >> or or son wells. >> well, they are both dead. >> have i have no comment. i don't know what the man is thinking. >> i don't know, jedediah. >> the resemblance is uncanning. brad pitt, newt gingrich. >> brad pitt would accept the role because it is a role of a lifetime where he could gain weight, and then he will become him and be -- that's how people get oscars is trans -- transforming their physical selfs. who would play new a movie and not jeffrey domer. >> remember the new york guy, bernard getz? the guy who shot

. >>> and brad pitt live. he could walk away with two academy awards on oscar night. first, he's stopping by our studio live for the first time ever. we'll catch up with brad and his former "moneyball" oscar nominee jonah hill today, wednesday, former "moneyball" oscar nominee jonah hill today, wednesday, february 1, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> touchdown! anp and welcoand welcome t wednesday morning. i'm matt lauer. >r >> i'm ann curry. good morning. mitt romnp mitt romney wmie nominnominee during his speech florida lap florida last fl reaready tp ready to lerea nation. >p >> mitt romn>> mitt romn% of the vor of the votea is a winner take all state. romney had comments on the heated nature of the gop race to date and what it will mean for the general election. we'll talk to him about that and other things ahead. >> also ahead, what's going on with the weather? you can see from our temperature it's 49 degrees on the plaza. about 20 degrees warmer than usual. the question is this unseasonably warm weather, why is it breaking records across muc

>> brad pitt. >> so brad pitt. so i can see the movie tear now, brad pitt as newt gingrich. captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org captioning sponsored by comedy central >> stephen: tonight, mitt romney wins a landslide. meanwhile, newt gingrich is a landfill. ( laughter ). then big news about my ice cream. hear it here before you see it on your thighs. and ameena matthews calls herself a gang violence interrupter. i certainly hope she says excuse me. this is shaping up to be the second warmest winter in u.s. history. finally, i can wear my down tankini. this is the "colbert report." captioning sponsored by comedy central ( theme song playing ) ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: thank you, ladies and gentlemen. thank you so much. welcome to the report. >> stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! >> stephen: thank you so much. ( cheers ) thank you, ladies and gentlemen. welcome to the report. good to have you with us. folks, anybody knows me knows i'm not a racist. i mean, do i look italian? ( laughter ) in fact, i

brad pitt for money ball.eat, so it's a really strong category. >> matt, what do you think? are you impressed with the overall category? >> absolutely. i think we've got some really great performances that are nominated this year. any one of them are stand out in what they've done. it would be -- if i was voting, it would be hard to choose. >> do you feel the same way about the actress category? >> absolutely. i think that we've got a really strong category, too, although i think in this case it's probably down to two of help. it's down to maerl streeryl str viola davis. >> gray, what do you think about that? >> i think the actress category is missing a few people like tilda swinton. but i agree that the big race is between viola and meyrl. but we live in a world where glenn close has never gotten an osc oscar. that's crazy. >> let me ask, do oscars just tlat out come down to a pop layer day contest as opposed to who is just the most talented? i see both of you nodding. >> unfortunately, withis is basically ho

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. >> anything that brad pitt is in, yeah, i'm for it. >> oh my god. well, obviously, "moneyball," because brad pitt, of course. he is a gorgeous man. and he does so much for the gay community. so i love that man for what he is doing. him and his wife too. >> it was a difficult screenplay to pull off the way that they did. but i enjoyed it a lot. >> reporter: the movie was especially meaningful for those who followed the a's during the time depicted in the movie, 2001 to 2002, when general manager billy beane was building a winning team. >> actually very interesting in the story behind "moneyball." which talks about the use of statistics to predict how a team should be composed of different players to bring out the best team, not necessarily the best players. >> people forget how, you know, revolutionary that stuff was back then. people weren't thinking about signing a guy like david justice after his yankee years, you know. >> reporter: "moneyball" was nominated for six academy awards, including best actor and best picture. >> you know, the academy, i

>> brad pitt. >> so i can see the movie trailer now, brad pitt as newt gingrich?you both look so much alike? >> i don't look like him at all. he's thinner, better look. you asked me if i could play somebody in a movie, why not go tore brad pitt. if you're going to go for it, let your imagination soar. >> bret: no reaction from brad pitt's camp about the role. >>> as we told you earlier, gingrich and some of his fellow candidates are already campaigning in nevada site of saturday's caucuses. tonight john roberts tells us what kind of political environment they are entering. >> nevada is seeing boom and bust. but the pain has rarely been this bad. >> we're here in las vegas and we're in one of the most depressed markets in the country and nobody in washington is listening to the people. >> the silver state has been tarnished with an unemployment rate that topped 14% and a housing crisis that is still the worst in the nation. one in 16 properties has been foreclosed on. last year, nevada banks seized 36,000 homes. >> i have a friend that drives a school bus. he gets

. >> he's like the brad pitt of dogs.ht ingredients in there. >> reporter: he's now a top dog in hollywood, even though, like brad pitt -- >> bow. >> reporter: -- he's never won an oscar. i'm david wright, for "nightline," in hollywood.

please welcome to the program, brad pitt n!plause ) ( cheers and applause ) ( cheers ) >> jon: can i tell you something funny? they never get tired of seeing me. it's weird. they never get-- it's the-- every time we come back from commercial, it's that. >> i'm having the same reaction. >> jon: isn't it hard sometimes? >> very. >> jon: how are you doing? nice to see you. >> doing all right, doing all right, thanks. >> jon: this "moneyball." you have two films nominated for best picture, yes. >> yes, this and "tree of life." >> jon: but you are nominated as an actor in "moneyball." >> that's correct. >> jon: so we can talk about "moneyball" and not "tree of life" because i don't know what it was about. i've seen it five times and i'm honing in on what it is about. >> let's do "moneyball." >> jon: this movie was not going to be made. what made you stay with us? >> we developed-- to develop a story that has economics and science, saber metrics at the front, is a difficult endeavor, so it took us a long time, i think, to get it righ

. >> "moneyball" with brad pitt. >> its that a lot to love in this movie. adz pit -- brad hit as always takes chances. the relationship with his daughter. it's got some good homes. i wish seth rogen was up instead of jonah hill for his part in this. i want seth rogen for 50/50, this movie i keep going back to. i get mad when the oscars overlook something. you know? "moneyball," at least it will make a lot of people see this film. usually box office goes up 70% if a movie is nominated and if it wins more. >>> brad pitt is in is the tree of life. really, jan, how did you feel about it really? not so good. >> not so much. >> why is it in there? >> it's because it's a prestige picture. it's prestige and people want that that's the thing about the oscars. the oscars are not about box office, it's about prestige and let's keep them around. >> 30 seconds. who will get best actress. >> actress irks i think that's going to be -- where i put it? >> no, i think viola davis, i think viola davis. >> giving me a hard out and that means get off. >> jan wall's website is ww

look those guys side by side. >> what guy wouldn't want brad pitt to play him. >> are you kidding me? come on, newt. tmz is saying gingrich wants pitt to do the honors. gingrich reportedly made those comments after calling into a rich stevens radio show. gingrich admits saying pitt looks nothing like him, he's thinner, better looking and younger. >>> around the nation this morning, a 90-year-old tennessee woman, i love this story, she wouldn't let flames scare her off. she actually tried to fight the fire herself. she says the chimney caught fire in her home, the smoke alarm went off. so the great-great grandmother, she kept throwing water on the ceiling trying to put out the flames, but the flames grew and her neighbors called 911. she got out of the home safely and she'll have to temporarily find a place to live, but she says those flames weren't going to scare her off. >> no way. >>> in the midst of a very busy tuesday night at the wallingford sonic there was a harmony in stall number 6. >> georgey ferreira brought in his appetite, had a guitar in hand and fast food on his mind and

. >>> and brad pitt live. he could walk away with two academy awards on oscar night. first, he's stopping by our studio live for the first time ever. we'll catch up with brad and his former "moneyball" oscar nominee jonah hill today, wednesday, former "moneyball" oscar nominee jonah hill today, wednesday, february 1, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> touchdown! and welcome to "today" on a wednesday morning. i'm matt lauer. >> i'm ann curry. good morning. mitt romney was talking like the nominee in during his victory speech in florida last night. saying he's ready to lead his party and the nation, matt. >> mitt romney finished with 46% of the vote to newt gingrich's 32%. florida is a winner take all state, so romney gets all 50 of the state's delegates. meanwhile mitt romney has interesting comments on the heated nature of the gop race to date and what it will mean for the general election. we'll talk to him about that and other things straight ahead. >> also ahead, what's going on with the weather? it is already -- you can see from our temperature

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. >> and brad pitt is behind the ebay auction for charity.> reporter: heather mills will testify about voice mails from mccartney she says were hacked. rupert murdoch's news international settled all of nearly a first wave ovulates including one -- of lawsuits including one filed by see enfamiller. >>> brad pitt's charity organization is holding an auction on ebay to feature items donated by celebrities. some of them are on display in new york including donations by sarah jessica parker and actress paula patton. >> honestly i've always been so impressed with brad pitt's dedication to make it right. >> reporter: pitt started the charity in 2007 to help rewomen homes in new orleans. >>> actor and star gary busey filed for bankruptcy in los angeles. he lists more than half a million dollars in personal debt. the filing says he has less than $50,000 in assets. >>> the new film "the vow." stars channing tatum as a man who gets into a car accident with his wife. played by rachel mcadams. >> you know what i am right? >> you're my doctor. >> the movi

on to brad pitt. more popular character out in hollywood of course. >> yes. >> his secret for getting his kids to do what he wants them to do. this is not an easy task. >> no. every mom and dad knows, i mean, time to wake up. brush your teeth. sometimes doesn't happen the way we want it to happen. brad pitt, guess what he uses? coca-cola. >> coca-cola? >> the soda. yes. i think brad is going to get in trouble for that because we know that sugar is not good for your diet and, kids, they already are hyper. >> and the caffeine. >> are they drinking it or brushing their teeth with it? >> all of the above. brad is like me and angelina need to be on the set and they have to get up and go. they have six. go figure. there is a trick maybe some parents might want to try. maybe. seal' ex-girlfriend has a message for his wife. >> yes. go figure. you know, what a tangled web we weave. seal's ex-girlfriend who is a german model i hear called heidi klum up and said look. if he is trying to crawl back into your life

. >> stars brad pitt and jonah hill talked about the struggle to produce the film the "today" show thisnd they also revealed how they kept things fun on the set. >> this thing was arduous undertaking, it almost didn't get made about three times and a lot of people put their jobs on the line to see it through and i'm happy it's paid off. >> i'm wondering, what kind of a boss is brad pitt? >> yeah? >> yeah. a great boss. because he was the producer of the film. like bennett, our director, bennett miller, who is a genius and brad, the brain trust of the film, they were trying to figure out this really intricate book that people said was unfilmable. >> they gave us these golf carts and i had jonah's cart rigged, whenever you turn it on it would blast "wake me up before you go go," all the way to the set. >> if it was just that, but he had it shrink wrapped bright pink, like neon pink. >> no. >> superimposed a picture of me and george michael on the front that said "i love -- i'm jonah hill and i love wham." >> oh. they were cruel. having fun, too. "moneyball," based on the book about oaklan

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