special paeshlss by billy crystal, bette midler and of course the musical performances are what everyone turns in for, trace adkins, mariah carey, cee lo green and rod stewart, of course all hosted by al roker and a van in florisavannah guth. it's chilly out here. windchill about 32 degrees. but with clear skies, a lot better than the mess we saw yesterday with the rain and snow mix. so let's me give you the forecast. that storm we saw yesterday is gone. it did dump a couple inches especially in areas around the poconos, southern new england picked up an inch or so, but very minor impacts. temperatures this morning for the most part are right around freezing to just above. so especially the untreated secondary roads that saw the snow could be a little slippery. but later on this afternoon, it should be plenty warm. once the sun comes up, we'll jump up into the low 40s and that's about it for today. the breeze will make it feel like it's in the 30s. rest of the country, very cold in the middle of the nation and that remains so this morning with windchills all the way down to 38 in san ant

this one has billy crystal and bette midler. "grandpa tells lots of jokes that you won't get.just laugh." "they're here!" "hello boy! you still single?" [laughter > > that sounds like a hit, potentially. > > potentially. it's a pg-rated comedy. it's a family movie in general. billy crystal hasn't really had a big hit in a long time. it's his first movie in many years actually. so i think it has potential to do decent numbers, not huge numbers. > > anything to look forward to in the coming new year? > > there are going to be a couple of movies that are going to be opening around christmastime that are going to be in limited release, and you're not going to see them until january. one of them, very much anticipated, speaking of oscar winners, "zero dark thirty," which is kathryn bigelow's follow-up to "the hurt locker." "when was the last time you saw bin laden?" "oh my god, is that what i think it is?" > > this is all about the hunt and the raid for osama bin laden. that is going to be getting a limited release in december, and then in january it is going to start opening wider

>> coco. >> hit after hit after hit. >> used to open for bette midler. >> he used to open for bette midler piece of news -- >> news from broadway. >> bono and the edge are working on some new songs for spider-man. they consider this really a work in progress. >> that would help. that would help. >> it's a work in progress. they are continuing to work on it. >> that's awesome. that's really impressive. two years later, how can it be better? >> i like that. that's what we do every day. >> see? >> in love with nora efron. when does her play begin? >> in the spring in march. >> and this is tom hapnks' broadway debut? >> yes, be there. fantastic. >> i have to get over my barry manilow. >> you come, you'll meet -- >> i don't know. >> edge. >> nothing to be angry about. >> really? >> it's all good, barry manilow. we'll see you at the st. james. thank you, guys. >> so good to have you on the show. we're sorry about louis. >> i have yet to do this. heilemann and i are going to be like in the front row of "mad love" opening night. >> guaranteed. >> teenage girl looking at one direction. >> we will b

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tour with people so i worked with, you know, with etta james and tanya tucker and bob dylan and bette midleroff the road, this is all during my 20s. i'd come off the road and i'd have a band. i was on electro records. i was on casablanca records. i was really, you know -- it was sort of, all kind of going the way i thought it should be going. >> carson: right. >> but it never, it would never quite go there. >> carson: you have some music in the show. you have a song. >> i do. >> carson: which is awesome. where is your music right now? >> i'm just making a new -- i call them records. i know you're not supposed to call 'em that but i don't know. >> carson: i still call 'em that. >> i call 'em that. ♪ >> carson: for somebody who started off, sort of, socially awkward that's quite an impressive career you've had thus far. >> well, you can still be socially awkward when you have a -- >> carson: i guess, well, you're an actor. >> 'cause i sort of, still am. well, not socially -- you know i'm, i think i'm more shy than people realize. >> we can take care of our own. >> they need to socialize with o