but because it is neil patrick harris, it is so cute. i'm sorry.here's something any -- something about him that he can do no wrong. >> i agree, certain people just get away with it. because he's just loveable. >> yes. >> and he is among them. and oprah winfrey, by the way, she has her own network and all that stuff, own, you wonder, how did someone start out. what was someone like in the beginning before they were oprah. she has an audition tape that was somehow released on youtube. this is own's youtube channel so they did release it. it is an audition for her trying out for a chicago morning show back in 1983. check it out. >> my name is oprah winfrey. oprah, o-p-r-a-h, harpo spelled backwards. my folks didn't particularly like harpo marks. we didn't even have a television set for years. i was originally named from the bible, first chapter of the 14th verse but no one knew how to spell in my home, so that's why i ended up being oprah. >> her voice is different. >> yes. >> very interesting to hear, right? >> en her delivery. >> i wonder how old s

. >>> the word is neil patrick harris is handing over his glam rock wig to hbo star. >> harris dropped off his tony awards running run on broadway and the angry inch. andrew, from hbo girls; going to take over that part. great reviews and also one for tony awards. >> and couple alert. jennifer laurence and chris martin may and item now. according to e reports, has been dating the cold play front man since june. the hunger games star was recently seen flirting with the singer at cold play concert in london. the news just recently broke, but the couple already have the nickname, martin laurence. >> oh, what? >> you can't do that. >> role martin laurence. >> i know, probably hole on a second. >> i got bad boy three coming out soon. >> exactliment also christina aguilara gives birth to baby girl over the weaken, tweeted quote so proud to have our child enter the world. aguilara also has six year olson max from her previous marriage. >> teenage mutant ninja turtles hang on to the top of the box office, movie goers shell out cash for flick. movie brought $28 million, in itse wee galaxy came

john crier is second earning $19 million, and in third how i met your mother star neil patrick harris>> and "the price is right" they're looking for its second male mogdz. the show is starting a nationwide search for a model willing to sell -- willing to help sell some cars. >> hmm. why not? see, i didn't even realize they had the first male model. i guess i was sick that day. i missed that. i haven't watched in a long time. >> i'm dara brown. this is "early today." we hope it's your first stop of the day on nbc. just you...with the when gray creeps in do you lose it all? not you. new touch of gray mustache and beard reduces gray without getting rid of it all in just 5 minutes. for the perfect gray look you want. new touch of gray mustache and beard. ♪ well-a, well-a, well-a, uh! tell me more, tell me more... ♪♪ twizzlerize your summer fun with twizzlers. the twist you can't resist. but do you really? [ female announcer ] neutrogena® makeup remover erases 99% of your most stubborn makeup with one towelette. can your makeup remover do that? [ female announcer ] neutrogena® makeup remov

. >>> as for the stylish men, idris elba, neil patrick harris and pharrell.harrell just got in under the wire there with the hat. >> he's got the hat. >> we belong on the list maybe. >> not even close. >> you be the judge. >>> he'll be back. arnold schwarzenegger will return as the title character in "terminator genesis" next summer. >> he revealed the sequel's title on instagram. not much else is known but the cast, which includes veterans of "mad men," "game of thrones" and "dr. who," some of whom weren't born when the first film came out and we know filming has wrapped because schwarzenegger messaged -- wait for it -- hasta la vista, baby. >> hasta la vista, baby. >>> finally an astounding discovery giving new meaning to abraham lincoln's reading list. historians say they verified lincolns writing in a book kept at a library in illinois. >> lincoln borrowed the book from a friend, clinton moore, and wrote his address inside just in case the book got lost. the title of the book is "types of mankind." it was apparently published in 1854 and used at the time

. >> and you have neil patrick harris. >> here is a sample verse from my book. keep it down or you might crown. keep it drowned or you might drag. keep it down or you will wear a frown. it is teaching good manors. we have a minute or so. tell the folks about race wars. >> it is a pod cast. me and sherrod started it to talk about tough racial issues and -- >> we high five. >> we chose the name and what are you going to complain about something you heard that is offensive on "race wars"? we are just honesty. we have no no-no words. >> thank you. how earth should be. good show, andy. when are you coming to do it? >> every time you say when are you coming to do did and then you never ask. >> i know you have to send through paperwork in pr. >> you send one e-mail. >> with females there is a sense of words. >> i want to get them an e-mail. do the show. >> i would love to do the show. >> remi, jojo. >> what channel is it on? nbc? >> it is nbc -- it is a pod cast. it is on right after a this show, prime real estate. race wars, baby. get on twitter tonight. we will be lo

. >> pretty -- >> neil patrick harris was chosen. he says -- he always looks put together and great. >> his most important thing to him is his underwear. >> more important than any outer wear he wears. >> sets the tone for the rest of the day. >> great piece of video, military dad wanted to help his future son-in-law propose, so he wanted to make sure the proposal was absolutely perfect so take a look at what happened. >> is it true you love my daughter? >> yes, sir. >> is it your intention and desire to marry my daughter? >> yes, sir. >> you must promise me, commit to me, that you will love my daughter, honor her, respect her, support her. can you do this? >> yes, sir. >> courtney walker, front and center. do you have something you would like to say to my daughter? >> yes, sir. >> please carry on. >> the ring guy. >> wow. [ applause ] >> so many things about that. i love -- we love -- >> i always miss my daddy but when you see something like that, daddy so in love with his daughter, so sweet. >> what i love about her too. when he he

so the person is jimmy kimmel, second one neil patrick harris, third one, matt damian, and the fourths lady with the bucket. (laughing). >> oh, the kids laughing, my goodness, i love them as a couple. jimmy couple already done the ice bucket challenge, no response yet from damian or harris. >>> is the storm coming? >> netflix's orange is the new black. getting a lot of buzz, the show received an impressive 12 emmy nods. possible key to the series success is that fans can watchful season that far on line show all at ones. monday could be a gold night for this group. when the 66th annual emmy awards will take place. >>> and actress julia dreufuss has won tonights of awards for comical roles on tv, apparently strapped for cash, trying to sell her emmies. >> i read somewhere that saline dion has her own island. and, last night, i had a little bit too much rose a, did some on line shopping, so now i have to pay for my own island. >> playing with the volleyball, she is almost as pretty as her own. >> well, that's very kind, but actually, you know what, that's a prime time emmy awards. >> is

late night host seth myers this year's host, and big expectations for him last year, actor neil patrick harris and helped produce the show's highest ratings in eight years. people love when kneel hoses the show. >> he is so good. the emmies air monday, i'll be watching football. >> oh, all right. 6:50 right now. the als ice bucket challenge is going presidential. >> oh, former president george w. bush accepted the challenge from his daughter, and got soaked for a good cause. by none other than his wife. >> gentlemen. >> watch. >> to you all that challenge me, i do not think it is presidential for me to be splashed with ice water, so i'm simply going to write awe check. >> that check is for me, i want to ruin my hairstyle. >> who did he choose to nominate? >> former president bill clinton. >> i like to see who he nominates. getting good. >> uh-huh. >> juicy list. >> 651:67:89 good day philadelphia starting in well just about nine minutes. so if you are going out to dinner tonight, you may notice whole bunch of people wearing all white. the secret dinner party that you may not have known about.

. >> the words is neil patrick harris took his final now one very popular musical.ding other wig and make up bag from his tony award winning role in headwig and the angry inch. andrew, from hbo girls, says he's looking forward to taking over the part. won four tony awards this year. >>> and, another couple, another nickname, everyone, jennifer laurence reportedly making up one half of martin laurence, not the comedian, as in rumor boyfriend and colds play front man chris martin, the whole thing, academy award winning actress was recently seen flirting with the rock star at cold play concert in london, courted to go e reports, the pair started dating back in june. >> also, christina aguilara introduces her new baby girl summer rain to millions of fans. she gave birth in los angeles over the weekend, could not wait to tweet her excitement. she tweeted, quote, so proud to women come our beautiful daughter summer rain into the world. this is aguilara's first child with matt, six year olson from previous marriage. >> the lean mean green fighting machines are back at the

cut on the women's side, lupita nyongo, cate blanchett, and the stylish men, idris elba and neil patrick harrisell, barbra streisand, speaking of well dressed who once sued to protect her privacy joined instagram. babs posted her first photo, hello, instagram, isn't my samantha just precious? well, samantha being that cute white dog. looks perfectly groomed. >> oh, my gosh, every hair in place. streisand at 72 looks good. don't you think? black and white suit. black heels. she gushed about the dog, calling her, "the daughter she never had." >> all right. >> i wish my photos on instagram looked as good. >>> well, weird al may be having a great summer and the year may be getting better. >> that's right. people say the song parody master should be the headliner at this year's super bowl halftime show. they have signed a petition on line that suggests weird al could be joined in some show of some of the acts. that would be fun. >> the number of signatures doubled last evening, though the man who started the change.org petition admits he was drunk when he wrote it. ♪ it may seem crazy >> okay. so he

on broadway, neil patrick harris winning a tony for his performance in "headwig and the angry inch."ine, facebook users now able to choose between 56 different options for gender identity. and in fashion, barney's department store featuring an ad campaign with transgender models. all a far cry from cox's childhood as a young boy in alabama. >> i was bullied. i internalized a lot of shame. about who i was as a child. >> reporter: bullied because? >> because of my gender expression. because i didn't act the way someone assigned male at birth was supposed to act. there's a cultural environment where trans people are told who we are is a mistake. we should try to be someone else. >> reporter: it's estimated there are nearly 1 million transgendered men and women in america. many of them teenagers, like michael and isaac. >> i wasn't a girl except physically. i don't have to live a lie anymore. >> i suffered for so many years because people said it was just a phase and that i would grow out of it. when i look in the mirror now, i see myself. >> reporter: high school classmates, isaac and m

neil patrick harris big star when it comes to prime time at least. they have to figure out how to replicate that success with something else. last trade for the session was 56.90. they're now at 57.34 for the bid, david. david: one of the things we'll look at there is advertising revenues. last quarter they decline 12%. really big decline in advertising revenues this quarter we'll wait and see how those numbers come. alan, by the way a lot of news in media stocks past couple weeks. what do you think of cbs? >> this stock is at important support level. buy from reward to risk standpoint. 56 is a key level. it is trading between 56 and 66 since december. it held support four times. so i want to lean on this you can buy a 50 call for march. break even is $1.50 higher. play this for long term. i like media for consolidation to continue. that makes everybody have more value. liz: media sexy, but copper, copper is hot. bernie williams loves -- i'm glad. i have copper hair, bernie. you like rio tint know among some other names you called in for us. royal ca

seth meyers has big shoes to feel after last year neil patrick harris drew the show's highest ratingst years. now nbc is hoping to win big from the surge in audiences for live events thanks to conversations on facebook and twitter which will be more sbe separa integrated than ever. pushing up-front ad sales, they're hungry to reach viewers when people watch at home in realtime. betting big on tonight's show, " "avi" is doubling down with spots featuring bryan cranston, aaron paul and julia louis-dreyfus. as for who brings home the gold, the spotlight is on netflix with a record 31 nominations. that's more than double last year. "orange is the new black," "house of cards" and others netflix shares hitting an all-time high today. the reigning emmy king is hbo when dominated with 99, the most of any network for the 14th consecutive year. amt also in the running for a couple key categories. the awards serve as free advertising. they can help lure top actors and directors to different networks and for services like netflix also new subscribers. carl? >> julia, thank you very much. >>> let'

on broadway, neil patrick harris winning a tony for his performance as headwig and thq angry inch.line, face book users able to choose between 56 options for gender identities. in fashion, barney's department store featu)ing an ad campaign with transgender models. all a far cry from cox's childhood as a young boy in alabama. >> i was bullied. and internalized a lot of shame about who i was as a child. >> bullied because? >> bullied because of my gender expression. bullied because i didn't act the way some one assigned male at birth was supposed to act. there was a cultural environment where transgender people are told we're a mistake. >> reporter: there are estimated 1 million transgender men and women in america. maep teenagers like isaac barnett and 17-year-old michael galvin. i wasn't a girl except physically. anymore. >> i saw for so many -- i suffered for so many years, because people said it was just a phase. i would grow out of it. see myself. >> reporter: high scho classmates in kansas city, isaac and michael were born girls and came out to the world as transgender in a you

dog got left in peace perhaps as treasury will shed light on the treasury of depression >> : neil patrick harrisreeling from the news of his death but so much joy part to millions just wowed >> : also getting statements from children on their father's death robin all the son says " i will carry his heart with me every day and with those who will love him to remember him by being as gentle kind general says he would be fit to bring joy to the world as he saw" >> : the daughter also released a statement that read in part dad will always be one of the kindest most generous souls i ever known" >> : more on robin williams ahead >> : could always thank >> : the summer is and you don't the check you get nervous and suffer from severe dyslexia a white child and my block on call-in is as a result young williams acquired and better to fish >> : a look back at robin williams first appearance on tonight show with johnny carson at >> : a now let's get to the latest on the actor's death catherine with that >> : authorities detailed the final moments they say yes he did hang himself with the belt and his home

broadway, film, tv star man of all trades neil patrick harris. and idris elba. >> love him. let's get to what people really want to see. we're talking about the ladies here. lou pea that nyong'o. and cate blanchett appearing for her second time. kate middleton earning her place in the hall of fame. this is her fifth nod. she always makes the list. 40 honorees in all. to get the full list, go to today.com. >> has anybody been on the international best dressed list here? >> matt has. >> quite an honor. >> are you a narcissist? >> yes, i am. >> well, one retired military dad wanted to make sure his daughter's surprise wedding proposal was perfect, so he made sure his future son-in-law stand front and center. >> you must promise me, commit to me you will love my daughter, honor her, respect her, support her. can you do this? >> yes, sir. >> courtney walker, front and center. do you have something to say to my daughter? >> yes, sir. >> carry on. >> of course she said yes and he made them both drop down and give him 20. the young airman proposed right

but because it is neil patrick harris, it is so cute.. she has an audition tape that was somehow released on youtube. this is own's youtube channel so they did release it. it is an audition for her trying out if are a chicago show in 1983. check it out. >> my name is oprah win try. oprah, o-p-r-a-h, harpo spelled backwards. my folks didn't particularly like harpo marks. bedidn't seen have a television set for years. i was originally named from the bible, first chapter of the 14th verse but no one knew how to spell in my home, so that's why i ended up being oprah. >> her voice is different. >> yes. >> very interesting to hear, right? >> even her delivery. >> i wonder how old she was then. >> well, 1983, they say. i remember pretty well because i started working with regis in 1985. and so oprah was doing her chicago show and one day -- regis an i were local at the same in new york and it was an hour and a half show, monday through friday. they came us to and said, you guys mind giving up half of -- one-third of your show, half an hour beca

. >>> also this morning in "heat index," neil patrick harris is opening up in september's "glamour" aboutgdahl. "how i met your mother" and "headwig" star seeing david take care of their children has made him, quote, refall in love" that the honeymoon phase might end but you need to find new elements to keep love alive, and watching his partner with his twins, has done just that. i think it is true. it's very time-consuming, parenting, but it's also such a joy. we were just away with the kids and watching them happy is such -- it just fills you. >> i don't think that's anything sexier than a man holding a baby that's just my two cents. i think there's something so heartwarming about that. you ski the protector in him, father in him. i love that. >> you came back glowing from vacation. you said it was the best one you had yet. >> the pictures here are so fun. i'm still thinking about the zip line. >> it was challenging. it was a physical challenge. >>> yes, so that's my story. >> what's up? >> don't we all have food challenges every day? decoding your cravings, doing that for you now wheth