the show is "then and now with andy cohen." that's andy! andy cohen! ( cheers and applause ( band playing ) ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. my next guest is a grammy- winning singer-songwriter whose memoir "boys in the trees" comes out today. please welcome carly simon. ( cheers and applause ) ) >> stephen: it's nice to see you. thanks for being here. >> it's great to be here. >> stephen: i feel like we're about to go to the beach in your floppy hat. thank you for wearing it. you with three-time grammy award winning singer-songwriter. >> isn't that boring. >> stephen: it's not boring. what are you talking about? that's impressive. >> you would think i should have a variety of songs for those awards. >> stephen: you do. you nailed it all down in one, there. obviously everybody knows you from "so you're so vain." >> that one. >> stephen: i'm sure people ask you all the time who "you're so vain" is about, i'm not going to ask you. >> clever of you. >> stephen: do you know "who let the dogs out, who?" do you know that one? get

teddy told me that his mom wrote him a letter and said andy told the cohens that you were homesick! i was red! i had to deny saying that. do you know how hard that is? keep your mouth shut! love, andy. ( cheers and applause ) this one? okay. to mom and dad, see "grease," for crying out loud! see it. "grease" is a good movie, so see it. don't read this letter to anyone, love andy. >> stephen: read this letter to everyone. >> exactly. >> stephen: the book is called "andy cohen diaries." the show is "then and now with andy cohen." that's andy! thank you, andy. ( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. my next guest is a grammy- winning singer-songwriter whose memoir "boys in the trees" comes out today. please welcome carly simon. ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: it's nice to see you. thanks for being here. >> it's great to be here. >> stephen: i feel like we're about to go to the beach in your floppy hat. thank you for wearing it. you with three-time grammy award winning singer-songwriter. >> isn't that boring. >> stephen: i

, "oh, yeah, that's what andy cohen is like. he's just giving us andy cohen, night after night." >> i'm giving you-- i am serving it. >> stephen: you keep giving. >> yes! >> stephen: you keep giving. but you've been giving people andy cohen since you were a little boy. i'd like to have you do something here. >> what do you have? >> stephen: we pulled a series of, you-- you published a series of letters that you wrote to your mom from camp. >> yes, my camp letters from camp nebagamon, in lake nebagamon, wisconsin. >> stephen: how old were you when you were writing these? >> anywhere from, like, nine to 14 or 15 or something. >> stephen: this is you as a boy writing from camp to your mom. would you give us a little taste of the early indications of what andy cohen would be like. >> okay. >> stephen: those are letters to your mom. >> dear mom and dad, today is i hate going on planes. i threw up on the plane. boy, was i sick. i don't like this camp so much, but i've only been here four hours. ( laughter ) don't show my letters to an

court tv became a real force. >> trevor: please welcome andy cohen!guy from tv! hat's right! >> trevor: you have a face that is so familiar. i don't know if i've seen you or if i've seen you. >> i'm glad. take that as a compliment. >> trevor: it's a huge compliment. it's your smile. you have one to have the nicest smiles on tv. >> thank you. i appreciate it. i was looking at your teeth earlier. you have nice choppers. >> trevor: this is a host back and forth. >> that is what we do. >> trevor: thank you very much for coming to the show. you're a busy guy. i'm surprised you have time to be on shows when you're on shows. >> yeah, i've run around a lot. i didn't move to new york city to sleep. >> trevor: i did, actually. funny how you get used to the sirens. >> trevor: let's talk about andy cohen and the rise. you were an executive at one time. >> i was. i was at cbs news for ten years, actually, behind the cranes, a and then i -- behind the screens and i went to cable and worked at bravo for ten years behind the scenes, in charge of programming, and stil

>> our friend andy cohen. >> andy cohen. >> and he is feeling nostalgic. >> and kathie lee gave me a cookie. >> and he used to do the news and now he is doing all kinds of stuff. >> he is an entrepreneur. >> he doesn't stop. >> he has a new special he is going to be talking about and amy poehler and tina fey movie "sisters," here we will talk to the divas of the wrestling world. >> and also, if you have not gotten over psy's "daddy" song, we will have elvis duran's new artist of the months. and these are the words of wisdom. >> i can't decide if i need a cup of coffee or a shot of vodka. what you think, andy some >> i don't know. >> why were you sleeping? get off of the air at 11:30, and then i'm all wired and it is awe all screwed up and then in okay.g i am so exci i will want you to enjoy this cookie. i want to tell you about my fr ann neilson at a fund r fund-raiser in new york city, and she just h $5,000 for cassi. and i want to give people their due. and so this is a cookie for you, and the money is for cassidy's place. don't touch that. >> okay. >> and last night, jimmy kimmel

. >> andy cohen. >> and she gave me a cookie. >> he's an entrepreneur. >> he doesn't stop. the man -- >> he looks fine. >> he has a whole new series of specials he's going to talk about and maybe give us a little gossip. and if you're excited for the new amy poehler, tina fey "sisters" to help us with "who knew", toe at that divas. >> and wait until you hear tyler ward, 450 million views on youtube. almost as much as "daddy" by psy. >> and if you want to sit baxck and relax and feel good. >> these are words of wisdom for andy cohen. here they are. i can't decide if i need a hug, a large coffee, six shots of source a non. >> why didn't you call me? >> you should have. i get off the air at 11:30 and i'm all wired and it screws things up. and in the morning, i'm so excited about your show, and then i can't sleep. >> i want to you enjoy that cookie. i'll briefly tell you. i tell you about my friend ann kneelson. she was at a fundraiser. her art and everything, and she handed me a check for $5,000 for cassidy's place here in new york. >> how great is she? >> i always want to giv

we'll kick off a preview with hosts carson and andy cohen. today, thursday, december 31st, 2015. >> happy new year! >> we're here to see the ball drop. >> happy new year from the "today" show. we're having twins! >> from mississippi, happy new year. >> may your new year's sparkle and shine. bring it on, 2016. >> happy new year. >>> welcome back to "today." it is december 31st, 2015. in sydney, australia, it is 2016 already. that's a live picture. they know how to ring in the new year. >> happy new year to the plaza, as well. large crowd. >> we are not far behind sydney. we'll celebrate the new year in a few hours from now. thanks for having you with us. we have craig in for matt. dylan in for al. sheinelle in for carson. why am i working today? >> you got the short straw. >>> today, the attorney for bill cosby says her client has been unjustly accused in a game of political football. cosby is free on $1 million bail after being charged with aggravated indecent assault. stephanie gosk has more. good morning. >> good morning, natalie. i'm outsi

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. >> then house wooif's creator andy cohen breaks down his ultimate disaster piece. >> i try to keep professional. i do play referee. plus the catwalk may be coming to an end, but tyra has still got me smiling. >> asmiezing. >> she looks back at 22 seasons ruling the runway. is she really saying good-bye. >> when retired from mode people were not crying. still crying. you should have never left. >> from the table flipping t the amazing race we're with the braves behind realittv biggest franchises of all time. merry christs

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. >> and coming up on the late show with stephen colbert, spike lee, andy cohen and carly simon. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ok, we're here. here's dad. mom. the twins. aunt alice... you didn't tell me aunt alice was coming. of course. don't forget grandpa. can the test drive be over now? maybe just head back to the dealership? don't you want to meet my family? yep, totally. it's practically yours, but we still need your signature. the volkswagen sign then drive event. zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first months payment on a new jetta and other select models. a merry christmas... thanks to a viewer who stepped up after seeing a s >>> hundreds of bay area kids will have a merry christmas this year. >> thanks to a viewer who stepped up after seeing a story on one of our newscasts. it was about the need for toy donations at the family resource center in san leandro. they were short 1800 toys. that is until the treasurer of the san leandro optimist club raised $5,000 in a matter of hours. >> oh, my god. in 24 hours the table is full. not as full as we want it to be but certainl

. >>> find out why andy cohen is feeling shall we say -- >> nostalgic. us to his artist of the month.

and andy cohen has a special and then carson. >> and it is a toast to 2015. well, we made a toast today to willard scott after 65 years at nbc, and he is our uncle willard. he is. he retired today. and he started out as an nbc page just like regis did, but look, he was in 1950. >> wow. he is one of the people who just seem to represent america. when you saw him, you felt that everything would be okay. >> he is a completely joyful man. >> yes. he's done 40,000 birthday announcements. here's a little look at what matt had to say. >> on a personal note, we want to say, willard, thank you for caring for all of us, and the first one who has welcomed all of us to the show in our first days and also for being there with a hug or the pat on the back when times were good or so willard, every time we are have seen each other over the past 20 years plus, we have always greeted each other with a hug and a kiss. while i am not there today, as i raise the glass to you, i want to ask al to be my surrogate hugger and kisser and say it is with a huge hug and kiss that we a al

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i don't know if he's going to be >> reporter: bravo tv host and executive andy cohen extends his well wishes via twitter as did kyle richards. they are daughter sent mom a warm welcome back. she will be on home confinement until february 5th. she will be at work on a new memoir about her experiences in prison. and she will be in the next season. steve: where all the drama is. thank you. dari: something else. steve: the real winner of the miss universe pageant was not miss philippines. it was miss colombia. >> when they say to me in hospital that i can go to the pageant, i was like are you joking? dari: wow. steve: lidia curanaj has the exclusive interview about the decision to compete after a seizure. dari: and taking a tragedy and turning it into a positive. what a young woman in newark is doing to help other girls whose lives have been affected by >> the first runner up is colombia colombia. dari: okay. despite the crowning of the wrong person in the miss universe pageant, steve harvey will host again. according to entertainment tonight, he signed a deal to host for at least three y

then at 10:00, andy cohen hosts a live edition of hollywood game night, followed by nbc 10 news at 11:00. from there, new year's eve live with carson daly live in times square. >>> bill cosby's lawyer told the world that cosby has been unjustly accused and will be exonerated. we'll check out today's newspaper covers featuring the story. first a look at the philadelphia enquirer. the headline reads, "cosby charged with sex assault" and there's a photo of cosby being helped out of a car yesterday. and here's the cover from "the followed daily news," "prey mates" is the headline. it also reads, "cosby's many accusers formed a sisterhood and they are cheering now." and "the new york daily news" released this cover today. he said is written once at the top and "she said" is written 56 times. the headline reads, after 55-plus accusations, cosby finally busted. and today bill cosby's lawyer says their client is not guilty and they won't consider any plea deal arrangement. his attorney came on the "today" show this morning, one day after cosby was charged with felony aggravated assault. she s

bravo exec andy cohen also sent out a tweet which drew well wishes and criticism for some who believe the reality star got special treatment. today or in the coming days. she is going to remain in the the holiday. >> reporter: now we have seen members of her family. her two oldest daughters came out to get the mail earlier this morning, and then they went off to school, an indication that theresa giudice family routine. reporting live in montville township, new jersey, darla news. >>> we're following breaking news right now. an arrest in a notorious murder case in midtown manhattan that dates back about four years. back in 2012 brandon woodward was shot in broad daylight while walking along west 58th street. woodward a law student from los angeles was shot in the back of today 37-year-old lloyd mckenzie has been charged in the case, a four-year mckenzie. >>> the day before christmas eve is a big day for people to hit the roads in hopes of gets to grandma's in time for the a record 100 million americans expected to clog the highways, but for many mother nature is not making that trek v