of nbc's "late night" and sweetheart, jimmy fallon. [ cheers and applause ] and to my left is bradley cooperthe new movie "limitless," opening everywhere today. bradley, who's your partner? >> bradley: i will be playing with smita from atlanta, georgia. and we're ready to play some "password"! [ cheers ] >> steve: all right. here we go. [ cheers ] all righty. we're about to play. i'm your host steve higgins. thank you. all right, the rules of the game are very simple. i will give you -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: we'll put applause in later. >> steve: well, you know, we'll do that in post. we'll sweeten it. >> jimmy: let's live it up. >> steve: yeah, exactly. why not? come on. let's live it up. i will give each of you a password. all right? >> jimmy: i think. >> steve: each of you are to only give a one word clue. one word only. so, your partner -- the partner can guess the password. scoring starts at six. boom, boom, boom. we take away a point each time it passes. you have five seconds to guess each time. remember, no part or form of the word can be used. and watch the gestures. this isn't char

cry me a river, bradley. cooperreally doesn't care about stuff like that and thinks the title is ridiculous and realizes just how unsexy he is. >> i can relate to his problems. oh, you're so good looking. >> they don't know how they protest saying bill karins shouldn't be on the cover. this is "first look." stay tuned. "way too early with willie geist" starts right now. >>> in a landmark speech for him president obama calls on the ghost of teddy roosevelt to stir populist energy and direly attack republican economic theory, not just in this congress but of the party for decades. the question is can the president ride the man of the people routine to win a second term? we'll talk live to chuck today. >>> newt gingrich making himself a clear front-runner for the moment said president obama is opposed to capitalism and, quote, to virtue whamly everything that made america great. the question is, is that just the kind of red meat primary voters want to be fed? we'll show you new polls that suggest it is. >>> alec ball w

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and bradley cooper hates being sexy.early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> in a year of grid lock, partisan bickering, low public opinion, congress can't even get christmas right? >>> welcome back. pretty active weather day once again. we have rain and a little snow. if you're in areas like memphis or northern mississippi, look out the window. it's probably snowing this morning. maybe a coating to an inch or two at most. so, be careful out there on sidewalks and roads. we are watching very quarm conditions in the eastern u.s. but the rain is moving in. by tomorrow that rain will be gone. in new england we'll get snow. mostly at some of the higher elevations. if you're watching us on wndu news center 16 tv in south bend, indiana, see a one-of-a-kind design on over 300 skateboards at full deck, a short history of skate art at south bend museum of art. that's your early event of the day. are we heading to the skate park? >> no, that was boring last week. i'm over it. >>> here's an early look this morn

and bradley cooper hates being sexy. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> in a year of grid lock, partisan bickering, low public opinion, congress can't even get christmas right? >>> welcome back. another cold chilly start this wednesday morning. your afternoon will be all right. plenty of shine out there. the exception, valley areas of the pacific northwest. freeze and fog, possibly medford area. today we will see cloudy skies in seattle. about 42 will be about it. much of california today, you will only be stuck in the 50s and 60s. a look at thursday. much more of the same. we are like the records on repeat. if you are watching us on kget, nbc 17, bakersfield, california, synchronized symphony of multicolored tree lights of music and dazzling nighttime displays at holiday lights of california living museum. >> bill, thanks so much. >>> here is an early look at the this morning's entertainment highlights. alec baldwin got into a fight with a flight attendant and was forced to leave a los an

. >>> plus, bradley cooper's scoop on the next hangover movie. he says this one is going to be different. >>> coming up, a big hit, a must win and a heisman trophy finalists. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. nbc news has learned a top secret, unmanned u.s. drone that crashed in iran thursday was on a mission for cia. they say the u.s. military was considering a mission in iran to retrieve the drone's high tech smi camera and stealth technology but iranians got there first. >>> the head of the faa jay randolph babbitt is on administrative leave after being charged with drunken driving saturday. police said he was driving on the wrong side of the road. >>> the cash-strapped u.s. postal vs says it plan to eliminate next day delivery for first class mail as part of a push to cut costs. 3700 post offices, 28,000 jobs, and half the nation's mail processing centers will be cut. >>> england's royal family is feeling the financial pinch. aus

. >> which may be bradley cooper. may be something going on there. >> no, it's not bradley cooper. >> come on, what are you, nuts? >> please, who is bradley cooper? >> never met him at the family reunion. wow. >> love the hair. >> and still, though, there's this -- yes, but it's climbed up the list but it's still like number 600 or something on the list. >> oh, no, come on. it's anderson cooper effect. >>> a christian school in wisconsin, spanking is in the name of god. adults are angry and they are speaking out. >> i was in pain and in addition to it it was humiliation because once the spanking was over, i don't know what hurt worse, the spanking or going back to class and everybody knowing that just happened to you. >>> also, is jerry sandusky getting ready to make a plea deal? what are the lawyers saying? the answer to that when we come back. [ male announcer ] sometimes the giving can be just as amazing as the gift. what do you think? [ laughs ] ♪ [ male announcer ] the lexus december to remember sales event is he

which maybe bradley cooper. he's a sexiest man alive. >> no. it's not bradley cooper? >> come on.t are you nuts? >> please. who is bradley cooper? >> who is that? >> never met him in the family reunion. wow. i just heard about this. still, though, there's this -- but it's climbed off the list. it's still number 600 or something on the list. >> no. come on. it's an anderson cooper effect. >> all right. susan, thanks very much. we'll check back with you shortly. at a christian school in wisconsin spankings in the name of god. the students who are hit, they're adults now and angry and they're speaking out. >> i was in pain and in addition to it, it was humiliation too because i knew that once the spanking was over, i don't know which hurt worse, the spanking or going back to class and having everyone look at you and know that that's what just happened to you. >>> also ahead, is former penn state coach jerry sandusky getting ready to make a plea deal? what do the lawyers say? the answer coming up. ♪ - ♪ bum-bum, bum-bum - ♪ [ ice rattles rhythmically ] ♪ bum-bum, bum-bum, bum-bum ♪ ♪

. >> bradley cooper got the sexiest guy alive. he's funny, handsome, everything, however ryan gosling was in the running and bradley cooper even said he thought it shut have gone to ryan, which makes us love him more. >> i don't know. next year. >> arnold schwarzenegger is your number nine. >> shocking story came out of the blue. he has a teenage son from a different lady, not his wife. >> but in his house. >> it was the housekeeper he had an affair with all those years ago. she continued to be the housekeeper. she now left. we yet to have heard from arnold and maria. he is making movies. >> she'll be happy. >> beyonce. >> one of the most private celebrities we met. >> it's refreshing. >> i love it. she never told us she got married, but what she did tell us she is expecting a baby. she told us at the mtv awards. by rubbing her tummy at the end of her song. >> she actually got married before she had a child. how refreshing. >> demi and ashton. >> everybody thought they would never make it because of the age gap. >> guess what? the

team bradley cooper all the way. you're at 48.s you warmer when you think about bradley cooper. and we have showers out there. give yourself time to reach your destination safely. it's been raining for the past three hours. the showers are widespread. you're not going to bypass slick conditions wherever you're waking up with us. it has been raining over the greater bay area. you can see showers pushing up from the south to the north. from fremont and hayward. you're getting a batch of rain headed your way. the same for redwood city. we have an area of low pressure that will continue to push to the south. we're already noticing the trend. you see all the showers starting to wind down through the north bay. the bands of rain wrap around the core of low pressure. as it continues to move south we're going to continue the sew the light scattered showers on and off. the activity will last the longest through the south bay. 42 at 7:00 a.m. as we conclude this broadcast inland. at the the bay temperatures more on the mild side. still cold

. >>> e news reports bradley cooper is involved with zoey zaldona. >> who this is. >> i said the same. her spokesperson dismissed rumors last month but a source told the website the two are, quote, totally dating. apparently their source is 16 and a valley girl. totally dating. >> she's beautiful. i just don't know who she is. >> i'm not familiar either. i was under the impression he was dating jennifer lopez so this will have to be worked out in our entertainment segment. >>> news comes to us from knsw in wichita, kansas, where in nearby kendall a severe winter storm saw one postal worker saddling up just to get to work. a blizzard buried roads and residents under heavy snow but that didn't stop the postmaster from living up to the traditional mail carrier motto. she rode her horse through two miles of whiteout conditions just so the little town of 60 or so people could get their mail. there you go. >>> i'm lynn berry and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning. we'

news reports bradley cooper is involved with zoe saldana. >> of "revenge." >> her spokesperson dismissed rumors last month but a source told the website that the two are, quote, totally dating. this happens off camera when everybody else at home knows who she is. we apologize. >>> well, this comes to us from knsw in wichita, kansas, where in nearby kendall a severe winter storm saw one postal worker saddling up just to get to work. a bliss saturday rocked becky's town last week burying roads and residents under heavy know, but that didn't stop the postmaster from living up to the mail carrier motto inspired by the pony express. she rode her horse through two miles of whiteout conditions just so the little town of 60 or so people could get their mail. >> you want me saddling up? >> when you say you can't cross the brooklyn bridge through six feet of snow, i'll be saying -- remember that story? >> as you call in sick. >>> i'm lynn berry and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> at a ski resort in germany, you'll be praying for more than just

. >>> and "e" news reports bradley cooper is involved with actress zoey zeldana.son dismissed the rumors, but a source says the two are dating. don't sources have to be over 18, like, totally? >> not anymore. >> i'm lynn berry. this is "first look" on msnbc. stay tuned. "way too early" is next. >>> mitt romney's been awfully careful these months not to raise expectations in iowa, but consider them raised as he sits in good position, five days away now from the vote, followed closer, though, by rick santorum, who shoots up in a new poll. the question is, where does all this leave that guy, newt gingrich? ron paul, meanwhile, right there with mitt romney, has now poached one of the campaign co-chairs from michele bachmann, the winner of last summer's straw poll in the state. the question is, why did he jump off the bachmann ship? we'll have a live report on all this from iowa. >>> and iran's tough talk about cutting off the supply of oil through the strait of hormuz gets tougher as the united states responds with a promise to keep the shipping lane open. the questio

>> bradley cooper. >> she didn't even think about it. >> that's a good one. barely got the question out. >> let's talk about driving while stressed out. that is something women have and men have. if you're driving in the car and your husband/boyfriend is next to you, does that elevate your stress level when he's in the passenger's seat? >> the woman is driving and the man is in the passenger seat? >> women say that makes them stressed when their boyfriend or husband is next to them. >> they rarely let you do it. they have to common tate on it. >> they have to be bossy. [ horns honking ] >> what is that? >> we need sound effects? >> frank hurt his leg the other day. we were running to a movie and he hurt it really. i rushed to get the car and met him. i'm telling you, all the way home the man told me everything i was doing wrong. you're going too fast. watch out around this corner. i'm going, would you stop it? somehow i got him home safely. >> it's the opposite. if we're in the passenger seat and the man is driving, it doesn't raise their stress level. >> of

. >> and they are both bradley cooper on the cover.n it is clearly ryan goseling's year. >> and he didn't even shave. >> such anger. such rage. and it changed the world. >> the magazine explains thusly, for capturing and highlighting a global sense of comments and conventional comments and conventional that could describe my year. runners up were kate middleton, paul ryan and this guy. >> imorng,-- good morning, everybody. i am hanging out with my friend, john. >> it starts right now. >> services will be held next week at the cathedral church. >> i don't think it is funny, actually. >> time is one object that is thinner than you are. what did you make? >> speaking as part of the 99% who do not read "time" magazine, what confuses me is as if the protesters were the ones who pooped on the car? >> the way i look at it, time is telling children it is okay to poop on police cars. by putting protesters up there. >> i am glad you mentioned sexiest man of the year. i think that poll has a lot more gravity than "time" magazine's man of the year

i have celebrity crushes on both of these, of course bradley cooper is dating the sexiest woman alivethey are telling friends about each other. so excited for them. i love it. >> nice. >> i know. >> it is weird to break up and hear about it on, like on a website. who is doing that? >> i don't believe this story so much. here is why. deanne sanders were getting a divorce two months ago. how does she not know? she heard about the filing on tmz.com. his daughter is going in on -- she's 18 years old saying she's a gold digging cheater. the only thing she wants to do with dionne is reality shows. plus, she tweeted pictures of boxes that have been packed for three weeks. really, you didn't know? why are the boxes packed. >> ugly. >> and juicy. >> what about the rumors with russell brand and katy perry? >> where there's smoke there's fire. she said hey, we are still together. if we had a dime for every rumor. fast forward to the holidays. katy perry is in a bikini on the beach. he's in london not wearing his wedding ring. christmas is kind of a special holiday. >> the rings usually reveal th

coming up, number five is bradley cooper with $743 million. number four, robert pattinson.$1 billion. oh, my gosh. the top two grossing actors in hollywood right after this. before the break, you saw some of hollywood's highest grossing actors who made the top list. in second place, shia labeouf with $1.1 billion. the number one highest grossing actor in hollywood, you see it there. daniel radcliffe of "harry potter." $1.3 billion. quite the list. >>> if you're planning to go to the movovies this weekend, perhs we have a couple flicks you want to see. happy holidays. >> thank you. you too. >> okay. let's begin with "sherlock holmes: a game of shadows." set it up for me. then we'll watch a little clip. >> it's the return of robert downey, jr., as sherlock holmes. this time, he's facing his arch nemesis. >> that's jude law, right? >> no, that's played by jared harris. jude law is his long-suffering side kick. >> have you noticed i haven't seen the series yet? let's take a peek. let's look. >> oh, by the way, they're not pursuing my. they're escorting me. instead of three, the

which might be bradley cooper. he is the sexiest man alive this year.toria and david beckham had harper an old fashioned name. is it making a comeback? >> harper is our fastest rising girls name in the top 100. david and victoria's names are doing well too. the whole beckham family is doing well. >> what about the royals? >> everybody loves the royals. we expected to see kate and william rise and of course they have but harry and pippa are way up and pippa as a name in its own right. >> are you kidding? >> baby pippas out there. >> i love it. all right. now we have to ask. let's get to us. >> we have a little fun with your names. i can tell you you're all on the rise. everybody is rising. >> the three of us. not the others. >> albert is rising? >> well, al is actually on the rise. >> wow. >> by 3%. >> it's a small increase but an increase. that does show how names are trending. >> savannah is up 17%. >> 17%. there you go. >> how about natalie? >> in terms of total popularity natalie is the most popular of all of your names. >> yay! speech! >> back in my

>>> bradley cooper's rumored new romance. >>> caylee anthony's

we remember the contest when bradley cooper instead of ryan was made "people" sexiest man alive. >> isn'tice to have people protest. adele not rolling in the deep. >> she has turned heartbreak into triumph. her record, the top seller of the year. 5 million sold and about her relationship gone wrong. hey, why did you go out with that other girl? it's a number one single. for us it's like a facebook poster. >> tim tebow tops your list as a winner? >> tim tebow is a winner. partly because he has proved to everyone he can be a starting quarterback in the nfl. is he great? there's a lot of debate. why can't he do it in the first three quarters? in the fourth quarter, five times he comes through this year and amazes everyone. and he came a tweet top with tebow'ing. >> melissa mccarthy, another big winner. >> melissa mccarthy is an amazing comedienne. 41 years old and getting the recognition he is deserves for "bridesmaids" and on "snl." hasn't gotten attention because of her size and now a sitcom based on her size and now getting the recognition she deserves. >> anthony weiner, not a funny for

since announcing their plans for divorce in july, jenny has been spotted around the block, with bradley coopercently, the backup dancer so often at her side, 24-year-old, casper smart. >> casper has an arrest for drag racing. >> reporter: however this custody battle will play out, j. lo tells "extra," her kids will be her first priority. >> so long as they're happy and healthy, i feel like i'm doing a good job as a person. >> reporter: marc will reportedly be spending the upcoming holidays with the twins. but with the new year fast approaching, it could be a bitter 2012. >> things are going to get nasty between the two of them. >> reporter: abc news has reached out to j. lo and marc's reps. so far, there's been no comment from either camp. we wish them the best. >> absolutely. thank you very much. >>> josh is getting ready over there for his "play of the day." going to bring it. >>> and the special guest who took a break from santa to pay us a visit, right here in times square. ♪ ding dong ding, dong ♪ hark how the bells, sweet silver bells, all seem to say, ♪ ♪ throw cares away, christmas is

the only thing they do not have in chocolate, don is bradley cooper. >> is that what you would like?yes, i would. actually. >> he's not chocolate. i'm chocolate, you could have said don lemon. >> that's right, sorry, donny. i didn't. i only had the one track mind. limitless. the a-team. "hangover." >> thank you. thank you, zain verjee. always a good time. >> what a fine mocha it is, thanks, don. >> bye-bye. >>> you missing some money lately? the irs may have it. isn't it usually the other way around? thousands of people still haven't gotten their tax refunds. alison kosik at the new york stock exchange. alison, i think i have some idea how this could happen because i think this happened to me. >> did it really? did you give the irs or did the irs have your wrong mailing address? is that what happened to you? >> i haven't gotten it. it has been months. they're trying to track it down and figure out where it is. >> this story is for you, don. the irs says the problem here is that it has the wrong mailing addresses. for future reference, take note here, don. you want to make sure you ge

bradley cooper dubbed "people" magazine's sexiest man alive told a british talk show the honor shouldling whose snubbing triggered an international backlash. back to al for a check of the weather. >>> today's weather is brought to you by kay jewelers. every kiss begins with kay. >> and the rain holding off just for now, not too bad. as we commemorate, it is pearl harbor day, 70 years ago the bombing of pearl harbor, but a pearl harbor baby back here. what's your name? >> joanne dirkin. >> and you were born 70 years ago. >> yes, in freeport, new york. >> let's check it out and show you fargo. you betcha, yeah, channel nbc 11, sunny, breezy, cold. 30 degrees. as you look on the satellite, a lot of rain making its way up from the south along into the mid-atlantic states. behind it colder air will be bringing snow. temperatures will be dropping 20 to 30 degrees from where they are today to tomorrow. we've got air stagnation alerts in the pacific northwest. sunny but cool from texas into the southwest. >> good morning. we have some batches of heavy rain. that will continue off and on throu

since announcing their plans for divorce in july, jenny has been spotted around the block, with bradley cooperthe backup dancer so often at her side, 24-year-old, casper smart. >> casper has an arrest for drag racing. >> reporter: however this custody battle will play out, j. lo tells "extra," her kids will be her first priority. >> so long as they're happy and healthy, i feel like i'm doing a good job as a person. >> reporter: marc will reportedly be spending the upcoming holidays with the twins. but with the new year fast approaching, it could be a bitter 2012. >> things are going to get nasty between the two of them. >> reporter: abc news has reached out to j. lo and marc's reps. so far, there's been no comment from either camp. we wish them the best. >> absolutely. thank you very much. >>> josh is getting ready over there for his "play of the day." going to bring it. >>> and the special guest who took a break from santa to pay us a visit, right here in times square. ♪ ding dong ding, dong ♪ hark how the bells, sweet silver bells, all seem to say, ♪ ♪ throw cares away, christmas is here, br