. >>> reports say jennifer lopez has bought film rights to the video game franchise carmen san diego and plays to play the thief in a new action movie. >>> and bradley cooper is not excited to be "people's" world sexest man. he told graham norton, quote, it's the worst. it's just so awful. don't you feel bad for him, bill? cooper joked at age 36 he really doesn't care about stuff like that anymore but after being awarded the title, now he realizes just how unsexy he is. maybe it was the protests in favor of ryan gosselin. >>> this comes to us from washington, d.c. where in a year where things haven't worked out quite so well for congress, even capitol hill's annual holiday celebration hit a glitch. with the help from a 7-year-old boy, house speaker john boehner lit the capitol tree. unfortunately, a techial mishap caused the light to go out on the tree unintended comic symbolism, you might say, of a year of short-circuits in the halls of congress, right? >>> i'm lynn berry, this is "early today," just can your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >> live, local, late-brea