like his friendship with dustin hoffman's kids which helped him land his first role in "i heart huckab." >> he was so skinny when he moved in here. >> reporter: and the time he randomly met seth rogen at the movies. never imagining their friendship would lead to "super bad." >> i think maybe -- what the [ bleep ]? >> help me. >> reporter: "knocked up." >> you're embarrassing me and company. >> you embarrass yourself! >> reporter: "forgetting sarah marshall." "get him to the greek." >> sorry, excuse me. >> reporter: and his career had the makings of a would-be belushi. just as he became the darling of comedy, jonah hill started saying no to comedies. >> the times when you said no and it turned out to be an awful film are more gratifying than when you say no and it turned out to be an amazing film. does that make sense? >> reporter: of course. >> so -- >> reporter: whew, dodged that one. >> exactly. >> reporter: "cyrus" gave him his first crack at drama. help was so convinced it would lead to meatier roles, he staged an elaborate screening just so he could invite the director of "moneyba

. >>> jonah hill is reportedly dating ally hoffman, dustin hoffman's daughter.abloid says lady gaga left behind lots of blood in her bathtub. sources assure it was just stage blood left over from her show. >>> and finally, chris brown has a solution for the anger that led him to throw a chair last year after walking out of an interview in which he was probed about his ex, rihanna. in 2012 chris brown will do no interviews. >> we will never hear from him in the next year. >> on blogs, they are saying they might get back together. >> are you starting that rumor, not me. >> if that's the case, he will definitely be asked about it again. >>> from greenwich, connecticut, one teen talked about his thrilling christmas vacation. 15-year-old jordan scaled historic heights when he reached the top of antarctica's tallest mountain on christmas eve. that climb made him the youngest person to reach the tallest point on every continent, the so-called seven summits. jordan shared his experience with connecticut students telling him while he's not done climbing, he may stop to f

. >>> jonah hill is reportedly daty ali hoffman, dustin hoffman's daughter.abloid says lady gaga left behind lots of blood in her bathtub. sources assure it was just stage blood left over from her show. >>> and finally, chris brown has a solution for the anger that led him to throw a chair last year after walking out of an interview in which he was probed about his ex, rihanna. in 2012 chris brown will do no interviews. i guess that is one way to do it. don't know how good from your career. >> we won't be hearing from him. drew barrymore, four carats, that's a large ring. >> that is a large ring. she looks happy, congratulations. >> art consultant buying four carat ring. i didn't know they did that with. >> bravo. >>> from greenwich, connecticut, one teen talked about his thrilling christmas vacation. 15-year-old jordan scaled historic heights when he reached the top of antarctica's tallest mountain on christmas eve. that climb made him the youngest person to reach the tallest point on every continent, the so-called seven summits. jordan shared his experience

. >>> jonah hill is reportedly dating ally hoffman, dustin hoffman's daughter.tabloid reports that lady gaga freaked out hotel staff by leaving behind lots of blood in her bathtub. sources assure it was just stage blood left over from her show. >>> and finally, chris brown has a solution for the anger that led him to throw a chair last year after walking out of an interview in which he was probed about his ex, rihanna. in 2012 chris brown will do no interviews. >> why does lady gaga have stage blood? >> because she's lady gaga. >> so, it's like the fake capsules you bite on and they pour out of your mouth? >> i wonder how long it takes her to get through makeup every day, and then get out of the makeup afterwards. >> yes. >> hair, costume. >> i'm sure there's a group of people that assist. >> yeah. a team. >>> all right. happy friday. we have good news, it is friday. have a terrific weekend. i'm veronica de la cruz. this is "first look" on msnbc. stay tuned because "way too early" with willie geist begins right now. >>> mitt romney so confident about new hampshi

in the same way when someone comes up to dustin hoffman and says plastics, you know, we have a brazillian names for all of the emerging markets and developing economies and in the united states on like other countries, we have many immigrants here who really bad to these countries, so if you are thinking about the interplay of invention commercialization production and exports, the answer would probably be i have to understand what the metro is and what sectors are before we end up talking about which country and partner they should really engaged with, but out of all those acronyms, are we sort of missing the next group of emerging markets, are we focused too much on the big ones and therefore missing so many opportunities in the next year? what should be on that? >> well i think that there is as someone said before 90% of the consumers are outside and so forth. i -- one plug i would like to make is africa and this is a place that is moving. nigeria will have more babies born than all of europe combined, so africa and to food. >> i would say for us brick has been more thick but i'm going

in the same way and the gradual and some comes up to dustin hoffman and says plastics. unit, we have a gazillion names now for all the emerging markets, and developing economies. and deny states, unlike many other countries, we have many immigrants here who were relayed back to this country i if you think about the interplay of prototyping, production and exports, you've probably come dance will be welcome to understand what america is and what their sectors are before we end up talking but which country trading partners they should really engage with. but out of all those acronyms, are we sort of missing sort of the next group of emerging markets? are we focus too much on the big ones and, therefore, missing so many opportunities in the next tier? what's your view on that? >> well, i think again, so it's a before 95% of the consumers are outside and so forth. one plug i would like to make is africa. this is a place that is moving. nigeria will have more babies born in all of europe combined this year. so africa and food effect that's great. thatcher graduate moment. go

when somebody comes up to dustin hoffman in "the graduate" and says "plastics" we have all of these names for emerging economies -- we have many immigrants here who relate back to these countries. if you were thinking about the interplay of invention, commercialization, prototyping and exports, the answer would probably be i have to understand what the metro is and what their sectors are before we end up talking about which country and trading partner they should really engage with. but out of all of those acronyms, are we missing the next group of emerging markets? are we focused too much on the big ones and missing so many opportunities in the next year? what is your view on that? >> someone said 95% of the consumers are outside. a i would like to make a plug for africa and nigeria. this is a place that is moving. nigeria will have more babies born than all of europe combined this year. africa and food. that's all i have to say. >> for us, brick has been -- i would go to africa. we sent a team last year to go to the markets and understand them. it is certainly early days, but it is time