please welcome to the show gabrielle union!gabby, gabby yeah ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: yeah. yeah, that's what i'm talking about. my gosh, you look gorgeous. >> well, thank you. >> jimmy: gabrielle union, welcome to our show. >> thanks for having me. >> jimmy: i appreciate you being here. now, i want to talk a little basketball -- last night 'cause the heat and the knicks were last night. >> yep. >> jimmy: yeah. and you had a little bit more of an extra rooting interest. >> a little bit. >> jimmy: a little bit. yeah. 'cause you're dating d.wade, right there. yeah. [ cheers and applause ] >> that's a strong lineup. >> jimmy: yeah. >> he looks like a gospel singer. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's hilarious. he does. but you guys look good together. yeah. that's awesome. so, have you -- how long have you guys been going out? >> a few years. >> jimmy: a few years? and just decided -- that's cool. >> yeah. why not. >> jimmy: kinda kept it a little private and then -- >> yeah. and then just -- why not? >> jimmy: yeah. are you

coming up, actress gabrielle union talks about her new movie with tyler perry, her obsessive case ofeat one, graham elliott is going to dish about cooking for president obama. also he's bringing along his ultimate dish, which is shortrib stroganoff with peppercorn spaetzle, wild mushrooms and creme fraiche. >> yum. >>> and just back from entertaining u.s. troops around the world, cirque dreams, jungle fantasy is live in our studio for a performance you can only see right here saturday. >> that's coming up. >> that's right. first over to lonnie for a final check of the weather. >> i want to start us off with a beautiful looking shot on the big old board behind me of new york city. you're looking right there at 59th street. great looking sky. we showed you snowflakes in washington, d.c. not in new york city. john, rebecca, stay with me for just a moment. this is national open that bottle night. this is true. >> not day, lonnie. night. >> there is some legitimacy here. a couple of wall street journalists -- "wall street journal" columnist, dorothy gaiter and john brecher said crack open

gabrielle union, kevin hartford. comedy all day long. >> what? >> i am. i am. >> ms. loretta. for the rest of the tour. >> the cast goes on and on. but it's such a great movie and it's funny and it's just cool to see these couples reading this book and trying to use all of these steve harvey tactics kind of against each other in e relationships. >> what's the problem with the men of this generation. >> ladies do you understand the mindset of the man? >> act like a lady. but think like a man. >> i'm so excited to be a part of such an amazing cast. we had kevin on set, it doesn't feel like we're on set. >> tell me about this reality tv, being host of reunion special to do your own show. what is that like? >> it's fun. et's fascinating to me that people are that intrigued by my life. >> how is it living in that hotel? >> horrible. >> it's definitely a different place, because you have to be willing to open up that much of yourself to an audience and when you do that, you have to be ready for the criticism that comes along with that. they're not going to like how you manage, run y

now over to rebecca and john for the appropriate morning coffee. >>> gabrielle union has been a hollywoodgoing on right now including the new movie "good deeds" where she plays tyler perry's fiancee. >> can we please not talk about your kids? >> i'm sorry. >> you know what? i'm sorry. i'm a jerk. it's just that all we ever talk about these days are your kids. >> i know. i'm sorry. it's girls night out. we're here for mark. no kids no husbands no future husbands. in fact, i am turning this phone off. >> thank you. >> so how late are we going to be out tonight? >> as late as we want to be. >> better call the nanny. >> and gabrielle union is here for "morning coffee." thanks so much for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> this movie, great film. >> yes. >> tyler perry, what was it like working with him a second time arched? he around? he really does it all. >> he is absolutely amazing. i think because you guys have seen him here but his generosity of spirit is unparalleled. he's one of those great guys who will resurrect a career and give so many new people opportunities to work. and

gabrielle union, thandie newton.k. it is a departure from the usual madea, which is good for some folks. might want to check it out. >> speaking of fine, jennifer aniston and her new movie "wanderlust," which of course is how she met her current boyfriend justin theroux, who's also in the film. but it's about jennifer aniston and paul rudd. he loses his job in manhattan. so they're forced to move into his brother's place in atlanta. but along the way they stumble upon this little community of hippies, free love, but apparently they're not lovers of money. take a listen. >> just remember, money buys nothing. >> well, nothing important. right? >> no, no. money literally buys nothing. >> i think you mean metaphorically. >> no, literally. nothing. >> well, literally money buys most things. >> no, nothing. are you saying that? >> well, i'm saying that literally -- >> but i'm saying literally money buys nothing. >> you're right. money pays for nothing. >> that's right. >> so rotten tomatoes has given it a 64% rating. so no

tonight jimmy welcomes actor paul rudd, actress gabriel union and performance from the broadway act "." 11:35 on your local nbc station. >>> time for a first look at entertainment news. is it official? >> bring it on. >> has lindsay lohan turned a corner? got high marks from a judge yesterday at a hearing in los angeles. the judge told her she's, quote, in the home stretch for her probation for the 2007 drunken driving case. her hair still looks terrible. her probation officer said to be pleased with her progress. >> official, her poster going back on my wall. >>> "the national enquirer" is drawing fire from whitney houston's family and fans for publishing a chilling photo of the singer's body in an open casket in the funeral home where the invitation only viewing was held. kind of disturbing. >>> ben affleck has finally jumped on the social media bandwagon, someone that is not -- >> i'm ahead of him, nice. >> he jumped on a facebook page to show off his acting career and charity work. >> he had more friends in two minutes. >> probably true. >>> for the third year in a row twilight hu

talk about unbelievable, actors gabriel union forced to have her weave patted down by agents after iteads set off a body scanner, a lot of folks ended up on the watch list. it's a weave not terrorism. she writes. >> oh. >> and it's the 39-year-old was finally allowed to board the plane. and that's unbee-weavable. >> dave: weave her alone, wow. >> alisyn: i never thought i'd hear clayton report on a weave. he's weaving. . >> dave: we weave now. >> alisyn: and let's get to a serious report. top secrets reports of allegedly leaked by the u.s., by the obama administration to nbc news, according to nbc, the u.s. leaked info israeli spies were behind the assassination of iranian nuclear scientists. >> dave: and i don't think this was a surprise, at least to myself, that israel might have been behind the killing of this nuclear scientist. what's with the leak? >> right, well, first of all you never ever disclose the covert operations of an ally. that's just always going to be bad news. >> dave: why would you? is there a motive behind it? >> i suspect that this came out of officials in the st

. >> reporter: when representative gabrielle giffords returned to washington for this year's state of the union address, it was clear she had made a dramatic recovery after being shot in the head a year ago. her family credits music therapy for helping to get her voice back. >> liberty and justice for all. >> reporter: giffords' treatment with specially trained music therapists has called new attention to a field that's been around at least 100 years. while research on the neuro logical effects of music therapy is in its infancy, what is known is that a number of regions in the brain are activated by listening to music. and sign tiffs say the brain responds to music by creating new pathways around damaged areas. >> just give it a tap. there it is. ♪ >> change that? do you think the get.... >> reporter: music is now being used to help patients with a wide variety of illnesses not just brain trauma. that's the case with 16-year-old michael hendricks jr. of california who has muscular dystrophy, a disease that progressively weakens the muscles. a music therapist has been working with him at the ch