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you know, at the end of the day, hopefully we won't see a headline like hugh jackman has gotten a cold, which is essentially what i'm hoping cove it will devolve into eventually after all the time that makes due and like the 1918 flu kind of the ray of hope that delta pita chin, hong professor of medicine athene of us, t of california. thank you very much for your time. thanks. care. hot. now let's have a look at some other stories making headlines around the world. japan says, no korea has launched what appeared to be a ballistic missile into the sea of japan. from minister from yorkie, sheeta expressed regret that north korea continues to launch missiles in the direction of his country. united nations resolutions ban pyongyang from the ballistic missile to somebody. if you couldn't, wouldn't unplug. demonstrators have taken to the streets of kazakhstan for a 3rd day over soaring fuel prices. please say they have to paint more than 200 testers. the central asian countries cabinet has been sacked in a bid to head off the unrest. a judge in the us says he will decide soon whether to dis

you know, at the end of the, hopefully we won't see a headline like hugh jackman has gotten a cold, which is essentially what i'm hoping cove it will devolve into eventually after all the time that makes due and like the 1918 flu, panama, the ray of hope that dr. peter chin hong professor of medicine. athena, musty of california. thank you very much for your time. thanks. care. hot tennis saw novack joke of it has confirmed. he will defend his australian open totland melbourne this month after being granted an exemption to play this after he's continually refused to reveal his vaccinations status against the corona virus . the world number one applied for a medical exemption, according to torment officials added, was granted after a quote, rigorous with you and attending fans be fully vaccinated unless there was a genuine reason for an exemption not to talk us through this. i'm a joined by a tennis commentator, steve pierce in melbourne, steve, australia, so the liberal, toughest pandemic restrictions. and still joclett has been given a medical exemption on what grounds? well, that's a ve

"gma" sitting down with the now leading lady behind this viral hugh jackman lovefest stepping in to a starring role just hours before the overture. >> it was incredibly stressful. it's actually what i love to do. \m i'm walking on sunshine \m >>> new year, new style. give yourself a work from home refresh from head to toe with trendy tips that are sure to put the pep in your step. and keep you out of those quarantine comfies. plus, how to take that home office from bleak to chic. >>> the much anticipated return of one eva pilgrim, back at the desk after welcoming baby ella, catching us up on her time away from the weekends and she's saying -- >> good morning, america. >>> it's saturday morning, this is " >> premakeup and everything. gma." >> i had a lot of coffee. i had three cups already. >> we're blazing into a saturday. exciting morning here on "gma." good morning. we've got james longman visiting from our london bureau but eva pilgrim back from maternity leave and i understand you brought some baby pictures. >> yes. you saw a glimpse of them a second ago. i taught ella how to do s

hugh jackman thanking kathy for saving the show. >> the understudies have not had a chance to learn,ner of the room, they just get to watch and write notes. then five hours before they're told, you're on. >> reporter: jackman testing positive himself, though still in good spirits. >> i can't say how good this moment feels. yes, we're back! to be back, to bring this show which is just pure joy, full of hope and belief and faith back to broadway. >> broadway is open! please come see us. keep our shows open. we love doing what we do, and we love that we're able to share it with people. >> reporter: nearly two years ago, the curtains were forced to close. an industry that brought in 10 million tourists a year shut down. now with the stage lights finally back up, the musical "wicked" needed a fill-in for the role of elfaba. they called in a former pro, karla stickler, an understudy. >> i work for a company in chicago as a software engineer. i was tired and i wanted to do something that was really stable. i was like, i've never had a normal life, i wonder what that looks like? >> what's am

you know, at the end of the, hopefully we won't see it had lying light. hugh jackman has gotten a cold, which is essentially what i'm hoping, clovis will devolve into, eventually, after world pandemic do. and like the 1900 flu pioneering array of hope that dr. peter chin hong professor of medicine up in the us t of california. thank you very much for your time. thanks gearhart. quite a different picture in south africa where it seems as if the army cron waive may be on the way out without the feared surge in hospitalizations and death. officials say there is still reason to be cautious, but they have lucent corona virus restrictions, as case numbers drop. it was just over 6 weeks ago, november 24th. when the world's 1st case of amazon was announced, then new cases shot up picking at some 100 or 127000. in the middle of december, daily infection cases then fell by roughly a 3rd in the week ending on christmas day. and they have fallen dramatically since just ahead of new year's eve. the south african government lifted up the late night curfew, social distancing, mast mandates, are still

. >> hugh jackman. >> seth: nice job. >> questlove ugh!t this game that is adam duritz? >> seth: jay-z >> aw! i was gonna say -- i mean, they're -- that is frederick douglass >> seth: no! >> karl marx?! [ bleep ] you. [ laughter ] >> seth: oh, this is a good one. >> is that salvador dali ahh! [ laughs ] >> seth: all right, we're gonna move on to another game. >> okay, great >> seth: now i'm gonna show you photos of you from different film roles of yours. >> oh, okay. >> seth: but each photo is gonna get progressively closer to make it harder for you to know what it is. >> okay. oh, my god this is bad. >> seth: this is you in a movie. >> this is me in a movie i know the era i know that this would have been like probably 2016 >> seth: do you separate your career into eras [ laughter ] >> no, i don't i don't. >> seth: can i tell you what it is >> "a futile and stupid gesture. >> seth: okay, it was "booksmart." >> "booksmart. [ bleep >> seth: all right, so, that's one. >> that's right after "last man on earth" was canceled >> seth: okay, but i