>> specifically, i had a lot of talks with hugh jackman about this.ithout a responsibility because when you deal with so sensitive of a subject matter and you're making a film of entertainment, really i was trying to be faithful and respectful with such a drama, and to make it meaningful. that is something about our society. entertainment for the sake of entertainment. ," stevelecting mcqueen was here, who works with the same actors, is that something you like to do because you find somebody that represents -- [laughter] >> i am trapped. the beauty of the cinema [indiscernible] inspired by that man. i think jake is a fantastic actor. beauty of the relationship of cinema. working together. there is aing about been so beautiful love those people working together, creating a higher intelligence seeing, and trying to create portraits together. relationships. i'm as an actor that better director when i work with jake. >> there you go. >> wears oscar? somewhere those girls are. are they in the woods? where did you put those girls? do you hear me? >> he is h

and hugh jackman, i had a meeting here in new york with hugh jackman and we just got along quickly. because i think he felt really comfortable about the way i wanted to approach violence in the movie. my responsibility toward the violence, the way i wanted to depict it. >> see that's easy to get hugh, what's really difficult is to get jake gyllenhaal, that's a hard one. >> it's a tough one, and then you have a burden on your shoulder. >> a thick line, a big hook. >> rose: so you saw the script. did you say i got to do this or did you have reservations? >> i actually, we were making -- denis and pri making another film, we were in the middle of making that film. which was an extraordinary experience. it was an incredible collaboration artistically. we would sort of discover things as we went and we would finish the day off, go have dinner, get a little drunk and then discuss more, wake up the next morning. it would evolve the scenes or the situations in the movie that we were working on am and he came to me one day, i thought at first it was a little bit of a joke. he says i'm doing

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comedians aren't the easiest -- >> what about hue jackman giving you a lap dance?> that was pretty good. i love hue jack man. this is a man who can do the most serious, funny, he can sing. i think he's an enormous talent and the fact he did a lap dance, no small thing, hey. >> in 1977 you spent ten days traveling around mountains with fidel castro and held his gun in your lap and the wide spread rumors given how glamorous you were at the time there may have been a little fling between you. any truth between that? >> oh, please. as i said to people, if walter cronkite had interviewed margaret thatcher, would you have said obviously there is hanky-panky. i spent a lot of time with fidel castro. i found him fascinating. but no, there was -- there wasn't even flirtation. i -- i thought that he was the most interesting man. all the things he did that were really quite terrible, but we did spend a good deal of time together, would not have happened today. i wish we could do another interview but i think he's beyond that stage. >> number four, were you ever embarrassed in

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did my podcast with hugh jackman. he's hosting the christmas in washington special.ven though i had a little time with him, any time with hugh jackman is a good time. >> what did he say? >> not going to tell you. and then i was supposed to talk to amy grant. i'm sitting in my little podcast. i never heard from her. i was lonely, sitting in my podcast at 8:00 on sunday night. she was on stage somehow and couldn't get off. then i spend all day yesterday with dana perino. i think i have a picture. used to be the -- there she is. can you see her dog jasper. >> it's a huge dog. where are you? >> in front of my christmas tree in our library. >> it's beautiful. >> she's on "the five" at fox news. but she's best known as george w. bush's press secretary. 5 feet tall, the most adorable thing, but smart as a whip. i loved her, and her husband peter and her dog jasper. we went out in the snow with our dogs a lot. it was fun. did you go to blake's first christmas? >> he loved the snow. most importantly, i made an incredible chicken. >> i don't know what's happening to hoda. >> i

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as she still does but with a different album and americans flocked by the millions to see as hugh jackmanlverine. unlike this year when millions flocked to see him in "the wolverine." [laughter] some people are not happy but it's been so long since we knew what compromise was to feel like. >> the democrats weighing in saying it's not perfect but they can live with it. >> jon: exactly. there's knoll victory. there's no sense of glory. it's like being in a bar at last call. the lights come on and you look at each other and say, well, if we could do any better, we wouldn't be here so let's go (bleep) behind a sonic. [ laughter ] i thought in that laugh there was a bit of a rueful note. we go to senior political correspondent john oliver. john -- >> jon, what a day. [cheers and applause] joy to the world, jon. what an amazing wonderful, glorious day this is here in washington, d.c. >> jon: it's a good day. it's nice. >> it's what? it's nice, jon? gelato is nice. tom hanks is nice. tom hanks gelato is disgusting but that's not the point. this is everybody we've been waiting for. >> jon: not ev

. >>> hugh jackman looks to be trading the claws in for a sword in the upcoming peter pan film called "pan." he will star as the pirate black beard. >> not piecer. >> not peter. he would be an old peter. thanks to "less mis" he can grow un. >>> amazon releasing a most purchased list. adele the best selling artist of all time according to their list thanks to her album "21" and she's in retirement. >>> paul rudd will be joining robert downey jr. and chris hemsworth, the film, let's just say that marvel is digging deep from its superhero roster. know what that is? >> i have no idea. bug man. >> ant man. i remember ant man. >> ant? >> yeah. >> beyonce has become the first woman to reach number one on the billboard charts with her first five studio albums entitled "beyonce" the newest album released without fanfare making her success all the more impressive there. this is "early today." we hope it's just your first stop here on nbc. >>> leading the news on flight.com this morning, virgin births are surprisingly common. one in 200 pregnant woman claim they didn't have sex and claim to be v

hugh jackman. >> you are considering possibilities. >> jake gyllenhaal. terence howard.avis, and paul dano and melissa leo. the entire cast of "prisoners" together only on "katie." from studio 1 in new york t's "katie." [applause] katie: hi everyone. thank you. have a seat.

sheryl crow, hugh jackman and janelle monet were all on hand. >>> and that's going to do it for yourh of "scrambled politics." joining us for our first look at politics, is "washington post" reporter david nakamura. 38 media organizations wrote this letter to the white house last week claiming that this administration is blocking the public from having an independent view of the executive branch of government. now david, of course, you cover the white house for "the washington post." i want to get your take on this. do you think this is a fair assessment? >> i think so. this has been a long standing issue for the press association and its grown more of a concern over time with the obama administration. this is an era, of course in, which everybody is able to access social media and publish their own photos. the swhous very good at that. they have a good robust website. facebook page and they're able to then take that and use their own photographs to sort of put out an image they sthi problthi burnished and edited and the press association might like. this is an issue on anything from

>> hugh jackman. i'm going to put on my t-shirt and sniff him while i talk to him. >> all right.a you're going to like. i did this for you because i totally tortured you last week. how about a little martina mcbride? >> i love her. >> and how about when everything in your life is crummy and you realize you've got to hang on to your dreams? she wrote a beautiful song and you know it. it's called "any way." let's play it. ♪ you can spend your while life building something from nothing ♪ ♪ one storm can come and blow it all away ♪ ♪ build it anyway >> how about that? ♪ you can chase a dream feels so out of reach ♪ ♪ and you know it might not ever come your way ♪ ♪ dream it anyway >> isn't that beautiful? >> you see, i told you i'd do one for you, eventually. >> are you the same person i sat next to last week? >> i am. >> i'll have to get that. i love her singing. >> let's do a little okay not okay. shall we? >> yes. >> is it okay -- >> is she pregnant or not? or is she splitting up with her boyfriend or not. >> or is she having twins? let's go. can we get the story, please. >> i'm e

casey coffman traveled to the city of jackman.g you may find some of the pictures in casey's report are disturbing. >> reporter: hunting bears in maine starts with cupcakes, doughnuts and blueberry pie. guide tim berry checks his cameras to see who takes the bait. there was a bear here. >> reporter: four sites later they finally spot a good-sized bear hunting bears using bait, traps and dogs is part of the tradition here. but some say that is too easy and the bears don't have a chance. animal rights activists want these methods banned. they need to collect nearly 60,000 signatures to get their referendum on the ballot next year. they have distributed his graphic videos to support their cause. >> good job, alvarez. >> reporter: this is in many ways about respect. and i feel these ways are very disrespectful. >> we're going to take this dog in there, she'll goes to smell the bear, and see if she can get a jump. >> reporter: once the dog is released ken can follow in in his truck using ups. if bear hunting like this is banned he will

. >> and prisoners stars hugh jackman.ny other recommendations that maybe we may have missed? >> some things that are still in theaters. if you haven't seen "american hustle," "august gus of sage county." >> care to venture what the big headline of 2014 will be? >> oh, my goodness. kim and kanye getting married and the "fifty shades of grey" movie. >> they already have controversy, main star dropped out. had to get another. >> is there a wedding date for kim and kanye? >> no wedding date. i'll be here in '14 to bring you all your updates. >> which we look forward to. alicia, thank you. happy new year frmths happy new year. >>> just ahead, this is our last show of 2014. time sure does fly. we'll take a look back at our most memorable moments on "today" wh did you get chips for the party? nope. [ ding ] cheese plate? cheese plate. no, i made something better. you used the oven? boom. [ male announcer ] pillsbury crescents. make the holidays pop. ♪ so i should probably get the last roll... yeah but i practiced my bassoon. [ m

. >>> actor, hugh jackman sent out these photos. he was in d.c.was apparently given an audience with the newly named cub at the national zoo. of course the rest of us will have to wait until january to see her, but we are get ago media preview this wednesday, so be sure to tune into wusa9 news at 5:00 when we share that new video with you. >>> over in china, it's a different story there. you cannot only already see 14 panda cubs, you can get up close and personal and we mean up close and personal. >> very personal. ivan visited the panda breeding research center to literally get a hug. >> what's cuter than a baby panda climbing a tree? how about a baby trying to talk to those baby pandas. this is the kind of pandemonium you get at the panda breeding research center in china. >> hello there. this little panda, her name is mumu and a little bit too cute for words right now, getting close to this little animal. she's one of the oldest 14 pandas born at this facility this year. and the trainers say that she is one of their favorites because she is so

want to thank my guests hugh jackman, aisha tyler and onerepublic. tomorrow night, zooey deschanel.ning right now. jimmy! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ tonight's guests are -- and featuring the legendary roots crew. and now, here he is -- jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you very, very much! welcome, everybody. please, welcome. wow, what a bunch of crazy people, welcome to "late night with jimmy fallon." that's the energy i love. i appreciate you being here. [ cheers and applause ] oh, my gosh. you guys are acting like -- you guys are acting like a bunch of mayors from toronto! [ laughter ] my man, rob ford, the mayor of toronto, he's just out of control, that guy. seems like a great guy. admitted to buying illegal drugs. he admitted to smoking crack while he was still mayor. [ laughter ] and now they're trying to force him to take a leave of absence while they figure this all out. when asked what he would do with his time off, he was like, "i'll probably smoke crack." [ laughter ] stop asking questions. i just keep getting into more troubl

backstreet boys and sheryl crow and the front man for san francisco rock group train and the host was hugh jackman with the special airing later this week on cable. >> do not be surprised if you feel overwelled this season. >> the "hobbit" one of 12 new movies opening between december 12 and new year's, the highest, and "wall street journal" reports that the movie executives are concerned that new movie could bring down the box office totals. studios release big blockbusters during the holiday season because people have several days off from work or school and give them the free time to see a movie any time of the day the. >> despite absolutely no promotion, beyonce's unexpected new album is already topping the charts. >> i warned people to hear the songs with the story that is in my head because this is what makes it a vision in my brain what i wanted people to experience. >> that is part of the video release to announce the new dumb and "new york times" reports that the pop star sold 366,000 copies on itunes on friday. depending on how weekend sales add up there will be one of the biggest openin

. >> hugh jackman--come on, wolverine, wolverine, wolverine. >> and then there's wolverine. when it premiered at a party in arizona in 2009... [crowd cheering] it had already premiered a full month earlier to millions on the internet. in this case, a copy of the film was stolen while it was being edited, but wolverine still made a ton of money: $160 million worldwide the weekend it was released. >> this is part of the problem with discussing the issue and talking about hollywood, because it feels like a lot of people who are making enough money complaining that they aren't making more money. >> yeah. >> nobody's crying for us. >> and yet the movie business is suffering, director soderbergh says, and the studios are less likely to take risks. >> the chances of a movie, for instance, like the matrix being made shrinks. here's a movie--two guys, they've made a small independent film. warner brothers gives them $75 million to make this script that nobody can understand, right? >> right. >> wouldn't happen today. >> and things could get even worse unless something is done in cybe

think people understand when they see, especially women on tv, and even like dudes on tv, like hugh jackmanthey have to do. like, that is their full-time job to look like that. they have people who cook them meals, they have dietitians, they have personal trainers, like you said, they work out like six hours a day. you don't just look like that unless you're going to make it your full-time job and you can't expect people to, especially after pushing a human out of your body. >> which is part of what i love about beyonce's flawless, she's saying, just, like, whatever you woke up looking like, that's the thing that makes you flawless, not actually your giselle moment. because most of us do not have full-time staffs. >> well, actually -- no. >> and also, the pressure women have on body image, that men -- i have a little body image issues, but it's not the same, and society does not push me to get in great shape. i can leave my t-shirt on, and that's fine. >> in the media, no one's like, did steve bu shshetti put on so pounds? >> he should put on some pounds, for his own health. >> there's a lo

. >> what, you scored hugh jackman? >> i scored him.opened the bag up and we liked it. unusual babyames of 2013. >> babycenter.com came up with thlist of the strangest names in the year. three baby boys were named cheese. cheese. >> please, not chse. >> chse. that's when they call roll call in second grade, cheese, the whole class laughing. >> i know. i feel for him. you know how stinky chee can be be? there's going to be a lot -- >> oh, stinky cheese. >> some of the girls names were kiwi. other boys names wererocket, jax, cub, panda, hurricane, jag, legend stetson and dani. >> what about combining thetwo, yove got panda cub. sewhat i'm saying? >> i like it. what about girl'snas? >> bp is my persol favorite. rigley chevy. credence. green. flower. fairy. don't do at. >> no, n fairy. >> eternity,ippen and tup. i like chrysanthemu or rodeo dendrum. 1 in 5 parents regrethe na theyhoose for their child. especially if it's spelled in an uncommon way which for the rest of your life -- >> most people are doing that. karen, c-a-r-y-n, cody. >> k