yeah. >> not good. >> jason, we love you. >> how much do we love our jason kennedy?aby. >> happy birthday. >> okay. all right. >> two ladies from the plaza will show off their ambush makeovers. >> and move over "real housewives" because some new reality stars are some modern dads. >> modern dads out there. >> there they are. ♪ >>> we're back with more of "today" on this thirsty thursday. it's time for our plaza ambush makeovers. all week long for two women my age, which is -- >> 59 plus tax. i already told you. in honor of kathie lee's big birthday, we are at it again. with the help of our talented friends who have outdone themselves this week. "today" contributor, luis licari and "today" contributing editor jill martin. >> louis licari, la, la, la, la, la ♪ >> how was today different than yesterday? >> it actually was because it was just a great crowd. overwhelming. >> and jimmy buffett fans. >> that's right. >> first up is marianne. she's 64 years old from wallpingers falls -- wappinger? anyway, new york. this is the first time in her life she's ever cut her hair.

getting us ready is e news correspondent jason kennedy. >> i haven't seen you guys in months and i'vei haven't seen it. i definitely will go and see this movie and then if i don't see "jobs" "the butler." >> that's what i want to see. i am hearing great stuff about "the butler." forest whitaker, oprah winfrey. >> literally a laundry list of a-list stars in this movie. it has to do with a butler. it's based on a true story. he was a butler in the white house for over 30 years. >> served eight presidents? >> eight presidents. eight sitting presidents and all the amazing stories and events he witnessed. so that is definitely one out there. but if you don't want to go to the theaters. >> what else do you have? >> out on dvd and blu-ray, "olympus has fallen." >> which we enjoyed. >> i think gerard came on the show to talk about it. >> we enjoyed that very much as well. >> he's the secret service agent, the only one that can save aaron eckhart who plays the movie in this. >> ashley judd played his wife. >> morgan freeman is in it. it's a great cast. >> if you are feeling nostalgic, hard to

jason kennedy is there with details. good morning to you. >> good morning. the l.a.ave for state with better financial incentives. hollywood has always been the home of stars and big budget blockbusters. but these days, l.a.'s run away production costs are causing the film industry to stay hello to places besides hollywood. 68% of the nation'stv and film production came out of california. in 2011 it dropped to 59%. a not so hollywood ending for 90,000 jobs and $3 billion in wages. l.a.'s mayor calls it a state of emergency. >> we lost the blockbuster fis. they don't film here anymore. tax credits arod the world and country have takenhem away. >> reporter: and toward georgia and north carolina where they're shooting the next ironn. even battle los angeles was shot in louisiana. the mayor is looking to change that trying to remove limits on the tax incentives that drive productionway. a move he says is more abouthe crew behind the camera than the stars in front of it. >> it's about the person holdi the sound boom and painting the sets. it's the person out there taking

gordon gecko getting it on with jason bourne. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> you know -- >> now you're in a whole other direction, because you're going to be playing president kennedy the bock that bill o'reilly wrote. "killing kennedy." so we see you in the same pose, but did you try to -- that very famous portrait of john kennedy. but did you try to do the voice, the boston accent? >> well, the thing is, you know, look, we all -- he's so emblazoned in our consciousness, that you have no choice, but to look like him, and to try to sound like him. for me, it's not about doing a great imitation of him. it's about doing a great inhabitation of him. and to make him a man, to make him, you know, someone -- because he's such an icon. at the end of the day, he was a father. a brother. a son. and all of these things, that -- and that's what i'm trying to do with my portrayal of one of my idols. >> must have been hard to do, because you are doing someone everybody recognizes. >> yes. i was sort of under an illusion, there would be the amount of pressure i realized after i said yeah, i'll do it. everybody said you better get the accent right. >> you practiced it in front of

new york's kennedy airport, two workers sickened when they were exposed to fos forric acid in a package from china. the package was apparently a box of beauty supplies. >> a bill inspired by jason he says fathered a child through in vitro fertilization. patrick spoke to "new day" about this last month. >> i intend to parent this child. the world parent means to beget, nourish or raise a child. not only are we the parents but she's in effect confirming she wants to raise this child with me. >> the bill would allow a sperm donor to establish paternity if he receives the child into his home and openly holds out the child as his natural offspring. >> police in or land oaf looking for a man who stole two puppies from a vet shot by stuffing them down his pants. the suspect entering before scooping up a miniature dachshund and a pug, worth a combined $1,500, walked right out of the store. the owner of the shop is offering a $250 reward. i can hear you chortling, cuomo and brooke. >> i had to just pause on "in his pants." >> from there i think all we can do is go back to you because nothing more can be said. >> how perfect is that? he had to steal a hot dog of all things that he was go