our conversation with julia louis dreyfus is ahead. >> julia louis dreyfus is known as elaine denniser current role is worthy of seinfeld. her show veep is a rip smart comedy with life in the beltway. >> dreyfus won an emmy for betrayal of vice president selena meyer. before that she joined us here and the lack of power. an absolutely humiliation that comes with it. >> i would say this. i would say there is no politician in washington who aspires to the vice presidency. right? so that makes it a delicious fun thing to do. i have to say it's absolute just to go to your point. i'm getting asked that question a lot. it's all about political behavior. >> it's a position, you are number two in the united states, but at the same time it's a degrading position in so many ways. i don't know if you knew that, but i was in congress as a young man. i talk about it all the time. >> that's impressive. a guy comes to me and i say to people, what do you want to be at the end? he said one day i would like to be vice president. next appointment? nobody wants to be vice president. he didn't get the jo

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." >> from governor chris christie to bradley cooper, colin powell to julia louis-dreyfus. another great year of great guests. all morning we'll entry you interviews and discussions of the year. >> we begin with a much anticipated issue of "time" and the 2012 person of the year. who is it, rick? >> unfurl. >> our person of the year for 2012 is president barack obama. >> that's a shock. >> this beautiful photograph. we were in the white house last wednesday. obama posed for a picture, and then we did a terrific interview. the story is by michael scheerer, white house correspondent. and i know you got -- joe, i know you predicted it. i tuned in yesterday. i think it's kind of impossible to do an alternative choice. >> there's sometimes you've got to do that. >> he's a dominant figure. you know, this couple of amazing statistics, is he the first president since fdr to win with a majority of the vote in consecutive terms. he did that, you know, against an unemployment rate that was higher than anybody has ever won against except for roosevelt, 75 years ago. and i think the -- y

on the television side, no julia louis-dreyfus, no helen dounham.es and the television roles for her role in the tv movie "hemingway" and "gelhorn" and also for "paper boy." she was nominated for best actress. mer i don't know if you saw "silver linings playbook." bradley cooper got a first time nomination for that movie, hue jackman for les miserables and d denzel washington for "flight." >> i haven't seen any of them. >> would you like a date for the movies? i'm going to catch you up, because you have a lot of work to do, young man. >> maybe my indication wasn't so subtle. can we go on a movie date, nischelle turner? >> i'll get you caught up this award season. by the way, if your favorite actor didn't get nominated, they have another opportunity tomorrow. because bright and early, once again, golden globe nominations, and i will be there for that as well. >> you embarrass me. i'm blushing. thank you, nischelle. >> bye. >>> a reminder to watch "showbiz tonight" at 11:00 eastern on hln. seem great at the time... but later... [ shirt ] merry christm