. >>> plus michelle williams. many say she was born to play marilyn monroe. you must feel damn sexy when you're playing marilyn monroe? >> honestly? no. >> what does michelle think marilyn's life was really like? >> she created this kind of prison she couldn't get out of. >> michelle williams on being married. this is "piers morgan tonight." meredith vieira has pretty much done it all. today, new want to be a millionaire. and 30 rock. meredith and her husband richard cohen are featured in the december issue of "aarp magazine." and they're here now. >> what a stunning picture that was. >> it was a stunning picture. you scrubbed up surprisingly well, meredith. >> occasionally. how are you, piers? >> well, let's just say i was well. i was looking forward to this enormously. very excited. i'm going to pay homage to one of my favorite ladies on television. >> as well you should. >> well, you've always been this epitome of kindness and humanity and decency. >> oh, please. >> then i was shown a video -- >> yes. >> of something done on this new fangled technology thin

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. >> reporter: it's hard to imagine michelle williams as marilyn monroe until you see her like this. ♪ i certainly can >> reporter: did you have to put on weight? >> i didn't have a sort of target weight that i knew that if i'm not going to gain weight and all of a sudden get her figure, otherwise i would have gained weight a long time ago. >> reporter: a delicious dish indeed coming up on sunday morning. >> osgood: toast of the town? that's what ed sullivan used to call his show on cbs. that's what we call bill geist who has learned a lot about toast and toasters. >> reporter: good morning and welcome to toast talk. the spotlight: toast. today's edition we'll pop into the world of toasters. >> whoever thought coast toasters could go this far. >> reporter: attending the annual convention of toaster collectors. >> a lot of people are like, "you collect what?" >> reporter: later on sunday morning as toast talk rolls on. >> osgood: with serena altschul we'll take a taste of the apple, mark strassmann introduces us to neighbors in need. lee cowan samples some gourmet olive oil and nancy

it was en unbelievable combination and michele williams gets it all right. >> and michele williams is getting the all right and the movie is getting the all right if you look at what critics are saying. >> i'm really pleased. this is the story unlike marilyn monroe from the cradle to the grave. this is a fairy tale that was true. this young boy goes out, takes her to windsor castle because he has a connection in the queens library. they go skinny dipping -- true story -- on the grounds of the castle and don't get caught. it is such a romantic fun piece for an audience to see a movie like this. i was very proud to make this movie. >> i love that it shows the true side of such a celebrity. harvey weinstein, thank you very much. i look forward to seeing it myself. >> thank you, matt, pleasure. >>> coming up on fox 5 morning news, a first for representative gabriel giffords after a shooting leaves her injured. >>> and first, when was the term black friday first coined. you do it, tucker, get dancing. >> and which city? the answer coming up. if you want to take a guess now, go to our faceb

. >> this morning the latest movie about her and michelle williams, kenneth branna star in the show.y marilyn has secrets and many different layers many didn't know about. "in my week with marilyn" is the title of the movie. we will hear from the actors in the next couple of minutes. announcer: this portion of "the early show" sponsored by the u.s. postal service. it's all in the mail. e boxes. if it fits, it ships for a low, flat rate. paid for postage online and arranged a free pickup. and i'm gonna track them online, too. nice. between those boxes and this place, i'm totally staying sane this year. do i smell snickerdoodles? maybe. [ timer dings ] got to go. priority mail flat rate shipping at usps.com. a simpler way to ship. sears black friday starts 4am! find the brands you love and over 900 doorbusters! get $10 off clothing with coupon. extra 20% off fine jewelry already 60-70% off. and an extra 20% off all stand mixers. real deals. real savings. sears. care and dedication. our family-owned company has focused on making... the best-tasting sour cream for over four generations.

i say probably he will be getting an oscar nod as well as michelle williams. a great date movie at this holiday season. and finally, got it give just a quick nod to -- got to give a quick nod to a film i reviewed last week still in theaters doing big box office, "twilight" breaking dawn. it's a great film. muppets hugo two great family films and if you want a little edge this weekend maybe on a date my week with marilyn and "twilight" breaking dawn. >> you want it take the kids, do the muppets. >> absolutely. i think that's the film to see for the whole family this weekend. >> what are you doing for thanksgiving? >> eating, maybe a little eating and perhaps a little bit later i'll have some room to do a little eating. [ laughter ] >> so wait. let me get this down, you're going to be eating today. >> hanging with family sharing precious time with friends and a great american holiday. >> we are glad you got up nice and early to share it with us. >> of course. do i get to go to bed now? >> you can go home. >> thank you. >>> stay with us. we'll be right back. can

we begin this evening with the movies and movie stars with "my week with marin" michelle williams, ken branagh and director simon curtis. >> find myself thinking i know her, i know marilyn. somehow the world kind of thinks it does and i don'tknow you... immediately you want to go on the journey with her and just when you are seeing sort of a beautiful woman who somehow is opening r heart to you you're reminded she's so sexy! >> rose: fm marilyn monroe to diane keaton, we talk about her life and her movies. >> well, i really regret that i didn't say to my mother many things that i wish i had that i'd said to her to her face. >> rose: tell me now what you would say to her? >> i would say too her if i told you how much i loved you would you feel better about who you are? that's something i want to say to her. >> rose: because sheidn't become what she could have become. >> this is true. she did not become what she could have become. but mainly... not that. she didn feel good about who she was. >> rose: ken branagh, michelle williams, simon curtis and diane keaton when we continue. we allll

michelle williams is a terrific actress, but as you said, when she was originally cast in marilyn monroe see williams pulling it off. you can see her become this larger than life sex symbol and she says marilyn monroe felt she was playing a character, as well. watch what she told our piers morgan last night. >> i suppose that was one of my other big discoverieies along t way. she wanted to be a serious actress was her greatest ambition. and, you know, when we talk about the character that she developed of marilyn monroe, that didn't come quickly or naturally to her. she spent years working on that part, creating that part and that was such a huge part of her identity, but it was a secret identity because people couldn't really conflate marilyn monroe, this incredible sex symbol with marilyn monroe the intellectual or artist. >> williams has been nominated for an oscar twice in the past. this role could have her back at the academy awards. >> i am looking forward to her as margaret thatcher. all right, let's talk about, i confess y don't watch the show, but it's a big hit "dancing with th

about halfway through movie you're forgetting you're watching michele williams playing marilyn mondayt's a great performance. great performances all around in this particular film. this is about the production of a movie called "the princess and the show girl," the movie that marilyn monroe shot before "some like it hot." it's a good little movie. i really enjoyed it. it's a fascinating look at how movies were made back then and the trouble that people had working with marilyn monroe. the movie gets predictable at times but for the most part it's worth seeing especially to watch this performance by michele williams. >> what was your rate on this? >> i would give at it b. it's really solid. we'll see at the very least some oscar nominations for the cast. >> what is the premise of these limited releases when you have a movie like this with this kind of star power why is it movie houses would say we'll only send to it a few cities. >> in a weekend like this where you have three really big wide releases part of it is finding the theater space. one of the strategies with a movie like enthu

she didn feel good about who she was. >> rose: ken branagh, michelle williams, simon curtis and diane keaton when we continue. we allll roofor.who ats s the ds l acacrossmeririca.p@t@@@btsta , evertimeme a ststis b burneor t mididnighol hen aethl@e chasd@t@ @dl@@ for r a re herero, iyou u wannrt pporort sml bubusine. captioning sponsored by rose communitions from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: mare lib monroe is a figure who has fascinated holly with wood for years. in 1956 she went to england to shoot "the prince and the show girl" 23-year-old colin clark was a production assistant on the set. he wrote two memoirs about the production. in one he chronicles the one week he spent alone with the world's biggest movie star marilyn monroe. his story is a new movie. it's called "my week with marilyn." here's the trailer. >> gentlemen,it is my special pleasure to introduce a woman who clearly needs know introduction. a very great actress on her first trip to london. >> marilyn, is it true you wear nothing in beder be perfume. >> darling, as i'm in england let's

we had a wonderful director, it was wonderful to work with michelle williams who puts you so at ease another director there >> captivating. wonderful to have you here. >> "my week with marilyn" opens in select cities november 23rd. >> thank you. appreciate it. >> now for a check of the weather. >> all righty. >> announcer: "today's green is universal" is brought to you by glad trash bags, now stronger with less plastic waste. >> thank you, dennis. all right, and we are back with our good buddies, nbc's chief environmental correspondent anne thompson and brought us coffee. >> beware of correspondents bringing gifts. >> mug save trees, company wide effort to make people aware and you can see it most notably with the green peacock on your screen, you see this across all of nbc's programming this week. >> why focus on coffee? we throw out the paper cups a lot. >> right, if we all went to reusable mugs instead of paper cups we would save 9 million trees a year, enough energy to power 77,000 homes and $55.7 billion gallons of water. >> the nbc universal message is always seen across the pl

michelle williams is brilliant, and kenneth is also due for an oscar nod. great movie, probably the best portrayal of marilyn monroe ever on the big screen. my week with marilyn is now playing and is rated r. >>> finally, twilight breaking dawn, it's the beginning of the end for the twilight crew. while the latest film does not have the bite of the prior films, it has much to keep you entertained. a lavish kardashian-style wedding, the birth of a child, and of course the epic wolfpack versus vampire fight scenes. here's your recap. the muppets, hugo, great family films. great date night, my week with marilyn and twilight. enjoy the rest of your holiday weekend. cheers! >>> and we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, (kristy does weather) . >>> time for our last look at weather. >> it's going to be beautiful today. lots of sunshine in store and we'll continue to see dry weather for the next several of days. chance of rain back in the forecast for the end of the week. get outside and enjoy. 70s in the inland spots. >>> big stories we're following today, includi

i've seen some of the trailers and ads, and obviously michelle williams, sort of a dead ringer. >> she's -- like one reviewer in san francisco who is tough on my movies said michelle williams lights up the sky. i never read that in a review. she was amazing. from "the new yorker" "vanity fair". what a year for her. i'm so happy for her. >> what made you decide to do this. to go and say we're going to find out something new about marilyn monroe. >> i've always liked moments in time or the creative process. "finding neverland" was about how did peter pan get written. and james barry had this disaster failure. i never do like bios, from cradle to the grave. so i read this book, called "the prince and the showgirl." and then in 2002, the author wrote about a missing week, which is -- which when he was 23 and marilyn was 30, he said he spent a romantic week with marilyn monroe and i found that concept irresistible. and it's fun and entertaining. but through the snapshot, you really learn a lot about her. >> well, she was on her honeymoon with arthur miller when this weekend happened with this

michelle williams as marilyn monroe.ul. oh, my gosh. this movie is fantastic. it's getting crazy, crazy buzz. >> she was just -- i mean, it was incredible to be around her, just watching her. >> jimmy: did you have lunch with her, like, during, like -- when you wrapped a scene, like, would you go eat, you know? whatever, hamburgers with her or whatever, as marilyn? >> we would go and eat hamburgers with -- and it wasn't a case of, actually, you couldn't approach or you couldn't talk because she was in the zone. since she's such a wonderful actress and she's so friendly and kind and generous. you can talk easily. and i think, a film set is an environment in which you need to be able to be accessible and talk about anything. so, when people sort of close off and immerse themselves in a character too much, i think it can be quite distracting and difficult for other people around you. didn't do that at all. >> jimmy: like when you were uday hussein did you, like, throw hamburgers at peoples' face? start throwing things aroun

. >>> then meryl streep as margaret thatcher, michelle williams as marilyn monroe, stars playing realar gold? >>> new "ncis". mark harmon's real-life son playing a young gibb.

i've seen some of the trailers and ads, and obviously michelle williams, sort of a dead ringer. >> she's one reviewer in san francisco who is tough on my movies said michelle williams lights up the sky. i never read that in a review. she was amazing. from "the new yorker" "vanity fair". what a year for her. i'm so happy for her. >> that's good for her, but what made you decide to do this, to say we're going to find something new out about marilyn monroe, but what new do we find out? >> i've always liked moments in time or the creative process. "finding neverland" was about how did peter pan get written. and james barry had this disaster failure. i never do like bios, from cradle to the grave. so i read this book, called "the prince and the showgirl." and then in 2002, the author wrote about a missing week, which is -- which when he was 23 and marilyn was 30, he said he spent a romantic week with marilyn monroe and i found that concept irresistible. and it's fun and entertaining. but through the snapshot, you really learn a lot about her. >> well, she was on her honeymoon with arthur mill

. >>> now the new movie with michelle williams, uncanny as the legendary bombshell and the sex scandalhat was hidden for decades. >>> meet my special co-host for the night, "criminal minds'" shemar m.

. >> especially for michelle williams, based on a memoir by a guy who was a production assistant on "he move hoie has gotten a lukem response but michelle williams is now part of this amazing best oscar raise, also meryl streep as margaret thatcher. >> michelle williams looks totally transformed. >> she's amazing in everything she does. "hugo" family friendly 3-d film but the director may surprise them, martin scocrcese. >> he's made "hugo" based on a little boy who lives in a train station and he strikes up a friendship with an elderly man who turns out to be george melliere, great old french filmmaker. it may be slow for kids but i loved the amazing visuals as you see in the clips and also a movie for people who love movies. >> it's the history of film. >> yes. >> finally we've got "the artist." this is truly a silent film. >> it's a new movie but a silent film, it's black and white and also really romantic and really moving and really funny, and i think that it might be one of those weird hits like "crouching tiger hidden dragon" or "slumdog millionaire" people love because it's so

. >>> and coming up we'll hear from michelle williams, the great actress also out with a movie, thinkarilyn munroe, and the reviews are amazing. we'll hear from her about that. >> we have a lot to get to, including the headlines of the morning. natalie is back at the news desk after being on assignment. good morning again. >> good morning, matt, ann and al. good morning, everyone. >>> officials say an al qaeda sympathizer arrested in a bomb plot was not part of a conspiracy. 27-year-old jose pimentel, police were watching him for two years and the police moved in saturday because he was close to completing two pipe bombs. >>> a board has been investigating what school officials knew about child sex abuse allegations against former defensive coach jerry sandusky and when they knew it. sandusky's first alleged victim has reportedly dropped out of his senior year of high school because of bullying about the incident. even though penn state scored its first victory without coach joe paterno saturday, sales of penn state paraphernalia are down 40% compared to the same period last year. >>>

. ♪ >>> michelle williams steps into marilyn monroe's shoes to tell about a wild whirlwind romance duringilming of the prince and the show girl in 1956. my week with marilyn is about the actress's affairs with director's assistant collin clark. williams has had tragedy in her young life. the father of her child, heet ledger died of a drug overdose almost four years ago. she relates to monroe's search for happiness. >> i think she was constantly looking for a place to belong, looking for a home because she was denied that over and over again as a child and never really recovered from it. can you imagine? roar her co-star kenneth branning a said she transformed herself for the role. >> michelle had to do marilyn, sing and dance and walk and shimmy. >> ol ofive yea was livid about marilyn's antics on the set, always late and appearing to be drugged up. >> she knows exactly what she's doing. >> playing owe olivier has its own challenges. >> many people knew exactly what he sounded like. >> my week with marilyn shows the several sides of marilyn monroe while delivering a heartbreaking story of

michelle williams describes how she transformed herself into the legendary star.ks like a good movie too. all that and coming up a little bit later on "the early show." that will do it on this wednesday. i'm terrell brown. take care. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

michelle williams was phenomenal in that movie.o a party planning book. >> tell me you couldn't come up with a party planning book. >> we sort of discussed this could be an easy thing -- have enough booze. >> music, good music keeps it going. >> exactly. >> simple. those two things could do it alone. >> $600,000, i'll split it with you. >> thanks. >> this is "first look" on msnbc. but stay tuned. "way too early with willie geist" starts now. >>> newt gingrich unloads on mitt romney in a radio interview, pushing the charge also being made, by the way, by the obama campaign that romney stands for nothing. all this while herman cain was busy responding to claims from a woman who says she and the cain train had a 13-year affair. the question is, do people care anymore about herman cain's allege alleg alleged events? >>> and a nato strike killed 2,000 pakistani soldiers. the question is, was this as some suggest a case of mistaken identity? we'll have the latest. >>> and drew brees spends a monday night toying with the new york giants d

michelle williams plays marilyn monroe. she plays her so well that after a time, you forget you are watching an actress. this is based on her trip to england. -- their collaboration does not go well, but the movie gives you a glance of the person behind the icon. 3.5 stars. have a happy holiday, everybody. i am arch campbell. >> a lot of good options out there. coming up, we will show you how gabrielle giffords spent thanksgiving. >> this military couple is where they want to be today. >>> it is a very special thanksgiving for gabrielle giffords. she spent her first thanksgiving center critical entry with the troops. she and her husband served hot a thanksgiving meal to the servicemen and women. she could only use her left hand. >>> this thanksgiving is especially meaningful for military families able to spend the holidays together. this couple has a lot to be thankful for today. >> this family knows how which feels to be thankful for things that are usually taken for granted. others were spending -- she is a captain in the

michelle williams plays marilyn monroe. you forget you're watching an actress. 3. star5.orsese pays tribute to the early days of cinema. 3 stars. it starts slow but finishes strong. 4 stars for the descendants and for the muppets and for midnight in paris. almost four stars for my week with maryland and "tower heist." hugo gets three stars as well as "puss in boots." and jack and jill, 2.5. have a nice weekend, everybody. arch campbell, abc 7 entertainment. >> two stars for twilight? >> when happened? >> i don't know. >>> we still have a problem in tysons corner, eastbound route 7 before you get to the beltway leaving tysons corner. onliney one lane getting by. you probably want to use 123 in that area. in springfield, looks good northbound and southbound. >>> ♪ arch campbell keeps us in the mood with his movie reviews. unsettled weather from sunday afternoon and into tuesday with rain chances. cooler weather and by monday. >> i'm going to have the muppets song in my head. >>> goodbye. >>> good morning america. ready, set shop. we've been up all night with the millions of

michelle williams will probably win an oscar. she is marvelous. it is about the way the film is directed so beautifully. it really gives you an idea of what marilyn was like, the essence of maryland and how she became a woman who used her sexuality as her strong suit. wait until you see laurence olivier. a brilliant performance. it shows you the difference between his style of acting and maryland. it is a wonderful film. do not meet with-just did not miss that dumb! >>mark: is it a movie that men want to see? >>caller: i guess. everyone will like it. it is a perfect sound. marvelously done. it was not easy to make a living high. finally, for the family, the movie hugo. what it is set in the 1930's. a great family movie. >>mark: are there any other family movies? caller the muppets. they did not get it wrong. they got everything right. introduced a new generation to the muppets. happy feet is not as good as the first one, but the fun of it is those local thing woods. knocked >>mark: in new this morning, an egyptian court to order the release of the

michelle williams is getting oscar buzz about her performance. >> tell us about the first time you remember being beaten by your father. >> based on true events is "a dangerous method." dr. carl young takes on a young patient. he, along with his master fall under her spell. if you want more buzz on the latest entertainment, fashion and the rest of your lifestyle picks, visit nbcbuzz.tv. for headlines to your cell phone. text buzz to 446833. that's a look at the new movies out this weekend. happy thanksgiving from nbc buzz, i'm seth. >> there's a lot to see. >> something for everybody. >>> she might be the most famous bridesmaid ever. >> and maybe her dress, too. now you can own pippa middleton's dress. it's available online. there have been knock offs out there. this one is straight from sarah burton herself, the designer who made her gown. the dress is said to be nearly the same as pippa's according to people magazine. it's got a zipper instead of buttons down the back. they have already sold out. >>> still to come on news 4 at 4:00, celebs take the stand at u.k. phone hacking investigatio