. >>> also this weekend ashton kutcher did the kentucky derby where he and miranda lambert and he made up and made friends. >>> and finally tmz recorded that rihanna angered lauren michaels by skipping dress rehearsal. she claims it never happens. i guess she was sick sniet only happen as couple hours before. live audience. people wait on the sidewalk overnight to go see it and then she didn't show up. >> they had her dancers do a bit of a number. not the same thing. >>> this comes from kcr3 which reports in sacramento, california, where a little boy who's been fighting a big battle against leukemia got to have a real blast. more than anything 8-year-old evan wanted to see an explosion and a sheriff's bomb squad was more than happy to put on a real show. a make-a-wish foundation brought evan from texas to catch the big blow joup and he said he liked what he saw. he said, quotes are cool. i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. [ male announcer ] are you paying more and more for cable and enjoying it less and less? upgrade t

. >>> also this weekend ashton kutcher went to the kentucky derby where he and miranda lambert made up and made friends. apparently she thought he made fun of country music at a recent awards show. >>> and, finally, tmz reports rihanna angered "snl" boss loren michaels by skipping dress rehearsal, which basically never happened. she claims she was sick. uh-oh. hopefully she had ray note. >>> kcr-3 in nearby calavaras county, a little boy who's been fighting a big battle against leukemia got to have a real blast. more than anything, 8-year-old evan wanted to see an explosion, and a sheriff's bomb squad was more than happy to put on a real show. that's because the make-a-wish foundation brought evan from texas to catch the big blowup and evan liked what he saw. he said, quote, explosions are cool. they are. i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. >>> well, the streets of prague looked more like a scene out of a horror move. over 700 makeup-clad zombies turned out for the fifth annual zombie walk. participants dressed in weird

. >>> elsewhere this weekend, ashton kutcher did the kentucky derby where he and miranda lambert madenow they were in a fight? >> they look cozy. >> she thought he made fun of country music at a recent awards show. see mint juleps solves all problem. >>> tmz reports rihanna upset lorne michaels for missing dress rehearsal for "saturday night live." she claims she was sick but an hour later shows up for the live show. >> dress rehearsal is different because they have a live audience, people sleep on the sidewalk to go to the dress rehearsal. >> you don't do that, rihanna. even if you're rihanna. i'm lynn berry. this is "first look" on msnbc. "way too early" is next. >>> voters in france dump president nicolas sarkozy after one term and send a message to germany that they're not going to go along easily with european belt tightening. the question is, what do yesterday elections across europe tell us about the economic future of the continent? we'll have a couple of live reports for you. >>> back here at home, president obama spent the weekend officially campaigning for reelection in ohi

. >> um, country superstar miranda lambert is getting our attention this morning declearing in the new a toned size 8. she's banned cheetos from her tour bus. her drink of choice is the bacardi, crystal lite and a splash of crystal light. the randarita. a low-fat margarita. there you have it. a lot of followups i think. >>> the first official footage of the new bond movie was released a few hours ago. hang on to your hats, the stunts look incredible. as does daniel craig. in the first scene, he's been analy analyzed. we get a glimpse of the bad guy, javier bardem. and "m" played by dame judi dench. it's been four years since the last bond film. it looks like it's worth the wait. >> i love that judi dench. she's tremendous. >>> ladies, if you're trying to set the mood for your men, perhaps you should break out the man candle. candles are getting headacheover. for example, the two by four. the scent of saw dust. riding mower smells like fresh cut grass. and men-tone is a blast of spices, woods, and musks. and i brought some for you all. who wants men tone? this is man tone. here is -- >>

after he took home a grammy last february, miranda lambert spoke out. >> beating up oen a woman is neversaulting girlfriend rihanna in 2009. and this latest appearance has people wondering, will he ever clean up his image. >> i don't think chris brown cares about his image. unless the fans start not responding to him. i don't think you're going to see a change. >> based on chris' response on twitter, he doesn't care what anyone thinks. george? >> he's right about that. >>> it's final time for "dancing with the stars." and all three stars brought their a-plus games, as robin said last night. judges gave out all kinds of 10s. tony dovolani and kym johnson are standing by to tell us what they think. but first, look at the highlights. ♪ finals week kicked off with a fiery bang. as the remaining three couples tackled two dances. ♪ >> reporter: first up, dances picked by the judges. and william levee heats up the ballroom with a sizzling cha-cha. >> that was an intoxicating human cocktail of natural, flowing moves. >> reporter: katherine jenkins was red-hot, too. dancing a latin-infused paso.