you can relate to nicki minaj ethier van joe. >> you have oscar nominations this morning. them all. you have sandra bullock and jennifer lawrence, meryl streep. what happens between actresses and the designers? >> read carpet dressing is big business -- red carpet dressing is big is this. it is real estate absolutely. there are risks. the watches they wear. three ways to play. face -- e is the prestige play. they bought a dress that was $10,000, but tom ford did not make any announcement she was actually wearing the dress. very prestigious for designers to pick one person to dress. worked with a -- the actors and elevates her brand. >> they only pick one. >> a lot of times. they pay to play or there is a prestige play. a lot of extras to watch the will -- the awards. it is oh is the first question, what are you wearing? moneyy get paid a lot of to wear those clothes. as someone who gets paid a lot to wear those close, gisele. someone called her a billion- dollar supermodel. she is annoying a lot of women. she said she does not own a hairbrush and has not drank soda in 10 y

. >>> singer nicki minaj not happy with her picture on the cover of espn magazine. >> she looks greatuld have preferred if they didn't retouch her face. she then posted her own photo from the shoot saying my forehead doesn't grow in length here. i don't know. >>> in reddit, ask me anything, schwarzenegger revealed -- this blows my mind. director james cameron got a look at arnie. talked him into playing the villain even though at the time oj terminator was set to -- >> with the crazy eye. >> the movie wouldn't have been the same. >> i want to see it now to know what it was like. >> who is the hero in the terminator? >> it was that guy. that guy. all right. i'm brian shactman. this is "early today." hope it's just the first stop of the day on nbc. [ male announcer ] if you can clear a crowd but not your nasal congestion, you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec-d®. powerful relief of nasal congestion and other allergy symptoms -- all in one pill. zyrtec-d®. at the pharmacy counter. chose prego traditional over ragu traditional. prego?! but i buy ragu. [ thinking ] i wonder wha

nicki minaj. super hot wig where kate middleton super pregnant royal high. in that good not much diversity honey boo boo. super cute because i said super hot i would be majorly creepy if that's with her mom dogs you know mom yeah. humans are such you know then you were called a human on the show never and i have the way super hot short haired lady and matt damon super hot short haired lady so i did come back from commercial come back from commercial and you know it's ok to the to do c. but you introduced the c.m. in the motor to see i get it so to sit in it and go back from commercial resort for were burned and right away you know i go second. and you literally what. it's like he didn't even know i was part of it i couldn't have been that cruel you were cruel you were just your old larry you were old one of my favorite segments on the show is if you only knew from their first kiss to their most embarrassing moments i learned that you can never be too candid check this out first girl you have a kissed sharma leak poll you. lab. was a school i put my tongue in

sit iing alongside keith urban, of course, j.lo is back, gone are nicki minaj and mariah carey.ong. but we will see who emerges as the favorite. >> also, back on the small screen, cable tv's biggest hit ever, "duck dynasty," the whole robertson clan is back. even phil who was suspended last month for some disparaging comments. >> also, rebecca robertson, the 24-year-old foster daughter, who apparently intends to shake things up this season. >> willie surprised everyone with rebecca's homecoming from l.a. where she's a fashion intern. last night's two shows also included a movie debate, air bud and jason bourne. what could be the biggest season of the year. the fashion intern coming home and dishing fashion tips with the guys. >> yeah, definitely showing a whole different side to the show, maybe trying to reach a different kind of audience with a little fashionista, i don't know. >>> the latest now on our friend and colleague, abc news correspondent amy robach keeping us posted as she battles breast cancer. >> amy appeared on "good morning america" yesterday looking gorgeous spor

this conversation between these classic philosophers like jeremy -- [inaudible] and snoop dogg and nicki minaj. they were saying the same things about the fairness of punishment, about who the society should select out to intentionally hurt. so, you know, people say you should write about things that only you can write about. i didn't know anybody who was as well versed in both hip-hop and criminal philosophy as me. and so sure enough, all these concepts, again, this remix of three strikes. and it comes out not just as interesting philosophy, but as brilliant art. man, tupac shakur has the song about -- it's called "your mama," and it's about his mom who was a brilliant political activist who for a while suffered from an addiction to drugs. his dad wasn't in the picture. and the dope boys on the corner who helped raise him. they helped make him a man. so does hip-hop consider current events? yes. does it kind of put that through a wash of art and culture and history? it absolutely does. >> host: paul butler, you write: i became a prosecutor because i hate bullies. i stopped being a prosecutor

remember nicki minaj and mariah carey. >> do we have to remember that?od to talk about. >> i remember way back there was going to be this batman-superman movie. i forgot about it, but now there is buzz overnight that it's been pushed back, right? >> pushed back by nine months. now the new date is may 2016. and this is rare for a movie that hasn't been shot yet. usually it's a movie that's been shot and pushed back, you know, it doesn't bode well because it's going to have to be rewritten or something. we don't know why this is being pushed back. the studio just says it's to achieve the visualization that we want it to, but this movie's already marred in controversy. of course, when ben affleck was cast, people were upset, a lot of people. so, hey, i guess if it's got us talking, all press is good press, right? >> there you go. >> that's what they say. i'm okay with ben affleck being batman. >> you know i am, too. >> alicia, thanks. watch "e" newsweek nights. we know you're okay with it. >> absolutely. >>> just ahead, she's ready for her close-up. the nat

every song that says nicki minaj. ft lil' wayne. it should win everything.g. >> thank you. yes. >> one of your songs "same love" has gotten huge amount of pick up this year, huge amount of attention. what made you write that song? >> my mom actually sent me a news article of a gay bullied kid who had committed suicide who was 13 or 14 years old. and i realized that some stories affect you personally. i have two gay uncles, a gay god father. i realized that this had become an epidemic, was becoming an epidemic in america. and as an artist you have a voice. and i wanted to speak on it. i didn't know how to speak it. i tried writing it from the perspective of that gay bullied kid and brought it to ryan. ryan said no this is not your side of the story to share but you do have a story in this. and i was raised a catholic. irish catholic background. gay god fathers, gay uncles in a gay area of seattle and i'm a hiphop artist. all these different things to pick from, all these different i shared my story honestly. it managed to affect people. >> that's a beautiful

. >> last year we had the awkwardness between nicki minaj and mariah carey.o the awkward tension. and now the show is revitalized, everything is going smoothly, and he's so funny as well. the younger generation knows him as a musician that's been around for many years and he's the perfect edition to the "american idol" panel. >> they have had to change it up for 13 years with jackson leaving this season. harry connick was a mentor, so is that a clue to who will become the next mentor? >> i agree. the mentor is a tryout for the show. i feel like the comments and positive elements got him a job. if he does well, he could be the next one. >> kevin, great to see you this morning. you can catch "american idol" every wednesday and thursday at 8:00 p.m. on your local fox station. thank you so much. >> great to be on, guys. thank you. >>> coming up, pot no more dangerous than booze or cigarettes? looks like the president forgot to check in with his own drug chief. what the head of the e. 48-ounce steak has to say. [ male announcer ] v8 v-fusion plus energy. natural e