[ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: you can't beat nicolas cage. >> i do have to -- i love the way youe! >> jimmy: yeah, it's a great name to yell. >> thank you. >> jimmy: you could easily have been a wrestler. >> well -- well, i'm glad it worked out the way it did. >> jimmy: yeah, i guess so. yeah, you're right. you're in town -- did you celebrate st. patrick's day? >> i was actually on an airplane during st. patrick's day. >> jimmy: oh. >> but i do like st. patrick's day. i like all holidays. i like the energy that happens amongst people during any holiday. >> jimmy: that is true, yeah. >> and i was in new orleans for one st. patrick's day, and i remember everyone had these, like, lime green top hats they were wearing with shamrocks. they were on multiple spirits -- good spirits on multiple -- >> jimmy: absolutely. yeah, i mean -- >> in new orleans. >> jimmy: that's the way to party in new orleans. every week was a parade over there. >> oh, absolutely. >> jimmy: they know how to party over there. and new york city as well. >> well, they'll have a parade about anything. anything at al

maybe nicolas cage? according to cage t almost happened that way. he said he turned down the title role because he didn't want to look like an og rsre. >> that's my favorite thing, to learn the roles of who could have, who turned them down. >> and nicolas cage doesn't always make the best decisions. >>> i'm mara schiavocampo, this is "first look" on msnbc. stay tuned, "way too early" starts right now. >>> look, if you want to lose weight, don't eat. that's the answer. >> you're right. >> this is not medicine. it's thermal dynamics. you take in more than you use, you store it. >> it's so engineered, the taste, the sweetness, the saltiness, the amount of pressure one needs to crack a potato chip with their teeth, it's all been engineered so people continue to eat that kind of food. >> as long as you don't ban cheese-its. they're okay. that's my addiction. >>> in the case of bloomberg versus sugary drinks, score one for the freedom to drink calories in bulk. good morning, i'm mark halhalpe, this is "way too early." we have a lot to talk about this morn

dreamworks, "the croods" stars nicolas cage, emma stone and ryan reynolds and is expected to haul in almost $40 million thanks to the family friendly fare. fan dango has it trending ahead of "oz" and "olympus has fallen." >>> and "the voice" will be returning and we wanted to know which of the t new judges you are more excited to see. most are pumped for usher but shakira isn't far beshiehind? >> i want to see shakira. >> and hugh jackman. >> guys say he's too big. >> he looks fine to me. >> he worked out three hours a day in preparation for his role in "les miserables." we can let this run over and over. the videos obviously show how all of his hard work fade opaid >> we have to show commercials now and then. >>> bruce springsteen made a young fan's night when he brought him up and helped him sing "waiting on a sunny day" and the they pulled off a fantastic stage slide. after being sentenced to 90 days in a locked rehab center lindsay lohan plans to shoot her guest shot on charlie sheen's "anger management." >> i'm betty nguyen. just your first stop of the day today on your nbc stat

perhaps nicolas cage? according to cage, it almost happened. he says he turned down the title role because he, quote, didn't want to look like an ogre. >>> i'm richard lui, and this is "early today," just your first stop of today on your nbc station. >>> leading the news this morning for you in "the new york times," late new york city mayor ed koch famous for saying "how i am doing" left $100,000 to his longtime secretary in his will. >>> and "the los angeles times" is focusing on the dysfunctional management of the vatican ahead of the new pope. >>> the san diego zoo is welcoming their newest arrival. the california condor is only 15 days old and the first of the chicks born this year. zoo employees use a puppet to interact with the baby bird preventing the birds relying on humans in captivity and ensuring a more successful release. >>> in japan, one fashion show will make your mouth water. nine bakeries in japan accepting the challenge of creating edible, wearable haute couture for the tokyo sweet collection fashion show. sweet makers say cre

it features the voices of ryan reynolds, emma stone, nicolas cage and the about the 1 family road tripnce to catch up with the a listers on the red carpet at the world premiere at lincoln center. >> the 1 family road trip was with my grandmother and my grandfather. they would take me in the car up to the red woods in northern california and also to the grand canyon and we would spend the night at the motel 6's along the way. i have this very powerful memory of my grandmother lying on a floatation craft in a swimming pool at the motel 6 saying "this is the life." >> anywhere near exciting as this. it was a couple hours to disney land. that's the most exciting place in the world. >> i went to disney land with my family three older brothers my mom and my dad. it was great once we got there. my dad was too cheap to spring for a hotel. it was a straight 22 hour drive which was hell. >> do you remember? >> i remember getting naked in the back of my mom's station wagon in oshkosh wisconsin and spreading mayonnaise all over the windows. >> that's a lot at 5:50 in the morning. >> all i remember

he chewed more scenery than nicolas cage. he really chewed it... with his shark teeth.(mic feedback screeches) ha-ha-ha! (forced laughter) ha, ha, ha! louise, stop. mort the mortician, everybody. hey, i see bob belcher. all this was his idea. i know what you're thinking. that guy? yes, the guy with the, uh, food place. thank you. it's a restaurant. it's called bob's... now... please welcome champion water skier and shark attack survivor kristi sanducci. i'd like to thank the jackass who got the left-handed scissors. kristi sanducci. always professional. now, the real star of the deepening 3d-eeepening-- the... shark. bob: whoo-hoo, shark, yeah! linda: ugh, someone has not aged well. what a butterface. we've filled her up with diesel, now let's see what she can do. (mechanical clicking) tina: it's waving at us. hi. so that one does that. let's see what this one does. (yells) yes! thank you, god. woop, wrong one... (stammering)... oh, here we... oh, boy. yes, yes, all part of the fun. can someone pass my arm back up here? give me that, louise-- we've got to give it back.

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nicolás cage nos habla de su nueva divertida animada en la pantalla.e como un kafr nikola. ay, ay, ay ! y lo vimos en mira quien baila si une a nuestra belleza latina. Él mismo nos cuenta que le hizo cambiar la pista de baile por las reinas. no se lo puede perder, entérate que dice de ti y de la persona que quieres la forma de escribir. y tenembienvenidos a despierta américa. la mejor manera de comenzar sus mañanas y de m empezar tu fin d semana con broche de oro. >>> hoy es viernes ♪ (cantan) ♪ quiero bailar ♪ legó el fin de semana ♪ quiero bailar ♪ por fin llegó. >>> ♪ llegó el fin de semana ♪ quiero bailar ♪ llegó el fin de semana ♪ quiero gozar. >>> eso, que rico cuando llega el vienes, muy buenos días a todos en casita. ya estamos a 22 de marzo del 2013. ya 22 señores. raúl nos acompaña rodrigo. >>> no, no, no. >>> perdón, perdón ¿como? muchachos me dicen que está llegando en estos momentos. >>> muy tarde. >>> aquí no está ¿quien es ese?. >>> ¿qué? >>> en bicicleta. >>> ese movimiento lo conozco. >>> es una competencia. >>> ¿qué es esto?. >>> mira