. >>> paul rudd will be joining robert downey jr. and chris hemsworth, the film, let's just say that marvel is digging deep from its superhero roster. know what that is? >> i have no idea. bug man. >> ant man. i remember ant man. >> ant? >> yeah. >> beyonce has become the first woman to reach number one on the billboard charts with her first five studio albums entitled "beyonce" the newest album released without fanfare making her success all the more impressive there. this is "early today." we hope it's just your first stop here on nbc. >>> leading the news on flight.com this morning, virgin births are surprisingly common. one in 200 pregnant woman claim they didn't have sex and claim to be virgins. this information published by the british medical journal from a study of american women. >>> in politico, epa's fake spy john biel gets prison. convincing even his wife he was working for the cia but he was skipping work and defrauding the government out of almost a million dollars. >>> some stories we're keeping an eye on for you. the

. >> this from robert downey, jr. "it cannot easy being ben.e pressure coming from knowing he's like chaplin. nobody in hollywood wanted him to do. everybody associates him with clowning. when he actually has the ability to control a story and look to achieve something masterful, but that ability is always impeded by the shortcomings and shortsightedness of the people around him and that's a cancer that rips at his bowels." >> i want to cry. can i have a recording of you reading that? [laughter] beautiful. [laughter] you know -- >> analytical about you. he is that type of guy. >> he is a super passionate guy. an insane genius. he is a genius. >> he's the highest-paid actor in movies. >> and he is probably the best. he is one the most talented actors ever. he comes from a very visceral place. he is very verbal. i love working with him because he has that passion. he is really smart. he cares about the work. he has so much emotion and what he does. it is so human with him. >> does he see a lot of shrinks? >> i do not know. after that, i am going

maybe soft of a robert downey jr. where she is doing blockbusters and has this indie credibility. talking about another oscar contender. it has merrill streep. she has one or two nominations. >> and julia roberts. yes. and that has a big impressive cast in that movie. >> i don't know if any of you watch "homeland". he plays the conniving senator in "homeland". >> the futurer head of the cia. >> yeah. >> i don't like that guy. >> what an enormously talented guy he is. another area of the oscars, we have the secret liv life of walr middy. this is remake of the 1947 movie. it's directed by ben stiller. sean penn and shirley mclean. andthis has some buzz. some people are bored by it and some people think it's the best movie of the year. and also in that drama category so far a movie i saw teluride. and we have the cullen brothers inside lou and davis. it's losely based on the folk scene. at the edge o end of the 1950s. it looks unusual for the cohen brothers. and i like what ben said about "nebraska". it's a really rough first act but the second acted is really terrific and interesting

you know, there's no guarantee how it's going to -- >> rose: speaking of quotes, this is from robert downey, jrbeing ben" he says. "the anger he has comes from the pressure and the pressure comes from knowing he's like chaplain. doing a woman of paris which nobody in hollywood wanted him to do." >> jesus! >> rose: have you read that before? >> no, but i think i want to cry! can i have a recording of you reading that when i know go to bed at night? beautiful! (laughs) >> rose: is he a good friend? >> he's a good friend. >> rose: is he politically analytical about you? >> he's a super passionate guy, kind of an insane genius. he's a genius. i'm not saying that facetiously, he's a genius. >> rose: and he's the highest paid actor in hollywood. >> he's probably the biggest movie star in the world. but he's also one of the most talented actors ever. and he comes from a very visceral place. and he's very verbal. you know, i loved working with him because he has that -- you know, that passion and he's really, really smart and he cares about the work and he has so much emotion in what he does. everythin

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he beat out robert downey jr.e's not slowing down for 2016. he has roles in the next "fast & furious" movies. a lot of us smell what the rock is cooking. and it's cold, hard cash. >> i know how popular he is. but, still. >> and congratulations. one of the nicest guys in hollywood. >>> and finally, what do you think are the world's most instagramed locations? i thought maybe eiffel tower, london bridge, grand canyon. oh, none. the social site is out with its list of the planet's top-ten most instagramed spots. and the big winner is a shopping mall in bangkok, which boasts 100,000 visitors a day. now, i need to go. that's it. that's the number one most instagramed location. number two, i was proud. outside our window. times square. disneyland in california, the bellagio fountain in las vegas. disney world in florida, those round out the top five. >> those make sense. maybe because we haven't been to that mall. >> i will go and research it. >> the towers something with a big mall. >> that's something. >> and, amy, th