>> christopher walken was very christopher walken. >> this seat is hot!topher walken equals gold no matter what." this live production based on a play first performed way back in 1904 featured a brand new song. ♪ is it just pretend >> and an updated number. bringing the performance of tiger lily into the 21st century. >> hook's men are tracking you. >> pandemonium so swift, a message for anyone who thought otherwise. gator's gonna gate. that's my favorite hash tag of the night. anything, something else trending last night. take a look. and who wore it best? brian williams or his daughter? america voted and the winner is allison. >> yes, she did. the twitter traffic was interesting. people, i find, on social media are the extreme. either they love or they hate. in this case you had a mixed bag of things. i do, however, think the backup dancers and pirates for christopher walken got a lot of social buzz out of this. people were quite fascinated with the dance moves. unsung heroes or unsung stars. >> and that little dog. they use a little dog. >> that was in

danced with christopher walken? >> he did that awesome music video many years ago where he did the fantastic, maybe he can tweet in. >> and he kept a guy's watch for years. >> how is the advertising market? >> you really hooked us in with that one. >> ad spending is usually -- gdp growth is a reflection of how ad spending will go. there's a core las vegas. we're expecting 2%, 3% gdp growth and ad spending is 3% plus. like the economy, it's growing, nicely but not at a rapid clip. you know, you've about 4%, 5% and 6% ad growth. i think there's a couple of things happening transformationally. one, big movement. though tv advertising is growing, it's growing at a slower pace than it has in historic years. it's a smaller share of pie because there's more and more money that's gone towards mobile, social, video on demand, et cetera. the fundamental -- the business roundtable, the top 150 corporations were pooled. they all said they will spend more money on advertising, much faster than the growth of their own profitabili

." >> christopher walken stars as captain hook and in the title role, allison williams. mark barger has a preview. >> reporter: months of training and rehearsals culminate tonight. >> a lot of people will tune in to watch me hit a wall or something. >> reporter: the title role in "peter pan" puts the co-star of hbo's "girls" squarely in the spotlight. >> i know there are mixed feelings when it was announced i was going to play peter, shocker, that's okay. i just hope that i prove them wrong. >> reporter: the man who's playing captain hook is confident she will. >> i think she's wonderful, you know, she looks great and she has a voice that's really kind of a gift from god. >> reporter: this enduring story about never growing up had special appeal for walken. he's been in show business since age 5. >> actors got to work the play, and i don't really know if anybody else does that. >> reporter: and getting the chance to play alongside walken has been a thrill for williams. >> he's an unbelievable force. he can look at you and convey any number of emotions without saying a wo

and christopher walken will play captain hook. >>> a plea from police. >> cameras have become an integral part of an investigation. >> but they don't come cheap. how one local police department is asking the public to pitch in for the technology. >>> and ebola concerns. one internet search engine said it was the most looked up stories on the web in 2014. next, we'll take a look at other stories that got your attention this year. >>> 2014 nears an end and yahoo! has come out with the top news stories so far. you may have searched for these. number one is ebola epidemic. followed by the death of robin williams. and number three, the elections. and the stories that got the biggest buzz, according to yahoo! als ice bucket challenge. and flappy bird and frozen. we care about news happening in your community, of course. >> we want to take you conte by county for what's happening in your neighborhood. first, cape may county. a co-owner may get his back. charles manco is facing. it's voting to keep bangle on the commission. reports allege that bangle and his wife failed to report $160 million in

we'll catch up with her and she talks to christopher walken. fencing lesson from christopher walken. >> we'll check in with her. let's head inside to willie, who has got a check of the morning's top stories. >> guys, good morning. good morning, everyone. the white house is focusing today on ferguson, missouri, one week after a grand jury decided not to indict officer darren wilson in the shooting death of michael brown. president obama meets with his cabinet, law enforcement and civil rights leaders today. they'll be talking about events surrounding the shooting and the challenges posed by what a white house official calls the mistrust between law enforcement and communities of color. darren wilson resigned from the police force in ferguson over the weekend. >>> now to a disturbing story out of georgia, where bond has now been denied for a couple charged with false imprisonment. the alleged victim, the man's 13-year-old son, who was reported missing four years ago. nbc's kerry sanders has the latest on this story. kerry, good morning. >> report

"peter pan live" starring allison williams and christopher walken as hook airs tonight at 8:00/7:00 centralian will be back tomorrow. i'm lester holt. >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >> that could have been my father. that could have been any of my friends, and nothing happened. >> right now at 6:00, bay area college students expressing their anger as police brace for a night of unrest. in oakland, one demonstration is under way and another one is good thursday evening. thank you for joining us. je aguirre. >> and i'm raj mathai. a lot of disappointment and anger in this country this evening, and people are doing something about it. nationwide protests sparked this time by a white new york police officer cleared in) the chokehd this is washington, d.c. right now. yñ protest from new york city, washington, and of course in our own backyard in oakland. also, there is one last night. these are live look now from our nbc chopper in oakland. right now they started at frank agawa plaza. protesters are heading toward west oakland. not sure what their game plan is tonight. from oakland with more

i feel like christopher walken. coming up in "peter pan live" playing captain hook.way. >>> let's go to weather, yeah. go to weather. >> wrap it up. >> i mean, that was a lot of sports. >> good effort. yeah. >> wasn't that a lot of sports? >> it was a ton of sports. >> viewers at home, tell you what you think. >> it was a big sports weekend. the alabama/auburn thing was a big deal. >> yeah, movement in the ap poll, alabama's on top now. we'll get to that in "morning joe." >> that's all everyone wants. >> read it for yourself, people at home and on the treadmill, i'm tired. >> you should be, that was a lot. >> tired. >> a lot of football. happy december. you ready? >> back atcha, december 1st, here we go, locked and loaded. >> let's get it on. deck rating the tree, the house, it's on. >> i don't want to, no. >> go back to bed and rest. >> bah, humbug. >>> yesterday, very warm. it was a beautiful day for everyone returning, we had that miserable storm on the east coast on that wednesday before thanksgiving. yesterday was a nice day for everyone to return home. it was i

"peter pan live" starring allison williams and christopher walken as hook airs tonight at 8:00, 7:00will be back tomorrow. i'm lester holt >>> chris rock, john stewart, shonda rimes unleashing hollywood's outrage over the eric garner choke hold verdict. >> it's really sad. >> now on "extra." ♪ >>> the caught-on-tape death rocking america and on everyone's mind at new york's "top five" premiere. >> we have to stand up and give a damn. , the stars react. tracey morgan's painful recovery -- >> have you seen him or spoken to him? >> and the bill cosby scandal. >>> then a stunning new twist in the cosby saga. was he connected to this playboy playmate's suicide? >>> allegedly used, abused, and thrown away by powerful men, including bill cosby. >> paige was controlled by cosby. >> the mainonline.com revealing what drove paige to take her own life. >>> now trending, miley cyrus' miami shock show and a diamond-studded bruce jenner showing off his new ponytail and french manture. >>> plus, breaking couples news. dating her tv husband. and cameron diaz's relationship rules. did her man jn it. >

chris for walk-in was excellent -- christopher walken was excellent.delightfully kill your as captain -- peculiar as captain hook. crucially, in the 18 to 49, that he demographic that advertisers covet. allison williams -- many of you know her father, brian williams, had a good night as the anchor of nbc nightly news. here he is yesterday expressing the run-up for programmers looking for live content. >> programmers have to find as many new ways as they can to get those eyeballs oh back to them and away from facebook, which is a good competitor. go to youtube, go to netflix. nbc has come up with at least one approach that lasted -- worked last year -- 22 million viewers, probably going to work again. >> you have a little bit of victory. life events, and this new category of live musical life spectacle that advertisers and programmers are trying to build to generate that kind of audience. >> what was at stake for nbc? >> trying to re-create "the sound of music," which was the thursday fororts the network since the finale of "er." >> wow. >> what are you

de niro was in the deer hunter which featured christopher a walken.walk enwas in wedding crashers which starred bradley cooper. bradley cooper was once a guest on this show. who was interviewed by me. i play bass on the show and a.j. ray is going to perform the song "foot loose." please welcome a.j. ray. great to have you here. >> great to be here. thank you very much. >> i want to say i met you in israel when your family was there with me last year. you blew me away as such a young man with your talent. how old are you? >> i'm 15. >> i'm a little older than that and i still tonight have the most you have. you dance, you sing. has music always been a part of your life? >> yes, it has. i've been singing since i was this tall. singing has been in my blood, it's in my family and i love it so much. there's nothing like it. >> how do you get the dance moves? did you teach yourself how to do that? >> i have a teacher back in dallas. if you want to learn some dance moves i can teach you the becausics real quick. >> you think in. >> yeah. >> let's see somethi

and christopher walken, he was so stiff during the sword fight scene. >> at one point he was supposedver. >> it was supposed to be lip zippizip i syncing. this is a live performance. >> i wish that more media companies would do things like this, to bring life performances to the stage. sometimes it doesn't work. if you go to broadway, you go, okay that show wasn't very good. but all those people that don't get a chance to see live television. i don't fault them for doing it. it still got 9 million viewers. last year in the sound of music, they had carry underwood. i think that's the reason ratings were better last night. >>> the 2015 grammy nominations are out. taylor swift, my personal favorite sam smith, but surprisingly, one of the best rock songs in my opinion got snubbed, seven tcenturies by fa boys. >> that easter rirnl. that 's terrible. no wonder. >> i edondon't like that song a all. >> what is your favorite on the list? >> i love iggy azalea. that's something you can bump to. >> all right, bobby. >> first of all, i just want to lodge a complaint. kimberly called me knee-and-e

the show starring alison williams and christopher walken drew 9.1 million viewers which is happy audience for last july production of "the sound of music." to our lead. it started with movies being movies online and then it was salary information and now it's getting even worse for sony is more data comes out from the recent hacking into sony's entertainment division. the latest info and close the social security numbers of some 47,000 employees including celebrities like judd apatow and sylvester stallone. also they have passwords and home addresses. a group called guardians for peace is claiming responsibility. are they really behind it? is north korea playing a role after it exposed outrage over the sony comedy," the interview" for mocking kim jong un. how much time and effort did it take to plan a hack like this? on the one hand, you're looking at years and decades of information but on the other hand, some of this information was not even protected by a password. >> that's absolutely right. some of the documents date back to 1955. this is former employee records and current employee

christopher walken made his first major appearance in more than a decade as the iconic captain hook,while allison williams took on the role of boy in the green tights. a song for hillary clinton is going country. a super-pac that wants her to run for president put out this music video. it's sung by an anonymous cowboy. >> but my favorite country artist, anonymous cowboy. >>clinton hasn't commented on it. but several critics say the song is downright awful. one couple cancelled christmas at their household to teach a valuable lesson. the couple canceled a christmas. the mother of 3, wants her boys to learn that it's better to give than receive... saying they have been acting "ungrateful and entitled" this year. not all christmas celebrations have been cancelled... just presents and santa. the money wil instead be used to give gifts to those less fortunate. the world's most famous super-spy may be doing battle with an old adversary in the next bond movie. the newest installment will be titled "spectre". the title and the cast were announced yesterday in london. among the cast- is oscar

deniro was in deer hunter featuring christopher walken.kin was in wedding crashers which starred young bradley cooper. bradley cooper was once a guest on this show where he was interviewed by yours truly. i play base on this show and our guest today musically is aj ray who will perform the song "foot lose" from the movie that turned kevin bacon in to a star. you got the full story and now here is aj ray. >> good to be here. i want to say i met you in israel when your family was with me there last year. you blew me away with such talent. how old are you? >> i am 15. >> i am a little older than that. i still don't have the moves you have. you dance, you sing, has music always been a part of your life? >> yes, it has. i have been singing since i was this tall. >> dancing i have to ask you how did you get the dance moves? teach yourself how do do that? >> i have a teacher back in dallas. you want to learn? i can teach you the basics. >> what's some moves? >> i think we are going to do that the next time you come back. >> okay. >> you have some

film legend christopher walken will sing and dance as4e capta hook. the stage in the title role.a lot of people will tune in to watch me hit a wall or something. >> i think she is wonderful. she looks @srgreat. and she has a voice óizÑ is really kind of a gift from god. >> a big difference in this production is that nana, the dog is played by a big poodle mix named bodey. k.a=ej5Ñ a resc who even has an d[,Ñunderstudy. this live production begins in about an hour at 8:00 p.m. >> very cool. brian williams' daughter. and brian williams is ath5o'"át production tonight. >> of course. daddy'sqífÑ littlex] girl. got to watch it. >>> let's bring in geraud moncure from our comcast sportsnet studios. we are talking warriors basketball. we're looking for 11 in a row. we could see it tonight. >> hey, it's going about the a great one. very competitive team coming in to oracle tonight. dub shooting for a franchise record tying 11th consecutive victory this evening. but standing in their way anthony davis and the new pe. the warriors have been playing the best basketball of anyone in the ent

christopher walken will play captain hook.t comes your pay tonight at 8:00 tonight on nbc 10. >>> we know the title of the next james bond film. the director announced it wim bow called "spectre." he unveiled the new car made for the film. the cast was on stage. it hits theaters next november. can handily wait. >>> speaking of must see tv, you won't want to miss this. matt mcandrew made it to the top five of "the voice" this week. he is live with us. will talk to him about the homecoming trip he has and what it's like being on team adam and how you can win a trip to see him in action in l.a. that's straight ahead. >>> i'm tracking a mix of sun and clouds. we are going to see the return of rain. it's going to stick around for a few days. will let you know what to expect in my seven-day forecast. ♪ >>> for a good reason, a lot of people are calling him the man to beat on season seven of the nbc hit show "the voice." his rendition this week was haunting. scored him a spot in the top five. in true philadelphia fashion, matt mcandr

. >> jimmy: chrisropher walken talking about trick or treat.et? give me something good to eat. [ laughter and applause ] if you don't know, oh no. i don't care, i'll pull down your underwear. [ laughter and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: all right, here we go. my turn, you want to switch it? >> all right. >> jimmy: michael caine talking about candy corn. >> oh. >> jimmy: [ british accent ] michael caine. michael caine. you have to have little pieces of the candy corn. the orange, yellow ones. you've got the candy with the corn there. sometime they're shaped like little pumpkins. [ laughter ] [ ding ] [ cheers and applause ] ♪ michael caine. >> i can -- [ british accent ] i can do michael caine. michael caine, we asked him once. how do you go about choosing a a movie? and he said, "well, what i do is i sit in a nice comfortable chair and i read a script they want me to consider. i read the first page and then i read the last page. if the part they want me to play is on both pages i do the [ bleep ] picture." [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jim

. >> tonight's production of "peter pan" stars legendary actor crihristopher walken as captain hook and actress allison williams, daughter of "nbc nightly news" anchor brian williams. she knows she has a lot to prove to the people watching at home. >> i know that there are mixed feelings when it was announced i was going to play peter. shocker. that's okay. i just hope that i prove them wrong. >> tonight's show won't be nbc's first live broadcast of "peter pan." the network first did the show in 1955 with actress mary martin. the performance was so popular the network restaged it again the following year and then once more in 1960. there is just one place to see "peter pan". the live production will air tonight at 8:00 only right here on nbc 10. don't miss it. >>> and a new jersey man is reaching for the stars from working at a grocery store to the bright lights of hollywood, he wants to be the next "voice." ♪ i can't take my mind off of you ♪ ♪ i can't take my mind off of you ♪ >> that's matt mcandrew of barnegat light, new jersey, performing on the "voice." he's among the five semifin

million and one, the number of viewers who watched "peter pan live" last week if you count christopher walken ] 25, the age taylor swift will turn this week. the same taylor swift who has received seven grammy awards, 15 american music awards, 11 country music association awards, seven academy of country music awards, and 12 billboard music awards. 28, the age that a late night writer ben worhite turned this week. the same ben worhite who earlier today bought a slice of pizza, dropped it on floor, washed it off in the bathroom, and ate it. cheers and applause ] doing good, ben. we're proud of you, you're doing good. 21, the number of days until 2015. also 21, the number of days until you get that new gym membership as per tradition. [ laughter ] 22, the number of days until you cancel that new gym membership. [ laughter ] 23, the number of days until they tell you, you can't actually cancel your membership according to the contract you signed. [ laughter ] 24, the number of days until you fake your own death, thus releasing you from your gym membership. [ laughter ] 25, the number of days unt

. >> this will be an amazing production everybody, the cast, christopher walken, it's a great cast. >s take a look at headlines this morning. more protests a planned today after a fork city grand jury declined to indict a police officer in the alleged choke hold death of 43-year-old eric garner. demonstrations were held throughout the city overnight, blocking street, snarling traffic. more than 30 people were arrested. nasa's orion project launches its first test flight this morning. the unmanned mission expected to go twice before splashing down in the pacific ocean. >>> this year's strain of the virus the cdc says the virus has mutated and half of the cases they have seen match the vaccine. >>> and coming up, should bill cosby wave the statute of limitations and let women accuseing him of sexual assault sue, the official request as three new accusers have come forward. >> let's begin with a week old search for missing college student in philadelphia. shea montgomery has not been seen since the early hours of thanksgiving morning and police seem to have few clues to go on. erica hill

. >> when christopher walken knocked his hook against his boot, it was the sound of a cowbell?'t. >> the problem is, there wasn't enough cowbell. you need more cowbell for sure. >> i've got a beaver and the only prescription is just i've got a beef and the only answer is more cowbell. we could talk about the hunk of metal, but we won't. when we come back, we will talk about startups and a dog -- the latest addition to the on demand is economy. ♪ an onlines marketplace for just about everything. you can get rides with uber, a place to stay with airbnb, and a new app that lets dog owners find someone to watch over spike instead of sending your beloved canine to a kennel. great idea? perhaps. is it worth $12 million? menlontly so because ventures, that is how much they invested in this idea. , menlo ventures. what is the idea? i have a dog, i go on vacation, would love to have someone watch over him. is this where i go? >> yes, you do. au can leave rover with friend or family member. the good news it is cheap, the bad news is your emotional guilt for the rest of the year. >> it is

speaking of captain hook, in which movie musical did christopher walken appear, a, "mama mia" b "westbad. >> earlier, it says all of the above. william turnblat and john travolta. back to peter pan what are the names of the darling krirn children? a, wend, philip, alex, c, wendy, pet peter, tony? >> i'll go b. >> wendy, john, michael. >> did you not read the book? >> it's been a long time. >> we will watch it tonight. >> you didn't watch the disney version with the kids? >> the last time it was here. >> meanwhile, let me tell you, peter pan live. so don't miss it. >> you will set the dvr. >> i love to take my kids to the dog track. we have fun. >> on a friday night, willie has the kids and a whole stack of bills let's show you what is going on as far as your weather is concerned. sunshine in the northeast. lucy, making it rain on here. looking at wet weather, into the southwest as well. for tomorrow, plenty of sunshine in the southeast, though along the mid-atlantic coast, looking at the ohio river valley into >>> 9:33. happy thursday. i'm meteorologist christina loren. taking a live

and hosts from christopher walken to scarlett yo is hanson. so it's really interesting. probably more than 100 interviews. >> mr. miller, how important is saturday night live to politics or has it always been a political show? >> well, it has. i mean, right from the beginning when chevy chase used to make fun of gerald ford and fall down, you know, i think it's an important part of the political process. every four years when there's a presidential election, you kind of look to saturday night live to see how they're going to, you know, characterize and even brand some of the characters. governor palin told me that she thought that people overestimated saturday night live's influence on voters, but i think it's -- it may not actually materialize in the voting booth, like somebody who was going to vote for mccain and palin doesn't say, well, i'm going to vote for obama and biden because of that one saturday night live sketch, but it does give us, like, an image of somebody. you know, will ferrell playing bush 43, dana carvey bush 41, you know, it just gives us a sense of w