This is called rock bottom. We got a big show today and a big surprise to tell you about in a minute. Tim sacks is here with todays buzz and Jennifer Gardner has broken her silence about ending her marriage to ben. The fashion you didnt see last night. Bobbie thomas is here and i love when she does this with her red carpet redos. Always has great ideas. If you know somebody who has been sick with the flu and people have been dropping like flies, well tell you why it seems to be so bad this year plus what to worry about. And allergy season. We have a big day. Weve never done this before. In honor of leap day. You guys asked us before why are our talks so short, why cant we have more. We have commercials. We cant. We have to throw to commercial breaks to make money. But not today. At least not in the first 20 minutes. Folks in our kitchen are taking that. They are from American Express. Hey. Weekend. I have to order some more outdoor furniture. Kahching. No wonder you guys have big smiles on your faces. They have bought the three minute commercial break so we air. You know how we have our chat . Its going to be longer and then usually theres a commercial. And then we have to go. Well say hell be right back. Youll watch it in the commercial break. Watch them move our tables, spill our drinks, do what we do as we prepare. No potty break for hoda. So we get more out of life meaning hoda and i. We love buzz feed. They are so funny. They listed some of the ways including these things. Embracing the best meal of the day. Wine. Summoning tissues to the gods. Nope jerry is not there. Usually they come down. Doesnt always work. And not waiting until night fall to dance and get grooving. I like that. Looking up to the gods for thank you. Timing in show business is a new thing here. Thank you, my barreling. Special cocktails for leap year. This was invented by the savoy hotel for leap year. They claim this cocktail is than any other drink. Taste it. It clears the sinuses big time. You should drink the whole thing because youre not feeling well. Clear those sinuses up, baby. Its kind of good. If you were watching the oscars last night by the way, i just saw a report that said the oscar ratings if you were wondering the early reports were way down. Last year was a bad year and this year they said preliminary number showed lower than last year. If im any indication of the type of people that were watching i turned it off after chris rock. I didnt like the opening at all. I thought it was too much. Basically because the older i get, just everybody is angry. You know, i miss Billy Crystal so much or ellen degeneres, somebody who made it happy. I know they had to address the subject and did it in a fair i thought he was funny. I thought he was funny and he managed to address all the different stuff that i thought was fair. He talked about how, you know, there werent any black actors or actresses nominated but also talked about why there are separate categories for women and men. I thought and he was lot of fun. But lets take a look at the monolog. Awards. Otherwise known as the white peoples choice awards. You realize if they nominated northwests i wouldnt even get get get get nominated host, i wouldnt get nominated. You need to have black categories. You already do it with men and women. Think about it. To be a man and a woman category in acting. Come on. Theres no reason. Its not track and field. You dont have to separate them. Robert deniro has never said i better slow this acting down so meryl streep can catch up. Even the concept of having black coordination then have asian categories too and every minority. You know what its got to be the best performances. People vote personally what they thought was the best performance. I think the argument too is just give more opportunity sos there can be more performances so you can choose, so people will have its fair. Theres been so much change in this business. Its going the right way. It may take longer than some people want. But ultimately i want the best person to win. The best performance to win. Everyone would agree with that. I do. I think they want the best performance. I feel a lot of times they were saying a lot of people dont have many opportunities to act in films because it doesnt fit this particular character so they dont have as many opportunities and when you dont have as many chances you dont have as much, chance to win. I dont know, hoda. I disagree on that. Ive seen so much change. All for the better. Oscar fashion. It was big. Yes. Okay. So these are some of the dresses. Did you notice a trend . I saw a lot of bright colors. All for spring. You loved this one right here. I thought she was, talk about a breath of fresh air. She looked beautiful. Alicia vikander. Age appropriate. Shes young, fresh, brilliant. I just thought you know she wasnt trying to being a sex pot. She looked like she was a i like naomi watts. Shes a beautiful girl. I thought she looked great. Some people look great in everything. Shes one of them. She definitely did. And olivia munn. It was so elegant. Looks like ralph lauren or calvin cline. Chrissy teigening looked hot. How about her husband. She was a little mermaid. Couldnt walk in it. Look how sweet. These are some out fits people are debating over. Carrie washington and heidi klum were on the not so hot list according to many. Carrie i love most all the time. This one not. It tooked too much she was going out as a warrior, you know. You didnt want to cuddle with it. Maybe she a lot of fun at her prom in the 60s and just walking down memory lane. Bobbie will do that thing. Most beautiful women. Jimmy kimmel. Hes had this long running feud with actor matt damon. It is real . I think so. Hes made fun of him last night ben affleck was invited. And he had a surprise for jimmy. Lets take a look. Please welcome ben affleck. What is going on here . Thanks. What you got a monkey under there or something . Whats going on here . Its moving. Im not touching you. That is not a guest segment. This is not a guest appearance. This is amazing. Very cute. Whats the feud about . We dont know. Okay. Right now this is when we normally go commercial break. But you know what . Thanks to American Express you guys are getting three more minutes of us. Well start the three minute clock because were not going to break yet. So count us down. We got three minutes. The new season of the voice kicked off and we were ing tonight. Kicks off tonight. We were in the makeup room with carson today and we asked him some very important questions about the coaches. So take a look. Without theres an easy answer here. That is adam levine. He curses like a sailor. Who would you want to go on vacation with . Or have you i have not vacationed with any of our hoda and i have. I would go with theriot. Hes so zen. Everyone is so chatty kathy. Who is on their phone the most . Thats a good question. Who is on their phone the most. Always looking down. I would have to say blake. Really . Very into himself. He googles himself all the time. Hold on. This goes back to this whole thing. Thats happening. Hes constantly googling himself. Look what they are saying about what . That was fun. All right. If you cant get enough of that and who can theres more of that video on facebook. The voice, the baseline auditions start tonight at 8 00, 7 00 central right here on nbc. We have a new affiliate that has come in to our family. Big news. Wrla. Affiliate in north carolina. They are a juggernaut. This is one youve been telling me. Monica is a friend of mine and works at this station. This station dominates all news in that region. So now what are we doing on it . I dont know. Were part of them now. A big, big thank you and welcome. Glad you guys are watching us for the first time. Were so excited. What a day for them to be tuning in. What the heck is this train wreck . What is a train wreck. Youve been in quite a few magazines. You were in one in du jur and then christianity today. Look who sheer with a nice picture and testimony, kathie lee gifford. Again. Cant get enough. We need to switch the set. This is what we do at commercials. This is what happens. Well stand up. Do what you do. What these guys do is they save the wine, sal. You want mine . Take mine too. They take these down. And now they are going to reset for thank you. These are our new cards. Okay. Thank you. We just try to get out of the way. We love you guys. Almost time for tim stack. Scene. Watch how fast they do it. Go. Jerry, go. Sal. This is good. This is what we do. Exactly. I dont dance. Not on camera in front of millions people. 15 seconds. 15 seconds, everybody. Stand by for buzz. Hello amex people. And boom. So our friend and Entertainment WeeklySenior Writer tim sack is here with the juicy gossip. Thats pretty amazing. Good job. So youre here with all the juicy gossip. Moments. Some people were confused when at the oscars a girl named stacy dash from. Well, stacey dash is a personality, if you will. But shes a commentator on fox news. But shes an actress but famously infamously came out and said black History Month didnt need to be in existence, nor b. E. T. Because she thought that creates segregation. Chris rock brought her out as a joke this is the new ambassador of outreach for diverse attempt she came out and said i cant wait to help everyone. Did it fall flat . Yeah. I think it was odd because shes a very polarizing figure. Because, obviously, what she speaks of is cray cray. Not everybody thinks shes cray cray. Well im going to i still think shes cray cray. Okay. I thought people didnt understand i dont think people understood the joke. He was mistaking a joke and it did fall flat. Lets talk about leo decaprio. Who was gazing at him . Kate winslet. She was gazing at him. I was gazing at him too in my house. He won finally. He was nominated for an oscar before, its been a 20 years wait for him. And he got up, i think everyone there was a standing ovation. It was just like, everyone loves him. And but kate winslet was very adoringly looking at him. Thats his titanic costar and great friend. There she is. Thats her husband but shes focused on leo. What did everyone think about sly stallone not getting i was bummed. I thought creed was incredible. But i think, mark rilands is a very acclaimed actor. Hes mostly known for stage work. Its a bummer because sly was overlooked years ago for rocky e. He was overlooked again. So was Steven Spielberg and tom hanks for the same movie. Thats what i mean, sometimes its not your year. I think it was a bad title bridge of spies that seems like a rickety bridge. I loved it. Lets talk razzies. What was the worst of year . Theyre the huh awards that honor the worst for the year. 50 shades of grey was a big winner loser. They nabbed five wins, including a tie for fantastic four for worst movie of the year. Dakota johnson won worst actress. Worst screen play, but its it made so much money. Theres more coming . Theyre shooting next two right now. Did 50 shades the music get nominated yes, exactly. The weekend did get and so did eddie redmayne. He won a razzy. He said its only 8 00 in the morning and i won an award. Jennifer garner was in vanity fair she spilled. She is promoting a movie miracles from hef aven. She showed up looking hot which is the best revenge. I like that. Soups hot. I like to abbreviate things. Anyways she revealed she said a lot of reports have said that ben had an affair with the nanny e. She said they had separated months before. She said hes still the love of her life. They had three kids together and you cant go through that without loving each other. She doesnt regret marrying him. Honest but she said he also its complicated. Like when the hes like the sun, when the sun shines on you, its warm and wonderful. When the sun goes away its very cold. He said it can be cold who he doesnt shine on you. He casts a big shadow and that could be bad or good. What kind of shadow . I dont know. Emotional highs and lows. Heres the good news oh. Because were exhausted straight. So look what we have here. Do you feel sexually exploited at this very moment . A little bit. A little bit. Oh, were well were exhausted. Why does that gay not get anything . What do you think thank you, sir. God bless you. I have nothing for you. Clearly. Thank you. Hes going to stick around to play some leap day trivia. Whats your name by the way . Daniel. Daniel. Daniels going to stay through the commercial break. 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What else about me . We are back and this time to surprise our fan of the week. Drum roll please while we spin the globe. While its spinning its taking us to huntsville, alabama. Where our fan Brittany Brown watches us. Hi brittany. Shes joining us by skype. Who is that with you my niece bailey. Hi, bailey. Were going to tell everybody why you were chosen because brittany has three jobs. She wakes up every morning that you feel. She spends here weekends as a shoe clarke and in her spare time she babysits. Brit sydney a devoted fan she makes time for our show. In the break room and changes the channel. She watches on her phone. Test. You have 15 seconds to transour trivia question. Last week hoda and i became interns and spent the day working as park rangers, florists or dog roomers . I want to say dog groomers. Yes. You win a fabulous vacation. You and a guest will be coming light to new york city. 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This look on lady gaga is washing her out. Its look. Its a little more contrast with the black. I like the blonde with the cutouts. Its sophisticated. She wore Brandon Maxwell and that was chanel. Next brie. I thought brie her first oscar red carpet i loved that this gucci dress. Jennifer garner stunning. The only thing i couldnt help wonder was what if they swapped because i think her hair may have done better with that so you see jennifers brown hair and blue grabbed the contrast together. Brie being her first oscar plus she won something timeless and classic that was something i would love to see. Shes very young. This seems like an older dress to me. Thats true. I think she did great with this. Like. Now cate blanchett. She can pull dresses out and it doesnt look like a disney dress. However, i thought with jennifers new hair color what if she had done something more colorful. She always wears black, red, navy. So lets take a look. Jennifer in a little bit of color. Such an interesting kind of softer look and cate does no wrong. She can wear pretty much anything. Its unbelievable. Interesting. Now kate winslet. Shes one of my favorite people in hollywood. She chose a fashion forward fabric. It was a custom dress. The only thing i wanted to see it was a heavy color and really kind of blocking. So i wanted to see her in a different ralph lauren dress. This was on his collection. It was on the runway. Something that was interesting about this more slimming. It elongates her frame. When you wear strapless it can cut you. Youre seeing this length. Here with this asymmetrical shoulder and diagonal die as youre looking at an eye line like this. The drape on the dress goes out and this hip brings in. This was something that lightened her up overall and i thought in general i just thing shes so stunning its cool she pulled something new off. Shes been to so many of these award shows and it was nice. Next sofia vergar. She often wears a dress that looks similar to the one she wore before. Its her signature look. She knows how to pull it off. Is more more, or is less more . She has such statement earrings on. I liked the original. I thought well it lets the structure of the dress stand out but shes so this is marcasa. They are known for ornate construction or embellishment. Beauty is another big trend that pops up on the carpet. Red eyes. This red eye shadow, coppery pink. People are doing it in kind of its not a good look for me. It can make your eyes look tired. Im curious if people at home like this look . We do love everybody. I liked this one. Thank you. Oscar fashions arent the only thing trending, unfortunately, so is the flu. How do you know you have it or cold or allergies. The doctor is in right after this. rebecca ive struggled with depression. I thought i needed cigarettes to cope. I was able to quit smoking. And then i started running. announcer you can quit. 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Fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, fatigue a couple of the symptoms. How do you distinguish between flu and common cold. Has to do with the severity of the symptoms. With flu youre knocked out. Tv. Youre exhausted. Usually comes on quickly. Youre really sick for two to three days. One thing to mention, if you improve from the flu and then a couple of days later you get sick again worry about a secondary pneumonia. Thats something to remind people of. What do you . Are you supposed to take an antibiotic . If youre a young adult and relatively healthy stay at home. Older than 65 or younger than teenage of 2 and we have a monitor, people another higher risk include people whose immune systems are kmd or pregnant. You should be tested. Antivirals within the first 48 hours. They lessen the severity, duration and complications. Something like tamiflu. And two others are available. Lets talk allergies. People say i have allergies when you think flu. Allergy season, sadly we always associate allergy season with spring. They are seasonal. But they can start in february. A few factors that will also, you know, increase or earlier the on set of the allergy season has to do with the winter weve had. We had a mild winter. Plants are possible llinating early. The birds are going crazy. Its been wetter. More mold. Pollen is the highest amount. Dry windy. Sometimes when theres a lot of take your topicals. Your overthecounter. Basically thats the last allergy treatment. Allergy shots too. Couple of things. Can you prevent it . If youre allergic to something can you cure yourself of the allergy . Not necessarily. One thing, know what your triggers are. If you know that running outside in the morning, exercise inside. Close your windows. Close your screens. Use air conditioning. Check your pollen counts. Get that with the weather report. Outside doing yard work, take a shower. Wash your hair. In terms of treatment so, yeah. The first line is definitely overthecounter. Use antihistamine and immune no immunotherapy immunotherapy. Sounds great. It only happens once every four years. President ial election. No leap day. Were celebrating with fun trivia. People born on leap days are called what . Lucky. Leap frogs. Leaplings or or homes are not onedimensional. Why use traditional aerosols that are . New air wick room mist with life scents is a multilayered fragrance, just like scents in real life. Finally, a truetolife air wick. Home is in the air. I finally did it ew. Let sparkle paper towels clean it up. Its perfect for cleaning spills. Desktops. And chalkboards. Too clean . Sparkle. Because its a messy world out there. So my kids dont have to forage, got two jobs to pay a mortgage, and ive also got a brain. Lifes short, talk is cheap. Ill be working while you sleep. Still dont think ive got a brain . You think a resumes enough . Wholl step up when things get tough . Dont you want that kind of brain . 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Entertainment weekly writer tim stack is back with a trivia challenge were calling take a leap. All right, were ready. When i read the questions you hit your buzzer and answer whichever one you think. Which historical figure designated february 29th leap day, was it pope gregory xv benjamin franklin. No. It was definitely pope gregory. Nope. Julius caesar. You know nothing. Were ready. People born on leap days are called lucky, leap progress, leap leapfrogs, leaplings, leapers. Im going with leaplings. Yes. I knew it. So how do most people born on february 29th celebrate their birthday in a nonleap year. They go on march 1st. No. Yes they do. February 28th. Yes. Thats notoriety. Thats not their birthday. The 28th. What occurred on february 29th, 1960 that got mens hearts racing. Marilyn moan reshoots iconic subway dress scene, First Playboy Club with bunnies wants. Ill say marilyn monroe. Thats so sad. Im going with Ursula Andress becomes the first bond girl. This is the worst game ever. The 2010 movie is about a woman who travels to dublin to propose marriage to her boyfriend. Im going with the other adams. Amy. Youre correct. Its cute movie. Theres a hot dude in that. Matthew goode. There you go. You thought i didnt know that. What are your chances of being born on a leap day. One in 29, one in 366, 1 in 1461 or one in a million. One in a million. One in 366. One in 29. One in 1461. Thats if i final answer youre correct. How is that . Three nonleap years three equals tie break. What classic comic character said leaping lie southward ing ing lizards. Little orphan annie. Little orphan annie. She said gee whiskers a lot and leaping lizards. One more. Which of these celebrities were born on february 29th. Tony robins. Krazy kat all of the above. Ten lords aleaping. Dont leap out of your seats yet. Our favorite things are coming up. phone ringing you cant deal with something, seem to be dealing americans work hard, and pay into it. 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