I like it. Its love on so many different levels. Thats whats amazing. They were a couple of teenagers, okay, at the beginning. A teenage couple. All kinds of things happen. So the oscars came out. The nominations. And they looked sort of like i guess the way you would expect, right . I think there was a few surprises. The revenant got the most, 12 nominations. Included best picture, best director, best supporting actor. What is revanant . Its the true story of this man after he got mauled by a bear. Cody saw it and some other people i really respect saw it and they said its simply superb. Mad max fury road has the second most nominations with ten including best picture and best director. In the best actor category, bryan cranston, who a lot of people thought he would have won matt damon was nominated for the martian. Leonardo dicaprio for the revenant. Michael fassbender for steve jobs. Who was also overlooked . Eddie redmayne, everyone likes him, the danish girl. Matt won the golden globe for best actor in a comedy. Wasnt a comedy. You saw it a couple times. Yes, i loved the martian. Best actress nominees include cate blanchett. Jennifer lawrence for joy. I cannot say this beautiful young saorsi . Its spelled saorse. After these, everyones going to know how to say her name. Ill see that movie this weekend because everybody says its just beautiful. And brie just won a golden globe i saw half of this movie and its riveting. Supporting actors include Christian Bale for the big short. Mark ruffalo, spotlight. We loved bridge of spies. Loved it. We were very upset when it was overlooked. And Sylvester Stallone for creed. He won the golden globe for that, and so well see what happens there. Supporting actress, Jennifer Jason leigh for the hateful eight. Rooney mara for carol. Rachel mcadams for spotlight. And kate winslet for steve jobs. Those are great, excellent. Oh, and best picture. Theres quite a few. The big short. Which we love. Bridge of spies. Which we love. Brooklyn. The revenant and you can have thats a lot of nominations. Can you have up to ten. They changed it. Some sad news, right . I didnt hear about this last night. It must have just been reported. Allen rickman has passed away. Only 69 years old. Just like david bowie. Youre right. A couple of days ago. From cancer as well. Hes best known as professor from harry potter. I remember him from love actually. Your favorite movie. He kind of plays this guy whos cheating on his wife and tries to sneak around. Is that mr. Bean . Yes, mr. Bean is wrapping his present. And hes buying it for his mistress and hes worried his wife is going to show up. Anyway. Then he deserves to get caught. All right, so ellen pranked matt yet again. Its already starting because it was heating up when matt wore those high heels. This one involves a special present that ellen gave to matt just this past tuesday. He was on his way to the white house to interview the president. I said, could you do me a favor and sneak an ellen pencil in to the president s desk . And he didnt know that i was going to give him a giant after he said yes, i handed him that. I didnt think hed do it but look at this. Everybody whos playing a part in that growth and everybody sharing and contributing to that success. So with that, let me sign this memorandum. Thank you very much everybody. That is just genius. How do they do that . They do everything. Whens the jimmy fallon pranking going to start . I dont know. Thats going to be a good one. I just hope he doesnt get hurt in the process. Hes been hurt so much lately. Powerball frenzy im glad is over. The largest ever lottery jackpot. There were three Winning Tickets sold. That i dont think theyre complaining. They were sold in chino hills, california, mumford, tennessee, and in florida. Here are the numbers again. 8, 27, 34, 4, 19 and a powerball of 10. I bet you if 34 had been 30, i bet you there would have been like 40 winners because theyre all calendar days. Most people when they pick their favorite numbers pick something from the calendar, like a birthday or anniversary. Once you go higher than that, most people dont pick that as a number. Why not . Because you remember dates, like, its my anniversary. What if youve been married for 55 years . Then you would put 55, wouldnt you . Im just trying to follow your logic through, sorry. Everybodys nodding. Never mind. All right this is interesting. What . I was kicked out of the brownies so i never made it to the girl scouts but have you seen the digital girl scout cookie sales popping up in your usually kids knock on the door or set up little stands. Sometimes the parents help. But this they think one blogger doesnt love this. Now it seems like the kids miss out, theyre saying on skills like how to be approachable, how to be friendly and gracious. Also actually accomplish something and know that you personally did it. Right. Thats huge. And rejection to your face. Thats good to experience. Cant have enough of that. All right. Okay. So this is their advice. Your kids can post their own video asking people to buy cookies. Kids can send thank you notes with the cookies. Although parents and girl scouts may assist, it is the girl who should make the sale. Often you get, you know, at work, this has happened every place i ever work, people bring in the sheet and they say, hey, my daughters can you just and im glad because sometimes people arent knocking on every single door. We have a friend who shall remain nameless. Her daughter said, mom, youre taking away all the fun. Oh, by taking the list to yes, yes. You know what, yeah, i think it is more fun. Whenever theres a stand set up, dont care if its Girl Scout Cookies or lemonade, always stop and buy something. Its cool. Theyre sitting there, theyre trying. The worst thing is when youre really, really late and you cant, you got to go by. What can you do . Nothing. Im trying to stall so i dont hear your ihoda. Its a boy band. For some reason, its come on in the gym every day for like the past couple of weeks. Here it is. Its perfect by one direction. 1d, baby. I hear theyre breaking up. I might never be your knight in shining armor i might never be the one who brings you flowers but i cant be the one be the one tonight when i first saw you from across the room oh yeah girl i hope youre sure what youre looking for here comes the chorus, everybody. Cant get to that fast enough. But if you like causing trouble up in hotel rooms if you like having secret little rendezvous if you like to do the things you know that we shouldnt do baby im perfect baby im perfect for you and if you like midnight driving with the windows down antioxidant antioxidant okay, hoda. You like it . No. I want those guys all staying away from my daughter, thats what i want. Shoot. You can listen to us on sirius xm. Okay, so you werent lucky enough to hit last nights jackpot. Who cares, were going to figure out other ways for your finances. Ambush makeovers. Theres a more enjoyable way to get your fiber. Try phillips fiber good gummies plus energy support. Its a new fiber supplement that helps support regularity and includes b vitamins to help convert food to energy. Mmmmm, these are good nice work, phillips the tasty side of fiber, from phillips. Oh my gosh, stephanie were, like, so goth. Sfx knocks on door. Honey . Im dying my hair, mom. Hair dye . Honey. Its just purple. Teenage daughter . Get scrubbing bubbles. Kill 99. 9 of germs and destroy grime. I take pictures of sunrises, but with my back pain i couldnt sleep and get up in time. Then i found aleve pm. Aleve pm is the only one to combine a safe sleep aid plus the 12 hour pain relieving strength of aleve. Im back. Aleve pm for a better am. Here in the city, parking is hard to find. Seems like everyone drives. And those who do should switch to geico because you could save hundreds on Car Insurance. Ah, perfect. Valet parking. Hello heres the keys. And, uh, go easy on my ride, mate. Hm, wouldnt mind some of that beef wellington. To see how much you could save on Car Insurance, go to geico. Com. Ah car alarm sounds thursday, so lets heat things up with ambush makeover. Our amazing glam team has been hard at work giving two ladies from our plaza a brandnew look. Say hello to today show contributor and celebrity louis licari, la, la, la and miss flam glamor herself, jill martin. You looked for short hair, huh . The crowd was limited to be honest with you because it was so, so cold. We found short haired women so we thought why not show how short hair can be so sleek and stylish. Love it. Susan cox is our first lucky lady. Shes from maryland. She works as an accountant for the university of maryland. Shes been wearing her hair short for more than 30 years. She wants a new look. The ambush was her husbands idea. He wanted her to have Something Special because after she gave him an amazing gift, she donated a kidney in november so that he could get a new one. Lets take a listen. Jim, your wife gave you an unbelievable gift and you came from me. Right. And november, she donated a kidney to me. Celebrate. Oh, im so happy that we can give this to you. So how do you feel . Oh, wonderful. I feel like crying right now. Its so good. Hes been a wonderful husband and this is just an extra little treat for me. Well take care of you. Oh, theres that wonderful husband right there. Husband jim is here. Cousin ken came too. Cousin ken, nice to see you. All right, guys, please keep your blindfolds on for just a second. Here is susan cox before. All right, susan, lets see the new you. Wow. Oh, wow. All right. Lets do it. Come on, jim and ken, take off your blindfolds. Who is that . Are you ready, susan . Im ready. Spin right around, lady in leather. Oh, my gosh, wow. You look great. Very much a nice wonderful new look. Wow. There at that camera . For that first step, of course the haircut. She had short hair so whenever you have short hair, theres not as much to work with, but he could still shape it into this sleek style that is wash and wear. And painted on a few highlights just to give it a little more zingy. I like it. And she looks so pretty. Look at jim, jim cant speak. Jim what do you think . She looks fabulous. Jill, that leather. Is it clara . Yes. With the ruching. Its just an interesting twist on a leather jacket. Thats washable, by the way. Oh, is it . Oh, wonderful. Nydj jeans. Its nice to have a pair thats sort of a dressed up version. A big round of applause for susan. Join your husband, cousin ken. Our next lady is j. Miller. Tomorrow. Shes from denville, new jersey. She works as a director for a sunday school. Her son and husband are traveling so shes having a girls weekend with her daughter. She says she needs a little pick me up. She hasnt had her haircut professionally in almost a year and shes been cutting it herself. Okay, lets hear her story. P. J. , that jumping was something else. Still jumping. Youre excited. Very much so. This is the second time ive tried. Six years ago, and i didnt get picked, but i got picked today. I know youre super excited. Im so excited. She totally deserves this. Shes the best mom ever. How sweet is that . She is here with that very same girl, that is tina right over there. Lets take one last look at p. J. Miller before and bring the new p. J. Out. Come on. Wow. Oh, wow yeah tina, take a deep breath and do it. Okay. Oh, my gosh so pretty dont cry, youre going to ruin your makeup. Weve got kleenex if you need it. Just dab, dont wipe. You want to look at yourself, t. J. . Do i . Yes, you do. Who is she . Were going to get you thank you. Just dab, honey. You look gorgeous. You need some . Yes, you do. Again, the big lesson here is you dont need a lot of hair to make a change of style. Again, shaped it, moved it around, used his fingers, used a little bit of product. The end result is incredible. Then, she had it, believe it or not, a natural birthmark on the top because she had a few blonde streaks. So i said go with the natural birthmark and put more blonde in her hair. And then of course enid, she just put it all together, she always does. And the dress . That figure. The dress is new by shoni. With the exposed zipper which youll see on a lot of dresses. That has the tummy tucks. Built in. You also have a great walk. Very confident walk. Very nice. Lets bring susan out too. Congrats to both of our ladies. That was great. All right, lost the lottery, now what. Some advice after this. Check this out, bro. Whats that, broheim . I switched to geico and got more. More savings on Car Insurance . Yeah brofessor, and more. Like renters insurance. More ways to save. Nice, brotato chip. Thats not all, brotein shake. Geico has motorcycle and rv insurance, too. Oh, thats a lot more. Oh yeah, im all about more, teddy brosevelt. The odds of winning last nights 1. 6 billion lottery. 1 in 290 million. Dreaea crushed, dont worrrr we have some ways to get your finances back in shape for 2016. Thats right, here to make you feel like you hit the jackpot is personal finance editor of the financial Business TimesLauren Lawrence cole. How are you . So were talking about trying to pay down debt. Lets talk about that. When it comes to paying down debt, 40 of americans are in this boat so youre not alone. But the two key things you need are accountability and speed. Use the momentum beginning of the new year, try to pay it down as quickly as possible. Find a buddy and use an app. You need a budget as a good one. Sweep and mint. Com. The accountability thing, arent you either like that or youre not . You got into debt badly to begin with because of those kinds of habits. Thats why i say do it fast because if you can really use the momentum, you can use you can make progress. What about impulse shopping . You walk buy and you want it. First of all, dont go by there. Stay off the computer. We actually spend 200 on average per month on impulse shopping. Oh, youre kidding. That adds up at the end of the year. Stick to your list. If you commit to doing that, 2,400 itself thats enough to take a pretty nice vacation for two. Or pay down some debt. If you happen to save some money what should we do with that . We really need to be investing. I know the stock market can be scary. People only need 10 of their income to go towards cash each month. You really want to put the rest of it towards the stock market, towards your 401k. Right now people have 20 or more in cash. Thats quite a lot. Its not going to help you develop wealth in the long run. When you see the dow lately, its hard. You panic. I understand, but its the number one way to build wealth over the long run. Better than cash really. All right, you say buy less fewer things and go more places or experience more things. This ones exciting, right . So the number one new years resolution this year was to enjoy life to the fullest. Spending money on experiences, could be dining out, it could be a great trip somewhere, were so much happier. We get memories as opposed to the new sweater that ends up in the closet anyway. Which hoda cant find. Which is probably in a pile. You say this is a good time to ask for a raise or get a new job . Yes, only 8 of americans are happy with their income. But the job market is better than weve seen in recent years so its a great time to ask and 3 out of 4 people who ask do get a raise. I was surprised by that. 3 out of 4 actually will get it. At least a portion of it, right . Something. Its worth a try. Thank you very much. We appreciate it. Everyone has a story, and this ones about a family and long lost love that has come full circle. Plus a little spice makes everything nice. That are delicious s were bhak on thirsty which means this is about the time some people start cheating on their diets. Our today food team has come to the rescue with a healthy meal thats so good you feel like youre cheating. Here to share with us her lighter version of the dish. Oh, you did so well with my last name today. Is it marcella . Marcella. Good. Slap the chicken. Im going to cook it for you guys. You asked me a good question about chicken. Ill try to resolve them as we go down the line. Weve got a fivepound chicken. Heres my secret to make it delicious. Im going to sneak. Using the wooden spoon, im going to separate the skin from the flesh and then im going to sneak some fresh jalapenos that i thinly sliced. Right under there . What does that do . It not only adds flavor and spice, when youre cooking the chicken it protects it from the heat so youre creating a barrier that keeps it nice and moist. All the way down . The more you can get in there, the better. Then we just season the chicken. Weve got some oregano. Either cilantro or parsley will work. I like to stick whole limes in there. Whole bunch of flavor. You cut it in half and stick it in . The juices are going to seep into the chicken. A couple of garlic cloves and thats it. Not much prep really. Not really. And then to season it, i have some coconut oil, one of the healthier fats. Then brush that on there. And salt and pepper. Thats your seasoning for the chicken. Youre leaving a lot of this hanging out. Is that all right . Thats okay. Youre going to put it in the pan over some Butternut Squash also lightly the seasoned with a little bit of coconut oil. Were doing that when its raw . Everythings in one dish. Nice and heavy cast iron. You want it to be nice and heavy cast iron n cause its a good conductor of heat. Yes, all this in the oven 475 for about an hour and 20 minutes. 475 . Thats the thing, youre going to get this beautiful crispy skin. What are we making . Were making tacos. Youve got this beautiful flavorful chicken. You see the jalapenos, they cook down so theyre not so spicy. I need to wipe my hands, because i have chicken hands. Im clean now. Now were going to make tacos. Youve got the onions, pickled jalapenos, limes, radishes, fresh tortillas, my nice and light refried beans which are cooked in coconut oil. I love refried beans. This version is healthy. E recipe is on your guys website. So tacos. Heres yours, kath. Come here and lets make ours. Heres yours, ill make mine. If youre vegetarian, just add squash. No thank you. Why would anyone do that . We have to dig in with our fingers, we dont have enonoh time. We dont . Well, maybe we do. No onions, how about jalapenos . No. No. Okay, your taco bar i want the refried beans. Scoop it out. A little bit. That would be how about this and this. And do you put any sauce on it or just like that . I actually make my own salsa but i will find it perfectly acceptable if you go to the supermarket and get a nice pico de gallo. The fresh ones are usually much lower in the calories. You need salsa. Yes, you do. Delicious, delicious. Love it. Recipe is on our website. Today. Com food. Click on the healthy tab. They rekindled their romance. After more than 30 years apart. You wont believe what brought them together. Everyone has a story. One of the best weve ever had. Really good. Ugh. My sinuses are killing me. Yeah. Just wait til we hit ten thousand feet. Im gonna take Mucinex Sinusmax. Too late, were about to take off. These dissolve fast. Theyre new liquid gels. And youre coming with me. Wait, what . you realize i have gold status . Do i still get the miles . New Mucinex Sinusmax liquid gels. Dissolves fast to unleash max strength medicine. Start the relief. Ditch the misery. Lets end this. Seems like weve hit a road block. That reminds me. Anyone have occasional constipation, diarrhea. Gas, bloating . Yes one Phillips Colon Health probiotic cap each day helps defend against occasional digestive issues. With three types of good bacteria. Live the regular life. Everyone has a moment that changes their life now to a very special everyone has a story. This one is about finding a family and finding love. A surprising way life can come full circle. Patrick wrote in to tell us his extraordinary journey. Well meet him and his family in a moment but first listen to his letter very carefully. I was born on september 27, 1978. My birth parents were teenagers at the time and in the end my mom opted to put me up for adoption. I was adopted by two wonderful parents. My adopted mom had lupus. She was a soldier and fought the disease as long as she could but it became too much for her to handle. She died in november 1989 when i was 11. Difficult. For a time, it was just my dad and i. Then eventually he remarried and we moved in with his his wife and her daughtht. Fast forward 20plus years to a time when i had a son my own. I decided to embark on the journey to find my birth parents. It was fueled by both curiosity and a desire to better undersrsnd my background. When i reached out to the adoption agency, they told me my mom had left her Contact Information with them around the time i turned 18. I was ecstatic. I turned to the internet and within 20 minutes on facebook, i had a confirmed match. I knew the minute i saw her picture i found the right person. There was no mistaking the resemblance. Our first phone conversation lasted for hours. But that was just the beginning. My birth mother was able to track down my birth father. They hadnt really spoken or had any contact since they were together as teenagers when i was born. My moms husband had a pulmonary condition and unfortunately passed away. My birth father was in the process of separation and as time went on, my mom and dad rekindled the relationship they had when i was born. And then yes, you guessed it, they got back together. They recently even got married. It was completely surreal for all of us in the most amazing way possible. We all see each other frequently. Last year, my birth parents came out to east coast and got to meet my adopted dad for the very first time. It was an incredible and emotional day, one that ill never forget. Sometimes life comes full circle and gives you back more in return than you ever missed the first time around. Wow. So patrick is here with us along with his birth parents stephanie and todd ripple. This is unbelievable. This is crazy. Hoda thinks its like doing one of her datelines. I cant believe it all happened like this. When you left your Contact Information after the birth of your son, did you ever i mean what was your intent when you left it do you think back then . I know you were just a teenager . I wanted to reconnect. You did . Well, i was privileged to have a nurse in the hospital sneak me into a closet with my son before they took him away and let me spend a few minutes with him. And i told him one day i will see you again. Oh, my gosh. And then and this relationship, so you guys were obviously teenage sweethearts. And then you lost contact altogether . Ke there was no communication between the two of you through the years . It was kind of a parental insistence there. How old were you . May i ask that . I was 17 and then 18 when i delivered. And from a very strict religious family. And it was forbidden that we continued our relationship. So were the sparks there when you remet . Is that what happened . For me, it was like 35plus years just disappeared. Really . The same. And patrick, for you, were you thinking, this is just surreal . It really was. I mean, i started the whole process in my head, hopes but no expectations. I knew i may not even find them or, you know, may contact them and it wouldnt go any further than that. Maybe they wouldnt even want to be found. Right. So each surprise along the way has just added to, you know, the whole i went from one side of, you know, realistically knowing i may not ever find them to where were at today so its just been one complete surprise after another. Im just curious, how was that first hug with your mom . Well, it was the picture right there when we were in the airport. What did it feel like . It was eerie how familiar it was. It felt like you had just said goodbye to someone and they were coming home, you know, when you found someone so i hope weve done this amazing story justice with this song that david and i have written for you. Its singing it is a wonderful broadway performer, hunter ryan and stay with us and hear this song. Its called full circle, as it this. This. cell phone rings where are you . Well the squirrels are back in the attic. Mom . Your dad wont call an exterminator. Can i call you back, mom . He says its personal this time. If youre a mom, you call at the worst time. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on Car Insurance, you switch to geico. Its what you do. Where are you . Its very loud there. Are you taking a zumba class . Oh my gosh, stephanie were, like, so goth. Sfx knocks on door. Honey . Im dying my hair, mom. Hair dye . Honey. Its just purple. Get scrubbing bubbles. Kill 99. 9 of germs and destroy grime. Were back with our newest everyone has a story. 38 years ago, two teenagers gave up a woi for adoption. A few years back, patrick found his birth mother, who then found his birth father. And stephanie and todd rekindled their romance and got married. Just unbelievable story. Now its time for to you hear this story that we wrote just here to sing it a broadway star who recently starred in once upon a mattress. Everybody starts out pretty much t same were boror into this world and someone gives us a name but some of us move on to a different family only to return when we have the eyes to see weve come full circle see everybodys journey turns out a different way but everything that happens has a reason so they say so i found myself looking into someone elses eyes and much to my surprise id come full circle full circle full circle who knows where life can lead you full circle full circle for those of us who need to come full circle everybody tries to plan out every day but we soon discover that god has a better way he guides us in each step that leads to where we started out so all that we can do is thank him as we shout weve come full circle so now each blessed morning as i begin my day i wonder where the road will lead and who ill meet along the way and i smile as i remember as i celebrate what it means to be a family thats called full circle full circle full circle i know where life can lead you full circle full circle for those of us who need to come full circle everybody starts out pretty much the same were born into this world and someone gives us a name and though i did move on to a different family it amazes me i ended up where ive come full circle wow. [ cheers and applause ] we have one more surprise for patrick, stephanie, and todd. Everybodys journey turns out a different way has a reason working on my feet all day gave me pain here. In my lower back but now, i step on this machine which matches my dr. Scholls custom fit orthotic inserts. Now i get immediate relief from my foot pain. My lower back pain. Back now with patrick and his birth parents, stephanie and todd, who were just treated to an amazing performance by broadways sensation hunter ryan hertlica. Song . Amamang. I dont know how he does it so quickly and so expressively. I thought it was brilliant. Yeah, it was. Amazing. Captured it, huh . Definitely. So youre all in a good place now, right . You have another grandson, right . Number nine. Number nine. Oh, my gosh. So were going to give away a Little Something fun. Of course were here with the wonderful david duos right here. We know you guys dont always get to see each other because youre on the other side. First thing were going to do, just so you can connect with your family, were going to give you a little membership to ancestry. Com, so you can check out the rest of your ancestors, who knows. And dna tests too. Yeah. I just did it. Are you related to them too . More surprises. You live on different coasts very often, we wanted to give you a fun night here in new york city. Our friends at late night at seth meyers reserved tickets for you for the show tonight. And then Rockefeller Center to dine at bar 65 at the rainbow room where you can eat, drink and enjoy spectacular views. Look at you, youre going to have a real new york night together. Wont that be fun . Thats amazing, thank you so much. Thank you, guys. Amazing story. Whats going on, kids, everything good . Album coming out february 4th, amazon, music same, music. What are you up to, hoda . Just hanging with you, girl. Tomorrow, beauty items to stock up on. All righty, i guess thats about it. Thanks so much for being with us, everybody. Have an awesome day. Well see you tomorrow