Of christmas and turning 70 on christmas day. We want to wish him an early happy birthday. I bet he will be celebrating some place warmer. He comes close to where i spend it in the keys. Hoda woman, how was your weekend . It was great. The golden globe nominations came out and everyone was bu buzzing about them and we will talk about those and we have a golden globe nominee who will be joining us. Allegedly. Im at a disadvantage this year, usually i have seen many more of the nominated things, the big movies. Ive only seen hacksaw ridge and lion and maybe one more. Jackie . I havent seen jackie, im anxious to. Im way behind. Tell me about your i had my friend, joel rose senberg at my house. Its all about shekky. Shekky was going be with santa claus. One always has high hopes. Lets see what happened. Hi, mommy oh hi didnt go so well. Didnt like the presents, didnt want anything. Off that stan. Its so rare for him to cry. So sweet when they finally took him away, he goes, byebye, to santa claus. He felt bad but he didnt like the guy. Santa can be intimidating if youre a baby, its a little scary. We tell our children dont talk to strangers and dont sit on their laps. What do take them to a stranger and prop them on the lap. We went Christmas Tree shopping and people sometimes wonder in new york, how do you find Christmas Trees . I see them everywhere. If you dont live in the city, heres how you do it. On the side of the street. These guys came from canada, set up on this corner, i took this video, little carvings, it grows every day. More stuff everyday. Never seen that. Every time you walk by, theres a new thing and another new thing, they live in a camper on the street and take a shower at the equinox. Theyre there and what they do. They have to get some sort of license, right . Yeah, theyre licensed. They sleep where . They have a little camper . What happens to all their trees . How are they protected at night . Theres a lot of theft. Clock somebody is out there. Very cool. You have your Little Charlie brown tree . I have a Little Charlie brown. There it is someone texted me and said did you chop the top off of a tree . No. Its a whole tree. We decorated. Look at you guys, looks like this is working out. We did it, we made a tree. Can we say hi to denise who is here . A beautiful family, surrounded by love and light and good friends and family. Theyre making their trip to new york. Were so happy, youre with us, having fun so far . Awesome. They dont care if its raining, they will see the rock ets, we love you. Thank you for coming to see us and coming to new york. Also on friday you were at the billboard women of music luncheon. You were supposed meghan trainor. Meghan trainor has vocal issues and put on bed rest, total bed rest, not even talking. The good news is shes not having any surgery. I introduced her and this is what she awe. This is how she did it. Remember love actually. Look. Shes a doll. Dont you love her . Love you all. Sweet. She went through and through the whole holidays im sure she has to be quiet, ha . Yes. She was supposed to sing at jingle ball elvis will show us today and doesnt need surgery and will be back stronger than ever. The golden globe nominations always some surprises. They were announced this morning, excellent news for nbc. This is us got three nominations including best tv drama. The only network show in that entire category and itwi up against netflix and the crown and mandy moore was nominated we have mandy with us. This has to be thrilling. Hi, guys. Congratulations. Its pretty crazy. Thank you so much. Thank you. Were you watching tv . Did you watch it go down or how did you learn that you got one . I was watching but i was up because my boyfriend was getting ready to leave to go to the airport. My phone lit up. It was from milo, my costar on the show. Congratulations, mandy. I said, for what . I knew the nominations would be today but never in my wildest dream s did i think myself woul get acknowledged, the show. He told me and i said, i dont understand and i went on twitter and saw it. You think about it, this is the only network show nominated. Everything else is hbo and netflix. What do you think it is about this show that is captivating people . I think whats most exciting about it is the show is reson e resonating with people. It means something to them. We were selected together and cast at the Critics Choice Award last night. It was our First Experience meeting people as a group. People come up and talk about the show and, oh, congrats on your show, ive seen it. People actually have conversations about it. What character they relate to. This show is starting a dialogue with family and friends. Were grateful to get to do this work and work together. We have the best writers and crew and the cast is remarkable. The dreamiest job ive ever had youre on the best network in case you were wondering. Cheers to you, mandy. God bless, honey. Tell milo last week apparently, i butchered his name, i heard from everybody. So sorry. He wont mind. Come see us soon. I will. All right, honey, byebye. We have someone else. We are so excited, rachel bloom from crazy exgirlfriend won best actress in a comedy, we had her last year. Are you there, rachel . I am here. Congratulations. Are you going to repeat this year . I mean, that is not i am the first of the Hollywood Foreign press and happy to be nominated. Little bit better. We love you. Are you hearing me . Just every other word but you sound good. Are you in los angeles right now . Wait, ill take off the headphone. This might be better. I love that were doing this. Thats better see. Gee, we couldskyping. Thats a lot of fun, too. We hate all that technology stuff. Are you still there . I am. We just want to say congrulations. That is so amazing. We love having you on this show. We want you to come here and host with us one day. Weve been asking. You always say yes and then dont. Weird. All right, sweetie. Take care, all right . Enjoy. All right. Thank you. The big winner with the most nominations was la la land, which im very excited to see. Isnt it funny sometimes you see these prereviews and things and it gets four star, five stars, the other day i looked one of the newspapers gave it zero. La la land . Yeah. How can it be either the best movie out there or the worst . Just, i guess if somebody can explain that to us that would be great. Nomination for ryan gosling and emma stone. This is their third movie together. They have great great chemistry. This came out a long time ago, meryl streep got her 30th nomination. 30th. Lawrence foster jenkins. And hugh grant. She won eight. She has a lot going on. Im particularly thrilled for mill gibson and all the hacksaw ridge nominations. Best picture, best director for mel and best actor. Dont miss this film. It is so special. We want to say congrats to the movie jackie. Natalie portman wa for that. If you havent seen that, you have to go. Noah oppenheim wrote the screen play. The writer behind it. Often these awards give you a second bite at the apple for certain movies people havent seen. Hacksaw ridge makes people want to go back and get a second look at it. The george bush golden globe sunday on nbc. Sure our girl, natalie will be there and get on a plane. Whats your favorite thing . One of the most unbelievable organizations in the entire world is called International Justice mission. Im friends with the founder of it, amazing man named gary halgan. He started as one harvard lawyer who started this organizations. Now, there are hundreds of them all over the world. You can help save 5yearold girls from brussels and cambodia. Get this gift catalog, you slavery. Wow. Serious. Cyber traffic. You say look at the problems in the world, i cant do anything about that. You can. Its ijm. Org and you will have a very merry holiday. And mine is a coat. I will tell you this, this is from our friends from little big town. Yes. Karen. Karen has this faux fur contrast trim coat designed by karen from little big town. 60 bucks from macys. What did you say to wear it with . Jeans and a tshirt, very funky. Thats our jojo doing what she does. Doing what she does best. 60, its fun and beautiful for the holidays. She sent 2001 me that was a little more expensive, a beautiful line. Its hot hot hot in holliday in todays buzz after this. Looking good. Just fifteen minutes and a little imagination are all you need to make holiday magic. Chex party mix. Its what the holidays are made of. Hi hey you look good. Thank you, i feel good. It all starts with eating right. Thats why i eat amaz n prunes now. Theyre delicious and help keep my body in balance. Z n prunes, the feel good fruit. 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And holiday context with all the celebrity juicy gossip with carolina in the morning. How are you doing . We love your outfit. Im doing a trendy thing. Lets switch it up for you. A bit of cleavage. The Critics Choice Awards, we talked about the globes so the Critics Choice Awards last night. La la land, everybody talking about this movie took home eight awards last night only released in five theaters nationwide. Already grossed 800,0 it will be put in wide release. Critics are saying not only could it be a critical success but wide mainstream success. We have Natalie Portman for jackie and Casey Affleck. Everybody is saying Natalie Portman and her portrayal of Jackie Kennedy is spot on. Pretty much the winner moving ahead to the other award shows. The frontrunner. And Casey Affleck for manchester by the sea getting a lot of buzz. He won best actor. A lot of people thought that was very fitting as well. He has a man bun. A man bun and beard. Gone on the tv side, people versus o. J. I felt that was old and wasnt this year. Surprisinsurprisingly, right what i said. The timing of the award won the emmy. Thats what we were thinking last year, this years emmy. They to everybody thinks ryan murphy. He was the brains behind that whole operation. Did very well last night. Ryan reynolds got nominated for one. Hes having a year, a new baby girl. Such a sweetheart and so funny, a touching moment when he accepted his award, won for best comedy and he accepted that award and dedicated it to the make a Wish Foundation and two of the fans that passed and made sure to give them their moment. And people thought it was a surprise, nominated for the golden globe. That movie made a fortune. There is a weird moment when they announce silicone valley is the winner as tvs best comedy. Lets take a peek and see what happened. I want to thank everybody for honoring us in this way. We worked very hard on Silicon Valley and here we are. Thank you. Oh. That looked a little uncomfortable. That was Pete Stanfield on atlanta and he did not win, not on Silicon Valley. People were calling it a kanye moment. Anybody that looks like captain and onto neil, he had his hat on. Hey didnt get their due and chance to accept. They did. I dont like that when ever somebody its not your moment. Not your moment. Sit down. Dont do that to somebody. You may want to but you dont. Thanks. Thank you for helping me get into my dress today. Any time. Were about to surprise our fan of the week and it could be you but probably not. The hottest concert ticket in town. Duran catches up. More m dis100 jingle ball. All righty. Love our elvis. Allinone cold symptom relief from tylenol®, the 1 doctor recommended pain relief brand. Tylenol® when you have a cold, pain from chest congestion can make this. Feel like this. Allinone cold symptom relief from tylenol®, the 1 doctor recommended pain relief brand. Tylenol® kisses deluxe chocolates. 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We will tell everybody why you were chosen. Shes been watching our show since the very beginning, only. I wouldnt exactly call it that. Well, she stays at home with her four daughters, ava, aspin, olivia and ashland. And favorite part of the show and a huge fan of makeovers. She and her husband celebrate an eightyear anniversary and want to take a trip to celebrate. Make sure they get that. Tiana, hope you win. Trivia, 15 seconds to guess the correct answer to win the you have 15 seconds to get the correct answer. Ready . Yes. Ey Favorite Song for ihoda. Most of the time, kathie lee reacts with an expression, a, this one or, b, that one . A or b . B. Yes, girl you got it you and your husband, nick, will head to dallas, texas, where you will spend four days and three nights in a superior room set in the bustling dallas arts district. Easy access to shopping and dining and seated for dinner for two and two tickets to the dallas symphony orchestra. Round trip airfare is included. How does that sound to you . Thank you. I have sung with them. You have . Your kids are so cute theyre beautiful happy holidays. I love your tree. Thank you coming up, Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande and elvis elvis was for all the action. Your diet tips may help you over the holidays. Maybe it was the fourth one. Maybe. Maybe. Are [ nutcracker instrumental ] almost. There. Hmmmm. Save ten when you spend fifty on toys at target. You guys rock yeah . Whoaaa and there are some people should give undeyouashouldnt. Oliday. You shouldnt give underwear to everybody. But for those you do, give them fruit of the loom. Taste the many sides of brookside. Smooth dark chocolate outside. Exotic fruit flavor inside. Brookside. For all your sides. Iand thanks to target, i got to the after party this nice little outfit just in time using order pickup. Stay fresh get last minute gifts with order pickup at target. Its fun day monday and you know its christmas time when getting together for the jingle ball. Hitting the stage at new Yorks Madison Square garden. Our buddy, good friend elvis duran had a frontrow ticket to all the action and more. Well, youll see in a second. You were there, too, and dont even know it. What . Such a great time at jingle ball. Gets better every year. We put something together just for you. Watch this. This is pretty cool. Uhoh. Reporter were backstage at iheart jingle ball and im giving you an allaccess pass. Look at this. Crazy. Say hi to kathie lee and hoda. I love you ladies s cant wait to see you soon. Serious questions. Yes. Name i consider a vush on kathie lee. Kathie lee on hoda, which one . Kind of 50 50 for me. I just like watching them take a few sips in the morning. Gets me going. Ellie, youre such a sweetheart. This year have you been naughty or nice . Ive been im going to say nice. Yeah. A little bit of naughty . Yeah, just a little bit. [ cheers and applause ] reporter time to start jingle ball. Head to the stage. You want 20 go with me . Lets go all three, two, one its crazy. Reporter Madison Square garden how are we feeling tonight . Wow. Reporter its so loud out there. This is going to be the best show ever. Doubting and hoping something inside mes changed reporter so is celebrating her birthday this year like she did last year. We gave her a cake last year. Were about to give her another one but she has no idea were doing it. Its kind of cool. Happy birthday, dear happy birthday to you come on. Happy birthday. I know youre busy. Whats the highlight so far . Being here with you. Lets go santa claus is coming to town oh, yeah santa claus whats your favorite Christmas Song . Sing one line. Let me see if i recognize it. Everybody knows elvis wears lots of cashmere coats thats, grandma got run over by a reindeer. We thought it would be a good idea to pose for a Christmas Card for the today show. Lets d a ready . A tradition to always kiss on new years eve. Do you have someone lined up to kiss on new year many eve . No. I think im going to be in london this new years. I dont know. Dont you hate people that pry into your private life like i just did . Yes, i do kathie lee and hoda, we missed you here tonight, but we brought you here, if you think about it. I hope youre here next year. It would be a lot of fun for you. You looked so elegant. Yes. Such a fun show. Those cutouts of your heads, all making out with them. Wheres that video . We were sound asleep. Cozied up in our beds. Come next year as my guest. You and ryan together. Look at you two . Looked like he just milked a cow. I dont know. He looked like something. He can afford if. Certainly can. Thank you, elvis. What they looked like before, everybody. Wait, wait until you see the afters . Our members coming up. 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Packing on extra pounds this time of year, if you want motivation to stay on track, wait until you see this. About to meet our new newest joy fit club members who dropped 19 dress sizes combined. One went from being born to eat to being born to run. And the other owes her success to a bridesmaids dress. And here is joy bauer. Two great ones . Two incredibly Inspiring Stories for the holidays. Lets go kate carol from new jersey, 38 y weight her entire life but this picture youll see in a bridesmaid outfit that inspired and motivated her to get the job done. So what happened was, it was her sister got married. The pictures came back after the wedding. Shes 305 pounds in this picture and flipped out. She was devastated by what she looked like. So she made a pact with herself to only watch netflix while she was on the treadmill and called it sweatflix. Then went to her second sisters wedding a year later looking mighty different. Yes. She went from a size 28 to a size 8. Down 150 pounds and about to walk down the aisle. I want to see her lets see it. Come on down give it up oh, my god. Drop those pants. Whew wow oh, my goodness. Shes 115 pounds lighter. Congratulations. Are yes. Thats fantastic. Is this for real . Turn around. Let us look at you. Wow. Its not an illusion that is crazy. So that picture triggered something and did you did you because everyone has their moment. Their uhhuh moment. Even though you look in the mirror pretty much every day. We dont notice until you see photo. Something very different about seeing it in that picture. You had to do something. Come off quickly and easily . I worked with a diet coach. My diet coach emily is actually here with me through mind, body and soul fitness. Its a diet program. I texted her every day. My food logs three time as week, a picture of my feet on the scale. You were serious. Accountability. Real accountability, yes. Whats on her table, joy . So i have my phone. Three things. For really texting my coach. Yeah. And also a podcast called half size me. That was really instrumental for me. They interview a lot of people who have lost a l and the about maintenance, how theyre keeping it off. Put yourself out there. And the money . An app called diet bet. You bet money on your own weightloss. Bet youll lose 4 of your weight in four weeks and eryone who does it wins. You look fantastic. High five. Here we ge. Next . Next, nina gibson, shes 48 from california. And its important to know that her mom passed away when she was 49. So she already had vis as she was getting up in her 40s in her head. Then she goes to the doctor and she is diagnosed as being morbidly obese and flipped out. She hated those words. So she told me, like, the biggest sort of motivator, and i think pinnacle of her being able to chaef weightloss success is when she stopped f everybody around her was thinking she was lazy and gross, and you know what . That was her own insecurity. Nobody felt like that. She went from a size 26 to a size 8, down 115 pounds. Were going to let her run in. Shes a runner. She is a crazy runner. Were not ready yet. Shes going to hit the finish line. Take this. Okay. Were ready. Come on oun, nina take a hold on me hughwhew yes hey, girl. Look at you. Gorgeous. Thank you so much. So you had to change your eating habits, i imagine, right . Definitely. I went from, too much fast food. I love ice cream, all the time. Yeah. To eating stuff like salmon, and spin ch. Its delicious. I love spinach. I love it. So shes actually obsessed with the rock. You are . Oh, what . Does heot when i was in the gym, it ras really hard for me to do the strength training. Couldnt get into it. So the rock would definitely motivate me, the strength thing. Something to show you. Take a look at the monitor. All right, nina, so i just heard the great news you lost over 100 pounds. Congratulations. Im so happy and proud of you. Its awesome. Keep up the great, great work. You got a lot of people very proud of you, too. Say, hey, hey theyre scared to say something. By the word i heard in some way helped motivate that. I appreciate it. So keep up the great work. Hes such a sweetheart. Well make sure you get that video. Okay . Congratulations. Yall are awe is. Joy, thank you. Adding island vibe to your wintry christmas. Jimmy buffett gets us into the holiday spirit with a song h but they only see hisfrom farwrinkles. If only harry used some bounce, to dry. Inkly winning guy. Announcer the citi Concert Series on today is proudly presented to you by citi. Its got to be five because its time for tomorrowens by the one and only jimmy buffett. Turned out more than 50 albums, has been on tour every single year for 40 years and now bringing some of that summer vibe to her brand new christmas album called all titis the season. And here he is singing his wonderful Christmas Song, mr. Jimmy buffett mood is right the spirits up were here tonight and thats enough simply having a wonderful christmas time simply having a wonderful christmas time the partys on the feelings here that only comes this time of year simply having a wonderful christmas time simply having a wonderful christmas time the choirs of children sing their they practiced all year long ding dong, ding dong, ding oohooh, oohoohooh oohooh, oohoohooh simply having a wonderful christmas time simply having a wonderful christmas time the word is out about the town so lift a glass and dont look down simply having a wonderful christmas time simply having a wonderful christmas time the choir of children sing their song they practiced all year long ding dong, ding dong, ding dong simply having a wonderful christmas time simply having a wonderful christmas time simply having a wonderful christmas time simply having a wonderful christmas time jimmy of new album tis the season out now. Thank you, jimmy. 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