Her life was really sad and awful but i was bold and not afraid i let them give me this new haircut and i lost half my body weight but then they never did a wide shot a wide shot. Give her the oscar. That was great. Shes apparently an actress, but obviously a singer. Shes got some chops on her. She went to usc. That is a i read that somewhere, but i might have made that up. Well, guess who else is guess who is performing at the oscars . Very excited about this. I wonder who is going to be an homage to the great great late marvin hamleisch. Barbara streisand. Shes going to be singing. The last time they say that she performed was the night when she sang the theme from a star is born, but she just had a concert because i went to it. No, on the oscars. Last time she performed on the oscars. You know what, she always has a lot of milestones. Shes retired several times, but so has cher. I think people have the best intentions to retire, like regis, then you say, like, people are demanding that i be back and so they go back. Speaking of good singers, we have a good one today. His name is ed sheeren, and if you dont know him your kids probably do. He is singing a great song. Listen to this. You might know this song. Go outside tonight and she flies in her motherland sells love to another man its too cold outside he sounds a little like jason mark, doesnt he or mraz in him . He is terrific. He is going to perform for us. Now, the super bowl is coming up, and i know at least from a lot of my friends because theres not a team that everyone has known for years or followed like dallas or the steelers or the giants or somebody, a lot of people arent really as interested. Not as caught up in the hooplah. They are excited about the two brothers that will be playing. The two brothers. I decided i know you are picking im going with the ravens because i grew up in maryland, and frank is great friends with the owner of the team. Im going for the ravens because i watched the blind side. Did you guys see that . Thats michael oher. Did you see that . Do you remember . I loved it. Oh, my god. Thats michael orr. Thats me. I stole it. Looks just like you, sandra. I hope that michaels mom will be there in the stands. Im sure shell have a shoutout. Every year we say were not going to have our super bowl party. Are you doing it . We have said it every year, and always done it, and this year we are really not doing it. Really . Really not doing it. How come . You just decided not to . Were old. We dont really like anybody anymore. You are over it. Not people we want to spend that kind of quality time with, no. A lot of people do we are getting old. You dont want its a lot of work. You know what, though, your super bowl parties are crazy. All right ill have it. Oh, good. I was coming over, anyway. Whether you liked it or not. Knock, knock, knock. Not one person is calling to say what about the party . Not one person has called. We have a man who has predicted the super bowl. Its not jimmy fallon, but it is his dog. Among other dogs. They get it wrong, though. Not this year. This year theyre right. Were going to watch. This is how jimmy did an unscientific study of who will win the super bowl. Take a look. He went back. He doesnt want to do it. There you go. You can do it. Take it. There you go. The ravens. Oh, my goodness. Wow. Yeah. Thats the ravens. The other one is just sitting there. The 49ers. Theyre not the sharpest tacks on the board. They are fighting over one bowl when they could move a few inches to the left and have the bowl all to themselves. You are right. Not very smart. Theyre adorable. Right. I have friends like that. Look how cute they are. Oh. They really are. Whats happening with your puppy . I want a puppy, and i have one that came on the show. Do you remember . Buffy. Who was precious. And then buffy was already taken. I know. I wanted to have the family on so woo we could have a fight over buffy, but we decided not to. I would just like to wait until after the book tour. Now you got to wait until after we get back from california. Im doing it in march. Im warning you about. Its never a good time. Its like being pregnant. Theres not a good time. Just do it where. March is going i cant do it in february. This is like a child, hoda. Its not the last trip. You dont throw it up with your jeans and think its going to be there when you get home. You know this. I have a dog walker already. Before i have my dog. Hopefully shes a dog feeder, too. Are you ready for some fun . No, no. With my hoda play list. This one is good. This is what i really missed. This is an old school song, so its going to take you back. You need to close your eyes. Go back in time. Listen to this is it doris day . You are going to want to dance. Oh. Cant touch that. Shes a very kinky girl right off the bat i hate it. The kind you dont bring home to mother named hoda. I wish i could hear it. She likes the boys in the band i bet she does. Get ready. This is where it gets really good. Its the right time ready . Ready . Here we go. That girl is pretty wild the girls a super freak the kind you read about every time you meet its hard to remember that she was once dateline hoda, and now shes into super freak. You know what this means. I know. The girl is an nympho. I know. An excellent, wellwritten song. And so inspirational. Speaking of inspirational, are you the same woman who wrote this New York Times best selling book two weeks in a row . Hoda woman, im proud of you. Give it up for hodie. We were surprised. That was a big surprise to us. By the way, we wanted to thank people. Because people were sending in their photos. Remember we were going to have a contest. We forgot all about them. We asked you to send a picture in of what you looked like ten years ago. After. We were going to invite you to lunch. We have the winner of this. These are the second place winners. We have five of them. They are going to get a signed copy of ten years later. Arent those cute . Look at the before and afters. Look at her. Look at all the weight she lost. Good for her. Look at him. Come on. Look at him. And look at the three of them in the wagon. Look. Oh, wait. You can barely the grand prize winner, hoda woman . Come to new york and have lunch with you. And with you. And a signed copy of the book. Her name is julie westhoff. Julie is here with her niece. Shes on a break from chemotherapy. Fast forward ten years, and look at that Christmas Celebration after cancer and look at her. Ovarian cancer. You know what, hopefully shes going to feel great when she comes to have lunch with you and me. And you. Its time for okay or not okay. Heres the question. 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She spends hours trying to manage her hair every morning, but she never is happy with the way it turns out. She was thrilled at a chance to get a brand new style. Lets listen to her story. Tell me what youre feeling right now . Im just, yeah, really nervous. Not sure how this is all going to turn out. I dont usually change my look very often, so its going to be interesting. All righty. Guess who is with us . Jim, her husband, and her daughters briana and jamie. Keep your blindfolds on, and ill give you the green light when to take them off. Here is cindy krooe before. All right, cindy, lets see the new you. Come on, vogue oh, nice. All right, kids. Take off your blindfolds. Oh. Whoa all right, cindy. You ready . Oh, my gosh. You look great. Absolutely great. You look great. Thats not me. Thats you. Look right there. Louis, tell us about the hair. Cindy, you look so gorgeous. You look great. She had highlights that were too light for her face color. I made her hair just a slight more warm brown, and then brigitte gave her this great haircut. She looks fantastic. Kids, dad, what do you think . Looks gat. I love it. There it is. Love that dress on her. Show it. Macys is helping us on our american heart red with this dress. Lauren by ralph lauren. And just a beautiful wrap dress. I know. Great for valentines night too when jim goes crazy. Big applause for cindy. You can join your family. Our second lady is sharon, who is 69 from seattle, washington. She told us that she spends so little time on herself that even her family has started yelling at her for it, so she jumped at the opportunity to come get pampered for a few hours. Lets hear her story. I know its been a tough few years, and you really want this for mom. I do. Im really excited about this. And you tell me that you have a love affair with new york, so tell me what your ultimate look would be. Oh, i dont know. Young, sassy. I dont know. I think we can give you that. What do you think of all this . That would be great. That would be fun to see her that way. She has come to the right place. Shes here with her beautiful daughter jennifer. Lets take one last look at sharon and bring the new sharon scota right out. Feel the rain on your skin oh, my god. That is sassy all right. Dont look. She wasnt going to wait for it. Wow. Sharon, turn around and look at this. Put your glasses on. Love. Oh, dear god. I wasnt expecting that. That is huge. I wish you could see the back of it. Thats gorgeous, that haircut. Look at that. That is so cute. Its darling. Well, we have something pretty drastic there. Pretty amazing, right . This just shows the power of the haircut and hair color and a little bit of makeup. We made you are sassy. Let me tell you. And young. The bangs and the hair color. Her hair color was too blonde, too faded, and all of a sudden we just gave you back we gave you ten years. Easily ten. Look at the body on this woman. I love her. 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Where sara will be digging up the video youll be forwarding to all your best friends. We have a two for one special. Sara, the puppy pinwheel. This video was created by a small scottie breeder in colorado. The puppies love goats milk and have an unusual habit every time their favorite drink is served. Check it out. Puppy pinwheel. Come on. How cute. Their tail always goes opposite of whichever direction they go. Thats how they vie for position. Im sure one started to walk and they all followed. That happens every time . Every time she puts the goat milk down that happens. That is adorable. Its its the most adorable thing. Our second video, hate to stop that one, but the second video comes from youtube featuring a door knocker that comes to life. Ow. Oh, my gosh. One more. Got to see it and go. Its a young girl too. The funny part is when she shows her face this is ornery stuff. Theres actually a man thats in a wheelchair and asked for help to deliver the package to get them to go, so those people are all being Good Samaritans helping someone take a package and then she knocked on the face. Look how young the girl is, though . She knocked on her face. That was sweet. Good for all those people who wanted to help the man. Theyre doing a good deed, and thats what they get for that. No good deed goes unpunished. It is time to spin that wheel. Were going to find out what were playing. Well get our game on. I cant wait to see where it lands. We are going to do what . Then if you plan on spicing things up in the bedroom this valentines day, we have apps that will help you keep the home fires burning and continue spinning. Billboard magazine called him the breakout star of 2013. A performance from Grammy Nominated singer songwriter ed sheeran. First, your local news and weather. Hey honey hey alan. Uh, hey. Im bob, we talked at the tax store. I did your taxes. 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