about it. love it. >> and you know him from the "hangover" and ken jeong is here to fill us in on all of the projects he has going on. >> and thank you for having me. really. >> and he is in a new movie "ride along ii." that is going to be good. in fact, him and heather graham have worked together in "hangover" and they are reunited in "norm of the north" and we will talk to heather in a few minutes, too. >> that is so sad what is going on over there. [ laughter ] >> okay. ken. hey, do you have a hangover right now from the golden globes? >> yes. >> and he looks very devilish. suddenly i'm afraid of him. >> and he is going to be banging away. >> anyway, what's that noise? >> get security, please. >> hoda, i am so proud of you, you are on the book tour to end all book tours, and there is no seem like that you have not been here. hoda's book, and she has beeee signings all last week and last night. where where is that? >> ridgewood, new jersey. and the lady with the dog, and miss coed and mark milner. >> those guys come out every time. they come out in droves and droves, and this is the book. you have to have it. put on the list, and go to amazon.com and get hoda's "where where we belong." and bless your heart. >> it is cold outside and we are finally getting cold temps on the east coast. it was in the 20s. >> and how quickly people go to complaining. >> whining like crazy. >> any snow? >> none. >> we have had nothing to complain about. if you are complaining, you won't after you see this. this is a car parked next to lake erie in buffalo, and the owner left the car overnight, and he left it there because he was drinking with friends and he decided to go get his car the next morning. >> there it is. >> what do you do? i mean, what do you do? >> you have to wait. >> or maybe an ice chisel. >> or a ice pick. >> wait for the spring thaw. >> you know when i worked in illinois, it was always so cold that our news director gave us as a present a key warmer, and you know, when you had to use a key to open up the car. >> yes. >> and you could heat up the key totoit it through the ice over the lock. that's what he gave us as a present. >> that is the most romantic thing i have ever heard. >> whatever. >> and we have been seeing in, and a lot of people are upset with jennifer lawrence, and she won. she won, but some people say that she was rude to a reporter backstage at the golden globes. but others say that she has a quirky sense of humor. >> and now, let's see if we a >> how did yououee or see yourself -- >> look, you can't live your lifeehind your whole phone, bro. you have to live in the now. >> sorry, sorry. how do you see yourself for the oscar night, and how was -- >> we are at the golden globes, and if you would put your phone down, you'd know that. >> i didn't love that. >> and his name is chris johnson. and a member of the press -- he sounds like he is from norway or scandinavian. a reporter said she didn't -- first, before we get to the defense real quick, and we are seeing it and we don't know anything about it. >> right. we don't know. >> and in is what we thought, he is asking a question of her and i don't know if this is when it went down, and people don't use the notepads anymore, because it and he looked rattled, and the guys in the room said that she did not bully the reporter, but he was asking a question of either filming or taking pictures off his phone while he was talking, and it was light-hearted. >> and she does have a very, very quirky sense of humor, and it is one of those things that if you weren't there, you don't know. >> and i choose to like her. and james cordon is so funny, and he does that thing with the carpool karaoke. and we are going to get to that a little later. >> why? >> because, because we can't do it now. >> because of issues like -- >> issues like -- >> yes. >> okay. >> we can get to this, and is rupert murdoch okay to talk about? yay. okay. we have it now. timing. >> timing is just not happening let's take a look. on the outside at least i can see that i tried >> i am loving this bob. >> i am going to wear a wig and use me hairline and i can't work out if i should wear a wig-wig or wear a weave. >> what i like is that you are coming to me for this advice. we could have had it all rolling in the deep rolling in the deep you had my heart and soul in your hand and you played it you played it to beat >> i want to be in that car so bad. doesn't that look like a blast. >> it really does, and very, very few people sound terrific at karaoke, but she is. >> and a big congratulations may have been a surprise to some people, but did you know that jerry hall, 59, is engaged. >> was with mick jagger before. >> they announced it on the births and marriages and deaths page. >> which seems just perfect. >> and she has four children with mick jagger. >> yes. >> they have been dating for four months. isn't that crazy. >> i wonder if they will have kids. miracles can happen, and i was reading about abraham and sara, and abraham was 100, and sara was 90. good luck. >> all righty then. and time to talk about another topic that we love. the bachelor was last night. >> whahahappened? >> the group dates started and this is the one that they are so embarrassing and fabulous and so the first date ten girls had to go to a high school and do school activities, a science experiment. >> with him? >> yes. they had to shoot basketballs and they had to have a geography lesson. they had to find indiana out of a group oftates and put it on the map, it's ben's hometownwn state. >> i am not asking them to place indonesia on the map. i think they will get it. >> is that oregon? i really have no clue. >> start with the blue team. only about an inch off. yellow team, not bad, but not quite. and the last one, we have the green team here, and what do you think of the accuracy? >> oh, no. >> if it were e nnsylvania, we would be doing better. >> okay! >> so it is harder than it sounds. >> and you had to plop it in the region. >> well, that is the first next one they went to the love lab and saw dr. love. i don't believe that is his real name, and he is trying to prove that science is going to prove if you are a match or not. he made the girls run on a treadmill and had ben sniff them to see if he liked the smell. take a look. >> ben is supposed to smell all of us. not your normal first date. >> are you excited for me to smell you? >> oh, boy, this is pheromones. >> it is like a fruit. a raspberry. >> the last one. >> this is a little bit more sour. >> like i don't think that i smell sour. it is the shirt, and not me. >> sweet and sour, and that is great with chinese food. >> chinese food. >> i know. that is so humiliating. >> i know, but it was so they told him it was pheromones. >> why do they let themselves be -- it makes me crazy! >> and then what happened? >> and now the kissing startrt. and last week k n said, i will not kiss any of the girls. i'm going to get to know them first. he kissed jennifer and jojo, jubilee and jennifer. >> and what happened to the one that nobody likes. >> olivia, and she is the frontrunner, and she is getting roses like crazy. >> stop it. >> and she went viral last night because of this. this is how she reacts to everything. >> her mouth is open. >> and #olivia, and the #oliviasmouth was trending on twitter. it already has its own twitter handle, the olivia mouth. >> hoda wins. hoda wins. >> i want a split screen. >> and lastly, lace. >> and remember her from last week? >> yes, this is the one that people are not crazy about. >> and she is crazy. and last night she was on a mission, and she was going to tell ben that she is not crazy. >> oh, this is not going to be working. >> i am not a crazy girl at all. i'm a really good girl, and you want to know me. >> i'm a little crazy and i apologize for being crazy. >> i know that i am a little crazy to you. >> yes, to be honest. >> i have a very bold personality. >> so did she go bye-bye? >> nobody has gone yet. >> no, he gave her a rose. >> others girls went home. and he kept her. and god bless him for that, because she is not all there. it's so good. >> and how many seasons? >> well, for this bachelor it is the 20th season, and there has been bachelorettes, but we are not including that. >> thank you, amanda. >> and this is to be continued for a very long time. all righty, we are going to at the front seat of the burberry fashion show. >> it looks like a baldwin. >> and the right one -- no. >> one is in the world of sports and one is acting. >> one is a beckham, maybe. >> david beckham's son. 20-year-old son. >> and daniel day-lewis's kid is the other one? oh, wow. >> oh, they are gonna be the next thing. >> oh. they should have thrown a cassidy gifford in there and it would have been a nice threesome. >> any hoo. here is your adorable baby animal of the day. it's two baby or orangutang. it is o-rang-a-tan, and it is not o-rang-a-tang. not lozengers. this is them meeting each other for the first time. and they are in west borneo. and so cute. >> and ray liotta is over there in the kitchen. he is quite a hunk over there. >> what are you doing over there? >> i'm checking out the food. >> anything good? >> yeah, it smells really good. do you smell it? >> we are smelling something. >> is that demeaning to these women? >> no question about it. >> you do? >> yes, i went to the second date to sniff. >> that is a gentleman. >> i don't sniff on the first date. >> that is rude. do you like to be sniffed in return? >> i do. >> where in particular? >> where, umm, well -- >> he is picking up the knife. >> i don't trust ray liotta with a knife. >> i know. prizes to five lucky fans. >> and he is a known for being bad. ray liotta is going to sit down with us. >> are we drinking wine? 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>> see, it doesn't feel good when it's mispronounced, does it? >> take a look. >> and what is it? you know, the ships and the -- >> i can't believe you are >> i have it on good authority. >> and this authority definitely puts an informant in our crew? >> yes. >> i'm terrified. are you? >> we were scared of you when you showed up. >> yeah, but i was really nice on the soap opera. >> you were nice with us the first time you came on with us. >> and i'm nice now. [ laughter ] >> unbelievable. >> a little intimidating, but we can handle it. two of us and one of him. >> and look at him. the eyes and the look. >> i am doing nothing. >> give us the i'm sweet look? >> the what? >> the i'm vulnerable look. >> i give you vulnerable. >> by the way "shades of blue" is awesome. i was waiting for thursday and i happened to be on the american airlines flight and they played it early. your character is so convincing and you and j.lo have a great chemistry. she's really, really good in this. it's gonna surprise a lot of people. i didn't know much about her before. >> hardworking woman. >> and what made you go to tv, because you wonder if it is going to be a hit? >> truthfully? >> yes. >> cash. >> no. >> and i wanted to do a 13-episode type thing, something consistent. this came along, i read it, i liked the character. i liked jennifer and she's huge and barry levinson directed it, and it was kind of like a no-brainer. what? >> i am doing to you what you do to us. >> what do i do? >> this. >> start already. >> can i smell you? >> what does he smell like? i want to smell you too. >> oh, my gosh! hoda, get in here. get in here. does the other side smell as good? >> oh, you smell good, too. this is what dogs do, isn't it? >> yes, the dogs in heat. [ laughter ] >> is that cologne? >> i do a combo. >> what is it? >> a little men shower to shower and then whatever bottle i pick. >> what is the bottle? >> i don't have any idea. >> i wish we had smell-a-vision, so you could smell him, also. >> i like this show. >> and you didn't have to audition for this, did you? did they just say we want you to do this? do you have to audition anymore? >> not lately. but i would if i really wanted something. >> you would fight for it? >> yes. >> and did you and jennifer lopez just meet at this set? >> no, it is ryan seacrest's production company, and it was >> which is ellen's old house. >> really? >> she has good taste. it's a beautiful house. >> it is a huge house. >> and you liked jennifer right away? >> yeah, it was awkward. and like the whole thing is awkward. this isn't awkward, is it? >> this ask is awesome. >> not for you! >> we have to go? >> no, we want ray to stay and have some carbonara stuff. >> we don't want ray to leave. >> no, "shades of blue" airs this thursday at 10:00 eastern and 9:00 central. right here on nbc. coming up, heather graham tries something she's never done before and gets very animated about it. >> and we're going to catch you after this.is. cheez-it grooves are the perfect union of a cheez-it and a chip. you mean like they got married? umm... i guess... you'd make a pretty bride in that wedding gown. oh, it's a lab coat so... hey everyone, joe's getting married! bam bam ba bam. oh, i'm not. we take time for our cheese to mature ray. >> oh, that was heavenly. it is brain teaser tuesday and we will put your brain to work courtesy of a good riddle by good riddles now. >> and now, a man shaves several times a day like ray liotta, and yet he still has a beard. who is this man? we will tell you to answer after the break. >> then we're going to cook up some classic comfort food. >> maybe he shaves his legs! and it is a "hangover" reunion and we will catch up with heather graham and ken jeong. local news.. for brain teaser tuesday, we gave you this riddle. >> a man shaves several times a day. yet he still has a beard. who is this man? >> we think there are two answers. it is either a barber or a man who shaves a different part of the body like the chest or other parts. >> and some people do that, so don't judge. >> right. >> and now, to the hollywood beauty who is always beautiful, >> you know her from the saucy roles. she played jade, the loveable stripper with the hangover, she really was. felicity shagwell, and who could forget her in austin powers "shag me." and also the role for "boogie nights" that made her a household name. >> and now she has something for the little ones in your life. it's called "norm of the north," and she is playing an executive trying to market condos in the north pole. and a polar bear is trying to convince humans not to build. >> we are looking for real. let me have it. >> roar. >> i am not getting king of the arctic, but it is more queen of the prom. >> bear, bear, bear. >> i need real. i need something. >> ooh. >> how cute are you? >> adorable. and my little animated character is so cute. >> and first time to do animation? >> it's my first time. i've always wanted to. it just sounds like an amazing job, you go in and you have a mask and you just use your voice. >> how does that work, you in your private setting, and you just do stuff. >> yes, and ken jeong is in the movie, also, and we got to do some stuff together. >> and he was in the room with you? >> yeah, he was in the room with me. >> if you're doing scenes together, it makes it easier. >> does he make you laugh that you can't contain yourself. >> yes, he makes you so amped and wild, and so super amped and wild. >> and he just made an omelet. >> he broke an egg. did you stay friends with the people from your films? like ken? >> we're friendly, we're not hanging out every day, not that i wouldn't want to. >> and you get very close on the together, and then life happens and work takes you elsewhere. >> and why hasn't ken called me? >> well, men are like that. and he had to get on another television show. and tell us about your character vera. tell us a little bit about her. >> well, i'm a single mom and i'm trying to get my adorable, and intelligent daughter into this fancy school. so i work for this insane boss, ken jeong, and i want to be a success to help my daughter. my adorable daughter. >> who plays your daughter? >> wow, i can never remember her name. isn't she cute with the glasses. >> it is acting. >> we didn't get to act together unfortunately. >> did i read a note that you sleep ten hours a fight? -- a night? >> well, i like to sleep between nine and 11 hours a night. when i look at people who need less, i don't understand it. >> i have never had that in my entire life. >> and when you wake up after 10:00, do you feel refreshed? >> you do? >> last night i went to bed at 8:45. >> so did i. but i was up at 1:00. and you wake up or you can sleep all of the way through? >> sometimes i sleep all of the way through. >> and you are so youthful. >> i like sleeping. i can try not the sleep. >> if you have any advice, what would you do? >> you definitely don't eat anything that is not good for you? >> i would not talk about it on national tv though. >> oh, good. >> and she is halfway human. well, it is great to see you again. >> thank you. >> and thanks for coming to see us. and "norm of the north" opens this friday. >> fresh from the golden globes, jen jeong is here, and we want you to come along for the ride. >> ken's driving? 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>> shark. >> you are the eagle. >> i saw an eagle take this lady's baby one time. >> and biggie small, overrated? >> he is no sirmixalot. >> maya, maya. >> james. >> james. >> shut up! [ laughter ] you really are in absolutely everything. >> and the golden globes with you and kevin hart, was that a big surprise? >> yes, it was a big surprise. >> you guys got off easy. >> yes, they lowered the mike. that was so much fun. >> now, are you ever sorry that you left medicine? >> well, in all seriousness, i do miss the patients that i took care of. i still keep in touch with some of the patients. >> and what kind of doctor were you? >> general practitioner. >> gp? >> gp. >> like marcus welby. >> yes, shorter and more asian. >> and "ride along 2" has olivia favorites around here >> and what is she like to work >> well, we did the junket in miami, and we did the press together. >> and she got sloshed. >> and she is so great, and she is an amazing talent. i love her to death. >> good comedic chops. >> yes. >> and you and kevin hart, are you pals? >> yes, we go back to standup. i first got my start in l.a. with standup before i did movie acting and tv acting and so i have known kevin for about 15 years when i first got started. >> and who picked you for the "ride along" series? >> it was actual ice cube that got me the role in the movie. we met a few years ago, and i was flattered that he knew who i was. and he text me and said, do you want to be in "ride along 2,". >> wow! cube who got me the role. >> and now, we don't want to smell you, but like we asked ray, do you audition anymore or do they call you? >> i'm just so grateful to work. i didn't know. i didn't want to know. [ laughter ] >> i'm just so grateful to work that when i left my day job was to be a working actor. that's still my goal. >> and you have a new show coming out on television. >> yes, dr. ken on another network, and it is loosely based on my life as a doctor, and family man, married and father of two, and it that has been an amazing show. that. can we play a quick game? we're going to check your improv skills. it's called, who is riding along with ken jeong? and you will give us verbal clues and we guess. >> okay. all the single ladies -- >> beyonce. okay. oh, okay. her own record label, started out country and crossed over. >> taylor swift. >> mm-mmm mm-mmm. and the biggest star on the planet from chicago. >> oprah. >> and anyway, you ready for this? >> regis! [ laughter ] >> and you know, oh, oh, oh, from canada. >> pee-wee herman. oh! justin bieber. >> yes. >> and oh, the lead of "community" and one of my good friends. >> amy poehler. >> no. >> joe mchale. >> and my two favorites. >> hoda and kathie lee. [ laughter ] ken jeong, thank you so much. what a pleasure. and it opens up in theaters this friday. pasta if you are watching your weight. >> it has bacon and everything. increase speed, full throttle! (over intercom) ann, are you coming in? negative! stay on target. what are you guys doing? artoo, thrusters! they're closing in! i'll guard the base. for every family that lives star wars, this is the place where star wars lives. where a galaxy far, far away... ...is closer than ever before. come join us...as star wars awakens. now at walt disney world resort. 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