Busy running weekend errands well get you caught up on the big news from hollywood including the latest on brad pitt in todays buzz. Hoping to shed weight, great. Two viewers took our 30day diet challenge and tried out two popular weightloss programs and we will reveal results to see which worked best. Plus, a perfect family movie to get you in the holiday spirit. Dolly partons coat of many colors a sequel and a sneak peek from one of the stars. My friend, plays ms. Moody. Such a huge hit, the first one. And this one is supposed to be out of the park. So good one problem today. Whats that . Appears or morning beverage has been forgotten. Never, ladies, never. Oh, janes here just the way he planned. Jane, darling. Happy election eve. Celebrate or commiserate the there you go. Thanks for helping we love you. On the nine, honey. Go home to that gorgeous child. Thank you nice talking to you. Cheers, hoda woman. Cheers to your weekend, for starters. I was a busy girl this weekend. On friday in my well, hometown, so to speak, on a carnival cruise. Right here in what . In the harbor. The carnival vista, beautiful, beautiful ship. Hes running for president. I didnt know. I told him i hope he wins. Carrie underwood gave an unbelievable concert. They we are. Christine and cassidy says it was okay to use their pictures because theyre huge carrie fans. She was just unbelievable. What was she like . Everythings effortless with her. Yes. Because she was born to sing especially her gospel stuff, you feel like youve gone to heaven. They were holding a private concert. Carnival made it available, this particular cruise, for some of our armed forces. You know how often when deployed you miss birthdays, you miss a holiday, holidays, you miss important times. They wanted to make some memories with us precision homefront honoring military families. A beautiful cause. Try am with eddie. I always make friends with first of all a sweetheart. In charge of all the beverages on the entire carnival now, they have my stuff. Thank you for asking. Your stuff rocks. Yes. They have a lot of my stuff. A little update on shecky. At his first wedding last saturday night. First little bow tie. Goes over and kisses his mommys leg. Look at him in his bow tie. Just like a top spinning around like a top. Yeah. Doing that for a long, long time and then he saw his mom over there and goes right over to her and kisses her on the thigh. Is that precious . The cutest thing ever. You were busy, too, ms. Hoda. So premarathon, joel and some of his friends wanted to go to this restaurant. Ive never ive heard of it in little italy called puglias, a whole show. Joel, friends of his who ran the marathon. Just gooie all of a sudden its a lounge act. Singing a song, everyone get your napkins and get up on your seat. Youre eating dinner. Look what happens in the restaurant. I think we have a video. . Get up and shake your napkins . Get up, get up and shake your napkins . Everybody is standing up. No. You put your fork and knife down. You get up, do that, and you sit back down and eat. Ive never seen such a thing. So exciting. People were walking by outside, i want to be in there something about it. Did you do the hokeypokey . No. Just, . Get up, get up . They made up that song themselves. Im so glad you had such a wonderful weekend. Saturday night live had an update. This is good. Often after snl does sketches solt some people are left with a bad taste in their mouth, was its been such a contentious election. A snapshot, a 40second bit at the end of the opening monologue where Hillary Clinton and donald trump went out into new yorks times square, and check out what [ laughter ] if only. Right . But look at this. All go into a circle. . . . Ohoh, ohoh . Ohoh, ohohohoh . So into it come on. Isnt that a moment . Come on. Its a long moment. It didnt feel the elections felt like a long sure has. Again in this world . Hoda woman . Like you and i do . I believe. You are an optimist. Good for you. I believe we will. Me, not so much. Hollywood, very good guy, tom hanks, gets real how you can get in big trouble, even with him. Universally known to be a good guy but revealed to the jakarta post theres one thing he wont tolerate. T he said i am a good natured man and give everybody a fair shake, someone takes advantage of that you will face the wrath of a lover scorned. He says, i am not a sucker. Beware. Did something happen recently . I dont know. E said honestly is whats helped their 28year long dont mistake my kidness for stupidity. Im kind, but im not stupid. I hate rudeness. Rudeness for me. Or cruelty. Forget it. Yeah. Right. Those are definitely top three. Our hearts and definitely prayers, praying since i heard about this. Michael buble and his beautiful wife luisana revealed the oldest of their two beautiful boys, noah, is battling cancer. He and his wife posted this picture. Were devastat a recent cancer diagnosis of our oldest son noah currently undergoing treatment in the United States and went on to say theyve been very vocal about the importance of family and the love they have for their children and hope with support of their family and friends and fans around the world that theyll win this battle. Both put their careers on hold until i totally get that. So respect it. We send all our love to you guys today. Sure theyre not watching at home but will feel them, hopefully. Absolutely will. Precious little boy. So Ryan Seacrest was also at a wedding over the weekend. It wasnt his. I know. I saw a picture. In a beautiful suit with a beautiful bride, and it was captioned, what a beautiful day. I was like, what . It was his sister. In case we were wondering. He was the man of honor. Isnt that sweet . Doesnt it show how close they are . Posted a picture of the morning of the wedding with we dont know her name . Karen . Meredith. It says, the day your sis grows maybe. Man of honor. So great. By the way, tells you everything about their family. Doesnt it . How close they are. I like him a lot. Nice guy. What else, hoda woman . Theres more. Something thats sweeping the nation. Not really. Do you remember planking . That challenge . Remember the water bottle challenge. Had to flip the water battle, see if it landed . Yes. Another one. Called the mannequin challenge. So High School Students around the country are tweeting videos of themselves and friends store. Kevin hart was at the gym and tried it with his friends. So look. Everybody froze. [ laughter ] wed do it here at the studio but we would have to pay each person that we showed you. We can do it. And go. Okay. Break it. Hoda. It really is. Thats the best of the show. The steelers posted a video to instagram in their locker room. Thats good. Except for one guy walking in the back, perfect. Is this to raise money for something or just to have fun . To have fun. Well, we need it. Okay. If you walk you walk away during commercial, come back. Youre going miss our favorite and we get the gossip with in todays buzz next. . Dance, dance, dance . If your mind could use a break from the political hubbub, how about fun celebrity gossip. In todays buzz, and here, its monday. Give us a break. Happy monday. We have a new chapter in the brangelina divorce. And brad filed friday. She filed divorce a couple weeks ago. He responded asking for joint physical and legal custody of the kids. In her filing she wanted sole custody. Now he has responded. Lets hope that they figure this one out and quickly so that the children can move on. Interestingly though, too, he has a big movie coming out in a incredible reviews. They say its the performance of his career. Oscar buzz already about this. Awesome rumors he might, in fact, miss the red carpets and press for this movie until hes got his stuff settled with his family. I dont blame him. All anybody will want to talk to him about. Cant get away for a it. Better for the movie if he stays any way. Neither of them. I dont blame them. How much would you pay to spend new years eve with Justin Bieber . How much would it cost you . Im not sure how much i would pay. It will cost you, amazing package for 500,000. What . Half a million dollars. You can spend new years eve at the phantom blue hotel in miami. Such a luxury hotel. Old school hotel in miami. Theyve renovated it. Its gorgeous. What do you get . You a what dont you get . Tickets for ten people. So, 100,000 each. Poolside concert. Also get to stay in the penthouse at the top of the hotel. About 9,000 square feet, five bedrooms and get to use lamborghinis, fabulous cars, go to great dinners. Trying to convince you, hoda. I know. Chaching. Or get a wealthy friend to do it and be their guest. Kathie lee, will you get it . Right. Weve heard rumors about lady gaga getting a big acting role . Amazing. Theres rulers shell be playing donatella versace. On her last album wrote a song called donatella and dedicated it to her. Shes coming back to tv. The o. J. Series was so successful, theyre planning the second and even the third one. The third is based on the death of gianni versace. Thats the role lady gaga might play. Really getting into acting. Just won a golden globe and very busy, doing the super bowl in february. And ryan murphy is producer of that. He knows. Talk us through the box office . Massive. Taken by surprise. A new marvel comic turned into a benedict cumberbatch, thought it would be really well. Did better than expectations. It did 85 million. Wow just over the weekend. Number two, Justin Timberlakes movie trolling, but it did great. 45 million. So theres nothing no shame there. That was great, too. Three was mel gibsons big comeback directorial movie, about 15 million. There you go. I think people wanted to get away from the election maybe. All three movies great hits. Rob, thank you. And you want to drop a few pounds before the holidays . Who doesnt . You dont know which diet will work . Two viewers tried out two popular diets for 30 days. Well reveal the results coming up after these messages. Jack be nimble, jack be quick,. And his pants ignited into flames, causing him to stop, drop and roll. Luckily jack recently had geico help him with renters insurance. Because all his belongings went up in flames. Jack got full replacement and now has new pants he ordered from banana republic. Visit geico. Com all right. You want to drop a few pounds before the holidays but dont know which will work for you . Two of our viewers tried out two popular workout plans for 30 days and this is well have results after this . Yes. We decided to help a couple viewers out putting them to the 30day diet challenge. Alice and donna. Each chose the diet they wanted to try, and nbc news health and nutrition editor madelyn fernstrom. She guided them along the way. Thats right. Having a little problem this morning. Thats okay. Well be okay. Were fine. Alice chose a dash diet and donna chose nutrisystem. Before we see their results, here are their stories. Always been the same way and no matter if i diet or dont diet i pretty much stay the same weight. Ive been overweight most of my life. I usually stay like around a size 14. There have been times when ive been bigger than that. Probably when i turned like 46, 47, i added another 15 pounds, which really bothered me. Physically, when im really heavy, my back hurts. And trying to find clothes that hide the stomach. Not being able to button up a jacket frustrates me or having when i can fit into a 14, if id slim down. Four years ago i was diagnosed with type ii diabetes. Sort of like a wakeup call. Having diabetes is an everyday struggle. Because all the foods you want to eat and that taste great, youre not supposed to eat. I love to cook. I have a big family. Everybody comes over here for all holidays. I make a big prime rib and baked potatoes and all the fixings. Sweets. I want to have carbs. You know, if im being really onnest, my favoritthe ing is chips and dip. I dont have it often, but its definitely something when im having one of those days its something i want. Losing weight would mean, to me, being healthy. You know, my whole goal is to be healthy. Im almost 50, and i dont want to go into my 50s at this size. Im excited about the nutrisystem plan, because this is the diabetic plan. I chose the dash diet because when took a look at it, it was all real food. Im happy someone is bringing me food every week and all i have to do, grab it and heat it up. I think the diet will help me make a plan where i make sure i eat breakfast, lunch and dinner and two snacks so im not starving at the end of the day. Im hoping ive made a real dent in the weight that i want to lose. Even the dog wants some food. Sounds like they both picked diets that fit with them. Thats really the goal. Pick something that speaks to you, meets all requirements you need. Most diet plans are going to work. Right. Okay. Exciting is, coming up, stick around, well find out how they did a month later and found out if the diets they chose ended up working for them and can work for you, too. Plus the newest feelgood story from dolly parton just in time for the christmas holidays. One woman risks her life to take you inside the black market. What she finds might shock you, coming up, right after your i used to blame the weather for my frizz. Turns out my curls needed to be stronger to fight back. Pantenes prov formula makes my curls so strong they can dry practically frizz free. Intensely concentrated prov formula. When you ache and havent slept. Youre not you. Tylenol . Pm relieves pain and helps you fall fast asleep and stay asleep. We give you a better night. Youre a better you all day. Tylenol . 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And madeleine has results and advice to help you find the right diet for yourself. Madelyn, what happened . What happened . Starting with alice. Hi, alice. How are you . Good to see you. When you look at the dash plan, alice likes to cook, shop, eat. Enjoys a variety of foods and willing to make these changes, and get rid of a lot of things that were really high calorie picking dash a diet with a variety of foods. Lean proteins of all types, including red meat, fish, chicken. A lot of variety . Yes, and low on starches, bread, rice, pasta, but a lot of vegetables and kind of mediterranean. Which you know works. How do you feel, before were get to your weightloss . Feel great. I will add mitt sugars out for a whole month is hard. Was it worth it . How much did she lose . 17 pounds in 30 days. In 30 days. From her starting point, a reasonable amount of weight loss. When you hear plans, results may vary. She stuck with it. Stayed on it every day and why she had such great success. Congrats. Let you know what the dash diet author said. Here what they had to say. During the initial weeks i want people to learn what Portion Sizes work for them both for sizes for different appetites to accommodate a variety of body sizes, weights and goals. After the first two week when you can add in more starchy foods best to ease in. You did it all. Congratulations. Way to go. Shall we move over . Youre going to continue it . Im going to. Good for you. Even on thanksgiving . No. [ laughter ] donna went on not interested. No time to shop. Wanted something easy, pop in the oven. Ready to eat. Meals and snacks. How do you feel . I feel great. I hear the food is tasty it. It was good having food at your doorstep. It was tasty. So what were the results . Of 30. Youre laughing because alice, face it, 17 pounds. Dont you feel bad about that, donna shes just hungry. Wait until next month. Youre going to get her. All her food was waiting for her. Do you feel healthier given the kinds of foods youve been eating . I always added a salad to it. They didnt seem to have enough veggies. The food was tasty, the breaksts were great. Pizzas great. I added a salad to make it healthier. And we reached out to heres what they had to say. They said our foods are designed to be lower on the glycemic index and focuses on fiber and protein to keep blood sugar levels stabilized. We show a significant reduction in blood sugars, hemoglobin a1c, the programs are designed to promote healthy weightloss of one to two pounds do you feel better in that department . I do. There were a lot of carbs they were balanced but more carbs than i would normally eat. Notice the portions. You have to readjust your way of thinking what a portion size is. This may look like a lot or nothing. The nutrisystem plan will tell you here what a standard portion size is and this is what you need to follow. So its a mental adjustmt. Thats a pizza. With this pizza i added a salad to it. Two success stories. For more of madeleines tips on finding the best diet plan for you, go to our website. And coming up, the black market where anything and everything has a price. Yeah. One young woman goes undercover to expose the shocking truth, after this. Why are you checking your credit score . I think we can finally get a bigger place. Hi yeah, let me check my score too. Try credit karma. Its free. Check out credit karma today. Credit karma. Give yourself some credit. You know your heart loves megared omega3s. But did you know your eyes, your brain, and your joints really love them too . Introducing megared advanced 4in1. Just one softgel everyone has heard of the black market, but not everyone knows whats bought and sold there. Everything from adoptions to pharmaceuticals even human organs. People all over the world seek out illicit trade. Exploring the dark underside of the black market hosted by halufer adit. 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