I love coldplay. Todays the big day, were going to recap the bachelor. Its not every day that amanda avery shows up to recap the bachelor. But were goingtotalk about what went down. If you missed it, dont you worry. Also, kate hudson is here. So cute. Shes in that what is it . Kung fu panda 3. She comes to play. Shes an animated character. Shes a lot of fun. Then we have elvis durans artist of the month ben rekter. Cant wait to hear him. He has a brandnew song. Its called brandnew. The guy is really nice incidentally too, and he has been singing like in high school. He sang through college. He has a catchy tune. If you are looking for something brand new to cook tonight, guess who is here. Ryan scott. He has a onedish recipe that childhood. What is it . Its a chicken casserole with a store bought chicken and tater i made you a dairyfree version. With celery root. Im gonna show you that. That sounds delicious. I hate being singled out. It will be good. Yummy, right . A lot of people are buzzing about one photo thats been around, and this is the cast of this is the friends cast. One of the reasons this is a big photo is because this is the cast of friends and the Big Bang Theory and theyre coming up to honor a director named james burrows. The reason this picture is so significant is because all the money these people made. They made a lot of bank. 1 million an episode. Both. Isnt that crazy . Friends back in the day and the last two seasons, you think, and the Big Bang Theory now. Everyone wants a reunion, but i dont know if were going to get one, but thats definitely a photo of one. The only guy missing is Matthew Perry and hes got a play in the uk. Radio, which is kind of surprising. He said he doesnt remember filming season three through six. Because of his battles with he says he describes himself as for those. How do you remember lines . You wonder about people who are functioning alcoholics. Anyway so thats that. Back. We do. When you wake up in the morning to get ready, do you put your clothes out the night before, or do you wake up in the morning and tear through your closet . Before working this shift. Before working this shift as a child my mother is very organized, and she did make us lay out our clothes the night before, which i used to think was semipsycho. Silly. Now that i have kids, not that mila has that much of an opinion, but shell get one not have the mornings are chaos. I have to say this is mark from mila to mark zuckerberg. This is his closet. He has one item, the gray sweat shirt and the gray tee. Gray hoodies and gray tshirts. He captioned it this way. First day back after paternity leave. What should i wear . He says the reason he wears the same thing every day this is his quote he wants to make as few decisions as possible on anything except how to best serve this community. There you have it. Okay. Its a very altruistic reason. For wearing the same outfit. You have a uniform. Let me just describe it. Okay. Go. Every whoa. Thats all the same day. No, no. You have different earrings. Different earrings on. I cant find that dress. Joanne, did you hide it . This is the thing about hoda. Two things. One, she comes in every day not in the same clothes, but the same a variation. She wears gray leggings or black top. Long gray, long black. And a vest. Thats what i wear every single day. During the summer its similar, but maybe jeans or leggings with these little sneakers. The ones that you wear every day. I love those. Then the other thing about her, which i love, if you like to wear the same seven dresses in a rotation. I do it until people write in. We remember, there was a red dress, and everyone kept saying retire it. I did eventually, or someone took it. And that pink dress, i wear to death. She likes to wear the same things. My sister, who is pretty fashionable, says, you should have a uniform, because you feel the most comfortable in it. She wears like a white button down and jeans. When she gets when anything . When she has a big meeting or photo, and weve shown you a clip. This one we love so much, because it has to do with the bachelor. Instead of calling him the bachelor, they called him the bland man. Thanks for our date this afternoon. I love taking a race car set in prop class with you. I hope he didnt move too fast. What . Im kidding. Thats a funny joke. Its hard. All the girls hate me just because im so mean to them. Its made me realize that i have some deep emotional problems, and i need to go home and deal with them. I would be sad to see you go. Okay. Then ill stay and just be so insane. Can i steal him for a sec . I need to be completely honest with you. Okay. Okay. I have one enormous toe. Like, its so big. Ive been so selfconscious about it my entire life. Holy. You got to watch the whole thing. Queen of the bachelor, melissa avery, is coming out to tell us what happened. It was, like, dead on. The best line ever. Can i steal you for a sec . Why do none of the girls ever say no . I want this time. Go away. No one ever says that. No one wants to be the bad girl. Yesterday the show went to las vegas. Just like us. There was irish step dancing, a cello player. Just like us. Then there was olivia. Olivia, shes the former news anchor. Oh. So she has a secret talent. This is what she decides to do. Whats she doing . Coming out of a cake. Belly dancing outfit. Oh, no. Oh, lord. Oh, gosh. People are laughing. Youll see what happened after this. Watch. Olivias performance, it was cringe worthy. You could just tell olivia was so uncomfortable. It made her performance really uncomfortable for everyone. I dont want to be on camera. Why cant i just have a moment . Im having a panic attack. I just dont know. I dont know if i can do this, you guys. I went into it like feeling good. I thought he was mortified. Like, im here to be marriage material, and i dont think i scream, like, marriage material. Okay. What is wrong with her . She has kind of the First Official breakdown of the season. She spent the rest of the with ben to redeem herself with him. Ill show you the conversation, but, remember, they have not had a date yet, so its just been little moments in group interviews. Take a look. Oh, no, no. Ive been trying to, like, you know, grab you first every time and show you that, like, im here for you. I just want to talk to you. I want to be with you all the time. Like, im completely falling for you. Completely, and its the coolest feeling in the entire world, and i have no fear to say that im falling for you. Olivia is here for you. Im not going anywhere. Why does she talk in the third person . Did you see his eyes . Its pure fear. He kept her. She was last to be called, but he says he saves the best for last. Who left . Some other girl. I didnt even remember they were on the show. We lost the twin. Which twin . He cant either. Thats the problem. They have he brings them both on a date. Now, the whole time these twins have been really nice talking about each other like my sister is the best and whoever he picks is great. Well, one of them, emily, turned last night. She threw her sister under the bus. Shes the bad twin. No, no. I never thought these words would come out of my mouth, but i really kind of need haley to go home, so i can focus on my relationship with ben. I want this badly and i know haley does too, and now that our feelings have grown for you, its going to get harder. I just feel like im having like a stronger connection than what she is having, and i think shes been having a hard time opening up to you from what shes telling me. Im ready for ben to make a decision. Is it going to be haley or me . Of course, i hope its me. That was the most horrifying part of the show. Can you imagine the other twin at home watching that . It reminds me just of when barbara and i fought over henry. Can you imagine going after the same guy if you are a twin. Because when he dismissed one of them he goes its been such a great time with you and you. He didnt even say their names. All right, thank you. Coming up, i have two words for you. Jennifer lopez. We were backstage, and we want to show you our access vip pass after this. And speaking of fit and fabulous stars, you couldnt help but love her mom goldie hawn, and now you cant help but love the gorgeous golden globe winner kate hudson. Well talk to her, and she actress entrepreneur, actress, and mom who happens to be one of the most beautiful women in hollywood. Were talking with kate hudson who has taken on a new role unlike any other shes done before. For the first time, kate is voicing a character in the new movie kung fu panda 3, she plays a dancing panda bear who definitely knows how to make an entrance. Take a look. Huh . I am maymay. Wow, shes amazing. Shes so beautiful. Thats sweet, po, but please try to save all other comments until after the performance. Has it started yet . Look away. Look away. No, you cant, can you . Why does she keep staring at maymay. Shes a little aggressive. She might be. Not very humble. Maymay humble is not something maymay does very well. Maymay is a dancer, obviously. Shes a selfproclaimed dancer. The whole thing about maymay is shes great at everything. Did you yourself learn how to ribbon dance . No, i have no idea. I was looking at these. I have no idea how to do this. These are very little ribbons, though. Maymay has a huge ribbon. These are very colorful. I think maymay has a predominantly red ribbon. I dont know what i would do with this. Its interesting. Did you see her character before they say, okay, heres what the character looks like. Heres what we want and then you fit it . You know, i kind of talked to Jeffrey Katzenberg who is head of dreamworks, and he gave me everything. The idea. These guys are so amazing at what they do and they have been doing it for years and years and then we come in and then you give a voice life and try to put as much energy into it as possible. Which is actually interesting. When you are doing it, you realize you can go really far with it. You sort of exaggerate. Its bigger than life. She is. Just got back from china. I did. And you loved it . You got to see baby pandas . I did. Its very rare to actually hold one of the pandas. Apparently they had oh, yeah. Theyre snuggly and it was not soft. No. Pandas arent soft. Theyre actually quite rough, but oh, god, it was so any claw action . I thought they havent named him yet. I thought maybe you should name him bingbing because my sons what did they say . Theyre like, i dont know. No, no, not happening. How was china . China was actually really interesting, amazing. I didnt know what to expect. Id never been to china, and i loved it. The people were wonderful and very accommodating and it was really, it was really fun. I had a great time. I had some good laughs. But i realized that the panda, they had to actually call the Chinese Government to see if it was okay for me to hold the panda, and they said yes. And i was like, yes so that was cool, and then i came home. And saw your son, bing. He were in china with my friend sophie, who is also my stylist. And, like, i had a map, and i was, like, did you ever think you would be, like, there in the center of china . Were literally in the middle of china. Then i was just saying to people, oh, im in china. You also took your kids to the premiere. How was that . That was interesting. Its a funny thing because i really try to keep them as out of the you do. Yeah. Riders getting a little bit older and he likes it, hes into the social media thing, and he really wanted to uk wa the carpet with me. And i was proud of him. He really held his own out there. What are you concerned about . I just always feel that its best for me to keep him until they get old enough to make their own decisions and what have you. But i realized, they dont really know what my life is. They have no idea, theyve never been to a premiere. Right. Kind of go, well, maybe i shouldnt exclude them about what my life is. So with this, i felt, its kung fu panda, lets do it. And then theyre of course and theyre like, okay, well yeah. And bing is 4. All he cared about was yogurt land. He wanted frozen yogurt. We walked the red carpet, and not really. Mommy is on the carpet. Thanks for coming to see us. Good luck with kung fu panda, in theaters this friday. Friday. Can we try a little of this . Go for it. The next big star of country. Elvis duran. Right after this. This is not fun. Seems like weve hit a road block. That reminds me. Anyone have occasional constipation, diarrhea. 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Hes going to sing to us later from his latest album brandnew, but we want to talk with him first. Hi, kids. Let me tell you something about ben. Eight years in the making. This is not an overnight story here. Right. Hes done it all on his own. All grassroots. All organic. Sells out. Everyone knows every word to every song. It really is he is a true musician. It is very interactive. You have been writing music since youre a teenager, right, and does it come just from Life Experiences or how where is it coming from . It comes from a little bit of everything. Just anything that affects me. Sometimes i have to try really hard and sometimes it just kind of happens. Look at your crowds. Theyre nuts. And your concerts are like singalongs, which are my favorite type of concerts ever. Whats that like to get the energy from the audience . So im generally a pessimist. Everyone that works with me first thinks thats kind of endearing. Theyre, like, come on, man. People are going to come to the show. It is its thrilling and awesome to have people sing, but realistically every night im just, like, who are these people . Why are they here . They know every word to every song. Thats got to freak you out a little bit. Were going to learn every word to this song when we come back. When you look in that camera, say hi to your mom because your mom is watching. You have to. Betty rekter, hello, i love here i am on your favorite show. Ben is going to sing for us in a couple of minutes. Cant wait. Plus, a cheesy chicken casserole you and your kids will devour. Working on my feet all day gave me pain here. In my knees. But now, i step on this machine and get my number which matches my dr. Scholls custom fit orthotic inserts. Now i get immediate relief from my foot pain. My knee pain. It is booze day tuesday. Jenna bush hager is filling in for kathie lee. When its cold outside, you want or drink something. Our today food team enlisted ryan scott to whip up one of his favorite casseroles. And wait until you see what hes cooked up. Were excited. Even matt lauer was talking about it. He could smell it downstairs. Tater tots. Check out what were doing here on my Favorite Chicken casserole. We have oil, a little bit of milk, sour cream, any hot sauce you like. This one is something. This is cream of chicken. I like that we dont make a sauce. Now, roasted chicken bought at the store. Weve done a segment, you and i. Yeah. Salt, pepper, lemon, Monterey Jack cheese, because its nice, and then my favorite, ranch, is your salt. Ranch. I mean, ranch. Two, one, ranch. Ranch is the key to everything, right . What i want you to do is i want you to add scallions to here. Youre going to take the here with just the jack cheese. Do you want the rest in here . Yes. What is in here . That is whisked cream cheese. Heres the thing about the cream cheese. I made you a dairyfree one. Its delicious. Its so good. Now half the chicken should go in the bowl. When you are mixing i like cream cheese thats whipped because you can mix it like this. The hard stuff you have to leave it out at room temperature. Now, jenna, you mix that. Pop that inside here with ms. Hoda. Watch out for my wine. Careful with the wine. Priorities. I have been on your show for eight years. I have priorities. Now what were going to do what about salt and pepper . You can have a salt and pepper. The ranch has a lot of salt and pepper to it, but go ahead and add more. Maybe no more salt. Anybody else raised on cream of chicken . Why do you make that face . We laugh because why do you keep talking about my issues . Tummy endorsement. Everyone has something. Im going to find out both of show would be over. Hot sauce. Why i said cream of chicken is i dont want you to make bechamel. Shes getting sick just stirring it. Seriously . Im just kidding. Come over here. This segment is going nowhere. Why can i never finish my segment . I know. Now put the tater tots on top. Shes asking a good question here. Are they frozen . Next time we put this many in here, jenna is going to put the whole damn thing on here. We should put out, they are frozen. You can put frozen things on top of casseroles . Bake it. Okay. That turns out. That works. You bake it. What you are going to do is put potato chips and anything you want on top. Classic wrap and foil. Have you ever had lasagne that had pieces of cheese on the foil . If you put plastic wrap, it can last long. Now try this. Made this with celery. Thats that ugly guy in the corner, but its delicious. Can i have the one thats not with celery, please. Not healthy. Wait a minute. So good with celery root. Oh, my gosh. I love it. How many calories . 9,000 calories. This in this bite right here. I put vegetables on top. Just what i needed. Give me the ranch face. Its good, right . Look, you can switch them out for anything you want. Bake it. Call it a day, its delicious. 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