Hope you had a great weekendho yes, and joining us is going to be a woman in star wars and she is so funny. A hoot and a half. Carrie fish er. And she is go g ing to bring her friend. Wait until you see her a adele at the golden globes. And if you have ever wondered h we wi talk to les gold. And lovely. How was your weekend . Daughter home, and marathon walk, and nothing better. And all day saturday, mother daughter stuff, and we never have the chance to do getting e ready to go to a incredible cess ir hometown, and not many people can host 600 people in their house and still seem roomy, but cass and i went to our friends home. And now, i think that we have picture. Labor of love. And some people, it is easy, but some people not. You are no martha ste and it is called a christmas bush, and it is live and comes with ornaments and ribbons in the bag. Nothing says christmas more than a tree in the bag. And c trees, and people have the most amaze ing christmas e trees, and e e every year, you could not believe how gorgeous. And now i have a wreath on the door only because tammy sent me one. Thank you, tammy it she going to to b tak e take it hard. She used to have the most e year, and now shgs , it is this one. This is the one, and also in love actually. Oh, my god, love that movie. It is from 1994, the most plays rereplaced by this song we hope you are having a wonderful christmas time simply a wonderful christmas time the shim s s. And this is the cover of the Paul Mccartney song. Why pauls isnt the original. Who the heck is that . And do you know that there is a whole skwen ration generation of kids who and can you imagine going back generations to like our parent, and these kids dong about and fill in the blank. There is another one that should be num look a lot like christmas everywhere you go take a look at the 5 and dime glistening once again with candy canes that fill the lanes aglow yep. There you go. It is a great one. People are so sweet, because they have been tweeting me my christmas album. Your record . Them. 16 cds and my mother has them all. And you have them . Yes, it was a record back then and i was seven months and you will hear cody in a second. No, it is a long way off. Its beginning to look a lot like christmas. Finally, im in christmas mood. Nothing like youge the yule log. What are they . Well, you have somebody in the audio booth who is in love. These are the property broer thers in front of the burning fire. This y too big. They are like will ferrell in elff because they are too big for that tiny fireplace. Big one for those big boys. And i love those guys, but answer me a deep question, hoda. Why do people love them so much . We like them, but we dont get the mania around them . My nieces came to visit and the day before, tha ey were so upset. They are fun guys. But t m ar chosen by sports illustrated, and for t the first time it is a woman in 20 years, and it is serena will williams. And they say that she has madee tennis player in her generation, but of all time, and she the most dominant athletes playing today. Good for see an athlete doing so well. What about what else . Glozell is going to have a baby. You know her as the woman with the green lip s s. That is the surrogate. She said that she is this her my eggs were a powdered eggs. What is she eating . She is having serial in the tub with milk. Omg. Omg. That is why she has so many people watching her. The big holiday cookie swap. All right. We are so excited because we have a guest here Dominique Wilson from minnesota. She is the store manager of the cookie cart, and this is a nonprofit, right, dominiqu and so, cookie cut is a nonprofit that provides youth with a first paid job in minneapolis, but it is not just a job, and i just a bakery. We give train, and Financial Literacy and teach them how to become a professional. And it was started by a nun . Yes. You were a young girl there, and look at you. What did it do for you, well, it taught me how to to be a professional, and go down that path. You went on to Culinary School . School . Yes. And i love it alrea oh, my god. You see, i dont like a crispy one, but i like it like this, gooey. Baby, dominic, these are delicious. Thank you, dominique. Thank you. Merry christmas. Too bad that ho t all. We have a very exciting, and everybody has a story winner. Her name is stacy. Everybody has a story wow a lot of kathie lee singing. And the woman who nominated her. They dont know that they are the winners. Hello, guys which one is susan and which one hi, you guy, it is kathie lee. And you won. You won the everyone has a story contest. Oh, congratulations. Which swun stacy and which one is susan . Raise if you are stacy. That is stacy. I am completely confused now. Do you know that you won . [ do you know that you won . Now we do. Yes im exhausted. And now, this is a wonderful store y that back in 2010, suzannes husband and father of sudd and that the left her to plan the funeral and clean out the house, and suddenly, who knocked on the door and stacy arrive ands in the english language, what can i do . Random act of kindness, and she said that she has taught me the christian commune ity in action, and all about gods love. It is not some w feel, but something that we act upon. We cant wait for you the come. Andm come true for you. Does that sound good . Oh. Does that sound good . Bye, ladies. Bless you all. That went well. I told you that skype never works. By the way, she is right. 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Any crumbs or bit info well, i dont look as good as i would like to, but then you can see it from there. Im very intense and like im retaining fluid. And there is a a lot of people there. And there are younger pictures of me like that, and we with all go through it. Does it end . No, it is worin god, i wish i looked like this. And you have written a book . E yes, it is relative. My mother cant go on the talk shows, because she cant go to the talk show, because it is going to make her worse. And is this for you or gary . I am drink ing ing the dog water. And if you are going to be retaining water, have it pet water, and make it clean. And what is the name of the book . Make em laugh. Awesome. You dont have to proet mote this film call d ed star wars because you may not have heard of it, about my parents arguing all of the time and getting a divorce. What was it like get the old gang back together again . It is good. It is not like we didnt see and every time george gets an award, they haul us out. Not clooney, but lucas. We have tole tell people. No, yeah. I name drop, and any name that is a single name and just go. I am actually giving him award today, and George Clooney . No, lucas. You know, they are both famous. It doesnt matter. And so any little bits that you can tell us about the star wars and you are not supposed to spoil anything, but is there a kiss . I cant tell you that stuff, but we made out constantly off camera though. It is to say. When you are at this age, there is sexual tension of another sort, you know what i am saying . I think i do. I am scared. So, no we did have fun, and also, also, it is a job. So, you know, earl t morning. And hopefully, a little piece and nobody gets pieces of anything. Because they could just say, you want a piece of the get that girl over there, and she is not as old as you are. And they cannot replace you, because of the original. Plastic surgery. It has to be you gary, go for it. He is sitting like winston churchill. He is like a lounge singer. I thought that they were lucky to have him, and when he saw chewbacca, he was almost fainted. He is so tall, that he had to stand up next to the the tree. And we never know which caryis going to show carrie is going to show up. It is the fluid retention carrie carrie. And go see the movie. And my mothers book. There are some people you should give underwear to this holiday. And there are some people you shouldnt. People you should. Shouldnt. Janice should. Shouldnt. Yes. No. Should. No way. Should. No. Definitely not. Ha ha, nay. You shouldnt give underwear to everybody. But for those you do, give them fruit of the loom. We give you relief from your cold flu. You give them a case of the giggles. Tylenol cold helps relieve your worst cold flu symptoms. You can give them everything youve got. Tylenol lips appear to age faster than other skin. No worries. 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A stretch of first avenue that was closed is open to traffic once again. It was shut down between 61th to 64th. Bricks fell from the facade of a high rise on 63. Taking a check of weather, clouds and fog, 62, the high. Tonight, rain clears. 56 degrees. Tomorrow, gusty and cooler with a high of 60. Wednesday, some of the sun moves in. 54 degrees. Thursday, another possibility of rain. 56 is the high. Up next on the today show with kathie lee and hoda, the stars of hard core pawn. Join us again for news 4 at noon. All day long at nbc new newyork. Com and tomorrow morning. Hoda told me that her hair has caught on fire at holiday parties. It is not that unusual. And it is funday monday and we are ready to kick off the week with the juicy celebrity scoop with todays buzz. And joining us is entertainment weeklys Senior Writer tim stack. How many people did you have to climb over . Wel, many. And more like kick them down the stairs. Out off my way. And adele had news you will like today. Nd she announced a 56city north american tour. Wow she starts in, i believe in july in minneapolis. And good, because she needs money. She is so broke. Yes. And she is doing so well, and she needs more furs, and trips country where she can control the wind. Look at her. She controls weather. She needs a good job. But yeah, she is doing the major stints in l. A. And new york at msg and six nights in both cities, and so you know, we will her sh is tonight, and i saw her radio city concert on nbc, and it was incredible. She made radio city feel like a tiny venue, and right with her, and this is not easy to accomplish. Right. And she has a new do. A jaunty look. Oh, i like it. It is very jessica alba. Yes. Lawrenceylike, and a choppy bob. I am going to get it right after this. And a choppy tim. Right. And taylor swift . Well, she dropped some big news with her turning 26 on sunday, and that made me feel a little sad. And she announced that the 19 8 89 tour is in sidney and it is doing to have all of her famous guests, justin timberlake, and yes. And eva longoria is engaged. Number three. Threes a charm. And she got engaged to jose antonio baston, and look at him. They look happen y. And she tweeted or instagramed a photo of them in dubai and there they are, and she said she got engaged. Look at that rock. I wish i could see. And it is big. It is a big sucker. Big sucker. And big night for the star wars fans. Yes, and big night, yes. I was gog say the nerds, but the star wars premier is in l. A. Tonight, and hugely big deal, and look at that, people are lined up. And they have bn een for weeks. Yes, a week, and the security out there y go to the oscars, but obviously star wars premiers friday and everybody thinks it is going to be breaking every record, and break jurassic worlds record of over 200 million. And yoda is not in this as hoda pointed out before. There was room for hoda. 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