With the 17minute mon low log and music and dancing and, of course, the awards. And the oscar goes to argo. In a surprise appearance from the white house, First Lady Michelle Obama announced the winner for best picture. Ben affleck, not nominated for best director, expressed his gratitude for this win. It doesnt matter how you get knocked down in life, because thats going to happen, all that matters is you to get up. I love you. In the best actress category, a bit of a stumble. You guys are standing up because you feel bad that i fell. Thats really embarrassing. Thank you. Reporter Jennifer Lawrence winning for her role in Silver Linings playbook, later celebrating with her family at the governors ball. And the oscar goes to daniel daylewis. Threetime oscar winner meryl streep presented the award to Daniel Day Lewis for his role in lincoln. I had actually been committed to play margaret thatcher. In the directing category, ang lee won for life of pi. Thank you, movie god. Thank you. Fo
Announcer this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to a special edition of today on a monday morning. Im matt lauer. Good morning, everyone. Im Savannah Guthrie. Welcome back. Good to be back. Stay up all night watching the oscars . No. I made it through the singing of goldfinger. I was surprised by the other awards when i woke up. How about you . I barely made it past the monologue. But in my defense it was 17 minutes long. It was long. It really was. A lot of different reviews about the show. People not only talking about the big winners, but Seth Mcfarlane as host. It was a segment he joked about during much of the telecast. Al and meredith are out in los angeles. They have been up all night and good morning to you, guy. Should i say continuation of good evening . I havent really been up all night. Als been up all night. Meredith has been back in her room having mai tais. As you mentioned the reviews are s
Announcer this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to a special edition of today on a monday morning. Im matt lauer. Good morning, everyone. Im Savannah Guthrie. Welcome back. Good to be back. Stay up all night watching the oscars . No. I made it through the singing of goldfinger. I was surprised by the other awards when i woke up. How about you . I barely made it past the monologue. But in my defense it was 17 minutes long. It was long. It really was. A lot of different reviews about the show. People not only talking about the big winners, but Seth Mcfarlane as host. It was a segment he joked about during much of the telecast. Al and meredith are out in los angeles. They have been up all night and good morning to you, guy. Should i say continuation of good evening . I havent really been up all night. Als been up all night. Meredith has been back in her room having mai tais. As you mentioned the reviews are s
good morning. party on pennsylvania avenue. the president and mrs. obama host their first state dinner, welcoming hundreds of dignitaries and hollywood a-listers to the white house. who was there and who wasn t? we ll tell you. speaking out. michael brewer, the florida 15-year-old set on fire allegedly by a group of classmates, opens up to police for the first time about the attack. we ll ask michael s parents about that and their son s recovery in a live interview. and heading out. the holiday travel season getting under way this morning with an estimated 38 million americans taking to the roads, the rails and the skies, just in time for all that turkey today, the rails and the skies, just in time for all that turkey today, wednesday, november 25th, 2009. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to today on a wednesday morning. i m matt lauer. and i m meredith vieira, and i feel like all those people heading out for the holiday have