from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live, from the stage of "the voice" at university studios in los angeles. [ applause ] >> i'm so happy. okay.

>> your dream come true. >> this is what it feels like. it is fun day monday, everybody. it is may the 5th, 2014, cinco de mayo. billy bush and i are live from "the voice" stage in los angeles. okay. >> this is a dream come true for you. right? you love -- >> if i could sing, i can only imagine what it must feel like to be on the stage with the judges sitting in those four chairs right in front of us turning. blake turning. >> looking at you. >> looking at me. >> by the way, getting you out of blake's dressing room this morning took a long time, but i'm glad we finally did it and here we are, because this place has history. they did "scar face" on this studio, in this stage. they're going to remake "scar face." can we agree you don't remake "scar face"? >> yes, leave that alone. kathie lee is usually here. billy bush, such a great guy, came today.

you know kathie fell down the stairs, she was talking about it and her knee was swollen and the doctor said to her, when you have a swollen knee and bruising and stuff, it is not a good idea to fly. so billy bush is pinch hitting today and we're going to have some fun. >> a little phone call last night, in fact, just before dinner. i had a nice text exchange with kathie, she's doing good. >> we'll see her tomorrow. okay. so, again, we do have a great show. we're going it meet two of the new coaches. gwen stefani and pharrell. >> this is good stuff. >> we'll talk about them. in a minute. but we got to show you where we are. because this stage -- and before you get here, it is hard to know what's what. so we'll show you around. so, first of all, the performance stage is right here. this is where everyone does their performing on stage. okay. now, if you go over to the sky box, which is up there, that's where carson hangs out and does his thing.

and -- >> that's a nice little round thing up there. >> yeah. and the red chairs right in front of us, which is so exciting. that's where all the coaches sit. they hit the button, which, by the way, the button -- >> the button. >> how about the button? >> i wanted to hear a little -- when you make -- when you turned earlier this morning, i was waiting for the -- you know you wanted to hear it. it is why you came here. but you and i were worried about walking down the stairs. think about this, they walk down singing, looking out. i was terrified. we're going to fall down. >> big change in the coaching staff of "the voice." not only are the new coaches coming in, but something happened to one of the old coaches. >> adam levine has gone blonde. what do you think about the sexiest man alive now is blonde. [ applause ] tweeted out this picture this weekend.

>> that's him with his fiancee, a victoria's secret model. do you think, you're a guy, you have a good head of hair. >> thank heavens for that. i'm not particularly that tall to have the hair i appreciate. >> do you think the blonde changes adam? >> just by applause, sexier blonde, yes or no? yes, applause? no. see, that's the general prevailing wisdom right now. ladies are not thrilled about it. >> i have to say i like adam better as a brunette. >> he can go back. i did this years ago, i did this, flashback five years ago, got into a panic mode, am i young, am i old, what am i going to do and i went frosty tips, old school secret frosty tips. no man should be sitting in a hair chair with tinfoil on his head. it shouldn't happen. so i let it go. and then i cut it. i said forget about it. >> i notice little tiny bits of gray sneaking in.

>> i asked my wife and kids the other night, i said, listen, i'm seeing the gray, they have been seeing the gray for a little while. do i dye it out and put a little dye in there? no. absolutely not. you got to go salt and pepper. so i'm doing it. courageous step! i'm old! i'm old! >> by the way, we should point out, "the voice" airs tonight on nbc. i had a chance to sit down with gwen stefani and pharrell. a lot of people know pharrell because of the song "happy." that's how they know him and they think he's a new guy. he's been around. he's written all kinds of songs. this song -- i'm going to play it. i want to know if you know he wrote this song. ready? i have a little speaker. here we go. ♪ ♪ believing the rest of my season ♪ >> you don't have to stop now, girl. get up there and move.

>> he wrote "hot in here." he wrote "holler back girl" with gwen stefani. yes, he did. he wrote "milk shake," the kelis song. >> my milk shake brings all the boys to the yard. >> mine is better than yours. >> wait a minute. four tunes for michael jackson song, ultimately michael didn't do, but justin timberlake did on his first album. so when justin timberlake first came out solo and people said, man, you're, like a young michael jackson, that's thanks to him. >> the song "happy," he said was written as a duet with cee lo and pharrell. cee lo didn't want to release "happy" so it stayed and pharrell got the song. >> who is happy now? pharrell. >> he's so great. we'll talk to him and gwen stefani, who, by the way,

moments before i sat down to interview gwen and pharrell last night, she was breast-feeding that 10 week old baby. >> moments before. >> she said i need a couple more minutes, i need to breast-feed this cute baby. i fell in love with her. >> was pharrell wearing the hat during the interview? >> you know what hat he had on. not that hat. >> not the vivien westwood hat. >> a new hat he designed that looked a little cowboy and a little whatever. we'll see it. >> all about the hat. >> now we're down to some of the final singers. down to eight. >> who's yours? >> i like from team blake -- >> of course. you like blake from team blake. >> i like sisaundra from team blake. >> sisaundra lewis. they often close and open the show with her. >> here is a teeny bit of her. let's watch. ♪ hold on hold on ♪ oh, cheri hold on hold on

>> and billy -- i love her. what do you love? >> i like kat perkins from team adam. she was in jeopardy last week, almost got cut. i think that was just to keep it dramatic. she's fantastic. she feels the music, like you. she feels it. it runs through her body. she's doing it, man. it is an emotion. i love her. >> we're going to find out and it is going to be fun tonight on this very stage. >> i also like the josh kaufman guy. team usher? he looks a little like jack osborne and the guy that plays capote in the other movie. and this guy is fantastic too. >> can i tell you what else i'm excited about? i'm for the first time am going to be able to watch "the voice" live from this studio tonight. i'm so excited. it is time for our favorite things. i'll show you mine. >> are you going to put that on?

put it on! >> no, for your wife. this is a bathing suit cover by becca. they look good -- i'm telling you, they look good on everybody. they cover up the parts you don't want to be seen and -- >> doesn't look like it covers up much. >> exactly. with the bathing suit. >> oh, over a bathing suit? >> with a birthday suit, i think they would ask you to leave the pool or stay a little longer, depending -- >> what do you got? >> i have my favorite things. i do love red wine, but it is cinco de mayo, i love margaritas more! >> my favorite margarita guy. this is my guy. this is chef sam from los angeles. >> how are you? >> oh, yes. >> poloma and our house margarita made with fresh lime juice, tequila. >> let me taste. >> l.a., we don't do anything but the skinny.

>> that's delicious. i wish we had some for everybody. >> they'll have a lot of margaritas tonight. >> coming up, we'll fill you in with all the juicy celebrity scoop you missed in the "today's buzz." >> and the eternal bachelor, david walton is here, good man. >> and we're so happy because we got to hear some of the newest "voice" judges, pharrell and gwen stefani. as a kid, i made a list of all the places i wanted to visit. i'm still not going to make it to mars, but thanks to hotwire's incredibly low travel prices, i can afford to cross more things off my list. this year alone, we went to the top of the statue of liberty... and still saved enough to go to texas-- to a real dude ranch! hotwire checks the competition's rates every day... so they can guarantee their low prices. so we got our 4-star hotels for half price. next up, hollywood! ♪ h-o-t-w-i-r-e ♪ hotwire.com

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that. >> all right, guys -- >> with usher and shakira off next season, christina aguilera returning in season eight, the show is in the market for two new judges to fill the big red chairs this fall. >> they got two great ones. seven-time grammy winner pharrell williams behind "happy" and gwen stefani of no doubt. i got a chance to speak to them. >> big get, hoda. >> take a look. ♪ everybody get up >> what do you get when you combine super producer, entertainer pharrell williams and pop superstar gwen stefani? >> hello. >> look at you t. >> the new judges for season seven of "the voice."

so tell me about this new adventure that you two are on. you're joining "the voice". >> i just found out about this. i'm trying to, like, pinch myself. is this really happening? >> it is magical. it is serendipitous. we have always had, like, a special connection. and it was always through music that we recognize, like, each other's admiration and the depth of such potential. >> it is a connection that goes back more than ten years. >> i just love this song, you guys. i didn't even know it was the two of you together. ♪ all the girls there ain't no holler back girl ♪ >> this song came together in the wee dawn hours of the morning. what was going on? it was 4:00, 5:00 a.m.? >> i knew what i wanted and i described it to him. he goes, oh, yeah. it is like he had it in there already but he had forgotten about it and just does this

thing and next thing you know, we were like jumping on the couch. we knew. >> you knew it was a hit. >> we knew magic. >> that magic continued for both of them. gwen having three sons, the last one just nine weeks ago, and pharrell with hit after hit after hit. and even one that almost wasn't "happy". >> i love that you wrote it for cee lo and you said his version killed it. >> it was a duet with he and i. he was totally with it. somewhere on his team's side there was a miscommunication, and it didn't necessarily happen. and i do regret that it didn't come out because he was so amazing on it. but i'm not complaining. ♪ clap along >> your year is exploding. you have "happy," "blurred lines," your new album came out in march. you have everything in the world going for you. why was this the time to do "the voice"? why now? >> i was wondering the same

thing. >> nbc, they are allowing me a platform to speak to millions of people at night, to say to them, what i would say to a contestant. my advice is always going to have a consistent thread of be you. if it doesn't work for the show, that's okay. for example -- >> something i love, you give everything away. whenever someone asks you about something you do, you know what, all well and good. but, gwen is one better or this one -- >> it sounds like i'm giving it away because you're so used to everybody saying i or me. >> i am used to it. >> but what was "holler back" without her. >> it was nothing. it was nothing without you. >> that's right. you'll see what gwen and i do, we're going to take a slightly different approach, always going to hold up the mirror and show people how rad they are already. >> you like that approach, gwen? are you into that? >> i like him. he's rad. >> i think you guys are going to change the whole thing.

there is a whole different vibe that is happening with the two of you. and i think blake and adam better watch out, okay. those two -- >> okay. >> those two better watch out. >> wow. >> so there. >> your mouth to "the voice's" ears. >> that's right, baby. >> how great is that? how great is that? >> by the way, gwen has three boys in her life and her husband and now on "the voice". >> imagine her car pool, how close she is at car pool. boys get embarrassed about your mom, but you can't get embarrassed about gwen stefani. >> she is awesome. coming up, the riveting new drama. >> and minnie driver called him a dreamboat. she understated the whole thing. we're about to find out why. >> nbc's comedy "about a boy" right after this. huh, 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance.

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[ applause ] we're so happy. all right. this next story is about -- it is an unlikely friendship between two "about a boy", a best-selling book, the movie with hugh grant. remember that movie? now it is a hot, hot tv sitcom. >> working well on nbc. david walton is here, the star of the show. hey, baby. >> hey, baby. >> we were talking about earlier, hoda and i were talking about men and ideal height. >> stand up. just for fun. okay. i like it. >> this is about a man and a shorter man. >> by the way, we had minnie driver on a month or so ago, she talked about you like you were

the second coming. she said you got to meet this guy. he's this guy who has been in the shadows, and finally exploded. did you expect this thing to be such a hit? >> i didn't. i mean, i did, i thought it had an incredible team, but you never know, like the tv gods are a little fickle as we all know. but i think the reason the show is so well received is that you kind of feel like you have a big hug at the end -- you feel better at the end of the episode than you did at the beginning. and i met a guy, a 300 pound former hell's angel and he said to me, the key to life is ten hugs a day. >> no. >> i love that. big old biker said that? >> yes. how many hugs have you had? >> i just had one with you, and one with you this morning. is this three? >> hug thing again. >> hoda? >> oh. >> ladies, get in line. >> he does smell good.

>> the young kid that plays with you in this -- >> benjamin. oh, benjamin, yeah. i'm not allowed to hug him a lot. >> exactly. >> no, he is such a sweet, smart kid, very, very talented. we're very lucky to have him. >> you got a great little rapport with him on the show. do you hang out with him off set? >> yeah, i mean -- he does have a lot of homework, he has to do homework, like on stage, but he gives me a lot of -- he's a very good smack talker. >> he is? >> yeah. >> how old is he? >> he's 26. yeah. he's 13, yeah. >> and you -- what about your personal life? you got kids yourself? >> yes, almost 2-year-old and 5-month-old. >> oh, my god. >> we have -- and my daughter is so big, she's honestly the size of a 4-year-old, literally she's off the charts that people think she's in school, like, hey,

little girl, how are you doing? what grade are you in? she'll look at them like blah, blah, blah. >> and your wife is also very successful actress, right? >> yes, we have competing shows. she's on monday night, i'm on tuesday. >> we're all watching tuesday. thank you so much for coming to see us we love you. "about a boy", tuesdays, 9:00, 8:00 central.

we're back with more of "today" on this fun day monday, live from "the voice" stage in los angeles. billy bush is filling in for kathie lee. hey. >> hey. having fun. dermot mulroney -- from a string of movies quick "my best friend's wedding." >> he's playing a former cia agent who kidnaps a bus full of very important children. take a look. >> you did what no one else can do. you took those kids. you got us rich. >> maybe it is time to end this,

save the kids, be a hero, go home. >> no. i can't go home yet. we're in a war with widener. if i don't finish him, we're all dead. >> the show is "crisis," and it also stars lance gross and rachael taylor as the federal agents trying to take his character down. i watched last night. i got sucked in by all the evil characters. i'm not so sure you're that evil, though. >> you have a little -- a little evil. >> you come to learn that my motivations are understandable. my methods on the other hand may be -- you could call into question. >> there are a lot of shows on all the networks, "crisis" is one of the shows you have to be told about, but once you watch the first episode, and the concept is a bus load of important kids get kidnapped and we look at you and you turn out to be a hero, because your buddies shoot you on episode one. >> i'm the protector, the secret

service agent. i have my hands full with the president's son, but not only him, the children of some of the most important people in the world. >> how are you going to rescue the kids? you're in on the rescue. >> i am in on the rescue, but for a time i was convinced my character was in cahoots with dermot's character. i thought i was evil. but i'm not. i'm on the side of good with lance. and, yeah, it is our job to try to rescue these very valuable kidnapped children. but things get more complicated as the series unfolds. >> the story gets more complicated. it is going to get more complicated. everybody has their own personal reasons brought in through their characters. but this part of the show you're talking about becomes a great -- like "the fugitive" or one of those movies where the good guys are trying to track down the bad guys. >> you're like a wounded bird. i see a wounded bird there. >> it is all harsh. >> this guy is hurt. i feel for this guy. >> he's evil.

>> but underneath it all, he's heisenberg. white was a wounded bird in "breaking bad." >> he was deliberately breaking the law, making drugs. nothing like that. emotionally he has sound reasons for doing what he does. >> your ax -- accent just threw me. when you listen to your character on the show you would have no idea -- you're from -- >> australia? >> australia with english parents, so it turned into a big mess. but it is strange when i'm with lance, because, you know, we play partners so we spend a lot of time together. when i see you, i feel like i should be speaking in an american accent, i'm trying to be authentic. >> how hard is it to pick up the accent? >> i have an excellent coach who teaches me. it was a little tricky at first. >> she's great at it. because i forget. >> really? >> when she goes to her accent, i'm like, wait a minute. >> these two, the on screen

pairing, "crisis" has this pairing. you don't see this combination -- >> what are we working with here, about a 1% body fat? he's tore up underneath that vest in there. i can see he's very fit. >> i have to get back into the gym. >> he eats like a 12-year-old. >> it is these guys. >> anything and everything. >> you eat and work out. >> we want everyone to watch "crisis," it is a great show. pick it is up sunday nights at 10:00, 9:00 central here on nbc. love it. thank you. all right, coming up next, dating and family. >> and we'll get you caught up on all the latest hollywood buzz right after this. [ male announcer ] everything can be improved. that's why we pushed ourselves to create new and improved degree motionsense, the only antiperspirant

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time now for "today's buzz," we get you caught up on all the hollywood gossip you may have missed while out having a blast this weekend. >> look who's here. what a great guy. jason kennedy from e, i love the man, a handsome fellow. >> i didn't know there was going to be a live audience. can i do something? >> yeah, go ahead. >> hello, los angeles! it is too easy. it is too easy. >> we should point out, this audience came up at the crack of dawn in l.a. >> they have been waiting for some singing. i think they thought they were coming to "the voice". >> talk to us about kerry washington, had the baby. is this brand-new news? >> it reportedly happened two weeks ago.

she is an expert at keeping things private. e news has the birth certificate. we should mention we reached out, she has not commented. she has not confirmed she had the baby, but she had the baby two weeks ago. >> okay. >> at cedars-sinai in los angeles. and this is a place where the paparazzi, they stake out looking for celebrities. no one from the hospital said anything. she got married last year and no one knew she was even dating the guy. and an ex-nfl player. she's so good at this. >> how does she do that? >> think about it, angelina jolie, she had a double mastectomy, nobody knew about it, in the middle, the center of beverly hills. kerry washington, the name isabella we can handle. the last name, her last name is asomugha. nnamdi asomugha is her husband. can we get her to talk about her pregnancy, her marriage, she doesn't go there. >> little news on harry. who doesn't love harry. he was at memphis.

>> harry and william. one of their good friends got married. he owns a bunch of nightclubs in london. they have been there for the past few days, they went and got some barbecue, they visited graceland and wedding was on saturday. if you're in memphis, they already left, they left on sunday. reportedly harry was twerking on the dance floor. >> i can picture that. >> i don't see it. >> you don't see it? remember when he was naked, the naked picture in vegas -- >> oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. when they arrived for the weekend at the pony, a strip club in memphis, they put welcome prince harry up on the billboard. and i'm thinking, if you're william, you're saying, of course i'm not going in but how about a little welcome for me? >> i was told that harry left the wedding early and didn't go inside of the strip club but went outside and got a photo with some ofis buddies of the picture. he left early. >> let's talk nerd prom. the white house correspondents' dinner. there was a little clip we didn't get to show in the open.

julia louis-dreyfus and joe biden. they were having some fun while everyone was at dinner, they crashed the white house. let's take a look. >> hello? >> so what are you doing? >> oh, god. i thought you were the president. hey, listen, are you going to this dinner tonight? >> no, i'm not going, man. i've been there once. it is a bunch of politicians trying to explain politics to hollywood. it's not worth it. >> oh. look at joe. he looks hollywood smooth. >> he's been waiting for that moment. >> how was that nerd prom by the way? >> fashion. it is a big fashion night. sofia vergara, when does she look bad on the red caret? she looked stunning. lupita nyong'o wore a polka dot number, stole the show. jessica simpson looked very svelte on the red carpet. and olivia munn was there. i was proud of joel mchale.

he made fun of chris christie and then chris christie and chris christie again. >> we heard mixed reviews. >> how did that go over? >> i enjoyed -- maybe because i'm biased a little bit, but i thought joel did a nice job. i felt like the audience enjoyed it, but i don't know. >> tough to follow the president. >> it plays different in your living room. when you're on cspan and watching it, they said he had a lot of edge. that's his shtick. >> he went for it 100%. i'm proud of the guy. >> he was on our show, i said to him, why are you always making fun of our show? and he said, have you ever watched your show? so he's that guy. >> that is funny. >> listen, tell me about bradley cooper. he stepped out this weekend, looking buff. >> looks a little different. he gained 40 pounds. he's got the beard going on for "american sniper," a true story about the most lethal navy s.e.a.l. and this is a movie he's producing, clint eastwood

is directing the movie. but i think it is a lot more fun to gain the weight for a role than lose a lot of pounds. >> i see him at soul cycle, the spinning class, now going through a little more of the heavy weights. you don't get -- the women, they go crazy when bradley is in the class. >> you're the best. nice seeing you. >> thank you, los angeles! hey! >> it is candy at last. candy spelling on reinventing her life, looking for love and life with the hollywood elite.

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fabulous! get started at specialk.com jim's hair is perfect. so's his serve, and his mandarin [speaking mandarin] xieúxieú, hou chiú but like up to 90% of americans, jim falls short in getting important nutrients from food alone. making jim more like us. add one a day multivitamins, rich in key nutrients you may need. we're back on the set of "the voice" with one special lady. >> candy spelling is here, she has a book called "candy at last." for more than three decades at the side of her husband, famed producer aaron spelling. you know the name. he built a tv empire and fortress.

>> after his death in 2006, candy entered a new chapter of her life that included dating, trying to keep family matters together and all in this terrific book. hi, candy. >> how are you? >> candy. >> riveting book here. dating. i want to get to the dating. >> the dating is important. let's start there. how is that now? >> it is different. it is different. and, you know, at my age, i've said a lot of things in my memoir i never would have done before. >> what caused that? what allowed you to set so many things straight? >> probably years of therapy and getting out there and, you know, i'm really shy, so it is very hard for me to put myself out there, but i push myself, and, you know, i think that -- you know, i'm succeeding. i'm trying, but i'm now, what, what you call me a bachelorette.

>> there is a show. >> not for old people. >> you talk about therapy. a lot of us can't help but think about your daughter, we have been watching her therapy sessions on her show. and you're watching their trials and tribulations and what she and her husband are going through. what do you make of what you're seeing? >> i think that -- i think that they feel that they need to share it with the audience, tori has always, always, you know, loved -- she's broken that wall of, you know, this is my reality, audience, and i want to share it with you. >> do you think it is a good idea? or do you think they should be private about it? >> you know, it is hard for me to say. as a mom, you don't want to see your children hurt in any way. i have to say that, you know, it is painful for me to watch it as, you know -- >> have you watched every episode? >> so far. it just has been two episodes i've seen. >> have you contacted her to talk about -- >> we talk almost every day. or text or, you know --

>> dean, i think, in the last episode, revealed he was having suicidal thoughts and things like that. do you say in that moment, oh, edit that out, please, pull that back or, you know, hey, she's had the courage to do it all, you're on your own here? >> she does those things and she's been very successful of it. you can't argue with success. >> you said you have less of a filter now. you say you're high maintenance now more than you were before. you just don't care. i kind of like that a little. >> you tell a man in dating this is what i want, this is what's going on and take charge? >> no, a friend of mine, her 27-year-old daughter had a talk with me, and the talk was about, you know, it is different from when you were dating. >> the birds and the bees talk? >> no, i now have -- if i'm going to be intimate with a man, or i'm going to have sex, i have to have protective sex, i have to have complete medical records. >> you ask the man for -- how unromantic. >> records?

yes, i want to see recent medical records and it happened. the first time i said this to someone, it was, like, you're kidding me, right? >> and then you had a conversation with your son randy, didn't you. now i need have protection. where do i get protection and which protection should i purchase? you called randy from the aisle, didn't you? >> i was in the -- yes, i was in the condom aisle and i have to tell you, i never saw such a selection in my life. i had no idea. >> what did you end up choosing? >> i can't say. >> that's all we need. >> candy, thank you so much. thank you so, so much. >> thank you so much. >> good for you. you can take mom out for mother's day or curl up on the couch together, we have great movies after this. >> our real moms share their picks for flicks and something for everyone. >> first, you know what? >> what. >> this is "today" on nbc.

we're back from los angeles. i absolutely love this set. billy bush left the building to get ready for "access hollywood live," but our real moms have joined me on the set of "the voice" with movie picks to celebrate mother's day. there is a perfect mom film hitting theaters this weekend. it is called "mom's night out." if you have to stay in and spend quality time together at home, we got some suggestions. you know who's here? tara mcnamara, mother of three and fandango film mom, janelle inez known as the handy ma'am. and the mother of three. and angela chee, known as the zen mom, two kids. why is everyone known as something? that's the way it works? let's start talking about these

movies. let's talk "brave" it was a home run for all kids. tell us what your thoughts are. >> it is about a princess who disagrees with her mother's decision, she gets a witch to cast a spell to change her mom and gets some very unexpected results. it is a fun, funny, adventure and it is really about just taking responsibility for your actions, which is a topic of conversation in my home quite a bit. >> has a grown up theme for the moms who go with their daughters, they'll enjoy it too. >> absolutely. it is that classic mother and daughter relationship, the daughter wanted to be one way, and the mother wanted it to be another way. and then finally having to come together. and say, i do get you. we get each other, you know? >> let's switch topics. let's go to "annie". tell us why you think that's a good pick? >> it is a classic musical. it is so fun. who doesn't remember those songs. i won't go into singing it, but you know the songs. ♪

daddy warbucks and one of those films that is really about being optimistic in life and that good things can happen. so really good theme for mothers and daughters and sons. >> translate for younger kids, do you think? >> i think it does. the songs are so catchy, my 3-year-old watched it with me yesterday, just like curled up in my lap, it was amazing. loved it. but what is really great, they're actually remaking this movie, coming out christmas. it is the most anticipated family film of theear. >> the joy luck club for older kids, right? >> much older kids. that's the movie you want to go see when you want to feel good about your life. >> the joy luck club, i'm chinese-american, so i have a little relationship with that, but i think it relates to all mother/daughter relationships

centered around four chinese women, who move to america, for a better life and they want a better life and their hopes and dreams are on the daughter. so i think mom can really relate with that, that guilt, that struggle, the life and put your hopes and dreams on the future generation. >> yeah. >> that's a great idea, over the weekend, to curl up with your kids, with a great movie. you guys, thank you so much for being here on the set of "the voice." what a thrill this has been. i want to give everybody a bill thank you to billy bush for helping me out earlier. we had such fun. this stage is so incredible. and i want to give a big thank you to the people who showed up at the crack of dawn, our awesome crowd. here's the thing, i'm not done. i'm not even finished here. i'not finished because i get to come back tonight and hang out on the set of "the voice" when it airs tonight at 8:00, 7:00 central. you'll see my interview with the coaches tomorrow. you guys, thank you. i'm headed back to new york for tomorrow's show. i'll there be with kathie lee.

have a great, great monday. i will see you on booze day tuesday! >> i'm here to help. you and i will get through this together. ♪