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Return. >> exactly, thats a good one. now lets talk about moments that really did just shock us, move us, first one, simone biles pulling out of competition at the olympics. just walk us through kind of what kind of effect that had. >> well, this is a first, really, i mean, i think the world, the u.s. in particular, had hugely high expectations for simone biles and no one felt those expectations more than her. and this was the first time we really saw someone poised to win it all, step back an...

Culture from the breakout shows and music to the moments that captured us all and of course we cant forget about britney. >> joining us now to recap 2021s major entertainment headlines is brian baltazar, and we have with us brianne heldman, a senior editor at "people," good to have you both with us. >> thank you. >> the breakouts in tv and music, i want to start with tv and two of the shows that come to mind. ted lasso and the squid game, two shows not at all alike at all. what was the appeal? s...

Britney has said what a credit it is to the fans that fought for her. >> brian and brianne, thank you so much for joining us, its a fun segment to close out the year. before we go, heres a look back at some of the most powerful pictures of the past 12 months. >> photo editors at nbc news.com curated a gallery of images capturing the most significant moments of 2021. >> that does it for our nbc news now special. good-bye, 2021, a year to remember, and forget, thanks for watching. >> lets hope 2...

Britney has said what a credit it is to the fans that fought for her. >> brian and brianne, thank you so much for joining us, its a fun segment to close out the year. before we go, heres a look back at some of the most powerful pictures of the past 12 months. >> photo editors at nbc news.com curated a gallery of images capturing the most significant moments of 2021. >> that does it for our nbc news now special. good-bye, 2021, a year to remember, and forget, thanks for watching. >> lets hope 2...

Know when that is going to return. >> exactly, thats a good one. now lets talk about moments that really did just shock us, move us, first one, simone biles pulling out of competition at the olympics. just walk us through kind of what kind of effect that had. >> well, this is a first, really, i mean, i think the world, the u.s. in particular, had hugely high expectations for simone biles and no one felt those expectations more than her. and this was the first time we really saw someone poised ...

Culture from the breakout shows and music to the moments that captured us all and of course we cant forget about britney. >> joining us now to recap 2021s major entertainment headlines is brian baltazar, and we have with us brianne heldman, a senior editor at "people," good to have you both with us. >> thank you. >> the breakouts in tv and music, i want to start with tv and two of the shows that come to mind. ted lasso and the squid game, two shows not at all alike at all. what was the appeal? s...

Welcome back. welcome back. the big story this morning, of course, is the academy awards. >> you think? joining us to talk more about the oscars, brianne heldman. bureau chief for yahoo! entertainment. >> we have to kick off with "argo." won best picture. was it expected or unexpected? >> i think it was a bit expected. what was really exciting was seeing a movie win for best picture that had not been nominated for best director. the last time that happened was 1989 with "driving miss daisy." >...

Okay. shes going to be fine, shes going to be great. it was a great night. >> no such thing as bad publicity. >> and seth macfarlane? quite a performance. >> he was excellent. i loved the youthful vigor he brought to the show. he gave it the song and dance that the older audience wanted to see. he brought the snarkiness that you expect from a ricky gervais or a great comedian. i thought it was the best of both worlds. >> our thanks to brianne heldman for being with us this morning. and our cov...

To daniel day-lewis. >> three years ago, before we decided to do a straight swap, i had actually been committed to play margaret thatcher. >> reporter: then the award everyone was waiting for, best picture. >> "argo." >> its like everyone in the movie, anyone did anything on this movie gets thanks. >> reporter: it was great to see ben affleck celebrating when "argo" won best picture. and the celebrations are continuing at this hour. just moments ago, we saw daniel day-lewis and quentin tarantino...

0 wonderful time here covering the oscars. hollywoods biggest stars took to the stage to really honor the biggest films of the year and the biggest award of the night, best picture went to "argo." from high-end fashion on the oscar red carpet, to host seth macfarlanes red hot opening number. >> are you okay? >> i am now. >> reporter: where he first mocked his own dark sense of humor. then turned on his high class charm. it was an exciting kickstart to the 85th annual academy awards. christoph wa...