answering your big questions. all the red carpet standouts and the sizzling amy for a dazzling cate. complete behind the scenes action this morning on good morning, america. very nice of cate blanchett to do that for us. yes. good morning, america. hope everyone had a wonderful wonderful weekend. what a scene on the red carpet. the big stars there for the night filled with surprises. and sizzling fashion. including kerry washington. there she is. yes, it is official. it is official. she looks fantastic. way to make the debut. looked stunning. perfection. a big night for american hustle, also 12 years a slave. also matthew mcconaughey winning major acting awards. lara, we loved seeing those selfies. the selfies were great. thank you, george. everyone was so down to play along. i love matthew mcconaughey when he said, all right, all right, all right. that was sort of the feel of the night. it was a fun, relaxed evening. you could feel the energy. just all
rowdiest party of the year. and we re so ready we re already here in l.a. today, friday, january 10th, 2014. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everyone. welcome to a special split edition of today on a friday morning. i m savannah guthrie up here in los angeles. and i m willie geist along with al roker and kate snow here in studio 1-a. matt and natalie on assignment. you mentioned chris christie, savannah, i think he was hoping that press conference would put some of this story to bed. not the case here in new york. here are the front pages of the new york daily news calling the performance pathetic and the new york post saying ignorance is chris. this is a long way from over. and that is today s top story this morning. the political payback scandal that is raising questions about chris christie s political future. he says he played no role in shutting down
an evening celebrating music s past and its bright future. the highlights from beyonce to the beatles today, monday, january 27th, 2014. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. good morning. welcome to today on a monday morning. i m matt lauer. and i m savannah guthrie alongside al roker and tamron hall who stayed up for the grammys. i did. and i tweeted the whole show. you didn t see it? i watched the today show for the highlights. i stayed up all night. the best grammys, i think, since i was a kid and diana ross hosted. giving out grammys for best hat. that s good. coming up. we ve got an exclusive with jay leno and jimmy fallon. their first together to talk about the tonight show handoff, their relationship, also, if jay would ever consider returning to late night. do you guys play poker? we did. but we will begin with today s top story. here we go again, th