Season 12

233 episodes · 2008

Nicole Kidman (Australia); "Bank on The View" features salon substitutes: products that give you that expensive salon look at home for less.

Elton John and cast members of Broadway's "Billy Elliot," including David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik and Kiril Kulish.

Gloria and Emilio Estefan; Michael Easton ("One Life to Live"). Also: toys for the holidays.

Jessica Lange; Governor Mike Huckabee.

Simon Baker ("The Mentalist") Tony Bennett performs.

Faith Hill performs.

Teri Hatcher (ABC's Desperate Housewives), winning couple of ABC's Dancing with the Stars performs.

This morning on The View, an epic as huge as the new movie Australia needs a star as big as Nicole Kidman and she was here to tell us all about the exciting role. In the movie, she plays a proper English aristocrat who goes to Australia during WWII and ends up helping move 1,500 cattle alongside a man she can't stand at first, played by Hugh Jackman, and an adorable aboriginal boy that bonds the three of them together. She stuck around to tell us about married life with Keith Urban, the birth of their baby girl 5 months ago and what it was like kissing co–star Hugh Jackman, who was recently named People's sexiest man alive. Australia is now playing in theaters nationwide. Then, trips to the salon aren't in the budget for a lot of people these days, so Barbara's Emmy® winning hairstylist, Bryant Renfroe, showed us how to do it yourself! He brought along these great products and everyone in our audience took each of them home:

Randy Jackson (`American Idol`); Kristin Chenoweth

Patricia Heaton; Jennifer Esposito (`Samantha Who?`)

Jeff Goldblum; Martina McBride

Harry Connick, Jr; Marlo Thomas; Drake Bell and Josh Peck

Hugh Jackman; Beth Ehlers and JR Martinez (`All My Children`)

Paula Abdul (`American Idol`), Lisa Ling.

Day of Hot Topics.

Dr. Oz; `Bank on 'The View`: crock-pot cooking with chef Ming Tsai.

Meryl Streep and Amy Adams (`Doubt`); Carrie Fisher.

Keri Russell (`Bedtime Stories`); music from John Legend.

Samuel L. Jackson (`The Spirit`); music from Melissa Etheridge.

Day of Hot Topics.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg; music from Renée Fleming.

Comedy Theme Show featuring Andy Dick, John Pinette, Judy Gold and former `Third Rock from the Sun` star Kristin Johnston (`Celebrity Autobiography`).