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The Halloween Costume for Every 2024 TODAY Host (PICTURES)


The Halloween Costume for Every 2024 TODAY Host (PICTURES)

The TODAY The hosts revealed their Halloween costumes for 2024 and it was a nostalgic trip through the series of blockbusters.

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Every year, TODAY's costume extravaganza is a Halloween highlight, and the theme for 2024 was “VHS Rewind” as the hosts were dressed as characters from some of the most famous films of the 1980s, '90s and 2000s.

Hoda Kotb, Jenna Bush, Craig Melvin, Al Roker, Savannah Guthrie, Carson Daly and the rest TODAY The team wore costumes inspired by blockbusters Austin Powers, Ms. Doubtfire, Legally blonde, Titanicand more, as they reminded viewers of the days of “be kind and rewind.”

Grab a bag of popcorn — along with some Halloween candy — and whip out your Blockbuster membership card as you scroll through TODAY's 2024 Halloween costumes below.

Al Roker as Beetlejuice and Dylan Dreyer as Lydia Deetz Beetlejuice

“The Ghost with the Most” returned this year with the successful Supernatural sequel. Beetlejuice Beetlejuiceso this duo dressed up as characters from the 1988 original – including Roker, who performed Beetlejuice's classic catchphrase: “It's Showtime!”

Willie Geist as Ron Burgundy Moderator

Geist wore his best '70s suit and mustache to portray the macho news anchor originally played by Will Ferrell in the 2004 cult classic Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. The TODAY The host even brought Ron Burgundy's beloved bottle of Scotch and signed off with, “You stay classy, ​​San Diego.”

Carson Daly as Austin Powers and Sheinelle Jones as Foxxy Cleopatra Austin Powers in Gold member

The TODAY Plaza transformed into London's Swinging Sixties as Daly dressed as a groovy British spy, while Jones Foxxy portrayed Cleopatra, originally played by Beyoncé Austin Powers in Goldmemberthe third film in the comedy trilogy.

Peter Alexander as Mrs. Doubtfire

NBC News' chief White House correspondent donned an apron and greeted the crowd with “Hellooo!” as he reenacted the vacuum dance originally performed by Robin Williams in the popular 1993 film.

Laura Jarrett as Gabrielle Union Bring it on

In addition to playing Gabrielle Union's character Isis, Jarrett treated viewers to a performance of the dance number “brrr… it's cold in here” from the 2000 cheerleading comedy.

Savannah Guthrie as Elle Woods Legally blonde

Guthrie had a “perfect day,” dressed head to toe in pink as a bubbly lawyer, and she was joined by special guest Luke Wilson, who played Emmett in the original 2001 comedy.

Craig Melvin as Axel F. Foley Beverly Hills police officer

Things heated up when Melvin pulled up in a 1972 Chevy Nova dressed as Eddie Murphy's character from the 1984 action comedy.

Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager are Jack and Rose from Titanic

For the grand finale, Kotb and Bush Hager played Jack and Rose, the doomed lovers originally portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in the 1997 blockbuster. The two recreated the classic scene where the two hugged at the bow of the ship and Jack announced he was “King of the World!”

“Hoda just announced she was leaving and my heart was broken, and yet it's going to continue,” Bush Hager told TODAY.com. Since this would be Kotb's final TODAY Halloween extravaganza, she looked back at her various costumes over the years.

“I've played all these strange characters over the years. I played Yoda. I was Cher, I was an acrobat, I was Elton (John) – which my children are still afraid of. So I thought, “What should I be?” Something beautiful, flowing. Then I said, 'No, I'm going to be Jack from Titanic,'” she said TODAY's website.

“I think it’s a great way to go out,” she added. “Jenna and I hug.”

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