So, AOL TV did a poll about America's favorite talk show hosts and 1.3 million people made their feelings known. Interesting results. I didn't agree with some of them, like who I like waking up with. Diane Sawyer was the top choice, but I'd go for the second place finisher, Matt Lauer. As for whom to go to bed with -- TV talk show wise, that is -- I can't believe most of the people chose Jay Leno. Is he really that popular? I prefer David Letterman; I'm a sucker for the Top Ten lists.
If that's fat, then I am too, but I don't wear tacky swimsuits...
It seems like karma is hitting models in the derriere. Some have bigger ones than others and like to slap them on their syndicated talk shows. After years of inspiring legions of young women to starve themselves to attain that stick figure physique, why are you fake crying now? Did you think we'd conveniently forget that you've made your career pushing the skinny ideal in your career and on the career of others on America's Next Top Model? If you truly wanted to change the perception of American media, you would have let Toccarra win her cycle. We know that didn't happen.
But please, Ms. Bankable Productions. Spare me your disingenuous tears...
Today show host Matt Lauer and on-again, off-again wife Annette welcomed a son to the world on November 28th. The little tyke's name is Thijs (a common Dutch name which is pronounced "Tice") and he arrived at 9:37 in the morning weighing in at 7lbs. 4oz.
This is the third child for Lauer and his wife, who were married in 1998 and thought to have split up earlier this year (cooler heads prevailed, I guess). They have two other children: five-year-old Jack Matthew and 3-year-old Romy. Here's hoping that this third child isn't brought up in a divided household.
Wow. You know a marriage must have been having serious problems if the couple files for divorce while the wife is pregnant. It happened with Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards, and now it's happening with Matt Lauer and his wife Annette.
According to this article, the Today anchor and his wife officially filed for divorce on September 13, but wanted to keep things secret for as long as possible. The pairing has been rocky; the Lauers separated in April, but got back together soon after. Now, with Annette pregnant with the couple's third child, things are kaput. The article states that everything is amicable, which is most definitely not like what happened with Sheen and Richards. Let's just say this: a single Lauer, loose in New York, is going to be a heck of a babe magnet. As long as he uses someone other than Al Roker as his wingman, he should do quite well.
Meredith Viera and the new Today show studio made their debut this morning on NBC. I've been an occasional watcher of the Today show for a bit over ten years now, seeing Bryant leave and Matt taking his spot, so I did want to make the time to catch the show this morning and see another new regular host take her place. This was also the debut of the new Today studio, in HD no less (though, sadly, I don't have HD yet. Boo.)
The studio is quite different looking, and the layout itself seems to have taken a bit of an alteration as well. For one thing, there's an area that I swear looks a lot like The View's seating area, with a semi-circular layout of chairs and couches. I don't watch The View, but I have seem the set before. I really thought, "is that The View studio they're showing?" when the camera panned around to show how things were laid out.
I think I'm living some kind of weird Rip Van Winkle life lately. Suddenly, without warning, there are these bizarre promos running during the breaks on the Today Show showing Matt, Al, Ann and Meredith laughing, goofing and dancing together as if they'd been on the air for ten years with Meredith. Who are they trying to fool? Who are these people? What is going on here?!
Maybe they did an excellent video editing job and stuck Meredith's head on Katie's body, and this is an old goofy video they're using. And even then, when I say the promo's goofy, I mean GOOFY. I'm trying to imagine what the director was saying while trying to get the team to feel all chummy together, as if we're supposed to believe they're really that pally with Meredith: "OK now Al, you do a little hop and shuffle, then eat a beignet. Matt, you stick out your tongue, slap Ann on the ass and dip Meredith. No, on the ass, Matt. Meredith, you flex your biceps while Ann laughs hysterically in the background. No Ann, laugh. Like this 'hahaha.' There you go."
Pop diva Britney Spears wants to assure her adoring fans that everything is just peachy with her marriage to pop diva Kevin Federline, and prove to the world in general that her mothering skills are more than adequate. So, rather than having a press conference on the White House lawn, she is turning to Matt Lauer and NBC's Dateline to set the record straight.
Lauer will sit down with Spears for an interview that will run on Dateline this Thursday. During the conversation he will address tabloid rumors about her crumbling marriage to Federline (she loves him for his simplicity) and her alleged new man (her security guard, she confirms) and the tabloids themselves (she wants to start her own magazine to tell everyone the real story). She will also speak about her son Sean and answer recent questions about the way she handles the baby boy.
Before airing on Dateline, snippets of the interview will air on the NBC-owned entertainment news program Access Hollywood tonight and on the Today show Thursday morning. By Thursday evening we will all be able to get a good night's sleep, full of relief that all of the rumors were fake and all is well in the Spears-Federline household.
Lohan appeared on The Today Show this morning to promote her latest film, and it looks like Matt Lauer's questions didn't make her too happy. (Oh well, at least she didn't tell him "Matt, Matt ... you're glib ...").
I didn't see it this morning, and, unfortunately, I can't see it now. MSNBC's site insists that you have Internet Explorer and download their software. But Gawker has the details.
There's been a wholelottatalkin' about Katie Couric leaving Today, and
Meredith Viera replacing her. While all that was going on, however, Matt Lauer quietly extended his contract with
the program through 2011. Originally, he was to leave the show in 2008 (he replaced Bryant Gumbel in 1997). Lauer
revealed the contract extension in an interview with the New York Times, and his statement was later confirmed
by NBC.
Despite being an early riser, I don't watch Today very often, but Lauer always seemed
like the sort of guy anyone could get along with. Well, maybe not Tom Cruise. Anyway, it'll be interesting to see how
he and Viera work together.
NBC has acted quickly and will put on a benefit concert to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina. The concert will air Friday night at 8pm on NBC, MSNBC, and CNBC. It will be hosted by The Today Show's Matt Lauer and will feature Harry Connick, Jr., Tim McGraw, and Wynton Marsalis.
It seems that every day there's some sort of controversy or rumor coming out of NBC's Today Show. Katie is a terror, Matt is having marital problems, producers being let go, new producers coming on board, Katie battling with Diane Sawyer for interviews, etc. Now comes word that Ann Curry's neighbor in NYC has filed suit against the Today Show co-host because they have lived next to her for 16 months and in that time they have suffered in "a dangerous and toxic home environment caused by the construction at the home of Curry and her husband."
But that's not all! I didn't realize this, but Maria Menounos was let go from Entertainment Tonight and will now appear on The Today Show (she appears on Access Hollywood too). According to the NY Post article below, no one is getting along with Alexis Glick, so Menounos is being hired.
So, AOL TV did a poll about America's favorite talk show hosts and 1.3 million people made their feelings known. Interesting results. I didn't agree with some of them, like who I like waking up with. Diane Sawyer was the top choice, but I'd go for the second place finisher, Matt Lauer. As for whom to go to bed with -- TV talk show wise, that is -- I can't believe most of the people chose Jay Leno. Is he really that popular? I prefer David Letterman; I'm a sucker for the Top Ten lists. 
Today show host Matt Lauer and 
Wow. You know a marriage must have been having serious problems if the couple files for divorce while the wife is pregnant. It happened with Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards, and now it's happening with Matt Lauer and his wife Annette.
Meredith Viera and the new 
I think I'm living some kind of weird Rip Van Winkle life lately. Suddenly, without warning, there are these bizarre promos running during the breaks on the Today Show showing Matt, Al, Ann and Meredith laughing, goofing and dancing together as if they'd been on the air for ten years with Meredith. Who are they trying to fool? Who are these people? What is going on here?!
Pop diva Britney Spears wants to assure her adoring fans that everything is just peachy with her marriage to pop diva Kevin Federline, and prove to the world in general that her mothering skills are more than adequate. So, rather than having a press conference on the White House lawn, she is turning to Matt Lauer and NBC's Dateline to set the record straight.
Lohan appeared on The Today Show this morning to promote her latest film, and it looks like Matt Lauer's questions 
There's been a 
NBC has acted quickly and will put on a 
It seems that every day there's some sort of controversy or rumor coming out of NBC's Today Show. Katie is a terror, Matt is having marital problems, producers being let go, new producers coming on board, Katie battling with Diane Sawyer for interviews, etc. Now comes word that Ann Curry's neighbor in NYC has filed suit against the Today Show co-host because they have lived next to her for 16 months and in that time they have suffered in "a dangerous and toxic home environment caused by the construction at the home of Curry and her husband."
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