February 2009 - Posts
Ryan Seacrest can't resist his charm. But we had no idea Matt could make even the youngest of hearts flutter. Madeline Spohr , who seems to have a crush on the TODAY host.The Spohrs Are Multiplying." "We’ve even recorded The Today Show on our DVR so we can play it when she’s especially wound up. It works every time."
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You heard it on the show this morning! We'll be throwing our 10th annual TODAY Throws a Wedding Extravaganza this year. So if you want America to vote on all the details of your big day, stay tuned. More details are coming soon...
In the meantime, check out some of our weddings past:
Meredith is going prime time! The TODAY host has a cameo on "30 Rock" and the cast and crew of the show came by a couple of weeks ago to shoot the scene.
In it, Meredith plays herself, interviewing Tracy Morgan's not-so-bright character, Tracy Jordan.
"A lot of people are calling you a fear-monger, and I'm quoting here, 'an idiot,'" she says in the clip.
Meredith said she had a great time filming the shot, as did Matt when he appeared on "30 Rock" recently.
"I see Emmy!" Ann Curry laughed.
Will she be on next?
From Bobbie Thomas , TODAY style editor
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American Cancer Society honored Ann Curry this afternoon by presenting her with their “Mother of the Year” award at a luncheon emceed by Kathie Lee Gifford. The only problem? Ann was flying back from Africa and missed the event...just barely! She was making her way through customs as the award was being presented. Meredith Vieira accepted the award on Ann’s behalf.
Congrats, Ann!
The spirit of Joe Ades , the beloved Park Avenue potato peeler who died earlier this month, lives on. The New York Post reports that his daughter, Ruth Ades-Laurent, has taken over his spot at the Union Square Greenmarket, selling the $5 vegetable peelers that made her father famous.
Ades-Laurent expects to be hawking peelers every Saturday, in memory of her dad.
"He'd say, 'You better be careful. If I go, these are your inheritance,'" Ades-Laurent told the Post.
KLGandHoda.com ! Our new site celebrates the fun Kathie Lee and Hoda bring to the set every day, and will be a place for you to get in on the action.
So, in that spirit … what do you think? Love it? Hate it? Post your comments below.
Meredith thought she was pranking Matt when she appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres Show, but it turns out the joke was on Meredith.
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Is there something in the Los Angeles water? Al and Meredith both got a little rowdy today.
Al nearly had a fashion accident this morning when a vase next to him was knocked down, splashing water on the floor and almost hitting him. But what left Meredith and Matt laughing was Al's reaction to the spill – he bounced up and down in his chair while wildly flailing his arms and legs.
"You reacted as if that vase was filled with nitroglycerin!" Matt said.
Meredith continued to giggle as she told Al he looked like one of the "Three Stooges."
Meredith really got into the spirit of the Wild West when she visited "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." The TODAY host tossed her heels and chased Ellen around her set, looking as if she was searching for a blunt object to throw. What could have caused Meredith turn on the beloved Ellen?
"I have two words for you," Meredith said. "'Matt Lauer' – that's all I'm gonna say."
When Brian Williams filled in for Meredith Vieira this morning, Al Roker suggested a new theme song for the dynamic duo of Williams and Lauer..."It's Raining Men." Added Roker: "It's a Whitman's sampler of man candy right there."
Here are some laughs and lighter moments with Brian from this morning's show:
Today CNBC's Rick Santelli had some strong words about President Obama's new housing plan. Santelli suggested creating a Web site to let Americans vote on the plan and here was his idea:
"...to have people vote on the internet as a referendum to see if we really want to subsidize the loser's mortgages or would we like to at least buy cars and buy houses in foreclosure and give them to people that might have a chance to actually prosper down the road and reward people that can carry the water instead of drink the water…"
Broadcasting from a trading floor in Chicago , most traders around Santelli cheered.
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When it comes to news and politics, TODAY’s hosts do their best to remain scrupulously impartial and give a fair hearing to all sides of an issue. Movies, however, are another matter entirely – at least this year.CONTINUED >>
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Ann Curry is traveling with actor and human rights advocate George Clooney in Africa, where she is reporting on the Chad/Darfur border region.
in a Twitter post . “But they like him for treating them like stars.”named a U.N. messenger of peace in January 2008 . “I am very proud to be here as a messenger of peace, and the message is: That the world is watching, and that at this point we cannot afford to fail,” he said at the time. “There’s a lot more responsibility with this one than with an Oscar, which all you really have to do is, you know, drink after the party.”
Tune into TODAY on Friday Feb. 20 to catch Ann’s interview with Clooney. Click here to see more of Ann's photography from Darfur, including a school at the refuge camp named "Obama."
by Ann Curry, NBC News
CHAD/DARFUR BORDER -- We traveled to the Chad/Darfur border with New York Times columnist Nick Kristof and actor/activist George Clooney , two men you might not guess have much in common, but both are smart and funny -- and care deeply about Darfur.
Today in a refugee camp on the Chad side, we found in one refugee camp, a school house named for the President Obama.
School house named after President Obama | Photo by: Ann Curry/NBC News
The students told us Obama made them believe anything was possible, that they could rise from the sands of this desert, where they don't even have shoes, and become anyone they wanted, maybe even a president. That these children, who are among humankind's most suffering living in one of the world's most hopeless places, could imagine such greatness... now that is the audacity of hope.
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Ann spoke to Matt Lauer from Chad this morning. You can also follow her progress on
Twitter .
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TODAYshow.com just got an Ambush Makeover, and we hope you'll agree that it's for the better. It should be easier to find that recipe you wanted, video from a segment you missed this morning (or last week), expert tips, and more things that make you smile. Best of all, we’ve made it easier for you to make the site your own by moving the topics that you want higher on the page, choosing how much or how little you want on each topic, and deciding whether you want to see more headlines or more video when you arrive each day.here's a quick overview of the new layout, from top to bottom. You can also take a video tour with Lester Holt . Give it a try and tell us what you think - like you, we're always open to good ideas.
From Natalie Morales It's official -- I've caught Olympic fever!
After spending just a few days in the 2010 host city of Vancouver, I can hardly wait for the Games to officially open, exactly one year from today. The venues are beautiful! The food is delicious! The nightlife is rich and exciting! But there's something else that snowboarder Seth Wescott pointed out to me -- Vancouver is almost like having an Olympics in your backyard. After all, it’s less than a three-hour drive from Seattle.
I met up with Seth and fellow snowboarders Lindsey Jacobellis and Graham Watanabe on the slopes, where they are prepping for the World Cup this weekend. Having covered several Winter Games in the past, I've had a few five-minute lessons from the pros. So I was thrilled to have actually remembered a thing or two while riding with Lindsey, Graham and Seth. I was making a few turns, picking up speed, looking almost cool...and then I ran straight into a sign in the middle of the hill. Ouch!
I'm happy to report I sustained no further injuries while skating at the rink in the Richmond Oval, the crown jewel of Vancouver's venues. It's amazing that the Oval, like almost all of the venues, is already complete. The Canadian people are so thrilled to be hosting the Games, and I think you will all be please to see how the city has taken every effort to ensure the 2010 Olympics will be an extraordinary experience.
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Have you ever logged on
todayshow.com and thought, ‘Why can’t I find that recipe that was on the show? Where’s the video of the segment I wanted to watch, but missed because I had to run to work? How do I contact the show?...WHY CAN’T I FIND ANYTHING?’
If your answer is yes…good news! We’re making changes to the site so that won’t ever happen again (hopefully). Sooooo, when you log on to
todayshow.com Friday morning and see that the site looks different, don’t panic! Change is a good thing.
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Who could finally make Matt Lauer drop hard-hitting interviews in favor of cute baby segments? Only TV's most dysfunctional media honcho, Jack Donaghy.
In last night's episode of "30 Rock," TODAY's anchor made a cameo – as himself, as Alec Baldwin's character goes to desperate measures to woo over the family of his Puerto Rican girlfriend, played by Salma Hayek. In response to her grandmother's request that NBC News is "too sad," poor Lauer – who just dealt (in real life) with donning a Snuggie on Wednesday – CONTINUED >>
From Mike Celizic, TODAYshow.com He said he “wouldn’t be caught dead in a Snuggie.” Yet a frigid Wednesday morning in New York found Matt Lauer sitting on the couch wrapped in the latest sensation that’s sweeping America.
“I’m having chest pains as we speak,” the TODAY co-host joked after watching the clip of himself declaring his intention never to get wrapped up in a blanket with sleeves.
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By Vidya Rao, TODAYshow.com producer
Anil Kapoor, the actor who plays smarmy game show host Prem Kumar in the Oscar-nominated film "Slumdog Millionaire," seems like an overnight success to most Americans.
Kapoor, who has starred in more than 100 films, shot to stardom after his 1987 film, "Mr. India," a science fiction superhero movie that still has a cult following.
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A story begins with a lump in the throat. Something you feel compelled to tell. That’s where the news of Joe Ades’ passing has struck me – in my throat. You may remember the 75-year-old salesman best known for getting himself to Park Avenue selling $5 potato peelers while wearing a thousand-dollar suit. He died on Sunday .A lot of older people standing in the shadows have terrific stories. I've made an effort -- all of my career -- to look behind the media mirror that reflects the powerful and find tales of people who are practically invisible. I like to stick stories to a list of long overlooked names. Remember him.
Meredith Vieira had a whale of a time in Tampa for the Super Bowl and the myriad festivities associated with it, but once again, her choppers became part of the story.
her dentist . Her Super Bowl mishap marks at least the eighth time she’s cracked a tooth.cracked her two front teeth in 2007 shortly after she slammed the back of her head during an ice-skating segment with Will Ferrell on TODAY. Many believed her noggin-rattling was the cause of her dental fracture, although Meredith has said her dentist believes her habit of teeth-grinding during sleep is the root of her problems.
While Matt Lauer moaned during an appearance on "The Martha Stewart Show" Friday that he wasn’t getting a cut of the $3 million per 30-second cost of Super Bowl ads on NBC, the TODAY co-host at least got in on the action. He starred alongside funnyman Will Ferrell in a spot for the actor's upcoming adventure film "Land of the Lost."
In the ad that ran during the Super Bowl, Lauer interviews Ferrell’s character Dr. Rick Marshall on the TODAY set about a $50 million project Marshall spearheaded to warp time. Later, when Marshall learns his project actually works – he gets chased by dinosaurs – an assistant asks him, “Do you know what this means?” He replies, “Yeah, Matt Lauer can eat it!”
"Land of the Lost," a remake of the cult favorite 1970s TV series, opens in June.
