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Peggy Noonan Joins Twitter and Maybe 21st Century

Ryan Tate — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:54:25 EDT

The 'computer man' introduced Peggy Noonan to the splendor of Twitter, guaranteeing some truly amazing columns will be forthcoming; Ann Curry discussed her heroin and Oscar Mayer-grade meat threw a food writer into a daylong funk.

The Twitterati wee just striving for a little normalcy.

Wired's Michael Calore wrestled with flashbacks and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Kim Severson, food writer for the New York Times, was severely bummed out by subpar charcuterie.

In her debut tweet, the Wall Street Journal's Peggy Noonan claimed to have arrived in the 21st century. We'll just see about that.

NBC News' Ann Curry plugged company sponsor Starbucks, but swore it was nothing untoward, just her crippling caffeine addiction speaking.

With a slight attitude adjustment, ABC's John Berman might have realized his vacation was already underway, and had the time of his life in the Minneapolis airport. (It could happen!)

Did you witness the media elite tweet something indiscreet? Please email us your favorite tweets - or send us more Twitter usernames.

The Twitterati Will Have Painkillers, Two CDs, and a Martini

Owen Thomas — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:40:00 EDT

A Today anchorlady thinks her cohost is higher than a kite, a New Yorker aims to get drunk, Alex Balk perks up his ears, and everyone else pretends to work. The latest from Twitteronia:

Ann Curry of the Today Show accused Matt Lauer of being on drugs.

New Yorker writer Susan Orlean had a drink.

Technology Review fauxmosexual-in-chief Jason Pontin kept up the appearance of working.

Gawker alumnus Alex Balk learned something new.

AllThingsD blogger Peter Kafka tried to keep the music industry afloat.

Did you witness the media elite tweet something indiscreet? Please email us your favorite tweets — or send us more Twitter usernames.

Refugees in Chad Could Have Used That Soup, Twitter Lady

Owen Thomas — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:43:54 EST

What did the media overshare today? Jennifer 8. Lee thought about high school reunions instead of Snapple, Today's Ann Curry toured refugee camps, and Fast Company's Ellen McGirt got down with a lot of leather.

New York Times Snapple researcher Jennifer 8. Lee caught up with a high school friend.

Today news anchor Ann Curry thought up quippy lines in Chad.

Seattle journalist Glenn Fleishman remembered who paid the bills.

Fast Company writer Ellen McGirt got an eyeful of beige.

Elizabeth Holmes of the Wall Street Journal spilled the beans.

Anyone else's tweets we should keep an eye on? Send us more Twitter usernames, please.

Twittering Like a Peacock

Owen Thomas — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:38:08 EST

Did GE corporate issue a memo about this "Twitter" thing? Because all of a sudden, Ann Curry and a bunch of other NBC people are using it. Can't wait to see the Six Sigma metrics!

Disturbingly handsome former MSNBC chief turned media-corrupting journalist-peddler Dan Abrams got shamed into using Twitter by Rachel Sklar, then embarrassed her by doing it wrong.

Don't feel bad, Dan! Octo-mom interviewer Ann Curry also failed on her first day using Twitter. Pesky 140-character limit!

Los Angeles social-media enthusiast and KNBC personality Shira Lazar dreamt of immortality.

1600 host David Shuster did it live.

Twitter-addicted NBC cameraman Jim Long got some sweetness with his coffee.

Anyone else's tweets we should keep an eye on? Send us more Twitter usernames, please.

Ann Curry Angers Alaskans, Virgin Islanders

Ryan Tate — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:19:30 EDT

Today host Ann Curry moved during the national anthem at the Republican National Convention, because NBC hates freedom. Then she pointed at a nice lady from Alaska and yelled, because she is a terrorist. The Virgin Islands were also terribly offended. [P6]
Supposedly the word "nuclear" was spelled out as "new-clear" on Sarah Palin's TelePrompTer at the Republican National Convention so she wouldn't mess up the pronunciation again. Also: Uma Thurman is pregnant. [R&M]
Don't believe celebrity hype machines like the Times: Britney Spears uttered just four sentences at the Video Music Awards, not counting her brief awards acceptance speeches. Shockingly, Spears is said to be upset by her estranged mom's tell-all book about Spears's life.
Advertisers rejected the idea of having Girls Gone Wild honcho Joe Francis on Celebrity Apprentice. Donald Trump is at least pretending to think about creating some kind of other show for Francis to be creepy on. [P6]
As Tommy Lee Jones has learned, you can make a $160 million movie that wins four Academy Awards, and the movie studios will still try and screw you out of your bonus. [E!]
Lindsay Lohan supposedly wants to have a baby and raise it with Samantha Ronson. The classy Sun notes that she already has "two beautiful babies."
Ashlee Simpson: Pregnant with twins. Except for the minor detail that her rep says "it's not true." [Sun]
JFK's letters to Marilyn Monroe are in some kind of lock box that only Cindy Adams and some random Monroe groupie know about. [Post]

What Mics? 'Today' Team Yuks It Up Before Ledger Segment

Maggie — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:20:52 EST

Oops. The mics on Al Roker and his trusty 'Today' team failed to cut away during this morning's weather segment! What were formerly fat Al & Co. dishing about when they thought they were off the air? Nastily enough, it involved Ann Curry, a massage, the phrase "oil all over me," and much giggling. Deep apologies to those of you who just ate. Unfortunately for NBC's morning trio, their little off-camera gaffe introduced a segment on Heath Ledger's maybe-masseuse-related death. Isn't that just hilarious?

Ann Curry Runs Amok In Florida

Maggie — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:40:44 EST

Ann Curry broke out of her cage—run for your lives! Well, okay, it was a crafty Floridian zebra named after the Today Show anchor. But caging the real Ann Curry might not be such a terrible idea, actually. [Fox]

Channeling Drag Queen, 7-Year-Old Belts It Out On 'Today Show'

Maggie — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:40:24 EST

Feast your eyes and ears on 7-year-old Anthony, whose parents are doing their best to see that their son's considerable singing talent morphs him into some horrifying amalgamation of Haley Joel Osment and Clay Aiken. This morning, Anthony made his television debut on the Today Show, singing "Let It Snow" in the kind of voice that would have completely blown us away if we weren't so creeped out by his striking resemblance to Liza Minnelli (minus the drugs, extra weight and makeup). As it happens, his absolutely adorable dimples really don't compensate for the fact that he's doing a spot-on imitation of an ecstatic Chorus Line wannabe in his very first high school musical. Even Ann Curry looks weirded out, and that's saying something. Who in God's name gave him that hair-fluffing-move and will someone make sure they're never again allowed near children?

"I Don't Want To Go Right From 'Codpiece' To Ann Curry"

Pareene — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:15:23 EST

The fun just never ends on The Today Show, no matter how much you pray to your pathetic "gods." Here, Al Roker makes an inexplicable joke about Tiki Barber padding his crotch and makes Matt kinda uncomfortable. Thankfully, he spares Ann Curry the indignity of having her name mentioned in the same breath as genital sheaths, except he doesn't. Then we have "some serious news to get to."

Ann Curry Pops A Move

abalk — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:40:47 EDT

Here's "Today Show" new anchor Ann Curry receiving lessons on how to get jiggy with it. That's sure to wow them in Darfur!

'Sons And Other Flammable Objects' Book Party

Emily Gould — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:50:45 EDT

29-year-old debut novelist Porochista Khakpour had her book party last night at her friend Sarma Melngailis's raw food restaurant, Pure Food and Wine. It was also Sarma's 35th birthday, so the party contained an oddly wonderful mix of raw food-loving celebs—Carol Alt! Ann ... Curry?—and literary types. Laurel Ptak took the glamourshots.

Porochista's book, about a family of Iranian immigrants dealing with the aftermath of 9/11 in poignant and funny ways, is getting raves all over the damn place, which has Porochista sort of flummoxed. "I never expected this to happen to my little book. I almost cried the first time I saw it in a bookstore," she told us. She's not being false-modest, either: her book is published by indie stalwart Grove/Atlantic, which doesn't have the cash money to give a new title a Kunkelian marketing push and must instead rely on its authors to generate their own buzz.

However, some of the celebrities at the party last night didn't seem to quite know what they were celebrating. "This is a book party?" Ann Curry asked us when we interrupted her conversation to ask if we could get a picture. "And what are these pictures for?"

We told her.

"Gawker? What's that?"

She was told it was, uh, a media gossip blog.

"What does that mean?" asked Ann's friend Babs.

"Which part, 'media gossip' or 'blog?'"

"Media gossip," said Babs. "Like, does that mean you'll be gossiping about us tomorrow?"

I didn't even bother to hedge. "Uh, probably."

Ann Curry Can't Stand It When You Cry

Choire — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:40:16 EDT

On the "Today Show,", T.V. hostessess Ann Curry was forced to revisit a girl who had hiccups for like five weeks, because it is August and apparently there is nothing to put on the T.V. about Iraq or bridges falling down or quarterbacks named Michael Vick who kill puppies. But the best part is when the girl starts crying and Ann Curry clearly wants to die or cut her own face off to get away from the horrid display.

Ann Curry Chock Full Of Annoyance

abalk2 — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 13:07:54 EDT

There was a scintillating "Today Show" tutorial this morning about coffee: How to buy it, how to make it, how to drink it, etc. Throughout the entire segment newsreader Ann Curry vehemently disagreed with the guest expert, rolling her eyes and sighing like Al Gore in a presidential debate. Ann takes her coffee seriously. As does everyone who has to watch her. Here's the last drop.

Media Bubble: Plenty of Free 'Time' To Watch Extra Hour of 'Today'

abalk2 — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 09:40:39 EST

Another hour of "Today" just means more Al Roker to love. And, you know, Ann Curry. [WSJ]

Employees at Time Inc. have one more day to steal all the office supplies they can carry home; layoffs are apparently tomorrow.

The Dolans are gonna have to do better than thirty bucks a share if they want to take Cablevision private. [NYP]

If nobody buys Tribune, blame the online ad market. [MediaPost]

Is AMI moving Star back to Boca? Didn't we ask this last week? [NYP]

The Times soft-focus magazines vs. People: which side are you on? And, really, do you care? [WWD]

Janet Street-Porter may not be able to edit a bus ticket, but she's handy with the racism. Allegedly. [Guardian]

The Sacramento Bee will be sending out a daily memo on what stories are garnering the most online eyeballs. The paper claims that these statistics will not affect what and how they choose to cover, but we think the current headline "Britney Vagina Upskirt Paris Hilton Oral Sex Free Viagara" tells a different story. [Romenesko]

Halloween 2006: This Won't Get You in the Anchor's Chair

Doree Shafrir — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 18:20:03 EST

The Go Fug Yourself girls have snagged a photo of Ann Curry's Cher costume, and what a costume it was:

[I]t's days like Halloween on which I think Ann wonders how she got from a journalism degree and two LA-area Emmys to a job that requires her to parade around in a Cher costume, exposing her bits (toned though they may be) in a spangly spandex jumpsuit while people across America gape in unsettled alarm. Not because there is anything wrong with her figure, but because this is Ann f'ing Curry, and America is not ready for their relationship with Ann f'ing Curry to get to this level.

And with that, we officially bid Halloween '06 adieu, and begin thinking of how Ann Curry can reveal her toned bits next year in a way that doesn't involve an accident with the sequin truck.

Gossip Roundup: Kate Hudson Rides the Butterscotch Stallion

Jessica — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 14:00:58 EDT

• Actress Kate Hudson didn't separate from Black Crowe husband Chris Robinson because he's a crunchy dirtman and she's, well, Kate Hudson. Us Weekly reports that Hudson's affair with Owen Wilson led to the split — once you climb on the Stallion, there's no climbing off. [Us Weekly]
• Damn the man: the IRS pushes to tax celebrity swag bags. [TMZ]
• Africa is hot! Rapper Eve ends her relationship with the son of the president of Equatorial Guinea, where citizens live on $1 a day, at the urging of Sunday Styles. [R&M]
• Blind item guessing game: "Which major magazine executive probably isn't hungry when he goes home to his wife, since he's having Chinese at the office??" Send in your guesses if you've got 'em. [Gatecrasher (last item)]
• 57-year-old actor Bruno Kirby died yesterday. He had been recently diagnosed with leukemia. Honor him tonight by ordering the Shrek doll episode of Entourage on HBO On Demand. [People]
• After 63 years of ongoing renevations to her W. 71st Street townhouse, Ann Curry's neighbors are suing her for over $900,000 because of the constant noise and disruption. Does that mean we can sue NBC? Because whenever Curry is on the screen, we feel a little disrupted, too. [Page Six]
• Justin Timberlake isn't signing up for the Soul Patrol anytime soon. [Scoop]
• Joey Buttafuoco shops a book proposal. Written in crayon. [Page Six]

Yet Another Reason Ann Curry Didn't Get the Big Job

Jesse — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 15:00:16 EDT

She dances like a middle-aged white guy.

(This morning, around 9:50 a.m.)

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Ann Curry, Oregon Duck, Is a Rich Guy

Jesse — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 09:44:03 EDT

A University of Oregon alumnus — here! in the big city! in our very midst! — attended an alumni event the other night at which Today newsgal Ann Curry, a fellow Duck, spoke, and he presents a very good case for why little Annie didn't get the big chair when Katie decided to take her colon over to CBS:

Ann Curry showed up at a fundraiser for the University of Oregon journalism school Wednesday night at the Park Avenue home of former Procter & Gamble CEO Edwin L. Artzt. Both Curry and Artzt are Ducks, and about 20 or so other alums showed up for the school's annual Ann Curry star-fucking session. Curry, who graduated in 1978 and who said her first post-grad gig was as a cocktail waitress, gave an obviously often-repeated talk in which she tells the story of how her Japanese-immigrant mother couldn't understand why young Annie wanted to go to college at all. Here Curry switched into an embarrassing squeaky Asian woman voice to quote her mom: "Why you want to go to correge and spend all dat moneeee? All you need is to marry a reeech guy." It reminded me of the old Margaret Cho routine about the Korean mother running the gay porn store. After all the heart-warming chatter about how she gets to help change the world — apparently by flying to Namibia to interview Angelina Jolie — she concluded by saying that "now after my own fashion, I am the rich guy."

Life's tough without a TelePrompTer.

Gossip Roundup: We Don't Care Who Says What. Nick and Jessica Are Fucking Over. Just Accept It.

Jessica — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 12:45:16 EDT

• Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson issue the standard denial in response to yesterday's celebrity weekly bukkake over their break-up; Us Weekly stands by their report. Perhaps the denial has something to do with that exclusive contract Simpson signed with OK!, which apparently guarantees the mag exclusive rights to all Simpson coverage. As if anyone's going to care once OK! "breaks" this story. [Page Six]
• Madonna is reportedly trying to convince Oprah Winfrey to convert to Kabbalah. If, God forbid, this happens, it's only a few short episodes of Oprah until the entire world has fallen under the red-string spell. [R&M]
• Bespectacled hostess Georgette Mosbacher agrees to throw the book party for Michael Gross's 740 Park, which exposes the inner-workings of the absurdly wealthy cattery. Naturally, Morsbachers socialite friends are horrified, just horrified. [Lowdown]
• Kevin Federline is a fantastic baby daddy but, it seems, a decidedly less-than-fantastic daddy. We're sure once he leaves Britney, he'll be much better to the little Federletus. [Scoop]
• Everyone on West 71st Street hates their neighbor, Today co-host Ann Curry. And you thought that on-camera schtick was just a persona. [Page Six]

Today on Today: Ann Curry Searches for Her Girl Crush

Jessica — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 10:11:26 EDT

The Today show just ran an utterly original segment on the "girl crush" zeitgeist, complete with footage from Sixteen Candles and Single White Female. While we watched Matt Lauer and Ann Curry awkwardly discuss the "trend" with Best Week Ever's Rachel Harris and New York mag's Sarah Bernard, we thought of the media saturation timeline of girl crushes:

Sept 15, 2003: New York Observer
July 14 2005: Nerve.com
August 11, 2005: New York Times
August 25, 2005: Today Show

A slow start, sure, but three articles in the past six weeks is quite the increase in pace. At this rate, we expect girl crushes to reach their fever pitch by late September, at which point we predict that no less than four of the videos on TRL will feature intense female friendship montages.

Earlier: Girl Crush, Take Two