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psych
Maybe Ashton Kutcher's Behind This?
NBC's Matt Lauer, CNN's Larry King and ABC's Cynthia McFadden have all been dispatched to the Neverland Ranch to anchor programs tomorrow from the Michael Jackson corpse-viewing that Jackson's family says was never scheduled in the first place. [TV Newser]
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Comment by Queen of the Passive Aggressives: The Jacksons are officially the creepiest family ever. What type of respect is it to have an open casket for... 6 Responses | Other threads
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layoffs
Dethroned Porn Model Carrie Prejean Says She Was Set Up
Matt Lauer is on fire when it comes to booking developmentally delayed Republican ladies. First it was Sarah Palin this morning, followed by Carrie Prejean, who says her "dethroning" as Miss California was a set-up just like Marion Barry. More »
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By John CookComment by heywhat: Well, to be fair she said she didn't agree with gay marriage, not that she didn't like gay people. But... 10 Responses | Other threads
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today in today
Matt Lauer Has Seen Sandra Bullock 'Naked' and He'd Like to Giggle About It
Matt Lauer grinned at Sandra Bullock on the Today Show today and said "I have now seen you naked...", like a fourteen-year-old boy in shortpants talking to the village burlesque dancer. But how risque can Bullock's PG-13-rated The Proposal be? More » -
the kennedys
Caroline Un-Blames Her Kids For Making Her Not Get That Senate Seat
Remember how Vanity Fair said Caroline Kennedy's kids made her stop running for Senate, and we were all "nuh uh"? She went on the TV to prove us right! More »
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By PareeneComment by son of spam: And I thought Matt was going to whip out nude photos of Pinch. Nice of them to honor Mrs. Seinfeld. 4 Responses | Other threads
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sad
Elizabeth Edwards Takes 'Shame Tour '09' To Today
Elizabeth Edwards is, obviously, more or less the most sympathetic woman in the world, as a cancer survivor married to an asshole who cheated on her with some hippie freak. But no one likes her. More »
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By PareeneComment by Failsafe: Elizabeth Edwards had everyone's sympathy until she decided to speak up for herself, as opposed to being the long-suffering wife.... 10 Responses | Other threads
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clips
The Today Show Will Never Forget
Happy news! The the Statue of Liberty's crown is reopening on July 4. Field trips! A nation of immigrants! And, for the Today Show crew, a chance to drone on endlessly about 9/11.
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Comment by Gaucho85: Like a good New Yorker, I've never been to the Statue of Liberty. 12 Responses | Other threads
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clips
The Bristol Grilling
Are morning show hosts the worst people on television? Yes. Here's a selection of the creepy, prying, pretend-concerned questions Chris Cuomo and Matt Lauer had for Bristol Palin this morning. More »
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By PareeneComment by smithhimself: Smithhimself sees himself as a boulevardier, an urbane man about town who has adopted Rodney King's motto of "Can't we... 12 Responses | Other threads
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Aporkalypse now
Joe Biden: Run to the Hills, Run For Your Life
Joe Biden went on the Today Show this morning and very calmly explained that you are going to die from swine flu if you don't lock yourself in a safe room now. More »
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By John CookComment by Almostbanned: Huh. Its interesting that such stupidity is accepted with a shrug from Obama's VP. 24 Responses | Other threads
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circle of life
Spitzer's Public Rehabilitation Almost Done
Eliot Spitzer really wants to explain the whole financial crisis, and he is pretty sure he's obligated to advise us plebes on what to do, but everyone just wants him to talk about hookers. More »
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By PareeneComment by GuyBitchy: He was brought down with hookers. But don't think for a minute he was brought down because of hookers. 2 Responses | Other threads
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today in today
Let's All Make Fun of Matt Lauer's Deer-Related Injury
Today show host Matt Lauer got in a fight with a deer while on his bike last weekend and kinda hurt himself. Now he's back on the show and his colleagues are teasing him mercilessly. More »
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Comment by Aaron Altman: But Richard, if he didn't fight back, everyone'd call him the Deer Punter. 37 Responses | Other threads
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twitterati
The Twitterati Will Have Painkillers, Two CDs, and a Martini
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: More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by units: I'll bite: maybe Peter Kavka would like 2 CDs nuts, instead. more » | Other threads
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drugs
Michael Phelps: 'We All Know What You And I Are Talking About'
The swimming fella Michael Phelps was on the Today show this morning talking about his BONG SCANDAL, now that everyone has stopped caring. He's not saying what he did but he won't do it again*. More »
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Comment by yayblood: Michael Phelps is so freaking ugly and lame that I can't even watch the clip without ruining my breakfast. 6 Responses | Other threads
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Financial wizardry
Hey At Least the Recession Comes With Cookies
CNBC hires only the finest financial minds, such as Erin Burnett. You say the Great Depression was bad? She says: "The invention of the chocolate chip cookie." Game. And. Match. [Click to watch]
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Comment by OopsRecession: I try to keep my straight "financial news" to the 5 minute segment on Morning Joe where Joe flirts with... 2 Responses | Other threads
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today in today
Matt Lauer and Brian Williams Get Flirty
Not to be outdone by colleague Kathie Lee's same-sex flirtation, Today show host Matt Lauer invited NBC newsman Brian Williams on to cohost this morning. Chemistry and sexual-dynamism as palpable as Kathie's hatred for Hoda. More »
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Comment by Truculent: I have enough trouble getting up in the morning without a creepy display of stilted man love interrupting my local... 9 Responses | Other threads
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journalismism
Sad Matt Lauer Needs This Obama Interview To Go Well
Matt Lauer is supposed to interview Barack Obama for the Superbowl pre-game show any minute now. He could use a good chat following his terrible week of endless dissing. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Tremonius: I worked with a guy who had the name game cold. He called himself "Dad." He called everyone else "Dad."... 8 Responses | Other threads
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television
Sully Breaks Up With Matt Lauer For Katie Couric
Godlike Hudson Hero pilot Chesley Sullenberger canceled a Today show interview Monday, but promised to come back and give Matt Lauer the exclusive when he could talk. But he lied! More »
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Comment by Cecil's Wielder: Matt Lauer isn't off in a faraway land ala a children's geography show? 4 Responses | Other threads
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television
Ann Coulter Is Not Grateful For Today Show Invitation
After all the "banning" bullshit, NBC had Ann Coulter on the Today show this morning. She is that person you didn't want to invite to the party, but did, and then wished you hadn't.
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Comment by flossy: "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean you don't have enemies." Matt Lauer, you are being glib and I LOVE it. 6 Responses | Other threads
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tom cruise
Everything Tom Cruise Knows About Bush, He Learned From the 'Today' Teleprompter
Tom Cruise reunited with Matt Lauer on the Today Show this morning, and fortunately for the audience, Cruise's strategy appeared to be, "Bring the crazy up front and as early as possible." -
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Tom Cruise Revists Today Show, Still Seems Crazy
Wandering the set of the Today Show this morning, manic actor Tom Cruise tried to live down his 2005 "glib" outburst and reminds us why live TV is not his friend. More »
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Comment by nonethewiser: I'm just glad that Tom took to acting. I'm fairly confident that but for his career, he would be sitting... 5 Responses | Other threads
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today
Coming Up On 'Today': Boobs! Er, Carla Bruni!
Except for the simmering, hate-fucky annoyance that Matt Lauer dishes out to Ann Curry on a daily basis, Today had always existed in a G-rated realm of sexuality until this past fall, when the gloves — and the blouses — came off. First, Marcia Brady revealed touching tales of family-bred syphilis, then the bastard son of Jay Thomas doffed his shirt to reveal some silky lingerie. Today, though, Lauer had to contend with a producer who blew his throw to commercial with a rather distracting, extreme close-up of French First Lady Carla Bruni's rack. It was while watching this show that Barack Obama turned to Michelle and said, "You're only doing GMA from now on." [Today] -
matt lauer
Meredith Vieira Rubs Salt into Matt Lauer's Divorce Wounds
"When is the right age to get married?" was the question on Today this morning. "I dunno... when did you get married?" Vieira obliviously asks Matt Lauer, who's been divorced once, and whose second wife split from him while she was pregnant (and filed for divorce in 2006) before they eventually got back together. Awkward! Hilarity ensues.
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By SheilaComment by Millionaire Matchmaker: The gentleman who is the subject of this post has a profile on millionairematchmaker.com. His profile indicates he is looking to... 11 Responses | Other threads
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tom cruise
Friars Roast-Crashing Tom Cruise Reunited with Glib Tormentor Matt Lauer
If Brooke Shields and Tom Cruise could patch things up after Cruise called her a pseudoscience-worshiping devil-thetan incubator (we're paraphrasing), then surely, we thought, Cruise and Matt Lauer could eventually let bygones be bygones. You may remember how the actor and anchorman tussled back in 2005 when Cruise accused Lauer of not personally, personally understanding either Ritalin, postpartum depression, or why the son survived in War of the Worlds. Now, we hear, the Friars Club Roast of Lauer that just concluded in New York featured a surprise, couch-jumping guest. Says KTU reporter Paul Westcott: More » -
Mourning Becomes Electric
Heath Ledger's iPod and the microchip memorial
Aaron Eckhart and Maggie Gyllenhaal dropped by the Today Show this morning to shill a movie, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. Eckhart earnestly related to host Matt Lauer a story about their deceased costar Heath Ledger which he'd told Ledger's mother — namely, that friends were passing around Ledger's iPod as a form of remembrance: More » -
lip slip
Matt Lauer Joins the Obama bin Laden Club
Now even Matt Lauer is doing it! In a report on a forthcoming report on how George W. Bush forgot to capture Osama bin Laden for a couple years and is now trying extra hard to finish that up before finals, Lauer called the terrorist mastermind—three guesses—"Obama." He quickly corrected himself, of course. Look what Fox has done to us! This is why everyone should just call him "Barry Hussein" like we do. Because this makes it official: everyone who is on television regularly has now made The Slip. -
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Kathy Griffin And Al Roker Lap Dance Their Way Towards A Legendary Moment In Live Television History
For any of you out there who still don’t “get” Kathy Griffin, we now present you with a single clip that will effectively prompt a lifelong love affair with the red-headed, fast-talking, Scientology-bashing spark plug of an entertainer that she is. On the Today Show this morning, giggly Al Roker had the pleasure of speaking with Kathy about her upcoming hosting job of Bravo’s inaugural A-List Awards and not-so-innocently asked her if there was really anything she wouldn’t do on camera, considering her reputation as a truthiness-telling comedienne who never holds back. What followed was a delicious and epic moment in television history, during which Roker was given a lap dance, off-screen staffers were overheard gasping, and images of a Roker/Matt Lauer/Halle Berry threesome in “the big bed” were thrust into our collective imagination. More » -
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Obama Keeps Calling Matt Lauer "Tim"
This clip is a couple of days old, but it's quick and amusing: Barack Obama is being interviewed by Matt Lauer of NBC's Today Show, but keeps calling Lauer "Tim." He's probably thinking of Tim Russert, anchor of NBC's Meet the Press, because Lauer mentioned Russert early in the interview. Obama managed to get Lauer's name correct twice, but then kept screwing it up again, so Lauer eventually corrected him. Very, very gently, almost like one of those obsequious Obama interviewers on Saturday Night Live. Obama was probably just having a hard time keeping track of which media jackal was pelting him with nonstop questions about his former RACIST, traitor (etc.) pastor this hour. Points to the Democratic presidential candidate for working more middle-aged white ladies into his camera shot. Clip after the jump. More » -
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Today Show Articulates Your Feelings About Its Crappiness
Have you ever felt that watching the Today Show was like sticking your hands in a bowl of poop? Did you ever wish that Matt Lauer and Co. would give life and articulation to that sentiment? If yes, then your prayers were answered this morning. Watch here as those chatty morning rangers stick their hands into said bowls of poop and then grumble about it. Matt Lauer says "crappy"! Is that allowed??
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By PareeneComment by Ceiling Cat: There was also an exquisite moment when Meredith talked about her invite to the white house, which instrudted her to... more » | Other threads
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bad feelings
Matt Lauer's Interview With Larry Craig: The Reviews Are In!
Members of the press, we salute you, for your bravery in the face of extreme humiliation. Matt Lauer's Dateline interview Tuesday with Senator Larry Craig and his wife regarding Craig's restroom run-in with the law and/or male sexuality has journalists everywhere who viewed it bemoaning the experience—almost as though they'd been, say, recently exposed as hypocritical, closeted adulterers on national television. Poor things! More »
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By MaggieComment by AugustPeridot: Larry Craig is bi-sexual who is trying to experiment a lttle more and he got busted for his maybe the... more » | Other threads
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tabloid media
Matt Lauer: "No Quid Pro Quo" For Princes Harry & William
Today NBC's Matt Lauer participated in a conference call with journalists about the Dateline interview he did recently with Prince William and Prince Harry, and about the Concert for Diana that NBC is broadcasting on Sunday. But some journalists didn't want to play along—they kept asking him pesky questions about whether he'd gotten the interview with the princes because the network had ponied up $2.5 million for the rights to air the concert. Not surprisingly, Lauer denied it.
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Comment by lovely nigerienne: @yourfriendandneighbor: agreed. Will looks like he'd suck in bed and politely state "excellent" or "fantastic" while ejaculating two... more » | Other threads
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paris is earning
Ex-Con Paris Hilton Worth More Than A Lousy 100 Grand
According to various reports—more on that later—one network or another has agreed to pay or to not pay a large or even more large amount of money to Paris Hilton for an interview. The network will not be ABC—although they figured the "credibility" and close connection Barbara Walters has with the Hilton family (oh, plus an offer of $100,000) would snag them the first post-jail interview with Paris Hilton. Some reports say Walters was out-credibilitied by Meredith Viera and at least $650,000. Others say NBC's offer is $1 million. NBC says they don't pay for interviews, and fast-talking Paris publicist Mike Sitrick says the same, which means the opposite is true. More » -
cheeky!
Matt Lauer disobeyed orders not to ask Prince William about Kate Middleton during an interview to be broadcast as part of the Diana Deathiversary festivities, and now the royal spinmeisters are leaning on NBC to cut the footage. [The Royalist]
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By Emily GouldComment by stew: Nothing says 'tasteful personal remembrance of your late mother' like a big, fat fuckin' $100-a-ticket partay featuring Take That and... more » | Other threads
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By abalk2Comment by spitsonstrangers: Meredith Vieira might be the only person in the world I'd feel guilty making fun of. more » | Other threads
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matt lauer
To Be Fair, 'a Lot of People' Are Douchebags
It's one thing when Rush Limbaugh accuses Michael J. Fox of faking his Parkinson's symptoms. That is his M.O. - say something knowingly misinformed and play victim to the liberal mainstream media when the criticism hits. But it's whole another when Matt Lauer, as cuddly as a teddy bear and as wholesome as the wheat in the breakfast toast, comes out and says "Didn't Rush Limbaugh just say what a lot of people were privately thinking?" as he did on The Today Show on Thursday. More » -
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Today on 'Today': Oh, Just Fuck Already
When food-porn temptress Nigella Lawson asks Matt Lauer if he'd like to "dribble [her] a little," it's pretty clear that he'd enjoy nothing more. -
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Those Planted Items Written in the Past Tense, They Get You Everytime
From today's Page Six, an alternate reality: More »
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By JessicaComment by SecureLocation: Whenever the anchors are granted a "sit-down" with Bush they lose whatever reporting chops they ever had and turn into... more » | Other threads
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affairs
Gossip Roundup: Kate Hudson Remembers She Has Husband
• Kate Hudson comes to her senses (maybe) and realizes that Owen Wilson (possibly) is not the most stable choice (on earth). But is she ready to go back to a life of picking food out of Chris Robinson's beard? [Us Weekly] More » -
matt lauer
We're Wrestling With the Fact that Matt Lauer Is Actually Kind of Hot
[Update: Guess we have no right to post the image, and you have no right to drool over it without going to TMZ.] More »
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matt lauer
Today on 'Today': Calling Out Matt Lauer's Ankles
The kids from Best Week Ever did their usual Friday shtick this morning, but with a special, meta-highlight: Matt Lauer asked them what they thought about his Britney Spears interview. While the rest spit out the expected jokes, Sherrod Small won our hearts by addressing Lauer's inexcusable attire of loafers without socks: "I was just uncomfortable with seeing your ankles during the whole thing." Always the professional, Lauer completely ignores him — but later in the segment (not on the clip), on the matter of Connie Chung's hideous farewell performance, Small reiterated, "I can handle Connie Chung, I just can't handle your ankles." Touche. The man speaks for everyone. -
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11 Secret Herbs and Spices From the Man Himself
The relevant portion of this clip may only be few seconds, but those seconds are perhaps the most bizarre we've ever seen on the Today show. Tomorrow, Dave Thomas waves a "Hi, Mom!" sign. More »
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