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more about #mattlauer more comments → TheBusinessGuy: These people are getting exactly what they wanted. Crime does pay. And I don't necessarily mean in money. more » unclevanya: Even a lefty-hippie due process pussy like myself wants these two ghouls locked up for their little "prank", not interviewed by Matt Lauer. This kind ... more » hhpeterson13: Obama's veto power should extend to reality show gigs. These Salahi assholes should not profit from breaking the rules. more » Sergio Hernandez: Hm, interesting. How would this reconcile with LuAnn de Lesseps' appearance on GMA yesterday? (She was on to talk about the Salahis) Since RHONY ende... more » BowlingForDollars: I've got a THIRD UPDATE for you: The first two are lies. ALL LIES! more » BowlingForDollars: Matt Lauer, as part of the NBC "News" (and I use the term loosely) team, never bothered to ask if Michaele Salahi was going to be part of "Real Housew... more » Matt Cherette: Am I too late for the influx of unapproved Drudge commenters? It's always so fun. more » mimigoliath: So now you don't have to be a shitty reality show star, you can still become temporarily famous by being an aspiring shitty reality show star. Aspiri... more » wrongneighborhood: Drudge is linking to Gawker, I never thought I would see the day. Unapproved commenter deluge in 3... 2... 1... more » Tremonius: Next you'll tell us all those actors who appear on talk shows are merely plugging other network product. And which newscasts are "unscripted, reality... more » Richard Petty Bourgeoisie: That contract has as a defined term "Reality Hold Period." I feel like that includes the last ten years. more » lobstr: the key phrase is "If I appear in the series.." .. but the series hasn't begun yet, so can they be held to that clause? more » intime: So, people will now risk arrest and imprisonment to get on a reality TV show? I guess I shouldn't be surprised by this. more » Lymed: Now we will be forced to live through countless stunts because we keep rewarding them. more » Helio: I caught the tailend of Larry King's show last night and witnessed the travesty of Ariana Huffington, Ben Stein, and Jesse Venture "debate" the troop ... more » -
#exclusive
A Bravo Contract Delivered White House Gatecrashers to the Today Show
NBC News didn't pay the Salahis for their exclusive Today appearance this morning. They didn't have to: According to rival bookers trying to land the Salahis, they already have a contract with Bravo preventing them from talking to anyone else.
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#heroes
Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger: Landing That Plane in the Hudson Led to 'Rock Star Sex'
The clean-cut hero and his wife revealed a smuttier side in an interview with Matt Lauer to be aired on Thursday. Wash your mouth out Sully! And give that mustache a rinse too. Who knows where it's been. More » -
#spitzerfiles
The Spitzer Files: Today Offers to Help Spitzer's Flack Land a Job at NBC
For our next installment of the Spitzer Files—our collection of e-mails between flacks and reporters during Eliot Spitzer's downfall—we bring you the tale of the Today producer who offered to help a flack find a job at NBC.
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#opencaption
In a Galaxy Far, Far Today
[Al Roker, Matt Lauer, Meredith Vieira, Hoda Kotb, and Kathie Lee Gifford make the scariest crew of the Millennium Falcon this side of the Kessel Run on the Halloween edition of the Today show. Image via INF] -
#blagoplease
Exclusive: How the Press Pandered to Blagojevich after His Arrest
On the morning he was arrested on corruption charges last December, Rod Blagojevich was the nation's biggest greaseball. So obviously, the national press was willing to say anything to land an interview. And we've got their emails to prove it. More » -
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Blagojevich's Post-Arrest Interview Requests
The deluge of media e-mails to Rod Blagojevich's press secretary in the wake of his arrest, obtained from the state of Illinois through the Freedom of Information Act. More » -
#howthingswork
How The Today Show Bumped Blago for Leno 'News'
On the morning the FBI arrested Rod Blagojevich, he was supposed to be doing a live exclusive interview with Matt Lauer. But Today canceled so Lauer could flack the "news" of Jay Leno's new 10 p.m. show on NBC.
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#frenemies
Are Meredith Vieira and Al Roker Going to Kill Each Other or Just Acting?
On the Today show this morning, Meredith genially asked weatherman Al Roker, who is black, if he knew about the weather in Africa. Because her kid's going there! Al, though, took jokey offense, and the scene got pretty uncomfortable More » -
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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] -
#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 » -
#todayintoday
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 » -
#thekennedys
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 » -
#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 » -
#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. -
#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 » -
#aporkalypsenow
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 » -
#circleoflife
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 » -
#todayintoday
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 » -
#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 » -
#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 »
