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My Name Is Earl Cast Is Feuding | Today's News: Our Take | 6/11/2008
The cast of My Name Is Earl is among the feuding fivesomes on NBC's Celebrity Family Feud (premieres June 24 at 8 pm/ET). Here's the catch: they'll be broken up into two teams — the Hickeys vs. the Camden County All-Stars.The survey says other showdowns include:• The Kardashians (Kim & family, including Bruce Jenner) taking on Deion Sanders (Deion & Pilar: Prime Time Love) and his family.• The cast of The Office playing against a quintet of American Gladiators.• The... read more
Today Show Hosts "Get Down" to Chris Brown | Today's Top Videos | 6/9/2008
We're big Chris Brown fans here, but despite how much he rocked the plaza on the Today show last Friday, we couldn’t help but chuckle through the whole thing. Not only did his bodyguard get a little overzealous smacking the teen girls hands away around the minute mark, but seeing Lester, Ann and Al rock out while singing "I need you, Boo" at the end was priceless! Watch the video now! read more
Survey Says... Roker Could Be Ready to Feud | Today's News: Our Take | 4/3/2008
Today weatherman Al Roker could be in line to host an upcoming celebrity edition of Family Feud for NBC. NBC and FremantleMedia North insist no deal has been signed, but Variety reports both sides have been in talks.Today cohost Meredith Vieira already holds down double duty as host of the syndicated Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, and Roker has subbed for Vieira on the show from time to time.He also hosted the quiz show Remember This? on MSNBC in the mid-1990s. — J.R. WhalenUpdate:... read more
Janice Dickinson Calls Tyra "Fat" | Today's Top Videos | 12/11/2007
Looks like Janice Dickinson's big mouth has got her into a boatload of trouble yet again. During and interview with Al Roker yesterday on the Today Show, the self-proclaimed supermodel stuck up for Jennifer Love Hewitt stating she looked "healthy." But rather than leaving it at that, Dickinson definitely stuck her foot in her mouth when she continued on to say "You want to see someone who's fat, I'm sorry, Tyra, Tyra Banks is fat." When Roker stopped her mid sentence to call her out on that... read more
Today Hosts Get an Earful from Crank Yanker | Today's News: Our Take | 10/30/2007
A conference call arranged by NBC so that reporters could talk with Today anchors Matt Lauer, Ann Curry and Al Roker about their new "Ends of the Earth" feature was a lot more interesting than the norm. According to the New York Post, a potty-mouthed prankster infiltrated the ranks of press peeps on the line not once but twice and asked the hosts some seriously off-color questions. Afterward, Mitovich was given a bar of soap and told that he knew what to do with it. — Ben Katner read more
Dispatch from the Office Convention! | The Office | 10/29/2007
Just as fans of the original version of The Office learned about the existence of the industrial town of Slough, where the U.K. series was set, now everyone knows about Scranton, Pennsylvania, where employees of the U.S. version report to work. In fact, thousands of fans of NBC's hit half-hour comedy ventured to northern Pennsylvania this weekend for the first Office convention, which runs through Oct. 28.The event began Friday morning on the Today show, with Al Roker introducing the University... read more
Tiki Barber and Al Roker Talk About Today | TV Guide News Report | 10/23/2007
Tiki Barber may have broken the New York Giants’ all-time rushing record, but he’s finding his most rewarding breakthrough with his post-NFL career as a coanchor on Today and Football Night in America."It’s fabulous and fulfilling in many different ways," Barber said Oct. 22 at the 2007 Quill Awards in New York City. "I’m growing and learning as I go, just like my football career. You start out small and start seeing where your dreams go. That’s what I’m trying to... read more