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Round three: Ricky Gervais' Golden Globes hosting strategyupdated: Fri Jan 13 2012 08:01:00

Like many awards shows, buzz surrounding the Golden Globes has long focused on questions like who will wear what, who's on whose arm and who will win a statuette.

People.com: Brad Pitt: Be Nice to Jennifer Anistonupdated: Thu Sep 22 2011 07:29:00

The actor says he never intended to "say anything bad about Jen," who, he says, is a "dear friend"

People.com: Kate Gosselin Vows She'll Be Back on TVupdated: Mon Sep 12 2011 17:54:00

She ends Kate Plus 8 "with mixed emotions" and responds to Jon's advice

People.com: Meredith Vieira Says Goodbye on Todayupdated: Wed Jun 08 2011 13:08:00

Emotions ran high as stars and colleagues paid tribute to the morning host

People.com: Duggar Family Shows Off Healthy Baby Josieupdated: Tue Jun 07 2011 23:28:00

The 21-member clan talks about baby Josie's recovery and which family member expecting next

People.com: Meredith Vieira Is Leaving Today Show - It's Officialupdated: Mon May 09 2011 13:11:00

"This is a difficult day for me. I'm trying hard to hold it together," said Vieira

NBC: Vieira leaving 'Today' showupdated: Mon May 09 2011 09:38:00

"Today" co-host Meredith Vieira will be leaving the show in June, NBC announced Monday.

Vieira looks back at her 'View' daysupdated: Mon May 09 2011 09:38:00

HLN's Joy Behar and Meredith Vieira reminisce about their nine years together on "The View."

People.com: Meredith Vieira Leaving Today, Says a Sourceupdated: Fri Apr 29 2011 06:31:00

"Meredith has decided she simply does not want to continue with the grind of a daily morning news show," says a source

People.com: Katie Couric and Matt Lauer: Together Again?updated: Thu Apr 28 2011 08:09:00

The former Today show co-hosts have "undeniable chemistry," says Couric

People.com: Kate Hudson Is Engagedupdated: Wed Apr 27 2011 16:10:00

Sporting a new ring, the actress says Matthew Bellamy popped the question a week ago

People.com: Katie Couric Talks to Matt Lauer About Her Uncertain Futureupdated: Wed Apr 13 2011 17:34:00

Her CBS contract ends in weeks, but she insists she's still weighing her options

People.com: Matt Lauer: Is He Leaving the Today Show?updated: Thu Apr 07 2011 11:05:00

Reports surface that the anchor doesn't plan to renew his gig when his contract expires at the end of 2012

People.com: Meredith Vieira: Who Should Replace Her on Today?updated: Thu Apr 07 2011 08:54:00

Could her former View costar Elisabeth Hasselbeck be a contender for the gig?

People.com: Michael Douglas: 'The Tumor Is Gone'updated: Tue Jan 11 2011 07:48:00

The star says after a "wild six-month ride" the odds are that he's beaten cancer

Michael Douglas has overcome throat cancer, he saysupdated: Tue Jan 11 2011 06:21:00

Actor Michael Douglas says he has beaten throat cancer.

Douglas opens up on cancer treatmentupdated: Tue Jan 11 2011 06:21:00

In December, Michael Douglas opened up to People Magazine about his battle with cancer. HLN's A.J. Hammer reports.

People.com: Kanye West Vs. Matt Lauer: The Feud Escalatesupdated: Sat Nov 13 2010 11:27:00

The rapper cancels a Today performance after "very brutal" interview

People.com: Mom: 'Hiccup Girl' Jennifer Mee Doesn't Realize What's Going Onupdated: Fri Nov 12 2010 14:12:00

Charged with Murder One, Mee told her mother, Rachel Robidoux, she expects to be home for Christmas

People.com: Dina Lohan Admits Lindsay Lohan Is an Addictupdated: Tue Nov 09 2010 09:47:00

The troubled star's mother says she wants Lindsay to have a relationship with her father

Kanye says he understands George Bush's 'disgust'updated: Thu Nov 04 2010 12:25:00

When assessing the lowest moments of George W. Bush's presidency, outside observers might have gone with, oh, Abu Ghraib, or that time when he realized he was going to have to bail out the US financial system, or when his approval rating dropped to 22 percent on his way out the door.

People.com: George W. Bush Describes One of His Worst Drunken Momentsupdated: Thu Nov 04 2010 11:52:00

At a dinner party with his parents and their female friend, he asked an embarrassing question about sex

People.com: George W. Bush Calls Kanye West Insult Lowest Point in Officeupdated: Wed Nov 03 2010 13:28:00

"People claim that I lied about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction ... But the suggestion that I was racist ... represented an all-time low," Bush writes

People.com: Gwyneth Paltrow and Kelly Ripa's Little Equestriansupdated: Tue Sep 07 2010 08:47:00

Apple Martin and Lola Consuelos saddle up in the Hampton Classic Horse Show

Sandra Bullock to talk about New Orleans on 'Today'updated: Wed Aug 25 2010 16:48:00

Sandra Bullock will talk to Matt Lauer on Tuesday morning's Today Show. Lauer will visit the actress in New Orleans, where she has been living with her son, Louis.

People.com: Dina Lohan Blames Judge, Defends Lindsayupdated: Fri Aug 13 2010 12:48:00

Her daughter didn't deserve jail or rehab for an old infraction, Dina tells Matt Lauer

People.com: Enrique Iglesias Inspires 'Dirty Thoughts' in Fan After On-Air Smoochupdated: Fri Jul 16 2010 19:08:00

The singer pulls a lucky lady out of the crowd to kiss her on the lips - on national TV

People.com: Bryant Gumbel and Al Roker: Matt Lauer and Wife Are Doing Fineupdated: Tue May 18 2010 19:49:00

Former and current Today show colleagues respond to reports of a breakup

People.com: Matt Lauer and Wife Angrily Deny Breakup Reportupdated: Fri May 14 2010 10:48:00

They acknowledge rocky times in the past, but the Today host calls infidelity claims "ridiculous"

People.com: Matt Lauer Gets Animated for Curious George 2updated: Tue Feb 23 2010 12:55:00

The Today show anchor voices a character to give his three kids a treat

SI.com: Tim Layden: Vonn says she's ready to competeupdated: Sun Feb 14 2010 19:34:00

WHISTLER, B.C. -- Late Sunday morning Lindsey Vonn went with her husband, Thomas, to a slushy training hill near the Olympic competition course 75 miles north of Vancouver. She made a few tentative turns and then launched into her first heavy training session on skis since suffering a severe shin injury on Feb. 2 that imperiled her participation in the 2010 Olympic Games.

SI.com: Tim Layden: Vonn's Olympics threatened by shin injuryupdated: Fri Feb 12 2010 01:21:00

WHISTLER, British Columbia -- Look at it this way: Ski racers are generally injured so often that half their careers are spent in some combination of pain-management and rehabilitation. And even by those standards Lindsey Vonn is an outlier, with a long and colorful medical history that has alternately compromised her career and elevated her personal mythology. She has a scar somewhere to match every title she's won.

People.com: Family: Hollywood Has 'Blood on Their Hands' for Treatment of Brittany Murphyupdated: Thu Jan 21 2010 12:47:00

The late star's husband and mother also continue to deny drug-use, eating-disorder rumors

Meredith Baxter: Yes, I'm gayupdated: Wed Dec 02 2009 10:38:00

"Family Ties" actress Meredith Baxter made the media rounds Wednesday confirming the rumors that she is a lesbian.

People.com: White House Crashers Speak!updated: Tue Dec 01 2009 13:14:00

The Salahis claim they were invited - but they won't say by whom

People.com: Robert Pattinson Admits All the Tabloid Rumors Are Trueupdated: Thu Nov 19 2009 16:48:00

The Twilight star also stays in character while out in public

People.com: The Force Is with the Today Showupdated: Fri Oct 30 2009 13:14:00

Matt is Luke, Meredith is Leia, Al is Han - and it must be Halloween

People.com: Jenna Bush Hager Makes Her Today Show Debutupdated: Fri Sep 18 2009 15:35:00

Matt Lauer says the former first daughter has "a great personality and a great presence"

People.com: Mark Lester Presents His Case for Paris's Paternityupdated: Fri Aug 21 2009 12:46:00

But the longtime Jackson pal & godfather of Michael kids is coy on the big question

People.com: Wacky Wedding Wows the Webupdated: Sat Jul 25 2009 09:08:00

A Minnesota couple creates a YouTube sensation with their Bollywood-style ceremony

People.com: Brüno Falls into Matt Lauer's Embraceupdated: Thu Jul 09 2009 14:27:00

The flamboyant Austrian fashionista demands a hug after being told sad news

People.com: Jermaine Jackson: 'The World Wasn't Ready for Michael'updated: Thu Jul 02 2009 12:26:00

In an emotional TV interview, the singer's brother talks about his legacy - and how his kids said goodbye

People.com: Shia LaBeouf's Today Show Love Connectionupdated: Thu Jun 25 2009 17:14:00

A fan in the plaza gets inside the studio and face to face with her screen crush

People.com: Alec Baldwin Was Suicidal over Angry Voicemail to Daughterupdated: Tue Jun 16 2009 15:52:00

Pros talked the 30 Rock star out of taking his own life, he tells Playboy

People.com: Carrie Prejean Cries Foul over Treatmentupdated: Fri Jun 12 2009 12:23:00

The ousted Miss California USA calls the reasons for her firing trumped up

People.com: The Three Faces of Prince Harryupdated: Mon Jun 01 2009 12:13:00

"Deep down inside, I'm three different people," the royal says of his split personalities

People.com: Bristol Palin Wants Levi Johnston in Son's Lifeupdated: Wed May 06 2009 15:29:00

Only she refused to say how when asked on both Today and GMA

People.com: QUOTED: Ben Affleck Preps for Daughters' Datingupdated: Thu Apr 16 2009 15:08:00

The father is already posed to greet suitors of young Violet and Seraphina

People.com: VIDEO: LeAnn Rimes Says Her Personal Life Has 'Ups and Downs'updated: Mon Apr 13 2009 15:22:00

The singer tells Matt Lauer that she understands fans fascination with her private life

People.com: Matt Lauer Expected to Return to Today This Weekupdated: Tue Mar 24 2009 17:08:00

The NBC program's executive producer calls the injured morning host a "trouper"

People.com: Matt Lauer Has Accident with a Deerupdated: Mon Mar 23 2009 14:10:00

A weekend incident on his bike keeps the Today anchor home Monday

People.com: Michael Phelps Admits to 'Bad Mistake'updated: Fri Mar 13 2009 10:29:00

"I really had no idea what to do," says the Olympian of first finding out about the bong photo

People.com: Matt Lauer Meets His Lookalike: Abe Vigodaupdated: Fri Jan 23 2009 12:25:00

The veteran Godfather character actor takes the Today show to task

People.com: Tom Cruise and Matt Lauer Clear the Airupdated: Mon Dec 15 2008 21:02:00

When it comes to having another child, the star says, "That's the question for the women"

People.com: Oprah to Host Show in Washington During Inauguration Weekupdated: Thu Dec 04 2008 20:59:00

She will air a live episode from the Kennedy Center Opera House

People.com: Carla Bruni Wants Michelle Obama's Adviceupdated: Thu Nov 20 2008 10:09:00

"She looks like she's a great, strong, intelligent woman," the French first lady says of Obama

People.com: Sarah Palin Compliments Barack Obamaupdated: Tue Nov 11 2008 16:01:00

"He did a great job to articulate his ability to usher in change," she says

People.com: Tom Cruise Gets Comedic Revenge on Matt Lauer at Roastupdated: Sun Oct 26 2008 23:55:00

The actor draws roars of laughter at the Friars event, calling the Today host a "glib putz"

People.com: Angelina Jolie Already Thinking of Another Adoptionupdated: Fri Oct 17 2008 08:53:00

"We have so many children that they're not really stunned anymore when kids come home," she says

People.com: Matt Lauer Set to Be Skewered at Celebrity Roastupdated: Fri Sep 12 2008 19:00:00

Katie Couric, Meredith Vieira and Diane Sawyer will help the Friars Club razz the TV host

People.com: Parachutist Who Cheated Death Makes Matt Lauer Blushupdated: Thu Sep 11 2008 12:08:00

Norwegian Base-jumper Hans Lange describes moment of impact

People.com: Al Roker & Matt Lauer (Try To) Go for the Gold in Beijingupdated: Tue Aug 19 2008 12:42:00

The Today show hosts give rhythmic gymnastics a whirl

People.com: Miss USA Slips and Falls - Againupdated: Mon Jul 14 2008 15:38:00

Just like last year, the American Miss Universe entry tripped during the gown parade

People.com: Paula Abdul's Ex Blames Work for Breakupupdated: Sat Jun 21 2008 22:57:00

The American Idol judge and her restaurateur beau remain "best of friends"

People.com: Watch New Kids on the Block Perform on the Today Showupdated: Sat May 17 2008 11:37:00

Check out 3 clips of their first live gig since 1994, which draws a rain-soaked crowd

People.com: Matt Lauer to Tom Cruise: No Hard Feelingsupdated: Fri May 09 2008 14:10:00

The Today show host says all is forgiven after their infamous on-screen showdown

People.com: It Will Be a Girl for Jason Lee and Girlfriendupdated: Thu May 08 2008 15:16:00

The My Name Is Earl star makes an announcement on the Today show

People.com: Ashlee Simpson: 'Time Will Tell' About a Babyupdated: Sat Apr 19 2008 10:54:00

The singer answers diplomatically when asked on Today if she's pregnant

People.com: Source: Matt Lauer to Be Roasted by Katie & Meredithupdated: Thu Mar 20 2008 12:06:00

The Today host will be teased by both his costars at an X-rated New York event

People.com: Tiger Victim's Parents Seek Answers on Attackupdated: Thu Dec 27 2007 16:23:00

The parents of the 17-year-old who was killed Christmas Day by an escaped, 350-lb. Siberian tiger at the San Francisco Zoo are set to meet with investigators Thursday to determine how the tragedy occurred.

People.com: Julia Roberts Talks About Golden Globes and Holiday Traditionsupdated: Fri Dec 14 2007 12:44:00

Julia Roberts says her Golden Globe nomination was a "thrilling" moment in her normally blissful, domestic life.

People.com: Matt Lauer & Meredith Vieira Keep Marchingupdated: Thu Nov 15 2007 11:22:00

The big balloons will be filling your TV screens next Thursday as scheduled, as Today anchors Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira host NBC's coverage of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York.

People.com: Michael Jordan to Son: Be Your Own Personupdated: Sat Nov 10 2007 13:23:00

Video courtesy NBC's Today showWhen Jeff Jordan takes to the court as freshman player No. 13 with the University of Illinois basketball team, expect an immediate hush to fall over the crowd – and all eyes to turn to him.

People.com: Heather Mills Caught in New Press Backlashupdated: Thu Nov 01 2007 17:02:00

Video courtesy of TodayNote to Heather Mills: It may be time to enroll in PR 101. One day after the former model accused the British press of engaging in a "hate campaign" against her – a sentiment she loudly echoed on Thursday's Today show – Paul McCartney's ex was lambasted by nearly all the morning newspapers.

Craig defends appealupdated: Mon Oct 15 2007 20:41:00

Sen. Larry Craig appealed a judge's decision, that he could not withdraw a guilty plea stemming from a sex sting.

Craig appeals judge's ruling in sex sting caseupdated: Mon Oct 15 2007 20:41:00

Sen. Larry Craig filed an appeal Monday in his continued legal fight stemming from a bathroom sex sting this summer.

People.com: Ex-Bodyguard: I Saw Britney Spears Using Drugsupdated: Mon Sep 24 2007 21:24:00

(Video courtesy NBC)

People.com: Matt Lauer, Laura Bush to Read to Kidsupdated: Thu Sep 20 2007 07:05:00

Matt Lauer does it by the book - reading to his kids, that is.

People.com: Robin Roberts's Cancer Surgery 'Very Successful'updated: Mon Aug 06 2007 08:13:00

Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts's surgery for breast cancer on Friday was "very successful" and she has gone home from the hospital, according to ABC.

People.com: Paula Abdul Dishes About Her New Manupdated: Thu Jul 19 2007 08:02:00

Paula Abdul may be plagued with her share of turmoil - including rumors about her sobriety and exhaustion - but one aspect of her life is particularly healthy.

People.com: Posh: Scientology Doesn't Come Up with Tom & Katieupdated: Wed Jul 11 2007 11:43:00

Victoria Beckham says Scientology never gets in the way of her friendship with Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, and calls the couple "wonderful" people who have been a source of support as she and her family prepare to move to America.

People.com: VIDEO: William and Harry Challenge Their Imagesupdated: Wed Jun 20 2007 08:22:00

(Video courtesy of NBC.)

People.com: Richie Sambora Says He 'Did Detox' for Alcoholupdated: Tue Jun 19 2007 18:32:00

(Video courtesy NBC)

People.com: Princes William and Harry Remember Diana the Pop Fanupdated: Sat Jun 16 2007 08:12:00

The Princess Diana that her sons remember was the bubbly, joyful mom they would find dancing around the room to Supertramp, Michael Jackson and Elton John.

People.com: Princes William and Harry: We Think About Diana Every Dayupdated: Wed Jun 13 2007 08:33:00

In their first American television interview, Princes William and Harry open up about losing their mother, Princess Diana, as the tenth anniversary of her death approaches in August.

Money Magazine: Confessions of an E-Mail Addictupdated: Thu Mar 01 2007 00:01:00

When, or precisely how, my sleek, silver Palm Treo 650 phone/PDA took over my life I'm not sure, but the warning signs were clear: It replaced the book on my nightstand so I could check e-mail afte...

Money Magazine: Kick your e-mail addictionupdated: Thu Feb 22 2007 10:45:00

When, or precisely how, my sleek, silver Palm Treo 650 phone/ PDA took over my life I'm not sure, but the warning signs were clear: It replaced the book on my nightstand so I could check e-mail after David Letterman and before Matt Lauer and often in between.

SI.com: The greatest sacrificeupdated: Sun Feb 18 2007 15:29:00

COLLEVILLE-sur-MER, France -- And so I came here a few days ago, consumed with thoughts of how foolish the San Diego Chargers were for firing their coach, wondering if JaMarcus Russell will be wasting his career in Oakland; curious to see if Tiki Barber will be the next Matt Lauer; thinking how down the injury gods are on Drew Brees; hoping the next month is better to Andy Reid than the last one was; trying to figure how Bill Polian can avoid being raided in free agency; and calculating whether it'll be San Francisco or the Jets or some strange suitor who will make Adalius Thomas ridiculously rich sometime in March. In other words, wondering about the stories that 99 percent of the people on earth could give a darn about.

EW review: 'Fockers' outtakes goldupdated: Tue Apr 19 2005 10:47:00

If you thought Dustin Hoffman was a riot in "Meet the Fockers," the inevitable sequel to "Meet the Parents," wait till you see him acting even less restrained in the outtakes.

Robert Novak: Bush's little blooperupdated: Thu Sep 02 2004 13:53:00

In the midst of their national convention, Republicans experienced a heart-stopping scare. George W. Bush, seemingly absent-minded, misspoke by saying the war against terrorism cannot be won. President Bush corrected the mistake within 24 hours, but the incident reflected the instability of the presidential re-election campaign.

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