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NEWS ABOUT: Matt Lauer

Matt Lauer stories: 17 news summaries

Prosecutors Eye Savio Divorce in Peterson Case

Ex-cop risked losing hundreds of thousands of dollars in split

May 15, 09 9:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Drew Peterson prosecutors are scrutinizing his divorce from Kathleen Savio as they ready their murder case against him, the Chicago Tribune reports. Peterson could have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in the pair’s split—but Savio was found dead in a bathtub one month before the trial that... More »

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divorce • crime • Matt Lauer • murder • arrest • Kathleen Savio • Drew Peterson • divorce settlement • Today show • murder charges

Interview

 Edwards 
 Responds 
 to Critics 

She agreed to book before affair surfaced

May 11, 09 10:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Elizabeth Edwards responded today to the critics who’ve been lambasting her for releasing her tell-all book, telling Matt Lauer she’d agreed to write the book before John’s affair surfaced, and hadn’t intended to write about it. She said that during John’s presidential run she’d... More »

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John Edwards • Elizabeth Edwards • Matt Lauer • Today show • extramarital affair

 Captain: 'I Didn't Think I'd 
 Ever Get Out of That Boat' 

Capt. Richard Phillips credits Navy

Apr 25, 09 8:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Capt. Richard Phillips thought he'd never escape the Somali pirates holding him hostage, MSNBC reports. “I didn't think I'd ever get out of that boat," Phillips tells Matt Lauer in a Today Show interview airing Tuesday. He had resigned himself for the worst. “It was just settling... More »

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Somalia • Matt Lauer • Vermont • pirates • Navy SEALs • Today show • Richard Phillips

 Spitzer: 'What I 
 Did Was Egregious' 

Former guv has tried to address his 'gremlins'

Apr 6, 09 9:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former New York governor Eliot Spitzer opened up about his “egregious” call-girl dalliance and subsequent resignation on NBC's Today this morning. Spitzer, who also discussed his re-emergence as a Slate columnist, claimed that he didn’t hire prostitutes frequently—“not long in the grand context of my life”... More »

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Matt Lauer • Eliot Spitzer • Today show • Silda Wall Spitzer • call girl • prostitution scandal • Slate



 Lauer Has 
 Deer Run-in, 
 Misses Today

Anchor skips hosting Today

Mar 23, 09 9:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Matt Lauer was forced to skip Today this morning, after being slightly injured by a deer that jumped into the path of his bike over the weekend, Us reports. But where did the deer come from? Lauer “thinks the deer was hired by the competition,” said co-anchor Meredith... More »

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Matt Lauer • Meredith Vieira • accident • deer • Today show

(Newser) - NBC is taking globetrotting out of Today host Matt Lauer’s job description, the AP reports, shelving his “where in the world” segment for fear of looking too extravagant during the recession. Rather, the network said today, the morning show will profile affordable US vacation destinations during a week... More »

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NBC • Matt Lauer • Today show • financial crisis

(Newser) - In his first post-bong-photo interview, Michael Phelps says he has a sure-fire way to stay out of trouble—get back to the "normal routine" of the swimming pool. In the interview—it airs tomorrow on NBC's Today show, notes Entertainment Tonight—Matt Lauer asks Phelps if he's worried the... More »

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bongs • Michael Phelps • Matt Lauer • marijuana • Today show • television interview

 Your Ad Free on Today 
 —Just Bring a Sign 

Well-placed posters benefit from nearly 5M viewers

Feb 2, 09 10:32 AM CST
(Newser) - It costs $50,000 to get a 30-second ad spot on NBC’s Today, but advertisers needn’t pay to get their messages out if they’re willing to brave the weather, Advertising Age reports. All they have to do is stand in the Rockefeller Center Plaza with a sign... More »

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advertising • Matt Lauer • Meredith Vieira • Today show • signs

 Lauer Meets Older Self: Abe 


Jan 23, 09 1:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Matt Lauer took some ribbing this week when Today co-host Meredith Vieira unveiled side-by-side photos of him and Abe Vigoda to demonstrate what he'll look like in old age. Vigoda got the last laugh today in a light-hearted appearance on the show, People reports. Vigoda, 87, says he has... More »

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Matt Lauer • Meredith Vieira • aging • The Godfather • Today show • Abe Vigoda • lookalike

OPINION

 Coulter Talks 
 Today 'Ban' 
 ... on Today 

Critics not exactly impressed with Peacock's kowtowing

Jan 7, 09 1:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Ann Coulter parlayed her non-appearance on NBC’s Today Show yesterday into a session with Matt Lauer this morning, Hamilton Nolan writes on Gawker. “She is that person you didn't want to invite to the party, but did, and then wished you hadn't,” writes Nolan. Fully two minutes... More »

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television • Tony Blair • Ann Coulter • Matt Lauer • NBC News • Bill Maher • television interview • spat • book promotion

Madoff Was Livin' Large in Lap of Luxury

High-roller owns yacht, jets, and properties up and down East Coast

Dec 24, 08 4:12 AM CST
(Newser) - If disgraced money-man Bernard Madoff felt any guilt about his Ponzi-scheme hedge fund, you'd never know it. Now that he's under house arrest, his "lifestyle of the rich and infamous" is somewhat limited, but in a fitting tribute to a man who just fleeced investors of $50 billion, CNN... More »

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Florida • Matt Lauer • hedge fund • jet • Ponzi scheme • French Riviera • yachts • scandal • Ernest Hemingway • apartment • Bernard Madoff

 Cruise, Lauer Grip and Make Up 

Calmer interview follows 2004 Today showdown

Dec 15, 08 11:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Tom Cruise and Matt Lauer met on Today for the first time since an infamously tense 2005 interview, and this time, things were more relaxed, People reports. The pair chatted about their previous meeting. "I came across as arrogant," Cruise said, adding, "that's not the person I... More »

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Scientology • Tom Cruise • psychiatry • Matt Lauer • Today show • interview

OPINION

 Cruise's Craziest Moments 

From blow-ups over Scientology to couch acrobatics on Oprah, Tom's had his share

Dec 11, 08 3:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Three years after Tom Cruise and Today's Matt Lauer went a few rounds over Scientology, drugs, and Brooke Shields' postpartum depression, the pair is set for a rematch Monday—which spurred the Los Angeles Times to list Tom's top 5 head-smacking interviews:
  1. Oprah, May 2005: Cruise dances around proclaiming
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Scientology • Tom Cruise • Matt Lauer • list • Katie Holmes • Today show • interview

 Drew Peterson: 
 Come Forward, Stacy 

On anniversary of her disappearance, husband maintains she's with another man

Oct 28, 08 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Drew Peterson marked the first anniversary of his wife’s disappearance with an interview on the Today Show, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Drew, the subject of intense scrutiny in the unsolved case, reiterated that he thought Stacy ran off with another man, leaving behind their two young children. He... More »

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investigation • Matt Lauer • anniversary • Stacy Peterson • Drew Peterson • missing person • Today show

 Kathie Lee Will Join Today: NBC 

Veteran talk-show host returns to daytime April 7

Mar 31, 08 4:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kathie Lee Gifford will rejoin morning TV on April 7, Variety reports, as a co-host of the fourth hour of NBC’s Today. Gifford, 54, will share duties with Hoda Kotb. Her kids grown, Gifford wrote on her website she's keen to return to the small screen "8 years... More »

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television • NBC • Matt Lauer • Kathie Lee Gifford • Today show • Natalie Morales

Peterson: I'm Ready for Jail

Suspect in wife's disappearance says he's innocent, but is 'prepared' for arrest

Feb 28, 08 12:44 PM CST
(Newser) - Drew Peterson, the ex-cop suspected in the disappearance of his fourth wife, said today he is psychologically ready for arrest and even time behind bars, the Chicago Tribune reports. On NBC’s Today show, Peterson maintained his innocence in the October disappearance of Stacy Peterson and in the 2004 murder... More »

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NBC • Matt Lauer • murder • homicide • disappearance • Kathleen Savio • Stacy Peterson • Drew Peterson • Today show

Rutgers Coach Fires at Imus

Apr 10, 07 12:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rutgers coach Vivian Stringer struck back at Don Imus in a press conference today, calling his comments " deplorable, despicable and unconscionable"—but confirming that her players will meet with the foul-mouthed radio host. Stringer says her players are "valedictorians, future doctors, musical prodigies," not the' "... More »

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radio • WNBA • women's basketball • Rutgers Scarlet Knights • Don Imus • Rutgers • women's college basketball • Matt Lauer • Al Roker • C. Vivian Stringer

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