What goes around comes around, Matt Lauer. Radar reported that Alexandra Wallace, the newly installed executive overseeing the troubled morning show, had informed her bosses that she might have to fire Matt Lauer if ratings for the show continue to lag behind “Good Morning America.” It was not a report that made much sense — Lauer was just signed to an extremely lucrative new contract earlier in the year — but Wallace spoke on the record to the New York Post to rebuff it.
“There is absolutely no truth to this,” she said. “There have been some recent outrageous claims regarding Matt and the ‘Today’ show, and an awful lot of piling on from nameless, faceless sources. These stories are wrong and irresponsible.”
The show has defended itself on the record several times before. Lauer hit back at critical pieces in the Post and Daily News in September, and several NBC executives, including NBC News president Steve Capus, have backed him in interviews. Capus also lashed out at the tabloid stories, telling the Daily Beast –in an oddly similar statement as Wallace’s — that “there has also been a lot of mean-spirited piling-on, which has been manufactured by many anonymous sources.”
Meanwhile, we’ve enjoyed watching Ann Curry on Rock Center with Brian Williams.
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TV industry insiders say no amount of NBC executive reshuffling can save the embattled “Today” show — until its longtime co-host throws in the towel.
Lauer has been blamed for the show’s ratings woes, which intensified in June when co-host Ann Curry was suddenly ditched and replaced by Savannah Guthrie.
“This problem is not going to go away until Matt Lauer does,” a prominent former NBC News exec told the Daily News on Tuesday. “He’s great, but fairly or unfairly, his brand is damaged.”
The sentiment comes just as a new production team is poised to take over “Today,” which has fallen into second place this year behind archrival “Good Morning America” in the cutthroat ratings race.
Many in the television news industry believe that the show lost its dominant place in morning TV because it became stale under Bell’s watch.
“You look at ‘GMA’ and they’ve got it going. They come across like a family, and the approach is appealing and feels fresh,” a high-ranking TV news insider told The News on condition of anonymity. “They’ve got that morning TV chemistry, which the current regime at ‘Today’ just seems to have let slip away.”
Former co-host Katie Couric recently told The News that she believed another issue with “Today” was that the show had gotten too soft and lost part of its focus on hard news.
A good example of that was how, on this year’s anniversary of 9/11, Bell chose to air a mindless interview with Kim Kardashian’s mom, Kris Jenner — in which she rambled on about her breast implants — rather than air a moment of silence at Ground Zero.
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Before you decide to “trash” a veggie for good, why not try to eat it raw? Raw veggies can be more appetizing than their cooked counterparts to people who aren’t crazy about vegetables. The flavors of raw veggies can be milder than those of cooked ones.
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Ralph Lauren has chosen gorgeous Australian model Robyn Lawleyis the first ever plus-size model.
She is defying the odds with this unheard of move in an industry that glorifies being thin.
“Robyn is absolutely paving the way for fuller figured women to land these larger campaigns,” People magazine’s senior writer Jen Garcia said.
The 6’2, 23 year-old beauty appeared on “Good Morning America” to talk about how she’s achieved modeling success by staying true to herself.
Still, Lawley wouldn’t reveal her weight when interviewer Elizabeth Vargas dared to inquire.
“I’m a size 12,” she answered politely. “And I don’t think weight really has much to do with anything.”
She began modeling at age 16, but struggled to keep up with the industry’s skinny standards.
“I did unfortunately. I got a huge amount of pressure to diet. And my body, it was such a battle for me to do that because I’m such a big bone, and I’m tall and I’m broad. I really struggled to maintain that size,” Lawley said on “Good Morning America” this morning.
Feeling a bit discouraged, she decided to take a break to move to France.
“I gave up trying to be a model. And then I moved to France and fell in love with food all over again, and came back much bigger than I was. And I saw plus- size models doing well. And I decided that I wanted that, I wanted to be in magazines,” Lawley said.
She persevered and landed her first contract as a plus-size model for the legendary Wilhelmina Modeling Agency at age 19.
“She’s happy in her own skin, and that’s something a lot of girls can look up to. And I think she’s setting a great example for the fashion industry as a whole,” Garcia said.
Lawley kept a positive attitude when asked if she thought more plus-size models would be emerging in the fashion industry.
“I hope so. I hope, I’m sure we will see. You know there’s so many plus-size models in New York doing so well in the moment, and it’s only going to get better,” said Lawley.
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Ann Curry has been keeping a low profile since her departure as co-host of the “Today” show but she broke her relative silence in an intriguing way on Wednesday.
Curry tweeted, “When I despair I remember that throughout history, truth and love have always won,” she wrote, referring to the Gandhi quote as “one of [her] favorites.”
The message followed her initial tweet of the day, “Good morning Twitterverse. Your unbelievable kindness resonates. You have made me love YOU even more.”
Note to Ann: Since you left we’ve been tuning in to Good Morning America!
Curry returned to the network in mid-July to cover the tragic mass shooting in Aurora, Colorado, and was supposedly going to cover the Olympics with the “Today” show gang live in London, though she has not yet appeared on air. Curry was replaced by her “Today” colleague Savannah Guthrie, and was renamed “Today” anchor-at-large and an international and national correspondent for NBC News.
If your parents or grandparents have diabetes, don’t despair!A study of the Pima Indians illustrates that family history does not guarantee your demise or health. One group of Pimas moved to southern Arizona while the other stayed in northern Mexico. Those in Mexico retained their active lifestyle and simple diet and experienced almost no diabetes. In contrast, the group in Arizona adopted a sedentary lifestyle and the typical American diet. By age 35, 50 percent had type 2 diabetes.
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Robin Roberts announced that she has been diagnosed with a rare blood and bone-marrow disorder called MDS, and will undergo a bone marrow transplant.
Speaking on “Good Morning America” and writing on a blog post, Roberts said the disease was once called preleukemia, and is a complication from the treatment she received to beat breast cancer in 2007.
On the “GMA” website, Roberts wrote that, while there are some “scary” statistics about the disease, her doctors have told her she is young and fit enough to beat it.
“Sometimes treatment for cancer can lead to other serious medical issues and that’s what I’m facing right now,” she said. “The reason I am sharing this with everybody right now is because later today I begin what’s known as pre-treatment.”
Roberts said that a tube was being added to her arm Monday afternoon. “I didn’t want you to be concerned if you saw a bandage tomorrow,” she said. “It’s going to be there to draw blood … and also to administer drugs.”
She said that she will be “out for a chunk of time” after she receives a bone marrow transplant from her sister, who doctors said was a “perfect match” for her.
She pledged to overcome the disease.
“I’m going to beat this,” she said, choking up. “My doctors say it and my faith says it to me.” She received a round of applause at the end of her comments.
In a note to staff, ABC News president Ben Sherwood praised Roberts.
“We love Robin, the heart and soul of ABC News, and we’ll stand arm in arm with her as she fights this new battle,” he wrote. “She is the captain of our ‘GMA’ team; she has been the keystone of our recent victories; and she will lead the program for many years to come.”
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