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Ann Curry back at work on Today show hours after reports she will be fired as co-host

On Thursday morning, Ann Curry was back next to Matt Lauer, acting like nothing had happened

Ann Curry has showed up at work hours after news surfaced that she would be fired next month as co-host of NBC’s Today show. Reports surfaced Wednesday afternoon that Ann Curry, who took over the anchor chair June 9, 2011, would be removed from her spot as Matt Lauer’s co-host. But on Thursday morning, Ann Curry was back next to Matt Lauer, acting like nothing had happened. Ann Curry

Ann Curry to tell viewers she is leaving NBC’s Today Show

Ann Curry is going to tell her viewers this morning that she is leaving NBC's Today Show and is giving up her co-host chair

…ur viewers. That’s what makes me more emotional than anything. I don’t want to leave them. I love them. And I will really miss them.” Leaving with a reputed $10 million pay-off, Ann Curry, 55, will remain at NBC with a new title – Today Show anchor-at-large and NBC News national/international correspondent. Negotiated by her lawyer Robert Barnett, her new contract to remain at th…

Joan Rivers slams Ann Curry on HuffPost Live

The latest target to take a verbal battering from Joan Rivers is former TODAY host Ann Curry

The latest target to take a verbal battering from Joan Rivers is former TODAY host Ann Curry. When asked about the ongoing Today show drama, Joan Rivers, 79, shocked HuffPost Live host Marc Lamont Hill by laying into Ann Curry. Ann Curry, 56, left Today show in 2012 amidst rumors that co-host Matt Lauer was behind the departure. Joan Rivers didn’t hold back, she said: “Ann Curry? With all d…

Ann Curry takes $10M from NBC after she was fired from the Today Show

Ann Curry will get her walking papers from the Today Show next week, and NBC will pay $10 million for its blunder

…17;s a long-term contract. Ann Curry will get her walking papers from the Today Show next week, and NBC will pay $10 million for its blunder According to TMZ, Ann Curry was guaranteed that amount for 3 years. The sources said the likely scenario is that Ann Curry will become a foreign correspondent for NBC News. Ann Curry will be the first foreign correspondent who will rake in an amount equal to…

Ann Curry cuts her hair without informing NBC executives

Ann Curry debuted a new, shorter hairstyle on NBC News on Friday without informing the networks executives

Ann Curry debuted a new, shorter hairstyle on NBC News on Friday – without informing the networks executives – in what has been called an act of defiance. Amidst criticism over Ann Curry’s physical appearance by her former Today bosses, the 56-year-old “just decided to cut it”, according to RadarOnline.com. “Ann was always told by her bosses that her hair had to be long, and she…

Ann Curry husband is software executive Brian Ross

Ann Curry is married to Brian Ross, whom she met in college

NBC News Ann Curry is married to Brian Ross, whom she met in college, since 1989. Ann Curry’s husband  is software executive Brian Ross, and not American TV journalist Brian Ross. Ann Curry, 56, and Brian Ross have a daughter, McKenzie, and a son, William Walker Curry Ross. The family lives in New Canaan, Connecticut. Ann Curry is married to Brian Ross, whom she met in college…

Father under investigation after he posted a photo of his daughter with her hands and feet bound

Andre Curry, 21, has generated intense internet backlash after he posted the photo in July

Andre Curry, a young father from Chicago, is now the subject of a police probe after a shocking photo of his daughter with her hands and feet bound was posted on Facebook. Andre Curry, 21, has generated intense internet backlash after he posted the photo in July. Last week, the shocking photo appeared on websites like TheDirty.com and The Smoking Gun. In the image, the tape holds the girl’s…

Matt Lauer ousted from Today show after ratings free-fall and clashing with co-anchors

After repeatedly clashing with co-anchors and overseeing plummeting ratings, the Today show's Matt Lauer is reportedly being given the boot

…how’s dismal performance over the past three months and sources claim ratings will only improve if he is replaced. According to The National Enquirer, weatherman Al Roker is plotting to push the 54-year-old TV veteran out of his anchor chair and is lobbying a newly appointed Today producer for help. ABC rival Good Morning America leap-frogged the Today show after Ann Curry was controversiall…

How the most sinful foods may actually help you lose weight

Advances in nutritional research are beginning to shine a light on the potentially slimming effects of some of the most sinful foods

…fat busting benefits by having one glass of red wine a day. Any more, however, and you could be adding too much to your daily calorie load – half a bottle of wine is around 250 calories, but at 510 calories, a bottle a day is not only highly calorific, but also damaging to health. Curry Living off spicy takeaways – including curries – has always been thought of as a surefire rou…

Recipe: Spiced pumpkin soup with Pecorino Crisps

Spiced pumpkin soup with Pecorino Crisps

Try this simple, delicious and nutritious homemade vegetable soup for the chilliest autumn days.   INGREDIENTS 1 kg (2 lb 4 oz) pumpkin, peeled, deseeded and cut into large pieces 5 tbsp olive oil 2 tsp dried chili flakes 1 tbsp cumin seeds 1 tsp coriander seeds 25 g (1 oz) butter 2 onions, finely chopped 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped 1 tsp grated ginger 1-2 tsp medium curry powder 600 ml…

Curcumin drug to be tested for cancer treatment

Curcumin, a chemical found in curry, is to be tested for its ability to kill bowel cancer tumors in patients

Curcumin, a chemical found in curry, is to be tested for its ability to kill bowel cancer tumors in patients. Curcumin, which is found in the spice turmeric, has been linked to a range of health benefits. Studies have already shown that curcumin can beat cancer cells grown in a laboratory and benefits have been suggested in stroke and dementia patients as well. Now a trial at hospitals in Leicest…

Kim Kardashian quizzed over her relationship with Kanye West on Today show

Kim Kardashian was asked about her relationship with Kanye West on the Today show this morning

Kim Kardashian was asked about her relationship with rapper Kanye West on the Today show this morning. While the reality star didn’t openly declare her love – she didn’t deny it either. Asked by host Ann Curry if the “Kimye” romance was true, Kim Kardashian giggled: “Kanye and I have been friends for years,” before adding: “…so, I love the song,” in reference to Kanye West…

How dinosaurs actually had sex?

Dinosaurs made love just like dogs do, say experts

How did 30-ton dinosaurs, such as the Brachiosaurus, animals longer than four-storey buildings, have sex? Experts have answered to this question – they made love just like dogs do. Kristi Curry Rogers, Assistant Professor of Biology and Geology at Macalester College in Minnesota, told the Discovery Channel: “The most likely position to have intercourse is for the male behind the female, and on to…

Bye Bye Laundry hanger works as a powerful odor eliminator

Lisa Marie Bengtsson designed a hanger that contains specialized charcoal capsules to freshen-up your clothes when you are too lazy to give them a full wash

The good news for undomesticated goddesses is that now you don’t have to do laundry, thanks to the Bye Bye Laundry hanger. This innovative new design by British designer Lisa Marie Bengtsson is a hanger that contains specialized charcoal capsules to freshen-up your clothes when you are too lazy to give them a full wash. Lisa Marie Bengtsson designed a hanger that contains specialized charc…

Mitt Romney aides blast Republican “hypocrites” like Bobby Jindal and Newt Gingrich

Mitt Romney aides blast Republican "hypocrites" like Bobby Jindal and Newt Gingrich

…had offered them “gifts”, Bobby Jindal said Romney’s comments were “absolutely wrong”. He said: “We have got to stop dividing American voters. We need to go after 100 per cent of the votes, not 53 per cent – we need to go after every single vote.” That was a reference to Mitt Romney’s notorious “47 per cent” comments in which he said that proportion of voters was dependent on go…

Ten tips from Leiths cooking school for a perfect Christmas dinner

Ten tips from Leiths cooking school for a perfect Christmas dinner

…unch nibble with a glass of fino sherry. If lunch is just going to be for you and your partner (and perhaps the future in laws…), why not try something different, such as roast quail? Quail take 20 minutes to cook and lend themselves well to the traditional trimmings. After all, why spend hours battling with a bird that’s bigger than your dog, only to eat turkey curry for the next three days…

Anna Friel beauty secrets: Master Cleanse regime, Cryoderm and vampire facelift

Anna Friel relies on the Master Cleanse regime, which sees food replaced with a mixture of cayenne pepper, maple syrup and lemon juice, to stay slender

Anna Friel has revealed she relies on the “Master Cleanse” regime, which sees food replaced with a mixture of cayenne pepper, maple syrup and lemon juice, to stay slender. Anna Friel, 36, told Grazia magazine: “ It’s amazing. I’ve been drinking it for two months and I feel so much better and my skin has really benefitted. “If you’re vain, as you get older you start thinking, &…

Nutritional pizza developed in Scotland by Prof. Mike Lean and Donald McLean

Nutritional pizza developed by Prof. Mike Lean and Donald McLean is said to contain 30 percent of an adult's guideline daily amount of vitamins and minerals

nd found that seaweed was an interesting new ingredient being used in artisan bread. “So we used that as a way of reducing the salt level. The sodium content of seaweed is about 3.5% compared to 40% in salt. There’s iodine in there, vitamin B12, all sorts of things. And the flavour is excellent as well.” Red pepper is also mixed in with the tomato base to give the pizza extra vit…

The night Osama Bin Laden came for dinner to a Pakistani tribal family

A year on from the death of Osama Bin Laden, two Pakistani men tell how they came to host the then leader of al-Qaeda

he approaching vehicles. “A dozen big four-wheel drive jeeps drove into the compound,” recalls one family elder. “They seemed to converge from different directions.” One of the 4x4s drove up close to the veranda, and from its back seat emerged a tall and frail-looking man. He wore flowing robes and a white turban. The waiting men couldn’t believe their eyes. Standing…

August 2011, London riots’ mapping.

London riots mapping.

…shop Residents were told to stay indoors and the youths ran riot. “We don’t want people getting hurt by their bombs and missiles,” an officer said.   Peckham, South-East London 500 rioters vandalized shops, lit fires and attacked police on Peckham High Street. A fire was started in a Greggs’ bakery. Looters jump out from smashed up store in Peckham A nearby bus was also se…

Carrie Fisher lost 50 pounds in 9 months.

Carrie Fisher lost 50 lb in nine months.

Carrie Fisher unveiled her new 8 size figure after losing 50 lb at 54 this morning at the NBC’s Today Show.   Carrie Fisher, the Star Wars actress, 54, has shown off her slimline new look after losing of 50 lbs during an appearance on the Today Show. Carrie Fisher, former Princess Lea of Star Wars, appeared in a black pantsuit and a cleavage-baring pink top. The Star Wars actress said…

UK: Paul Mason, former world’s fattest man asks for NHS operation to remove folds of skin

Paul Mason, who weighed 70 st - or half a ton - at his heaviest, used to consume 20,000 calories a day, 10 times the normal for the average man

Paul Mason, a British man who at one time was the fattest in the world is pleading with the NHS to remove unsightly flaps of flesh after he managed to lose more than half of his body weight. Paul Mason, 50, a former postman from Ipswich, who weighed 60 stone (840 lbs) two years ago, underwent a gastric bypass after he was told he otherwise faced certain death. The man has been left with rolls of…

South storms: at least two people killed and thousands left without power

Powerful storms hit Alabama early this morning in an area that has not yet fully recovered from tornadoes that left the community in despair last year

…Sanders, spent the next hours raking his roof and pulling away pieces of broken lumber. “It could have been so much worse,” he said. “It’s like they say, we were just blessed.” In Clanton, about 50 miles south of Birmingham, rescuers were responding to reports of a trailer turned over with people trapped, City Clerk Debbie Orange said. In Mississippi, the National Weather Service was trackin…

Dallas reboot: Linda Gray is still stunning at 71

Linda Gray outshone her younger new female co-stars during an appearance on The Today Show yesterday to promote the new Dallas reboot

…er members of the family. “We all called each other,” said Linda Gray, after being asked if it was a group decision to make the comeback. “People don’t remember that we’ve been friends for 35 years and we see each other all the time. “So it wasn’t like we hadn’t seen each other for 20 years. This was friendships reigniting and we could work together again. That was the grea…

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