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NBC has confirmed to our TV Guy Hal Boedeker that Al Roker and Ann Curry will be representing the TODAY show this Friday at the grand opening of Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal's Islands of Adventure theme park.  Have you read Hal's blog?...

NBC''s “Today” sent 40 staffers to Universal Orlando Resort to cover the grand opening today of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Twenty-five employees came from New York; the rest traveled in from bureaus in Atlanta and Miami. Ann C...

NBC's decision to allow gay couples to enter the "Today" show's annual wedding contest triggered a passionate online debate Friday, opening a new front in the fiercely waged battle over same-sex marriage. The move came the same day as a......

How much does Meredith Vieira love “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire”? So much she was ready to give up hosting the syndicated game show if she didn't like sweeping changes, which will be on display when “Millionaire” starts its new....

What's it like to be a highly paid, highly visible professional buffoon in the midst of an existential crisis? This is the question posed by "The Weather Man," a surprisingly wry, contemplative movie directed by Gore Verbinski ("Pirates of the Caribbean")...

It started with a terrible dream: Cyrus Tehrani had died. At the funeral, his wife and six children wept over his outsized coffin. That nightmare jolted Joe Guarderas awake. He knew that if his best friend Cyrus, 34, didn't take drastic action, the dream...

The daytime-TV dominoes continued to fall Thursday, as NBC moved quickly to fill Katie Couric's not-vacant-yet spot on the "Today" set. As was widely expected, NBC named "The View" co-host Meredith Vieira as Couric's replacement. She'll join Matt Lauer,...

Meredith Vieira is about to get a new view of morning television. As she still presides over the syndicated game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," the candid and lively ex-co-host of ABC's "The View" becomes Katie Couric's replacement alongside...

On the chance that three hours of "Today" each morning isn't enough for viewers, NBC is embarking on an expansion of its morning show. Starting in September, the show will expand to four hours, stretching the top-rated and highly profitable show into the...

The Brooklyn Museum might want to consider pulling some of the space it is taking up with "Star Wars" gear and reallocating it to a mustard-colored Cadillac Coupe de Ville that spins like a woozy top when you hit the brakes. If you want to see the real...

Bariatric surgery is not only the best way for morbidly obese people to lose weight, but it is also highly effective at controlling type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol levels, high blood pressure, and sleep apnea, according to a major new study to be...