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Network insider blasts 'Morning Joe' hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski as 'childish and immature'
July 16, 2024 | 6:58pmThe couple returned to the airwaves on Tuesday and said they felt duped by the network after getting pulled off-air.
Drew Barrymore gets emotional while discussing divorce from Will Kopelman
October 26, 2020 | 1:30am"I really did not take divorce well. I took it really hard. Even now, I'm just like, oh, it's such a painful thing," said the newly minted talk show host.
Damian Lewis was hungover when he landed 'Band of Brothers' role
April 20, 2018 | 8:54pm“I come back about 3 in the morning and I get a phone call at 8 o’clock . . . ‘Steven [Spielberg] would like to meet you now, can you be here...
Willie Geist says Matt Lauer is 'as good as he can be' after firing
January 10, 2018 | 11:31amLauer was fired from the "Today" show in November over inappropriate sexual conduct.
Willie Geist and NBC pals toast wife's online boutique
June 29, 2017 | 7:56pmWe’re told the “Sunday Today” host described Christina as “the real star of the family.”
Willie Geist set to host special series on SiriusXM
November 6, 2016 | 10:25pmThe show will touch on topics based on Geist’s love of hip-hop, pop culture and family life.
'Today' staff at war over Natalie Morales' dressing room
May 19, 2016 | 8:35pmMorales won't leave the show until after the summer, but there's already a battle brewing over her coveted dressing room.
Willie Geist scores his own NBC morning show
March 1, 2016 | 7:57pmGeist will next month step in as host of a revamped “Sunday Today.”
Willie Geist buys his Christmas tree at a bodega
December 25, 2015 | 9:34amHe and his two kids get the family tree together every year.
Willie Geist relives his 'gangster' days
December 20, 2015 | 7:30pm“We thought we were hard-core, too, rollin’ to the Gap in Ridgewood, NJ, like gangsters,” he joked.
'Today' show staffers down vodka cocktails at holiday party
December 18, 2015 | 9:58pmThe guests included Matt Lauer, Savannah Guthrie, Al Roker and Carson Daly.
Industry buzzing over potential Brian Williams replacement
February 10, 2015 | 6:11amThe short list has been drawn up should the internal investigation find Brian Williams needs to be replaced. The list, which includes Lester Holt, Carl Quintanilla and Willie Geist, leans...
'Today' show anchors joke about feuds & firings
November 20, 2014 | 11:20amThe “Today” show anchors have for the first time addressed the reports of drama on the show.
NBC anchor hosts Ron Burgundy costume party
December 21, 2013 | 8:45pmSavannah Guthrie and other top anchors threw a Ron Burgundy-inspired holiday costume party Friday night at the Crosby Street Hotel. Dubbed “Classy on the Rocks,” the bash featured a screening...
NBC wants Lauer 'for a long time'
November 6, 2013 | 10:27pmWhile NBC is grooming a possible successor to Matt Lauer — including Carson Daly, David Gregory and Willie Geist — the network won’t let Lauer out of its grip without...
Robin Thicke yuks it up at GQ dinner
October 24, 2013 | 10:14pm“Today” co-host Willie Geist and singer Robin Thicke lent comic relief at GQ’s Gentlemen’s Fund dinner Wednesday at the IAC Building. When Recycle Across America executive director Mitch Hedlund took...