Today on the Menu: ‘New Moon’ FTW, Rupert’s Plan Emerges, Al Roker Kills TODAY Staff (in new book)

It’s a couple days before Thanksgiving and things are heating up as America prepares to put on 10 pounds. Need proof? Rupert Murdoch’s seemingly incoherent ramblings appear were assuaged by news that News Corp. and Microsoft may be in discussions to pen a deal that would pay the newser to pull out of Google.

Al Roker is a weatherman, TV personality, loser of weight and now an author. The ‘TODAY’ (NBC) and ‘Wake up with Al’ (Weather Channel) host has written the first in a series of murder mystery books. The first installment is entitled The Morning Show Murders: A Novel and is set on the set of ‘TODAY’. This simple twist could prove hilarious, and as Menu host Jason Boog points out, may provide a nice segue for Roker’s eventual departure from weathermandom.

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