NBC Matt Lauer Challenges Maureen Orth Over Tom Cruise ‘Vanity Fair’ Story By Chris Ariens on Sep. 5, 2012 - 11:32 AM Maureen Orth, aka Luke Russert’s mom, has written another juicy page-turner for “Vanity Fair” involving Tom Cruise, dating auditions and Scientology. On “Today” this morning Matt Lauer challenged Orth ...
TV Biz Around the Fishbowls: Obama, O’Reilly, Cruise… By SteveK on Dec. 17, 2008 - 11:38 AM • FishbowlNY’s Glynnis MacNicol reports today’s shocking news — President-elect Barack Obama was selected as Time magazine’s Person of the Year. Noticeably absent from the “people who mattered ...
NBC Tom Cruise on Camera One, and Everywhere Else By Chris Ariens on Dec. 15, 2008 - 11:27 AM NBC’s “Today” show got the most out of its interview with Tom Cruise this morning. Cruise first appeared in the pre-show tease on local stations, including New York’s WNBC, operating a camera. …he the ...
NBC Glib No More? Lauer & Cruise One-on-One By SteveK on Dec. 10, 2008 - 3:31 PM Three-and-a-half years after Tom Cruise told Matt Lauer “you’re glib, you don’t even know what Ritalin is,” the actor is returning to “Today.” In the live interview scheduled for Monday, the two ...