By Drew Grant 1/07 5:27pm

TV

Video

"I pooped my pants," confessed Roker. (NBC)

Al Roker Sharted in White House, No Longer Begs Wife for Sex [Video]

Al Roker, who is a very famous weatherman (or so we’ve been told), admitted on Dateline last night that he pooped in his pants at the White House after his gastric bypass surgery in 2002.

“I probably went off and ate something I wasn’t supposed [to], and I was walking to the press room, and I thought I had to pass a little gas,” Mr. Roker told NBC’s Dr. Nancy Snyderman. “And I thought, ‘Whose going to know?’ Only, a little something extra came out.”

Dr. Snyderman took this in stride. “You pooped in your pants,” she shrugged, like a real doctor would.

“I pooped my pants,” he concurred.

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By Drew Grant 2/08/12 11:19am

Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama vs. Jimmy Fallon (NBC)

Michelle Obama’s Talk Show Challenge: Is the First Lady in Better Shape Than the Rest of the World? (Video)

If you’re a fan of talk shows where famous people talk to other famous people so that the second famous person can promote their latest whatever, then you might have noticed an odd trend: First Lady Michelle Obama has been making the rounds lately: first on Ellen, then Jay Leno, and now Jimmy Fallon, all in an effort to raise awareness for the Let’s Move! health initiative. Or is it? Read More

By Drew Grant 11/16/11 12:06pm

Celebrities

Elijah Wood on 'Today'

Elijah Wood Rides Subway Like Plebeian, 'Today' Hosts Shocked [Video]

Even though it may seem like an inordinate amount of coverage has been given over to the Occupy Wall Street movement, we here at The New York Observer are still committed to giving you the full taste of what is happening in NYC. Like this morning, when the cast of Today gave Elijah Wood major props for being quirky enough to ride the subway to Rockefeller Center. The subway! Can you believe it?

Al Roker couldn’t. Read More

By Joseph Alexiou 12/02/09 12:41am

Strange Scent Haunts NBC Studio as Roker Fetes Mystery Novel

Probably staying up way past his bedtime, Today weatherman and NBC broadcast darling Al Roker celebrated the release of his first murder mystery novel, The Morning Show Murders, on the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 24, at SushiSamba on Seventh Avenue.

The entire cast of Today gathered to congratulate Mr. Roker and praise his untiring Read More

By Irina Aleksander 10/02/08 3:26pm

How Sloan Barnett Got Her Friends to Go Green

"I’m just a normal girl. I don’t live in a log cabin, I wear leather shoes," said eco-socialite Sloan Barnett. "I’m just like you, but I try every day to do better!" Ms. Barnett, who is 40, was the guest of honor at a book party Wednesday evening hosted by President and CEO of NBC Read More

By David Foxley 5/03/07 1:02pm

Catty in the Hat! Couric Cuts Us Short At Ladies' Luncheon

Under trolling clouds, some 1,200 ladies sashayed through Vanderbilt Gate on Wed., May 2 to the 25th annual “Hat Luncheon.” Hosted by the Women’s Committee of the Central Park Conservancy, the list of upper-class attendees included Grace Hightower DeNiro, Malaak Compton-Rock, Amy Fine Collins, Blaine Trump, Muffie Potter Aston, and Harper’s Bazaar editor Glenda Bailey. Read More

By Staff 2/28/07 5:24pm

The Afternoon Wrap: Wednesday

  • What are the most horrifically ugly (or “god-awfully hideous”) buildings in New York? The new Hearst Tower surprisingly gets a vote, Curbed‘s Joey Arak picks The Zebra (aka Theater Row Tower), and The Sculpture for Living is “bad from the ground up.” [Gridskipper]
  • New York’s Bedford Hills neighborhood has a fancy name Read More