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“Farewell, friend,” co-host Matt Lauer said at the opening of the special three-hour edition, citing Couric’s “more than 15,000 interviews, millions of laughs and countless cups of coffee.”
Plunking a box of tissues on the desk, Lauer said to Couric, “This isn’t for you. It’s for me.”
Beyonce Knowles has big plans for her 25th birthday on Sept. 4: She will release her second solo album, B’Day, internationally. It will be released in the U.S. the next day, Billboard reports.Â
The first single from the CD, “Déja Vu,” features a guest appearance by Knowles’s longtime squeeze, Jay-Z.
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, who welcomed daughter Shiloh in Namibia on Saturday, tell us in a statement: “We would like to deeply thank the staff of the Cottage Medi-Clinic Hospital for all their kindness and commitment in assuring the successful birth of our daughter.†Â
The couple’s obstetrician from Los Angeles, Jason Rothbart, M.D., was assisted by the local staff of the Cottage Medi-Clinic Hospital.