A eclectic group of stars — including reality TV’s Ariana Madix, hip-hop’s T-Pain, members of the WNBA champions New York Liberty and country duo Dan + Shay — will feature in this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Hoda Kotb, a fixture at NBC for more than two decades, says she will leave her morning perch on the “Today” show early next year, telling staffers “it’s time.”.

Singer Kelly Clarkson and NFL legend Peyton Manning will bring a new flavor to NBC Universal’s upcoming Paris Olympics coverage this summer.

Jada Pinkett Smith and husband Will Smith have lived what she says are “completely separate lives” since 2016.

Hoda Kotb returned to NBC’s “Today” show on Monday after spending a few weeks tending to her 3-year-old daughter, Hope.

NBC says “Today” host Hoda Kotb has been absent from the show due to a family health matter.

Al Roker says he's recovering after he was hospitalized last week for blood clots in his leg and lungs.

Oprah Winfrey, David Letterman and Ellen DeGeneres are among the celebrity moderators joining former first lady Michelle Obama on tour for her upcoming book, “The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times.”.

Plans by news organizations that have been in place for years — even decades — to cover the death of Queen Elizabeth II were triggered and tested when the event took place.

Some NBC News hosts are branching out into the theater.

The husband of a cinematographer shot and killed on the set of the film “Rust” says it’s “absurd” that Alec Baldwin believes he’s not to blame.

The holly, jolly, best time of the year has gotten a light-filled launch.

Monday represented a key phase in New York City's reopening, with many offices bringing employees back for the first time. Despite the CBS and Fox moves, most news employees continue to work remotely, and the television programs that originate here have a patchwork of approaches that have quickly become familiar. A majority of the show hosts on MSNBC including Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski and Willie Geist of Morning Joe work remotely. Other morning shows have varied approaches. Hoda Kotb of NBC's Today show has worked out of that show's Rockefeller Center studio, but most of her colleagues are at home.

Kathie Lee Gifford is back on Today. The former Today With Kathie Lee and Hoda co-host returned to the show's fourth hour on Tuesday, where she dished all about her new life in Nashville -- and stepping into the dating pool. "Kathie Lee is happier now than I remember her," Hoda Kotb told Jenna Bush Hager at the top of the interview. Still, Gifford said it was "lovely" returning to New York -- and seeing her old friends at Today on Tuesday. RELATED CONTENT:Kathie Lee Gifford Dances and Cuddles Up to Insurance Agent Randall Cronk at Concert in TennesseeKathie Lee Gifford Reacts to Hoda Kotb's Baby No.

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Carson Daly is going to be a father of four! The 46-year-old Today co-host surprised his colleagues on Friday by announcing the news live on the air. Siri Daly, my incredible wife, she is gearing up for a big spring because thats when shes going to give birth to fourth and newest member of the Daly family, Carson said as his co-hosts gasped and jumped up to hug him. Thats right, shes pregnant. I prefer to be pregnant when someone else on our team is pregnant, so this works out great, Dreyer told Carson.

It's safe to say Hoda Kotb was missed on the Today show while she took a maternity leave. The couple is also parents to their 2-year-old daughter, Haley, whom they adopted in February 2017. And I was also excited to come back, and I thought to myself, when I watch Haley now and I watch Hope, I think, 'I'm 55 and I get to be with them.' Guthrie shared a few snaps on Instagram of herself and Kotb, gushing, "She's here!!!!!!! There are a few other people that wanted to share how happy they were about @hodakotb's return from maternity leave!

The couple is also parents to their 2-year-old daughter, Haley, whom they adopted in February 2017. "You guys, I'm so excited," Kotb says in a video to her followers about returning to the Today show. "I'm not gonna lie, this has probably been the best summer of my entire life with these two kids. Kotb also called in to the Today show on Tuesday, and told her team how much she missed them. "One of my fav days of the summer," Kotb captioned adorable photos of Calvin and Haley playing together.

Kelly Clarkson is giving fans a gleeful sneak peek at her new set. "Oh my god, I'm excited!" Finally, she pointed excitedly to the neon purple sign toward the back of the cozy talk show set that read "The Kelly Clarkson Show." The Kelly Clarkson Show premieres Monday, Sept. 9 on NBC. RELATED CONTENT:'The Kelly Clarkson Show': What to Expect from the Singer's New ProjectKelly Clarkson Offers Advice to Taylor Swift Following Scooter Braun DramaKelly Clarkson Shuts Down 'Fake News' That She's 'Taking Weird Pills' for Weight LossKelly Clarkson Wants Her Son to Marry John Legend's Daughter (Exclusive)