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By LORRIE LYNCH
Q> How many weeks of
‘ vacation do Today show
I hosts get? Matt Lauer seems
I to be on vacation once a month,
I and Meredith Vieira has been off
plenty since she got the job.
Juanita Ramsey, Croum Point, IncL
Reps from NBC won’t say
surprise, surprise. I guess they
think viewers don’t notice. But
I on her Today show blog, Vieira
" is pretty open about her time
away. Since she began the blog
in October 2006, she has pen
| died in about 28 days of vaca-
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For Olivia Newton- i
John, the holidays A
mean family. "I get I
together with my sis- I
ter," she tells me. "We Y
usually cook the same 1
dishes each year." She
also has fond memories
of singing Christmas
carols around the a
piano with her fa- f
ther. So it's fitting |
that she has re- I
corded holiday al- ■
bums. Her second, Christmas Wish, is out this
year. Along with traditional carols are new
songs with guest vocalists Barry Manilow,
Jon Secada and Michael McDonald. Newton-
John, 59, is a breast cancer survivor who is
■ passionate about women's health. Women
put themselves second, she says, but "wfth
t out you, nothing is going to happen."
Q. Why did
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lap, a deeper
" understanding
of the criminal
mind to the show.
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CBS said he had personal reasons.
Patinkin, 55, called it “creative differ
ences.” The reality is, Patinkin, not
CBS, wanted to end the relationship.
Joe Mantegna now ably fills Patin
kin’s shoes.
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Qj CBS' new drama Moonlight didn't
' get much attention when the new
season launched. I really like the star.
Tina Montiel, Sun City, Ariz.
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THIS WEEK'S
BIRTHDAYS
12.16.07
Benjamin Bratt 44
12.17.07
Giovanni Ribisi 33
12.18.07
Christina Aguilera 27
Katie Holmes 29
Brad Pitt 44
12.19.07
Jake Gyllenhaal 27
12.20.07
Chris Robinson 41
12.21.07
Kiefer Sutherland 41
Ray Romano 50
Samuel L Jackson 59
Jane Fonda 70
12J2.07
Diane Sawyer 62
Contributing:
Gayle Jo Carter,
Reyhaneh Fathieh,
Jon Tollestrup
Alex O’Loughlin.
The 31-year-old
Aussie tried out
for James Bond,
which ultimately
went to Daniel
Craig. “I wasn’t
ready,” he says.
“In five years, I’ll
be a great Bond.”
O’Loughlin, whose
girlfriend is Aus
tralian singer and
actress Holly Val
ance, was in FX’s
The Shield. He says that Hollywood is
filled with Aussies because Down Un
der “there’s not enough work to sus
tain us all.”
John Cusimano,aka Rachael Ray's
husband, has been lead singer of
the Cringe since 2004 this varia- I
don, that is. The name of the band I
originated in high school, when A
"we weren't very good, so peo- fl
pie cringed when they heard I
us," he tells us. With a second CD
out earlier this year and a tour
behind them, this band has ,
worked out cringe-inducing I
problems. Cusimatxv 40, writes I
all the songs, including Bum, /
a track inspired by his wife: jA
"It's about the burning de- A
sire I have for her." E 2 JA
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inspired by
celebrity wife
Rachael Ray.
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