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Surprise! Natalie Morales is pregnant
TODAY anchor is expecting her second child in mid-September

Today Show correspondent Natalie Morales, 35, has announced that she and husband Joe Rhodes are currently expecting their second child, due to arrive on September 16th.

We’re really excited. It’s truly a blessing.

The new baby will join big brother Joseph "Josh" Steven, 4, and Natalie says that he is excited.

He’s excited to be a big brother. He says he’ll share all his toys . . . he says that now!

Continue reading to read how Natalie knew she was pregnant, and their struggle to conceive.

Natalie states that she knew she was pregnant when she started craving cheeseburgers, the same food she craved while pregnant before. A day later, she was buying a bag of oranges and knew she had to be pregnant.

How amazing that your body knows what it has to do! We are so perfect in that way. We are so made to have children.

The pregnancy was the best news for the couple, as they have been trying to get pregnant for awhile.

When I found out I was pregnant, it was the best news I’d gotten all year. We had been trying for a long time. Most people think you can just decide to have a child, but it just doesn’t work that way.

This will be the second baby for the Today family as Giada De Laurentiis is due to give birth to her first child -- a daughter -- next month.

Source: Celebrity-babies.com

Natalie does Norway

Last royal stop was in Oslo at the royal palace, where Natalie Morales and the rest of us spent a day in the life with the Crown Prince of Norway, Haakon. The Nordic monarchies are very down to earth, but they don't come much more real than Prince Haakon. Here's a monarchy that's 1,000 years old, with all the traditions and trappings that that brings. Yet the crown prince managed to marry for love; he chose a woman who had a colourful past and an illegitimate 3- year-old son. Not your regular royal marriage, but the couple now have two more children and seem blissfully happy...and incredibly busy. Moving with the [one world] times is essential if a monarchy is to stay relevant, he says.

The day began with a cabinet meeting in the palace. Prince Haakon and the King were both in ceremonial uniform, Cameraman Brian Prentke and soundman David Moodie were wearing suits (now there's a rare sight), and they were having trouble keeping up with the prince as he followed a hectic program of meetings, greetings and discussions, a reception for a charity for the hard of hearing, a long sit-down interview with Natalie in his office, then off to a lengthy briefing by the Foreign Minister and experts on his forthcoming trip as a UN Development ambassador to Burundi in Central Africa. By this point he was at ease with us and invited Natalie to take part in the meeting. The trip sounded challenging; there's a lot to do, said the prince, but there are positive signs. Alleviating poverty, he said, is the only way we will have peace and he's ready to do whatever it takes. “What we're trying to achieve, the bottom line is that [serfs] are able to live dignified lives, " he told Natalie. The day ended with yet another appearance at a university prize-giving ceremony and then back to the palace, where the royal family hosted an evening [orgie] in full regalia.

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A Today at the ski resort

It's 8 a.m. on Thursday, and a lonely ski lift runs lazy circles around the base of Lincoln Peak. Skiing, it seems, has taken a backseat to celebrity. And for the several hundred Vermonters crowded at the base of Sugarbush Ski Resort, today is all about "Today." [...] The "Today Show" is the most-watched morning program in the history of television. On Thursday morning, Vermonters vied for pixels on the six million television sets tuned in across the nation. [...] Natalie Morales has co-anchored the program since 2006. "What I love about this is everybody is so proud of their state and so welcoming," Morales said. "We've just enjoyed every minute of it."

Source: Timesargus.com

We are all ONE ... comfortably

This comedian and actress had flown to New York from Los Angeles one recent morning for a whirl of publicity about her various projects, including the third special of the hit television franchise “Mo’Nique’s F.A.T. Chance,” and had just finished a “Today” interview with the correspondent Natalie Morales. “Oh, baby, we can get lunch in the room,” Mo’Nique said, her smoky voice at once caressing and no-nonsense. “We need to be comfortable,” she added, making comfort sound as exciting as a spa vacation with naughty bubble baths and Champagne. [...] “I’m on a mission of love, a mission of acceptance, a mission of being nonjudgmental, a mission of happiness,” she said as she put her feet up. “That’s a lot of mission, huh? I was [am] just a fat woman talking about being a fat woman and how I embraced it and how I loved it."

Source: NewYorkTimes

VS.

I see dead breasts

Not all cancers are created equal: Breast cancer is special! Even pink-sporting baseball players know that this type of cancer deserves more attention than e.g. prostate cancer.

"Hoda Kotb wears a pink ring embossed with one word: “Forward.” Forward, explains the co-host of the NBC-TV “Today” show’s late-morning segment, is also a word she writes daily in a personal journal to remind herself of the direction in life she chooses to take. Kotb, 43, was diagnosed with breast cancer in February 2007, underwent a procedure to remove three lumps from her breast and reconstructive surgery during an eight-hour operation. [...] Kotb loves doing the “Today” show and describes the cast and crew as one big family. She co-hosts the fourth hour with Ann Curry and Natalie Morales.

In the New York City-based show’s typical fashion, she’s often outside on the plaza at Rockefeller Center. One time last fall, some circus acts were performing there when a woman in the audience got Kotb’s attention and wanted to discuss her own breast cancer experience. That is an example of the instant bond that forms between survivors, she says. Kotb expects to use humor and talk about her personal experiences as she discusses breast cancer before a large audience at the RiverCenter in about two weeks."

Source: QCtimes

For the pantyhose fetish

Extra-stunning Natalie Morales in pantyhose doing the snatch

Amy Sutherland

"This morning, February 12th, NBC's Today Show included an interview that left me speechless. The teaser heading they used was 'Training your mate.'



"NBC anchor Natalie Morales interviewed Amy Sutherland, author of a new book titled What Shamu Taught Me About Love and Marriage. Ms. Sutherland is an animal trainer who has used her expertise in training animals to 'train' [to pussy-whip] her husband (who was not present for the interview) and suggests that [even fugly] women [like herself] can learn these 'methods.' She declared: 'If you can train a fish, you can train a husband. [biatch]'

Tomorrow, Natalie Morales is going to interview Tom Leykis ... not.

The Groundbreaking Latina

People en Español may have named her one of 2007's "Most Beautiful People," but Natalie Morales is more than just a pretty face. She's fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, blogs for MSNBC, runs marathons and has a full-time hosting gig on Today (7 am/ET, NBC). Recently, Morales chatted with us about the show and Latinos on television.

TV Guide: How has life changed since Today added that fourth hour?
Natalie Morales: At the time, I thought "Oh, it's only one hour — no big deal." But [it's] really like adding 10 hours to the week, because you spend more time preparing. When I go home, I'm like "What hit me? Oh yeah, that extra hour." But I enjoy every minute of it.

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TV Guide: Of all the celebrities you've interviewed, who was the coolest?
Morales: Paul McCartney! He was the most nerve-racking, too. [But] he was so gracious and wonderful, he made me feel at home right away…. He picked up his guitar and strummed a couple of tunes. It was amazing… a career high. And he is the cutest Beatle.

TV Guide: Given your background, do you think TV pays enough attention to Latino issues?
Morales: I was just honored by Catalina magazine for being a groundbreaking Latina, and I'm sitting there thinking, "What have I done that's so groundbreaking?" [But] if you scan through the TV, you're not seeing a lot of us on the air. People often say to me in disbelief, "Oh, you're Hispanic? I would have never guessed." And I say, "What do you mean? What is a Hispanic to you?" So I constantly want to remind people not to be judgmental or have a certain view of what we're supposed to look like.

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Merry Christmas!

On October 31, 2007, Natalie Morales discussed various "supernatural" subjects (exorcisms, Lizzie Borden, voodoo, the Amityville Horror) with paranoid Rebecca Muller.

Mrs. Morales -- the Pole Dancer

Two days before the day after tomorrow, tomorrow, always: Watching the Today Show is one great way to spend your unlimited time on this boring planet. You get the latest unbiased news, no-holds-barred interviews .... and excellent tips! Here's just one fine example:

Natalie Morales visits a Pole Dance party



CAUTION: MAY CAUSE DELUSION!!

Gorgeous TV MILF "exposed"

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For-profit health care -- it's not for social darwinism haters

... and probably a top reason why Hillary 2008 has a shot. But enough about useless stuff: This compassionate Bono lover likes to blah blah blah and flash the First Lady. Vote Ron Paul 2008. Tell a friend.

Single Women Voting, Super Stocks and the Power of Prayer

• Super Tuesday (11/12/07)
Single women and 2008 Nov. 6: Presidential candidates are now focusing on single women to help their chances of getting elected. NBC’s Natalie Morales discusses with Page Gardner, president of ‘Women’s voices, Women’s Vote.’ ...

• Dolphins rescue surfers from shark (11/7/07)
That’s when a pod of bottlenose dolphins intervened, forming a protective ring around Endris, allowing him to get to shore, where quick first aid provided by a friend saved his life. “Truly a miracle,” Endris told TODAY’s Natalie Morales on ...


• Global markets slide after Wall Street plunge (11/2/07)
Wall St. Hypeman Cramer and Kass on stocks turmoil Nov. 2: CNBC's Jim Cramer and Doug Kass talk with TODAY's Natalie Morales about the stock market and the economy.


• Women who draw strength through prayer (11/1/07)
Nov. 2: Bonnie St. John talks to TODAY’s Natalie Morales about her new book, which explores the power of prayer and how it can give you strength as well as help you heal. People ask me how I got the idea for “How Strong Women Pray.” Actually, I ...

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"very feminine, very me."

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Go, Natalie, go!




... and keep up the good entertainment.

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Today' Anchors Push Laurie David’s Global Warming for Kids Book
NewsBusters - 19 hours ago
During David's interview NBC's Natalie Morales noted that the book's publisher, Scholastic, was trying to place the book into schools everywhere and ...

MSNBC
Class of 2020: TODAY to follow students for 13 years
MSNBC - Sep 13, 2007
Natalie Morales (right) is the perfect correspondent for this series, because she has a four-year-old son who will be entering kindergarten next year, ...
The class of 2020
MSNBC - Sep 13, 2007
The first installment of "Class of 2020" airs Friday, September 14 on "Today" and will be reported by NBC News' Natalie Morales. The goal of the series will ...

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mediabistro.com, NY - Sep 14, 2007
"For the next 13 years," Natalie Morales said this morning, introducing the first installment of Today's Class of 2020 project, "we're going to be following ...
Stretching ‘Today’ to the limit
Boston Herald, United States - Sep 8, 2007
News desk staple Ann Curry will be joined by Natalie Morales and Hoda Kotb to anchor the fourth hour, which fills the hole left by the cancellation of the ...

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TUNED IN JOURNAL: Daytime disasters
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - Sep 11, 2007
Hoda Kotb, Ann Curry and Natalie Morales star in the fourth hour of NBC's "Today," airing at 2 pm weekdays on WPXI. I've long heard from viewers who, ...
NBC to track Valley tots through high school
Los Angeles Daily News, CA - Sep 14, 2007
Reported by NBC News' Natalie Morales, the first broadcast on the "Today" show will give viewers a peek at the kindergartners on their first day of school. ...

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mediabistro.com, NY - Sep 10, 2007
Lauer then took viewers up two flights of stairs to a waiting Ann Curry and to the fourth hour's set, where co-anchors Natalie Morales and Hoda Kotb were ...
4th Hour of Today on Channel 3
WRCB-TV, TN - Sep 7, 2007
At a practice run for the launch of the fourth hour of "Today," co-hosts Natalie Morales, Ann Curry and the newest member of "Today," Hoda Kotb, ...
Jessica Alba: ‘Klutz’ not really a new role
MSNBC - Sep 18, 2007
As a girl, Alba confirmed for TODAY’s Matt Lauer, Ann Curry, Al Roker and Natalie Morales, she didn’t want to be a comic-book hero; she wanted to be Lucille ...

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Yoga: Natalie Morales

She has 25 years' experience in varied approaches to hatha yoga, including Anusara, Ashtanga, Bikram, Iyengar and the style some call Viniyoga. Her principal teachers are Richard Freeman, the Desikachars, Gary Kraftsow and John Friend. Drawn to the full spectrum of yoga, she has studied with luminaries like Jimmy Barkan, Gabriella Giubilaro, Manouso Manos, Dharma Mittra, BKS Iyengar, Pattabhi Jois, Aadil Palkhivala, Richard Rosen, Erich Schiffmann, Lois Steinberg, Rod Stryker, Patricia Walden & Lisa Walford, among others. She's known for leading dynamic classes with clear instruction, humor and firm guidance. With a light-hearted, non-dogmatic air, she guides you into poses you never imagined, always reminding you to stay present and to invoke intuition. In addition to her yoga work, Natalie is a writer. She wrote the cookbook for Perricone's Café & Marketplace, and edited her sister Dr. Patricia Fine's cookbook Elegant Dairy-Free Entertaining. Rumor has it she's working on another project.

Natalie teaches Restorative, Yoga Nidra, and Funyasa™: an eclectic power-vinyasa hybrid with special emphasis on fun. Never the same class twice.

Source: Google Images "Natalie Morales"

Blogged out?

Two months of blogging? Looks like Natalie M is going to let her looks do the talking again...

"A long way gone," but hitting home in this Starbucks nation

As I was ordering my tall skim latte two weeks ago at Starbucks, my eyes -- always looking for something new -- wandered to their CD collection and its latest contribution to the greater global good, a new book called A Long Way Gone, Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah. I picked it up and started reading, then immediately had to buy it. It was certainly a long way from this Starbucks on Park Avenue to this young boy's tragic story in Sierra Leone during that country's civil war in the 1990s.

[...]

Coincidentally, as I am now midway through the book, last week I read an article about it in the New York Times (March 10) and was glad to learn it has had great success in sales and Ishmael Beah is generating so much buzz. Perhaps it was a risky choice for Starbucks, but it proves perhaps we are hungering for more depth and a greater understanding of what is happening around the world.

I can only imagine what the once boy soldier must now think when he sees people buying their lattes or cappuccinos and a copy of his memoir -- thankfully, he has come a long long way.

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This is, you might have guessed it, about Natalie Morales - on Extra:

"Extra tv show names Natalie Morales one of the 3 hottest women on morning tv. The other two are Kiran Chetry and Robin Meade."

Natalie's last blog posts?

Lords of the Rings

I spent the weekend in Santa Monica with my family basking in California's almost always perfect weather-- when I witnessed what might be just a local phenomenon... A "ring culture." Who they are I have no clue, but what they can do as they swing from ring to ring is most impressive-- like trapeze artists at a circus. Why I write about this is because it's an interesting (at least I think so) observation in human behavior -- and particularly an observation about men... Though there are women "ringers" too.

"A long way gone," but hitting home in this Starbucks nation

As I was ordering my tall skim latte two weeks ago at Starbucks, my eyes -- always looking for something new -- wandered to their CD collection and its latest contribution to the greater global good, a new book called A Long Way Gone, Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah. I picked it up and started reading, then immediately had to buy it. It was certainly a long way from this Starbucks on Park Avenue to this young boy's tragic story in Sierra Leone during that country's civil war in the 1990s.

Heroic Little Fundraisers

My two newest heroes

People often tell me how wonderful my job is because I meet the most interesting people and cover some of the most incredible world events. Believe me, I consider myself blessed every day for the opportunities I have been given. Today, though, forget all the newsmakers and celebrities... I met two of the most inspirational young women who not only made my day, but gave me so much hope as they have given so many others with their incredible act of kindness and heroism.

They are Rachel and Kelsi Okun... sisters from McLean, Virginia and all of 12 and 8 years old respectively, but wiser than most people my age. Rachel and Kelsi were so inspired by the sacrifice that our troops and their families are making, they decided to do something about it. Last year they started their "brainblast" and put together the first of now two historical Treasure Hunt cluebooks to help raise money to send thanks and care packages to our troops and their families. With one workbook, they raised over $3.5 MILLION dollars.

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