Portions of Cate Edwards' exclusive interview with Savannah Guthrie aired this morning on the "Today" show. More from the interview will be featured tonight on "Rock Center with Brian Williams" at 10 on NBC.
Watch the "Today" segment below.
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The Goathouse Refuge, a unique 16-acre cat sanctuary located outside of Pittsboro, will be featured on the "Today" show Thursday morning.
According to the Goathouse Refuge website, the segment will air in the second half-hour of the show, but the website also says "Today" airs at 8 a.m. -- it actually starts at 7 a.m. So just to be safe, you might want to record the whole show to make sure you get it.
"Today" airs locally on WNCN (also known as NBC-17).
The Goathouse Refuge gained national attention earlier this year when they were featured in a beautifully written front page story in The New York Times.
The News & Observer wrote about the sanctuary's role in helping local autistic children in May of 2012 and again this January for a story about animal advocates working to reduce euthanasia rates for cats.
If you miss the segment on television, check the "Today" show website for video later Thursday afternoon.
N&O staff photo by Harry Lynch
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It's still the "dumbest" thing he has ever done, Will Privette insists, but the N.C. State student who stormed the court in his wheelchair after the Wolfpack's win over No. 1 Duke on Saturday has enjoyed the whirlwind of attention he has gotten since.
Privette and N.C. State star C.J. Leslie were on NBC's "Today" show on Tuesday morning, re-telling their story from the wild post-game celebration after the Wolfpack's win over Duke.
After the Wolfpack beat the Blue Devils Saturday afternoon in Raleigh, N.C. State students stormed the court, with senior Will Privette leading the rush. Privette, in a wheelchair, was nearly trampled in the crowd, but saved by Pack star C.J. Leslie. The story has been well-covered by local media, but this morning, Leslie and Privette went national when they were interviewed by Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie on NBC's "Today" show. Here's a video of the interview.
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Superchunk drummer Jon Wurster has had plenty of posed-with-the-Gods moments over the past quarter-century, playing behind Bob Mould, John Darnielle, Ryan Adams and other indie-rock luminaries. But he's in the midst of a pretty incredible 15 minutes right now, after bearing witness to last Monday's flight-attendant freakout at New York City's LaGuardia Airport.
Wurster had a first-class seat on the ill-fated RDU-bound flight, which was repeatedly delayed before finally being canceled after a series of altercations between flight attendant Jose Serrano and passengers. Wurster spent the five-hour ordeal posting dispatches about the unfolding fiasco via Twitter ("The plane is here but the crew isn't. I Know I can fly this thing. I've seen all but one of the Hindenburg movies.") and Facebook ("What followed was a tidal wave of drama including: cops kicking off passengers, passengers leaving in protest, Jose crying, children crying, Jose quitting and the flight getting cancelled. I did get two bags of nuts, so that was good.").
Wurster was quoted in the New York Post (which identified him as "drummer at the indie rock band Superchunk") and has since been called on to recount the story on outlets including The Today Show, CNN and Going Off Track. No doubt this will be fodder for another comedy routine -- or perhaps the rock memoir I keep pestering him to write.
Meanwhile, back in Rockville, Superchunk's next local show is July 12 at Cat's Cradle.
Did you miss Scotty McCreery's performance on this morning's "Today" show? Here's a clip of part of his interview, and his duet with "American Idol" runner-up Lauren Alaina (special shoutout in this first video to Scotty's mom, Judy McCreery!). Click below for Scotty's solo performance of "I Love You This Big."
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DVR Alert: "American Idol" winner Scotty McCreery and runner-up Lauren Alaina will perform on the "Today Show" Summer Concert Series tomorrow morning on NBC.
The "Today Show" airs at 7 a.m. on NBC-17, and runs until 11 a.m. (pretty sure the Concert Series stuff will end by 10 a.m. but I suppose it's possible some of it could carry over into the Kathie Lee & Hoda hour).
Scotty has had a busy week already. He appeared with Mickey Mouse at Disney World on Monday, then visited with Regis & Kelly and MTV on Tuesday.
The Duke University campus has been abuzz over the past week over one female student's faux thesis - published on the Internet - in which she studies, compares and evaluates the sexual prowess of her bedfellows.
Yes, it's salacious. The student, who has graduated, created a painstakingly detailed report detailing her sexual dalliances with 13 male Duke athletes.
And then she ranked them. Yikes.
You'll be shocked to learn that this report has blazed through cyberspace at warp speed, thanks in large part to its prominent display on Deadspin.com. You can find it there.
And this morning, it prompted a story from The Today Show, which identifies the student as Karen Owen.
The whole thing has a "what was she thinking" tinge to it. In the Duke Chronicle, a student columnist makes the argument that Owen is not a "crusador for feminist principles."
And Owen herself told another website, jezebel.com, that "I regret it with all my heart."
Here's what Duke spokesman Michael Schoenfeld has to say on behalf of the university:
"Our foremost concern is to provide for the well-being of our students, and to respect their privacy. We’ve been reaching out to those who’ve been affected by this incident and will continue to support them.
This is an unfortunate and highly visible reminder that anything you create or send in digital form can find its way to the web, where the media have an insatiable appetite for the outrageous and your privacy and reputation can be shredded with a few clicks."
