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Meredith Vieira announced that she’ll leave NBC’s Today Show in June after a five-year run.

“This is a difficult day for me,” said the 57-year-old morning talk show host on Monday (May 9). “I’m trying hard to hold it together.”

Five years ago, Meredith replaced Katie Couric. In just a few weeks, Today Show news anchor Ann Curry will replace Meredith as host.

Last month, Katie left the CBS Early Morning News. She reportedly will host a syndicated daytime talk show. Matt‘s contract with Today is up at the end of 2012.

Matt Lauer, Meredith Vieira, Ann Curry, and Al Roker beatbox and sing as they cover Taio Cruz‘s song ‘Dynamite’ on the Today Show earlier this week.

Based on Mike Tompkins viral a capella cover, the Today Show crew wanted to see what it would take for a video to become a viral sensation for a special segment.

Mike was on hand helping the team of anchors as they recorded the soundtrack in a music studio and then later shot video behind a green screen.

Check out the hilarious finished video below!

Meredith Vieira raises her claws in the air as she dresses as Lady Gaga for the Halloween episode of The Today Show on Friday (October 29) in New York.

The 56-year-old host was joined by Tina Fey and Will Ferrell who dressed up as the characters from their animated flick Megamind, which opens in theaters on November 5th.

Meredith‘s co-hosts also joined in on the Halloween fun. Al Roker dressed as Superman, Ann Curry went as Amelia Earhart, and Natalie Morales channeled Justin Bieber!

10+ pictures inside of Meredith Vieira showing off for Halloween… More Here! »

Ann Curry has interviewed Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie many times. Here’s what the 52-year-old NBC journalist told OK! about the power couple:

On Angelina: “I like her a lot. I see her as a very smart person, a very compassionate person who does movies.”

On Brad and Angie highlighting about what really matters in life: “What I love is that when you talk to actors you know the good they can do – it’s really touching because there are so many reasons why they could be just selfish and focus on themselves, but they’re not. When very very powerful people like Angie and Brad are focused on lovely projects that really change peoples lives you just want to applaud them, it’s just fantastic.”

On Angie’s upcoming project: “In fact I may be talking to Angie coming up very soon. It’s something important and I’m excited to see her again.”

Brad Pitt sat down for another interview with Today Show‘s Ann Curry to talk about his Make It Right Foundation project in New Orleans. He also talked a bit about his family:

On his six children: “I’m really proud of this family. I look at my sons and daughters. … I feel rich being around them. Each one offers so much to the mix.”

On why he doesn’t talk much about his family in interviews: “I just walk away feeling bad about it when I do. It seems to get cheapened somehow as it goes through the filter and the airwaves. I just want to keep it close to the chest.”

On if he’d marry Angelina Jolie: “If we feel it’s important to our kids, we would.”

Be sure to watch Brad on Thursday’s The Ellen DeGeneres Show. It’s his first time ever on the show!

Brad Pitt does another sit-down interview with Ann Curry for NBC’s Today Show in the Lower Ninth Ward area of New Orleans on Monday.

Later today, the 44-year-old actor is expected at the invitation-only, red-carpet local screening of his latest movie, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, at the AMC Palace 20 Elmwood in Harahan.

Arrivals are expected to begin about 6 p.m., when a pre-event party is scheduled to take place. The screening will begin at 7.

10+ pictures inside of Ann Curry interviewing Brad Pitt… More Here! »

Looks like Al Roker has got the goods down there!

The 54-year-old NBC Today show weatherman dressed up as The Gingerbread Man for Halloween this past Friday and had his crotch sniffed out by a dog, leashed by correspondent Jill Rappaport as Alfalfa (from the 1994 comedy film Little Rascals)

Today Show co-host costumes; Matt Lauer was Humpty Dumpty, Meredith Viera was Pinocchio and Ann Curry was a self-described “ethnic J-Lo Cinderella.”

10+ pictures inside of Gingerbread Man Al Roker… More Here! »