Ann Curry’s awkward embrace of soft news: A slideshow
As the Today host negotiates her forced exit from the morning program, critics look back at her struggle to shine in the show's fluffier segments
By The Week Staff | June 27, 2012
Ann Curry’s awkward embrace of soft news: A slideshow
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s NBC remains mum on the official fate of Ann Curry, the Today show co-host, who is reportedly being fired, must cruelly continue to go to work. That means plastering on a placid smile, engaging in uncomfortable banter, and partaking in trite cooking segments — duties for which Curry always seemed an awkward fit, her main failing in the eyes of critics. Here, a review of Curry's attempts to handle Today's lighter side:
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