The Today Show
September 27, 2007
Thursday 27 September 2007 on NBC

On today's show: The cast of The Office stop by; A performance by Melissa Etheridge; The winner of the best sandwich competition is revealed.

The first record that Melissa ever bought was Carole King’s Tapestry. (edit) Melissa won an Oscar in 2007 for Best Original Song in a Motion Picture for "I Need to Wake Up" from An Inconvenient Truth. (edit) On October 17 2006, Melissa’s partner, Tammy Lynn Michaels, gave birth to twins Miller Steven and Johnnie Rose. (edit) Melissa and Tammy tied the knot in Malibu in September 2003.
(edit) The father of her twins with partner Tammy Lynn Michaels is an anonymous donor from a bank. (edit)

Melissa: (on her first concert) I saw the Eagles in Kansas City when I was about 15. My dad drove me and a friend, and he waited while we watched the concert. It was awesome. 'Take It To The Limit' brought the show to a halt. (edit) Melissa: (on the song during her first kiss) ‘Just My Imagination’ by the Temptation. But if you want my real first kiss, my first kiss [with a girl], that was ‘How Deep Is Your Love’ by the Bee Gees. (edit)

Melissa: (about her Oscar statue) This is the only naked man that will ever be in my bedroom. (edit)

Melissa (on her partner, Tammy Lynn Michaels): The love and support of someone like that is worth all the money in the world. (edit)

Melissa: When [the cancer] was over, I came home to a bouquet that said 'In sickness and in health,' and [Tammy] means it. (edit)

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