Katie Couric

Katie attended the funeral of fellow news anchor Tim Russert.

On August 9, 2007, The New York Post's Page Six reported that Katie sang her heart out at a piano bar in Nantucket. Women's Wear Daily reports Katie was at The Summer House with her beau, Brooks Perlin, who picked up the tab, and a gaggle of friends. Long after Aerosmith's Steven Tyler had left, Couric sang the Neil Diamond classic "Sweet Caroline" and joined in as her group closed the place down with "America the Beautiful."

Katie's first job was as a desk assistant at ABC.

As of April 11 2007, 50-year-old Katie has been dating a triathlete named Brooks L. Perlin, who at 33 years old, is 17 years younger than her.

While working for NBC news, Katie appeared in 4 of the network's public service announcements, The More You Know. Her topics were parental involvement, volunteerism, teen pregnancy, and use of the v-chip.

Kaite was a Pizza Hut waitress at one time.

Katie surpassed Bryant Gumbel as the longest serving co-anchor of NBC's The Today Show by 1 month, 26 days, after more than 15 years of service from 1991-2006.

Katie's family: Husband: Jay Monahan (aka John Paul Monahan III), attorney; born 1955; married Couric 1989; served as legal analyst for MSNBC; died of colon cancer January 25, 1998. After his death Katie is on a mission to teach everyone about colon cancer and the steps that should be taken to prevent it. She even went as far as to have a colon cleansing on the air, live, on the Today show! Father: John, newspaper reporter Sister: Emily, politician; born 1947 Daughter: Elinor Monahan; born 1990 Daughter: Caroline Couric Monahan; born January 5, 1996.

Katie's Emmy's: 1996/97: Daytime Emmy, Outstanding Special Class Program for 1996 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade; shared award 1997/98: Daytime Emmy, Outstanding Special Class Program for 1997 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade; shared award.

CBS sent Katie on a six-week "listing tour" to find out what viewers like and don't like about CBS Evening News. She has attened an American Cancer Socity breakfast fundraiser. The tour mixes cancer fundraisers with closed-to-the-media town hall meetings, plus photo shoots.

When it was made public that Katie was taking ovet the CBS Evening New anchor spot, she celebrated with lunch at Michael's (she had a chicken salad). Michael's is located in midtown Manhattan.

Washington Post critic Tom Shales hails Katie as: the perfect morning compainion-assured, natural, gratifyingly unphoney.

Katie Couric : I'm still ambitous, I want to win. I want to be the first. And you know what? It's that quality that's gotton me where I am.

Even though Katie doesn't join the CBS family till September 2006 she was featured in a promo for CBS on July 2, 2006.

Exactly 42 minutes into Couric's Today tribute she started to cry.

At the end of three hours worth of tributes, Couric raised a glass of champagne and said, "to everyone in TV land, thanks so much."

What Katie has to say to Meredith Vieira who is taking Katie's spot on Today is "Have Fun!".

Couric's 3-hour Today tribute had musical guests by Tony Bennett, Martina McBride and the cast of the Broadway show "Jersey Boys."

Katie has two daughters: Ellie who was born in 1991 and Caroline who was born in 1995.

Her older sister, Senator Emily Couric (Virginia), was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in July 2000.

When Katie makes the move to the CBS Evening News she will become the first solo woman anchor of a nightly news program.

For a day in May 2003 Katie switched places with host of The Tonight Show Jay Leno. Katie hosted The Tonight Show while Jay Leno hosted The Today Show.

Katie had the role of Prison Guard in the 2002 film Austin Powers in Goldmember.

On Katie's final episode of Today it was mainly a tribute with short breaks for the weather and a few notes on the news.

Katie left Today on Wednsday May 31st 2006.

When Couric left Today she will be leaving her co-host on Today Matt Lauer who she has co-hosted Today with for over 10 years.

Katie has plans to anchor the CBS Evening News as Dan Rather's permanent replacement starting Fall 2006.