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The only silver lining to Hurricane Sandy's destructive path is watching resilient Americans band together in the wake of unimaginable tragedy.

After Matt Lauer's recent bungling of Olympic coverage and everything Ann Curry, it's good to see him do right by his fans in the Big Apple!

NBCUniversal and its family of networks will broadcast a live benefit concert tonight from 30 Rockafeller Plaza and we hear it was Matt's idea!

One source revealed:

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Congrats, Mista Murphy! NBC just green-lit The New Normal for a full freshman season!

You know, that HIGHlarious Ryan Murphy sitcom about the single Mommy who becomes a surrogate for lovers Justin Bartha and Andrew Rannells?

The network is totes thrilled by all the folks who tune in each week to watch! In announcing the news, Chairman Robert Greenblatt said:

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Morale is low behind the scenes of TODAY and we certainly understand why!

This is the network that botched their exclusive coverage of the Olympics to an extent that #NBCfail was trending on Twitter!

But besides that, their once tremendously popular morning show, TODAY, is under a lot of scrutiny and slipping in ratings Good Morning America!

Mostly, though, the crew seems tired of Matt Lauer.

They know now it was a mistake to replace Ann Curry with Savannah Guthrie and they feel like machiavellian Matt is the man responsible.

One source close to the situation reveals:

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WELL.

We certainly we can't say we would have seen this one coming!

Get this: Rosario Dawson is reportedly hooking up with Danny Boyle!

The 33-year-old actress, who stars in the 55-year-old director's new movie Trance, were allegedly spotted

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There's more to the United Kingdom than the 2012 London Olympics and mad cow disease!!

Lily Allen Rose Cooper, for instance!

And the Edinburgh Fringe Fest!!

Fringe Fest is supposedly the world's largest arts festival with over 22,000 performers who will put on all sorts of wonderful shows over the next three weeks!

And by performers, we aren't just talking about fire breathing and donkey shows!

Comedians, for one! Big names like

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While the rest of the world may have been treated to Emeli Sandé performing the hymn Abide With Me with a troupe of dancers at the 2012 Olympic opening ceremony, all in tribute to the 52 people who died in the London bus and train bombing attacks on July 7, 2005, NBC callously decided to opt out of airing that segment, and instead ran a Ryan Seacrest interview with Michael Phelps!

And although it's shameful that US audiences weren't given the opportunity to see what many have regarded as the best part of the entire ceremony, the UK songstress has released a stunning studio version of the song, backed by only a piano and performed in one take!

Give it a watch (above)!

Her voice literally sends CHILLS down our spine!

It's BEYOND gorgeous!

We bet many Americans are going to realize now just how much they missed out on by having this cut!

Such an unbelievable disappointment!

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Even though some folks weren't too pleased that NBC decided to withhold the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony in London so they could air it for US primetime Friday night, it certainly paid off…and broke some RECORDS in the process!

That's right, 40.7 MILLION VIEWERS tuned in to watch the Danny Boyle-directed spectacle, marking it the MOST-WATCHED Summer Games opening EVER, and also the MOST-WATCHED NON-U.S. Olympics opener ever!

In fact, the only ceremony it falls behind was that of the 2002 Salt Like City Winter games!

Not too shabby!

And with the AH-MAZINGness that was the James Bond/Queen Elizabeth sketch, we honestly can't say we're too surprised!

If you haven't yet seen this, watch (above)!

And check out the full list of average Olympic viewers on record…AFTER THE JUMP!

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