Brad Pitt talks turning 50 and ’12 Years a Slave’ role

Brad Pitt talks turning 50 and ’12 Years a Slave’ role

Oct. 16: The iconic actor sat down with NBC News’ Ann Curry to talk about his small role as an abolitionist in the new mo...

Detroit eatery pays workers a minimum of $12 per hour

Detroit eatery pays workers a minimum of $12 per hour

Aug. 6: For months, fast food workers in major cities across the country have been walking off the job, demanding better pa...

‘12 Years a Slave’ shares similarities to Anne Frank’s diaries

‘12 Years a Slave’ shares similarities to Anne Frank’s diaries

Oct. 18: NBC’s Ann Curry speaks with director Steve McQueen and several cast members from the film '12 Years a Slave.' Th...

Legacy of ’12 Years a Slave’ goes beyond awards

Legacy of ’12 Years a Slave’ goes beyond awards

Jan. 13: The historical film “12 Years a Slave” won Best Film Drama at the Golden Globe Awards Sunday night, but its ca...

Brad Pitt discusses '12 Years a Slave'

Brad Pitt discusses '12 Years a Slave'

Oct. 15: In this preview of his interview with Ann Curry, the actor discusses his new film's relation to "Roots," and wheth...

Boy trapped on ice: ‘Help us! We’re going to die!’

Boy trapped on ice: ‘Help us! We’re going to die!’

March 24: Brothers Dylan and Corbin Crawford, along with their mom, appear live on TODAY to talk about their terrifying experience whi...

On his day off, Lester visits the plaza in bicycle shorts

On his day off, Lester visits the plaza in bicycle shorts

Aug. 17: TODAY’s Lester Holt has been absent on recent weekends while he fills in for NBC’s Brian Williams, but he stop...

Woman forgives cop for shooting at fiancee 12 times

Woman forgives cop for shooting at fiancee 12 times

Oct. 16: Cache Heidel says she forgives a Charlotte cop who was charged with voluntary manslaughter after shooting her unar...

Tearful girl to pregnant mom: ‘I didn’t want a boy!’

Tearful girl to pregnant mom: ‘I didn’t want a boy!’

Jan. 2: TODAY’s Hoda Kotb and Carson Daly take a look at a funny home video in which a little girl bursts into tears afte...

Social media rallies around boy who needed glasses

Social media rallies around boy who needed glasses

Dec. 2: After four-year-old Noah Fisher complained about having to wear glasses, his mother took to social media for help, ...

Naughty Boy and Sam Smith perform on TODAY

Naughty Boy and Sam Smith perform on TODAY

April 25: The duo sing their hit song, “La La La,” off the album “Hotel Cabana.” The song has already shot to the top of the U...

Mom in Kenya siege: I was separated from my boys

Mom in Kenya siege: I was separated from my boys

Sept. 30: Katherine Walton, an American mother of five, was shopping at the Westgate mall in Nairobi, Kenya, when the four-day siege b...

DA: Boy held, teacher killed in ‘terrible tragedy’

DA: Boy held, teacher killed in ‘terrible tragedy’

Oct. 23: Jonathan Blodgett, the district attorney for Essex, Mass., discusses the ongoing homicide investigation into the m...

Boy who asked out Miss America ’didn’t expect this’

Boy who asked out Miss America ’didn’t expect this’

April 21: Patrick Farves, the high school senior who was suspended from his school after asking Miss America to prom, tells TODAY’s ...

Boy who asked out Miss America ’didn’t expect this’

Boy who asked out Miss America ’didn’t expect this’

April 21: Patrick Farves, the high school senior who was suspended from his school after asking Miss America to prom, tells TODAY’s ...

‘Because I’m a girl’: Fourth grader denied right to play with team

‘Because I’m a girl’: Fourth grader denied right to play with team

April 12: When Jaelyn Bates is on the basketball court, her game matches up with her male fourth grade classmates. However, her team w...

911 recording captures boy’s bravery during break-in

911 recording captures boy’s bravery during break-in

Aug. 26: Terrified and alone, 12-year old Deion Murdock of Port Arthur, Texas, called police as a pair of burglars broke in...

Film lays bare horrors of slavery

Film lays bare horrors of slavery

Oct. 20: The MHP panel discusses the ways '12 Years a Slave' depicts the violence of America's "founding trauma" and genera...

Message in a bottle makes its way home 50 years later

Message in a bottle makes its way home 50 years later

Aug. 18: Fifty years ago a 12-year-old boy threw a message in a bottle out into the ocean. The message ended up being a lot...

Several missing from ranch for troubled youth

Several missing from ranch for troubled youth

Oct. 12: It’s supposed to be a ranch geared toward helping at-risk kids. Now New Mexico investigators are trying figure o...