Lester Holt News

With more than half a billion users around the globe, there are more people on Facebook than there are in the entire United States. Presidents and politicians, chatty teens and aging boomers, CEO's and law enforcement officials, are all using Facebook in ways never anticipated or dreamed possible, helping to turn the social networking site into one of the most audacious and successful enterprises on the planet. The story of the company's growing reach and influence, with a presence in more than 170 countries and territories, as well as the continuing controversy over its privacy policies, is told in The Facebook Obsession, a CNBC Original reported by NBC News Correspondent Lester Holt, airing on Thursday, January 6th at 9PM ET/PT.

Jeff Zucker, Natalie Morales, Hoda Kotb, Kathie Lee Gifford, Meredith Vieira, Al Roker, Jim Bell, Ann Curry and Lester Holt attend the 20th Annual Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame Awards at The Waldorf Astoria on October 27, 2010 in New York City.

The Philadelphia Orchestra today announced that Renée Fleming and Paul Simon will appear as its special guests for the Academy of Music 154th Anniversary Concert on Saturday, January 29, 2011.

This fall, America's leading investigation network shines with new original programming and returning favorites. Investigation Discovery is filled with gripping new episodes featuring extreme investigations, compelling mysteries and edge-of-your-seat whodunits. From exposing the secret lives of spouses with dark secrets to exploring the macabre, ID is the premier destination for content that explores what it means to 'investigate life.'

Alien body parts... powerful religious artifacts... UFO wreckage... what exactly is hidden behind heavily guarded doors? Inspired by Syfy's hit series, Warehouse 13, NBC News award-winning journalist Lester Holt goes on a global expedition to uncover the truth behind the world's top secret, mysterious warehouses where super-classified objects are kept.

Alien body parts... powerful religious artifacts... UFO wreckage... what exactly is hidden behind heavily guarded doors? Inspired by Syfy's hit series, Warehouse 13, NBC News award-winning journalist Lester Holt goes on a global expedition to uncover the truth behind the world's top secret, mysterious warehouses where super-classified objects are kept.

Syfy celebrates Summer 2010 with its first ever Thursday night reality block (Mary Knows Best and Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files); new scripted series (Haven) based on a Stephen King novella; popular returning series (Warehouse 13, Eureka, Ghost Hunters Academy and Ghost Hunters International), and fan favorite Saturday Original Movies including Stonehenge Apocalypse and Lake Placid 3, along with a Memorial Day weekend movie marathon and a special July 4th presentation of The Greatest American Hero.