By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 19:09 EST, 23 May 2013 | UPDATED: 19:23 EST, 23 May 2013 Ann Curry was sporting a new look when she returned to live TV tonight for the first time since she was axed from the Today show. With her hair cropped short and wearing a crisp white blazer, Curry looked happy to be back in the anchor chair as she hosted the NBC Nightly News, filling in for Brian Williams. The beloved journalist tweeted a picture of herself preparing for the broadcast, which prompted a flood of praise from excitable Curry fans. The 56-year-old has appeared on NBC a handful of times since her awkward departure from the network's flailing morning show last summer.
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Ann Curry was sporting a new look when she returned to live TV tonight for the first time since she was axed from the Today show
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With her hair cropped short, Curry anchored NBC Nightly News filling in for Brian Williams
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The beloved journalist was ousted from NBC's morning show last summer
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Curry's noticeably shorter hair reportedly got her in trouble with network executives, after she lopped it off without permission from @placeholder, in what was labelled an act of defiance.