Genetic Secrets Of Media Celebs [Celebrity Science]
Sure, you knew Anderson Cooper was the adorable unicorn of TV news anchors, but did you know he is so incredibly magical he can roll his tongue into a "really complicated four-leaf clover?" He can! Tongue-rolling is a genetic trait, but one can't help wonder if Cooper has had some practice. He apparently shows his skills only to certain, uh, special friends, like fellow closeted media personality Barry Diller, who, no joke, compared tongue technique with Cooper at a special retreat in Idaho. Some Google peo

Geek Daily: Brett Ratner's Feeling Chatty, Rorschach's Watching Fox, and Transformers Rise
I know this is traditionally a slow news time but wow, it's a desert out there! Is everyone in Hollywood sleeping? Are they becoming addicted to CNN election coverage like I am? Well, I managed to tear myself away from Anderson Cooper to do a little Cinematical work (and it's hard, 360 runs on such an endless loop that it's kind of like spending a delightful eternity with him), you'd think someone in Tinseltown could option some graphic novels or cast Captain America. Sheesh. Anyway, here's what we've got t

Anderson Cooper's Thanksgiving Nightmare [Family Matters]
newVideoPlayer("/anderson_momthanksgiving_gawker.flv", 480, 360,""); Gloria Vanderbilt's youngest son has been using his mother as a foil since he appeared on the Tonight Show with her at age three. Anderson Cooper more recently brought his mother onto CNN to passive-aggressively scold him on Mother's Day and to provide the silver fox some sensible, embarrassing advice on the occasion of his 40th birthday. So when Cooper recently declined to invite his mother on a holiday trip to Egypt — "No! I wasn'

Anderson Cooper Goes Without Protection [CNN]
"I told them... listen, make sure you get it on video." [Cindy Adams]

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Chatter: Anderson Cooper
-- Anderson Cooper on swimming with sharks for a new installment of his eco documentary, Planet in Peril, when compared to stripping down to hit the pool with Michael Phelps. Posted at 08:02 AM in Chatter, Media | Permalink

Anderson Cooper Loves Nancy Grace, Self
Just in time for Halloween, CNN's Anderson Cooper and his sidekick, Erica Hill, offered a playful little segment last night on Anderson Cooper 360 in which they noted Nancy Grace interviewing her possible "dangerous doppelgänger." (Actually just attorney Renee Rockwell, who does look a lot like her host.) Watch till the end for the cross-dressing payoff, as well as a nice plug for Blackberry. And, of course, if you like the segment, you'll love the commemorative T-shirt.2 comments P

All The Sad Young High School Literature Teachers… [Summer Reading]
"I would would love to teach any of the Russians including guys like Babel. Definitely Wilde and Virginia Woolf. I would want to do Illustrated Man by Bradbury. Mafouz, Naipaul, Saramogo, oh and Crab Walk by Günter Grass as a weird interesting look at WWII. Plath is wonderful. I could go on. For me I want to deal with books that in Kafka's words 'wound and stab us.'"--My favorite high school teacher emailing in response to this.* *I went to a generally mediocre Catholic high school but every medio

'Real House'-less NeNe Implicated in Patio Poop Scandal [Real Housewives Of Atlanta]
Ever since NeNe Leakes became the breakout star of Real Housewives of Atlanta, it's as though her reputation's been dragged through the...well, if not mud, how about a patio littered with fecal matter?Yes, that's the unfortunate new stain on the reputation of Anderson Cooper's favorite housewife, who recently got kicked out of the mansion she lived in on the show. Now, Fox's Atlanta-area affiliate has done more digging, exposing a six-figure Leakes debt, some reality show fakery, and a weird story about the

It's Official [David Blaine]
The magical Anderson Cooper agrees: David Blaine is a scrub. [CNN]

The Daily Show: August 29, 2008 - VIDEOS
Filed under: OpEd, Video, The Daily Show, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free "The Heart of Hopeness": Barack Obama delivered his acceptance speech the other night, to a stadium full of insanely excited Democrats. John Oliver filed a report live from the site of Obama's speech. Man, John has really been putting himself on the line this week, being incredibly annoying in front of so many overexcited people. I mean, chanting "Osama!" at a massive crowd of Obama lovers is almost a sure to bring about a beating, but

Desperate Denver Journos Just Reporting on Each Other [Journalismism]
There's no news in Denver. At least, no news that couldn't be reported by watching it on C-Span from the comfort of home. So what to do? Report on what all your fellow journalists are doing! So far, the single greatest example of this is HuffPo's constant reportage from their own "HuffPost Oasis" in Denver. At left, an unretouched screengrab from their front page today. The Oasis is remarkably popular with journalists, considering that we have no idea what goes on there but we don't think it involves free b

It's Senator Fran Drescher [Gossip Roundup]
Fran Drescher announced a run for Hillary Clinton's senate seat, on the basis of being "authentic and honest" and "getting a bill passed in Washington." Presumably having Anderson Cooper in the tank is a plus, too. Pray she's joking. [NYM]Miley Cyrus doesn't hate Annie Leibovitz for hypnotizing her into taking those salacious Vanity Fair photos where she wore only a bedsheet. "I would love to work with her again." Trollop! [via P6] Aubrey O'Day, recently photographed kissing Lydia Hearst, is pretending

Phelps Confirms He's Getting Fat [Stephen Colbert]
newVideoPlayer("/phelps_colbert_gawker.flv", 480, 360,""); On the Colbert Report tonight, Olympic swimmer and Greatest Athlete Ever Michael Phelps confirmed what Anderson Cooper only hinted: He's letting his body ago, the latest in a string of trashy choices.When 60 Minutes interviewed Michael Phelps, he was eating Eggs Norfolk and a quesadilla with sour cream, talking about his record high weight and 8,000-10,000 calorie diet, and telling Anderson Cooper he'd only been in the pool four times since the Oly

Why We Should Support 'Less Bullshit' Journalists Like Campbell Brown
Always looking for the next big thing in television news media — Katie Couric, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Anderson Cooper, Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow, and Mike Huckabee have all received the treatment — it appears we're ready to move on to our next nominee: Campbell Brown. The NBC veteran who left the network just a couple months after losing the Today show vacancy Couric left to Meredith Vieira, Brown signed with CNN and became a respectable, albeit benign and forgettable, asset. T

History Informs Africa Coverage
Desegregation pioneer and award-winning journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault has been named the 2008 recipient of the Mickey Leland Humanitarian Achievement Award, to be presented by the National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications. The award, named for the late Texas congressman who advocated the belief that humanitarian needs should not be political, was established in 1992 to honor individuals or organizations demonstrating a commitment to furthering the causes and concerns of people of color

At Least the Online Radio Industry is Booming?
Don't be fooled by the sharp whine of Sirius XM Radio CEO Mel Karmazin, the man is at the helm of the only entertainment industry that is currently growing instead of shrinking. His biggest complaint right now is trying to measure the exact amount of his company's success, which is second only to Comcast as a subscriber-based company. Sorry Mel, it's hard to find pity for a man who okay'd Howard Stern making $500 million dollars while we are all currently acting out a scene from Steinb

Kathy Griffin returns with D-List
She gets away with saying the most offensive things on Bravo, and it seems this season will — thankfully — be no different with Kathy Griffin and My Life on the D-List. In tonight’s episode, the first of the new season, Kathy and her entourage traveled to New York for New Year’s Eve. Kathy co-hosted the CNN live broadcast with Anderson Cooper, who she loving referred to as “Andy” at least five times during the broadcast. The best part? Jessica made a game of it, and she drank a

Keira Knightley Brings The Afternoon Links!
- Gina Gershon Does Sarah Palin [HollywoodTuna] - Katy Perry Never Kissed A Girl [CO-ED Magazine] - Kelly Osborune Kissing [Drunken Stepfather, NSFW] - Lauren Conrad Scores Book Deal [I’m Not Obsessed] - Kanye West is under arrest [Celebslam]- Memorable Athlete Meltdowns [Complex] - Daisy Is Over This Shit [Dlisted] - Obama Explains “Pig-Lipstick” [Bumpshack] - Rob Thomas Needs to Come Out [Derek Hail] - Eva Longoria is fat [The Blemish]- Vijf dingen uit Futurama die je nu wilt [Flabber] - Justi

Gustav vs. Politics on News Networks
For the cable news networks, the national Presidential conventions are like the Olympics in ratings. CNN is going gangbusters with their Democratic National Convention coverage, and pulled in averaged 5.38 million viewers from 10 to 11 p.m. Wednesday, when VP nominee Joe Biden spoke and Presidential nominee Barack Obama made a “surprise” appearance. That [...]

Early Addition
Photograph by Angela Radulescu on FlickrFrom the Gothamist Newsmap: A car into garage door at Poplar Av & Robinson St in Queens, a person struck by a police car on University Ave in the Bronx and a bank robbery at 2nd Av & E 70 St in Manhattan.Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion Jr. is reportedly in the running for MANY positions in Obama's administration, like Secretary of Transportation, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the head of the Small Business Adminstration...Two young women say they

Planet in Peril CNN Thursday
Watch “Planet in Peril: Battle Lines” on Thursday, December 11, at 9 p.m. ET on CNN, hosted by Anderson Cooper, chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta and “The Oprah Winfrey Show” correspondent and National Geographic host Lisa Ling. CNN’s award-winning series examines the environmental conflicts between growing populations and natural resources. The team will investigate serious environmental conflicts, including mass hunger in Cameroon and Congo, melting ic

Cooper at work in risky environment
The election was exciting, but CNN's Anderson Cooper likes to exercise his reporting muscles in other areas, too. "Planet in Peril," premiering on CNN Thursday night at 9, is a two-hour documentary in which Cooper, CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta and National Geographic Channel host Lisa Ling examine effects of the Earth's rapidly growing population. Among other subjects, the trio investigates the spread of disease, oil and poverty in Nigeria, shark fishing and shark dive tours,