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

George Clooney helps raise $14.57 million for the victims of Darfur
George organized the bash for 100 guests which helped to raise funds to help the two million people displaced by the ongoing war in the Darfur region of western Sudan. Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson and Cindy Crawford were among guests who paid up to $14,575 to attend the party in Mayfair, London. Kid Rock provided the evening’s entertainment. Image via WENN Related Post Which celebrities are most likely to give you an autograph?!?! Beyonce is the richest star under 30

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

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

Grammy-nominated Emmy winner Kathy Griffin talks Lance Bass, ANT, and her gay chatrooms on "The Tonight Show"
Last night Kathy Griffin appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and took every available opportunity to work "gay" into the conversation. In a surprisingly long interview she covered her friendship with Lance Bass ("I knew him back when he was bangin' chicks!"), how her website has become the new Gay.com, how to explain to your parents what gay people do in bed, how gay comic ANT thinks she has an eating disorder and her texting friendship with Anderson Cooper (with whom she will onc

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

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

The Devil Wears Eyeliner
Liberal dartboard The Huffington Post posts a gallery of close-up shots of Vogue editor Anna Wintour. Unfair criticism, or completely acceptable revenge against a woman who perpetrates unrealistic beauty ideals? Sep 12, 2008 · posted by david · Link · 1 Response Related Posts • 09.12.08: What Could This Be? (Comments: 0) • 09.12.08: Concerned Paps Suggest Rachel Zoe Go Eat A Sandwich (Comments: 0) • 09.12.08: James Dobson Certainly Did Not P

Gossip Girl spin-off in the works.
CW president Dawn Ostroff said they are in discussions with the show’s producers as to how a new show could be done. She said nothing has been finalized and there’s no imminent announcement. More Gossip? We hope so! Related Post Gossip Girl rolls out more ads. Gossip Girl just “Keeps Gettin’ Better.” A “Gossip Girl” meets “X-Men.” Chace Crawford - SWM, seeking his Mrs. Robinson. Spread the word Digg this

TIME's top 10 shows of 08
10. ChuckIt was a tough year for primetime comedies, in part at least because of the writers' strike, which threw some sitcoms off their game in the spring (30 Rock) or forced them to compress their stories (The Office). So it's worth recognizing one comedy that came back from the strike tanned, rested and recharged. This spy comedy always had a meringue of a premise (an electronics-store clerk becomes a spy after an email turns his brain into a supercomputer). But season 2, following an eight-month hiatus,

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

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

New Yorker Spies Palin's Russian Ridiculousness
The New Yorker gets all political again with this take on Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin's ridiculous assertion that her home state of Alaska's proximity to Russia qualifies as foreign policy experience - the very same assertion that stuns Anderson Cooper into submission? [Via Gawker] Sep 29, 2008 · Link · 2 Responses Related Posts • 09.29.08: Fox Journo: 'Deck Stacked' Against Palin In Veep Debate (Comments: 2) • 09.29.08:

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'

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,