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'Anderson Cooper's Big Fat Coming Out Party' (Updated)
What will Anderson Cooper be doing tonight? Unvogue Magazine says he'll be attending a party at the Sapphire Go-Go Lounge for their men's issue. It's been informally dubbed "Anderson Cooper's Big Fat Coming Out Party." [UPDATED: AC's denial below]:
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Hoda Finds Your Suggestion She Date Anderson Cooper Laughable
On the Today show, Hoda and Kathie Lee took suggestions from Facebook friends. One was for Hoda to date Anderson Cooper. Awkward pause... "Interesting idea....," stifled laughter. They believe he is homosexual, you see. More »
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Anderson Cooper Totally Incoherent After Inauguration
Wow, theintoxicationfatigue of the inauguration really wears reporters down to babbling idiots. Witness this wacky error reel from a single episode of Anderson Cooper's show yesterday! Amazing. Red Bull gives you wings, AC. More »
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Comment by Kissinghim: I mean, kinda sounds like he needs to knock the dicks out of his mouth. 13 Responses | Other threads
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Anderson Cooper Blooper Ruins CNN's Magic Invisibility Technology
Boy, CNN's election-night magic hologram technology was a hit! And all for the low, low price of $300,000 to $400,000. Money is no object in these times of plenty! Today, CNN boy wonder Anderson Cooper learns how the magic was made—and then is treated to the amazing sight of his colleague Erica Hill disappearing with a snap of her fingers! Too bad CNN moved AC's laptop in the jump cut, or it would have really looked convincing. Click to watch the poor trickery of cable news in action.
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Rupert Murdoch's Genetic Destiny Revealed
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 people were there, and the next thing you know, the tonguing had resulted in a big genetic-testing soiree in New York! Here's what Ivanka Trump and Rupert Murdoch said about their DNA at the party:
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By Ryan TateComment by Monkeyrash: There's a tongue technique retreat in Idaho? Shouldn't all men know about this? 13 Responses | Other threads
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Desperate Denver Journos Just Reporting on Each Other
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 booze. Wait, maybe we do know what's going on there! "'I feel relaxed!' said a particularly refreshed Eric Alterman as he stepped away from a complimentary facial for a minute. 'I'll tell you this—everyone should add facials to their lives.'" Oh, wow.
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By PareeneComment by Colonel Mustard: 'I'll tell you this-everyone should add facials to their lives.' How do you think Chace Crawford stays looking so youthful? 7 Responses | Other threads
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Anderson Cooper Tired Of Bear Jokes
When dreamboat CNN anchor Anderson Cooper found footage of an adorable younger bear for his show in April, he couldn't get enough of the "cute" and "cuddly" creature. But tonight, after AC360 co-host Erica Hill narrated footage of an older, larger bear, Cooper seemed to get a little grizzly, asking "What is with this program and bears?" Why, only your bread and butter and honey, Anderson! The bedrock of your credibility! What happened to being the "most trusted name in bears?" It's summertime, these guys will be out in force, and there's no going back now. Besides, Hill has a killer merchandising idea, click the thumbnail at left for details. It's only a few more months, that shouldn't be too much to b... well, ya, you get the idea.
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A Cuddly Gay Icon For Fox News
Fox News has been hammered with a good deal of bad publicity this week, all stemming from David Carr's takedown of the network's PR operation in Monday's New York Times. One downside to FNC's aggressive attitude toward the press is that their own stars get relatively less attention than other cable news icons like Keith Olbermann or Anderson Cooper. Rachel Sklar points out that Fox News anchor Shepard Smith is "a handsome, affable and hard-working straight-up news guy" who's been "under-covered." That's true, and also lends itself to a "straight-up" joke, considering our past coverage of him as a closeted gay man. As we enter the new, liberal age of Obama, America is ready for real diversity—and Smith's gay status has now become conventional wisdom . More »
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Greta Van Susteren Bays For Blood Of Anderson Cooper
As a member of two vindictive cults — Fox News and Scientology — cable news anchor Greta Van Susteren is an absolute pro at channeling rage. Witness the blog post she typed up on the 4th of July holiday. The executive producer of CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 last week called Susteren's On The Record "not a news program. It's missing-person of the day." Hoo-boy. Susteren's 1000-word response swiftly pinned blame for the comments on Cooper, since he should be able to control his producer, then basically called the silver-haired anchor a coddled, commercialized, Katrina-exploiting, polygamy-obsessed pretty boy. Susteren, meanwhile, has a magical law degree that obviates the need for a teleprompter, ever. A breakdown (and partial refutation) of her rant, after the jump. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Nemesisesq Got Banned: I would love to see Greta Van Susteren hemming up a Columbian drug lord. more » | Other threads
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Anderson Cooper Hits On Democratic Operative
Tonight might be a very important and momentous occasion, with a black man securing a major-party presidential nomination for the first time in history and all, but Anderson Cooper isn't going to let that stop him from being outrageous and giggly. The dreamy CNN anchor was interviewing Donna Brazile, strategist for a long string of failed Democratic presidential candidates, when he said something complimentary that made her blush and declare, "you're not my boo." When Cooper replied that "I want to be your boo," everyone got a little flustered and giddy and, probably, confused. Anderson, clearly lost at sea, asked everyone to explain what the word "boo" means to him at some later time. In the meantime, Cooper should be thanked for ensuring that tonight really was an important time for bridge-building and new directions in America. Clip after the jump. More »
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Happy Birthday Anderson Cooper!! :D
The most beautiful cable news anchor of all time ever is 41 years old today. Maybe his mom will come by the studio to sing to him? Or maybe mean Mrs. Clinton will ruin his party by making him report "news." Sigh. [HuffPo] (After the jump, we'll share some birthday wishes for Anderson from HuffPo commenters.) More » -
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Sam Champion Outed By Bravo Exec
Like CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, ABC weatherman Sam Champion has been inching out of the closet: he's basically out socially (just ask our commenters!) but remains closeted professionally. Michael Musto wrote in Out one year ago that Champion was in a "glass closet... the press still gives a free pass to people like... Champion and... Cooper, helping to keep their glass doors shut so they can lead gay social lives while carefully skirting the issue." And yet here's Andy Cohen, a senior VP at NBC's Bravo, blogging about Champion, Champion's boyfriend, and their fabulous party in the Hamptons Memorial Day weekend:
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By Ryan TateComment by Mysterious Skin: I used to see Sam Champion on some stupid boat he owned in the harbor of the Fire Island Pines... more » | Other threads
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Anderson Cooper Continues To Support Hot, Sweaty Troops Abroad
Anderson Cooper continues to let it be known, in every possible medium and format, that he is willing to entertain America's brave, well-toned troops in troubled hotspots should his services as a tough-but-emotionally-nurturing (and sometimes giggling) CNN anchor be required. You'll recall Cooper's message of support in Outside magazine's May issue: "I don't understand why more artists don't go and entertain the troops... I saw this documentary on Marlene Dietrich, and during World War II she was going out, right to the front lines. I think she was having sex with a lot of the troops, too." Cooper must have gotten to thinking about Dietrich's personal sacrifices, because a Rush & Molloy tipster just spotted him "looking patriotic in a USO tee on an early flight from New Orleans to JFK last week." Your salute to the troops, like those before it, will surely not go unnoticed, Anderson. [Daily News] -
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Purely Random People Coming Together: The National Magazine Awards
When I saw a tall, dark-haired, model-esque woman sliding through the pre-awards crowd at the National Magazine Awards in the Rose Ballroom on 60th St. last night, my canny journalistic sixth sense kicked in. "She sure doesn't look like a magazine writer," I thought. Later, she strode out on stage during the awards ceremony. It was Padma Lakshmi, supermodel. "Fiction. It can...raise fire in the loins," she purred. Half of the audience shifted in their seats. "The sharpest weapon an editor has at her disposal is her pen. (Pause). Or her tongue." It really drove home the primary question in everyone's minds: Isn't this supposed to be, like, a magazine thing? What the fuck are all these famous people doing here? And Julia Allison? An attempted explanation, and some terrible, terrible cell phone pictures to sum up the night, after the jump.
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Anderson Cooper And Richard Quest Salute The Queen!
When park-cruising meth-head CNN correspondent Richard Quest wasn't busy with rope tricks, he was pouring forth more innuendo-laden quotes on his globetrotting assignments. Here, Quest makes Anderson Cooper, the third most powerful gay man in America, break out into an embarrassed fit of giggles with his salutation: "As Dame Helen Mirren famously said when she picked up her Oscar: I give you...the Queen!" Cheerio, indeed!
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Anderson Cooper Praises Sex With Lots Of Troops
Anderson Cooper has staked out a position on media personalities having sex with vast numbers of overseas soldiers: Staunchly in favor! On air, the CNN anchor always seems to be saying or asking a little more than good sense would dictate, and then getting all blushy about it, and the same thing seems to have happened in Cooper's interview with Outside magazine. Here's how Cooper answered the innocent question "Do Americans have an exaggerated sense of danger about the Third World?": More » -
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Coop and Becks Are Friends
We're still not sure why dreamy CNN anchor Anderson Cooper profiled dreamy "football" star David Beckham on 60 Minutes last night (something about Beckham being rich and famous and dreamy?) but he did. And it's on the internet! We're sure the old people who make up the 60 Minutes audience wondered who these dashing young men were and why they were invading their TV screens with their youthful virility and mutual appreciation of athletic prowess. Becks' amazing robot wife Victoria, oddly, is barely mentioned. Full segment, after the jump. More » -
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Anderson Cooper Recovering From Cancer Surgery
CNN Anchor and America's Boyfriend Anderson Cooper wrote on his show's blog today that he's been absent for a couple days because he was undergoing "minor surgery" to remove "a small spot of skin cancer" from under his left eye. He'll be back on the air tonight, and he is informing the public of the surgery only so that we don't suspect the stitches are the result of "a fist fight with Charlie Rose." Oh, Anderson. We wouldn't assume that. We'd dream it. [AC360 via HuffPo]
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More "Bits and Pieces" Torture With Anderson Cooper
We could make the typical cutesy gay jokes about this clip of Anderson Cooper watching clips of streakers getting taken down, but we're more bemused by his use of phrases like "tally ho" and "sticky wicket." And his bizarre insistence on calling genitals "bits and pieces." Watch along with Anderson as nude men are violently tackled! [CNN]
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By PareeneComment by frndlybnny: @ Betty Crocker: Sometime, we should go on a date. Also, you know Anderson was super jealous of the bee: you... more » | Other threads
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the closeted gays
Anderson Cooper "Inching Out" of Closet
Attached, the intro to a recent story on Anderson Cooper 360 about the hate-motivated murder of an openly gay teenager. You may also recall that last month, Cooper was nominated for an award from the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation for a story he did on the plight of homeless gay teens. The difficulties and discrimination faced by gay youths is clearly a subject that Cooper feels strongly about, and his dedication to fighting it is to be admired (and not, as we maybe occasionally are guilty of, mocked). So some might ask why Cooper himself still isn't public about his own sexual orientation, which might lead to him becoming a role model to the millions of young people struggling with discrimination who don't read Gawker. But Cooper might be on his way out of the closet! Sort of! More »
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By PareeneComment by Christopher: And to this, the rest of the world cries in union, 'giveashit?' more » | Other threads
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It's Remarkably Easy To Stalk Anderson Cooper
Silver-maned CNN heartthrob Anderson Cooper's New Year's Resolution was to "blog more." And blog more he has, taking time during the commercial breaks of his nightly CNN program to join in the online discussion of the events of the day. But, as he explained last night to Conan O'Brien, this allows his "stalkers" to find him. Stalkers like the woman—"clearly deranged," in the words of Cooper—who crashed his book signing and made him take a crazy letter. Then, King of Comedy-style, she ended up in his waiting limo. Thanks to blogging, and to bloggers like us, and like him, stalking Anderson Cooper is apparently not that hard. It's easier than stalking Conan, as we learn in the anecdote's surprise twist ending. Full clip attached. [NBC]
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Can We Just Call Them Gay?
New York magazine hints around at Shepherd Smith's gayness as best it can in a Q&A today with the Fox anchor. What's hanging above his couch? "Nothing, nobody," Smith answers. And the last Broadway show he saw? The magazine's 2005 profile of CNN anchor Anderson Cooper carried some heavy subtext as well. "Cooper couldn’t have looked more put-together in his impeccably modern black suit, crisp pink shirt, and perfectly knotted purple-and-blue tie," it read. A pink shirt! And crisp, no less! Whatever could they be implying? Enough, we say, it's 2008 for God's sakes, a news anchor can be whoever he wants to be. Test your gaydar against ours after the jump as we rate five top news hosts' homosexuality using five video clips and a terribly loose interpretation of the Kinsey Scale. More »
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"CNN is permanently shifting to taped programming for the second hour of "Anderson Cooper 360," scaling back an ambitious programming block created in 2005 to showcase the studio and field-reporting talents of Cooper, who it viewed as an emerging star." Uh oh! [Variety] UPDATE: Meouch, CNN is calling Variety all kinds of wrong on this one.
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By abalkComment by lovely nigerienne: F-ing Variety. Don't mess with my emotions. more » | Other threads
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Media Bubble: Air Imus
- Nike uses the Don Imus controversy for an ad campaign it hopes "will spark continued conversation about race in America." And sell sneakers. [AdAge] More »
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Media Bubble: "Hey, It's Scooter. You Know That Plame Chick? CIA."
- Scooter Libby would call Judy Miller at all hours just to tell her that Valerie Plame worked for the CIA. [WaPo] More »
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Media Bubble: DO NOT MAKE IT LIVE!!!
- "Time Inc. has selected Stockholm's Bonnier Group as the winner of the auction for the right to buy 18 of Time Inc.'s magazines. There was no immediate word on the price that Bonnier will pay, but the terms are in place and a deal should close within a month." That's what AdAge said, but then they pulled it. So who knows? [AdAge] More »
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By abalk2Comment by Hyman Decent: Aw crap, I just sent Gawker (what I thought was) a tip about Fox News calling Anderson Cooper the Paris... more » | Other threads
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Media Bubble: Easy Money
- Remeber The Politico, that Allbritton politics website thing that hired away pretty much every decent political print reporter? It's live. [The Politico] More »
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Media Bubble: Exiled From The Cond Kingdom
- Wall Street Journal Managing Editor Paul Steiger set to retire at the end of next year. [NYP] More »
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Anderson Cooper Loses $305,000 Overnight
Yesterday, we mentioned that CNN s Anderson Cooper was selling his West 38th St. apartment for $2.2 million. (We even helped Coop find a new, disturbed, roommate.) In the intervening 24 hours, the value of that same apartment has dropped $305,000. Hunh. Is Anderson the first victim of the city's overheated real estate market? Perhaps. Or, as we originally suspected, the apartment's "stereophonic sound" really blows. -KEW More » -
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The Anderson Cooper Real Estate Contest Results: A New Roommate?
In the wee hours of the morning, we asked for your help to find Anderson Cooper a new home. And help you did give, with (mostly male) readers offering up rooms in their very own apartments! So very kind. The winner: London Terrace and the surrounding Chelsea environs. But since that s too easy—and real estate brokers you ain t—we award the no-fee prize to Paul H., who writes: More » -
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The Anderson Cooper Real Estate Contest
Anderson Cooper is selling his $2.2 million West 38th St. apartment with a "view of the Empire State Building, stereophonic surround sound and designer lighting" that completes "a picture of perfection." (Not so perfect, apparently.) But now that the dapper Coop is homeless, where should he go next? That's actually not a rhetorical question. Suggestions? Send us your listings—keeping in mind, uh, lifestyle choices and, uh, budget—to tips@gawker.com. The winner gets a 12 percent fee. -KEW More » -
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An Exotic Reporting Assignment, Indeed
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Anderson Cooper: Always Super, Always Sweet, Always Sixteen
Our favorite CNN dreamboat, Anderson Cooper, gave quite an appearance on Conan last night. Not only did he confess his affection for a Latino fortune-teller who resembles a "botoxed Liberace," but he also admitted to his girly addiction: More » -
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Anderson Cooper And The Snacky Factor
While people with too much time on their hands debate whether or not CNN anchor Anderson Cooper is gay (but God, those eyes!), the commenters at Out.com, in response to Michael Musto's recent musings about Cooper, debate the situation's larger meaning: More » -
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Anderson Cooper Lives The Dream
Big news, everyone: our favorite CNN anchor Andy McCooperson (he with the mane purer than a baby in a burka), has finally been recognized for being perfectly dashing! More » -
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The Final Word On Anderson Cooper
After yesterday's lengthy and passionate email correspondence with Vanderbilty CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, we were beginning to rethink the state of those shape-shifting CNN transcripts, in which Cooper's pronoun usage regarding The Gays went from "we" to "you" to "they" to "them." Or something like that. As promised, the lovely people at CNN have FedExed a tape of the interview to Gawker HQ and, once and for all, the transcripts are incorrect and, since the debacle, have been corrected. If you want to see for yourself (or just gaze at Andy's salty mane), the video is available online for your altogether disappointing perusal. More »
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