CNN's Anderson Cooper is auditioning celebrity announcers in a supposed effort to compete with NBC, which has movie star Michael Douglas introducing its nightly newscasts. The on-camera recruiting effort conveniently doubles as a smart bit of marketing for CNN, but it also has residual benefits for Cooper, who gets to…

Bashful Anderson Cooper startled CNN medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta with a probing question on how steroids might affect one's, err, "bits and pieces." The coquettish CNN anchor later apologized for "my... ridiculous question," but the noted gym nut was probably just asking on behalf of a "friend," right? Watch…