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Anderson Cooper Offered $1M to Dye Hair

Would he still be Anderson Cooper without the gray?

(Newser) - Dear Anderson Cooper: “Brunette fox” just doesn’t have the same ring to it. A hair dye company is offering the CNN anchor $1 million to use their Go Away Gray product to get rid of his trademark silver hair for five years, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports. But... More »

CNN Could Lose Anderson Cooper, Too

Anonymous 'on-air personality' says everyone hates Coop

(Newser) - First Campbell Brown, then Larry King, and now Anderson Cooper? CNN is perilously close to losing its star anchor, who is entertaining offers from a number of suitors, sources tell the Wrap . Cooper's contract is up next year, and word is that there wouldn't be much love lost if he... More »

The Most Influential Gay Americans

Ellen tops 'Out' magazine list for 2nd straight year

(Newser) - Ellen DeGeneres and Barney Frank have switched places atop Out magazine's annual list of the most influential gay Americans, but the talk show host and American Idol judge probably isn't gloating about her win—she's that nice. To see the top five, check out the slideshow above. To see who... More »

10 More Celebs Who Really Need to Come Out

Like Ricky Martin, it's just so obvious

(Newser) - Ricky Martin finally came out, and the world said, “Duh.” On Gawker , Brian Moylan lists 10 more public figures who really need to admit they’re gay already—after all, the rest of us know. View the list in the gallery—or, for 10 more celebrities who also... More »

Anderson Cooper Swims With Sharks

60 Minutes clip is 'glorious,' at least according to one blogger

(Newser) - If you have an unrequited crush on Anderson Cooper, you may appreciate this video of him swimming with great white sharks on the next 60 Minutes. Or, if you’re looking for evidence of Cooper’s secret homosexuality—as Adrian Chen appears to be on Gawker —you might just... More »

CBS Eyes Cooper for Couric Job

CBS execs met with CNN anchor about Evening News gig

(Newser) - Network bosses may be eying Anderson Cooper to replace Katie Couric as anchor of the CBS Evening News: CBS executives met with the CNN anchor a few months ago to discuss the anchor job, according to two TV insiders. Couric's contract expires in mid-2011, and Anderson was apparently in the... More »

Inside the Sexed-Up World of TV News

In case you ever wanted to know what turns Bill O'Reilly on

(Newser) - The love-child scandal plaguing CNN’s Jeff Toobin has brought the sex life of America's news anchors, correspondents, and reporters right into our living room. And it makes sense: “The news anchor's necessary embrace of confidence, narcissism, and taking oneself very, very seriously makes for the perfect storm of... More »

Anderson Cooper Rescues Bloodied Boy

He and Sanjay Gupta go from CNN reporters to heroes

(Newser) - Anderson Cooper and Sanjay Gupta went from reporters to heroes yesterday while covering the earthquake aftermath in Haiti. Cooper pulled a bloodied child away from looters who were hurling rocks and concrete, telling him, "It's OK. It's OK," as he carried the boy to safety. PopEater also points... More »

CNN Dumps Kathy Griffin

Griffin's New Year's Eve F-bomb faux pas won't get her invited back

(Newser) - After dropping the F-bomb, asking for a “bump” of cocaine, and theorizing on Anderson Cooper’s masturbation habits on New Year’s Eve, Kathy Griffin has finally gotten herself banned from CNN...or has she? “She was a total embarrassment,” a CNN insider tells PopEater . “Even... More »

Kathy Griffin Drops F-Bomb on CNN

Does it even matter anymore? wonders Rachel Sklar

(Newser) - Just wouldn't be New Year's Eve without Kathy Griffin hanging out with Anderson Cooper and saying something on live TV that makes him and the censors squirm. This year, she pretends to fumble over the name of Balloon Boy Falcon Heene. "Fal — Fuckin? Falcon? How do you say... More »

Anderson Cooper's Ratings Plummet

With no election, CNN primetime stalwart staggers

(Newser) - Anderson Cooper may be widely respected, but he isnt widely watched. Anderson Cooper 360 is down 62% since last November, and down 70% among the 25-to-54 demographic that’s so important to advertisers, according to Nielsen figures. Last month the CNN 10pm stalwart came in second behind Fox’s On ... More »

CNN Last in Prime-Time Ratings Race

Cable viewers prefer opinion-based news programming

(Newser) - CNN’s ratings have fallen behind those of the other major cable news networks as prime-time viewers pass over the network in favor of opinion-based news coverage. Every prime-time CNN show lost to its Fox News opponent, and in some instances the losses were even more humiliating—at 10pm, for... More »

Heidi Is the Next MJ: Spencer

He's just such a tool.

(Newser) - Hey, if Spencer Pratt thinks he can be the next Brad Pitt, why shouldn’t his wife be the next Michael Jackson? In yet another example of the reality show couple’s delusions of grandeur, Pratt called Heidi Montag "the new, modern-day, 2010 Michael Jackson” following her Miss Universe... More »

Anderson to Bachelorette: How Much Sex?

Plus, yes, more Jon and Kate news

(Newser) - Anderson Cooper got a little personal yesterday when, as Regis Philbin’s stand-in, he asked Bachelorette Jillian Harris how many of the bachelors on her reality show she slept with. But he was only asking “the question everybody wants to know,” said Erica Hill when he recapped the... More »

Who We Trust Post-Cronkite

From Cooper to Oprah, people weigh in

(Newser) - After the passing of Walter Cronkite, the Washington Post wondered who could compare to his level of trustworthiness. Below are a few of the responses they got from a variety of sources:
  • Anderson Cooper, “because he always has that slight bit of cynicism when it’s deserved,” says
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Your Guide to Today's Jacko Media Orgy

Let the 'freak show' begin

(Newser) - Surprisingly, the elephants entering Staples Center this morning aren’t there for the “Michael Jackson Memorial Orgy of Excess”—but for the circus, opening tomorrow. “That seems completely appropriate,” writes Lisa de Moraes for the Washington Post. As for today’s “freak show,” 16... More »

Frank Tops List of Influential Gays

(Newser) - Out magazine has released its annual Power 50 list of movers and shakers in the LGBT community, and it’s chock full of drama. The Democratic ascendancy has catapulted Barney Frank—“the only left-handed, gay, Jewish congressman”—to the top spot, pushing Ellen DeGeneres back to No. 2.... More »

Mom's Spicy Book May Make Anderson Cooper Do a 360

(Newser) - Anderson Cooper’s mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, is a published author with a romantic novel to her credit, sure, but her new book could give the CNN anchor pause, the New York Daily News reports. Obsession, an erotic tale, hits stores in June. “Master, I whisper as you surrender to... More »

TV Execs Like Palin's Future

Talk show, news commentator, even reality program among possible post-politics offers

(Newser) - Even if she doesn't end up in Washington, Sarah Palin could still find a presence in the lower 48, the Hollywood Reporter notes. Media higher-ups, salivating at the thought of ratings bumps that Palin appearances gave Saturday Night Live and CBS News, would love to offer her a backup career—... More »

Media Ready to Skip Convention for Gulf Coast

(Newser) - Reporters scheduled to cover the Republican convention are preparing to move fast if Hurricane Gustav wallops the Gulf Coast. Anchors Anderson Cooper and Geraldo Rivera are already headed for the storm, but hordes of journalists are stuck in St. Paul, Minn., where the RNC will start tomorrow unless it's postponed.... More »

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