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Anderson Cooper Fears for His Safety in Japan
Maybe Anderson Cooper should just stick to the studio.
A little over a month after his handsome mug was used as a punching bag while covering the civil unrest in Egypt, the CNN anchor is worried he might be in harm's way once again this weekend as he reported live from Japan in the wake of the country's deadly earthquake.
Lara Logan Released From Hospital in "Remarkably Good Spirits"
Lara Logan has reunited with her family.
The CBS News correspondent was discharged from an undisclosed hospital Tuesday at about 5 p.m. and is now recuperating at her Washington, D.C.-area home after suffering "a brutal and sustained sexual assault" at the hands of a mob last Friday while covering the revolution in Egypt.
We wish her a speedy recovery.
Anderson Cooper Attacked by Mob in Egypt
Anderson Cooper took one for the team this morning while covering the civil unrest in Egypt.
The 43-year-old CNN anchor was surrounded and assaulted by supporters of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak gathered near Cairo's Tahrir Square to try to quell protestors.
But Cooper just called in to CNN with an update. How's he doing now?
So Why Exactly Did CNN Show Dumb and Dumber Diarrhea Clip During Newscast?
CNN. The most trusted name in...bathroom comedy?
During a report on student protests in London the cable news network inexplicably began showing video of the infamous explosive diarrhea scene from the movie Dumb and Dumber. Awkward.
CNN has declined to comment on the goof. But a network insider confirmed what Mediaite already dug up: that the clip was intended to introduce a subsequent segment on digestive diseases, which aired as planned.
We're glad we weren't in that control room. Talk about the s--t hitting the fan.
EXCLUSIVE!
Jennifer Aniston Spends Night With a Prince
Jennifer Aniston spent last night being wined and dined by a prince—and we're talking about a real royal.
Who's the guy and what went down? Read on to find out...
Whoopi Goldberg Stays Civil—and Seated—With "Great Showman" Bill O'Reilly
Whoopi Goldberg is fresh from a whirl in the No Spin Zone.
Making for what could have been a real head-butt of an interview, the View cohost visited papa bear's den the O'Reilly Factor last night to exchange words with Bill O'Reilly for the first time since she and Joy Behar split in the middle of his View appearance while discussing the so-called Ground Zero mosque.
First off, O'Reilly wanted to know whether she and Behar went and cursed him out backstage after he said, "Muslims killed us on 9-11."
EXCLUSIVE!
Gwyneth Paltrow: Country Music's Most Wanted Newbie
It was bound to happen.
Music executives are hot for Gwyneth Paltrow.
Sources tell me...
Tom Cruise & Top Gun Sequel: Not Ready for Takeoff
Tom Cruise may be in talks to star in the much-buzzed about Top Gun sequel, but don't look for it to happen anytime soon.
The flick's original producer Jerry Bruckheimer tells me that this isn't the first time there's been talk of a a followup to the 1986 blockbuster…
MSNBC Kicks Keith Olbermann to the Curb!
Good thing he temporarily shelved his Worst Persons in the World segment because Keith Olbermann just might have had to put himself on the list.
The Countdown anchor has been indefinitely sidelined by MSNBC after the cable news network discovered he made $7,200 in campaign donations to three Democratic candidates, one of whom was a guest on his show.
Diane Lane's New Movie Made Hubby Josh Brolin Cry
Diane Lane can't help it—her maternal instinct is always on.
She smiles when I tell her that Nelsan Ellis and Kevin Connolly, two of her costars in Secretariat, both described her to me as motherly. "Oh, good!" she says, while sipping a glass of cold iced tea while doing press for the movie at the Santa Anita Race Track outside of L.A. "Oh, very good. I'm glad to hear that."
Is it something she's heard before?




