We've come to the conclusions that the Lohan family can't survive without being involved in some sort of public feud. The latest was with America's hero, Anderson Cooper, but this time they're keeping it inside the family and battling father Michael Lohan. Oh boy.
Upon news that Lindsay's girlfriend Samantha Ronson plans to write a tell-all, Michael went into a tirade accusing Sam of using LiLo for fame. Mike's not so self-aware, is he? In response, Lindsay pulled her dad aside and had a mature talk about how his actions hurt her. Just kidding, she went to Access Hollywood to announce that her father is "out of control."
So now it's Samantha's turn, and she unleashed her anger via MySpace, Brooke Hogan-style.
Here's Anderson Cooper taking a break from over-analyzing the DNC to uncomfortably chat with HuffPo's Rachel Sklar about his invented Jewish identity. Silver Fox says when he was a kid, he always wanted a bar mitzvah because all the other kids were having them. A few short years later, all the other kids were also having sex with women.
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Oh Anderson Cooper. Just because you were compared to Paris Hilton before Obama was doesn't mean you should take on her feuds.
Revealing he too is a Living Lohan watcher, Cooper went after Hilton nemesis Lindsay Lohan and her whole clan this week on Regis and Kelly. He described sister Ali, accurately, as someone who "looks to be about 60 … I say that with concern and love. She allegedly wants to be a singer and or actor-slash-performer of some sort, striptease person, I don't know."
But now Momma Bear has her panties in an understandable twist, negligent father Michael is, because he lives for this sort of thing, having his say — but it seems our Silver Fox won't back down until the legitimately famous Lohan member makes a statement. Roll tape! CONTINUED »
The spoof ad that Paris Hilton released yesterday, in response to John McCain's comparing the heiress to Barack Obama, was covered far and wide on the blogs. Oh, and on television too! Even Living Lohan viewer Anderson Cooper was on the ball, sharing the spot on CNN (shown here) and ending the segment with, "Paris Hilton, front and center in the Presidential campaign – who woulda thunk-it?" Funny, coming from Mr. Cooper: CONTINUED »
Project Runway. Living Lohan. The Soup. That these are Anderson Cooper's guilty pleasures — and that he so freely trashes 14-year-old Ali Lohan — solidifies Blue Eyes as the most adorable television news anchor around. Kelly Ripa, meanwhile, holds on to her title as the most irritating.
Yesterday morning, Joe Scarborough ranted on about a certain cable news anchor who made a big deal about Katie Couric's edited John McCain interview, which, when it aired, cut out the part where he flubbed the timeline of the U.S. troop surge in Iraq. Scarborough wanted to cut CBS a break, because really, who would know the exact dateline of when the troop surge took place and when the Sunni awakening in Al Anbar Province took place. But then who was Scarborough criticizing for making such a big deal out of the story? Fingers began pointing, and the gossip-worthy conclusion that Scarborough was attacking MSNBC colleague Keith Olbermann was built.
Not so!, says Scarborough. In a way that doesn't quite convince us. CONTINUED »
It's understandable that in Greta Van Susteren's rants against Anderson Cooper — from firing back at AC360's claims she doesn't run a "news" program to calling attention to CNN's alleged gaming of the ratings — her favorite backhanded satirical phrase to explain her attacks aimed at the competition is "keeping them honest," as in, "I'm only trying to keep Cooper & Co. honest." Perhaps that's because it's Cooper's FAVORITE PHRASE EVER. CONTINUED »
Continuing her battle against Anderson Cooper, Greta Van Susteren takes to her blog once again in Round III of the bloodsporting she's been enjoying.
Van Susteren is relaying concerns from her own Fox News and MSNBC, reported by TVNewser, about CNN's decision to title its 10pm election coverage broadcast Anderson Cooper 360, which attaches to Cooper's show the ratings gains that the networks inevitably capture during election nights.
It's been CNN and FNC's standard practice to retitle this programming as "special coverage," so Nielsen doesn't award viewership spikes to a show that's not actually airing in its normal form.
Following the Nielsen conference call, 360 executive producer David Doss called his competitors' stance bullshit: "It’s an absurd argument. It’s not as if the primaries are staged for CNN’s benefit. It’s the biggest news of the day. Of course it counts."
Our take? Who cares if it should count. Just make sure there's enough material to keep this Greta-Anderson mudslinging action a'coming and we'll be v. v. happy. Thanks!
A little after noon this Independence Day, Greta Van Susteren was not cooking up burgers and hot dogs with her family, as any patriotic American is supposed to do. She was spending her July 4th blogging, and really, what's more embarrassing than that? However, Van Susteren's sin is forgivable — because once again she was on the attack against CNN's Anderson Cooper 360.
Last time it was for 360's stealing the Rev. Al Sharpton as a guest. This time, she's taking the bait from a dig launched by Cooper's camp.
And this is just the latest tete-a-tete from a lengthy fight between these two kiddos. Whee! CONTINUED »
Before you get too excited, be clear that The Advocate’s Anderson Cooper cover story is not a coming out story. Sad, yes, but what can you do? Rather, the fag-rag’s dedicated it feature article on the always attractive silver fox.
On Wednesday, Fox News popinjay Greta Van Susteren picked a fight with on-air foe Al Sharpton over the reverend's supposed ditching of her show Tuesday night, less than two hours before he was supposed to appear, to go on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 because Barack Obama's campaign supposedly asked him to. Now, because we paid attention the first time around, we must also chronicle what happened next. Namely, a round of he-said-she-said. CONTINUED »
Proverbial reverend Al Sharpton insists he did not out Anderson Cooper.
Sharpton appeared on Cooper’s CNN show Wednesday to discuss James Dobson’s attack on Barack Obama, who Dobson claims is “distorting” the bible. Arguing against Dobson, Sharpton said, “I may have some very conservative personal feelings, but I feel you have the right to live your life differently. I may think that what you do Anderson is gonna put you in Hell, but I’m gonna defend your right to get there.” Loads of people took this to be an unintentional “outing.”
Sharpton, however, claims he’s clueless to Cooper’s carnality.
Seven hundred sixty-five comments later, it's still unclear whether, ahem, Barack Obama's campaign is booking for CNN. That's what Fox News host Greta Van Susteren was asking on her blog GretaWire yesterday when the Rev. Al Sharpton pulled out of a 10pm appearance on her show less than two hours before he was supposed to go on, so he could instead pop up on Anderson Cooper 360. His excuse? The senator's campaign asked him to appear on CNN on his behalf.
Nevermind that this is sort of a non-item — guests cancel segments all the time (bookers do too!) for one reason or another, and a phone call from Obama's camp, which Sharpton vehemently supports, isn't a light request. But our favorite part of Greta's complaint is the set up, where she gets away with planting an item out of her duty to viewers: "I debated whether to tell you this or not…but I did promise behind the scenes information here on GretaWire….so here it is." (Not that we're complaining about any addition to a gossip war.)
Let's not forget, however, than Ms. Susteren and Mr. Sharpton haven't always seen eye-to-eye. CONTINUED »
CNN anchor Anderson Cooper found himself the center of attention on his eponymous show last night.
The silver fox had invited Focus On The Family’s Tony Perkins, journo Roland Martin and Reverend Al Sharpton, whom we were surprisingly happy to see you. Well, we weren’t happy to see him, but we were tickled pink when, while discussing James Dobson’s blasting of Barack Obama, Sharpton kinda, sorta outed Cooper: “I may have some very conservative personal feelings but I feel you have the right to live your life differently. I may think that what you do Anderson is gonna put you in Hell, but I’m gonna defend your right to get there.”
Cooper blushed before thanking Sharpton for his concern and insisting that he personally is “not that concerned” about his afterlife. And, really, why would he?
Watch the video, after the jump!
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