All Anderson Cooper Posts

• It looks like Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are engaged. She's been sporting an engagement type ring on her ring finger. Take that Tom and Katie. [People]
• The Pope Wears Prada. Known to many as a "bit of a clotheshorse," the Pope has a taste for Prada shoes and Gucci sunglasses. Well, well. [The Bosh]
• Chastity Bono has morphed into Donald Trump Jr. [kenneth in the (212)]
• Ooh Lord. Britney Spears should never go braless again. [cityrag]
• Tom Cruise set to come out of the closet. On South Park. [Radar Online]
• Gawker Media hasn't been sold to Yahoo! Well I guess I'll have to eat that yellowcake I ordered for Nick Denton all by myself. [Gawker]
• Anderson Cooper and Ryan Seacrest give CNN it's gayest moment yet. [The Malcontent]
• Jennifer Aniston kisses Jennifer Aniston in GQ. [Just Jared]
• Madonna does the double dip. [Popsugar]

• Sharon Stone has agreed to drop her lawsuit against the plastic surgeon she accused of libel upon his agreement to perform free surgery on children with facial deformities, the doctor's lawyer said on Tuesday. Her current hairstyle is forgiven. [Reuters]
• Let's all say it together. We want to touch Paris Hilton's monkey. [Just Jared]
• Matt Damon wrestling in a mud pit with five other actors in flesh colored thongs, being squirted with "pee." WTF? [WOW Report]
• Suprise, surprise. Anderson Cooper doesn't answer the "are you gay" question. [Perez Hilton]
• Kelly Osbourne makes friends with the little people. [Hollywood Tuna]
• Halle Berry is the new face for Versace. Good choice, actually. [Page Six]
• iMasturbate. Am I blushing? [LA.comfidential]
• This is just plain weird. Why are Chelsea Clinton and Tara Reid new best friends? [Radar Online]
• Dianetics want your cute adorable children all to themselves. [cityrag]

• Natalie Portman's high school yearbook could be yours. While not the yearbook she owned herself, it has her high school photo in it. Which is shown here. So, it's now kind of worthless to own. Right? [Ebay]
• The Tropicana Bar's owner, Amanda Scheer-Demme, doesn't like black people. Or at least former NFL star Terrell Davis talking to one of her white waitresses. [AP]
• The latest in the Apple line of i-products. iSmell. [LA.comfidential]
• What was Paris Hilton sporting for Halloween? A bruise and a birth control patch. [Hollywood Tuna]
• Well, well. CNN anchor Aaron Brown is leaving CNN. Welcome to Anderson Cooper's CNN. [TVNewser]
• George Clooney, Brad Pitt and an airplane finance tycoon are buying one of Laguna Beach’s best-known gay bars and plan to turn it into a ritzy restaurant and bed and breakfast. I'm assuming the gays are still welcome. [Defamer]
• Mariah Carey unleashes her nipples over a balcony. [Hollywood Rag]
• Was a taser involved in Christian Slater's fall off of that roof? Should we really care? [News.com.au]

• Multi-hyphenite Jennifer Lopez asks her employees to address her as 'Mom' because she feels so maternal towards them all. However, they still seem to insist on calling her bitch. [Monsters & Critics]
• Is Anderson Cooper a daddy? I'm sure he's somebody's daddy. [Perez Hilton]
• Louis Vuitton handbags are keeping up the morale of a few low-life victims. [WOW Report]
• The rumblings of trouble in the Renee Zellwegger and Kenny Chesney marriage won't seem to go away. That's probably because we keep bringing them up. [Mirror]
• It seems that Britney Spears may have lost two uncles in the Hurricane Katrina tragedy. Willie and June and are brothers of the singer's father Jamie. They have not been seen or heard from since the disaster last month, according to reports. [National Ledger]
• A sloppy 'ho Manwich. [The Corsair]
• Robin Wright gets snippy. "To them, I say 'F--k you! I think it's f-----g pathetic to be belittling him." Best not to mess with this woman. [Lowdown]
• We have a ex-stripper contestant this season on The Apprentice. [E Online]

I don't know about you, but my Labor Day weekend, wasn't quite as relaxing this year. It was hard to enjoy the holiday weekend knowing what was happening in Louisiana and Mississippi. With the mayor of New Orleans warning that as many as 10,000 people may have died, it puts things in perspective.

It's hard to not be glued to the television watching the amazing coverage. The reporting of this tragedy by CNN has been extremely impressive. A few highlights have been the reporting of Jeanne Meserve and Anderson Cooper. Meserve summed up the tragedy eloquently and respectfully. Anderson Cooper at one point broke down on camera, and also openly questioned Louisina senator Mary Landrieu about what the government was doing to help.

Senator, I’m sorry… for the last four days, I have been seeing dead bodies here in the streets of Mississippi and to listen to politicians thanking each other and complimenting each other — I have to tell you, there are people here who are very upset and angry, and when they hear politicians thanking one another, it just, you know, it cuts them the wrong way right now, because there was a body on the streets of this town yesterday being eaten by rats because this woman has been laying in the street for 48 hours, and there is not enough facilities to get her up. Do you understand that anger?

For those of you in search of someone who is missing, or are missing here are some invaluable links. About. com has the most comprehensive set of links in regards to finding people. NOLA has posts from people who need rescuing, or people who are searching for people.

Of course, the celebrities have gotten on the Bush and response bashing. Kanye West was probably the most shocking of the bunch. He stated during the NBC telethon that George Bush doesn't care about black people. Angelina Jolie is quoted as saying, "It is wonderful to hear of the relief efforts that are finally coming into New Orleans and the rest of the region today, but as we all know, it is simply not going to be enough." And Michael Moore wouldn't be Michael Moore without putting in his two cents.

Bloggers are also expressing their views as well. Some of the best can be found at Towleroad, cityrag, and Wonkette.

Anderson Cooper brought his favorite date, mom Gloria Vanderbilt, to hear Eartha Kitt at the Carlyle.

Surveillance [R&M]