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NYC’s Vanderbilt Mansion Hits Market With Makeover: Is it Sleek or Tacky? (See Photos!)

Keith GirardAugust 22, 2019

CNN's Anderson Cooper, the Vanderbilt Mansion and Cooper's mother, Gloria Vanderbilt. (Photos; Tulane, CNN, Douglas Elliman) The Vanderbilt money is as old...

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Stormy Daniels Lawyer Doubles Down on Trump: We’ve Got Evidence (Watch!)

Keith GirardMarch 26, 2018

Stormy Daniels isn’t finished with Donald Trump yet. The porn star was receiving generally favorable reviews for he appearance on “60 Minutes” last night, and her lawyer hit the morning news shows today to say more to coming, including hard evidence. If the “60 Minutes” interview fell short–and it did– it was because Daniels, real name Stephanie Clifford, refused to disclose whether she had texts, videos or audio recordings to back up her story....

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Did Donald Trump Regularly Pay for Sex When He Met Karen McDougal?

Keith GirardMarch 22, 2018

Donald Trump’s sexual prowess may not be what he’s cracked it up to be–surprise! Playboy model Karen McDougal said she was hurt and insulted when the future president tried to pay her after they had sex for the first time. McDougal appeared on Anderson Cooper’s “AC360” for her highly anticipated interview about her 2006-2007 affair. Trump appeared to be comfortable paying for sex. ...

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Rex Tillerson Spills to Anderson Cooper on Trump Firing (See the Video)

Keith GirardMarch 18, 2018

Rex Tillerson, the big stoic Texan who served as Secretary of State–until he got Trump dumped over Twitter– unloaded to CNN’s Anderson Cooper. He can’t believe the former CEO of $50 billion Exxon-Mobil could be fired by a “man who used to sell steaks in the mail.” But, hey, this is “Saturday Nigh Live.” Fred Armisten returned as Trump tell-all author Michael Wolff and Bill Hader reprised his role as the bombastic Anthony Scaramucci. Kate McKinnon led off the spot as U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions....

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Was Conan O’Brien’s Donald Sterling Racism Spoof Itself Racist? (Watch!)

Keith GirardMay 12, 2014

Conan O’Brien may have stepped over a line himself when he aired a video gag spoofing Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for his racist remarks about African Americans. The talk show host aired a short clip of the Anderson interview showing Sterling wearing a super-imposed Dashiki and other traditional African garb. The talk show host aired a short clip of the Anderson interview showing Sterling wearing a super-imposed Dashiki and other traditional African garb. Was that racist? ...

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Madonna Mocks Boy Scouts at GLAAD Awards Show (watch!)

Keith GirardMarch 17, 2013

Madonna slammed the Boy Scouts of America for banning gays, in a mocking speech during the GLAAD Awards last night (Mar. 16) in New York. “I wanted to be a Boy Scout, but they wouldn’t let me join,” she said. That didn’t stop her from dressing like one....

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Why Anderson Cooper Came Out as Gay Now

Keith GirardJuly 2, 2012

Anderson Cooper finally revealed what just about anyone who knows him, or has read about him already knows. He's gay. At 45, he finally chose to officially come out of the closet. But why now?...

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Bethenny Frankel's Panty Flash: Accident or Planned (watch!)

Keith GirardMarch 17, 2012

Former New York Housewife Bethenny Frankel flipped up her dress in Anderson Cooper face. Luckily he’s gay. But the reality TV personality was embarrassed nonetheless because about two million viewers were also watching. Frankel, 41, flashed her pink panties, which were quickly blocked out by TV censors, while challenging the buff journalist to a push-up contest on his talk show.Former New York Housewife Bethenny Frankel flipped up her dress in Anderson Cooper face. Luckily he’s gay. But the reality TV personality was embarrassed nonetheless because about two million viewers were also watching. Frankel, 41, flashed her pink panties, which were quickly blocked out by TV censors, while challenging the buff journalist to a push-up contest on his talk show....

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Separating the Lady From the Gaga in Vogue (photos)

Keith GirardFebruary 10, 2011

Lady Gaga lets her guard down to reveal a little more about Stefani Germanotta in a new Vogue interview. The 24-year-old music sensation is distillation of her Italian roots, her family and her quite proper upbringing and exclusive private girls school in Manhattan -- with a twist....

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Lady Gaga Finds Not Everyone's a Fame Whore (watch!)

Keith GirardFebruary 8, 2011

Lady Gaga found out the hard way that sometimes you just can’t go home again. The mega pop star was filming a segment for an Anderson Cooper special that called for her to check out the places she lived before he got famous....

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Anderson Cooper Bitch Slaps Vince Vaughn Over Gay Slur (video)

Keith GirardOctober 8, 2010

CNN's Anderson Cooper (is he gay?) is picking a fight with actor Vince Vaughn over an off-color gay joke in Vaughn's upcoming movie "The Dilemma." Gay rights groups are also sure to pile on....

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