Anderson Cooper can and has taken on any assignment from the serious (Egypt, natural disasters) to the frivolous (Snooki and spray tanning) but it’s a very personal story that the CNN anchor brought to his new daytime talk show Anderson this week.

Cooper, 44, had his mom, Gloria Vanderbilt as a guest and the two delved into their family tragedy, the suicide of Gloria’s son and Anderson’s brother Carter Vanderbilt Cooper.

Gloria, who was thrust into the spotlight as a child in a nasty custody battle between her mother and aunt, spoke to her son about the moment 23 year-old Carter went over the railing at their 14th story penthouse balcony.

“I still run through it…and he did not jump,” she explains. “He was sitting on the wall with one foot on there and one foot hanging over and he kept looking down. And I kept begging him, too, and then when he went, he went like an athlete, and hung over the wall like this. And I said, ‘Carter, come back,” and for a minute I thought that he was going to come back, but he didn’t. He let go.”

She revealed that she contemplated taking own life as well but the thought of her other son, the then 21 year-old Anderson, kept her from following Carter.

Cooper told his mom that despite everything tragic that has happened in her life, she remained so positive and hopeful, he is inspired by her.

“You have survived so many things,” Anderson said. “This custody battle when you were 10 years old, the loss of your father when you were an infant, the loss of Carter, of my dad, your husband and so many others.”

“It hasn’t made you tough,” he continues. “It hasn’t hardened you. You’re still open to experience and open to new loss and open to new heartbreak and to new love.”

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It isn’t often Anderson Cooper cracks in front of the camera but when he dissolves into a fit of giggles over the pee puns galore while talking about Gerard Depardieu, it makes for a super great video.

The 62 year-old French actor caused an Air France flight in Paris to be delayed two hours after he peed on the carpet.

The plane was waiting to take off for Dublin when Depardieu asked to be able to go to the bathroom. The flight attendant said he needed to wait 15 minutes until they were in the air but the actor decided to take a whiz on the spot according to witnesses.

The plane returned to the gate, Depardieu was escorted off and the flight was finally airborne after a thorough cleaning two hours later.

Cooper takes on the story for his RidicuList and relays the story with a ton of pee jokes. Finally, the 44 year-old anchor can’t hold it in any longer after referring to the actor’s last name as DeparTwo…

You can’t help but love Cooper who has the laugh that’s a combination of a chipmunk and a little girl.

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Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating today, June 3rd, including:

1929 – Chuck Barris, game show host
1936 – Larry McMurtry, author
1950 – Suzi Quatro, musician
1964 – James Purefoy, actor
1967 – Anderson Cooper, journalist
1986 – Rafael Nadal, tennis player

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Anderson Cooper is making his stage debut as a narrator for the musical How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. The CNN anchorman’s part will be pre-recorded for the performances.

Cooper follows newsman Walter Cronkite, who recorded the opening for the 1995 revival that starred Matthew Broderick.

In the revival of the popular production Daniel Radcliffe is J. Pierrepont Finch, the brash window washer determined to make it big and John Laroquette plays J.B. Biggley, the boss of the firm where Finch gets a job in the mail room.

The play is set to open March 27th at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre in New York City.

Check out the video of Cooper and Radcliffe below. (Read the article)

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Is that necessary?  Usually you hear of people taking on second jobs when they are broke.  Obviously that is not the case for CNN’s Anderson Cooper.

Out Of The Closet – Anderson Cooper Is Gay?

Cooper has just signed on with Warner Bros. to do a weekday talk show that is set to hit the waves next fall (2011.)  CNN’s president, Jim Walton is pretty pumped on more Anderson Cooper air time,

“I am pleased that Anderson Cooper has extended his relationship with CNN and will be with us for years to come.  I am also pleased to congratulate Anderson on his new relationship with Telepictures. We think it will be good for Anderson, good for CNN and good for Time Warner.”

So congrats to Anderson.  I am sure your fans are thrilled.

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With everyone looking for SOMETHING in regards to Michael Jackson since his passing, Anderson Cooper on CNN did a story on Bubbles the chimpanzee, and what he has been doing since leaving Neverland Ranch. Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert saw this and had to admit that he had been scooped, on his own show The Colbert Report.

It is good to know that Anderson Cooper has a sense of humor about himself.

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The answer is no, but sexy CNN anchor Anderson Cooper is cast as a guest star on an upcoming episode of Desperate Housewives. In a special episode, Cooper wins yet more fans among America�s women when he plays Larry King�s secretly adopted love child with real-life mother Gloria Vanderbilt. Why does that name ring a bell, you ask?

Gloria Laura Madeleine Sophie Vanderbilt (born February 20, 1924 in New York City, New York) is an American artist, actress, and socialite most noted as an early developer of designer blue jeans. She is a member of the prominent Vanderbilt Family of New York.

She married her fourth husband, author Wyatt Emory Cooper on December 24, 1963. They had two sons, Carter Vanderbilt Cooper, in 1965, and future CNN reporter Anderson Hays Cooper, born in 1967. Wyatt Cooper died in 1978 during open heart surgery in New York City. Carter Cooper committed suicide on July 22, 1988 by jumping from the family’s 14th floor apartment as his mother watched horrified. Mrs. Cooper believed that it was caused by a psychotic episode induced by an allergy to the anti-asthma medical prescription drug Proventil. In an interview on Larry King Live, his brother Anderson told of Carter’s depression, a recently failed relationship, and fear of the future, suggesting that his brother had not dealt well with the stress, but repeated their mother’s story that Carter awoke in a confused stupor before jumping to his death.

Who knew Anderson came from such a fascinating family? Apparently it just wasn’t interesting enough for Desperate Housewives, as they had to juice it up even further. Nonetheless, should be an interesting episode!

Click on thumbnails to enlarge photos of Anderson and mommy Gloria.

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�CNN reporter Anderson Cooper is considering having his own clothing line.�

JCH reports:

He got the idea from Tom Ford when Tom was trying to talk him into promoting a fragrance he was releasing. CNN has been getting a lot of emails and letters from viewers who like the way Anderson dresses on camera and out at events and they want to know where he gets his clothes. Actually, Anderson picks out most of his own stuff and chooses things from a number of designers and sometimes off the rack. He has definite opinions about fashion and wouldn’t mind dabbling in the clothing biz.

Smart, good-looking, and business-savvy?� Anderson, you can report our news any day!

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