Anderson Cooper Archives

CNN journalist Anderson Cooper attends the advance screening of Planet In Peril presented by the College Music Journal (CMJ) FilmFest at NYC’s IFC Center on Friday. Should NY Magazine thank Cooper’s trainer again?

Planet in Peril is a two-part, four hour documentary on CNN that will premiere October 23rd. Coop, Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Animal Planet’s Jeff Corwin will investigate the current state of our planet, focusing on four major areas: global warming, overpopulation, deforestation and species loss.

Hey, did Anderson get that fatty deposit surgically removed from under his left eye already?! He just shared about it on Monday on Late Night with Conan O’Brien! The plastic surgeon (one his mother uses regularly) suggested he have it removed and also gave him a list of other things he needed “taken care of.”

You can also catch Coop from Thursday’s Colbert Report here. More Here! »

Anderson Cooper fills in for Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street, reporting on news for GNN (Grouch News Network).

The CNN/GNN anchor reports on Grouch journalism and speaks with spoofed journalists Walter Cranky (retired iconic American broadcast journalist Walter Cronkite) and Dan I’d Rather Not (Former longtime anchor for the CBS Evening News Dan Rather). Next week, Mereidth Beware-a (Today Show’s Meredith Vieira) and Diane Spoiler (ABC News’ Diane Sawyer)!

Watch the Coop’s guest appearance on Sesame Street below!

Guh-guh-guh-GOO! Guh-guh-guh-GREAT!

CNN’s Anderon Cooper was asked about his ginormous guns, aka bulging biceps, by NY Magazine at the Elton John’s AIDS Foundation on Tuesday. Very professional of them!

Your biceps are really big lately. How are you working out? “Wow. What is my workout routine — I’ve never been asked that question! Um, I don’t know [Ed. note: At this point, Cooper appeared to be dying of flustration.], I’ve just been … working with a trainer and uh, I don’t know, lifting a little weight, and running a little. I don’t know.

Is that new? The trainer and the rest? Uh, you know, I just turned 40, so yes, I’m trying to be a little bit healthier now and trying to eat a little bit more sensibly. And also, with traveling so much, you know, it’s tough when you’re in Iraq to do anything, so I try to work out when I’m here. [Ed. note: Best. Quote. Ever.] This is really … I sound ridiculous.

They gave me this question, I’m not kidding. [Ed. note: Sure, sure, blame the gay boss.] Wow, well, I didn’t know that New York Magazine would notice my biceps. My trainer will be thrilled. I’m going to pass this along to him. His name is TJ. He’ll be very excited.

Thank TJ, you guys!

Anderson Cooper commiserated with talk show host Jay Leno about getting gray hair at a young age. Cooper made a joke on Wednesday’s Tonight Show, analogizing getting gray hair to a common male sexual problem, premature ejaculation.

The well-respected CNN journalist joked, “I started [getting gray hair when I was] young. It’s like premature ejaculation. You know it can happen but when it happens to you, it’s kind of a shock.”

Fellow guest Heidi Klum proceeded to plugs her ears and playfully responded, “La la la, I don’t hear anything!”

Watch Anderson Cooper’s premature guest appearance on Leno below!

Cooper also chatted briefly about the CNN-YouTube debate he recently moderated. He also shared a funny story about the ambient temperature at Presidential debates, specifically between John Kerry and George Bush.

He said, “The Kerry camp wanted the ambient temperature to be cool because John Kerry sweats and the Bush people wanted the ambient temperature to be very high because… John Kerry sweats.”

FYI: Anderson used the same joke as a regular contributor for Details Magazine in their August 2003 issue. He wrote, “Going gray is like ejaculation. You know it can happen prematurely, but when it actually does, it’s a total shock.”

CNN’s Anderon Cooper made a quick cameo on The Colbert Report last night. He promoted Stephen Colbert’s new Ben & Jerry’s “Americone Dream” ice cream flavor. Here’s the line Anderson delivered after tasting Colbert’s delicious treat:

“WOW! Stephen Colbert’s ‘Americone Dream.’ That’s 360 degrees of flavor!”

Said Colbert of his ice cream flavor, “No one will ever find out, because I’m married, but this is what I taste like. Very sweet.”

Watch the video of Anderson Cooper below (timestamp 4:12 to be exact) right after a cameo by Tim Robbins (Shawshank Redemption)!

After all is said and done, make sure you get your free foldable frisbee!

Yes, they did!

Anderson Cooper made a guest appearance on yesterday’s Late Night with Conan O’Brien and shared about everything from offering Nicole Richie food to constipated sloths.

Anderson said, “I literally could not think of one thing to ask [Nicole Richie]. All I could think of was offering her food.”

For the next couple of months, CNN will have extensive reporting on deforestation, global warming, and population. Anderson, 39, accompanied wildlife biologist Jeff Corwin into the jungle one time to release a “really sweet” sloth back into the wild.

It doesn’t go exactly as planned, as the sloth starts to climb the tree but comes crashing down few seconds later. Anderson gets so startled, he jumps back and holds Jeff’s hand. It’s the funniest thing ever.

The second funniest moment is when Anderson starts flailing his arms, mimicking the falling sloth. A very close second.

Watch the video below of Anderson Cooper and Jeff Corwin holding hands!

Dirka, dirka, dirka, dirka, dirka!

How much in danger are you? The place where I’ve been staying, Kiryat Shmona, has been hit really hard, particularly in the last several days. A couple of reservists were killed here.

I’ve seen rockets fall. Everyone has experiences where they’ve seen rockets fall. There’s constant shelling here, most of it outgoing. That you ignore. But you very quickly adjust to the sound of incoming. For outgoing it’s boom-whoosh. For incoming it’s whoosh-boom.

So when you hear the whoosh first, you know you’re in trouble.

Do you get frightened?  Yeah. Anybody who claims never to be scared is a fool or a liar or probably both. I’ve been doing this for 15 years. There are some things I’m used to, like being around soldiers and being in a combat environment. The things that scare me go beyond. Kidnapping, that really scares me. Being taken hostage really scares me.

The Houston Chronicle has a great article today titled, "CNN’s Cooper sees rockets fall, but he’s staying" about Anderson Cooper’s experience on the frontlines in the Mideast.  "It was one of the most unpleasant experiences of one’s life," Anderson said. Above is an excerpt of the interview.  Bigger pictures in the gallery!

Check out Anderson’s blog entries from the Mideast:
Getting personal with Katyusha rockets (July 26)
Seeing red in Israel (July 31)
Tracking Hezbollah with a Puma (August 7)
History repeats: Blown up once, blown up twice (August 7)