Daily Pennsylvanian - Philadelphia,PA,USA - You may know him best as the Silver Fox. Or as the host of CNN's Anderson Cooper 360. But he prefers to be known simply as Anderson, a non-partisan news anchor who considers himself privileged to have his job - a job he did not know that he would want upon his 1989 graduation from Yale as a political science major.

For most of his life, Anderson had a keen interest in news. During his SPEC fall speaker keynote address on Saturday, he explained to a packed Irvine Auditorium that he decided to begin his career in journalism by "traveling to

Los Angeles Times - CA,USA - Fans, this seems already to have been a perilous season for "DWTS" dancers. First, Jeffrey Ross sustained a scratched cornea, forcing him to wear an eyepatch during his brief stay on the show. Second, pro Karina Smirnoff twisted her ankle and had to sport an Ace bandage that was at least two shades lighter than her spray tan. And now comes word that Misty May-Treanor suffered an ankle injury -- not a broken ankle, as some reports claimed -- and her status is uncertain. We'll get an update on tonight's show.

In happier news, today I interviewed Lance Bass during a

Los Angeles Times - CA,USA - While NBC Universal and the Weinstein Co. fight over the rights to “Project Runway,” host and executive producer Heidi Klum is trying to focus on the future of the show. She’s taping the sixth season of the popular fashion design competition — set in Los Angeles instead of New York — even though it remains unclear where or when it will eventually air. On Friday, she spoke about this season of “Runway” (which concludes Oct. 15), the program’s recipe for success and what it’s like to work on the show amid so much uncertainty.

What do you think distinguished Season 5?

The Futon Critic - San Jose,CA,USA - Like the fine-tuning of someone's fashion style, Bravo's "Tim Gunn's Guide To Style" begins season two tonight with a little fine-tuning of its own.  Tim Gunn has a new co-host in Gretta Monahan as well as a show with a quicker pace and efforts to dig deeper into why women dress the way they do.  Talking to our Jim Halterman, Gunn and Monahan discussed the new and improved series with the same camaraderie that is evident onscreen.

After being aided by supermodel Veronica Webb in season one, Gunn is now paired with Monahan, who is a top celebrity stylist and brings

MarketWatch - USA - Fresh off his hugely successful performance as the host of the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards, COMEDY CENTRAL has signed charismatic and controversial comedian Russell Brand to shoot a one-hour stand-up special, it was announced today by Elizabeth Porter, senior vice president, specials and talent, COMEDY CENTRAL. The special will feature Brand and an eclectic roster of special guests and will tape in November in New York City, airing in 2009.

"Russell Brand's comedy is a perfect match for our audience. He's a fresh new face with a rock-star aura and a unique and unpredictable act that pushes the envelope of

San Leandro India West - San Leandro,CA,USA - The unexpected question posed by renowned corporate strategist Prof. C.K. Prahalad drew chuckles from the 150 entrepreneurs, business-owners, and IT professionals attending his talk Sept. 18, organized by the Southern California chapter of The Indus Entrepreneurs at the Sheraton Cerritos hotel.

Prahalad teaches corporate strategy at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. A prominent consultant, he has received many honors and has co-authored several books including the 2004 best-seller, “The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profit.” Last year, he was named the world’s most influential management thinker by The Times of London’s annual survey

Broadway World - New York,NY,USA - It has been confirmed that Joan Rivers has cancelled the return season of her one-woman show Joan Rivers: A Work in Progress in Leicester Square Theatre. The show, which ran at the theater from August 29th through September 18th 2008 was scheduled to return on December 2nd where it would run through January 29th, 2009.

Producer Martin Witts said today: "It is with great sadness that I have to announce that Joan Rivers: A Work in Progress by a Life in Progress will not have its full London run. Audiences and critics have been unanimous in their praise, and Joan and the

Claremont Port Side - Claremont,CA,USA - Bill O’Reilly has called Oprah Winfrey “the most powerful woman in the world,” but it is safe to say that her endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama won’t be the deciding factor in determining his vote this November.  For many Americans and potential campaign donors, however, political endorsements can influence the flow of votes and money – the two most important parts of an election (with, perhaps, the first being more important).

Craig Garthwaite and Timothy Moore of the University of Maryland published a study last month investigating the impact of Winfrey’s endorsement on voter support for Obama. They measured her influence

South Bend Tribune - South Bend,IN,USA - Can’t get enough of Tim Gunn on "Project Runway"?

Well, good news. Gunn will be diving into more women’s closets when the second season of "Tim Gunn's Guide to Style" premieres at 11 p.m. Thursday on Bravo (The series movies to its regular 10 p.m. timeslot on Oct. 16).

There’s a few changes in store. As Heidi Klum might say, last year’s co-host model Veronica Webb is out, which means "fashion accomplice" Gretta Monahan is in.

Norman Transcript - Norman,OK,USA - Journalist Jim Lehrer, executive editor and anchor for "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer," is the inaugural recipient of the Gaylord Prize, established by the University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication to honor a nationally recognized journalist with high standards of excellence.

Lehrer, an Emmy- and Peabody-award-winning journalist, has been chosen to moderate the presidential and vice presidential debates for the past five elections and will again host the first presidential debate on Sept. 26.

"We are grateful to the Gaylord family for endowing this prize of national importance and designating the University of Oklahoma to award it," OU

eFluxMedia - USA - Who doesn’t love Sacha Baron Cohen, except the people he tricked into saying really embarrassing things for the world to see and, more recently, fashion designer Agatha Ruiz de la Prada, whose show during Milan Fashion Week on Thursday gained a little more salt and pepper than it was initially planned?

All with the help of Sacha’s alter ego. No, there