By Myles Tanzer 3/05 7:22pm

High Five!

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Ain’t Too Proud to Keg: Here Comes the Beer-Slamming, Sports-Loving Gaybro Army!

Slade Sohmer, the 33-year-old founder of the blog network HyperVocal, lives in Brooklyn and loves Liverpool Football Club. He was dismayed when the team sold its star player Fernando Torres to a rival, partly because Mr. Sohmer had a most unhooligan-like crush on the blond-haired striker.

His sports fandom was one of the reasons Mr. Sohmer waited to come out until he was 27. “I just never identified with the community,” he said. “There was nothing in my life that said you can play fantasy football and be gay. That didn’t exist in my world.” Read More

By Matthew Kassel 2/26 6:45pm

off the record

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Anderson Cooper Goes to Bat for Producer’s Book

Jack Gray probably would never have written Pigeon in a Crosswalk, his first book, if not for his boss, Anderson Cooper. And he certainly wouldn’t have gotten the publicity he has without the silver-haired anchor.

About five years ago, Mr. Gray, a 32-year-old producer for the CNN news program Anderson Cooper 360°, began writing blog Read More

By Drew Grant 2/06 6:00pm

That's Some Pig

Artist rendition of Leo

Leo the Pig Leaves Bloomberg’s New York to Live on a ‘Farm’ ‘Upstate’

This is why we really don’t want animals to be part of the singularity … how sad would it be when every time a pig with a Twitter account hashtags “bittersweet” when referring to the fact that it’s going to be moving to a “farm upstate”? Really, really sad. But when it comes to our favorite mini-pig, the idea of becoming bacon is no problem, because he has a new dad!

Leo the pig rose to fame/his own social media presence (same diff) recently, thanks to efforts of his former owner, Bloomberg TV journalist Heather Hauswirth. When Ms. Hauswirth first posted her Craigslist ad in the voice of her 4-month-old “certified mini pig,” who needed a nice new home and a caretaker to nuzzle with (d’waaa!), the adorable animal immediately started getting attention: on Twitter, where Leo had his own account, a Bloomberg TV segment and, most incredibly, a guest spot on Anderson Cooper Live today.

And now Leo has a new owner! Who lives on a farm! Upstate! Which is hopefully the same farm that dad took our dog Pongo to when he started getting sick. Read More

By Daniel D'Addario 10/29/12 1:47pm

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UPDATE: Anderson Cooper Returns to His Storm-Chasing Roots as His Show is Canceled

Anderson Cooper’s often celebrity-oriented daytime chat show, Anderson Live, is returning to what made the anchor famous–hurricanes. (His Friday show was devoted to choosing a Halloween costume.) Mr. Cooper’s co-host today is CNN’s Ashleigh Banfield, and they’ll be discussing hurricane safety; tonight, Mr. Cooper puts on his CNN anchor hat–and rain slicker–for Read More

By Drew Grant 9/13/12 3:16pm

Art Openings

Gloria Vanderbilt and Anderson Cooper at 1stDibs gallery (Patrick McMullan)

Gloria Vanderbilt Paints the Town, Exhibits 60 Years of Artworks at 1stDibs

While Fashion Week was winding down at Lincoln Center Wednesday night, Diane von Furstenberg was sequestered on the 10th floor of a nondescript Lexington Avenue building. Across the giant storeroom of the mostly digital antique dealer 1stDibs, Patrick McMullan was snapping Bill Cunningham as he took a picture of a small watercolor on the wall. Nearby, Anderson Cooper hovered around his mother, who, in a stunning red kimono, greeted guests to her first solo art show since 2001. Read More