Greenland press

From Harpers:

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has pushed for clear limitations on hydrocarbon consumption; the new French president Sarkozy has jumped on the global warming bandwagon as well. With Blair on his way out and Abe under a cloud, these may be the closest leaders to Bush in the G8. Yes the U.S. has angrily rebuffed this initiative. This is, correctly, viewed as front-page above-the-fold news in Europe, and this Financial Times treatment is typical. But in the United States the struggle continues to identify the Paris-Hilton-story of the week.

If there’s an exception in the U.S. media these days, then it’s CNN’s Anderson Cooper. He’s been doing a series of reports from Greenland, whose topography is being dramatically transformed by the melting of the glacial ice that Viking explorers sought to obscure by giving it a false name. (read the whole thing)

See also Think Progress.

New candids and wallpapers

Check out our wallpapers album for new Anderson Cooper wallpaper from the talented SemiJocund. Also Trina G shares her book signing photos with us in the candids album.

New forum!

Our shiny new forum is now out of beta-test and ready for visitors. Come on by.

Also check our downloads page for a new Video of the Week - this week's exciting installment, Anderson Cooper Visits The Daily Show.

Video of the Week

Check out our downloads page for the Video of the Week. This week, Anderson Cooper on the Colbert Report.

Florida Forum

CNN anchor, Branson lead off Florida Forum

Anderson Cooper, Sir Richard Branson, Larry Kudlow and Tiki Barber will be the speakers for the Florida Forum's 2007-08 season. The board founded the Florida Forum as a fundraiser 16 years ago.

Cooper, CNN anchor/reporter, will kick off the series Oct. 20.

Branson, the British entrepreneur behind the Virgins - Records, Atlantic Airways and Galactic - and other worldwide ventures, follows on Nov. 13.

Economic forecaster Kudlow, host of CNBC's Kudlow & Co., will appear on Feb. 21.

Barber, former Pro Bowl running back for the New York Giants and now an NBC Today show regular, closes the series April 8.

Tickets for the entire series start at $175 per person for general seating

The Florida Forum is held at the Florida Theatre. All talks will begin at 7 p.m., and no tickets are sold in advance for individual talks.

For additional information, go to www.thefloridaforum.com or contact The Women's Board, (904) 202-2886.

New Sixty Minutes and NYC lecture

Anderson has a new report airing on Sixty Minutes this Sunday, on a woman finding a (disputed) Jackson Pollack in a thrift shop. Why can't I ever find anything good? Just little children with teardrop-shaped eyes or sad clowns...

Also this at the Museum of Television and Radio:

Anderson Cooper: Reports from Home and Abroad
Tuesday, May 8; 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Also a Producers Circle Event

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper will discuss his unique, impassioned style of reporting, with emphasis on keeping important international stories—like the famine in Niger, the ever-evolving situation in Afghanistan, and the mass killings in the Congo—in the public eye. A globe-trotting reporter for over fifteen years, Cooper will show clips of his work and comment on his provocative approach to news.