The silver fox is here and queer ladies and gentlemen Anderson Cooper has some news to share. “The fact is, I’m gay, always have been, always will be, and I couldn’t be any more happy, comfortable with myself, and proud,” the CNN anchor wrote Monday in an open letter to his longtime friend Andrew Sullivan of the Daily Beast. The host of Anderson Cooper: 360, 45, also says that he has waited until now to announce the fact because, “As long as a journalist shows fairness and honesty in his or her work, their private life shouldn’t matter.” Cooper, who also hosts his own syndicated talk daytime show Anderson, addressed the subject after Sullivan – a British writer who is openly gay and Catholic – put the question to him after a cover story in the current Entertainment Weekly focused on how gay people in the public life are currently coming out in understated and matter-of-fact manners. “Andrew, as you know, the issue you raise is one that I’ve thought about for years. Even though my job puts me in the public eye, I have tried to maintain some level of privacy in my life. Part of that has been for purely personal reasons. I think most people want some privacy for themselves and the people they are close to,” Cooper began. “It’s become clear to me that by remaining silent on certain aspects of my personal life for so long,” he continued. “I have given some the mistaken impression that I am trying to hide something – something that makes me uncomfortable, ashamed or even afraid. This is distressing because it is simply not true.” Anderson Cooper has finally publicly acknowledged the long-standing speculation about his sexuality by coming out of the closet as a gay man. How do you feel about Anderson Cooper deciding to live open and honestly now? Source
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Quote Of The Day: Anderson Cooper Finally Announces To The World… “The Fact Is, I’m Gay And Proud”
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‘They’re the people that are going to wear it,’ she tells MTV News of why she enlisted fans to help create her first-ever fragrance. By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Kara Warner Selena Gomez Photo: MTV News For her first-ever fragrance, singer/actress Selena Gomez enlisted her fans to help her nail down the kind scent they wanted to spritz on themselves. It was this process that was the highlight of launching the self-titled perfume . “The best part was the fan interaction,” she told MTV News. “I was kind of nervous when the reaction of it would be because no one’s ever done that, to where people could go online and help create the fragrance. But I figure they’re the people that are going to wear it, so I want to see what’s kind of in, I guess, now. So that was the fun part.” Their feedback mostly focused on how they wanted to use the perfume practically in their everyday lives. “They just had really good points of like, ‘I can wear this to school’ and then another person’s like, ‘Actually, after the gym, going to like a date [or] something,'” she said of their suggestions. “They came up with the weirdest tactics that made sense and I was like, ‘Oh, I didn’t even think of it.’ They caught a lot of things. It was nice.” After some initial work on her own, Gomez took it to her fans to help her nail down the scent that’s now being sold in Macy’s department stores. “Well, I created the top five of them and then they helped pick out the bottom three,” she said. “It’s still very much me. I think it represents what I like. It’s refreshing and young, but it’s kind of older as well.” While the bottle is very feminine (a long, lavender-colored body with lips as a top), she added that the look is also practical. “I wanted the bottle to be tall ’cause I have a lot of fragrances and I always go to the ones that are the tallest and noticeable and pretty and delicate,” she explained. Gomez is the latest in a long list of celebrity perfume designers, joining the ranks of fellow singers like pal Taylor Swift (with Wonderstruck ) and boyfriend Justin Bieber (with Someday ). Do you like Selena Gomez’s perfume? Let us know in the comments! Related Artists Selena Gomez
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Though well-intentioned, the We are the World remake was as mocked as it was helpful. A slew of celebrities gathered to benefit the victims of the January earthquake in Haiti, but most critics focused on how this effort paled in comparison to the original song, recorded 25 years ago earlier by legends such as Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson. Unfazed by that reaction, Justin Bieber has teamed with Drake and other Canadian singers to form The Young Artists for Haiti. They recently recorded “Wavin Flag,” another anthem meant to encourage relief to the ravaged nation. Also featured in the following video: Nelly Furtado, Fefe Dobson, Avril Lavigne and Deryck Whibley: Wavin’ Flag Wanna show support for the Haitian people and The Young Artists for Haiti? Purchase this single off iTunes today. Meanwhile, Justin and Drake also rocked out last night at the the Juno Awards in Canada. Check out photos from their rendition of “Baby” below, along with a video of the performance. [Photos: Splash News] Juno Awards Performance
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Justin Bieber, Drake and Others Wave Flag in Support of Haiti
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MC declines to take sides; VMAs air on Sunday night! By Jocelyn Vena, with additional reporting by Shaheim Reid 50 Cent Photo: MTV News At Sunday’s Video Music Awards, there will be all kinds of battles going on for the coveted Moonmen, but the biggest one just might be Eminem vs. Kanye West: both are up for four awards, and the winner will be decided at Sunday night’s big show. Despite 50 Cent ‘s long history with Eminem , it seems that he can’t quite pick which MC he thinks should take home the most Moonmen on Sunday night.
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50 Cent Weighs In On VMA Battle: Eminem Or Kanye West?
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