NYE with Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin

We'll have more complete New Year's Eve coverage with Anderson and Kathy Griffin in our post on Sunday but here's the opening few minutes of tonight's broadcast.

And a few early social media photos:

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Anderson Cooper & Kathy Griffin Promote New Year's Eve on CNN

Before leaving on vacation, Anderson taped some segments with Kathy Griffin to promote New Year's Eve on CNN.

On AC360 Monday 12/23, Anderson and Kathy talk Ryan Seacrest and dinner ~

On AC360 Friday 12/27, Anderson and Kathy talk acceptable behavior and Maggie reads from the CNN contract ~

And on Reliable Sources Sunday, with Brian Stelter ~

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Anderson Cooper 360 Monday, 12/30/2013

 

 

And apparently AC360 Later is coming back....

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Anderson & AC360 Later Panels Look Back & Discuss 2013 News Stories

With Anderson Cooper on vacation and John King and Bill Weir in the AC360 anchor chair, each night there was a taped segment where Anderson looked back on topical stories and an AC360 Later panel discussion followed.

On Monday, December 23rd - Politics & Power in 2013:

On Thursday, December 26th - Scandals & Lies in 2013:

On Friday, December 27th -  Crime & Justice in 2013:
Part 1

Part 2

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A CNN Special Report: Extraordinary People

On December 19th, CNN aired an hour special with Anderson Cooper and Robin Meade looking back on who was truly extraordinary in 2013.

The opening and Anderson's interview with Antoinette Tuff, a bookkeeper at a suburban Atlanta school whose unshakable faith and the power of love turned a school shooting around ~

Anderson's report on Carlos Arredondo, an immigrant from Costa Rica who helped save a life after terrorists bombed the Boston Marathon ~

Anderson's final interview was with a New Yorker, Sergio Consuegra stepped into someone else’s fight with a group of New York bikers ~

Anderson and Robin closed the program ~

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Anderson Cooper 360 Friday, 12/27/2013

Bill Weir was in the AC360 anchor chair for the vacationing Anderson Cooper.

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Catching Up With Anderson Cooper Odds & Ends

Cleaning out our files and ran across a few photos to social media that haven't been posted yet....

 

 

Photo appears to be from a few years ago?

From a Worth1000.com photo contest of celebrities edited into classic paintings ~

Anderson Cooper was edited into this "Portrait of Jacobus Blauw1795" by Jacques-Louis David

The original (above) is in the National Gallery in London and this is their description of the original ~

This portrait is signed and dated in the year 4 of the French Revolutionary calendar (1795) and inscribed on the sheet of paper with the name and position of the sitter - Minister Plenipotentiary in Paris of the Dutch Republic. Blauw (1756 - 1829) had helped to establish the Batavian Republic in Holland in 1795 and had been sent to Paris to negotiate peace after the French invasion of the Netherlands. The portrait probably commemorates the successful outcome of this mission.

David's image of Blauw is notable for conveying the impression of a bond of sympathy between artist and sitter, resulting in a portrait of directness and sincerity. The rewards of earnest labour in the public service are suggested by the emphasis on the serious expression and on the right hand holding the quill. The figure of the sitter, clad in blue against a grey background, emerges from a subtle harmony of colours at the base of the painting, with the red of the chair to the left complemented by the pink cloth and the bright blue-green material covering the table.

And a Merry Christmas "selfie" from Anderson posted on Christmas Day to his Instagram account

 

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Anderson Cooper 360 Thursday, 12/26/2013

Bill Weir was in the AC360 anchor chair and opened the program by saying Anderson hadn't retired, but was just taking the night off...

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Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin Return to Co-Host CNN’s New Year’s Eve Coverage

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Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin Return to Co-Host CNN’s New Year’s Eve Coverage

Live from Times Square Beginning at 9 p.m. ET

Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin will co-host CNN’s coverage of New Year’s Eve celebrations on Tuesday, Dec. 31, from 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. (ET). Back for their 7th consecutive year, Cooper and Griffin will ring in the New Year live from NYC’s Time Square for CNN’s “New Year’s Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin.”

About the upcoming show, Cooper said “Wait...what? CNN hired her again? For real?” Kathy Griffin was humble as always, “I’m so thrilled Anderson Cooper has agreed to be my assistant once again as I single-handedly host New Year's Eve on CNN for my global adoring audience.”

CNN correspondents will provide reports from celebrations across the country and around the world. Isha Sesay will join Cooper and Griffin from the crowds in Times Square. Brooke Baldwin will be live from New Orleans LA, Susan Hendricks from Nashville, TN and Gary Tuchman will cover the Watermelon Drop in Vincennes, IN.

Viewers who tweet and post on Instagram using the hashtag #CNNNYE or post onFacebook.com/ac360, will have the chance to see their New Year’s Eve message or photos on air.

Leading up to “New Year’s Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin” will be “All the Best, All the Worst 2013,” an Anderson Cooper 360° special airing at 8 p.m. (ET). The one hour special hosted by Tom Foreman will count down to 2014 by shining a spotlight on the highlights and lowlights of the past twelve months in politics, pop culture, the economy, and entertainment. At 12:30 a.m (ET), Anderson and Kathy will hand off to Brooke Baldwin who will bring viewers more celebrations as countries ring in the new year.



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Merry Christmas 2013

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