Today is Small Business Saturday

We wouldn't be doing our patriotic duty if we didn't celebrate Small Business Saturday! Hope you'll join in and celebrate those mom & pop retail establishments in your community.

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Enjoy Your Black Friday!

Ready, set, go.......the ladies of ATA are off today to enjoy some Black Friday shopping.

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Happy Thanksgiving 2013

We wish you and yours the very happiest of Thanksgivings!

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AC 360, Tuesday 11/26/13 & Happy 8th Birthday ATA!

Anderson is still MIA and tonight John Berman was in the AC360 anchor chair.  Thank you CNN for switching things up.  Berman was a big improvement over 'he would shall not be named'. 

HAPPY 8TH BIRTHDAY TO ALL THINGS ANDERSON! 
 

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Anderson Cooper 360, Monday 11/25/13

Wolf Blitzer was in the AC360 anchor chair tonight.  Does anyone besides us wonder why, with all the talent at CNN, we get Wolf Blitzer as the designated sub for AC night after night.  Come on CNN, it's not like he's killing it in ratings so why not give someone else a chance?  Anyone want to offer some suggestions?  You never know who's reading ATA comments.

EXTRAS:
Anderson tweeted on Saturday that he was in Tangiers, Morocco for a few days. 

After that tweet he Instagramed a few pictures of local color:

We're guessing he will return to anchor 360 on Monday, December 2nd but we've been wrong many, many times before so keep checking in and we'll keep you posted if there are sightings or news.  

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Anderson Cooper on 60 Minutes & The Simpsons

60 Minutes opening ~

60 Minutes report ~

Anderson's "appearance" on The Simpsons ~

60 Minutes Overtime ~

Gladwell Responds to critics



Says his book is "too simplistic" 

Life Lessons on his bestselling book "Blink" 

How Bill Gates inspired the book "Outliers"

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An Anderson Cooper Sunday on Television

Anderson has two television appearances tonight...

A brief appearance on The Simpsons

And a report on 60 Minutes

From CBS News 60 Minutes:



Malcolm Gladwell: Inside the outsider
On his long hair, the Ivy Leagues, door bells and being an outsider: Malcolm Gladwell lets his hair down on "60 Minutes"

If you think he looks cool when his hair is long, he's not. If you think going to an Ivy League school is an advantage, he says it's actually a disadvantage. Door bells? He has no use for them. Meet Malcolm Gladwell as he talks about his writing, his life as a self-described outsider and his new book. Anderson Cooper speaks to the best-selling author for a 60 Minutes profile Sunday, Nov. 24 at 7 p.m. ET/PT.

The curly-haired writer sometimes lets his hair get out of control and he says it gives people the wrong impression about him. "People assume when my hair is long that I am a lot cooler than I actually am," he says with a laugh. "I am not opposed to this misconception, by the way, but it is a misconception," says Gladwell, a self-described hermit.

As for the Ivy Leagues, he says they are not always the best place to go for a good student. How does a student good enough to get into an Ivy League school keep his confidence up around students as good or better than he is? "If you're last in your class at Harvard, it doesn't feel like you are a good student," says Gladwell, who attended the University of Toronto, a state college. "I come to New York and all kinds of people who went to Harvard and Yale are mentioning that in every second sentence. It drives me crazy," he tells Cooper, who informs him that he went to Yale.

Door bells drive him crazy, too. So he doesn't have one. "I don't want a door bell. I don't want anyone ringing my door bell...seems to be intrusive," says the author. "They can call me on their cell phones."

Gladwell has been a staff writer for The New Yorker for 17 years, where the famous literary magazine's editor, David Remnick, has come to know him well. "I think what he is interested in is testing and pressing against received wisdom...what we think of our ideas of the world," he tells Cooper.

His unique perspective comes in part from being bi-racial and always feeling like an outsider, he says. "We lived in England, then we moved to Canada, where we were sort of outsiders. And then I moved to America, where I am kind of an outsider," Gladwell says. "So I feel like I've constantly been in this situation of shaking my head and thinking, 'This is a strange place.'"


We will have both covered for you.  Please check back later tonight.


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Anderson Cooper 360 Friday, 11/22/2013

A taped edition of AC360 aired in the 8:00PM ET hour.  The hour was devoted to the assassination of President Kennedy, his legacy, conspiracy theories, JFK's Air Force One and it's role that day, Jackie Kennedy's pink suit (repeated segment from last night's program) and remembering Dallas Policeman, J.D. Tippet.  Susan Hendricks was live with a 360 News & Business Bulletin.

Anderson opened AC360 with a summation of the days events and reflections ~

And closed the program with a remembrance of J.D. Tippet, the Dallas policeman killed that same November day by Oswald ~

EXTRAS:
We posted this "selfie" of Anderson with Dr. Ruth on Wednesday night, but tonight we are adding a clip from Dr. Ruth's appearance on AC360 Later - she reveals several things about herself that surprise the panel ~

And Dr. Ruth's PR person, Pierre Lehu posted this picture of himself with Anderson on his Twitter page ~

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Anderson Cooper 360 Thursday, 11/21/2013

8:00PM AC360:
*Senate votes to okay "nuclear option" ending the abuse of filibuster
*New evidence on death of Kendrick Johnson
*FCC considers lifting ban on cell phone calls on planes  (Richard Quest was in the studio to discuss with Anderson and also commented on the last story in the Bulletin!) ~

*George Zimmerman's estranged wife speaks out, Zimmerman's former lawyer chimes in
*What happened to the pink suit Jackie Kennedy wore on the day JFK was assassinated
*360 News & Business Bulletin:  Gary Tuchman
*The RidicuList:  No Chefs Allowed ~

NO AC360 Later, the Kennedy Assassination movie which premiered last Thursday was re-aired.

EXTRAS:

Anderson tweeted today that he'll have a report on 60 Minutes Sunday night.  We'll have it covered for you ~

Earvin 'Magic' Johnson and Anderson Cooper pose for a photo at 'Life. As We Know It' Discussions For The African-American Community at The Apollo Theater on November 19, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Earl Gibson III/Getty Images)

Anderson interviewed Magic and the interview aired on AC360 Tuesday night ~

CNN Heroes tweeted out this photo of Kelly Ripa taking a "selfie" with Anderson at the Heroes taping Tuesday night and apparently it made the news?!  If you watched AC360 Later last night the panel talked about the word "selfie" being declared 2013 word of the year by Oxford dictionaries.  Dr. Ruth had some advice, "Only take selfies from the neck up!"

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Anderson Cooper 360 & AC360 Later Wednesday, 11/20/2013

8:00PM   AC360:
*JFK's Assassination and his legacy
*Republican Congressman arrested for cocaine possession,  confessed yesterday when arrest was made after being caught in a sting operation a few months ago
*American tourist detained in North Korea
*Family murder mystery in California
*George Zimmerman's state of mind
*360 News & Business Bulletin:  Susan Hendricks

10:00PM  AC360 Later:
*JFK's legacy
*"W" as an ex-president
*"selfies" and sex
*News conference of cocaine congressman aired Live
*Discussion of cocaine congressman taking a "leave of absence" vs resigning
*Talk sex with Dr. Ruth

Anderson posted this photo to his Instagram page ~

EXTRAS:
As promised, Anderson's appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman last night ~

 Part 1:

Part 2:

Photo found on Zimbio.com

News broke today that Anderson has singed a new contract with CNN that keeps him at the network through the 2016 election.  The Hollywood Reporter broke the news.  Click on the links below for a sample of the articles from today ~

Hollywood Reporter:
Anderson Cooper Renews CNN Contract (Exclusive)

TVNewser:

Anderson Cooper Renews Contract With CNN

The New York Daily News:
Anderson Cooper renews CNN contract through 2016: report



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Anderson Cooper 360 Tuesday, 11/19/2013

It was an extra busy day for Mr. Cooper, as you'll see in extras, so Wolf Blitzer (it has been suggested we call him our new 'he who must not be named') was in the 360 anchor chair at 8 PM and there was a rerun of the Ted Turner documentary in the 10 PM hour.  But have no fear we still have your AC fix for the day in extras. 

 EXTRAS:
Lots & lots of extras tonight so get comfortable and here we go:

Anderson and CNN pretaped the Heroes special that will air on December 1st tonight in NYC.  Here are a few pictures from rehearsal today:

Walking the red carpet:

Greeting the Heroes and guests:

David Letterman added Anderson as a last minute guest on Tuesday to fill in for an ill Jennifer Lawrence.  We've got the appearance if you missed it and will include it in our extras on Wednesday night's post.
On Monday night David Letterman had plenty to say about Toronto's crack-smoking mayor and poked a little fun at Anderson Cooper (CNN's promotion was a little misleading; it seemed to indicate Anderson would conduct the interview, not Bill Weir.)

And AC tweeted that he'll be on The Simpson's this Sunday at 8 PM. 

I think that about covers it for now.  BTW if you missed the changes coming to CNN weeknights check out our sister blog All Things CNN. 

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Anderson Cooper 360, Monday 11/18/13

AC360 8:00 PM 
* Rob Ford
* George Zimmerman
* Typhoon Haiyan aftermath
* Deadly Illinois tornado
* White supremacist set to die by lethal injection
* New statin guidelines

AC360 Later 10:00 PM
* Rob Ford
* Oprah's remarks racists and the POTUS
* The Cheney's family feud
* Alec Baldwin
* George Zimmerman
* The Pope
* Iran

On tonight's Spreecast Anderson reveled he reinjured his shoulder while in the Philippines.  He also talked at length about his frustration with Alec Baldwin's gay slurs and gay slurs in general. If you missed it here's the broadcast:


So that explains these pictures we came across of Anderson back in his sling while in Manila:

And we'll end tonight with AC paying homage to Wolf Blitzer:

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