Anderson Cooper

• (CNN)-- Did you hear the news? Anderson Cooper came out, I heard one guy tell another on the elevator at the magazine where I work. Is it really coming out when everyone already knew you were gay? the other guy joked.
(CNN)
• (CBS News) Country music artist Chely Wright, who revealed two years ago that shes gay, thinks the way CNN host and 60 Minutes contributing correspondent Anderson Cooper came out was perfect.
(CBS News)
• No one is prouder of Anderson Cooper's decision to reveal he is gay than BFF Kathy Griffin it seems. The oft-foulmouthed funny lady tweeted a photo of herself and Cooper sunbathing with the caption: "Here I am with my friend who I'm so proud of.
(New York Daily News)
• Everyone knows that Anderson Cooper is gay. The moments after the CNN anchor officially came out of the closet this morning were like an over-it contest on Twitter — a chance to see who could be the least surprised by the news.
(Gawker)
• There are plusses and minuses to every statement made by a celebrity.
(CNN)
• Journalists are supposed to be the ultimate Zeligs: We pop up at the right places with faces hidden by the shoulders and hairdos of the famous and powerful. We observe and report, always in the thick of things but never part of them.
(The State)
• Anderson Cooper made big headlines on Monday, when for the first time he publicly acknowledged he is gay. And today the always-on-the-go CNN journalist is thanking well-wishers via Twitter: I appreciate all the nice tweets.
(USA Today)
• The Ojai Playwrights Conference on Aug. 8-12 will feature a new play by Terrence McNally and appearances by Stephen Adly Guirgis and Father Gregory Boyle.
(Los Angeles Times)