· Chuck Palahniuk, whose new book Diary was slammed by Laura Miller at Salon, goes a little postal: "It's easy to attack and destroy an act of creation. It's a lot more difficult to perform one. I'd also invite you to read the reviews Fitzgerald got for 'Gatsby' from dull, sad, bitter people - like yourself." How come everyone thinks extreme criticism is so damn easy? I'd like to see these "creative" people try it. [NY Post]

· Total fox and actual real live journalist — not empty talking head (cough Bill Hemmer cough) — Anderson Cooper at last gets his own CNN show, "Anderson Cooper 360°." [Daily News]

· Liv Tyler to host New York Fashion Week party for Ferragamo — but she scorns the clothes. [People News]

· Barbara Corcoran, chairman of the Corcoran Group and the reigning queen of Manhattan real estate, used her down time on jury duty to test out her new ads on fellow jurors. (She should have used the time to work out some aphorisms for her next book. Her motivational Use What You've Got offered helpful advice to women like "If you don't have big breasts, put ribbons on your pigtails.") [NY Post]