For two weeks, Anderson Cooper is taking over Larry King's old CNN time slot. Tonight, during a chat with Joy Behar, Phyllis Diller, Kathy Griffin and Joan Rivers, Cooper admitted his love for Oprah Winfrey and OWN's programming. Watch inside.

Gerry Rafferty, the Scottish musician who wrote what might be the greatest sax line in history for his hit "Baker Street," died after a long illness. Rafferty also wrote "Stuck in the Middle with You" as part of Stealers Wheel.

Cinnabon—a place of self-loathing. Louie C.K. reminds us, just in time for our New Years resolutions to kick in, that you don't go to a Cinnabon if you're looking for a meal to be proud of.

A Swedish couple was long-distance skating on the frozen ocean when a boat broke their "rink" into pieces, stranding them on a floe. Luckily, they were rescued in 12 minutes—and got some stunning pictures out of the deal.

A reminder to people writing fake blogs and fake social networking profiles: Online impersonation became punishable by up to one year in jail and $1,000 in fines in California this year — and it's not clear satire is exempted.

Well, this is unfortunate! Here's a video of the final seconds of last weekend's Tokyo-Hakone relay marathon. Watch as—with less than 200 meters to go—longtime frontrunner Natsuki Terada makes an accidental wrong turn and loses the race. Ouch.

Watch a seal act like a drama queen as a penguin unexpectedly walks over it. Now that's the most creative way to disturb someone's nap. Thankfully the penguin lives to tell the tale.

This is probably not a surprise to people who follow the comings and goings of Alec Baldwin—he's been hinting at it for years—but it may be the first time he's been so publicly direct about his political ambitions.

Nancy Pelosi changed her Twitter handle from @SpeakerPelosi to @NancyPelosi within hours of the House's new Republican leadership being sworn in, probably because @MinorityLeaderPelosi sounds lame. But least she can taunt politicians with actual power more efficiently now.

[One of Michael Jackson's biggest fans has a message for Dr. Conrad Murray, who went on trial for manslaughter in Los Angeles today in connection with the superstar's death. Image via Getty]

Watch as this courageous guy chases away a bunch of scary dogs as they try to attack a woman. What could she possibly have in her bag that's causing all these dogs to go nuts?

Seriously, we've heard of food porn and all, but this is ridiculous: actor Ron Jeremy is going to star (link NSFW) in an adult film called The Flying Pink Pig that parodies the food truck craze.

Here musicpreneur Jack White shares his company's 2011 innovations, including fuchsia vinyl with The Greeting Card Gatefold™ (plays when you open it) and a monkeys-singing-Swedish-metal machine. Superwin: the Reggie Watts hair record, made from real hair.

Let's Hope Suzanne Somers and the rest of the Home Shopping Network Team hasn't seen this mishap yet... Watch this guy struggle to sell tech items on television as he suffers from severe butterfingers.

Paul Bint is a career conman who posed as a lawyer, doctor, and royal to steal from the 2,500 women he slept with. Now that the not-very-attractive criminal is free, he should sell his love secrets. He'd make millions!

Not to be outdone by the Old Spice Guy, this Kenny Powers inspired Captain Morgan is now pitching his very own workout video. Finally, a workout we can all get behind.

The exiled 44-year-old son of the Shah of Iran has killed himself at his home in Boston.

Here's a video of an adorable pack of puppies adorably attacking an adorable—and annoyed—cat. It's set to music, too, so you know it's good. OK, enough introductions, how about you just come inside and watch it go down?

Today we heard about a a fun ski trip that John Travolta went on, upsetting his wife. Hmmmm. Just what happened on this ski trip? Luckily one commenter was there to relate the details.

[Do you think Beyonce's studded leggings transmit cold through the metal? And will it be awkward when she turns to face the man next to her, and his belly button is at eye level? So many questions. Image via Insight News & Features.]