New York: This year, Anderson Cooper spent 10 days in Japan covering the aftermath of the devastating earthquake; he spent nine days in Egypt and was roughed up by supporters of Hosni Mubarak during the uprising there.
This week, he will spend an hour talking to Snooki about her tan.
That will not be on CNN, of course, home of his nightly hard news program, "Anderson Cooper 360." Instead, it will be on local television stations across the country, where Mr. Cooper will begin his moonlighting job on Monday as host of a syndicated daytime talk hour, "Anderson."
Beyond Snooki, Mr. Cooper's first-week line-up includes an interview with Sarah Jessica Parker about her new movie, a chat with the cast of "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" in the wake of the suicide of one of the husbands, and, in his opening episode on Monday, an interview with the family of the recently deceased pop singer Amy Winehouse.
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