Amy Winehouse 27, died July 23, 2011 and even though she had a long history of drug and alcohol abuse, when a 27 year old dies, it’s still shocking.

The fiercely talented Amy Winehouse did things in excess whether it was drugs, alcohol, or rehab according to her father Mitch Winehouse.

Mitch Winehouse and Amy’s mother sit down with Anderson Cooper to talk about the health and state that Amy was in at the time of her death and confirms that she was on Librium which is used to help people detox, but like all things she used it in excess and experienced seizures.

As for illegal drugs, she hadn’t touched them in almost three years:

“We really felt we were out of the woods. We saw the light at the end of the tunnel.”

Still so sad, isn’t it? Anderson Cooper’s interview with Amy’s parents and her boyfriend Reg Traviss premieres Monday.

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Anderson Cooper dedicated his RiduList to Conan O’Brien’s hair or as he puts the ‘Demon follicles that reside on the head of one, Mr. Conan O’Brien’.

And why, you ask? Because Conan O’Brien has been voted as having the best hair with Anderson coming in a close second.

Anderson is beyond shocked that he lost to Conan O’Brien or ‘this guy’ as he says when a picture of Conan and his ginger nest are posted.

They even took their little pretend spat to Twitter:

When I last checked, Anderson Cooper was ahead in the polls but the numbers are quite different from the numbers he quoted on his RidicuList. To cast your vote on Pert’s poll as to who has the best hair head on over to the Facebook’s page.

Photos: Apega/WENN

Yesterday it hit the internet that Gerard Depardieu peed in the aisle of a plane he was on that was on the tarmac because he was not allowed to use the bathroom. Well Anderson Cooper put the story on his RidicuList and broke into giggles while doing so.

I must admit I wasn’t really laughing at all the pee puns, but this video is totally worth the watch. I LOVE Anderson Cooper’s laugh. It is adorable and it will make you laugh. Unless you don’t have a soul in which case nothing probably amuses you.

Anderson apologized for losing control (personally I love those moments on shows, that’s where the funny is):

“Sorry, this has actually never happened to me,” he squeaked. “You always see this sort of thing on YouTube and you don’t think it’ll actually happen to you.”

Watch and let us know what you think.

O.M.G.  Are we serious?!  Oh yes.  We are serious.  The man-stick loving people over at Playgirl want to see what Anderson Cooper has hiding under his bushel.

Anderson Cooper Talks Beating In Egypt With David Letterman – Video & Photos

“He’s got this charisma that a lot of our readers are attracted to, plus now he’s all muscled, [so] he’s not only smart but also hot,” Nardicio says. “Both our male and female readers love Anderson.”

Sure, they love him.  But so they love him nude?!  I don’t think I want to see that.  No, I know I don’t want to see that.  Thankfully we know that this will never, ever happen.  That would equal career suicide.

Don’t quit your day job, Cooper.

Photo: WENN

Thankfully Anderson Cooper (and his crew) are back in America from reporting on the turbulence in Egypt where he is safe and sound. He visited David Letterman to talk about his experience of being punched by several “pro-Mubarak thugs”.

He seems in fine form and even found humour in it all, but from the sounds of it I can’t imagine what that feels like to go through and how terrified they must have been.

Anderson Cooper Interviews Lady GaGa In London [PHOTOS]

He talks about how his adrenaline was pumping so much he thought he was saying Peace in Arabic but was really saying God’s Will which is not the message he wanted to give them.

Photos: HRC/WENN

Gerard Butler is looking so fine these days. The hair is a bit longer, a bit tousled and the facial hair is coming in and it gives him that hot rugged man-look that suits him quite nicely. Add some hair gel and a nice suit and dude is looking very, very tasty.

Gerard Butler’s Late Lunch [PHOTOS]

He isn’t the only man-candy that was at last night’s CNN Heroes:  An All-Star Tribute at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The Silver Fox Anderson Cooper looked mighty fine as did Aaron Eckhart.

Anderson Cooper Interviews Lady GaGa In London [PHOTOS]

Demi Moore looked smoking hot and very sexy in her blue dress. I didn’t notice Ashton Kutcher in any of the photos so perhaps she attended solo?

Renee Zellweger, Emmy Rosum, Jessica Alba and lots of other celebrities attended including the 33 Chilean Miners that were rescued in October after spending 69 days trapped underground. They were special guests at the event which will be aired on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 25, 2010.

……..finely dressed male and female eye-candy after the break

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