Washington -- CNN's Anderson Cooper, playing on behalf of an organization that provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention services for Lgbt youth, won Friday's "Jeopardy!" Power Players, beating New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman and NBC's Kelly O'Donnell.
The Trevor Project, Cooper's sponsored charity, won $50,000.
The 2012 Power Players series was taped last month at D.A.R. Constitution Hall in the nation's capital.
It was certainly a star performance by Cooper -- there was even one category titled "A.C."
Despite missing a Daily Double question about James Jones' "From Here to Eternity," Cooper answered another Daily Double correctly and had a considerable lead heading into Final Jeopardy -- but not a complete runaway.
All three of Friday's Power Players missed the Final Jeopardy question about cotton gin inventor Eli Whitney, though Cooper said he knew the answer was the inventor of the cotton gin but just couldn't think of Whitney's name.
The Trevor Project, Cooper's sponsored charity, won $50,000.
The 2012 Power Players series was taped last month at D.A.R. Constitution Hall in the nation's capital.
It was certainly a star performance by Cooper -- there was even one category titled "A.C."
Despite missing a Daily Double question about James Jones' "From Here to Eternity," Cooper answered another Daily Double correctly and had a considerable lead heading into Final Jeopardy -- but not a complete runaway.
All three of Friday's Power Players missed the Final Jeopardy question about cotton gin inventor Eli Whitney, though Cooper said he knew the answer was the inventor of the cotton gin but just couldn't think of Whitney's name.
- 5/19/2012
- by Michael Grass
- Huffington Post
Washington -- CNN's Anderson Cooper, playing on behalf of an organization that provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention services for Lgbt youth, won Friday's "Jeopardy!" Power Players, beating New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman and NBC's Kelly O'Donnell.
The Trevor Project, Cooper's sponsored charity, won $50,000.
The 2012 Power Players series was taped last month at D.A.R. Constitution Hall in the nation's capital.
It was certainly a star performance by Cooper -- there was even one category titled "A.C."
Despite missing a Daily Double question about James Jones' "From Here to Eternity," Cooper answered another Daily Double correctly and had a considerable lead heading into Final Jeopardy -- but not a complete runaway.
All three of Friday's Power Players missed the Final Jeopardy question about cotton gin inventor Eli Whitney, though Cooper said he knew the answer was the inventor of the cotton gin but just couldn't think of Whitney's name.
The Trevor Project, Cooper's sponsored charity, won $50,000.
The 2012 Power Players series was taped last month at D.A.R. Constitution Hall in the nation's capital.
It was certainly a star performance by Cooper -- there was even one category titled "A.C."
Despite missing a Daily Double question about James Jones' "From Here to Eternity," Cooper answered another Daily Double correctly and had a considerable lead heading into Final Jeopardy -- but not a complete runaway.
All three of Friday's Power Players missed the Final Jeopardy question about cotton gin inventor Eli Whitney, though Cooper said he knew the answer was the inventor of the cotton gin but just couldn't think of Whitney's name.
- 5/19/2012
- by Michael Grass
- Aol TV.
Washington -- NBC White House correspondent Chuck Todd won Thursday night's "Jeopardy!" Power Players match, taped last month at D.A.R. Constitution Hall.
Todd, who lives in Virginia, beat comedian Lewis Black, a Silver Spring, Md., native, and Pulitzer prize winning Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page. $50,000 will be donated to Todd's charity of choice, D.C.-based Samaritan Inns, a group that provides recovery programs and housing to homeless men and women. Black's causes, the 52nd St. Project and The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, will receive $10,000. $10,000 will also go to the American Institute for Stuttering, the group for whom Page played.
"Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace outsmarted "Dr. Oz" host Mehmet Oz and "BBC World News America" host Katty Kay during Wednesday night's "Jeopardy!" Power Players match.
During Tuesday's game, CNBC anchor David Faber bested basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and former White House press secretary Dana Perino. During Monday's game,...
Todd, who lives in Virginia, beat comedian Lewis Black, a Silver Spring, Md., native, and Pulitzer prize winning Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page. $50,000 will be donated to Todd's charity of choice, D.C.-based Samaritan Inns, a group that provides recovery programs and housing to homeless men and women. Black's causes, the 52nd St. Project and The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, will receive $10,000. $10,000 will also go to the American Institute for Stuttering, the group for whom Page played.
"Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace outsmarted "Dr. Oz" host Mehmet Oz and "BBC World News America" host Katty Kay during Wednesday night's "Jeopardy!" Power Players match.
During Tuesday's game, CNBC anchor David Faber bested basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and former White House press secretary Dana Perino. During Monday's game,...
- 5/18/2012
- by Arin Greenwood
- Aol TV.
Washington -- Who was the winner of Monday night's "Jeopardy!" Power Players game?
It's former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs. Gibbs, currently an adviser to President Obama's re-election campaign, beat out CNN correspondent Lizzie O'Leary and MSNBC's Chris Matthews in the first of the "Jeopardy!" 2012 Power Players series matches, filmed in April at D.A.R. Constitution Hall in the nation's capital.
Gibbs won $50,000 for Pine Hills Literacy Project, an organization that works in partnership with the Boys and Girls Club in Auburn, Ala. O'Leary won $10,000 for 826Dc, which teaches writing to D.C. students. Matthews won $10,000 for La Salle College High School (he also won ridicule from blogger Noel Sheppard on the conservative website Newsbusters for what Sheppard sees as Matthews' lackluster performance).
Basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, CNBC anchor David Faber and Fox News contributor Dana Perino will square off in Tuesday night's Power Players match.
Wednesday...
It's former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs. Gibbs, currently an adviser to President Obama's re-election campaign, beat out CNN correspondent Lizzie O'Leary and MSNBC's Chris Matthews in the first of the "Jeopardy!" 2012 Power Players series matches, filmed in April at D.A.R. Constitution Hall in the nation's capital.
Gibbs won $50,000 for Pine Hills Literacy Project, an organization that works in partnership with the Boys and Girls Club in Auburn, Ala. O'Leary won $10,000 for 826Dc, which teaches writing to D.C. students. Matthews won $10,000 for La Salle College High School (he also won ridicule from blogger Noel Sheppard on the conservative website Newsbusters for what Sheppard sees as Matthews' lackluster performance).
Basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, CNBC anchor David Faber and Fox News contributor Dana Perino will square off in Tuesday night's Power Players match.
Wednesday...
- 5/15/2012
- by Arin Greenwood
- Huffington Post
Washington -- Ever want to know how basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's trivia skills stack up against those of George W. Bush's former press secretary Dana Perino?
The third-ever "Jeopardy!" Power Players Week episodes are taping Saturday at D.A.R. Constitution Hall.
Abdul-Jabbar, Perino and Anderson Cooper are three of the 15 celebrities who will be playing -- among them lots of wonks, pundits and journalists, as well as a surgeon, a comedian and the NBA's all-time top scorer. The episodes will air May 14-18.
The celebrity players' favorite charities will receive their winnings, and some local groups stand to benefit. CNN's Lizzie O'Leary is playing for 826dc, which teaches writing to D.C. students. Kelly O'Donnell from NBC News is playing for Virginia's Lost Dog & Cat Rescue Foundation.
Check out the slideshow below to see who's ready to show their smarts on Jeopardy's "Power Players Week" episodes:...
The third-ever "Jeopardy!" Power Players Week episodes are taping Saturday at D.A.R. Constitution Hall.
Abdul-Jabbar, Perino and Anderson Cooper are three of the 15 celebrities who will be playing -- among them lots of wonks, pundits and journalists, as well as a surgeon, a comedian and the NBA's all-time top scorer. The episodes will air May 14-18.
The celebrity players' favorite charities will receive their winnings, and some local groups stand to benefit. CNN's Lizzie O'Leary is playing for 826dc, which teaches writing to D.C. students. Kelly O'Donnell from NBC News is playing for Virginia's Lost Dog & Cat Rescue Foundation.
Check out the slideshow below to see who's ready to show their smarts on Jeopardy's "Power Players Week" episodes:...
- 4/18/2012
- by Arin Greenwood
- Huffington Post
Earlier today, I was watching episodes from 30 Rock‘s first season on Netflix and it’s interesting to see how much the characters have evolved over the show’s five years. Tracy is at least making an attempt to be a responsible father, Grizz and Dot Com has bigger (read: “speaking”) roles, Liz and Jack have a stronger mentor-pupil relationship, Jenna is scarier than ever and the writers, Lutz especially, are becoming exponentially more sad.
In tonight’s episode, Liz uses her new-found confidence to insure that the editing staff always have Tgs in mind, Tracy attempts to be present for the birth of his daughter and Jack, now knowing the sex of his child, begins taping himself giving fatherly advice in case he’s gone while she’s growing up.
The better story arc in this episode is Liz dealing with an NBC editor played by Paul Giamatti, in...
In tonight’s episode, Liz uses her new-found confidence to insure that the editing staff always have Tgs in mind, Tracy attempts to be present for the birth of his daughter and Jack, now knowing the sex of his child, begins taping himself giving fatherly advice in case he’s gone while she’s growing up.
The better story arc in this episode is Liz dealing with an NBC editor played by Paul Giamatti, in...
- 10/1/2010
- by ianmcdonald
- TVovermind.com
McCain's out-of-nowhere pick of 44-year-old Alaska governor Sarah Palin as his running mate ranked as the best-kept political secret of modern times until NBC's Kelly O'Donnell was credited with breaking the story seconds or minutes before rival networks chimed in. ...On CBS11 in D-fw, the Rachael Ray show went uninterrupted while NBC5 and WFAA8 brought the news on Palin and CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC jumped all over it.
- 8/29/2008
- by Ed Bark
- UncleBarky.com
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