Onward into the 21st century

According to a NYT profile, CNN newser Anderson Cooper is the son of "socialite" Gloria Vanderbilt.

Who knew? Probably everybody -- but I never know these relation things. I'm vaguely aware that a bunch of young Hollywood stars are the children of other famous Hollywood stars. Like Angelina Jolie, I think. And if I think about it, it all gets really depressing. So I guess I'd rather not know. But at least Cooper is out there getting his hands dirty.

By the way, if you liked that, here's a blatt on the 7th grader who is the daughter of rockstars Kurt and Courtney.