Cooper and Anthony Show

Russell Shorto joins us.  In his new book, “Smalltime,” after much throat clearing and hedging about not being a memoirist, Russell Shorto — a master of historical narrative — digs up the facts on his family. Until now, Shorto has written books mostly about people he’s never met, trying to get inside the heads of Peter Stuyvesant in “The Island at the Center of the World”; Baruch Spinoza in “Amsterdam”; and George Washington in his last book, “Revolution Song.” But the most fascinating characters in those books — for Shorto and for the reader — are always the ones that history has forgotten.

An Italian-American whose family name was changed long ago from Sciotto, Shorto comes from a small-time criminal clan in Johnstown, Pa., people you have never heard of before. History has not forgotten them. It never knew them to begin with.  More at www.CooperandAnthony.com

Russell Shorto joins us.  In his new book, “Smalltime,” after much throat clearing and hedging about not being a memoirist, Russell Shorto — a master of historical narrative — digs up the facts on his family. Until now, Shorto has written books mostly about people he’s never met, trying to get inside the heads of Peter Stuyvesant in “The Island at the Center of the World”; Baruch Spinoza in “Amsterdam”; and George Washington in his last book, “Revolution Song.” But the most fascinating characters in those books — for Shorto and for the reader — are always the ones that history has forgotten.

An Italian-American whose family name was changed long ago from Sciotto, Shorto comes from a small-time criminal clan in Johnstown, Pa., people you have never heard of before. History has not forgotten them. It never knew them to begin with.  More at www.CooperandAnthony.com

MTV’s ‘The Real World’ being revived with original cast.  Those same seven strangers are coming back to a screen near you.

MTV’s iconic show “The Real World,” which paved the way for reality television, is being revived, with the Season 1 cast — now no longer strangers — returning to their former loft to stop acting polite and start getting real.  More at www.CooperandAnthony.com

Step away from the omelette: Eating just half an egg a day increases your risk of DEATH by 7% - unless you ditch the yolks, researchers claim.  More at www.CooperandAnthony.com

Bam Margera, star of MTV’s “Jackass,” is calling for a boycott of the fourth installation of the stunt movie.

Magera, 41, has raised concerns about his mental health after posting a since-deleted series of disturbing videos detailing his grievances with the film, slated to come out in September.

Although he’s still listed on the cast list for the movie on IMDb, he claims he was shut out of the production.  More at www.CooperandAnthony.com

Bam Margera, star of MTV’s “Jackass,” is calling for a boycott of the fourth installation of the stunt movie.

Magera, 41, has raised concerns about his mental health after posting a since-deleted series of disturbing videos detailing his grievances with the film, slated to come out in September.

Although he’s still listed on the cast list for the movie on IMDb, he claims he was shut out of the production.  More at www.CooperandAnthony.com

Quaker Oats is releasing a new name and logo for its "Aunt Jemima" products, finally retiring the racist stereotype that has adorned its pancake mixes and syrups for decades.

The name "Aunt Jemima," long criticized as a racist caricature of a Black woman stemming from slavery, will be replaced with the Pearl Milling Company name and logo on the former brand's new packaging, according to parent company PepsiCo.  More at www.CooperandAnthony.com