Anderson Cooper is facing a lawsuit from an interior designer who claims she took an unusual spill at the site of the CNN anchor’s new home in NYC.

Killian O’Brien alleges that last September she plummeted 17 feet down a hole in the old fire station that Cooper is converting into his new home, says the Associated Press. The fire pole that once jutted from the hole had been removed, but the hole purportedly remained uncovered.

O’Brien is also suing the developer of the building, and her lawyer claims she’s lucky to have survived. Cooper’s rep declined to comment.

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Nodar Kumaritashvili, the 21-year-old athlete who died in a high-speed luge crash on Friday, was remembered last night during the 2010 Winter Games’ opening ceremony in Vancouver, and ET has details on the ensuing death investigation.

The deadly crash occurred during a training session at the Whistler Sliding Centre yesterday morning. Kumaritashvili was taking a curve in the track and traveling close to 90 mph when he collided with an unpadded steel support pole, says the Associated Press. Luge officials have delayed the reopening of the track.

The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games tells ET the investigation on Kumaritashvili’s cause of death is being led by the Coroners Service of British Columbia and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. A second investigation is underway by the Federation International de Luge.

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Plus, John Mayer ignites controversy with a racial slur, Kate Gosselin dishes new book details, and Leonardo DiCaprio gets candid. Click the pictures for all the key star happenings through Friday!
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Former Olympic skating star Nancy Kerrigan fights back tears as she remembers her late father Daniel, who died less than three weeks ago.

"He made an impact on so many people — I’m lucky I can say that he was my dad," a tearful Nancy tells our own Mary Hart.

Asked if there’s any one stand-out moment that she treasures the most, Nancy replies, "No, there’s no one moment — thankfully there’s millions, just tons."

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One day after undergoing a heart procedure for chest discomfort, former President Bill Clinton told reporters he’s feeling terrific.

“I feel great and the doctors and the hospital crew did a great job. And as I said, I even did a couple miles on the treadmill today, so I feel good,” Clinton said.

He added that his doctors, who inserted two stents into one of his coronary arteries on Thursday, did recommend some limitations for his exercise.

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The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit models stripped down and partied it up in the desert of Las Vegas on Thursday night at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino’s Vanity Nightclub! 

The beauties have a calendar full of appearances to promote the annual edition of the magazine. Cover girl Brooklyn Decker has been in a media whirlwind since the big reveal on Monday. She is "still in shock" and explained what gracing the cover means to her: "Being in the issue is like playing in the Super Bowl and then getting on the cover is like winning the MVP."

The girls certainly are making quite a statement in Sin City, shutting down the main strip to snap a photo. Brooklyn said, "We really are living up Vegas the way it should be lived up."

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Former president Bill Clinton has been released from the hospital. He was accompanied by daughter Chelsea as he was discharged.

Former Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe broke the news on CBS’ "The Early Show." He spread the word, saying, "He’s out of the hospital and in the car back enroute to his home [in Chappaqua.]"

Douglas Band, Counselor to Clinton, told ET, "President Bill Clinton was released from New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia this morning in excellent health. He warmly thanks the doctors, nurses, and staff of the Hospital for the care he received… President Clinton would also like to thank the many people who extended their best wishes to him for a quick recovery. He looks forward in the days ahead to getting back to the work of his Foundation, and to Haiti relief and recovery efforts."

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Bill Clinton’s doctor spoke out on Thursday night, saying that the former President did not recently suffer a heart attack and that his prognosis is excellent.

Clinton underwent a procedure to insert two stents into a coronary artery at New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City earlier on Thursday. His wife, U.S Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and daughter Chelsea are currently by his side.

Dr. Allan Schwartz said that after Clinton had experienced repeated episodes of chest discomfort, it was decided to admit him to the hospital for testing. "President Clinton responded appropriately and promptly to warning symptoms," the physician reported.

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Alec Baldwin was allegedly involved in an incident with a photographer earlier today in New York City.

The NYPD tells ET that a photographer grabbed Baldwin’s arm and he grabbed the photographer’s arm.

The police say that no arrests were made and no one was injured. There will be no police report from the incident.

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Nancy Kerrigan is breaking her silence today only to ET’s Mary Hart: The former Olympic skating star is speaking out in her first interview on-camera since the death of her father.

"I love him and I miss him," says a tearful Nancy, clearly still very much in pain. "We’re all devastated. My dad was the center of our life and he did everything for everybody, more than we ever knew. It’s just amazing the kind of person he was. … We were together all the time. … We were so lucky to have had him."

On January 24, Nancy and her family’s world came crashing down when Daniel Kerrigan passed away after an alleged altercation with his son Mark. Mark is being evaluated at a mental hospital after being arrested on assault and battery charges, but what exactly happened inside their home has yet to be revealed. Nancy and her family have written a letter disagreeing with the medical examiner’s finding that Daniel’s death was a homicide.

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