Tread carefully, my blue-eyed friend

Listened to CBS Early Show this morning, and amazingly, none of its telecast was sponsored by Gran Torino. Or by The International. Curious, huh?

At any rate, Bradley Cooper was in the hot seat today and Maggie Rodriguez certainly turned up the heat for the phantom princesses' cause.

Bradley Cooper didn't offer up anything, which isn't a criticism of him; it's Maggie Rodriguez. She doesn't ask very imaginative or probing questions, unless it's to a traumatized 3 year old who nearly drowned. But she did get the goods: BRADLEY COOPER IS SINGLE AND LIKES TO COOK!!!

And, according to Maggie, he is solely responsible for The Hangover's $45M success, which again, seems presumptuous and premature. There is some definite PR machinations going on and somehow, I doubt that Cooper's people are behind it. To me, it seems like yet another attempt to sacrifice a viable Hollywood up and comer with the albatross: Jennifer Aniston. Mercifully, Maggie didn't mention her lesbian lover during the interview, but an ad for He's Just Not That Into You, coincidentally, was played during one of the breaks. Another thing that wasn't mentioned was Cooper's four month marriage to Jennifer Esposito back in 2007. Naturally, that would compromise his stock - not as an actor, of course - but as the current solution to an ongoing problem with the princesses' princess.

Bradley Cooper seems to be handling himself well, under the circumstances. And hopefully, he will not let the morning show fellatio go to his head.