On Wednesday’s CBS This Morning, Charlie Rose showed a preview of his and Lara Logan‘s Person to Person interview with George Clooney. As Clooney gave the two a tour of his house, Rose asked if they were going to see his screening room. This set Clooney off.

After spiking The Early Show and starting from scratch in favor of a newsier format (or, in their own words, “a more substantive alternative”), This Morning debuted with much of the same content that most likely would’ve been featured on the old show.

Television host and seasoned interviewer Charlie Rose joins radio and television personality Gayle King as two of the newest editions to the revamped edition of CBS’ Early Show.

As part of our one-part series Project: In Vino, Mediaite set out to capture media elites, gathered to fête Hardball host Chris Matthews‘ Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero, in their alcohol-lubricated natural habitat, and maybe to drink some of it ourselves. With the aid of a hidden camera, I ventured to MSNBC’s book party Tuesday night to tear the lid off of this den of open bars and Wagyu beef hors d’oeuvres.

Despite all of the media chatter about a Mitt Romney win at Tuesday night’s Bloomberg/Washington Post Republican presidential debate, the real stars of the show were Herman Cain and his “9-9-9 plan.” While Romney drove the fork deeper into fading rival Rick Perry, aided by Perry’s underwater tape-recorder delivery, it was Cain who gained the most from the debate, deftly deflecting criticisms of his economic plan, which was mentioned a Ron Popeil-esque 25 times during the debate.

Tonight’s Bloomberg/Washington Post economic debate presented an entirely different format– “kitchen table”– and with Charlie Rose manning the ship, promised to be issues-oriented and steer clear of the personal. But that doesn’t mean it took long for the fireworks to start, though they did come from an unexpected corner of the table: Jon Huntsman, who got Herman Cain fired up by dismissing his “9-9-9″ tax plan as “the price of a pizza.”

On Wednesday’s Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert was jealously enraged at the bizarre news that George Clooney invited fellow newsmen Charlie Rose and David Gergen to skinny dip at his Italian villa. “It could have been my body glistening in the italian moonlight!” Colbert exclaimed.

After writing an op-ed for The New York Times calling for taxes to be raised on the super-rich, billionaire Warren Buffett spoke to Charlie Rose last night to expand upon his views, and at one point went after the Republican presidential candidates for their commitment to never raise taxes.

As protesters celebrate in Tahrir Square, financial analysts are watching Egypt carefully from all corners of the world–what happens over the next few days will have massive importance not just politically, but also for world financial markets. To cover that part of the historic story unfolding in Cairo, Bloomberg TV has swarmed its international forces to the region and will be pre-empting regular programming for a live special at 6 p.m. ET tonight called “Egypt on Edge,” hosted by Carol Massar and Matt Miller.

Andrew Sullivan celebrated ten years of blogging this weekend — and last night he appeared on Charlie Rose to discuss what he has learned (or not, as the case may be) over the past decade.

Soccer teams from countries all over the world have already gathered in South Africa to compete in the World Cup, but at the end of the month the country will play host to different types of national representatives, like heads of state and CEOs of the world’s biggest companies. Did someone say boondoggle?

WHCD weekend may be over, but the photo evidence lingers on – and man, do we have photo evidence. Take a tour with Mediaite through the pre-parties, post-parties hobnobbing, handshaking and jockeying on Washington’s biggest night. Warning: Some of the photos are of Scott Brown. Your heart may palpitate.

Near the tail end of an interview on Charlie Rose last night, Charlie asked Rahm Emanuel “how deep do you think the anger is in the country?” Emanuel had plenty to say on the subject, including that he thinks everyone has a responsibility to act responsibly. However, he did note that Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh are playing a role in “exacerbating tensions.”

Turns out here are a lot of folks out there who don’t want to get on Oprah’s bad side. This morning, celebrity biographer Kitty Kelley appeared on Today and was asked by host Matt Lauer if she really believed that many television hosts were afraid to interview her for fear of angering Oprah Winfrey, the subject of her new book. Not only did she agree, but she named names.

Well, this was an interesting meeting of the minds, one we’d do well to see more often. Last night Dick Armey was a guest on Charlie Rose. For the most part it actually made for an interesting interview — it’s a breath of fresh air to hear the partisan cable shoutfest taken down (and raised up) to the level of civil conversation. But even Charlie Rose could not resist a few jaw-dropping head shakes over some of Armey’s remarks.

It appears the mainstream media is slowly catching up to the Glenn Beck phenomenon. This past September Time put him on the cover, last month Barbara Walters included him in her most fascinating people of 2009, today the Wall St. Journal’s online op-ed editor James Taranto has pubbed a longish interview with him. Seems like Beck may not merely be a (fascinating) side show much longer.

Love him or hate him it would be hard to argue that Glenn Beck was not one of this year’s more fascinating people. Said Barbara Walters in her introduction: “Let’s meet a man who’s been accused of turning politics into a circus…it’s hard to tell sometimes whether Glenn Beck is being serious.” And then later on “Is Beck a leader, a demagogue, or just a media savvy clown?” Good questions all! But does she get any answers?

It’s very easy to dismiss today’s journalists as high maintenance and pampered celebrity pundits, unworthy descendants of their beloved and revered Walter Cronkite. And you’d be right in most enough cases. You can blame it on their network bosses and corporate owners, who have reduced much of the “news” to easily digestible distraction nuggets for [...]

The news last night that Bloomberg had purchased BusinessWeek magazine has put the gigantic media company back in the spotlight. The impact may be seen on Bloomberg TV as well, which competes now with industry leader CNBC and two-year-old Fox Business Network.

But while Fox Business Network is adding new, and controversial, faces to the channel, Bloomberg TV is beefing up as it prepares for Fall as well, on-air and beyond.

“I’m so heartbroken that the Internet, for the first time, was wrong about something. How are we ever going to trust the Internet again?” Who said it?

Could radio host Don Imus be joining the Fox family?

Reports indicate he is in negotiations for his radio show to be simulcast on the Fox Business Network, possibly beginning as early as September. And Sean Hannity just aired a very glowing “behind-the-scenes” at the Imus Ranch. So how would this move benefit Imus, or FBN?

Last night on the Daily Show, Funny People director Judd Apatow revealed that he’d been thisclose to making the cover of Time, but got knocked off at the last minute by Dr. Obama. Ah well, Obama tends to do that sometimes. Luckily, Apatow had a version of “his” cover on hand, with the headline: Funny Person.