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. Read More »

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. Read More »

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! Read More »