OBAMA, mother$%^%*, DO YOU SPEAK IT?

Well, chalk up another movie star for Obama. And not just any movie star. Technically (by total gross of all the movies he’s appeared in), the biggest movie star of all time.

That’s right. Samuel L. Jackson was in Texas the other day, stumpin’ for Barack.
As celebrities primped, prepping for the Oscars, movie star Samuel [...]

Kumar and Milo for Obama

Well, that isn’t entirely accurate. But actors Kal Penn (better known as Kumar from Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle) and Eric Balfour (Milo from season 1 and 6 of 24) stumped for Barack in the battleground primary state of Ohio yesterday.
Calling Barack Obama a fresh choice for president, two movie and television [...]

Whoa, Blame Canada…

From Ontario’s Sault Star, a profile of the Canadian singer appearing in the Obama-supporting “Yes We Can” video.
Esthero, an Ontario born-and-raised singer who lives in Los Angeles, strikes a haunting note in the refrain of Yes, We Can alongside a host of celebrities including jazz great Herbie Hancock, retired basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and actress [...]

Battle of the Celebrity Endorsements

From Radar online: The Battle of the Celebrity endorsements.
Battle of the Music Producers: David Geffen vs. Quincy Jones
Producer David Geffen, an Obama supporter, brought the world John Lennon’s last album, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, G’N’R, and Aerosmith among others. Clinton supporter Quincy Jones brought us We Are the World, Miles Davis’ last album, Michael [...]

The Nanny = The Politician?

This is huge news.
Fran Drescher, interested in running for office?
To think…Schwarzenegger, Reagan…and Drescher. Imagine how that voice would play at rallies.

Bollywood, meet Hollywood: Indian movie stars and diplomacy

The Kalinga Times has a story about an adviser who thinks Indian movie stars need to get out and get active on the political scene.
Andrew Cooper, an associate director at the Ontario-based think tank, Centre for International Governance Innovation, is currently in India to promote his book, “Celebrity Diplomacy” – a slim, 150-page treatise on [...]

Campaign shift for Hillary…

Interesting. According to Reuters, she’s trying to paint herself as the anti-establishment candidate.
A slam on his use of celebrities, too.
“He has increasingly relied on big endorsements and celebrities to sort of attach himself to, to get the kind of validation that comes from that sort of endorsement,” Clinton said when asked if she was now [...]

Yes We Can: The Obama all-star supporter music video

Fun game: try identifying all the celebs in this video.

I’m Yours: The candidates’ campaign songs

U2? Okay. Stevie Wonder? Nice. Celine Dion? No comment.
Skynyrd? ROCK!
The candidates’ campaign songs, via AFP. Just imagining Huckabee jammin’ to Sweet Home Alabama brings a chuckle to our throats.

UCLA rally for Barack draws Oprah, Stevie Wonder, Maria Shriver

From the Canyon News:
“…On Sunday, February 3, UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion played host to a celebrity-filled rally for democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama. Although Obama did not attend the event himself, his wife, Michelle Obama, served as one of the key speakers for the event, along with Oprah Winfrey, Caroline Kennedy, Stevie Wonder, and surprise [...]