Barack Obama
 Birthday: August 4, 1961 Age: 50 Sign: Leo Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii Hometown: Chicago, Illinois Big Break: U.S. Senator from Illinois | Biography
United States Senator and Presidential candidate Barack Obama was born on August 4, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii. His mother was a white woman from Kansas and his father was a black man from Kenya. Obama earned a law degree from Harvard and became a community organizer in Chicago. He was elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1996. Obama was an outspoken critic of the Iraq war. He was elected to the United State Senate in 2004. Just four years later, Obama is the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party for the 2008 presidential election and is on course to be the first African-American president in U.S. history. Did you know…
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May 15, 2012
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strong>On Why He Came Out In Support of Gay Marriage:
“I’ve been a longtime supporter of civil unions for same sex couples…
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May 11, 2012
Taking a walk over to Twitter town, celebrities are loving tossing the former Alaska governor’s daughter under the biggest bus they can find.
“We know that in general kids do better growing up in a mother/father home.' really Bristol palin how's your kid doing?" tweeted singer-songwriter Samantha Ronson
The post, titled “Hail to the Chiefs – Malia and Sasha Obama,” is getting a lot of flak today. The rant is in response to President Obama’s public declaration on his support of gay marriage.
In the post, Palin narrows in on the reasoning behind Obama’s policy change: his wife and kids.
In an interview with ABC News, President Obama – aka Preezy of the United Steezy - publicly professed his full support of gay marriage. Previously, the Commander in Chief had resisted the idea (at least on a public level).
"I have to tell you that over the course of several years as I have talked to friends and family and neighbors when I think about members of my own staff who are in incredibly committed monogamous relationships, same-sex relationships, who are raising kids together, when I think about those soldiers or airmen or marines or sailors who are out there fighting on my behalf and yet feel constrained, even now that Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is gone, because they are not able to commit themselves in a marriage, at a certain point I’ve just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same sex couples should be able to get married," he told ABC's Robin Roberts.
April 29, 2012
The hilarious comedian did a good job of keeping the room entertained. He had a few funny secret service jokes he shared with the room but told President Barack Obama, "I know you won't be able to laugh at my jokes about the Secret Service. Please cover your ears, if that's physically possible." I nearly cried from laughter for that one.
First Lady Michelle Obama looked lovely in a Naeem Khan paisley organza ball gown from the Fall/Winter 2011 collection sitting next to Barack and Jimmy. She got a good laugh out of Jimmy’s jokes about how she’s starving Barack with carrots. Jimmy even joked that he’s terrified of eating his dessert so he just left it untouched.
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Seven-time WWE World Champion Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is not completely opposed to running for office down the road. Just not right away.
"I wouldn't rule it out," Johnson said in an interview with Fox411.com at the 2012 CinemaCon Convention on Tuesday in Las Vegas.
Aside from an absent Austrian accent, the California native would be followin
April 25, 2012
But the president didn’t just stop at the standard show-up-and-get-interviewed; he went a little further and got his slow jam on!
Fallon’s tone – not to mention the hype leading up to the appearance – set the mood that something big was about to happen.
The host announced he wanted to slow jam the news that night. Moments later Obama materialized from behind the curtain announcing, "I'm President Barack Obama and I, too, want to slow jam the news."
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President Obama was asked which hip hop artist he likes better—Jay-Z or Kanye. With a smile, Obama responded: “Jay-Z.” But he added: “Although I like Kanye. He’s a Chicago guy. Smart. He’s very talented.”
But two years ago, Barack told ABC’s Nightline that he thought Kanye was a “jackass” for interrupting Taylor Swift’s speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.
President Obama is preparing for reelection, and George Clooney is helping him. Clooney is hosting a 150-seat, $40,000 a plate fundraising dinner for the President. The event will be held at Clooney’s home and co-hosted by DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg.
‘Entourage’ star Jerry Ferrara is shooting down a rumor started by his former costar, Adrian Grenier. Adrian posted a photo of himself with President Obama on Facebook, writing: “I promised to make the Entourage movie if [Obama] would do a cameo. He agreed. Seriously.”
Hollyscoop talked to Jerry at the ‘Think Like a Man’ Press Junket, where he told us the rumor is...
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