Madonna's film about orphans to air on Sundance
NEW YORK - Madonna's awakening to the crisis in Malawi _ an impoverished African nation where one million children are orphaned by AIDS _ had many consequences. In this image released by the Sundance Channel, pop star Madonna is surrounded by children in Malawi in a scene from her documentary, "I Am Because We Are," airing on the Sundance Channel on Monday, Dec. 1, 2008 at 9 She adopted one of those orphans, her 3-year-old son David. She is

Obama’s Inauguration Gets MTV Hip and Cool
Ad Age - The Democrats are returning to Washington. Now MTV is trying to take back its place in the sun at the presidential inauguration. Sixteen years after MTV’s live broadcast of the “Rock ‘N Roll Inaugural Ball” for Bill Clinton, MTV is planning a return engagement for the Jan. 20 inauguration of Barack Obama. In 1993, the network’s party featuring the Eagles’ Don Henley and U2 became one of the year’s hottest inauguration tickets, attracting not only the new pr

Bill Clinton requests Amitabh to attend CGI (Film Snippets)
New Delhi, Nov 26 (IANS) Former US president Bill Clinton has been trying to convince Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan to attend the annual Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) meeting to be held in Hong Kong next month.“Bill Clinton writes in to ask me to join their global conference for the betterment of the world in Hong Kong,” Amitabh posted in one of his recent blog entries. The latest update on the same from Amitabh has been that Clinton called him up “to request” him to come for the e

MTV Inaugural Ball to Celebrate Change, Volunteerism
The Democrats are returning to Washington. Now MTV is trying to take back its place in the sun at the presidential inauguration. Sixteen years ago, MTV’s Rock ’n’ Roll Inaugural Ball for Bill Clinton—featuring the Eagles, Don Henley and U2, among other performers—became one of the year’s hottest inauguration tickets, attracting not only the new president but the new vice president as well as the crème de la crème of Hollywood. As in 1993, the “Be the Change Inaugural Ball,” celebrating

Obama Bores His Way to Victory
Disagreements over Tuesday night's debate winner seem to be of degree, not of kind, with Obama crowned the victor. The debate was mostly a snooze, but Obama delivered another cool performance, while McCain’s cornpone humor mostly fell flat. Blogger Alex Massie calls it "a no-score draw … And so, because of that, Obama, leading in the polls, won." The New Republic’s Jonathan Chait raves, "I have never seen a stronger performance than the one Obama gave tonight." After being criticized in p

George Bush’s Extremely Offensive Forestry Malapropism
Minnesota will not count thousands of the absentee ballots Al Franken wants them to, but still, without things to count, the recount continues. [The Caucus] The MySpace mom who played terrible pranks on 12 year old girl, for vengeance, was found guilty of several misdemeanors. [AMERICAblog] Oh god, some guy named “Karl” (note the Soviet “K”) has actually suggested that Bill Clinton will replace his wife Hillary Clinton as Senator from New York. [Hit & Run] Recovering terrorist Ba

Bill Clinton: New York's New Senator?
There is a movement afoot in New York political circles to make sure that if (okay: when) Hillary Clinton accepts the post as Barack Obama's Secretary of State, that her Senate seat is filled by hubby Bill. "He'd be the perfect person to fill out his wife's term," a source close to the power couple told RADAR. "It's all in the 'talking' stage now, but when things do happen they'll happen quickly." The move wouldn't be unprecedented for a former President. The 6th U.S. Chief Executive, John Quincy Adam

Trying to Figure Out Blogger Economics and, Once Again, Failing
Beside speculating on why Bill Clinton isn't showing his full support for Barack Obama — one theory says it's because the Democratic nominee wouldn't guarantee Hillary a Supreme Court seat — another favorite game of the MSM is figuring out how much money those pesky bloggers make. Are they raking in the cash like a lobbyist without a soul, or are they in the poorhouse and typing away on an ancient Brother typewriter? To the fuzzy math! Who better to sic on the money trail than Sl

MTV Returning to Washington
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AdAge.com) -- The Democrats are returning to Washington. Now MTV is trying to take back its place in the sun at the presidential inauguration. Sixteen years after MTV's live broadcast of the "Rock 'N Roll Inaugural Ball" for Bill Clinton, MTV is planning a return engagement for the Jan. 20 inauguration of Barack Obama. The Clintons at MTV's 1993 'Rock 'n Roll Inaugural Ball.' Photo Credit: AP In 1993, the network's party featuring the Eagles' Don

Go Getters are Trying to Land a job in Dad’s Administration
LA TIMES - People are anxious to figure out every possible avenue in and want to get advice on how to do this,” said Steve Elmendorf, a Democratic lobbyist who has gotten calls asking how to break into the new administration — even though he backed Hillary Rodham Clinton during the presidential primaries. For people on the receiving end, it’s an unrelenting daily bombardment of resumes and requests to meet for coffee. “I think it’s wonderful that people want to serve. But for t

McCain Mortgages His Reputation on a Chance to Bring Obama Down
Less than a month before Election Day, John McCain’s position is increasingly desperate. Barack Obama has built (or rather, regained) a mid- to high-single-digit lead in national polling over the last two weeks and has significantly improved his standing in most swing states. McCain is more likely to lose on November 4 than to win, and given the enormous built-in advantages that his opponent enjoys—the economy, most importantly—there may not be anything he can do to engineer a victory. But he

Eqquire’s 2008 Sexiest Woman Alive: Halle Berry
Men magazine “Esquire,” had crowned actress Halle Berry as their 2008 Sexiest Woman Alive. She’s in the cover for the magazine’s November edition, looking -of course- sexy with a black suit a bit opened and a blue silky tie. Her pose and outfit in the cover is a re-creation of 2000 cover photograph of former U.S. President Bill Clinton. Uhuh, definitely sexier. The cover is made special by Esquire, to celebrate its 75th anniversary. “Well, I don’t know exactly what it me

Linda Hogan's Boyfriend Denied Restraining Order
A Florida judge has body slammed an attempt for a temporary restraining by order against Hulk Hogan - filed by Linda Hogan's teen boyfriend! The judge dismissed the request by19-year-old pool boy Charlie Hill, who alleged that the 55-year old Hulkster "dangerously followed" him in his car a few weeks earlier and "pulled up next to him and stared at him." Oooh, scary! Charlie says he "fears [Hogan] will attempt to injure or kill him" because he's dating Hogan's ex-wife, according to TMZ, which firs

A Hankerin' To Run
Political blogger Brandon Barker is reporting that conservative country music star Hank Williams, Jr. is preparing for a 2012 run for the Senate. The soon-to-be-60 singer of such hits as Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound and There's a Tear in My Beer would run on the GOP ticket to represent Tennessee. The son of music legend Hank Williams, Hank Jr. made a few headlines several weeks back when he charged that Barack Obama is "not real crazy" about our national anthem. It's those high, notes, Hank. They're to

OBAMA’S STEADINESS
TIME’s Joe Klein, though not a conservative, is someone who (1) respects McCain and (2) like many of us has watched in amazement the transformation McCain has undergone from 8 years ago. Here Klein contrasts Obama’s level headedness in a crisis with McCain’s, well, insanity. “Part of Obama’s steadiness is born of necessity: An angry, or flashy, black man isn’t going to be elected President. But I’ve also gotten the sense, in the times I’ve interviewed and c

Morning Memo: Larry Flynt "Interprets" Sarah Palin; Details of Nikki Blonsky's Airport Brawl; Harvey Weinstein "Not a Nice Man"
Page Six claims that Bill and Hillary Clinton's tepid support of Barack Obama is due to the Democratic nominee's refusal to promise Mrs. Clinton a spot on the Supreme Court if Mr. Obama gets elected. Clinton reps responded, "Absurd. Nonsense. Rubbish. Hogwash. Malarkey." [P6]   Miramax has reached a $9 million settlement with producer Marty Richards, who accused the company of using "deceptive accounting practices" to cheat him out of money earned by Chicago. Of Miramax founder Harvey

69.9 Million People Watched Joe Biden And Sarah Palin’s V.P Debate.
The final numbers are in 69,989,000 viewers tuned in to watch the Vice Presidential debate between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden. That makes it the most watched vp debate ever. It is also the most-viewed debate, presidential or vp, since the second round between Bill Clinton, Ross Perot and George Bush in 1992. Some other notable stats: – 33% higher than Friday’s top-of-the-ticket debate between John McCain and Barack Obama (52.4 million). – 61% higher than the 2004 vp debate between Dick

Obama’’s mentor says choosing Hillary Clinton very worrying
Chicago, Nov.26 (ANI): A mentor of US President-elect Barack Obama has described as very worrying the latter’s preference for Hillary Clinton as the next Secretary of State. Abner Mikva, a former federal judge who was Bill Clinton’s White House counsel, told The Times that the choice of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State worried him because of her husband. Although not a member of the White House transition team, Mikva was once one of Obama’s most powerful patrons in Chicago, and is t

Biden-Palin debate set ratings record
The audience was 34 percent greater than that for the presidential debate between John McCain and Barack Obama in Oxford, Miss., last week, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday. Nielsen Media Research said it measured the TV audience at just under 70 million, but Nielsen doesn't measure C-SPAN or PBS audiences. PBS estimated 3.5 million viewers watched the debate on public television, the Times said. It was the largest audience for a vice presidential debate since Nielsen started measuring audiences in 196

Debate Liveblog III: Townhall Without Pity
Karen Tumulty, Michael Grunwald and I will be liveblogging tonight's debate again at the usual address. Learn it, bookmark it, live it. As you know, tonight's debate will be a townhall, a format that allows for back-and-forth with voters, intermingling among candidates and questioners, and freewheeling exchanges. Oh, actually: it will allow for none of those! By agreement of the two campaigns, there are to be no followups. No reaction shots of audience questioners. (This last, presumably, is to avoid

VP DEBATE SPECIAL: Bill Clinton Makes the Case For Joe Biden
Clinton says there’s no better VP choice to help repair our relationships around the world than Joe Biden. It’s hard to argue with Bill on that one.

Insincere Smears
Steve Kornacki's column today pointedly recalls the nasty Republican memes of the 1992 campaign, which sought to instill doubt about Bill Clinton's patriotism because he had protested the Vietnam War. So desperate were they to retain power that employees of the first Bush administration rifled illegally through Clinton's passport files. (That scandal concluded with an ineffectual special-counsel investigation by a highly partisan G.O.P. lawyer.) Flash forward to the affecting moment two weeks ago, when tha

President commutes sentence of Fugees producer
President George W. Bush commuted the sentence of a former Fugees producer who has spent seven years in prison for cocaine possession with intent to distribute. That means John Forte will soon be freed after serving about half of his 14-year sentence. He was one of two men whose sentences for cocaine offenses were commuted Monday night, along with 14 pardons granted. Forte co-wrote and produced two songs on the Fugee's 1996 album "The Score," a Grammy-winning hit. As a rapper, he also released two album

President Bush Pardons Rapper John Forte
United States President George W. Bush has pardoned Grammy Award winning rapper John Forté.  Forte had been serving time in prison for transporting over $1 million worth of cocaine through a New Jersey airport in 2000. John Edward Forte, a Grammy Award-winning rapper, is arguably the best known of those pardoned. He was arrested at Newark International Airport in 2000 after being found with a briefcase containing $1.4m of cocaine and was sentenced to 14 years in prison. Forte, who has always protest