Members of the Dead to play fundraiser for Obama
Barack Obama has the Dead on his side again.

AfterElton Briefs: gay reality talent trending up, straight guys play for our team, and more!
Following this assortment of carefully-selected news items, interested readers can find a refreshing pic of a hot man in underwear after the jump. Yes, we're serious. According to a report today by MediaWeek, the number of gays appearing on non-scripted TV is on the rise. Methinks you can chalk that up primarily to Bravo.  This is in stark contrast to the declining number of gay characters on scripted television. The Media Week vid below, which is targeted primarily to advertisers is worth watching beca

Obama mocks McCain’s call to fire SEC chairman
AP - Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama promised new ideas Thursday to calm America’s financial meltdown and help struggling families avoid mortgage foreclosure, saying that "this is not a time for fear, it’s not a time for panic." Obama also heaped criticism and sarcasm on Republican rival John McCain and mocked his promise to fire the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission if elected president. "I think that’s all fine and good but here’s what I think," Obama sa

Barack Obama: Streisand fundraiser raises millions for the Obama campaign
Endorsements from cooler music figures like the Decembrists, Jeff Tweedy, and Arcade Fire are nice, but Barbara Streisand puts people in the seats. The Funny Girl headlined a benefit for Barack Obama at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles on Tuesday, and the Democratic candidate added a cool nine million to his war chest. Attendees at the event included Leonardo DiCaprio, Will Ferrell, Jodie Foster and Jamie Lee Curtis as well as Steven Spielberg, David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg, each of whom paid

A Daily Show Addition- Rob Corddry's Wife Is Expecting
 Rob Corddry, political correspondent for the Daily Show, isn't just waiting to see the outcome of the election in November. He is expecting changes in his own house. He and his wife are expecting their second daughter in November, and they are letting their two year old name her. Just kidding, could you imagine what she would want to name her? Rob said she is pretty set on either Freeka or Laurie Berkner. At least that's better than what he wanted to name her. He said that they may go wit

Fashion Designers (And Wannabe Fashion Designers) Love Barack Obama
The promised Runway to Change line from the Barack Obama campaign arrived a while ago, and high-priced ($60-$70) t-shirt designs from big names have been steadily popping up on the campaign web site for weeks. CONTINUED » Sep 18, 2008 · posted by david · Link · Respond Related Posts • 09.18.08: Breaking: Young Actresses Are Stick-Thin (Comments: 0) • 09.17.08: Dakota Fanning Is Sickeningly Perfect; Nobody Knows My Name (Comments: 0) •

Obama: Don't just 'get rid of one guy'
ESPANOLA, N.M. - Democrat Barack Obama said today that he was "ahead of the curve" in calling for more regulation of the financial industry and hammered Republican rival John McCain for being a longtime opponent of government intervention. Appearing under a warm sun in this battleground state, Obama also mocked McCain's call today for the firing of the chairman of the Security and Exchange Commission and encouraged supporters to set their sights higher. "In the next 47 days, you can fire the whole trick

Pop Tarts: Lindsay Lohan's Dad Slams Obama Over Reported Dis
Lindsay Lohan's efforts to stump for Barack Obama were reportedly thrown back in her face by the Democratic candidate's campaign ... and her father is none too happy about it. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, LiLo wanted to promote Obama but was turned away by his camp due to her wild ways. Now daddy Michael Lohan is biting back. "For Barack Obama to condemn my daughter for past indiscretions when he admitted to the exact same himself is indicative of what kind of president

Bonnie Fuller's Contradictory Campaign Advice for Obama
Bloggy Fuller's latest advice is for category leader Barack Obama, who she suggests should dump Joe Biden as his running mate and bring Hillary Clinton on the ticket. Also from the ill-advised tip jar: Run lots of ads against the McCain-Palin ticket. But also: "Be everywhere except a Hollywood bash. Barbra Streisand won't do anything for you but reinforce your 'elitist image.' Why aren't you in Galveston with the victims of Hurricane Ike?" Says Jossip fictional mascot Econ

Is Palin Falling Into the Obama Trap?
It wasn’t long ago that all sorts of voices on the right, not to mention from John McCain’s campaign itself, were shrieking about the media’s disproportionate coverage of the two major presidential candidates. It was an utterly disingenuous ploy. Yes, the press was devoting vastly more ink and air-time to Barack Obama than John McCain, but they were merely feeding the public’s appetite: The guy with the fresh face attracts curiosity, which translates into big audiences and newsstand sales. Some of

Members of the Dead to play fundraiser for Obama
Barack Obama has the Dead on his side again. The Democratic presidential candidate's campaign has confirmed a long-rumored fundraising concert that will include four remaining members of The Grateful Dead at Penn State University's Bryce Jordan Center. Bob Weir, Phil Lesh and Mickey Hart played at a get-out-the-vote concert in February in California for the campaign. A Pennsylvania spokeswoman for the campaign says the trio will be joined by a fourth surviving member, Bill Kruetzmann, at the Oct. 13 s

Lindsay Lohan's dad fires back at Barack Obama
Michael Lohan called out the Barack Obama campaign after they passed on Lindsay Lohan's offer to host events for young voters. A source in the Democratic candidate's camp told the Chicago Sun-Times that Lindsay "''is not exactly the kind of high-profile star who would be a positive for us.'' Michael had the following to say to TMZ: "Everyone is entitled to an opinion and so is Obama and his staff. Then again, you know what they say about opinions. Unfortunately, for them, to make such a comment about my da

Members of the Dead to play fundraiser for Obama
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Barack Obama has the Dead on his side again.

Obama to star on West End stage
New London show The Obama Musical penned by Barack Obama campaign worker takes a humourous look behind the scenes at the workings of a presidential campaign.

Obama and the 40-Year-Old Virgin
Regrettably but predictably, the success of Barack Obama has revived traditional knee-jerk racism on the American far right – and the latest examples are more blatant than latent. In Michigan, right-wing operatives are seeking to aggravate white Democrats by linking Obama to Kwame Kilpatrick, the disgraced mayor of Detroit who leaves office today in a deal with prosecutors that included pleading guilty to two felony charges of obstructing justice. A brief clip of Obama praising Kilpatrick last year, lo

Obama Adviser to Meet With Top New York Donors
Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser to Barack Obama, will meet with some of New York's top fund-raisers at the office of Mark Lasry in New York on Friday, according to one of the invitees. The meeting of about 15 major bundlers is being characterized as a chance for Jarrett to get to know the elite of New York's donor community better, but one of the fund-raisers gave me a different take. "They are getting concerned because they are in a serious money crunch and they really need to engage New

On the Drilling Issue, the Democrats Are Still Losers
All spring and summer gas prices soared and the debate over energy policy played out on the front pages of newspapers across the country, with the Republicans unquestionably getting the better of it. They deserve some credit for their strategic craftiness, but they wouldn’t have been nearly as successful in reducing so complicated an issue to the catchy slogan “Drill, baby, drill!” had it not been for the ample cooperation they received from tone-deaf and incoherent Democrats, who first failed to rec

The Links Are Back In Style!
The links are back after a much needed vacation and a few afternoon technical difficulties. What do you think of Daisy Lowe's leopard print one-piece while leaving a fashion show at the Bloomsbury Ballrooms?Lindsay Lohan's Dad Fires Back At Barack Obama - The SuperficialThe Tom Clock - Lainey GossipHigh Fives For All My Amigos! - DefamerCharlize Theron At Battle In Seattle Screening In NYC - The Bastardly Mila Kunis Looks Talented - Celeb SlamTom & Katie Look So In Love, Aw! - D*ana's DirtJanet Jac

Obama Back On Top
Barack Obama has regained his national lead after a ten day post-convention bounce for John McCain. In the all-important Real Clear Politics average (which averages national polling), Obama has regained a lead of 1.7%. McCain had held as much as a 3% national lead over the last week. At the height of Obama's convention bounce he held a respectable 6% lead. Whether or not McCain's bounce faded naturally, is the result of the continuing horrible economic news, or is because of Obama's freshly

McCain Rips Obama Over Lohan Snub
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain's seized the opportunity Wednesday to rip Democratic candidate Sen. Barack Obama for purportedly snubbing the actress Lindsay Lohan's offer of support. That's according to celebrity gossip site TMZ.com, which was contacted by McCain campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds to weigh in on the controversy. Earlier this week, the Chicago Sun Times reported that Lohan purportedly offered to host a series of events to appeal to young voters, but Obama's camp refused. A

The Dead Raise for Obama
Barack Obama has a lot to be Grateful for. Surviving Grateful Dead members Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart, Bob Weir and Bill Kreutzmann have signed on to headline a fundraiser for the Democratic...

Obama Captures The Magic Of Hitler
To find anything comparable to crowds’ euphoric reactions to Obama, you would have to go back to old newsreels of German crowds in the 1930s, with their adulation of their fuehrer, Adolf Hitler. That says more about the Germans than Obama… Share and Enjoy: Posted: 18th, September 2008 | In: Barack Obama, Politicians, Twitterings - Best Of The Web. Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0

Michelle Obama Says “Don’t Vote Because She’s Cute”
Michelle Obama asked voters today to make their vote on the issues and not because they “like” someone or think they are “cute.” “I’m talking about me,” she said with a smile, according to the AP. Her remarks were made at women’s roundtable on the economy and she also made it clear that Obama is focused on equal pay, health care, affordable college, teacher recruitment and other issues of concern to women. Share: These icons link to social bookmarking s

Obama & McCain on ‘60 Minutes’
‘60 Minutes” is taking the unusual step of devoting its entire broadcast on Sunday to profiles of John McCain and Barack Obama with fresh interviews. Scott Pelley plans to interview McCain in Wisconsin today, at the same time Steve Kroft is interviewing Obama in Nevada. The separate, 20-minute pieces will mix profile material with a snapshot of a moment in the campaign. Typically, “60 Minutes” segments are far shorter with longer lead times. “The beauty of being able to do t

Michelle Obama To Ladies: I’m Hot, Sarah Palin Is A Fat Pig
No one likes Michelle Obama because she went to Princeton and then glibly took her degree “on the road,” back to Chicago, where she lived off of welfare, like a slob, up to and including this day. And she hates America! Well, Smartypants gave her “critics” — basically, Michelle Malkin and a few other losers — more reason to attack her today when she asked voters not to decide their vote based on, “she’s cute.” And as the AP tells us in an objective news