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

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

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

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 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

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

Madonna's orphan doc set to air
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. She adopted one of those orphans, her three-year-old son David. She is building a school there. And she has told Malawi's harrowing story in her documentary, "I Am Because We Are." With an audience thus far limited to isolated theatre screenings, it's reach will be broadened next week with its TV premiere on the Sundance Channe

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.

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 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

Bono’s Charity Gets A $10 Million Check From ‘American Idol’
U2 singer Bono is among the stars recording a spot thanking people for donating money during the 'American Idol Gives Back' charity show last season, with Bono's charity The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria being given a check for $10 million. Watch Bono's comments in a report from ITN below. Tags: U2 | Posted on November 12, 2008 at 9:53 pm in Multimedia (No Ratings Yet)  Loading ... Related News Bono Is Worth $162 Mill

Music exec Iovine sees no need to rush releases (Reuters)
Reuters - When Universal Music Group pushed highly anticipated albums from U2, Dr. Dre, Eminem and 50 Cent from the fourth quarter to 2009, it seemed like this year's final stake in the heart of the retail music business.

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

Defamer's Track-By-Track Review Of David Archuleta's Debut CD [David Archuleta]
newVideoPlayer("/archie_girls.flv", 506, 423,""); We've already expressed to you how American Idol runner-up David Archuleta could literally save the world. How big an Archie fan are we? Let's put it this way: You see that video above us? We're the one in the orange shirt and glasses. Well, we've just downloaded his debut CD on iTunes, made available today, and have jotted down our thoughts on every track. Our occasionally tear-smudged first impressions follow:1. "Crush"This is the single you've likely hea

Obama Ushers In Regrettable MTV Revival [The Youth]
In 1992, suave Billy Clinton was sexin' the nation and wearin' boxers, and MTV had a big ole inaugural ball that was reportedly the hottest ticket in DC, even though Don Henley was the main act, which just goes to show once again that political people are really not cool when you get right down to it. But during the Bush years MTV had no inaugural balls, because Bush was so non-embodying of the Music Television vibe, you know? Well now Barack Obama is president and MTV is once again having a big cool inaugu

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

Your Grievance For the Next Four Years: "Voter Fraud" [Predictions]
If the Democrats pull this off and win the presidential election, the Republican "noise machine" will not simply give up and devote themselves to charity. They will need to undermine and delegitimize President Obama as much and as loudly as possible, non-stop, for the entirety of his term. Early predecessors of this strategy include claims that John Kennedy stole the 1960 election with Chicago Mayor Richard Daley's corrupt machine and reminding everyone that Bill Clinton didn't win a majority of the vote i

“Chicken Salad with Aniston for Thanksgiving” morning links
- Everyone wants Jennifer Aniston to come to Thanksgiving dinner [Hollyscoop] - “Soprano’s” star murder trial begins [Popeater] - Stars’ favorite holiday presents [Moviefone] - Woman is suing JCPenney’s hair salon for refusing to color her hair because she’s black [Black Voices] - Is Bill Clinton going to take Hillary’s place in the senate if she gets offered a cabinet position? [Radar Online] - Are Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz fighting? [Celebedge] - Russe

“Chicken Salad with Aniston for Thanksgiving” morning links
- Everyone wants Jennifer Aniston to come to Thanksgiving dinner [Hollyscoop] - “Soprano’s” star murder trial begins [Popeater] - Stars’ favorite holiday presents [Moviefone] - Woman is suing JCPenney’s hair salon for refusing to color her hair because she’s black [Black Voices] - Is Bill Clinton going to take Hillary’s place in the senate if she gets offered a [...]

Author names Lindsay top ‘Celebrity Love Junkie’ in book
New York, Nov 28 (ANI): Lindsay Lohan, Angelina Jolie and Amy Winehouse are the ultimate ‘Celebrity Love Junkies’, according to Rachel Resnick, author of ‘Love Junkie: A Memoir’. Lohan, who has topped Resnick’s list, is followed by Jolie and Winehouse, reports the New York Post. Resnick, who writes of love and sex addiction in her new book, has also mentioned Marc Jacobs, David Duchovny and Bill Clinton. The author has special categories for Eliot Spitzer, ‘Disgraced Pol

U2 - Astley Stuns Mtv Emas By Landing Best Act Ever Award
Forgotten 1980s pop star Rick Astley stunned revellers at the MTV Europe Music Awards on Thursday (05Nov08) by taking home the award for Best Act Ever. The singer's ...

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

…OF THE DAY
AWFUL SAUSAGE: "A burglar broke into a home just east of Fresno rubbed food seasoning over the body of one of two men as they slept in their rooms and then used an 8-inch sausage to whack the other man on the face and head before running out of the house, Fresno County sheriff's deputies said Saturday." That's it. (FresnoBee) LOGICAL REASONING: I Don't know about you, but when I hear that Michael Jackson's underwear is for sale, I think "But aren't Macaulay Culkin's b*lls getting cold?" (NY Post) BAB

U2 - U2 Music Boss Dies
The music boss who gave legendary Irish rockers U2 their first big break has died. Irish music executive Rob Partridge, who handed the Beautiful Day hitmakers their ...