Celebration Leads to Arrests in Williamsburg
As spontaneous parties broke out on every corner last night (just check out St. Mark's Place), things got a little bit crazy in Williamsburg once Barack Obama was declared leader of the free world--and there's nothing like a peaceful celebration to bring out the cops in riot gear! One tipster writes in about a reveler's run-in with the long arm of the law on North 7th and Bedford.We were trying to get onto the sidewalk, as requested but hard to do when it is packed. The police pushed my boyfriend because h

Hofstra Gets Ready for Wednesday's Presidential Debate
Hofstra University on Long Island is gearing up to welcome John McCain and Barack Obama and tons of media this week. The school may spend over $3.5 million, including a $7,500 fee to apply and $1.35 million to the Presidential Debate Commission to be a host. Hofstra President Stuart Rabinowitz points out to Newsday that the school opened a center for presidential studies, not to mention holding eleven conferences to discuss different presidential administrations since 1982, "Nobody could suggest it was jus

Obama's long strange trip to the top
Starting in January 2007, CelebStoner began chronicling what would become Barack Obama's historic Presidential run. We endorsed Obama as...

Hasselbeck Keeps Us On Our Toes
Within minutes of hearing the news that Barack Obama would be the next President of the United States, my mind went to a dark place: "Take that, Elisabeth Hasselbeck!" I couldn't wait to turn on The View this morning and watch the show's resident crazy cry in shame and weep for the state of our nation. Unfortunately, she threw us for a loop and acted like a classy, intelligent human being. Who knew? Bonus footage includes Sherri Shepherd crying tears of joy in response to last night

Obama Saves Print for One Day
Barack Obama discovered a way to keep print publications from dying! He just needs to get elected president every day forever and erase everyone's memory of the event after each successive election. By doing so, he'd ensure that each normally insignificant newspaper would have the possibility of increasing in value in a hundred years, thus sending every overgrown baseball card collector out to get a Times they can look at and never read, as they're doing today. You really are amazing, Ameri

Racist Moron Palin Clowns Continue To Be Racist Moron Palin Clowns
The only thing “funny” about this latest video clip from a Palin Nuremberg Rally is that it happened in Pennsylvania, where Barack Obama holds a commanding double-digit lead. That’s right, these people will soon be the helpless subjects of a BLACK TERRORIST PRESIDENT, who will tragically extend their miserable lives by ensuring they have health care and social security, while employing their trucknutz-loving adult children on huge New New Deal infrastructure projects in Pennsylvania backwa

Barack Obama Reminds A Crowd Of 240,000 That "Yes, We Can"
If you were too busy hitting the streets to celebrate or, on the other end of the spectrum, cursing the fates and weeping tears of fear and sorrow, to watch Barack Obama's acceptance speech last night, here it is. He resurrected that good ol' "Yes We Can" from the primaries to great dramatic effect. Oh, and Malia and Sasha are getting a puppy. They deserve one. Here's John McCain's teary-eyed — yes, teary-eyed — concession speech. Nov 5, 2008 &m

Can Playing the Race Card Help?
The race card is back.  After Tuesday night's debate, Washington party-crossover dean David Gergen announced it was "too early" to declare victory for Democrat Barack Obama, not because the election...

Obama Carefully Avoiding Racial Politics
Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Barack Obama is largely avoiding talking about race because it's not a decisive issue in the campaign,... <a href="http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_212178292.shtml"><b>More</b>

Obama, flush with cash, buys up primetime network TV
Well it looks like Barack Obama can have the stage all to himself after all — and he doesn’t need John McCain to suspend his campaign to do it. The Democratic nominee for President is going the route of Matthew Lesko, Miss Cleo and Richard Simmons. He’s doing an infomercial. Prime time The Obama campaign is buying up the equivalent of waterfront property on the airwaves, purchasing 30-minute blocks of prime time on CBS and NBC. Expensive? Very. Although campaigns receive discounte

Corzine on Treasury Job Rumors
Now that Barack Obama has been elected, the most fervent speculation about his cabinet appointments might be around who will take over the Treasury. On the list is NJ Governor Jon Corzine, former Hillary Clinton supporter and Goldman Sachs chairman. While billionaires Donald Trump and Wilbur Ross think Corzine would be great, the governor said, "I'm not going to say never to anything. I want to be very clear: I like what I'm doing. I have not had any conversations with anybody about this job. People can s

Schieffer set to moderate last debate
The debate season that has chewed up its moderators comes to a close Wednesday when John McCain and Barack Obama meet for the third time, with CBS News' Bob Schieffer directing the discussion. The veteran "Face the Nation" host won't telegraph what he will ask. But he said he will be seeking more details about their potential presidencies than have been evident so far. "By now we've all heard their talking points," he said. "We've heard the general outlines of what they are talking about. The time has c

Still Waiting
Congratulations to President-elect Barack Obama!  It’s definitely a bittersweet day for many as it appears that Proposition 8 in California may pass.  I think Prop 8 is about fear more than hate but either way, I just don’t understand it.  I’m straight and married…my anniversary is today actually.  Why shouldn’t anyone else, gay or straight, be entitled to forget celebrate their wedding anniversary as well?  It doesn’t affect me or my life…if love and happiness

Threadbare
So now that you have had a day to let thing sink in, how are you feeling about what happened last night? Now that it's all over, do you think you'll have campaign withdrawal? Nov 5, 2008 · posted by Lauren Williams, Stereohyped · Link · Respond Related Posts • 11.05.08: Remember The Primaries? (Comments: 1) • 11.05.08: Forget About Barack Obama, Michelle Obama Is Our New First Lady! (Comments: 8) • 11.05.08: Not Like The Guys On

Oprah Celebrates Obama Win
Almost a year after calling Barack Obama "The One," Oprah Winfrey is celebrating his victory. During her post-election special--which will air at 4 p.m. on WABC 7 (and repeat at 1 a.m.)--there were guests like David Gergen, Rep. John Lewis, Peggy Noonan and Gloria Steinem and some special ones. And Oprah, who is excited she can finally "unleash" and discuss politics, also held up the Chicago Sun Times and waved a flag! Winfrey spoke to Power 105.1's Ed Lover yesterday and said (audio) that she'd welcome

Dancing In The Streets
At the election party I went to last night, everyone screamed, hugged, and jumped up and down when Barack Obama was declared the winner. It was happening all over the country. Pictured above is the celebration in Harlem. Check out some other pictures from election celebrations after the jump. I slipped one of a weepy Jesse Jackson in there for good measure. .gallery { margin: auto; } .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 25%; }

Not Like The Guys On The Dollar Bills
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Amy Winehouse’s Husband Released From Prison
Fielder-Civil was sentenced to 27 months back in July for beating up a man last year. At the time Civil had already spent nine months in lock up and today he was released early… He has since checked himself into rehab… 1 Responded To This Post Subscribes To Comment RSS or TrackBack URL Track & Pingback Trackback and pingback from other blogger November 5th, 2008 at 1:06 pm Celebrity Gossip, Hollywood Scandals and Dirty Rumors » Amy Wineh

CoverAwards Hot Media Links: It’s Dark Outside Edition
Barack = ratings: ABC wins ratings race on Election Night with 13.1 Million viewers (Mediaweek) Barack Obama - How the Major Dailies Covered His Historic Victory (CoverAwards) Vanity Fair on the New Bloomberg (Portfolio) More Layoffs: Hearst Makes Company-Wide Cuts (Folio) Slate Hiring To Launch A Jezebel Competitor (SAI) U.S. News & World Report Better off as a Monthly? (AdAge) Google [...]

Remember The Primaries?
The drama created in the past few months by the selection of the vice-presidential candidates and the conventions might have made you forget all of the intense months that preceded the general election. Everything is all warm and fuzzy between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton now, but for a while there, the primary threatened to permanently split the Democratic party down the middle. It clearly did not, but still. Let's reminisce with this Daily Kos video that looks back over this long, crazy campaign.

McGroveling to Letterman
John McCain is taking a page out of the Hollywood TV playbook! When your ratings are slipping, schedule a stunt to give 'em a jolt! Well, looks like Senator McCain is doing just that. He's scheduled to appear on the David Letterman show on Thursday to likely plead mea culpa for dissing Dave ...

Barack Obama Is 44th President of United States of America
Barack Obama, 44th President of USASenator Barack Obama has won a landslide victory over Senator John McCain on November 4's General Election, becoming the 44th President of United States of America. He will take oath of office on the Inauguration Day January 20, 2009 to officially succeed President George W. Bush as the President of USA and Command-In-Chief!Random Citations

Elisabeth Hasselbeck Responds to Obama Win
We couldn’t wait to turn on The View this morning to see how Elisabeth Hasselbeck was going to react on air to Barack Obama being elected president last night. Barbara asked Elisabeth to respond to the news, and she surprised us all by delivering a compassionate and eloquent speech of her own. We can only hope that fellow John McCain supporters, especially those booing Barack’s name in Phoenix last night, will follow Elisabeth’s lead in supporting our new president. Because in the words

Sarah Palin Sorry She Ruined the Election for McCain [Politics]
newVideoPlayer("/Sarah_Palin_is_sorry.flv", 506, 423,""); When maverick John McCain picked moose-hunting maverick Sarah "Pit Bull" Palin as his running mate, everybody said that it was the typical sort of impulsive McCain gamble that would make him such a terrible leader—and cost him votes. Here's Palin admitting as much.