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Sheryl Crow Takes Up Cause Of Wild Horses In West
Sheryl Crow is joining others in calling on the federal government to halt roundups of wild horses in the West, branding them as inhumane and unnecessary.
The Grammy Award-winning singer has asked President Barack Obama and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to scrap a proposed roundup of 2,500 mustangs in northern Nevada.
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Rihanna Among Glamour Mag’s Honorees
Even for a venue as grand as New York’s Carnegie Hall, there was a pretty dazzling concentration of star power at Glamour magazine’s Women of the Year awards.
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Obama’s Half Brother Publishes Novel That Describes Abusive Father They Shared
President Barack Obama’s half brother has broken his media silence to discuss his new novel — the semi-autobiographical story of an abusive parent patterned on their late father, the mostly absent figure Obama wrote about in his own memoir.
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Obama Enlists Sarah Jessica Parker, Forest Whitaker For Presidential Arts Committee
The White House is enlisting “Sex and The City” star Sarah Jessica Parker, Forest Whitaker and others from Hollywood and beyond to help push President Barack Obama’s arts initiatives.
On Tuesday, Vice President Joe Biden will install 25 new members of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities.
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Brad Pitt, Oprah Winfrey Among White House Visitors
Brad Pitt is on the White House guest list.
The star is one of several celebs who have visited the White House since President Barack Obama took office, according to White House records released on Friday.
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Hubby’s Tennis Game Annoys Her, Michelle Obama Tells Leno
What’s President Barack Obama’s most annoying habit?
Practicing his speeches for hours in front of the bathroom mirror? Talking too much foreign policy at the dinner table?
No — first lady Michelle Obama said Friday it’s his tennis game.
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Lady Gaga Performs ‘Imagine’ For Gay Rights
Lady Gaga took a break from “The Fame” on Saturday night to “Imagine” a different tomorrow.
“I’m not going to play one of my songs tonight. Tonight is not about me. It’s about you,” she said in a video available on YouTube before launching into John Lennon’s classic song at the Human Rights Campaign’s dinner the night before the National Equality March in Washington, D.C.
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Buddies Matt Damon & Ben Affleck Are Also Distant Relatives
It seems Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are more than childhood pals and Hollywood collaborators.
According to the New England Genealogical Society, they’re also cousins. Tenth cousins, once removed, that is.
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President Barack Obama Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
The White House says President Barack Obama was woken up a little before 6 a.m. with the news that he had won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Press secretary Robert Gibbs learned from reporters that Obama had won the 2009 prize, and telephoned the White House early Friday to pass along the news to his boss.
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Don Draper: World’s Most Influential Man?
The world’s most influential man is “Mad.”
According to over 500,000 voters on AskMen.com, “Mad Men” character Don Draper – played by Jon Hamm – is the Most Influential Man of 2009.
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After Years Of Making Sport Of Others’ Personal Foibles, David Letterman Exposes His Own
Turns out David Letterman doesn’t just live on a TV show. He also lives in a glass house, where for years he’s hurled comedy zingers at misbehaving politicians, even as he brashly engaged in hanky-panky of his own.
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Environmental Media Association Announces Honorees For 2009 Awards
The Environmental Media Association (EMA) today announced the honorees for the 2009 Environmental Media Association Awards. Since their inception in 1991, the awards have evolved into a prestigious event, honoring individuals and organizations, as well as films, television productions and their creative teams that increase public awareness of environmental issues. Industrialist and entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, renowned non-profit National Geographic Society, Centropolis Entertainment and musician Jason Mraz will be honored at the annual EMA Awards reception on Sunday, October 25, 2009. The event will also celebrate EMA’s 20th Anniversary as an organization and will be held at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles. The awards’ presenting sponsors are Toyota and Lexus.
