At Last- The President and First Lady

I admit I am curious why President and Mrs. Obama are dancing to "At Last" at each ball. But I've never paid attention to Presidential balls before, so I don't know if this is the norm.

Yeah, I'll say it- I want them to bust a move to MC Hammer or Rob Base. Just to mess with people. Chris Matthews would pee on himself.

Chris Matthews is tired and in love with Obama. He is saying some weird sh*t. He compared Obama's methodical dancing to politics. Maybe he's drunk. It's like the time at my Oscar party I compared Gwyneths breasts in that black mesh dress (you know the one) to baby hamster heads. Drinking brings out weird analogies.

Love the dress.


My new nemesis, Beyonce, sang for the first dance.


A shout out to Jill Biden and her style (or stylist).

PRESIDENT OBAMA!

MLK Day

Obama volunteers as part of his call to service for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.







Some marches throughout the country.

Bush Should Feel Bad About Himself

Imagine if you were leaving your job and people were standing out in freezing weather for 3 days to see you leave. Ha.

Countdown!

Tomorrow- National Day of Service

Obama is asking everyone who has tomorrow off, to volunteer in the community. Those that have to work- do something during lunch.

I'm embarassed to say I don't know if this is something that is done every year, or just started this year by Obama. There's a good chance that I'm just noticing because it's something Obama said.

Go here to find places where you can help out.

Or, go here. From the font I can tell it is related to Obama's site. It has this comment: The goal is for MLK Day to reignite the American tradition of service and volunteerism and to that end the current call to action is viewed as a starting point. Details on how to stay active in the future will be coming soon.

Hmmm. People helping each other. Ain't that a kick in the pants!

Rock of Love Bus Irony

Or maybe it's not ironic, but funny all the same. During a hockey challenge, the contestants tried to get Baby Bret in the goal. Baby Bret was a baby doll, so baby had the same hair as daddy Bret. Literally, the same hair. If you've seen him, you know that is some plastic hair.



Melissa fell on her implant and ruptured it. She went to the doctor, and it is leaking. She didn't seem too worried. She also didn't know if she had saline or silicone implants. She got the boot after the girls ratted her for calling a boyfriend and making fun of Bret's hair.

She told the cameras after she left, something like, "I have a busted boob, busted wrist...just not worth it."


Confessions of a Teen Idol contestants must've gone through rigorous mental evaluations because they are repeatedly put through embarassing tasks. While watching you wonder if the producers just won't be happy until one of them jumps off the roof.



Christopher Atkins was voted, by a focus group, as the one most likely to restart a career. When they went to a spa, he was told he has a lot of UV damage. He's 47.

My New Nemesis

It used to be Scary Hatcher.

Now it's Beyonce. First, she was at the Babs Kennedy Center Honors. Now, she's butchering a beloved American song for Obama. I think she blew him a kiss. Step off, B!

Kenyans Celebrate Obama

They're celebrating Hollywood style with battered blonde wigs. Do they think they're on Rock of Love?

Looks like a "Reverse Angelina". Get it? Ha!


Or perhaps it's traditional African gear.






Photos: AP, Reuters

U2 Was There Too

Bono got a Israel/Palestine mention at the end of Pride/In the Name of Love. Too bad Condi Rice wasn't there to hear it.

When was the last time a Presidential pre-Inauguration was on HBO?

We Are One Celebration

The festivities have begun.

How do these people go to the bathroom? I think they're not leaving their spots until after the Inauguration on Tuesday.




They are sitting on the port-a-potty.


The first openly gay episcopal bishop delivers the invocation.




Uh, ya. That's the boss.


Did Bush get Denzel? I don't think so.


You Got Mail is sooo much better than Sleepless in Seattle.


Bettye Lavette and Jon Bon Jovi. RAWK ON!


Ok, so we have some Josh Groban in there, they can't all be cool. (with Heather Headley who I think is a Broadway actress)


Opie!


Laura Linney


Mary J. Blige. Sing it sista.


Jamie Foxx


40 Year Old Virg Steve Carell

Choo Choo! Bush is Almost Gone!

Obama and co. made a 4 day trip to DC via train. Can't you feel the evil slowly leaving power?

Bush Wants to Write a Book

The First Lady recently got a book contract for her memoirs, and while Bush himself isn't that far along, he recently revealed that he woud like to write a book as well, aiming to explain some of the tough decisions of a presidency scarred by the September 11 terrorist attacks and the Iraq war.

The guy can barely speak in sentences. He's going to write a book?


Here are pallets of Bush documents arriving in Texas. You know if you opened those boxes it would be like in the movies where you think you have a suitcase of ransom money, but it's just cut up paper underneath a row of 100's. WTF would he have documented? One doesn't document how to f over a country. Or do they?




Photo: Reuters

See, Listen to the Flight Attendant

150+ people were rescued when...oh you know the story.

That pilot frickin' rocks. He should get whatever he wants for a day.

Not only was there an excellent pilot, but maybe some luck that the plane didn't flip in the water. A passenger called in to Rachel Maddow's show and said that when they landed one of the wings was dipped in the water. Or, maybe the plane didn't roll thanks to the pilot.

Ricardo Montalban, Patrick McGoohan Die

I'm going to answer your question right now- he was Mexican.
I got to be honest, I didn't know. Curious, somewhat. But had you asked me, I might've gone with something more Central American. Just don't ask me to name those countries.

Ricardo Montalban died at age 88. He starred in Fantasy Island, was the baddie in Star Trek's Wrath of Khan, and was recently in those Spy Kids movies as the grandpa.

His wife of 63 years (younger sister of Loretta Young for those who know who she is) died a year ago.


Not as well known in the US is Patrick McGoohan who died at age 80. He was the king in Braveheart who disliked his gay heir to the throne (was it him, or someone else who pushed the young guy to his death out a window?). But he is probably best known as Number Six from the British tv show The Prisoner.

He was married for 57 years.




Photos, Source: People, AP

Hollywood Baby Names

Jen and Ben named their baby Seraphina Rose Elizabeth Affleck. Their older daugher is Violet, so I suppose they thought they had to keep the flower theme going.

Initially, I didn't hate it. And now after thinking about it: I don't care.





Photo: AP