Barack Obama

  • Obama Orders Colbert: Get a Haircut

    If Stephen Colbert wants to be one of the troops …

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    The Colbert Report

  • Obama Urges Digital TV Compliance

    President urges unprepared viewers to get ready…because it’s coming.

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    Ira Teinowitz

  • Jolie Tops Forbes 100 List

    Actress ranks as top celebrity; Obama first president to make the cut.

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    Lucas Shaw

  • Hey Obama…Where’s Kal Penn?

    White House official: “Kal is not working for the administration at this time.”

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    Dominic Patten
    Hey Obama…Where’s Kal Penn?

  • Stretch, Obama and the Miracle of Beverly Hills

    I was parked at the Beverly Hilton with a couple dozen other limos when the dispatcher signaled me to roll because my client was ready. I thought it a little strange that I was the only driver told to rev up. But you don’t have time to think when you’re working a big event. You…

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    Stretch the Limo Driver

  • At Obama Event, Celebs Reach for Checkbooks

    Despite the celeb outpouring during the campaign, his famous supporters have had no face time with Obama since the Inauguration.

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    Dominic Patten
    At Obama Event, Celebs Reach for Checkbooks

  • Hollywood: Not Obama’s Kind of Town

    Call it a tale of two types of towns. Barack Obama’s appearance in Las Vegas Tuesday night at a Caesar’s Palace fundraiser that brought in $2 million for incumbent Harry Reid saw the President share billing with Bette Midler and Sheryl Crow. Wednesday night, the leader of the Free World broke bread with the likes…

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  • Obama & Timberlake: A Tale of Two Videos

    This weekend produced two must-see viral videos: footage from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, featuring separate clips of Barack Obama and Wanda Sykes cracking up the press corp, and a new "Saturday Night Live" musical sketch with Justin Timberlake and Andy Samberg called “Motherlover,” which follows up their viral hit from last year, “Dick in…

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    Maria Russo

  • Sony Picks Up Edward Norton’s ‘Obama’

    “By the People: The Election of Barack Obama” follows the former Illinois senator from candidacy to inauguration.

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    Wrap Staff

  • Hollywood: Faster Change on Darfur!

    With their man now in the White House, George Clooney and others are starting to demand results

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    Michael Janofsky

  • Barack Obama and Presidential Private Thoughts

    If the Presidency of Richard Nixon taught us anything it is that the most powerful man in the world should be very careful what he says into a microphone. With the growing fallout from his crack on “The Tonight Show” about the Special Olympics, Barack Obama, like Nixon, like Ronald Reagan, like Bill Clinton, and…

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    Dominic Patten

  • Why Obama Is Good TV

    Obama’s appearance on Thursday’s  “Tonight Show” had an 11.2 rating, according to Nielsen, which means 11.2 percent of Nielsen households were watching, making it among the top five Leno shows ever. The evening showcased exactly why all those viewers bother to tune in: the President does well on TV. As controlled as he is, he’s…

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    Maria Russo

  • Obama Spikes Ratings for ‘Leno’

    Garners its biggest audience since Johnny Carson’s death in January 2005, and boosts “Jimmy Fallon” in the process.

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    Wrap Staff

  • California ponied up for Obama; Washington still all tingly over celeb-filled Inauguration

    Is it really true that Hollywood is in the tank for Barack Obama?  Apparently. Figures released by the Washington-based Center for Responsive Politics show that California led the nation in contributions to the president’s inaugural celebration. Halle Berry. Steven Spielberg. Sharon Stone. Jamie Foxx. The list goes on — Hollywood ponied up. Even more impressive, California’s…

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    Johanna Neuman

  • Oprah at the Inauguration

    Oprah Winfrey has been a very busy woman at this week’s inaugural festivities. Sunday night, the talk show queen attended a private buffet dinner at Blair House with now-President Obama, according to Entertainment Tonight. When approached by the outlet, Oprah pal Gayle King exclaimed "You guys are good! How did you hear that? Boy you people…

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    Tim Doyle