Live Earth Postmortem

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Live Earth Carbon Tax: 100,000 Trees

via washingtonpost.com

Excerpt:

It's an inconvenient truth, but mixing rock with recycling is awkward. In a TV interview earlier this week, Matt Bellamy of the band Muse mocked the event as "private jets for climate change."

John Buckley of Carbon Footprint, an organization that helps companies reduce their carbon dioxide emissions, said Saturday that Live Earth will produce about 74,500 tons of the gas.

"We would have to plant 100,000 trees to offset the effect of Live Earth," he said, speaking by telephone. But, he added, "if you can reach 2 billion people and raise awareness, that's pretty fantastic."

Certainly, on the way into the show, some of the 65,000 people who'd spent $110 on a ticket appeared unaware of the seven-point pledge that Al Gore, the event's chief impresario, had asked all spectators to make. Asked about it, they offered blank looks and said they were there for Madonna (whose annual carbon footprint, according to Buckley, is 1,018 tons -- about 92 times the 11 tons an average person uses per year).

"I'm not even sure who Gore is," said Georgie Simpson, 35, from Ipswich, in eastern England. "I saw Gore on TV," added Sue Bourner, 38, a health service manager from Hampshire. "But frankly, I think it's cheeky of Americans to come over here and lecture us. They are the worst polluters."

The organizers were determined that the crowd not go away ignorant, however. Big banners asking people to "answer the call" surrounded the stage. And a series of public information films featuring celebrities such as Penelope Cruz urged people to turn thermostats down and carpool while, in between, montages of happy animals were contrasted with pollution-belching power stations.

Keep reading at washingtonpost.com

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Live Earth Leaves Dead Earth

Yup. I'm clearly all out of witticisms.

via Reuters:

Live Earth concerts on Saturday meant to spur action to fight global warming must first tackle another environmental hazard -- mountains of trash and thousands of tons of greenhouse gases caused by the events.

Keep reading at Reuters.com

Barack Obama Celebrity T-Shirt

People are always coming here looking for celebrities like Halle Berry wearing Barack Obama T-Shirts. I can't figure this out for the life of me. Are people looking for celebrity endorsements of Barack Obama? Or do people just want to wear the T-Shirt that a celebrity is wearing to show their personal Barack Obama support? As in, kill to birds with one stone by simultaneously being fashionable and political. I'm stumped.

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John Travolta Clearly Needs A Valium

I love prescription drugs. There's really nothing better than a few Vicodin, a pack of cigarettes and a diet coke on a sunny day. Here, Travolta blames school shootings on pharmaceuticals. Never mind shitty parents. Let's blame Merck and Pfizer. I've been on Prozac for years and I'm far too busy drooling on myself to ever shoot up a school.

Travolta Echoes Cruise on Psychiatry

NEW YORK (AP) - John Travolta says his thinking is in line with fellow Scientologist Tom Cruise, who has publicly defended the religion's stance against psychiatry and the pharmaceutical industry.

Cruise, during a famously heated debate on NBC's "Today" show in 2005, criticized Brooke Shields for taking anti-depression drugs and berated host Matt Lauer for suggesting that psychiatric treatment might help some patients.

"I don't disagree with anything Tom says," Travolta says in the July issue of W magazine, on newsstands Friday. "How would I have presented it? Maybe differently than how he did, but it doesn't matter. I still think that if you analyze most of the school shootings, it is not gun control. It is (psychotropic) drugs at the bottom of it."

Keep Reading at breitbart.com

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Chevy Sponsors Live Earth Online Broadcast

GM, one of the planet's worst greenhouse offenders has their Chevy brand name plastered all over the MSN Live Earth website.

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Angelina Jolie Bans Fox News From Press Conference

Angelina Jolie has banned Fox News from a press conference about her most recent movie, A MIGHTY HEART. Jolie plays the wife to Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. Read why she banned Fox here.

Celebrity Political Links

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Spielberg Backs Hillary

The biggest director in the world has signed on to endorse Hillary Clinton for President. (Obama's the bridesmaid and Edwards is the ring bearer.)

Read more about Hillary's announcement HERE. And for any non-cinephiles out there, Spielberg's directing credits include:

Indiana Jones 4 (upcoming)
Munich
War of the Worlds
Saving Private Ryan
Jurassic Park
Schindler's List
E.T.
Indiana Jones 1,2,3
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Jaws

Will this entertainment magnate shift the winds of candidate alignment? Can this influence others in Steven's Dreamworks entourage?

Also...those of you that discount the influence of people in the entertainment field should cross reference these movies (and the dozen or so others that he's done) with your childhood... and recognize!

Al Gore Is A Pusher

Al Gore Lobbied Band to Play Live Earth
By ERIK SCHELZIG
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - If you saw the Red Hot Chili Peppers whispering to Al Gore when they accepted their Grammy Award for best rock album in February, that's the moment they committed to playing Live Earth.

Gore said he met with band members for more than an hour before this year's televised awards show, trying to persuade them to perform at one of the concerts.

While receptive to the idea, they weren't sure they could fit the July 7 concert into their schedule, Gore said Friday.

"I was pushing and pushing them that no matter how difficult it was, that it was important," he said.

The former vice president, who lost the 2000 presidential election to George Bush despite winning the popular vote, is promoting the Live Earth concerts to raise climate change awareness.

Keep reading at myway.com

Barack Obama Experiences Second Weekend Box Office Drop First Hand

Think about all the cash dropped on Barack Obama for naught. Certainly all will be forgiven by Hillary Clinton.

Hillary Clinton enjoys renewed Hollywood clout
An early infatuation with Obama's candidacy appears to be fading among the ex-first lady's Hollywood supporters.

By Tina Daunt, Times Staff Writer

It's starting to look like Hollywood's infatuation with Sen. Barack Obama was just a flirtation before it settles down with its longtime girlfriend, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Most of Hollywood may lean Democratic, but the direction of that inclination can be as fickle as the Santa Anas. During the last presidential election, some people changed their mind five times before they settled on Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.).

And, as it is with everything in this world of glitz, candidates — like celebrities — benefit from buzz.

So here's the buzz these days: Clinton's presidential bid has begun to regain momentum over Obama's in the entertainment industry.

In fact, it's become so strong that Steven Spielberg, once considered a solid supporter of Illinois Democrat Obama, is now believed to be leaning in favor of Clinton, according to longtime industry politicos. (Spielberg's political spokesman, Andy Spahn, was coy this week when asked about Spielberg's political thinking. "We have nothing to announce," Spahn said, but stay tuned.)

But behind the scenes, the signs are pretty clear. Last week, Clinton cruised through town raising a cool $1.1 million in one day. At a celebrity-studded reception at News Corp. President Peter Chernin's house — an event co-hosted by Spielberg and television financier Haim Saban — Clinton brought in $850,000. (Chernin's boss, Rupert Murdoch, currently bidding to take over the Wall Street Journal, is a political conservative who sometimes gives to Democratic candidates.) Even super-agent Ari Emanuel, who is one of Obama's top industry supporters, wrote a check to Clinton.

Keep reading at latimes.com

Paris Hilton Mug Shot

And because I'm a whore, let's take a look at Paris Hilton's mug shot. Why is this relevant? Just on the off chance that she comes out of jail the next Malcolm X. You know, a voice for the celebutard minority.

Al Gore Hates People On Life Support

Here's an interesting one from the UK Times. Taking symbolism to a new level, apparently Al Gore wanted to stage a moment of electrical silence during the Live Earth concert. But authorities shot down the idea saying that the flux caused by everyone turning everything back on all at once could be enough to cause electrical malfunctions, possible effecting hospitals. Excerpt:

Britain pulls plug on Al’s big climate change show
Safety fears stop national switch-off
Maurice Chittenden

IT WAS intended to be the symbolic gesture at a global series of rock concerts next month to alert people to climate change. Al Gore, the former US presidential candidate turned climate doomsayer, had wanted a massive switch-off of lights by television audiences, but the National Grid has vetoed the idea.

The inconvenient truth, it says, is that the power surge when people switched their lights back on could cause disruptions in supply and even endanger hospital patients on life support machines.

Live Earth will be a series of concerts, modelled on Live Aid and and Live 8, aimed at raising awareness about the threat from global warming.

As many as 12 concerts across seven continents featuring the likes of Madonna and Genesis and 100 other acts are planned over 24 hours, including one at a research station in Antarctica.

The organisers have so far struggled to find a clear-cut way of conveying their main message. Even rock performers have criticised the concept.

Roger Daltrey, of the Who, said another concert would simply waste fuel; Bob Geldof, who helped to organise Live Aid and Live 8, said people were already aware of the greenhouse effect; while Matt Bellamy, front man of the rock band Muse, labelled it “private jets for climate change”.

Keep reading at timesonline.co.uk

Hillary Clinton Takes Hollywood

Hollywood has emptied their pockets for a second time. Round one for Barack Obama, now round two for Hillary Clinton at Brett Ratner's home in Beverly Hills. Excerpt from Variety:

Hillary Clinton Draws A Crowd
Campaign trail returns to Hollywood.
By TED JOHNSON

Hillary Clinton drew a mix of politicos and paparazzi in a series of events through Hollywood circles, showing continuing strength as she competes aggressively with Barack Obama and John Edwards for entertainment industry support.

At the same time she was raising money on Wednesday night, New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani was doing the same at a fund-raiser at the Beverly Hilton that featured comedian Dennis Miller.

With Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa joining her, Clinton raised $850,000 at an event at the home of News Corp. prexy Peter Chernin, and another $250,000 at the home of Brett Ratner, according to sources.

The latter fund-raiser was the media highlight of this visit. With a minimum ticket price of $250, Ratner's event was aimed at "young Hollywood," but the crowd would more accurately be described as "young-ish," as it drew a mix of people in their 20s, 30s and 40s, hardly the hardcore tabloid-bred nightclub crowd of the Sunset Boulevard. Nevertheless, paparazzi was in full force as web site TMZ.com captured donors as they crossed Benedict Canyon Road to Ratner's home, called Hilhaven. Inside, it was a bit more staid than when Ratner allowed "Entourage" to shoot a scene in which bikini clad women wandered around his property, a riff on his image as the consummate party host. He did, however, open up his basement disco, installed when Allan Carr lived there in the 1970s.

Stars such as Eric Dane, Rebecca Gayheart, Will.I.Am, Jeremy Piven, Angie Banicki, Michelle Trachtenberg, Brent Bolthouse and Chris Klein mixed with Steve Bing, James Toback, Quincy Jones, Brian Grazer, Kevin Smith, Holly Wiersma, Pauly Shore, California State Assemblyman Mike Feuer and political and fund-raising consultant Noah Mamet, among others. New NBC chief Ben Silverman also was there, often consumed with pressing business, and eying and typing into his Blackberry. Absent were any gift bags -- people asked -- as the campaign forbids such gifts at the risk of violating finance laws.

Clinton met one on one with VIP paying guests inside the home, with Ratner insisting that guests take off their shoes to protect the hardwood floors.

Keep reading at variety.com

Ben Affleck Backs Mitt Romney as GOP Candidate

Big beautiful Actor turned Activist, Ben Affleck has decided to support Mitt Romney as the GOP Candidate to beat in 2008. Watch him here with Bill Maher bash on "crazy Guiliani" and "insane McCain" and opine on how Romney is the GOP to beat for the nominee - despite his Mormonism being suspect. Interestingly enough, the crowd shouts out in the background for Ron Paul. Check it out here:

Dried Up Cooze Watch '07: The View

I cannot believe that millions of housewives watch The View every morning. I pity every man that has to come home from work to face a woman brainwashed by this crap. There's more clucking on this show than at my family reunions on Long Island. I had to press pause half way though this video to take a Zanax. The bottom line: listening to these old coozes discuss Iraq illustrates perfectly why there's never been a female President.

Danny Glover Sticks Up For Poor Countries

I didn't know what a Vulture Fund is so I looked it up on Wikipedia. Wait, I don't get it. What does this have to do with global warming?

Actor Danny Glover Urges Protection For Poor Countries Against 'Vulture Funds'

AP

WASHINGTON: Actor and activist Danny Glover is urging the world to develop ways to protect poor countries from predatory investors.

President George W. Bush should use the upcoming summit in Germany of the world's major economic powers to seek commitments to deal with the issue, Glover told the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on Africa and Global Health.

Glover and others who testified Tuesday cited the practices of so-called "vulture funds," predatory investors who buy a nation's debt for pennies on the dollar, then sue to win repayment of the full value of the initial debt.

The morally bankrupt actions of these investors "render the commitments to debt relief made by the United States and other wealthy nations meaningless," Glover said.

Glover cited the case of Donegal International Ltd., a private U.S.-owned company registered in the British Virgin Islands. The company's actions were endorsed by a British court, which ordered that Zambia pay Donegal $15.5 million (€11.5 million), a sum that "could have provided free education for over 150,000 children," he said.

Keep reading at the International Herald Tribune.

Leonardo DiCaprio On Eco Hypocrisy

Exerpt from The Age. Another great article.

DiCaprio denies eco hypocrisy

Leonardo DiCaprio hit back at charges of hypocrisy as he unveiled, at the Cannes film festival, an eco-documentary he wrote, produced and narrated.

Asked after the premiere of The 11th Hour whether he had taken a fuel-guzzling jet on his way to the French Riviera, the Titanic star spat back sarcastically: "No, I took a train across the Atlantic."

When the British journalist followed up, saying many stars used emission-heavy private jets while touting environmental protection, a testy DiCaprio countered he had taken a commercial flight from New York.

"I try to travel commercial as much as I can," he said.

DiCaprio later came back to the reporter, saying he was irritated with the media for going after prominent environmentalists such as former US vice-president Al Gore (whose own film on global warming, An Inconvenient Truth, picked up an Oscar this year) for supposed inconsistency in their private lives.

Keep reading at theage.com.au

Live Earth: Useful As A Green Bracelet

This is a reprint from Australia's The Age. I would normally come up with my own witty title for my post, but the article's title is just too perfect. In the wake of (RED) apparently hemorrhaging marketing cash, Live Earth is sure to be the next blunder. Previously I wrote about the monetary and carbon costs of stadium concerts. While concerts are such an integral part of the economy, using them as a venue to spread "global warming awareness" is totally absurd. You seriously have to be retarded to think that there's a single person on the planet that can afford a $99 concert ticket that is not already "informed" about global warming. We are so far beyond an awareness-spreading phase it's absurd. Money needs to go entirely to change. The reality is, change does not occur at the behest of do-gooders. Only governments in conjunction with multi-national corporations can induce global change. This is not a first. When it was discovered in 1976 that the ozone layer was being depleted by CFC aerosols, it took governments and corporations to make necessary changes and it took ten years. Enough rambling. Here's the article:

Live Earth: useful as a green bracelet
May 20, 2007

First, we rocked to feed the world. Then we rocked to raise money to rebuild after the tsunami. Two years ago, the pop stars massed to rock against debt recovery in the Third World. At least, I think that's what Live 8 aimed to do. Not that it made any difference.

And now we're asked to put our hands in the air like we really care about the environment at Live Earth, a multinational phantasmagoric series of stadium concerts on July 7, with the grand aim of "raising awareness of global warming".

Our $99 concert tickets, which I am sure will be printed on recycled paper, do not go towards any concrete measures to halt global warming, or to repair any damage done to the Earth. The proceeds don't go directly to purchasing solar batteries for anyone or subsidising public transport anywhere. The event just goes to raising awareness. And right now?

That's not only a waste of time but a gross indulgence. It's just a green rubber bracelet to string on your arm next to the white rubber band that will magically make poverty history, and the yellow one that cures cancer.

Keep reading at theage.com.au

50 Cent Gets Political On Yo Ass

50 Cent talks about offensive lyrics in rap music. "If I axed you to paint a picture of the American flag and not use the color red, you gonna have a difficult time," says Mr. 50 Cent. He truly is a lyrical gangster. But seriously folks, it is good to hear an artist stick their neck out and say that they won't be caving in to this new era of government and corporate mandated censorship. It just goes to show that fascism is just as soon to come from the left as the right.

Fred Thompson Watch '08

Fred Thompson Uses Internet To Raise Interest

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fred Thompson, the not-quite-yet presidential candidate, is getting flattering buzz on the Internet. Now he's returning the favor, and piquing more interest in the process.

In a blog to be posted on Pajamasmedia.com on Friday, the "Law & Order" actor and former Tennessee senator praises the Internet as a way to send a message beyond the Washington beltway.

Thompson has shown himself to be well-schooled in the ways of the Internet. He knows what sites are saying and he knows where to go to push his ideas.

This week he engaged in a spat with producer Michael Moore over Moore's movie "Sicko," which depicts survivors of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks seeking medical care in Cuba. Moore is now under investigation for traveling to Cuba in possible violation of the Cuban economic embargo.

Keep reading HERE.

Don Cheadle Does Darfur "Schtick" At Enough! Launch

Isaiah Washington Gets GLAAD With Students!

No doubt he still hates the gays, but it doesn't mean he can't be their poster child:

'Grey's' Actor In Message For Gay Rights Groups

NEW YORK (AP) -- Isaiah Washington, who came under fire after using an anti-gay slur, will appear in a public service announcement on behalf of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network.

Keep reading at CNN.COM

Celebrities: Metaphor For Darfur

Celebrities show their support for ending violence in Darfur by smashing hour glasses filled with fake blood. It's a metaphor, get it?

Danny Glover Holds Berkeley Hostage

Glover may leave Berkeley speechless

Actor and civil rights activist Danny Glover announced Monday he will not speak at next week's University of California, Berkeley, graduation ceremony unless the university resolves a longstanding labor strife with custodians over pay...

Keep reading at Inside Bay Area.

David Lynch Solves School Violence: Go Monk!

You can't actually make this shit up:

Filmmaker David Lynch will announce during a global webcast (www.DavidLynchFoundation.org) on Tuesday, May 1, at 12 noon (EDT), the David Lynch Foundation’s new plan to end school violence: Teach one million students around the world to meditate to transform schools from breeding grounds of stress and violence into centers of creativity and peace.

Keep reading at DavidLynchFoundation.org

Russell Simmons Gets Political On Yo Ass

Don Imus, Barack Obama, John Edwards, The CEO of hip-hop speaks out.

EXCERPT:

Questions for Russell Simmons

Hip-Hop Guru

Interview By DEBORAH SOLOMON
Published: April 29, 2007

As the co-founder of Def Jam Recordings and the so-called C.E.O. of hip-hop, do you think the outrage over Don Imus’s prickly language and his firing might broaden into a crusade against song lyrics? It already has broadened to lyrics. It’s been that way since 1983. They’ve been yelling at me from Run-D.M.C. and the Beastie Boys till now.

What do you make of Barack Obama, who recently said that rap musicians should reform their lyrics? What we need to reform is the conditions that create these lyrics. Obama needs to reform the conditions of poverty. I wish he really did raise his money on the Internet, like he said. I wish he really did raise his money independently.

Continue reading at NYTimes.com

Obama Courts Young Hollywood

Barack Obama's been referred to as rock star by competing candidates and the media alike. And this past weekend's event at the Hollywood nightclub Boulevard 3, paparazzi included, rang true to form as Obama sought to win the hearts and votes of the Hollywood elite. The allure of Obama seems to have drawn some of the luster away from Hillary Clinton and a line in the sand has been drawn down Sunset Blvd. From the outsider it looks as if the younger Hollywood crowd is looking to get behind the new horse, Mr. Obama. Will that be the deciding factor? Age? Will older loyalists to the Clinton family stick with Hillary - and younger, newer Hollywood folk (agents, managers, producers and studio execs) look towards the new kid on the block...the rock star?
Read more on the Hollywood fundraising events here.

Celebrity Barack Obama Hollywood Fundraiser Invite

Actors + Activists has obtained an image of the event invitation for last Saturday night's Barack Obama Celebrity fundraiser which included the likes of Scarlett Johansson and Jessica Biel. Check it out.

John Travolta Wants YOU (but not him) To Fight Global Warming

Recently, Madonna and Cheryl Crow have gotten some lousy press for their hypocrisy about global warming. They have been criticized for simultaneously being vocal activists yet requiring enormous carbon consumption for touring and playing shows. Frankly, I find such criticism unjustified. The fact is, fans pay lots of money to see spectacular stadium shows and putting on such events require huge amounts of transportation and infrastructure. Consequently, they also provide jobs for many individuals and contribute greatly to local economies. Of course such shows are responsible for a great deal of emmisions, but the shows go on because the public demands it. Musicians only tour because loads of people want to see them. Otherwise, they'ed be at home like the rest of us. Clearly, no one is holding up signs saying: BOYCOTT CONCERTS, THEY CAUSE GLOBAL WARMING. People love to make noise about saving the world, but they're clearly not read to give up their entertainment. But on the other hand, there's John Travolta...
EXCERPT:

Question Celebrity

With Hank Stuever

Flogging the British release of his film "Wild Hogs" recently, John Travolta urged everyone to "do their bit" to combat global warming, reported London's Daily Mail, which quickly calculated that Travolta -- who it says owns at least five aircraft of various sizes, which he parks at his private home/airport in Florida -- leaves an annual "carbon footprint" of pollution nearly 100 times greater than that of the average British citizen.

Keep reading at washingtonpost.com

John Cougar Mellencamp Plays Out For The Troops

...And leaves his politics aside:

Halle Berry Rocks A Barack Obama T-Shirt

Short Sleeve

Long Sleeve

Check out photo and the article at Celebrity Babylon.

Ed Asner Presents Loose Change: Geriatric Addition!

Ed Asner spear-heads 9/11 conspiracy movement. It's over four minutes long but you can fast forward through cuz i think he's sleeping for about half of it. What? That's not very nice!

First Ever Metaphor-off: Colbert Vs. Penn

Actor + Activist Sean Penn clearly takes all in this long awaited show down against Stephen Colbert.

Red Rover Red Rover, send Sheryl Crow and Laurie David Over...To Chat With Karl Rove at Table 92

Saturday Night, Global warming was the topic de jour when Sheryl Crow and Laurie David strolled over to visit Karl Rove. These ladies of guitar-strumming and Inconvenient Truth fame, attempted to engage Rove in a discussion on the environment - the resulting exchange was suitably heated. "I am floored by what I just experienced with Karl Rove," David reports. "I went over to him and said, 'I urge you to take a new look at global warming.' He went zero to 100 with me. . . . I've never had anyone be so rude." When Crow attempted to interject, "You work for me," to the presidential adviser, according to one bystander, "No," was his response. "I work for the American people." Ah, politicians...so affable, it warms the heart. Read more on the Rove exchange here.

Barack Obama goes Hollywood with Lawrence Bender

EXCERPT:

Obama's Hollywood Nights

Barack Obama is going Hollywood. Again.

The Democratic senator from Illinois is hitting up Hollywood poo-bahs for another presidential campaign fundraiser at the end of this month.

The host committee is chock-full of celebrities and other tastemakers, including Taye Diggs, Gabrielle Union, Jessica Biel, Adam Brody, Joy Bryant, Hill Harper, Sanaa Lathan, Oscar-winning producer Lawrence Bender and nightlife guru Pantera Sarah.

Keep reading at femalefirst.co.uk

Oliver Stone To Direct Anti-War TV Commercial

The director who's given the world such films as Platoon, Wall Street, Born on the Fourth of July, JFK, The Doors, Nixon, and World Trade Center (fine, yes...he also did Alexander. Nobody's perfect) will direct a TV commercial for MoveOn.org.

Richard Gere Nearly Starts WW3

It turns out that one oversexed Actor & Activist pushing PDA in India is more off-putting than an entire gaggle of UN weapons inspectors. Check the coverage below:

Leo DiCaprio's Environmental Documentary

Leonardo DiCaprio's feature length documentary THE 11TH HOUR will be released later this year. It focuses on the state of the global environment and includes visionary and practical solutions for restoring the planet's beleaguered ecosystems. Learn more here: THE 11TH HOUR

Leo = Green

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Chuck D Loves Animals, Still Hates Jews

Chuck D talks to PETA2 about why fish doesn't count as an animal.

Leo Named Embassador To Israel

Sorta.

Celebrities Talk Bush On O'Reilly

Celebs Start Buying Candidates

Today, CNN.com covered campaign contributions made by celebrities. Here are some highlights:

Sen. Hillary Clinton
Chevy Chase +1, $4,600
Steven Spielberg +1, $4,600
Rosie O'Donnell, $2,300
Barbra Streisand, $2,300
Larry David +1, $4,600

Sen. Barack Obama
Barbra Streisand, $2,300
Tom Hanks +1, $4,600
Jennifer Aniston, $2,300
Steven Spielberg +1, $4,600
Brian Grazer +1, $4,600

Celebrities ante up for Democratic campaigns [CNN.com]

Bush Has Blood-Soaked Underwear

Sean Penn made me start a blog today. The below CSPAN footage was recommended to me by a friend. And at about 5 minutes and 15 seconds into it, my mind was officially blown.