Tagged: Barack Obama
Watch Obama and The Roots Slow Jam on Fallon
STORY BY: Naomi ZeichnerBarack Obama joined Jimmy Fallon and his house band The Roots last night, to make the case that the interest rates on subsidized student loans should remain low when they’re re-evaluated by Congress this summer. … read more »
Beyonce and Her Mom Made a T-Shirt for Obama
STORY BY: Drew MillardBeyonce can do anything, right? Yes, obviously. So when America’s favorite new mom and her mother Tina designed a high-end T-shirt in support of Barack Obama’s re-election campaign, you gratefully accept this. Is the T-shirt … read more »
Grammys Trash Talk: Justin Bieber Fans Attack Esperanza Spalding, Lady Gaga Steals Ideas, Cee-Lo as Sun Ra
STORY BY: Naomi ZeichnerLast night at the 53rd Grammy awards, Wayne and Minaj walked the red carpet together but were absent from the events broadcast. Lady Gaga traversed the red carpet in an egg supported by pallbearers. When … read more »
T-Pain Got a Facebook Tattoo
STORY BY: Naomi ZeichnerWe watched Barack Obama’s State of The Union Address on Tuesday night. In it he said, We are the nation that put cars in driveways and computers in offices; the nation of Edison and the … read more »
Coincidence? Same Publisher Releases Prodigy Autobiography and Anonymous Obama Book
STORY BY: Peter MaciaVenerable publishing house Simon & Schuster is getting heaps of publicity for two of its pending book releases. The first, O: A Presidential Novel (out January 25), sounds absolutely ridiculous, a semi-fictionalized (or not) account … read more »
The Way Things Work: George Washington vs. Barack Obama
STORY BY: THE FADERPresidential parties are a lot tamer than they were a couple hundred years ago—which bodes well for Washington DC’s statues and monuments.
Obama Pwn3s Congress with Well-Timed Bob Dylan Concert
STORY BY: Peter MaciaBarack, you need to stop making fun of the people we elected all the time because they are going to start thinking that you think that their job is to do what’s good for the … read more »
Usain Bolt Adopts Baby Cheetah
STORY BY: Julianne Escobedo ShepherdNow that the New York City Marathon has ended we can all go back to doing what we do normally: obsess over Usain Bolt. The Lightning has been taking a break from JA to hang … read more »
Pitchfork Founder Ryan Schreiber Nominated For Time 100
STORY BY: Michael CranstonHoly shit. Ryan Schreiber, founder of Pitchfork Media, has been nominated as a finalist for The Time 100 Most Influential People in the World. Alongside Vladimir Putin, Pope Benedict XVI, Robert Mugabe, Barack Obama and Rush Limbaugh sits our very own indie compadre Mr. Schreiber. read more »
Video: Ya Boy, “I Got The Power”
STORY BY: THE FADERWhat music artist has Spencer Pratt of “The Hills” and E-40′s son in his top MySpace friends? We’ll give you three guesses. The correct answer gets a pencil-sketch of Turbo B and Barack Obama shaking … read more »
