Barack Obama gets a surprise visit in the night from ex-Presidents Bush Sr., Bush Jr., Clinton, Ford, Reagan and Carter to get a few pointers about the Consumer Financial Protection Agency and why it’s so important.
Director — Ron Howard
Gerald Ford — Chevy Chase
Jimmy Carter — Dan Aykroyd
Ronald Reagan — Jim Carrey
George Bush — Dana Carvey
Bill Clinton — Darrell Hammond
George W Bush – Will Ferrell
Barack Obama — Fred Armisen
Michelle Obama — Maya Rudolph
This Funny or Die really had me cracking up… but with a cast like that, how could they go wrong?
We all know that celebrities like to drink and do their drugs, some of them are open up about liking to smoke a bit of weed here and there. So let’s take a look at some who may surprise you, others you will say “no shit.”
Kristen Stewart
Barack Obama
“I inhaled frequently, that was the point.” (In contrast with Bill Clinton who said he smoked Marijuana, but ‘didn’t inhale’)
Cameron Diaz and Drew Barrymore
These two best buddies were seen sharing a joint while on the beach in Hawaii a few years ago. Why not relax ocean side with your best friend under giant beach hats while puffing and passing, right? Maybe because you are famous and are bound to end up on the cover of Us Weekly, with the joint in hand. Both girls have been enjoying marijuana for a while- Drew started smoking at age 10 and Cameron said she spent most of her teenage years “smoking and surfing”.
Brad Pitt
In an interview for Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino told the press, “Brad doesn’t smoke marijuana while he’s acting, and I don’t smoke while I’m directing”. Hmmm, makes us think, why even say anything at all? Not only is Brad an artist on screen, but he also once admitted to being an artist at rolling joints. And although he confessed he gave up the reefer when he became a father, we’re sure he still dabbles in it with Angelina after the troops go to bed. They probably smoke, talk about how hot they are and stare in amazement at how perfect their first creation, Shiloh, is.
Justin Timberlake
Justin admitted that he has smoked weed with his mother and that his album, Justified, was created during his “marijuana phase”. He also admitted that he was high when he was Punk’d by Ashton Kutcher, which made that episode hysterical now that we know he was stoned. When asked by Entertainment Weekly if he smoked marijuana prior to the prank he answered, “Yeah that was a trippy experience. That was why I was completely glassy-eyed. As a matter of fact, I was like, okay, I got to stop doing this. I don’t do that anymore!”
Mischa Barton
Even though she was charged with a DUI in 2007, Mischa was recently spotted cruising around Los Angeles puffin’ on something that didn’t quite look like a cigarette. And it’s not the first time the paparazzi have snapped her mid-puff. You’d think she’d learn to at least do it in private.
Megan Fox
Megan Fox and Shia LaBeouf must bond over a few joints after work since Megan thinks the green light should be given to legalize weed. The Transformers actress admits to GQ that she would be the “first person in line to buy a pack of joints” and that she has no idea why it still has a stigma attached to it. “I can’t tell you how much bullshit I’ve been through because I will openly say that I smoke weed…People look at it like it’s this crazy, hippy, fucked up thing to do. And it’s not. I hope they legalize it.”
Snoop Dogg
Considering he has a song titled, “Smoke Weed Everyday” and there seems to be a cloud of thick smoke following him around like the Peanuts character, Pig-pen, we’d say he loves marijuana. In 2001, Snoop smoked a blunt in four of the four movies he appeared in- Training Day, The Wash, Bones, and Baby Boy and was named “Stoner of the Year” at the High Times Magazine Stony awards. That’s quite an accomplishment in the weed community.
Charlize Theron
After Charlize’s Oscar win, she decided to celebrate by smoking marijuana. But she didn’t just indulge in a joint or a regular pipe; she got crafty and smoked out of an apple. That’s right, you can eat your fruit and smoke it too.
Jennifer Aniston
“I enjoy smoking cannabis and see no harm in it”. (Supposedly she and Brad Pitt smoked up together prior to meeting with Bill Clinton.)
Shia LaBeouf
“My parents always thought weed was healthier than alcohol,” he says. “If you look at the science of it, it’s the truth. Nobody has ever died smoking weed.”
Stephen King
Stephen King is the most popular horror novelist of this generation. Unlike some celebrities who recoil when asked about cannabis, King confidently states “I think that marijuana should not only be legal, I think it should be a cottage industry. It would be wonderful for the state of Maine. There’s some pretty good homegrown dope. I’m sure it would be even better if you could grow it with fertilizers and have greenhouses. . . .”
Matthew Mcconoaughey
In 1999, Matthew was arrested in Austin, Texas and charged with possession of marijuana. The best part? He was ratted out by a neighbor complaining of loud music coming from his house. When the cops arrived to check out the situation, they found Matthew dancing around naked, high as a kite, playing the bongo drums. Classic McConaughey!
Kirsten Dunst
Just last year, Kirsten Dunst admitted she likes smoking marijuana. In fact, she said “America’s view on weed is ridiculous” and the world would be a better place if “everyone smoked weed.” No wonder she likes playing the role of Mary Jane in Spiderman. Okay, that’s a lame joke, but I couldn’t resist.
What makes c-list Khloe Kardashian Odom more entitled to meeting President Barack Obama than me? Oh just the fact that she is married to an L.A. Lakers player.
Khloe got to meet Obama because she escorted her husband, Lamar Odom, to the White House yesterday to celebrate the Lakers winning the 2009 NBA championship.
Obama was then given a Lakers jersey with “Obama #1″ on the back of it, before he met Khloe, Kobe Bryant and his wife Vaness Bryant.
Khloe took to her twitter account to post about the day she said “Yay! Heading to DC to meet my baby!!!” and then wrote “Such an amazing day! I just meet Obama with my husband! :)” After that she tweeted a photo of herself sitting in the white house (notice the Bill Clinton painting behind her!)
Aside from hoping Reggie Bush wins the Superbowl so she can get a marriage proposal, I’m sure Kim Kardashian is now hoping he wins so that she can meet the president too. She must be seething with jealousy over her sister Khloe.
source: Khloe Kardashian Meets President Obama! [Us Magazine]
PETA have gone and upset Michelle Obama and The White House by using her image in an ad without any consent.
The White House didn’t take too kindly to the ad, which was released today shows Carrie Underwood, Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey and Tyra Banks along with the slogan “Fur-Free and Fabulous!”
Semonti Stephens, a spokeswoman for the First Lady said “we did not consent.” She then went on to say that “Mrs. Obama does not wear fur.”
PETA are now using this to their advantage and saying “the fact is that Michelle Obama has issued a statement indicating that she doesn’t wear fur, and the world should know that in PETA’s eyes, that makes her pretty fabulous.”
PETA are tacky in everything they do, regardless of whether they got consent or not, this image is just way to tacky.
It has been rumored that Angelina Jolie “hates” President Barack Obama, well doing nothing to kill those rumors the actress questioned Obama in a new OpEd piece for Newsweek.
Angelina wrote the article, which is called Justice Delayed Is Not Justice Denied, in honor of Human Rights Day yesterday. Writing about Obama’s “intention to improve the lives of the people of Darfur,” she writes….
I believe President Obama and his special envoy Scott Gration will do their best to bring peace to the region. Their policy, though, raises a number of questions. How is the Obama administration’s approach to Sudan an evolution of justice? In addition, when the administration says it intends to work to “improve the lives of the people of Darfur,” I would like to know what that means, besides the obvious point that their lives could hardly get worse.
And what will be the precedent set for future leaders? Will they end up receiving high-level international attention, and remain free to pocket financial assistance and aid relief pouring into their country? Is there incentive for them to act with impunity or will they fear they’ll be held accountable?
In Sudan, the administration should explore ways to bring al-Bashir to justice, even as it encourages stability in Darfur. This means bringing all permanent members of the U.N. Security Council on board to send the message that the international community will not tolerate mass atrocities.
I also hope we will act sooner and more powerfully to prevent future atrocities. A Council on Foreign Relations report released today (funded by the Jolie-Pitt Foundation) offers recommendations to improve the U.N. Security Council’s responsiveness by discouraging vetoes in cases of mass atrocities, while urging the United States to make clear its willingness to act on its own if necessary.
On this Human Rights Day–the same day President Obama receives his Nobel Peace Prize–we must also remember those who have been deprived of their rights. Holding perpetrators of mass atrocities accountable is the best way to ensure justice today and peace in the future. Sudan is the place to start.
Angelina Jolie’s questions seem pretty fair and reasonable to me and not critical or hating on President Obama. Thoughts? If you care to read the whole article then head to the source.
source: Justice Delayed Is Not Justice Denied [Newsweek]
President Obama, who has pledged to place diplomacy ahead of confrontation and reached out to a skeptical world with offers of mutual understanding, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize today for what the committee called “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.”
Obama is only the third sitting U.S. president to win the Nobel Prize for Peace — President Theodore Roosevelt won the award in 1906, President Woodrow Wilson in 1919.
Obama was nominated for the prize after just weeks in office, with the award today after less than nine months into the president’s term a sign that the Nobel committee is recognizing aspirations for peace over achievements.
The Nobel committee hailed the president’s creation of “a new climate in international politics.”
Ironically, the award arrives at a time when Obama is weighing the recommendation of the U.S. military commander in Afghanistan to deploy tens of thousands of additional troops in a war now 8 years old. At the same time, the president, who campaigned with a promise to withdraw American forces from Iraq, is drawing down forces there, planning to pull out combat forces by next year and all troops by 2011.
Yet it recognizes the voiced objectives of a president who campaigned with promises to reengage the U.S. in world affairs and has personally reached out to erstwhile adversaries.
“Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world’s attention and given its people hope for a better future,” Thorbjorn Jagland, chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, said. “In the past year, Obama has been a key person for important initiatives in the U.N. for nuclear disarmament and to set a completely new agenda for the Muslim world and East-West relations.”
The committee was endorsing the American president’s “appeal that ‘Now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility for a global response to global challenges,’ ” he said.
Yet Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele was quick to criticize the president’s prize.
“The real question Americans are asking is, ‘What has President Obama actually accomplished?’ ” Steele said in a statement. “It is unfortunate that the president’s star power has outshined tireless advocates who have made real achievements working towards peace and human rights.”
Accolades flowed from the president’s allies.
“I’m delighted at this recognition of President Obama’s work to strengthen international cooperation,” sad Rep. Howard Berman (D-Valley Village), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. “It validates the president’s approach to tough transnational challenges such as global warming and the spread of nuclear arms. And it celebrates his steady efforts to improve America’s standing around the world.”
The Nobel committee had criticized Obama’s predecessor, former President George W. Bush, for engaging in largely unilateral military action in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. With the backing of Congress, Bush quickly invaded Afghanistan and ousted the Taliban, and in spring of 2003 launched a U.S.-led invasion of Iraq intent on removing Saddam Hussein from power.
After awarding the 2002 prize to former President Carter, the committee’s chairman said it should be considered a “kick in the leg” to the Bush administration’s war policies.
More recently, former Vice President Al Gore — who had challenged Bush for election in 2000 — won the prize for his work on climate change in 2007.
President Barack Obama has been trying to get the Olympic leaders in Copenhagen to give the 2016 Olympics to Chicago.
Barack and his wife Michelle Obama both tried to to convince the leaders by saying “I urge you to choose Chicago, and if you do – if we walk this path together – then I promise you this: The city of Chicago and the United States of America will make the world proud.”
Well it has been announced that after the first round of voting Chicago has been knocked out of the running, Tokyo was also eliminated in the second round. Madrid and Rio de Janeiro are left, with the latter being the front runner.
Oprah Winfrey was also in Copenhagen doing her best to help the Olympic leaders, when the big O can’t persuade you then there must be a problem. Where would you like to see the Olympics being held?
source: Obamas’ Olympic Bid for Chicago Fails [People]
We’ve scoured the internet for the top ten celebrity quotes for the week and we’ve got some goodies for you. We’ve got President Obama, Craig Ferguson, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and more!
“Oh, he’s my least favorite.”
– Boston Red Sox fan Jennifer Garner, after being asked to kiss a picture of Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter, on “The Jay Leno Show”
“I’m very peeved Halloween only comes once a year.”
– Drew Barrymore, wishing she could go out in public more often without being recognized, to “InStyle”
“I think it’s important to realize that I was black before the election.”
– President Barack Obama, finding humor in the suggestion that he’s facing criticism because of his race, on “The Late Show with David Letterman”
“I’m unemployed now, and I’d like to be on Mad Men. I also like The Office and 24.”
– A sobbing Kristin Chenoweth, accepting an Emmy for best supporting actress in a comedy series for her canceled show, “Pushing Daisies”
“If you’re going to go, isn’t that a great way to go – with a hot guy sucking on your neck?”
– Jennifer Love Hewitt, explaining her obsession with “Twilight” hottie Rob Pattinson, on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
“We had choose Jewish or Mormon in our family, so obviously I was like, ‘I’ll take the dradle.’”
– Chelsea Handler, explaining her family dynamics on her talk show
“I really am in love with my hose.”
– Regis Philbin, on the breathing apparatus he uses to help his sleep apnea, on “Live! With Regis and Kelly”
“I’d trade this to look like him.”
– Alec Baldwin, accepting his best actor in a comedy series Emmy Award from the Rob Lowe
“It’s kinda our version of The Jay Leno Show, really – but we give more skin, less chin.”
– Craig Ferguson, on CBS’s various CSI spin-offs, on his late night show
“We’re going after Sesame Street, so watch out.”
– The Office’s Jenna Fischer, on what her onscreen pregnancy will mean for the competition, to “EW”
During a CNBC interview on Monday, President Obama called hip-hop artist Kanye West a “jackass” over his behavior at the MTV Video Music Awards.
Kayne West interrupts the president.
Obama’s colorful remark was actually made in an off-the-record portion of the interview that was tweeted — and then deleted — by ABC News reporter Terry Moran.
“Pres. Obama just called Kanye West a ‘jackass’ for his outburst at VMAs when Taylor Swift won. Now THAT’S presidential,” Moran wrote.
Politico’s Michael Calderone has ABC’s statement apologizing for Moran’s journalistic breach.
President or not, he’s calling it like he sees it — Obama keeps things real.
When Matt Sheffield passed along word via Twitter that “Jessica Biel is the most dangerous celebrity on the Web,” I was naturally intrigued. His link took me to this AP report in the Washington Examiner:
Security technology company McAfee Inc. on Tuesday reported that searches for the 27-year-old actress are more likely to lead to online threats such as spyware and viruses than searches for any other celebrity. McAfee said fans searching for the actress have a one-in-five chance of ending up at a Web site designed to damage one’s computer. Its the third annual report on the subject from McAfee, which last year found that Brad Pitt was the “most dangerous” celeb online.
“Cybercriminals are star watchers, too,” said Jeff Green, senior vice president of McAfee’s product development. “They latch onto popular celebrities to encourage the download of malicious software in disguise.”
Following Biel in the report, in order, were Beyonce, Jennifer Aniston, Tom Brady and Jessica Simpson. McAfee noted President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are curiously safe searches, ranking no. 34 and no. 39, respectively.
I nonetheless took the huge risk to locate the image that adorns this post as a service to you, dear readers.
Ironically, the award arrives at a time when Obama is weighing the recommendation of the U.S. military commander in Afghanistan to deploy tens of thousands of additional troops in a war now 8 years old. At the same time, the president, who campaigned with a promise to withdraw American forces from Iraq, is drawing down forces there, planning to pull out combat forces by next year and all troops by 2011.
