Barack Obama

November 18, 2009 at 10:02am PST
Photos: Martin Schoeller/GQ

GQ's Men of the Year issue for 2009 has been revealed with five different covers. For the second year in a row they have named President Barack Obama as "Leader of the Year." (We're not sure what the competition for that one looks like.)

October 24, 2009 at 8:31am PST

There's a word for David Cross and it is "class."

The Arrested Development star reportedly claims he did a line of cocaine at the White House Correspondents Dinner, while President Obama was just a few tables away. That's real nice. He made admission/boast as part of a stand-up routine, so maybe he was joking. We doubt it.

October 1, 2009 at 10:28am PST

Talk about a powerhouse duo!

Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey arrived in Copenhagen on Wednesday to support Chicago for the 2016 Olympic Games.

The First Lady said:

"So happy to be here and I'm so excited. We have a lot of work to do. We're not taking anything for granted. I'm going to talk to some voters. Chicago is a wonderful host city, great people, great facilities. It knows about the sports and the hospitality is like no other and a city that works really well."

September 28, 2009 at 7:27am PST
Photos: REX FEATURES

If you could switch places with anyone for a week, who would you pick? If you said George Clooney or Michelle Obama, then you're in good company, according to a new poll.

July 18, 2009 at 6:52am PST
Photos: CBS

It's been a bad summer for celebrity mortality.

Walter Cronkite, the face of the CBS Evening News for over 19 years, died in New York yesterday.

In a statement, President Obama praised the iconic TV news anchor,  saying he "was someone we could trust to guide us through the most important issues of the day; a voice of certainty in an uncertain world. He was family. He invited us to believe in him, and he never let us down."

Our hearts go out to his family.

And that's the way it is...

June 11, 2009 at 1:33pm PST
Photos: splashnewsonline.com

Didn’t quite know what you signed up for with Twilight, did you there, Rob?

Robert Pattinson’s Twilight cast mates have revealed that the man behind the world’s most famous vampire is still having trouble dealing with the explosive fame his role has brought on.

April 28, 2009 at 6:13am PST
Photos: splashnewsonline.com

If you needed further proof that our president is a black man with style, this year’s White House Easter festivities included way more than the traditional lawn egg roll.

There was a double-dutch performance, a step team and music by both Ziggy Marley and Fergie.

Ziggy?

At the White House?

Hell yeah, Obama inhaled. And that’s why he’s bitchin’.

Fergie was actually invited by the First Daughters, Sasha and Malia, who requested her song “Glamorous.”

April 24, 2009 at 8:17am PST
Photos: splashnewsonline.com

Yesterday was “Take Your Child to Work Day” and that included at the White House.

Michelle Obama spoke to a group of about 100 children of White House staffers, all of whom were brimming with questions about the new First Dog.

“He likes to play a lot,” Michelle said of Bo, the First Family’s newly acquired 6-month-old Portuguese Water Dog.

“He’s kind of crazy, but he’s still a puppy. He loves to chew on people’s feet.”

Like most men, he’s also very good at playing with himself.

April 13, 2009 at 5:31am PST
Photos: splashnewsonline.com

The Obama’s new Portuguese water dog arrived earlier than expected, on Sunday, just in time for Easter.

The adorable pooch was promised to Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, by their parents as a token of gratitude for how well they handled the campaign trail.

The girls decided to name the dog Bo because their cousins have a cat named Bo and because Michelle Obama’s father was nicknamed Diddley, as in Bo Diddley.

April 12, 2009 at 6:06am PST
Photos: splashnewsonline.com

Next Tuesday, the First Dog will arrive at the White House.

According to TMZ, the 6-month-old Portuguese water dog is coming from a prominent Texas kennel, thanks to Senator Ted Kennedy’s family.

Mmmm.

We love Barack. We’ll say it loud and proud.

But he said he was adopting a dog from a pound and that the rescue would be “a mutt like me.”

We loved that quote so much it brought tears to our eyes.

But this black male pup was bred by reputable breeders, sold and then returned.

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