Obama soaks up soul at White House shindig
US President Barack Obama paid homage on Tuesday to Memphis soul and the role the music style played in advancing civil rights at a star-studded White House concert celebrating the genre.
US President Barack Obama paid homage on Tuesday to Memphis soul and the role the music style played in advancing civil rights at a star-studded White House concert celebrating the genre.
I’d like to call it “Much Ado Over Nothing.” At the recent inauguration of United States President Barack Obama, quite a few of the music industry’s most talented artists were gathered to perform. Opening the ceremonies was Beyoncé, undoubtedly a gifted vocalist. Her rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” was stirring. There is [...]
Latinos are taking a more prominent role in President Barack Obama’s second inauguration, from the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice swearing in the vice president to a star-studded celebration of Latino culture.
James Taylor took his modest one-man campaign for electoral reform to Washington’s press corps Friday, but the veteran singer-songwriter said he has no plans to run for office himself.
Local televiewers were deeply impressed with the speed and dispatch with which the recent US elections for president were held. In only a few hours, the race between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney was efficiently called in favor of the former, despite the very tight, hairtrigger nature of the competition.
Pop star Katy Perry is sporting a skin-tight minidress with President Barack Obama’s campaign slogan “Forward” emblazoned across it at the president’s campaign rally in Milwaukee.
US Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, bit off more than he could chew during his recent debate with his Democratic rival, President Barack Obama, when he declared that, in order to save money, his administration would cut government subsidy to PBS, the producer of educational programs like “Sesame Street.”
Like a bat out of hell, aging hard rock legend Meat Loaf stormed the stage at a Mitt Romney campaign rally Thursday to declare his support for the Republican flag-bearer in the White House race.
Katy Perry’s doing her best get-out-the vote effort: At a rally for President Barack Obama, she wore a tight white dress imprinted like a ballot, and a square box on her right hip filled in the names of Obama and Joe Biden.
“Welcome to La La Land,” we greeted Woody Allen, who was in town recently on a rare visit to LA. “I’ve got my weather, you know,” Woody quipped, referring to the unusual gray, cloudy atmosphere outside which he loves.
Colorful rap artist Nicki Minaj is a certified “crackberry,” like many other world-famous celebrities.
George Clooney, who hosts a star-studded fundraiser for Barack Obama Thursday, is a Hollywood A-lister turned activist for liberal causes like Sudan, Haiti – and now the US leader’s re-election.
