Evil Beet Gossip » Boring Politics http://evilbeetgossip.film.com Celebrity gossip with an evil twist. Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:08:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 I Guess There’s Still an Election Going On http://evilbeetgossip.film.com/2008/01/14/i-guess-theres-still-an-election-going-on/ http://evilbeetgossip.film.com/2008/01/14/i-guess-theres-still-an-election-going-on/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:33:53 +0000 Evil Beet http://evilbeetgossip.film.com/2008/01/14/i-guess-theres-still-an-election-going-on/ barack1.jpg

We don’t care much about politics around here — politics is such a downer — but when the stars get involved, we’re obliged to at least post on it.

Extra has compiled a list of which candidates the stars are supporting.

No real surprises here — they lean toward Democrats, and Barack Obama seems to have the majority of star support. Jump in for the full list.

Hillary Clinton
Michael Douglas
Paul Newman
Barbra Streisand
Steven Spielberg
Rob Reiner
Mary Steenburgen
Fran Drescher

Barack Obama
Oprah Winfrey
Dennis Haysbert
Paul Newman
Barbra Streisand
Larry David
Cheryl Hines
Jeff Garlin
Paul Dooley
Will Smith
Chris Rock
Sidney Poitier
Jamie Foxx
Eddie Murphy
Isaiah Washington
Tyra Banks
Morgan Freeman
Halle Berry
Angela Bassett
Forest Whitaker
Hill Harper
Bradford Marsalis
George Clooney
Ed Norton
Jennifer Aniston
Zach Braff
John Cleese
Leonard Nimoy
Brooke Shields
Harry Connick, Jr.
Jackson Browne

John Edwards
Barbra Streisand
Mary Steenburgen
Larry David
Bonnie Raitt
Jackson Browne
James Denton
Sean Penn

Mitt Romney
Pat Boone

John McCain
Lorne Michaels
Jerry Bruckheimer

Rudy Giuliani
Kelsey Grammer
Adam Sandler
Ben Stein

Mike Huckabee
Chuck Norris

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Ya know, Oprah and Obama makes me think of that schtick David Letterman used when he was hosting the Oscars. Remember that? “Oprah, Uma. Uma, Oprah.” You could just as easily stick “Obama” in that joke; it’s equally funny.

Anyway.

This is interesting.

One in three New Hampshire women between the ages of 18 and 29 said the talk-show queen’s recent campaign appearances with Barack Obama made them less likely to vote for the Illinois Democrat, according to a poll released yesterday by Zogby International and Lifetime Television.

At the other end of the age spectrum, 17 percent of women over 65 said Oprah’s support lowered their opinions of Obama.

And 73 percent of women said it made no difference to their campaign choices at all.

Voters don’t want “to have their entertainment figures involved in political support,” Fritz Wenzel, director of communications at Zogby International, told the Chicago Sun-Times.

In fairness, these statistics don’t address that all-important demo of women between 29 and 65, and the 73% figure isn’t qualified (which demo does it apply to?), and, with women 18-29, how did the remaining 2/3 respond? You always have to look at stats like this with a critical eye. I’d be interested in seeing the raw data. I checked the Zogby site for it, but couldn’t track it down. Anyone have any thoughts on where I might find it?

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I can’t believe that The Post is actually called “news.” I have to say I do buy it sometimes when I have a quarter in my pocket and I need something to flip through on the subway.

Their headlines harken back to a time when “newsies” would shout out “Extra extra read all about it!” They have no shame and they forgot that they weren’t US Weekly a long time ago. I love that they are creating a soap opera out of the Obama/Hillary feud.

Somehow I am obsessed with this…The war of words is heating up and it is a bit stupid. I think there are more important issues in the campaign other than which celebrity supports which hot Dem. If you vote based on who Jennifer Aniston gives her money to then you have a lot more issues you need to sort out on your own.

Daivd Geffen, see center pic above, has now jumped into the ring and slammed the Clintons. I don’t know why David Geffen’s political stance is important but his “dis” is quite amusing.

“Everybody in politics lies, but the Clintons “do it with such ease it’s troubling.” He went on to hint that Bill still had marital fidelity issues, and that Hillary was over-produced, over-scripted, over-ambitious, stiff-necked and haughty. And then he said the worst thing a Hollywood guy could say: The Clinton Show was boring. “And I’m tired of hearing James Carville on television,” he said.

Snap David Geffen! Boring? I mean, Obama would make a much better reality show. Ohhhh, a reality show about a political campaign. I have a pitch. David, call me.

]]> http://evilbeetgossip.film.com/2007/02/22/headline-of-day_21/feed/ 0 Late-Night Links http://evilbeetgossip.film.com/2007/02/22/late-night-links_21/ http://evilbeetgossip.film.com/2007/02/22/late-night-links_21/#comments Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:02:00 +0000 Evil Beet http://evilbeetgossip.com/2007/02/22/late-night-links_21/

Tyra Banks and Photoshop collaborate to reproduce her barrier-breaking Sports Illustrated cover ten years ago. I think we all know which party worked harder. [POTP]

Marcia Cross pops out those twins. [dlisted]

Anna Nicole Smith: same great trial, now with more decomposition! [A Socialite's Life]

The Desperate Housewives crew thinks they’re gonna drag this thing out for four more years. I’ll believe that when I see it. [ONTD]

Hollywood hands Barack Obama a clean $1.3 million. [FishbowlLA]

Yet another Perez Hilton lawsuit. But this one involves Jennifer Aniston’s boobies! [Bricks and Stones]

Dancing with the Stars announces its new cast. The D-list line-up includes *NSYNC’s Joey Fatone, which I find endlessly amusing, as he once hosted Fame, a wildly unsuccessful reality talent competition. Nowhere to go but up, now, buddy! [Celebrity Smack]

]]> http://evilbeetgossip.film.com/2007/02/22/late-night-links_21/feed/ 0 Hollywood Politics, Mean Girls Style http://evilbeetgossip.film.com/2007/02/21/hollywood-politics-mean-girls-style/ http://evilbeetgossip.film.com/2007/02/21/hollywood-politics-mean-girls-style/#comments Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:33:00 +0000 EvilT http://evilbeetgossip.com/2007/02/21/hollywood-politics-mean-girls-style/

So Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama are now in a bitchfest to see who can have the coolest friends in Hollywood. When the Dreamworks guys, David Geffen, Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg, decided to have a huge fundraiser for Obama Hillary got quite upset and had her people make a nasty call.

Here is how I imagined the phone call went:

Hillary: OMG Steven I totally thought you were MY friend. I’m really upset, you totally can’t sit at the lunch table anymore!
Steven: Hil, so sorry but Barak is new, fresh and he totally has those new Prada slides that I’ve been eyeing. I mean, Barak is so hot right now.
Hillary: But I HATE him, I can’t belive you are going to his party…I am the one that throws all the cool parties, I’m the popular girl in Hollywood, everyone loves me.
Steven: Everyone loved you. Past tense, Barak’s party is supposed to be really cool…I mean Eddie Murphy is going to be there
Hillary: EDDIE Murphy, he NEVER comes to my parties!
Steven: Jennifer Aniston, Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington are coming too…
Hillary: OMG! Seriously, all I know is that I HATE HIM. He’s going down…nobody upsets the queen bee in Hollywood politics. NOBODY. My boyfriend Bill is so going to beat him up.
Steven: Bill’s going too…
Hilllary: (runs out the lunch room crying) ]]> http://evilbeetgossip.film.com/2007/02/21/hollywood-politics-mean-girls-style/feed/ 10 Saddam Hanging Caught on Tape http://evilbeetgossip.film.com/2007/01/03/saddam-hanging-caught-on-tape-2/ http://evilbeetgossip.film.com/2007/01/03/saddam-hanging-caught-on-tape-2/#comments Wed, 03 Jan 2007 01:55:00 +0000 Evil Beet http://evilbeetgossip.com/2007/01/03/saddam-hanging-caught-on-tape-2/ Someone snuck a cell phone camera into the Saddam Hussein hanging this weekend, and caught the whole thing on tape. Saddam drops at 1:40 on the tape.

Please note: this is video of an actual hanging. Viewer discretion strongly advised.

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Someone snuck a cell phone camera into the Saddam Hussein hanging this weekend, and caught the whole thing on tape. Saddam drops at 1:40 on the tape.

Please note: this is video of an actual hanging. Viewer discretion strongly advised.

]]> http://evilbeetgossip.film.com/2007/01/02/saddam-hanging-caught-on-tape/feed/ 3 TOTAL HOTTIE John Edwards Running for President! http://evilbeetgossip.film.com/2006/12/28/total-hottie-john-edwards-running-for-president/ http://evilbeetgossip.film.com/2006/12/28/total-hottie-john-edwards-running-for-president/#comments Thu, 28 Dec 2006 22:51:00 +0000 Evil Beet http://evilbeetgossip.com/2006/12/28/total-hottie-john-edwards-running-for-president/ “I’m here to announce I’m a candidate for president of the United States,” he said this morning on The Today Show. “I’ve reached my own conclusion this is the best way to serve my country.”

The Democratic senator was John Kerry’s running mate during his unsuccessful bid for the presidency in 2004.

We’re still waiting to hear formally from Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

Stay tuned.

]]> http://evilbeetgossip.film.com/2006/12/28/total-hottie-john-edwards-running-for-president/feed/ 1 TOTAL HOTTIE John Edwards Running for President! http://evilbeetgossip.film.com/2006/12/28/total-hottie-john-edwards-running-for/ http://evilbeetgossip.film.com/2006/12/28/total-hottie-john-edwards-running-for/#comments Thu, 28 Dec 2006 22:51:00 +0000 Evil Beet http://evilbeetgossip.com/2006/12/28/total-hottie-john-edwards-running-for/ “I’m here to announce I’m a candidate for president of the United States,” he said this morning on The Today Show. “I’ve reached my own conclusion this is the best way to serve my country.”

The Democratic senator was John Kerry’s running mate during his unsuccessful bid for the presidency in 2004.

We’re still waiting to hear formally from Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

Stay tuned.

]]> http://evilbeetgossip.film.com/2006/12/28/total-hottie-john-edwards-running-for/feed/ 4 Sean Penn Thinks You’re a Cum Stain http://evilbeetgossip.film.com/2006/12/20/sean-penn-thinks-youre-a-cum-stain/ http://evilbeetgossip.film.com/2006/12/20/sean-penn-thinks-youre-a-cum-stain/#comments Wed, 20 Dec 2006 05:25:00 +0000 Evil Beet http://evilbeetgossip.com/2006/12/20/sean-penn-thinks-youre-a-cum-stain/ Actor Sean Penn sent reporters scrambling for the least offensive way to convey the concept of “cum stain” during his acceptance speech for the 2006 Christopher Reeve First Amendment Award. Oh, and he also called for the impeachment of President Bush.

Said Penn: “Let’s put his administration under oath. And then if the crimes of treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors are proven, do as Article 2, Section 4 of the United States constitution provides, and remove the president, vice president, and … civil officers of the United States from office.”

He continued: “If we attempt to impeach for lying about a blow job, yet accept these almost certain abuses without challenge, we become a cum stain on the flag we wave.” [The entire speech is here.]

How’s that for effective use of imagery? My seventh-grade public speaking teacher would be so proud. Of course, these remarks are inflammatory and amusing and most definitely need to be written about in this pre-Christmas news slump, but how on earth do you print the word “cum stain” if you’re a major news agency catering in large part to red-state readers?

This is Fox News’s take on it: “If we attempt to impeach for lying about a [oral sex act], yet accept these almost certain abuses without challenge, we become a [human] stain on the flag we wave.”

Nice.

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So after reading the drunk-ass email LiLo sent out last night, I was thinking, “Did anyone think to ask Al Gore for comment?”

YES!

I LOVE TMZ!

Genius, genius, genius!

They contacted his rep for comment.

“I can confirm for you that Mr. Gore has only met Ms. Lohan once, very briefly, at the GQ Men of the Year dinner last week. There were hundreds of other guests.”

And just because they rock that much, they contacted Barack Obama’s rep. Obama was not even mentioned in Lohan’s email, but he’ll be running against Hillary Clinton, who was. TMZ asked him if he had any advice as to whether Hillary should help Lindsay out.

“I don’t think we have any comment on that,” said an aide. TMZ continued to press the issue. “We’re going to take a pass,” insisted the aide.

Ha ha ha ha ha.

Soooo amazing.
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The world deserves a break from Britney Spears’ vagina, and what could possibly be more removed from that than a 2008 presidential candidate and a rapper?

Obama, now in the early stages of what will almost certainly be a bid for the 2008 Democratic ticket, met privately with rapper Ludacris on Wednesday in Chicago. Says Luda: “We talked about empowering the youth.”

CNN amusingly points out that both have won Grammy awards: Obama for spoken-word readings from his memoir, Dreams from My Father (and you will be hearing a lot more about his father as his candidacy progresses), and Ludacris for his verse on “Yeah!”.

Luda said meeting with Obama was like meeting with a relative. Obama declined to comment after the meeting.

I’d say this is evidence of Obama’s early efforts to score the Black vote, but, um, yeah.
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