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Los Angeles Times
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Nov 30, 08 9:14 PM CST
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60 Minutes is killing the competition, Mad Men is grittier by the episode, and even Gossip Girl 's bimbos are growing up—thanks mostly to the adult air of Barack Obama, Mary McNamara writes in the Los Angeles Times . After 8 years of President Bush, whose folksiness and privilege inspired reality TV's "clique-navigating competitions," McNamara believes Obama is making it "hip to be grown up again.”
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Times (UK)
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Nov 27, 08 4:52 PM CST
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The latest high-profile sportswear-endorser doesn’t charge brands like Nike and North Face a thing to be seen wearing their logos, but his fashion choices may be worth millions, the Times of London reports. Barack Obama’s love of the gym and the basketball court is famous, and companies are happy to cash in on the regular photographs of the president-elect sporting his favorite name-brand gear.
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Los Angeles Times
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Nov 24, 08 1:18 PM CST
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Our enemies love using US racial divisions as a stick to beat Americans with, a stick “we’ve handed them over and over again,” writes Gregory Rodriguez in the Los Angeles Times . Now, Barack Obama gives us a crucial symbol of progress—and it won’t be because Obama’s black, but because, in his words, he’s “a mutt.”
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Politico
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Nov 24, 08 7:32 AM CST
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Looking for a ticket to Barack Obama’s inauguration? Ex-San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown had some advice recently: Ask a Republican friend in a red state. “I mean, how many people from Oklahoma think this is the nation’s biggest historical moment?” he mused. Think again, Willie—congressional offices red and blue alike have been bombarded by ticket seekers.
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Daily Telegraph (UK)
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Nov 24, 08 3:33 AM CST
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Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi, who raised eyebrows worldwide when he recently referred to President-elect Obama as "handsome, young and suntanned," has repeated what he apparently thinks is a good joke—this time extending it to include model Naomi Campbell. "We would all like to be tanned like Naomi Campbell and Obama," he told an audience yesterday, reports the Daily Telegraph .
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Entertainment Weekly
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Nov 21, 08 7:52 PM CST
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Can "No-Drama" Obama cast a spell over Hollywood? After years of bleak television dramas, a Dark Knight superhero, and a James Bond who rarely smiles, some in Hollywood say Obama will inspire an era of optimism. ''The idea of change and hope has permeated the country," says Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige, whose development meetings "include the zeitgeist and how it's changed in the last two weeks."
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People
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Nov 20, 08 11:25 AM CST
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Beyoncé has her eye on her next big performance: Barack Obama’s inauguration. “Of course I’d love to,” she told People when asked about performing at the event. “Who wouldn’t?” Sasha Fierce will definitely attend the swearing-in, whether performing or not. “I want to be there to witness it,” she said.
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CBS
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Nov 17, 08 3:35 AM CST
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National security, the economy and breaking America's addiction to fossil fuels are Barack Obama's key priorities, he revealed in his first sit-down TV interview since becoming president-elect. He's focusing first on security because "transition periods are times of vulnerability to a terrorist attack," he explained on 60 Minutes yesterday. But he's already grappling with an "unprecedented crisis" posed by a plummeting economy.
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Huffington Post
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Nov 16, 08 12:28 PM CST
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Emboldened by the election, at least one Democrat brashly took potshots at a satirist who relishes zapping politicians on TV. Barack Obama's new chief of staff Rahm Emanuel roasted faux newsman Stephen Colbert at a weekend charity function—but in a deft word twist managed to zing a number of politicians. Emanuel said he was "afraid of Colbert—the same way Sarah Palin is scared of a geography bee, and John Edwards is scared of the National Enquirer ."
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Associated Press
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Nov 14, 08 11:41 AM CST
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The family of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is demanding a share of the proceeds from the sudden wave of T-shirts, posters, and other merch pairing the civil rights leader with Barack Obama, the AP reports. Obama may have inherited the dream, but they own the brand, says the MLK nephew who heads King Center, who adds that the estate is entitled to hundreds of thousands of dollars in licensing fees—maybe even millions.
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Los Angeles Times
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Nov 14, 08 6:20 AM CST
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EBay and StubHub have removed offers for tickets to the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama from their websites. Tickets to the inauguration, a free but invitation-only event, have been offered for as much as $7,500, reports the Los Angeles Times . Some 240,000 people will attend the event outside the US Capitol January 20.
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Associated Press
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Nov 13, 08 8:31 PM CST
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Washington, DC, is bracing for what could be a record-breaking inauguration crowd for Barack Obama. The National Park Service is preparing for more than 1 million people to descend on the capital, with tickets in short supply and hotels booked up. The Park Service said it will clear more viewing space along the Pennsylvania Avenue parade route and set up jumbo TV screens along the National Mall.
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TMZ
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Nov 13, 08 8:27 PM CST
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Barack Obama is not only about to ascend to the presidency, he's getting his very own trading cards, TMZ reports. Topps has 90 different "Inaugural Edition" cards with photos that document everything from his childhood in Hawaii to his acceptance speech in Chicago's Grant Park. They'll be sold in sets of six for $1.99.
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Gawker
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Nov 12, 08 11:43 AM CST
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Did you find yourself roused to more than tears of joy at Barack Obama's historic victory Election Night? If so, Newsweek wants you. One of the mag’s reporters submitted a query to Help A Reporter Out, reports Gawker, looking for sources who “made love in the name of Obama” to share their titillating tale for "a funny piece about the potential for an Obama baby boom."
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Chicago Tribune
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Nov 11, 08 9:08 AM CST