Discussing her new book Lean In during a recent visit to Switzerland, Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer, Sheryl Sandberg, told an audience that powerful women are mostly disliked in the business world. Appearing at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Sandberg
Actor Ashton Kutcher is starring in jOBS, an upcoming film based on the life of Apple Computer founder Steve Jobs. But at least one person intimate with the Mac mastermind is not impressed. Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is slamming Kutcher’s
After a discussion on gun control at an event in Richmond, Virginia, Vice President Joe Biden claimed that better mental health checks could have stopped the shooting on the Virginia Tech campus in 2007. Biden said that he and those
Julian Assange, the famed head of the website WikiLeaks, is not happy with the upcoming DreamWorks film based on his famous document-leaking website. As far as Assange is concerned, the film is just “massive propaganda.” Via videolink, Assange recently told a
At a 2012 campaign fundraiser, President Barack Obama sang a line of Al Green’s hit “Let’s Stay Together” as the singer watched from the audience. Green, however, turned down an invite to attend and perform at the President’s second inauguration.
Actor John Leguizamo refuses to employ any cagey politically-correct-speak about his love for big government. There’s no dancing around or soft-pedaling with him. For Leguizamo, big government is all good. In a recent interview with Nicholas Ballasy, the actor asked
Ebay seller freeperdan has done it again. For Obama’s 2013 inauguration, the artist has uncorked yet another masterpiece featuring a nude Obama with a unicorn and pancakes. Freeperdan has a long history of creating such paintings, always with similar themes.
In the next leg of President Obama’s perpetual campaign, he and Vice President Biden plan to hit the road and tour the country pushing their new gun ban ideas as the political season heats up. Just ahead of inauguration day,
Even as Obama stood in front of hundreds of thousands of admirers during his inaugural speech saying that we needed to end the name calling, many in his party and many of his surrogates have utterly ignored that advice. “We
An Atlanta man is suing the state of Georgia, saying that his civil rights were violated after being denied several vanity license plates that would have made reference to his sexual preference. Last year James Cyrus Gilbert applied for several
In the days following the 2012 attacks on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, the Obama administration insisted protests against an anti-Islam film posted to YouTube incited the attackers. Wednesday, after Secretary of State Hillary testified in front of the
New York City officials unveiled the apartment of the future, all in the comfy size of a hotel room. Officials hope to correct the city’s short-fall of low-rent, loft-style spaces for young professionals. The 370-sq ft spaces will be $914/month for
There are reports that Donald Trump is looking at a new way of influencing the media, this time by trying to buy the New York Times. If he pulls it off it’ll be huuuuge. Trump has spent years getting media attention
Compared to 2009, turnout in Washington for Obama’s second inauguration was hundreds of thousands of attendees lower this time around. But in-person visitors wasn’t the only number that suffered. There were fewer viewers at home for the event, too. According
Joe Biden has never come anywhere close to the Democrat nomination for President of the United States. But, as a sitting Vice President, he thinks he has the inside track for the 2016 nomination and he’s already lining up his
The Chinese government apparently wasn’t happy with the latest James Bond movie, “Skyfall.” Reports say Chinese censors edited many scenes and changed subtitles for others ahead of its debut this week. One edit was made to a scene where a
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio is taking a break from acting to help save the environment. DiCaprio told members of the entertainment media that after doing so many movies in a row he’s tired and needs a break from acting. And what
Last week as Vice President Joe Biden talked publicly about his efforts to assist President Obama with his various gun-banning schemes, he made a startling new claim. He said that while golfing in Pennsylvania in 2006, he personally heard the
If you’ve watched SyFy, the science fiction cable channel, you may be aware of a show called Lost Girl. The show is well known as being quite inclusive, commonly portraying gay, lesbian and cross-dressing characters. Despite this, a national gay
One of America’s most famous patriots is slated for a little attention on the AMC cable network–perhaps regrettably so. There may soon be a bit of hate going around for him with a new AMC sitcom in development called “We
One way to mark the legacy of a presidency is to tally statistics, and at least one stat is not very flattering for President Obama: the number of Americans on food stamps has grown by 11,133 people every day during
We all remember Chris Matthews getting that thrill up his leg for President Obama, right? Now Matthews’ NBC colleague, Brian Williams, is apparently ready to join that thrill seeker’s club by declaring that Michelle Obama is the most “fascinating” first
Rapper Lupe Fiasco lived down to his name at a recent corporate-sponsored inauguration party in Washington D.C. when he was thrown off the stage by the hosts for going on a tirade against President Obama, Rush Limbaugh, and Glenn Beck,
Things are getting rough out in Nevada. Democratic Assemblyman Steven Brooks was just arrested for “threats of physical violence” against Nevada Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick, also a Democrat. Some reports even claim that a weapon was involved, or threatened to
In a strange exercise, CNN reporter Tom Foreman has written a letter to the president every day of his presidency and intends to continue doing so until the bitter end. Talk about obsessive behavior. Tom Foreman is one of CNN’s
