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Obama Email: Hang with Me and Michael Jordan!

President Obama’s latest fundraising email has moved away from the pathetic and crazed attempts to guilt Americans into donations, and back toward the Obama-as-celebrity meme. This time, Obama’s telling you that if you give money, you might get to meet

Obama Email: Hang with Me and Michael Jordan!

Politics Trumped Due Diligence in Solyndra Loan Approval

A report issued Thursday by the House Energy and Commerce committee documents the extent to which political concerns trumped due diligence in the Solyndra loan approval. The report shows that the initial announcement of the DOE loan guarantee to the

Politics Trumped Due Diligence in Solyndra Loan Approval

ABC Greenlights Militia Drama Dubbed 'Founding Fathers'

The network which gave us the short-lived “GCB” is back with a series targeting a Texas-based militia group. Courtesy of Deadline.com: The network has bought drama pitch Founding Fathers, from Di Bonaventura Pictures TV and ABC Studios. Written by feature scribe

ABC Greenlights Militia Drama Dubbed 'Founding Fathers'

Axelrod: 'Amazing We're Not Getting Blown Away'

David Axelrod’s anxiety over Barak Obama’s reelection chances is now on full display. In the latest personal e-mail from the Obama campaign, Axelrod starts to act paranoid: You know what’s kind of amazing? That we’re not getting blown away in

Axelrod: 'Amazing We're Not Getting Blown Away'

Obama Email: This Could Be My Last Birthday As President

President Obama is about to hit the Big 5-1. And he’s feeling pretty sorry for himself. At least that’s what readers can gather from his latest campaign missive, titled simply “Hey”: Benjamin — My upcoming birthday next week could be

Obama Email: This Could Be My Last Birthday As President

Campaign Cash Fuels Speculation of Weiner Comeback in NYC

When former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner resigned in disgrace after conceding he had sent lewd photos of himself to women on the internet, his political future seemed doomed.  Six weeks after the New York Democrat resigned, a Marist poll

Campaign Cash Fuels Speculation of Weiner Comeback in NYC

Obama Fails to Meet Budget Review Deadline

With the country mired in debt, the Obama administration had until July 16 to submit their mid-session budget review to Congress. And they failed to meet the deadline. According to The Hill, the “document is supposed to contain revised spending,

Obama Fails to Meet Budget Review Deadline

HuffPo Launching Live Video Site For The Masses

Huffington Post is launching an opinion site called HuffPost Live 3,2,1 … on August 13 that is indicative of the new direction the Internet is heading.  The site is designed to allow ordinary people, rather than professional pundits, to submit

HuffPo Launching Live Video Site For The Masses

HBO Pulls Plug on Fox News CEO Pic

The network that gave us such fair and balanced projects as “Game Change,” “Recount” and “The Newsroom” is scrapping plans for a Fox News film because it “could never be seen as objective.” It’s a shame the network doesn’t use

HBO Pulls Plug on Fox News CEO Pic

Devotees hope to duck California 'foie-mageddon' ban

Californian foie gras fans stuffed themselves at gastronomic last suppers this weekend, as a ban on the delicacy finally came into force after years of wrangling. But even before the midnight Saturday (0700 GMT Sunday) deadline, devotees of the prized

Devotees hope to duck California 'foie-mageddon' ban

CNN Hits Lowest-Rated Quarter in 21 Years

The news just keeps getting uglier for CNN. The network’s ratings plummeted to record lows in the last television quarter, March 26-June 22. According to Deadline.com, CNN was coming off its “least-watched month in primetime in 20 years in May”

CNN Hits Lowest-Rated Quarter in 21 Years

Will Stockton, CA Become Largest U.S. City In Bankruptcy?

Officials in Stockton, California had until 11:59 p.m. on Monday to reach a deal to restructure the city’s debt to avoid bankruptcy under a new California mediation law. That deadline has passed and, according to the Associated Press, a Stockton spokesperson

Will Stockton, CA Become Largest U.S. City In Bankruptcy?

Obama Campaign E-Mail: 'I Will Be Outspent'

Another day, another desperate Obama campaign e-mail. Today’s missive of panic, following directly on the heels of news that the Democratic National Convention is downscaling due to fundraising concerns, comes directly from the President of the United States. Obama informed

Obama Campaign E-Mail: 'I Will Be Outspent'

Sorkin's 'Newsroom' Premiers To Disappointing Ratings

With all the hype and publicity, there’s no way to spin 2.1 million viewers into anything other than a disappointment. As Deadline points out, “Newsroom” did better than “Luck” and “Treme,” which both premiered to 1.1 million viewers, but less than “Game of

Sorkin's 'Newsroom' Premiers To Disappointing Ratings

Obama to Visit Jackie Robinson Film Set

In late March, the Obama campaign sent out one of their numerous “personal e-mails” from Michelle Obama delineating a reason for the American electorate to send them campaign money. What was the reason that time? “Michelle” said: Every night in

Obama to Visit Jackie Robinson Film Set

Box Office: New Titles Flop, 'Madagascar' Holds #1

DHD: Contrast that with today’s newcomers which each should have earned over $20M this weekend because of their star power. But New Line/Warner Bros’ Rock Of Ages (3,470 theaters) is falling to earth with a thud. Which Hollywood expected because

Box Office: New Titles Flop, 'Madagascar' Holds #1

California Highway Patrol Cutting Back in Austerity Move

Just as the teachers of the Los Angeles Unified School District were forced to make concessions by tentatively agreeing to take furlough days in order to help solve the district’s budget crisis, California Highway Patrol officers have also tentatively agreed to take

California Highway Patrol Cutting Back in Austerity Move

Current TV Turns to Joy Behar

Current TV is reaching out to a failed TV show host to help its ongoing ratings woes. Joy Behar, the far-left comedienne best known for her work on “The View,” will join the liberal “Murderer’s Row” over at Al Gore’s

Weekend Box Office: 'Snow White' #1, 'MIB 3' #2

DHD: My sources now say Universal’s PG-13 Snow White And The Huntsman (3,773 theaters) will climb to $21M for today and $55+M for this domestic weekend. That result is better than expected for the 2D original fantasy actioner that cost

Weekend Box Office: 'Snow White' #1, 'MIB 3' #2

Syria Rebels Give Regime Friday Deadline

Armed rebels have given Syria’s regime until Friday noon (0900 GMT) to observe Kofi Annan’s plan for ending bloodshed in Syria, warning they will take “courageous decisions” if the deadline is not met. The ultimatum by the Free Syrian Army

Syria Rebels Give Regime Friday Deadline

Double the Fail: Oprah Teams With Arianna to Save Network

Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network is hemorrhaging money, and her popularity has yet to recover after her public embrace of then-Sen. Barack Obama’s race for the White House. Fellow Obama backer Arianna Huffington’s much-balleyhooed deal with AOL hasn’t worked out as

Double the Fail: Oprah Teams With Arianna to Save Network

Box Office: Three New Flops Tank the Weekend

After a dismal 2011, Hollywood’s had an incredible run in 2012 with all kinds of unlikely hits. But this weekend is down 18% over last year because four seemingly sure-fire entries have tanked. “Battleship,” “The Dictator,” “What To Expect When

Box Office: Three New Flops Tank the Weekend

California Chefs Protest State's foie gras ban

A simmering row between animal rights campaigners and a handful of California’s top chefs is coming to the boil, ahead of a looming ban on foie gras in the western US state. Protestors took their message to the streets this

California Chefs Protest State's foie gras ban