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Parked in the intersection of politics and pop culture is the celebrity activist. There all kinds of ways celebrities get involved in causes from serving on boards to inspiring laws on Capitol Hill, and Tom Sheridan knows how to harness that fame and make the issue the real star. A lobbyist based in DC, he represents Bono and his work on the ONE campaign against global poverty.
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While there will certainly be party luminaries in Denver next week for the Democratic National Convention, there's a whole army of stars slated to be there too, partying it up in their own way. Concerts, parties — it's easy to forget there's a real party agenda amid all the fun. While I'm most looking forward to all of the wonky goodness, every vote, speech, and balloon drop, check out who else will be there besides the usual (Nancy Pelosi, Caroline Kennedy, Al Gore, Bill and Hillary Clinton, and many more!) political suspects.
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I've heard about the website LiveAutographs before, but I just assumed it was totally bogus — I mean, come on, would a real celebrity actually sign an autograph for me, on video. Yeah, I didn't think so either. Well it turns out, TechCrunch paid $149 to get an autograph on LiveAutographs from William Shatner.
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Paris Hilton Ad Helped Internet Fundraising, McCain Campaign Says On a Friday morning conference call with reporters, McCain campaign manager Rick Davis revealed that the Republican nominee pulled in approximately $27 million in July. But Davis also gave a hint that the August numbers — which will be released next month — should shape up well, too, in part because of the infamous Paris Hilton/Britney Spears "Celeb" ad that drew so much media attention last month after Barack Obama's world trip.
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Comeback. Obama's Celebrity Ad Adopts McCain Line of Attack For good or for ill, the "celebrity" meme is here to stay in the presidential race. After McCain's campaign attacked Obama on the grounds that he's too popular for his own good, Obama's ad makers have responded pointedly.
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OK. I promise I'm about to get with the program and Move On (without the .org, thanks all the same) but I could not let this slip by: John McCain was not the first one to compare Barack Obama to Paris Hilton. (!!!) Especially since Liberty and I went head-to-head on the celebrity issue, this PS-revelation is too good.
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Hey, don't I know you from somewhere. According to this new study, chances are, yes. Using records of 30 billion electronic conversations from 180 million people the world over, researchers have concluded that on average, any two people are only separated by 6.6 degrees of separation — meaning they could be linked together by seven acquaintances.
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The game rolled out by the RNC today called "Who Said It. The Celebrity Edition" takes a quote, and makes you choose who said it between three Hollywood-famous types and Obama, my favorite quote being: "Who knows what a hitch ball is. This is a hitch-ball cover.
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Seriously, what gadget has David Beckham not endorsed. Not that I'm complaining. Do I care that it makes zero sense to take your shirt off for a cell phone ad.
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