Monday, January 24, 2011

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Rocker Bret Michaels scheduled for surgery (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 11:27 AM PST

FILE - In this July 12, 2010 file photo, singer and TV personality Bret Michaels arrives for a taping of 'The Late Show with David Letterman' in New York. Michaels is set to undergo a procedure Monday, Jan. 24, 2011, to close a hole in his heart. A surgical team at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix will performed the procedure. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, file)AP - Bret Michaels is undergoing a procedure in Phoenix to close a hole in his heart.

Oprah Winfrey finds sister she didn't know she had (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 02:06 PM PST

This photo taken Jan. 19, 2011 and provided by Harpo Productions Inc., shows talk-show host Oprah Winfrey greeting her half-sister Patricia on an episode of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' taped at Harpo Studios in Chicago. On the show that aired Monday, Jan. 24, 2011, a sometimes-emotional Winfrey introduced Patricia, explaining how the woman's years-long search for her family culminated in a meeting with Winfrey on Thanksgiving Day of last year. (AP Photo/Harpo Productions Inc., George Burns) NO SALESAP - Oprah Winfrey has discovered she has a half-sister — a Milwaukee woman who was given up for adoption by Winfrey's mother nearly 50 years ago, when the talk show host was eight years old.

James Franco talks 'crazy projects' at Sundance (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 12:36 PM PST

** CORRECTS DATE ** James Franco from the film 'Three's Company: The Drama' poses for a portrait in the Fender Music Lodge during the 2011 Sundance Film Festival on Saturday, Jan. 22, 2011 in Park City, Utah. (AP Photo/Victoria Will)AP - James Franco is aware he has a reputation.

James Franco: I "Have a Lot of Respect" For Porn Stars (omg!)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 02:37 PM PST

omg! - The actor opens up about his attempt to film a sex tape

Leno named winner of Harvard's Hasty Pudding award (omg!)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 02:20 PM PST

omg! - AP - Massachusetts native Jay Leno is Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Man of the Year.

'Skins' Star & Fellow Hollywood Actors Talks MTV Series Controversy (omg!)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 02:17 PM PST

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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- MTV's new controversial series, "Skins," continues to make headlines as more companies, Sunway and Wrigley being the latest, yank their ads from the show - but what does Hollywood think about all the brouhaha?

Jay Leno to get Harvard Hasty pudding award (omg!)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 02:16 PM PST

omg! - Reuters - It's been an up and down few years for comedian Jay Leno, but the comedian and talk show host got some good news on Monday when he was dubbed "Man of the Year" by Harvard's Hasty Pudding Club.

Jay Leno Named Hasty Pudding's Man of the Year (omg!)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 01:55 PM PST

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Jay Leno has been named Hasty Pudding's Man of the Year.

The late-night host was honored by the nation's oldest undergraduate drama troupe for entertaining "millions of people over his long accomplished career in comedy," the Harvard University group said on its website.

Howard Stern calls Jay Leno a "crook" on TV interview

Christina Aguilera to Sing National Anthem at Super Bowl (omg!)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 01:43 PM PST

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Christina Aguilera will sing the national anthem at this year's Super Bowl.

The National Football League and Fox network announced Monday that the

30-year-old five-time Grammy winner will perform during the festivities before the Pittsburgh Steelers face the Green Bay Packers.

Steve Harvey's Ex-Wife Trashes Him in Epic Tirade (omg!)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 01:42 PM PST

omg! - Mary Harvey says the comic was a cheater who "turned my son against me, had me evicted from our house"

Golden-voiced for comedy, Jon Benjamin all over TV (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 11:21 AM PST

In this undated publicity image released by FX, H. Jon Benjamin, the voice of suave master spy Sterling Archer in the FX animated series 'Archer' is shown in the studio. Benjamin also voices the character of Bob Belcher in the Fox animated series, 'Bob's Burgers.' (AP Photo/FX, Frank Micelotta)AP - Jon Benjamin has played an alcoholic gym teacher; a lazy, housebound son; a crime-fighting conjoined twin; a hyper-hedonistic secret agent; Charles Darwin; a sugar-addicted 7-year-old; the devil; Yoda and a talking can of vegetables.

TV pioneer Jack LaLanne got viewers off the couch (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 09:39 AM PST

FILE - This undated file image provided by Ariel Hankin shows fitness pioneer Jack LaLanne. LaLanne, the fitness guru who inspired television viewers to trim down and pump iron for decades before exercise became a national obsession, died Sunday, Jan. 23, 2011. He was 96. (AP Photo/Ariel Hankin, File) NO SALESAP - Jack LaLanne began his show seen in dramatic silhouette, a peppy, powerful figure doing jumping jacks while an electric organ pumped out "Camptown Races," his bouncy theme.

`Twilight,' `Airbender' lead Razzies with 9 noms (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 11:18 AM PST

FILE - In this file publicity image released by Summit Entertainment, Kristen Stewart and James Pattinson are shown in a scene from 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.' The film was nominated for nine Razzies, including worst picture, and Stewart and Pattinson for worst actress and worst actor. (AP Photo/Summit Entertainment, Kimberley French, File)AP - Vampires, werewolves and airbenders lead the pack at the Razzies, an Academy Awards spoof that hands out prizes for the year's worst films.

Leno named winner of Harvard's Hasty Pudding award (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 02:21 PM PST

FILE - This March 7, 2010 file photo shows comedian Jay Leno at the Vanity Fair Oscar party in West Hollywood, Calif. Leno was named Monday, Jan. 24, 2011, as Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Man of the Year, and is scheduled to receive his pudding pot at a roast on Feb. 4. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, File)AP - Massachusetts native Jay Leno is Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Man of the Year.

Subway joins growing ad exit from MTV show "Skins" (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 02:40 PM PST

Reuters - Sandwich chain Subway on Monday became the fifth company to distance itself from MTV's controversial new series "Skins," pulling its advertising from the teen show after a campaign by a parents TV watchdog.

Sundance film review: "Cedar Rapids" (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 02:56 PM PST

Cast member Ed Helms kisses a cardboard cutout of his character from the film Reuters - Ed Helms lands a sturdy showcase for his trademark awkwardness and nerdy charms in "Cedar Rapids," a kind of delayed coming-of-age comedy about a sheltered innocent that in many ways recalls "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," the big-screen breakout of Helms' co-star from "The Office," Steve Carell.

Aguilera to sing national anthem at Super Bowl (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 02:51 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2011 file photo, singer Christina Aguilera arrives for the Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. Aguilera will sing the national anthem at the Super Bowl in Texas on Feb. 6. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)AP - Christina Aguilera will sing the national anthem at the Super Bowl in Texas on Feb. 6.

Subway joins growing ad exit from MTV show "Skins" (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 02:40 PM PST

Reuters - Sandwich chain Subway on Monday became the fifth company to distance itself from MTV's controversial new series "Skins," pulling its advertising from the teen show after a campaign by a parents TV watchdog.

German foundation refuses to return Nefertiti bust (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 01:41 PM PST

Reuters - A German foundation rejected Monday an Egyptian request to return the 3,400-year-old bust of Queen Nefertiti, a sculpture which draws over one million viewers annually to a Berlin museum.

First Person: Oprah's Shocking New Secret Mirrors One of My Family's Darkest Secrets (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 03:01 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - Talk show host Oprah Winfrey admitted she's been hiding a secret since 2007 in an effort to avoid a media frenzy. The secret? Her mother, Vernita Lee, gave up one of her half-sisters for adoption when Oprah was 9. Living with her father, Oprah never learned of her mother's pregnancy with that half-sister. She learned for the first time that that half-sister existed in 2007.
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