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President Obama Arranges Meeting With Justin Bieber For Daughter Of 9/11 Victim
Mon Jun 27 2011 by Robbie Daw
Just when you thought Justin Bieber's appearance at a New York City Macy's last week would go down in pop history as the event the Biebz was knocked down at by an undercover cop, along comes news that something good came out of day after all, thanks to President Barack Obama.
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President Obama Plays Matchmaker For A Justin Bieber Fan
Thu May 12 2011 by Idolator Staff
Watch out, Selena Gomez. Justin Bieber is getting an unlikely assist in reaching out to his beloved Beliebers — from none other than the head of state himself. Meeting Barack Obama might be a once-in-a-lifetime milestone for some people, but to a 14-year-old fan of the egg-dodging teen star, there's only one really important request to make of the most powerful man in the world: get her same face-time with the "Next 2 You" singer. Think the president can deliver? Head below to see how The Biebs responded.
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Mariah Carey And More Celebrate “Christmas In Washington” (PHOTOS)
Mon Dec 13 2010 by Erika Brooks Adickman
Mariah Carey’s already celebrated Christmas in Rockefeller Plaza and tonight she’ll be saying “Merry Christmas To You” on ABC with help from her mom Patricia, but that’s not enough for the “Oh Santa” diva. The mother-to-be also helped deck the halls of our nation’s capitol for the television special “Christmas In Washington“. The Merry Christmas II You songbird was joined by Annie Lennox, recent Idolator interviewee Maxwell, Glee’s Matthew Morrison and the Obamas at the National Building Museum. Ellen DeGeneres also made an appearance, though it seems she was only there for the chance to feel MiMi’s pregnant belly. More »
Susan Boyle Gets Invited To Perform At The White House
Mon Dec 7 2009 by Becky Bain
Seems like yesterday that the Jonas Brothers were burnin’ up the hearts of White House pop fans. But even Disney’s tween dreamboats may have to yield to the shock and awe of Susan Boyle’s global assault. As if notching biggest sales week for any album this year wasn’t enough to command respect, ever-reliable UK news outlet The Daily Express reports that Susan Boyle has been asked to drop by 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. for a “small, intimate gathering” during the First Lady’s 46th birthday party in January. More »
Bono: Ain’t That American
Mon Oct 19 2009 by Maura
You may have forgotten that U2 frontman Bono was a very occasional guest columnist for The New York Times—after all, it’s been nine months since his Gray Lady debut, and the missive published in yesterday’s Week In Review section was only his fourth under this arrangement. It’s about Barack Obama’s recently bestowed Nobel Peace Prize! And it opens with a reference to Bono getting in hot water with the FCC earlier this decade. More »
Cox Flips The Athens Dial To “Obama Radio”: Well, It’s Better Than “The Pole”
Thu Oct 1 2009 by Maura
So a station in Athens, Ga., has celebrated “April Fool Plus Six Months Day” by switching from its classic-rock format to “Obama 100.1 Athens Government Controlled Radio,” in a bit of jokey-not-funny programming that’s reminiscent of that awful “Stripper Radio” switch that took place in Denver a few months ago. As you can tell by the picture taken from the site at left, which refers to Obama as Keith Urban, this little prank was not very well-thought-out, and as such is probably temporary. Which is kind of a shame, because the playlist—which they’re mixing with speeches by President Barack Obama and segments that are allegedly simulcast from the Cox-owned Hawaiian station KCCN—is pretty awesome, even if it was probably concocted by a bunch of snickering frat boys who think “Disco sucks” is still a good comedy line. More »
will.i.am Auto-Tunes The Most Important News Item Of The Week
Fri Sep 18 2009 by Maura
Can you remember a world before Kanye West’s Video Music Awards run-in? Clearly, his interruption of Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech on Sunday night was a watershed moment not just for our country’s celebrity-industrial complex, but for our budding media ethicists and underemployed Photoshop aficionados. In a move that reminds one of his holographic appearance on CNN during last year’s election season, Black Eyed Peas leader will.i.am has decided to put his own spin on the incident, mashing together Barack Obama’s declaration that West was a “jackass,” the music from West’s megahit “Heartless,” his personal feelings on how people are kind of ridiculous for making this a big deal, and a lot of Autotune. And, well… let’s just say that the phrase “diminishing returns” could be applied to this track, which at first sounds kind of like it’ll be OK but is then overtaken by Will’s “let’s get together” lyrics that could just as easily be applied to political skirmishes as they could fights between fans of Coke and his paymasters at Pepsi. Clip after the jump. More »
