In other news, a big fundraiser happened over the weekend featuring Barack and Michelle Obama, along with Oprah Winfrey, her BFF Gayle King and other top dollar dignitaries. I will work to find more pictures. Must. Know. What. Michelle. Wore! Courtesy of The Associated Press and The Chicago Sun-Times

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I was seriously worried about Britney Spears. Seriously. I don’t like to see anyone go off the deep end. It’s ugly, even if you’re a fluffy pop tartlet. That said, why is it that Britney can get such a fun, funky, tight dance/disco pop production and Janet Jackson has been recycling “Janet.” for a decade…

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For some reason my birthday week was the week of sexy, fashionable women stepping out in Hollywood and NYC. Not that I’m complaining. Any excuse to elaborate on the fierceness of random sisters is a joy. But while I (and others) will be wrapped up in hair and shoes and what outfits worked and what…

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From Gawker: A roadside billboard sprung up in West Plains, Missouri, recently, featuring a caricature of Barack Obama wearing a turban along with the message “Barack ‘Hussein’ Obama equals more abortions, same sex marriages, taxes, gun regulations.” While some members of that community are shocked and disgusted—the Obama campaign dismissed it as “a distraction”—other locals…

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The Obama belt. To quote Whitney Houston … Hell-to-the-naw! Witness the Obama Belt, a piece of partisan primping so fug it makes the humble campaign button look positively chic. For a hundred bucks, its proceeds, according to ObamaBelt.com, will “support swing state voter initiatives.” But the cost to your own wardrobe, as they say, is…

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What have I become, my sweetest friendEveryone I know goes away in the endYou could have it allMy empire of dirtI will let you downI will make you hurt— Nine Inch Nails, “Hurt” When Sen. John McCain looks at himself in the mirror does he like what he sees? I’ve never been a fan of…

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Saturday Night Live’s Thursday Debate parody … best part, Bill Murray on the Cubs, Chris Parnell’s excellent fake Tom Brokaw cutting off people and Darrell Hammond’s McCain aimlessly wandering into the shot. I still hate Fred Armisen’s Obama, but I’m learning to live with it, much like Amy Poehler’s Hillary Clinton, who, initially, I wasn’t…

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