FameCrawler : presidential election

John Edwards The Father Of Rielle Hunter's Baby?

Sassy Smith — Fri, 08 May 2009 11:03:00 GMT

John Edwards' former mistress Rielle Hunter - whose baby girl Frances, 14 months, is rumored to be the daughter of Edwards - is upset that he's denying paternity of her child. She wants John to submit to a DNA test to prove he is the dad!

According to sources, Hunter is working with an attorney to take legal action against Edwards. This all comes with the recent release of John's wife Elizabeth's new book Relilience, in which she talks of her battle with terminal cancer, her marriage and her husband's affair. Elizabeth isn't sure if John is the father of Frances, but she admits she could be. Although John finally admitted the affair to Elizabeth - he first lied that it was a one time thing - he has adamantly denied he's the dad.

An insider said, "Rielle - probably naively - now realizes she had held onto a false promise that if she continued to take part in the cover-up John had engineered, they'd be together in the future.

"She was willing to protect John for the sake of the child. She agreed to allow a crony of his to claim he was the baby's father, and she even kept the name of the father blank on the birth certificate.

"But now she can see there's never going to be a future with John - and she feels he's lied about his promise to keep Elizabeth from trashing her in the book," claimed the source.

"Rielle is so infuriated by his and Elizabeth's actions that she's throwing her loyalty to him out of the window!"

The source added, "Rielle wants the paternity of her daughter Frances finally established. It could ruin John for good because even after admitting the affair, he vehemently denied being the father!"

What a mess. I don't know how Elizabeth has been dealing with this - can you imagine battling cancer and your partner is cheating on you? Nothing like kicking a person when they're down. How sad for the Edwards' children, too.

And baby Frances didn't ask to be born into such a sordid situation. She has every right to know both of her parents - so if John Edwards is the father, then he needs to step up and take care of her. If you're going to sleep around and end up creating a child, then you have to take responsibility.

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Josh loposer — Tue, 05 May 2009 22:01:00 GMT

Elizabeth Edwards sat down with Oprah this week to tell the world her story, and snippets of the convo (set to air Thursday) are making their way out.

Apparently, Elizabeth came on the show to talk about her battle with terminal cancer, John Edwards' affair, and her upcoming memoirs Resilience -- but mostly John's affair and the messy, lingering aftermath. According to Elizabeth, John may very well be a baby daddy to Rielle Hunter's 1-year-old daughter.

"I've seen a picture of the baby. I have no idea. It doesn't look like my children but I don't have any idea."

When asked whether she still loved her husband, she replied: "You know, that's a complicated question"

If you remember the story, Hunter didn't list the father's name on her daughter's birth certificate, so it's not super clear whether she actually believes John is the father or not.

Still, with all of the rumors that Rielle got hush money from John's campaign and speculation that she and the baby are living in a secret home payed for by John to keep them from being overrun by reporters like me, it looks like he's the daddy.

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Voting with the Obamas- Video

Whit Honea — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:36:00 GMT

Barack, Michelle and the girls have done their civic duty, have you? Well, the girls didn't really do anything as they're not old enough to vote (although they are in Chicago).

Who do you think they voted for?

The polls are near closing in some states, if you haven't voted* please do so!

*good for one free Starbucks

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Barack Obama's Grandmother Dies

sweatpantsmom — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:05:00 GMT

Barack Obama announced the death Monday of his beloved grandmother, Madelyn Payne Dunham. In a joint statement with his sister Maya Soetoro-Ng Obama said his grandmother, who helped raise him and whom he often praised as the cornerstone of his family, died peacefully Sunday night after a battle with cancer. She was 86.

"She was the cornerstone of our family, and a woman of extraordinary accomplishment, strength, and humility. She was the person who encouraged and allowed us to take chances," the statement read. "She was proud of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren and left this world with the knowledge that her impact on all of us was meaningful and enduring. Our debt to her is beyond measure. "

Obama visited Dunham in Hawaii on October 23-24 when he halted his campaigning to be with her. He told CBS news that he "got there too late" when his mother died of ovarian cancer in 1995 at 53, and wanted to make sure "that I don't make the same mistake twice."

Obama learned of Dunham's death on Monday morning while campaigning in Jacksonville, Florida. The family said a private ceremony would be held later.

Our condolences go out to the entire Obama family.

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Jessica Alba Gets Muzzled For a Cause (Video)

sweatpantsmom — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:05:00 GMT

Here's Jessica Alba making like Hannibal Lechter in her second ad for the Declare Yourself campaign. The campaign is urging young people to get off their skateboards, put down their BudLights, pull themselves away from their Playstations and VOTE.

There's also a video where Alba, along with Hayden Panettiere, hawks The Muzzler mask in a Home Shopping Network spoof. “Our final item up for grabs today is The Muzzler 2008! if you have no plans to vote in the November presidential election, then this is the product for you. It will leave you literally speechless! If silence is your thing, shop no further.."

Nice to see celebrities getting involved in the election beyond just issuing a sound bite. Looks like Alba is getting daughter Honor Marie involved early - her and husband Cash Warren took their four-month-old daughter to the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado last month.

(Haven't registered to vote? Click here to Declare Yourself!)

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Sarah Palin: Miss Alaska Pageant Video

Whit Honea — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:13:00 GMT

Sarah Palin, long before she was the GOP candidate for vice-president, long before she was the governor of Alaska, long before she was the mayor of whatever that town is called, long before she was a TV sports reporter, long before she was a mother or married, she was a beauty queen. She was in the Miss Alaska Pageant, and this is that pageant. Swimsuit edition.

Mind you, this is not a post of judgment. I'm not a hater of the beauty pageant. I can't say I've ever watched one, other than being forced by my wife to sit through Miss Congeniality, and wait, maybe I do hate pageants. That movie sucked. I digress. I don't believe that being a beauty queen in a life before kids and politics has anything to do with who she is now- although Todd Palin may disagree.

Here, in all her 1980ish glory is Sarah Palin, before she was a Palin:

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Sarah Palin Disney Movie: Head of Skate

Whit Honea — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:11:00 GMT

Matt Damon got it started. He said something along the lines of Sarah Palin running for vice-president was like a bad Disney movie which made me love him a little bit less because everyone knows there is no such thing as a bad Disney movie (possible exceptions include anything with The Rock or direct-to-video).

The good people at CollegeHumor thought that Damon was on to something. One thing led to another and now Head of Skate is just an Iger nod from a November release.

Here is the trailer. I feel an Oscar.

Holy high-sticking, America!

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Todd Palin Subpoenaed!

Whit Honea — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:16:00 GMT

After much speculation regarding the probe being conducted by the Alaska State Judiciary Committee Todd Palin will be questioned.

The potential First Dude, husband of GOP Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin and father of 5, is, according to People, "to be subpoenaed in the state investigation into whether his wife possibly abused the power of her office to have her former brother-in-law fired from his job."

Never a dull moment in the GOP!

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Sarah Palin on Newsweek Cover

Whit Honea — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:55:00 GMT

Ack, bear! Run!

Sarah Palin is a straight-shootin' mama and Newsweek knows it. They have the cover to prove it.

No, this image was not photoshopped.

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Sarah Palin: Now She's a Racist?

Whit Honea — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:27:00 GMT

Obviously I'm not impressed with the GOP choice of Sarah Palin. That's the burden of common sense. However, even I'm getting tired of writing about her.

The thing is, ours is to cover celebrity and parents and poke the fun. Sarah Palin, with all apologies to the Jolie-Pitts, is the most famous parent in the world right now and therefore warrants our attention. The constant soap opera that surrounds her is just too much to ignore. Too much.

Now there is a server at a Juneau restaurant claiming Governor Palin used racist and sexist terminology, loudly and publicly, in regard to Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, respectively. From the LA Progressive:

According to Lucille, the waitress serving her table at the time and who asked that her last name not be used, Gov. Palin was eating lunch with five or six people when the subject of the Democrat’s primary battle came up. The governor, seemingly not caring that people at nearby tables would likely hear her, uttered the slur and then laughed loudly as her meal mates joined in appreciatively.

What did she say, allegedly? “So Sambo beat the bitch!” Nice.

She may not win the vice presidency, but I wouldn't put Role Model of the Year out her reach just yet.

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Sarah "Barracuda" Palin and the Heart of the Matter

Whit Honea — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:24:00 GMT

According to Sarah Palin's sister (CNN interview) the VP nominee's nickname of Barracuda was a result of tenacious d. on the hardwood (we're talking basketball, not Jack Black).

Ann and Nancy Wilson, the sisters/mothers/working women behind the rock band Heart have a different opinion of the name, and as such wrote a little song about it (Like to hear it? Here it go!).

The song "Barracuda," as anyone that has ever been in the same room as me and a radio can attest, is quite possibly my least favorite song ever- or at least second, sandwiched between Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit," and the entire catalog of Jethro Tull.

Last night at the conclusion of the Republican National Convention the McCain-Palin ticket blared Heart's song "Barracuda" into the arena. Obviously they were playing on Palin's nickname and yada, yada, yada, we get it.

Heart also got it, and they didn't like it. The sent a cease and desist letter to the GOP and contacted Entertainment Weekly to voice their grievances.

A quick aside- when are politicians doing to start asking for permission? This has been happening more and more, usually to the Republicans as they are using music created by the stereotypical leftness that is the recording artist. It can't be good to have celebrities bust your chops every time you turn on the stereo. I'm sure John Rich would love to provide the entire soundtrack. Maybe some Jethro Tull?

Perhaps you may think, as the GOP must have, that the Wilson sisters, both working mothers (Nancy had twin boys in 2000 with husband Cameron Crowe) would be delighted to have their hit played behind Sarah Palin and, according to Wolf Blitzer, "an excellent balloon and confetti drop," but no, they weren't.

Here is their statement:

"The Republican campaign did not ask for permission to use the song, nor would they have been granted that permission. We have asked the Republican campaign publicly not to use our music. We hope our wishes will be honored."

They then told EW, "Sarah Palin's views and values in NO WAY represent us as American women. We ask that our song 'Barracuda' no longer be used to promote her image. The song 'Barracuda' was written in the late 70s as a scathing rant against the soulless, corporate nature of the music business, particularly for women. (The 'barracuda' represented the business.) While Heart did not and would not authorize the use of their song at the RNC, there's irony in Republican strategists' choice to make use of it there."

What do you think? Is the artist entitled to say who can listen to their music and where, or is a large, organized and televised event subject to the same rules that govern other TV shows?

To be fair, Obama also used a song without permission, but the artists in that case, Brooks and Dunn, chose to be flattered despite not endorsing the politics of it.

Here's my humble opinion, I think that Brooks and Dunn rolled with it because the use of their song at the DNC probably opened them up to a new audience. I think Heart is upset because a) it's Sarah Palin, and b) the best way to stretch their thrust back into the spotlight is to grab said spotlight. There is no such thing as bad publicity and even though their anger may be geniune and justified, the cynic in me knows a good marketing ploy when I see it.

I just hope "Barracuda" doesn't go back into heavy rotation.

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Barack and Michelle Obama and Kids: Looking Very First Family-ish

sweatpantsmom — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:50:00 GMT

Here's a shot of Barack Obama, his wife Michelle and daughters Sasha and Malia shortly after he finished giving his incredibly moving acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night.

Hey - don't they totally look like a First Family?

I'm just sayin'.

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Barack Obama Acceptance Speech (Video)

sweatpantsmom — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:55:00 GMT

For those of you that missed it, here's the full video of Barack Obama's acceptance speech last night at the Democratic National Convention. Even my two young daughters almost made it through the whole thing - no small feat considering it was on at the same time as one of their favorite reruns of "iCarly."

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Michelle Obama Video: The Speech, The Dream, The Cute Kids

Whit Honea — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:04:00 GMT

Hey, we haven't talked about Michelle Obama in hours! We're slipping.

Did you see her speech last night. It was a good one, there is no denying that, but the real capper was the pure joy and innocence brought to the stage by the arrival of her daughters- especially when they corrected their father via satellite at his own party. Hey, I thought, that's just like my house. My kids correct me all the time and we have DirecTV. Maybe I'll run for president!

Here's her speech, watch it instead of working.

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Michelle Obama Behind the Scenes

Whit Honea — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:25:00 GMT

First Lady in waiting Michelle Obama rocked the 2008 Democratic National Convention with her speech Monday night. How did she prepare herself for the night? Here's a look behind the scenes:

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Michelle Obama's Speech: Love and Family

sweatpantsmom — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:44:00 GMT

While Michelle Obama's much-anticipated speech tonight at the Democratic National Convention will certainly address husband Barack Obama's campaign for the presidency, she will also focus on personal issues, most poignantly her love of family and of her enduring marriage.

According to excerpts of her speech received in advance, she speaks affectionately of her brother, Craig: "Each of us also comes here tonight by way of our own improbable journey. I come here tonight as a sister, blessed with a brother who is my mentor, my protector and my lifelong friend."

And of her husband of 16 years and her children, Malia Ann and Natasha, she says, "I come here as a wife who loves my husband and believes he will be an extraordinary president. I come here as a Mom whose girls are the heart of my heart and the center of my world – they’re the first thing I think about when I wake up in the morning, and the last thing I think about when I go to bed at night. Their future – and all our children’s future – is my stake in this election."

Michelle paints a loving portrait of Barack as a devoted father. “And in the end, after all that’s happened these past 19 months, the Barack Obama I know today is the same man I fell in love with 19 years ago. He’s the same man who drove me and our new baby daughter home from the hospital ten years ago this summer, inching along at a snail’s pace, peering anxiously at us in the rearview mirror, feeling the whole weight of her future in his hands, determined to give her everything he’d struggled so hard for himself, determined to give her what he never had: the affirming embrace of a father’s love.”

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Is Michelle Obama Pregnant?

sweatpantsmom — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:35:00 GMT

When Barack Obama wins the race for president will there be a new baby in the White House as well? Rumors are surfacing today that Obama's wife Michelle is pregnant. Hey, I don't make these rumors up, I just irresponsibly pass them on.

One theory is that the pregnancy rumors are coming from conservative radio talk show host and major gasbag Rush Limbaugh, who reportedly alluded to "an announcement" that Michelle will be making during her speech to the Democratic National Convention tonight. I'll bet Limbaugh got the info from his dealer.

So far there is no word from the Obama camp. Stay tuned to FameCrawler for more on this breaking story that seems to be totally untrue.

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Yay! Barack Obama Clinches the Democratic Presidential Nomination

sweatpantsmom — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:10:00 GMT

The Associated Press is reporting that Sen. Barack Obama has clinched the Democratic presidential nomination. He becomes the first black candidate to lead a major party into a campaign for the White House.

“Tonight, I can stand before you and say that I will be the Democratic nominee for president of the United States,” Obama planned to say in a victory celebration speech. He'll make the speech in St. Paul, Minn., the site of the convention that will nominate his Republican opponent in the fall, Sen. John McCain of Arizona.

Throughout the day speculation increased that Hilary Clinton could possibly join Obama on the ticket as a running mate. In a call that took place Tuesday between Clinton and members of the New York congressional delegation, Clinton signaled an interest in that prospect, but stopped short of conceding to Obama or dropping out of the race. Clinton has said she would be "open to it" if it would help the party's prospects in November.

Congratulations to Barack Obama! His wife Michelle and his children must be excited and proud today.

Disclaimer: The opinions voiced here do not necessarily reflect those of Babble, the FameCrawler staff, their mothers or their podiatrists.

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Mike Huckabee Eats Fried Squirrel

sweatpantsmom — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:05:00 GMT

It may not seem like this story belongs on FameCrawler - Mike Huckabee doesn't have young kids and he isn't really a celebrity - but it does involve sizzling hot rodents and that's good enough for me.

Watch the video and see the Huckster talk about frying a squirrel in a popcorn popper. That's right - this man could be your next president.

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Elisabeth Hasselbeck: Switching Teams

HerBadMother — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:01:00 GMT

For Hilary Clinton, no less. The conservative co-host of The View - currently on maternity leave - reportedly received a note from Hilary Clinton that was just so lovely and flattering that Hasselbeck sent Barbara Walters an e-mail stating that the former First Wife and possible first female president could very likely 'swing' her.

To the Democrats, that is. Which I think is actually about as likely as Hasselbeck becoming a lesbian and bedding down with Rosie O'Donnell, but then again, ratings are ratings, and what better way to bang back into that co-host chair than to announce a big ol' girl crush on Hilary Clinton? (Whaddup with Hilary, though - seducing La Hasselbeck, a conservative shrew if ever there was one? Is she that desperate for supporters, or does she just like her boobs?)

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FameCrawler : presidential election

John Edwards The Father Of Rielle Hunter's Baby?

Elizabeth Edwards Has "No Idea" If John's The Baby Daddy

Voting with the Obamas- Video

Barack Obama's Grandmother Dies

Jessica Alba Gets Muzzled For a Cause (Video)

Sarah Palin: Miss Alaska Pageant Video

Sarah Palin Disney Movie: Head of Skate

Todd Palin Subpoenaed!

Sarah Palin on Newsweek Cover

Sarah Palin: Now She's a Racist?

Sarah "Barracuda" Palin and the Heart of the Matter

Barack and Michelle Obama and Kids: Looking Very First Family-ish

Barack Obama Acceptance Speech (Video)

Michelle Obama Video: The Speech, The Dream, The Cute Kids

Michelle Obama Behind the Scenes

Michelle Obama's Speech: Love and Family

Michelle Obama Behind the Scenes

Michelle Obama's Speech: Love and Family

Is Ted Kennedy Dying?

Michelle Obama's Speech: Love and Family

Is Michelle Obama Pregnant?

Yay! Barack Obama Clinches the Democratic Presidential Nomination

Mike Huckabee Eats Fried Squirrel

Elisabeth Hasselbeck: Switching Teams