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Call it counterprogramming: 600 posters making fun of celebrities popped up throughout Hollywood during the self-indulgent love fest that is Oscars weekend. "Cult of Personality," one proclaimed, displaying the faces of John Travolta, Tom Cruise and Kirstie Alley, who evangelize for the controversial Church of Scientology. "President of Nothing," said the poster featuring Martin Sheen, who inhabits the Oval Office on "The West Wing" TV series. To read rest of article click here.

The publicity campaign for "Hollywood, Interrupted" has apparently been interrupted. Los Angeles writer Mark Ebner - co-author, with Andrew Breitbart, of the down-and-dirty indictment of the scandals and hypocrisies of Tinseltown celebs - told me NBC's "Today" and MSNBC's "Deborah Norville Tonight" canceled scheduled appearances because the book is just too hot. Ebner said that within hours of the "Today" cancellation, Norville chimed in on a conference call between her producers and a PR type for his publisher, John Wiley & Sons. "I find this book offensive," she allegedly declared. Ebner said Norville's producers indicated that publicizing "Hollywood, Interrupted" -...

Martin Sheen has started multiple campaigns to send messages to the President about his disapproval of any pending action against Iraq. His most recent 'virtual' campaign seeks to disrupt the normal flow of White House and congressional communications by activating an agitated protest class that seems to be interchangable, whether it be anti-WTO or other leftist anti-globalist causes. Well, two can play that game: Here is his address in the elitist Point Dume region of Malibu, California (according to multiple online sources): 6916 Dume Dr Malibu, CA 90265-4227, US I think that one could easily email a postcard to him...

<p>The Salon Interview: Camille Paglia Bad omen: Why the Columbia disaster should make Bush think twice about rushing to war with Iraq.</p> <p>Camille Paglia is a rarity in the increasingly polarized world of public intellectuals, a high-profile thinker and writer who is not readily identified with any political camp or party line. She burst onto the scene in 1990 following the publication of her book, "Sexual Personae." Paglia was a rough-trade feminist not afraid to challenge the orthodoxy of the women's movement or its reigning sisterhood; a professor from a small college with no qualms about torching the Parisian academic trends then enthralling Ivy League humanities departments; a self-proclaimed "Democratic libertarian" who voted twice for Bill Clinton and then loudly denounced him for bringing shame to his office.</p>

Black Agenda ABC Radio Networks bc-Black-Agenda-2002 ABC Radio Networks, NPR to Simulcast Election Special Nov. 4; Black Agenda 2002, an NPR/ABC Radio Election Special To: National Desk, Political Reporter, Media Reporter Contact: Edie Emery of ABC Radio, 703-837-9500, e-mail: edie(At)goodmanmedia.com Jenny Lawhorn of NPR, 202-513-2754, e-mail: jlawhorn(At)npr.org Sheila Eldridge, 201-722-1500, for Tom Joyner, e-mail: Sheila(At)milesaheadentertainment.com News Advisory: -- ABC Radio Networks, NPR to Simulcast Election Special Nov. 4 -- Black Agenda 2002, an NPR/ABC Radio Election Special - Live from the Apollo with Tavis Smiley and Tom Joyner On Monday, Nov. 4, The Tavis Smiley Show will simulcast with The...

Basketball great A.C. Green is best known for two things. One is his ironman record of playing in 1,192 consecutive games spanning 16 seasons. The other is inevitably, if a little disrespectfully, also called an endurance record — remaining a virgin until he married earlier this year at the age of 38. For years, Green has been an active campaigner for sexual abstinence — and he practiced what he preached. He recently celebrated his six-month wedding anniversary, and told ABCNEWS' Good Morning America that everything was worth the wait. "It is definitely worth waiting," Green said. "When you marry the...

At approximately 3:15 I drove through Westwood, though diverted by closed streets and a huge police presence, I was able to see the makings of the largest Anti-War protest and march I have ever seen in person. I was able to see the march's origins, about a mile plus away from the Federal Building near Federal and Wilshire (ironically near the U.S. Army Reserve and large Veterans Administration facilities.) What looked like thousands, and possibly tens of thousands, were marching towards the Federal building, site of many a protest in the past -- notable an anti-Impeachment rally featuring Barbra Streisand....

1995-96 David Chang, (right), named to finance committee for Robert G. Torricelli's Senate campaign. DEC. 15-16, 1997 Senator Torricelli travels through South Korea with Mr. Chang's employee. DEC. 19, 1997 Mr. Chang donates $30,000 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. FEB. 26, 1998 Mr. Chang meets at Old Executive Offfice Building with Bruce Riedel, senior director of the National Security Council for Near East and South Asian Affairs, to discuss his proposal for a dialogue between the United States and Iraq. JUNE 9, 1998 Mr. Chang and Audrey Yu attend state dinner for President Kim Dae Jung of South Korea....

HANNITY: If we prayed more, would that help stop the violence in the Middle East? Our good friend Pat Robertson--he'll be here. He'll answer that question tonight. Also, is Yale University rewarding students arrested for drug crimes? Now if you've ever paid a dime in tuition, well, you're not going to believe this story. Plus, how many visas has the government granted to visitors from the Middle East since September? That answer is coming up. But, first, earlier this week, a good old-fashioned war protest broke out on the campus of none other than University of California at Berkeley. Now...

If you could live and work from anywhere in the U.S, where would that be? Take into consideration lifestyle, schools, recreation, weather, cost and quality of life, etc.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Thank you, Rhine, for that kind introduction. And congratulations on your historic victory in Dayton. The DNC was proud to help you, and we look forward to working with you in the coming years. I want to thank the woman who both tolerates and encourages my commitment to this Party. Her unfailing love and support keep me going and keep our family thriving. My wife -- Dorothy McAuliffe. I'm going to ask all of you to work hard this year to bring more people into the Democratic Party. But I wouldn't ask any of ...

Two years ago, Director of Central Intelligence George J. Tenet phoned the White House. The agency had a lead, he said, on Osama bin Laden. Reports linked the al Qaeda leader to a temporary encampment in southern Afghanistan. Overhead photographs showed a well-equipped caravan of the sort used by hunters, a commanding figure at its center, and an entourage of escorts bearing arms. National security adviser Samuel R. "Sandy" Berger canvassed the Small Group, as they had come to call themselves, of Cabinet-rank decision-makers on the most sensitive terrorist matters. President Bill Clinton gave the go-ahead to begin preparations for ...

DNC Chairman, Terry McAuliffe Delivers the Spanish Radio Address' Democratic Response: Good morning, this is Terry McAuliffe, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. As this year's holiday shopping season begins, many Americans are finding that they have less to give to friends and family. According to the most recent numbers, close to 8 million of our people are out of work, and nearly three quarters of a million have lost their jobs since the September 11th attack on our country. The Latino community is bearing the brunt of this economic downturn, which a panel of respected economists have confirmed to ...

Long before the war in Afghanistan becomes just a twinkle in the eye of an old general, Aaron McGruder may well be living in exile in Canada. The 27-year-old creator of the daily hip-hop comic &quot;The Boondocks,&quot; which features the escapades of a group of young African-American kids growing up in the almost-all-white suburbs, has wrenched the torch of scathing satire from the Boomer King of Cartoon Controversy, Garry Trudeau, and set off on an Olympic-style sprint for infamy. Since Sept. 11, McGruder has been setting fire to the funny pages with incendiary panels of political humor mocking everything ...

'Salon has incurred losses and negative cash flow from operations since inception and has an accumulated deficit at September 30, 2001 of $73,869,000.' It is sorely tempting just to leave it at that, although I'm not sure that my editor would agree that one quote from their latest 10Q filing constitutes an article. I don't know; he'd probably allow it for the 'humour' value, however the truth is that I am just too weak to hold back: Salon is such an irresistible target. In certain respects, here lies the problem for any commentators wishing to cover their progress/demise; how on ...

Individuals involved in the largest domestic spying case in us history &nbsp; Are players in the largest domestic spying case in U.S. history still at it? The largest domestic spying case in U.S. history was the US vs. Mary Sue Hubbard in 1982. That trial ended in a US Federal Court in Washington DC with the criminal conviction of members of the Scientology organization. Twenty years later, during this current period of supposedly heightened national security, defendants and co-conspirators from that same domestic spying case are providing Wireless Networking and VPN { Virtual Private Networking ) for United States ...

Pro-military films prove opportunisticHOLLYWOOD: Industry is capitalizing on recent events, public sentiment  Ben ShapiroShapiro is a second-year political science student bringing reason to the masses. E-mail him at FrumFiddle@aol.com.Click Here for more articles by Ben ShapiroHollywood is taking a commercial break – from bashing the military. Not because Hollywoodites finally realized the error of their ways, and not because Sept. 11 woke them up. We couldn&#039;t hope for that kind of drastic turn-around. For the time being, Americans won&#039;t have to swallow another psychedelic anti-military script about Gulf War soldiers being abducted by David Duke and the U.S. military for ...

It's not every day that someone likens Dan Rather and CBS News to the Mafia. Or declares that the don in this case is The Dan, "who wanted me whacked." Or calls the CBS brass "a bunch of hypocrites" so consumed by liberal bias that they reflexively slant the news. Rest of story...

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) _ A judge refused to resurrect convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal's state appeal on Wednesday, rejecting the celebrated death-row inmate's argument that he was poorly represented in his original trial and that new testimony would clear him. Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Pamela Dembe ruled that she does not have jurisdiction over Abu-Jamal's petition for a new trial, scuttling his hopes for another round of state-court appeals. MORE