selling of the president
Barack Obama, his wife Michelle, and his daughters Malia Ann and Sasha all sat down for an
adorable interview with
Access Hollywood. They are sitting in, perhaps, some sort of backlot western town set. Someone named Maria Menounos is being all
Access Hollywood-y at them. But still, in the 30s seconds of interview available so far, we have to admit that we
don't hate Barack Obama's kids. They're making fun of his ratty old clothes, all sitcom-like! This celeb media offensive seems to be paying off. Maybe Michelle should become a
Best Week Ever talking head or something next? Hooray for no substance! Clip after the jump.
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Last week, entertainment "news" show
Access Hollywood reported on its website that incoming CBS evening dominatrix
Katie Couric told
Access that "she would not venture into the Middle East hot spot," noting that she's a single parent with two children. As talking heads want nothing more than for the viewing public to believe that they are capable of "reporting," this sort of sentiment does not bode well for a network news anchor. But shortly after their story created a stir,
Access conceded that the quote had been taken out of context (it was from a May 30 interview and in regards to injured CBS correspondent Kimberly Dozier). The website thus updated their story with Couric's most recent comments on the Middle East, in which she said she would "want to be there."
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• A 20-something woman who met Charlie Sheen through his millionairematch.com profile claims that while they dated, the actor asked her to dress up in schoolgirl outfits and wear her hair in pigtails. But he was just doing research for his line of children's clothing, seriously. Sheen Kids, on sale now! [
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• At the
Maxim Hot 100 party,
Lindsay Lohan takes the high road and refuses to talk about her firecrotch. [
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• Everybody joins our cause in hating Mischa Barton and
Access Hollywood. [
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Russell Crowe desperately kisses ass, having his photo taken with a fan in the middle of his band's performance and leaving a 50% tip at dinner later that night. So that's two people who'll forget about his Mercer incident. Only 20 million more to go. [
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• The opening of the Jivamukti Yoga School is dominated by horrific celebrity B.O. [
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access hollywood
We're going to go ever-so-slightly off our beat for just a moment, because a great cultural injustice has been brought upon the press release-receiving people of the world. You see,
Access Hollywood sends daily press releases plugging whatever will be on that night's show. Tonight, it's an interview with
O.C. starlet Mischa Barton (who coincidentally used to date charming Brandon Davis). Well, that's nice. Except that the email completely spoils tomorrow night's season finale. IN THE SUBJECT LINE. No warning, no looking away, no escape — if you so much as glance at your inbox,
Access is going to fuck up your Thursday.
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Anyone else wondering why none of the major entertainment shows — Entertainment Tonight, Extra! or Access Hollywood — have touched the revelations of Tom Cruise's deep involvement with the Church of Scientology? Someone with backbone at the shows: send us the internal discussion, please.
