Fishbowl America Round-Up #10

July 9, 2008 in Alabama, Humor, International, LGBT, News & Opinion, Politics & Government, Pop Culture, Religion, Science & Technology, Sports, Style, Video
Tags: Access, advertising, band, Barack, blogs, boys, Brea, Bush, Carol, Democrat, denver, drilling, durbin, dvd, family, Gay, GLBT, Grant, hall, Heroes, heterosexual, Hollywood, Illinois, in, interview, Kreck, lesbian, LGBT, librarian, Malia, marketing, McCain, Menounos, Michelle, movie, NBC, Obama, offshore, oil, Sasha, Television, the, town

Fishbowl America Round-Up for July 9th:

• John McCain Kicks Librarian Out of Town Hall Event – From Tuesday’s Denver McCain town hall meeting, where a 60-year-old librarian was fined and kicked out for holding a sign that said “McCain=Bush.”
• Top Democrat May Back New Offshore Drilling – A top U.S. Democratic senator said in a newspaper interview published Wednesday that he would consider supporting opening up new areas for offshore oil and gas drilling.
• Meet The Obamas – The Obama Family sits down for their first television interview.
• LGBT Adults Read, Respond To More Blogs Than Heterosexuals – According to a recent national survey conducted by Harris Interactive®, gay and lesbian adults online are reading more blogs than their heterosexual counterparts.
• Milestone Gay Film “The Boys in the Band” To Be Released On DVD November 11 – One of the most iconic (and impossible-to-find) films of gay cinema will finally be released on DVD November 11th. The Boys in the Band was released in 1970, and over the years has been both reviled and revered by gay viewers.
• Brea Grant Moves Quickly On “Heroes” – As if Heroes wasn’t already one of the most inspired shows on TV: The producers of the hit series have announced that they’re adding the gorgeous Brea Grant to the cast for next season. Grant, who you may recognize from her guest spots on Friday Night

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Meet the Obamas

July 9, 2008 in Humor, News & Opinion, Politics & Government, Pop Culture, Style, Video
Tags: Access Hollywood, Barack, family, interview, Malia, Michelle, Obama, Sasha, Video

Barack, Michelle, Malia and Sasha Obama sit down for their first TV interview together, with Access Hollywood.

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Fishbowl America Round-Up #7

July 8, 2008 in Alabama, Humor, International, LGBT, News & Opinion, Politics & Government, Pop Culture, Religion, Science & Technology, Sports, Style, Video
Tags: ABC, Access, Ad, Arizona, attack, Barack, Blumenthal, Caillat, CBS, Christians, Colbie, commercial, Convention, Dance, DNC, Edwards, for, Gay, GOP, Hagee, High, Hollywood, interview, invesco, Israel, Jason, Jim, Joe, John, Lieberman, Love, Malia, Maria, Max, McCain, Menounos, Michelle, Mile, Mraz, NBC, Obama, president, Sasha, Sing, speech, Steal, Things, United, veep, Veepstakes, vice, Video, VP, We, Webb, YouTube

Fishbowl America Round-Up for July 8th:

• Edwards Would ’Seriously Consider’ VP Offer – John Edwards said Tuesday that if he were asked to accept the vice presidential slot or a cabinet position in a potential Barack Obama administration, he would “seriously consider” whatever the Illinois senator asked him to do.
• John McCain’s “Love” Doubles As Obama Attack – John McCain may be the supportive subject of this new campaign ad, called “Love,” but Barack Obama definitely provides the thrust of the message. Or, rather, takes the brunt of the message.
• Hagee’s Revenge? Videos Of Controversial Pastor Removed From YouTube – Late last week, with no prior notification, lawyers for the controversial evangelist John Hagee had a series of videos concerning the pastor removed from YouTube. The clips spanned from the contentious to the mundane; some included footage lifted from ser
• Barack Obama And Family Chat With Maria Menounos – In an Access Hollywood exclusive interview, Senator Barack Obama and his wife Michelle, along with daughters Malia, 10 and Sasha, 7 open up about rules, what it is like for friends to meet dad, communicating on the trail, potential plans for moving into t
• Obama’s Shift To Mile High Stadium May Limit Networks – Senator Barack Obama will accept his party’s nomination in a Denver football stadium that seats more than 75,000 people, campaign officials said Monday, a late change in plans intended to take advantage of the candidate’s ability to draw huge crowds.
• Webb Quits Veepstakes; House GOP Conference Chair Predicts Losses; Problems for Arizona GOP Hopeful – US Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) removed himself from the Veepstakes race, after the Obama campaign search committee informed him last week he was one of the contenders. “Last week I communicated to Senator Obama and his presidential campaign my firm intention
• He Loves Hats and We Love Him: Jason Mraz – In his new album, We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things, Jason Mraz has continued to refine his writing style from the cheerful guitar-driven pop of his first album. How can people NOT fall in love with a guy who writes such songs? I said it before and I’m