"Right now the momentum seems to be in Sen. Obama's direction," said Michael Gross, associate vice-president at Ipsos Public Affairs. "The fact so many people feel the country is headed on the wrong track favours Sen. Obama right now. And the fact he has a strong core of people who are willing to advocate on his behalf, is a plus for his candidacy."Go Obama! Read Full Story
The noted environmental group has officially endorsed Senator Barack Obama. Here is what they had to say about the endorsement:"The contrast, which was already pretty sharp, just got razor sharp this week," the environmental group's executive director, Carl Pope, told The Associated Press. "At the end of the day, John McCain just signed up with the Bush policy of giving the oil industry what it wants."Stikes me as more "anti-McCain" than "pro-Obama"... Read Full Story
Hilary Duff makes more money than I do - perhaps that is one reason the the Hollywood It-Girl is out and about with her $1200 Hudson purse by Marc Jacobs. Marc Jacobs makes cool fashion, but he sells that cool fashion at a hot price. The Hudson retails for over a thousand bucks. Ouch.In other Hillary Duff news, word is out that her manager refuses to let her buy a new car. Duff wants a Porsche, but..."The car I want is a Porsche Cayenne Turbo. But my business manager doesn't want... Read Full Story
Tommy Hilfinger and his fashion collection have been around for a long long time. Hilfinger is known for his use of color in each fashion collection, but he isn't usually known for his celebrity star power.However, at his most recent show, a bunch of celebs came out to support Hilfinger. Molly Sims was there, as was Victoria Silvstedt and Damon Dash. Michelle Williams of Destiny's Child even gave a shout out to Mr. Hilfinger.Maybe we'll start to see more of Hilfinger on the red... Read Full Story
Owen Wilson has been hospitalized this week and is recovering from serious injuries. The press has been speculating that those injuries stem from an attempted suicide. Records of the 911 emergency call now reveal that Santa Monica police were in fact responding to an "attempted suicide" when they were called to Owen Wilson's house on Sunday night.Owen is a funny actor and seems like a nice guy. I hope he recovers, not only physically but also mentally and emotionally. Read Full Story
“While predatory lenders were driving low-income families into financial ruin, 10 of the country’s largest mortgage lenders were spending more than $185m (€136m, £92m) lobbying Washington to let them get away with it,” wrote Barack Obama.Sounds like Obama is going to make mortgages a campaign issue. I still don't understand what his proposed solution is to the current mortgage crunch, but it is a hot topic for many families. Smart timing on Barack's part... since the latest surveys s... Read Full Story
Here is the news clipping:Joost, the recently launched internet television service, has signed a deal with independent film channel Raindance.tv.Raindance.tv was launched at the UK independent film festival Raindance. The channel has created alliances with distribution partners and will broadcast films, shorts and documentaries on Joost. Read Full Story
Someone left a comment about viewmy.tv on one of my earlier posts about Joost and the future of online video. At first I thought that it was comment spam, but actually it is on topic.I checked out viewmy.tv and it has some promise. Yes, the site is FAR too slow. The team at ViewMy needs to make some bigtime improvements to make the site go faster. But I like the idea behind the site.Here is what the about us page says:" Our target is to access a global audience to ... Read Full Story
The team at Joost is a press machine, they continue to get a ton of magazine and newspaper coverage. Just like Skype was the next telephone, Joost in the next television. It is an easy message to convey. But it isn't an easy message to deliver on. Joost has signed lots of deals with big video brands, but at the end of the day it isn't nearly as popular as YouTube. How many people do you know who use Joost everyday? I can't easily post and share video clips on my blog. I can&... Read Full Story
All of the Dems were chasing the gay and lesbian community's support this week. There is a growing base of voters who support gay rights and gay marriage in particular.But there is also a price to pay in winning those votes, as evidenced by the fact that not a single Republican candidate is willing to discuss the issue in debate. According to polls in three swing states, Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, most voters said that they would vote AGAINST any candidate that got endorsed by a ... Read Full Story
