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Quite the interesting discussion broke out amongst Grantland's Three Amigos - Bill Simmons, David Jacoby and Jalen Rose - with the topic centering around who gets the best real estate in the club during Super Bowl Weekend - President Obama, Jay-Z, Michael Jordan or LeBron James. Using those four names, it's hard to argue Jalen's order of the same rankings. In some parallel universe, President Obama taking his cabinet to the club on Super Sunday Eve would make every news outlet in the world. Jay-Z and Jordan could be swapped out depending how I'm feeling [...]

President Obama 's relationship to pop culture is simple - he uses it to to disarm the public and reach beyond the politicians and otherwise Very Important People sitting before him. Every nod to rap still feels as revelatory as his 2008 Democratic primary speech and reference to Jay-Z 's "Dirt Off Your Shoulders; " it says that he still sees minorities, youth and other, otherwise overlooked sectors of the population. Now five years later, on Saturday's White House Correspondents' Dinner, President Obama showed that pop-friendly charm offensive - or, political campaign used to [...]

Daniel Day-Lewis plays the President in Steven Spielberg's Obama, with Tracy Morgan as Joe Biden. Created for the 2013 White House Correspondents Dinner.

A 45-year-old Mississippi man has been arrested for the recent ricin-laced letters sent to President Obama, Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker, and a Mississippi justice official. Paul Kevin Curtis. He has three names. His neighbors described him as quiet and "keeping mostly to himself." And yet, people who knew him are somehow surprised that he attempted to assassinate the President and a Senator. I mean, not to be prejudicial, but if you have a neighbor with three names who is quiet and keeps mostly to himself, you should probably watch your back. I don't make the rules. [...]

In a New York Times op-ed that ran online Wednesday, Gabrielle Giffords puts her former colleagues in their place for killing the Manchin-Toomey gun control bill in the U.S. Senate that afternoon. The amendment would have universally expanded measures on background checks for gun control purchases, but, as Dianne Feinstein predicted , the National Rifle Association put the fear in lawmakers who felt insecure about their chances for 2014 reelection. Giffords was "furious" over the legislative failure: These senators made their decision based on political fear and on cold calculations about [...]

President Obama recently sat down for an interview with Today's Savannah Guthrie, during which he discussed a multitude of topics from gun control to abortion. One of the hot issues Guthrie brought up was Jay-Z and Beyonce's recent trip to Cuba because apparently this is one of our Nation's biggest concerns and Press Secretary Jay Carney's remarks last week just weren't convincing enough. In the rapper's " Open Letter " he claims that he and his wife received clearance for the trip from The White House, yet according to the President that's not necessarily [...]

By now you've no doubt heard Jay-Z's new song, " Open Letter ", during which he speaks on his trip to Cuba with wife Beyonce. You have also probably heard about how the White House addressed the situation, stating that they didn't grant permission as that's the Treasury department's job. Well, because he was in an interview with  Today , President Obama himself addressed Hov and Bey's trip and whether or not he knew about it. Here's what the prez had to say: "I wasn't familiar that they were taking the trip," he said, [...]

President Obama gave his second press conference inside of 24 hours in regards to the bombing at the Boston Marathon on Monday. "We know that two explosions gravely wounded dozens of members and took the lives of others, including an eight-year-old boy," he told members of the press Tuesday morning. "Given what we now know, the FBI is investigating it as an act of terrorism. What we don't yet know, however, is who carried out this attack or why ... We're at the beginning of our investigation. It will take time to follow every lead, but we will find out." [...]

President Obama and Michelle Obama held the first musical performance in a series called In Performance at the White House , this one honoring Memphis soul music. The latest golden boy out of Memphis, Justin Timberlake , performed a rendition of the Otis Redding classic "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay" and even coaxed the president himself into singing along. Watch the charming moment below. Aside from Timberlake, Booker T. Jones, Mavis Staples, Alabama Shakes , Sam Moore, and  Charlie Musselwhite all performed. The full concert will be shown on PBS on April 16. [...]

Queen Noor, Valerie Plame Wilson Kick-Off Grassroots Campaign with Support from United Nations and 75 Leaders Urging Obama to Start First Multilateral Talks to Reduce Nuclear Arms Washington, DC - Celebrities, musicians and major campaign organizations are turning out in support of Global Zero’s new international campaign calling on President Obama to set the world’s course to zero nuclear weapons by negotiating further cuts in massive U.S.–Russian Cold War nuclear arsenals and bringing other nuclear powers into the first international negotiations to reduce nuclear arms globally. As part of the launch, Global Zero released a two-minute [...]

Kanye West loves a good rant , so he embraced his somewhat-legendary frustrations yet again during his performance at London's Hammersmith Apollo. And in the lengthy video below, you'll hear him go on about Justin Timberlake's new single "Suit & Tie", President Obama, and the Grammys. He doesn't mince words about any of those topics, though when has he approached anything with kid gloves? Anyway, peep the rant below and let us know your thoughts in the comments.

And what a Presidential Inauguration it was! Yesterday (January 21) saw a pretty intense string of inaugural ceremonies, parties and sundry star-studded stuff, including (of course) a couple of powerhouse performances from people like  Beyonce   and  Kelly Clarkson . But last night kept the party going even harder, as  Alicia Keys , Jennifer Hudson   and  fun.   all performed at the Inaugural Ball, which sounds like something out of  The Hunger Games  but was actually pretty fun! [...]

Wearing a body hugging mermaid dress Jennifer Hudson tackled Al Green's famous love song “Let’s Stay Together” last night at President Barack Obama's 2013 Commander-In-Chief’s Inaugural Ball in Washington, D.C. The Oscar and Grammy winner added her groovy twist to the R&B song that served as the Michelle and Barack's first dance. Right before taking [...] Jennifer Hudson 'Let’s Stay Together' At At President Obama’s Inauguration (Video) is a post from: RnB Music Blog

Wearing a body hugging mermaid dress Jennifer Hudson tackled Al Green's famous love song “Let’s Stay Together” last night at President Barack Obama's 2013 Commander-In-Chief’s Inaugural Ball in Washington, D.C. The Oscar and Grammy winner added her groovy twist to the R&B song that served as the Michelle and Barack's first dance. Right before taking [...] Jennifer Hudson 'Let’s Stay Together' At President Obama’s Inauguration (Video) is a post from: RnB Music Blog

R&B singer Beyonce stunned the world with a beautiful performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at President Barack Obama and vice president Joe Biden at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. The diva who was accompanied by husband Jay-Z wore a beautiful black lace dress designed by Pucci, a coat by Dior and impressive emerald jewelry [...] Beyonce National Anthem Performance At President Obama's Inauguration (Video) is a post from: RnB Music Blog

With all the fevered anticipation, there's no denying that Beyonce 's performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at today's Presidential Inauguration was the main event , but  Kelly Clarkson   more than delivered with a showstopping delivery of "My Country, 'Tis Of Thee" — so much so, in fact, that when she finished, a dumbfounded Senator Chuck Schumer walked up to the mic and said simply, "Wow." And while Clarkson may have tweeted that she was "incredibly nervous and cold," she overcame her nerves and impressed, well, everyone. [...]

As much as we'd like to pretend that we were tuning into President Barack Obama 's Inauguration Ceremony for the pageantry and the historical significance...well, we're gonna be honest. We probably would've slept in and missed the whole thing if it weren't for the fact that Beyonce was scheduled to sing the National Anthem . But after Bey gave such a walloping performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner," we felt OK about our lowbrow tendencies. She struck that delicate balance between restraint and runs, and you could [...]

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I'm more bookmarking this for myself so I can easily find it later since I didn't get to watch it live. Apparently, he was really into the civil rights stuff this year? Wonder what holiday spurred that.

President Obama was inaugurated to the second term of his presidency today.  Here are some highlights in case you missed it. James Taylor sings America The Beautiful President Obama's Inauguration Speech Here is the text of the speech. Vice President Biden, Mr. Chief Justice, Members of the United States Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens: Each time we gather to [...]