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Barack Obama's half-brother has been located in Kenya and everybody seems to be talking about it. Maybe it's because he lives in a shanty town. Still, one didn't do much with his life and the other is going to be the next President of America. Just proves that you really can do anything with hard work.

So I'm not sure what the whole deal is with the family separation and all, so I guess I'll have to go read up on that stuff. Oh, you can go to the source link to see a photo of George is you want.

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Amanda Beard who's an Olympic swimmer and model has a really strong reaction to the idea of her dating Michael Phelps. I guess what she's trying to say in various terms is that he's not very attractive. That's my guess anyway.

"Eww, that's nasty!" she said via telephone from Beijing on 93.7 KRQ Tucson's Johnjay and Rich in the Morning.

"Come on, I have really good taste," she added. "He's not really my type."

Beard — who has a boyfriend (a photographer) — said she has no clue how the rumors started.

"We don't even talk to each other," she said.

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Jessica Simpson is now a beer company owner, since she's getting a percentage in the company. I've never heard of Stampede Light Plus though. What's the "plus" anyway? Isn't the purpose of a light beer to have a minus? Why would they add it back in?

Now she's adding beer to the table as well:  it was announced today that she will be the new face of Stampede Light Plus, a beer marketed by Dallas' Stampede Brewing Co. as a beer for active people.

She'll appear in ads for the beverage and is also taking a 15 percent stake in the company.  Jessica said in a statement that she's ''always looking for ways to diversify my portfolio with good ideas and good people.''

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Ricky Martin now has twin boys via surrogate. I'm not sure why he couldn't just get a woman pregnant himself though. Oh wait...now I remember.

"The children, delivered via gestational surrogacy, are healthy and already under Ricky's full-time care," Ricky's rep said in a statement. "Ricky is elated to begin this new chapter in his life as a parent and will be spending the remainder of the year out of the public spotlight in order to spend time with his children."

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Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama is about to be naming his running mate. This is important stuff folks because it's about the future of our country. Get out and vote!

While the paper reports that Obama has yet to inform his prospective vice-president of the nod, the candidate's focus is primarily on three men: Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana and foreign policy expert Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware.

The Times cited unnamed advisers to the Democratic hopeful as saying Obama had reached his decision last week while on vacation in Hawaii.

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Oprah is still pushing for Barack Obama and she even plans to be at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, CO on Thursday, August 28 when his gives his acceptance speech.

"Oprah has not been asked to introduce him, is not expecting to be asked to introduce him and I would doubt that she would want to introduce him. She thinks this is HIS moment. I know that she is planning to be there."

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She's just a high profile supporter so she's getting the eyeball right now, but it's cool that she's going to let him just do his thing. The next President of America doesn't need much help, he's solid.

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Britney Spears is finally speaking! She's done an interview with OK! magazine to talk about her kids, her career, and the future. She also claims her new album is her best work ever and she's excited about it. After the last couple years she's had, let's hope things turn around for her. I may be many things, but I don't wish bad stuff on people. Unless they wear odd numbers on their shirt. I hate odd numbers. OCD is a pain.

Having spent her young life in the spotlight, the 26-year-old mother of two tells OK! that she hopes her boys choose not to choose a career in entertainment. "I’d love them unconditionally if they wanted to," she explains. "I’d just as soon they have a more normal childhood

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George Clooney says he has never emailed or texted Senator Barack Obama and offers a million dollars to anyone who could prove otherwise. I would never play poker with the man because if he's bluffing...he's really good at it.

The Oscar-winning actor was responding to last week's Los Angeles Times story, which claimed that Clooney "frequently text messages the Illinois senator with whom he's been friends for many years."
Not true, said Clooney.

"I've spent more time with Senator [John] McCain ... than I have with Senator Obama ...," he said. "Although I support Senator Obama, I would never be dumb enough to offer policy advice to either candidate. They seem to be doing fine without me."Source

No real story here, but Brad Pitt and Christina Applegate once dated. It's actually pretty freaky to see pictures of old hook-ups. Go check them out and then tell me your favorite.

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Jennie Garth is talking about her former 90210 buddy Tori Spelling and saying that Tori should get just as much money as the other former members to be on the new spin-off show coming out. Personally, I think she should get the same cash. She's probably help that show actually get more viewers because she's got a decent following.

"I think she should definitely get paid as much as either of us is getting paid," she adds. "Her father created the show. It just seems wrong if that’s the case. I don’t know what really happened because I haven’t talked to her. I would like to talk to her.”

On Monday, Spelling's rep issued a statement saying that the actress had no plans to appear on the CW spin-off.

The statement came after a deadlinehollywooddaily.com report claimed that Spelling was miffed that Garth and Shannen Doherty were earning "$35,000-$50,000" per episode when she was only getting "$10,000-$20,000" per episode.

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Victoria Beckham warned against having more kids - IDLYITW

Cindy Crawford's day at the beach - Egotastic

Paris Hilton slams John McCain in video - HollywoodTuna

The Oprah Effect helping Obama? - Faded Youth

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