will.i.am "It's A New Day"

Black Eyed Peas frontman will.I.am. debuted his new Obama Victory Song music video "It's A New Day" on Oprah Friday. Here it is for your viewing pleasure or disdain:

will.I.am. really has been behind Obama now for a very long time. He's worked to further his campaign and really secure his victory and I have to say this might be one of the most genuine celebrity "endorsements" (for lack of a better word) of sorts I've seen so far. The election may be over, but we have seen hordes of celeb PSAs that came off condescending and just plain annoying. I mean when you have people who are rich from looking pretty on screen undermining your intelligence with reverse psychology PSAs and talking to you like you're a child who can't choose between the red popsicle or the blue popsicle, it gets a little annoying. Or maybe that's just me. All in all though, I really can't hate on them, they are doing what they can to get the message out there that we need to exercise our civic duty and I suppose they deserve props for that.

Anyways, now that I'm done with my tangent, I have to say that will.I.am's video really touched me and it really does feel like a "new day" here in America.

[Source: pinkisthenewblog.com]

Oprah: believable or biased?

Former Miss Alaska and Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin isn't destined to benefit from the Oprah bump just yet.  An item circulating in the Drudge Report claiming Oprah's staff was divided over having Palin on the show due to her support of Obama is "categorically untrue", said the Big O herself.

The talk show host issued a statement to TMZ:

"At the beginning of this Presidential campaign when I decided that I was going to take my first public stance in support of a candidate, I made the decision not to use my show as a platform for any of the candidates. I agree that Sarah Palin would be a fantastic interview, and I would love to have her on after the campaign is over."

Gov. Palin could always head on over to the Colbert Report. I'm sure ultra-conservative Stephen Colbert would loveeee to have her on. The Colbert bump works wonders!

[Source: huffingtonpost.com]