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  1. Elizabeth Warren Hits Up Hollywood to 'Recapture' Ted Kennedy's Senate Seat

    Elizabeth Warren Hits Up Hollywood to 'Recapture' Ted Kennedy's Senate Seat

    11:41 am PST 2/22/2012
    • Tina Daunt
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    The Massachusetts Democrat, battling Sen. Scott Brown, has become an entertainment industry favorite this election season. Read more

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    How 'Modern Family' Got Pulled Into Tennessee's 'Don't Say Gay' in Schools Debate

    How 'Modern Family' Got Pulled Into Tennessee's 'Don't Say Gay' in Schools Debate

    1:26 pm PST 2/17/2012
    • Jethro Nededog
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    The ABC comedy finds itself used as a cautionary tale involving a bill proposing a ban on the teaching of homosexual lifestyles to students. Read more

  3. CNN Cancels GOP Debate After Mitt Romney, Ron Paul Decline to Participate

    CNN Cancels GOP Debate After Mitt Romney, Ron Paul Decline to Participate

    1:21 pm PST 2/17/2012
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    All four candidates have, however, signed on for the network’s Feb. 22 John King-moderated debate in Arizona. Read more

  4. Obama Raises $4 Million in Southern California for Reelection Campaign and DNC

    Obama Raises $4 Million in Southern California for Reelection Campaign and DNC

    1:34 pm PST 2/16/2012
    • Tina Daunt
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    President taps into big-money finance and Asian-American communities in a two-day sweep. Read more

  5. Kevin Bacon, Chris Colfer Join George Clooney in Dustin Lance Black's Prop 8 Play

    Kevin Bacon, Chris Colfer Join George Clooney in Dustin Lance Black's Prop 8 Play

    12:00 pm PST 2/15/2012
    • Tina Daunt
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    John C. Reilly also joins the production, concluding the official cast roster which organizers announced Wednesday. Read more

  6. Fash Track
    'Dogs Against Romney' Hounds GOP Hopeful Outside Westminster Dog Show (Poll)

    'Dogs Against Romney' Hounds GOP Hopeful Outside Westminster Dog Show (Poll)

    10:57 am PST 2/15/2012
    • Elizabeth Snead
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    The group is angry about Romney putting his Irish Setter on top of his car for a 12 hour road trip in 1983, with a gas station stop to hose off the dog after he soiled himself. Read more

  7. Obama Visits LA to Bolster Hollywood Support and Bring in Campaign Cash

    Obama Visits LA to Bolster Hollywood Support and Bring in Campaign Cash

    10:05 am PST 2/15/2012
    • Tina Daunt
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    The number of entertainment industry givers has dropped off dramatically from 2008, as enthusiasm for Obama has cooled in Hollywood. Read more

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    Whitney Houston's Death a 'Teachable Moment,' Says White House Drug Control Director (Video)

    Whitney Houston's Death a 'Teachable Moment,' Says White House Drug Control Director (Video)

    11:23 am PST 2/14/2012
    • Jethro Nededog
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    UPDATED: "The drug problem crosses almost every demographic and economic barrier," Gil Kerlikowske tells CBS News. Read more

  9. Mitt Romney Inches Ahead With Two Crucial Wins

    Mitt Romney Inches Ahead With Two Crucial Wins

    4:20 pm PST 2/11/2012
    • Tina Daunt
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    The GOP frontrunner wins the Maine caucuses and the bellwether straw poll at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference. Read more

  10. President Obama to Award National Medal of Arts to Al Pacino

    President Obama to Award National Medal of Arts to Al Pacino

    6:11 pm PST 2/10/2012
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    The event will take place Monday at the White House's East Room. Read more

  11. Obama's Hollywood Fundraising Tanked in 2011

    Obama's Hollywood Fundraising Tanked in 2011

    4:46 pm PST 2/10/2012
    • Tina Daunt
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    Even before the SOPA debacle, the president saw a steep 57 percent decline in giving from 2007 among one of his most powerful constituencies. Read more

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    Watch Video Ellen DeGeneres Thanks Bill O'Reilly for Stand Against Conservative 'Witch Hunt' (Video)

    Ellen DeGeneres Thanks Bill O'Reilly for Stand Against Conservative 'Witch Hunt' (Video)

    12:09 pm PST 2/9/2012
    • Elizabeth Snead
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    Conservative commentator Bill O'Reilly takes the openly gay talk show host's side against the One Million Moms who want her fired as JC Penney's spokeswoman. Read more See All Videos

  13. Rick Santorum Wins Big in Tuesday's Returns

    Rick Santorum Wins Big in Tuesday's Returns

    9:13 pm PST 2/7/2012
    • Tina Daunt
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    Updated: Bolstered by conservative supporters, the former senator carries Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado in GOP voting. Read more

  14. Clint Eastwood's Chrysler Super Bowl Ad: The Untold Obama Connection

    Clint Eastwood's Chrysler Super Bowl Ad: The Untold Obama Connection

    4:05 pm PST 2/7/2012
    • Tina Daunt
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    Two members of the creative team that produced the two-minute minute spot for ad agency Wieden+Kennedy donated their personal time in 2008 to make pro-Obama art. Read more

  15. California's Prop 8 Ruled Unconstitutional: Hollywood Sounds Off

    California's Prop 8 Ruled Unconstitutional: Hollywood Sounds Off

    12:33 pm PST 2/7/2012
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    Several public figures took to Twitter with their reaction to the federal appeals court’s decision on the same-sex marriage ban. Read more

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    California's Prop. 8 Gay Marriage Ban Ruled Unconstitutional, Supreme Court Showdown Next

    California's Prop. 8 Gay Marriage Ban Ruled Unconstitutional, Supreme Court Showdown Next

    10:25 am PST 2/7/2012
    • THR Staff
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    The 2-1 decision by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals found that Proposition 8, the 2008 ballot measure passed by Californians, violated the U.S. Constitution. Read more

  17. Watch Video Was Chrysler's Super Bowl Commercial a Nod to Obama? (Analysis)

    Was Chrysler's Super Bowl Commercial a Nod to Obama? (Analysis)

    10:07 pm PST 2/5/2012
    • Tina Daunt
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    The spot featuring Clint Eastwood echoes Obama's campaign themes. Coincidence? Read more See All Videos

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    Bill Maher Performs 'Unbaptism' on Mitt Romney's Dead Father-in-Law (Video)

    Bill Maher Performs 'Unbaptism' on Mitt Romney's Dead Father-in-Law (Video)

    9:43 pm PST 2/3/2012
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    The outspoken atheist took it upon himself to free the late scientist of his posthumous Mormon baptism. Read more

  19. Roseanne Barr Is Running For President

    Roseanne Barr Is Running For President

    8:26 am PST 2/3/2012
    • Erin Carlson
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    The comedian joins the Green Party's presidential race. Read more

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    Jon Stewart Skewers Trump's Romney Endorsement on 'The Daily Show' (Video)

    Jon Stewart Skewers Trump's Romney Endorsement on 'The Daily Show' (Video)

    6:46 am PST 2/3/2012
    • Erin Carlson
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    The Comedy Central says he never pictured the real-estate mogul and NBC reality star as a supporter of the GOP frontrunner. Read more

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