Así terminó el baile de gala de Barack Obama

Así terminó el baile. Asistentes sin energías reposan en la escalinata del Centro de Convenciones de Washington al finalizar la fiesta de gala con motivo de la investidura de Barack Obama.

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Aubrey O'Day Gets Kicked Out of Danity Kane

Well this is enough to get me out of semi-retirement. Albeit not surprising, apparently Diddy Daddy kicked Aubrey O'Day out of Danity Kane during last night's episode of Making the Band 4. (Darn! I missed it.)

If you're a regular reader, you know O'Day, 24, is one of Earthnocentric™'s favorite train wrecks; and you also know it was just a matter of time before this happened.

O'Day and her crazy, porn-star-inspired antics have been angling to get out of the group for a while. Still, there may be another wrench in this twisted tale.

After the show aired O'Day released a weird/cryptic "exclusive" statement to Perez Hilton, in regard to her ousting.

She says:

"I didn't watch the finale, so I have no idea what story was told. The only comment I can make is… I wish that the world would focus more on the presidential election, the debates, the issues our country is facing, and the fact that if we don't vote for Obama our country will suffer beyond repair."

Uh, the world's pretty damn focused on the presidential election (egomaniacal much). But she's right, Obama better win.

Speaking of the debates though, does anyone else get the feeling that, despite all of his yammering about health care and taxes, Sen. John McCain has no actual, you know, plans for health care or taxes?

To be fair-- if we go by last night's debate--Obama seems to think the financial crisis (Panic of '08) is solely due to government deregulation. Hopefully providing an oversimplified answer to this mess is just a tactic for coaxing confused, exasperated voters into blaming the Republican Party.

Cause if not, uh oh.

I digress. Here's O'Day looking more radiant than usual at the New York premiere of Body of Lies (ha!) on Sunday.

Also here she is with her poor parti-color puppy at the Ivy Hotel in late September.

[Via AUBREYODAY.US]

Lastly, aww my two favorite people.

Update: Okay so I just caught a repeat of the show and it ended with a To Be Continued... Diddy Daddy did tell O'Day she was out of the group at the end of the episode. But I kinda don't think she really is.

The season finale of Making the Band 4 airs next Tuesday.

Today Around the Blogosphere...

Confirmed. Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester, 22, was born in prison*. Her mom was serving a 10-year federal prison sentence for smuggling marijuana into the U.S. from Jamaica at the time of Leighton's birth. It's the Us cover story this week. Click pic for full story and see my previous posting.

Additional note: Despite being sentenced to 10 years in a Texas federal prison, Meester's mom Connie only served 16 months, according to Us.

This story was first reported by Star mag earlier this month. But since it has credibility issues no one was 100 percent sure it was true.

* Technically I think Leighton was born in some type of prison-associated hospital.
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John McCain and Sanjaya Malakar might have something in common.

The 72-year-old Republican nominee hired American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance makeup-artist Tiffani White for a recent television appearance, according to Us.

McCain reportedly paid $5,583.43 for her services.

Info. and image via Us.

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In other news, McCain and Senator Barack Obama are scheduled to have their first face-to-face debate on Friday.

Seems simple enough, right? After all, The Commission on Presidential Debates says it's been planned "for more than a year and a half."

You see where this is going.

Like seemingly everything of late, the whole thing's a big ol' damn mess. McCain wants to put his campaign on hold-- and therefore wants to delay the debate-- to "hammer out" some sort of deal related to the $700-billion Treasury proposal.

Enter an even more convoluted parade of drama.

Obama, on the other hand, wants the debate to happen as scheduled. And as of this moment the debate's still on. But both candidates are scheduled to meet with Bush--together-- tomorrow in Washington. (The two have also issued this joint statement.) So we'll see what happens.

Also, look who just figured out somethin's wrong.

Tyra Banks Channels Michelle Obama in Bazaar (Updated)

I don't think Tyra Banks knows she's not doing Barack Obama any favors, by dressing up as his wife in the September issue of Harper's Bazaar (out August 19). In fact stuff like this may actually hurt his chances. You know, since, John McCain is accusing him of being the "biggest celebrity in the world."

But leave it to Ty Ty to say stuff like this:

"With Barack Obama, his becoming president is them becoming president because Michelle was there from the beginning. Without Michelle, he wouldn’t be there.” [Us]

She's a deep thinker, that one.

Some, equally stupid, famous person needs to channel Cindy McCain in Vanity Fair, stat! And they should make sure she's holding a bunch of Anheuser-Busch beer and imply that she's a spy for the Belgians...or something. (Actually that might actually work in McCain's favor. I mean who doesn't like Belgians and beer?)

Images via The Cut.
The rest of the spread is available on the Fashion Spot.

P.S. Did I mention Banks, 34, has officially lost her damn mind?!


If you didn't get the fourth paragraph, Cindy McCain is the chair for Hensley & Co., one of the largest Anheuser-Busch distributors in the U.S. And Anheuser-Busch was recently bought out by InBev (aka the Belgians).

John McCain Calls Barack Obama a Famewhore

Basically.



Look, I'm not a huge fan of either candidate. But didn't John McCain's daughter go lunching with Heidi Montag?!? His mom--Roberta-- was definitely in Vogue's "Age(less) Issue. [Seen below]

And sorry, I'm still trying to get over the fact that, yeah, this campaign's going there.

It really makes me look forward to Barack Obama and McCain's future face-to-face debates about real issues. You know debates about the important stuff. Stuff like who doesn't wear flag lapel pins, whose minister is the shadiest and, I guess now, who has bigger fameballs.


Come on guys, let's stop dignifying this type of baseless shit...starting now.

Barack Obama Clinches Democratic Nomination

The Associated Press is reporting that Sen. Barack Obama, 46, effectively clinched the Democratic presidential nomination on Tuesday.

Surprise. Surprise.

He's the first African American ever to lead his party into a fall campaign for the White House.

Come fall, he'll go head-to-head with Republican nominee Sen. John McCain in the ultimate quest for power.

You put up a good fight Sen. Hillary Clinton. It has been time to concede for a while. (I should clarify, she hasn't conceded yet).

And that's as far as I go. I keep my political opinions to myself.

Image via Mobosoft.

What about you? Are you happy? Sad? Excited? Nervous? Jaded? Frustrated? Indifferent? A black hole devoid of emotion?