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Peace Talks Resume- Will It Happen In Our Lifetime

September 2nd, 2010 · 1 Comment

Middle East 2010 By: Eve Schwartz Los Angeles CA, (Hollywood Today) 09/02/10 – The first round of  latest in the battle that has lasted for the last 3,000 years of conflict.  The  Israeli- Palestinian peace talks resume after eighteen months of a halt. On the Eve of  the of the talks with Hamas killing four Israeli settlers including a pregnant [...]

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Peace Breaks Out?

September 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment

Obama announces pull out By: Eve Schwartz Washington DC, (Hollywood Today) 09/01/10 — After nearly a decade of war in Iraq, President Barack Obama as promised got the majority of our troops back home, however the costly bloody war is not over.  With some of our support forces still deployed in Iraq,   ”We have removed almost 100,000 troops out of  Iraq, 4,400 soldiers [...]

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Tags: Politics

Brad Pitt Stars on Meet the Press

August 29th, 2010 · No Comments

By Brent Budowsky WASHINGTON, DC (Hollywood Today) 8/29/10 — I propose a standing ovation for the noble and important work that Brad Pitt has done in New Orleans, after hurricane Katrina, to build affordable and environmentally innovative housing that has made life better for many people, and lifted the spirit of the community. It is [...]

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Sean Penn, Spike Lee Speak on Wyclef Controversy

August 25th, 2010 · 2 Comments

By Sean Penn HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 8/25/10 — As Wyclef Jean announces his regrettable turn-about to contest Haiti’s electoral rule of law (a law he has no previous record of dissension toward), his PR team is mobilizing. See Ms. Marian Salzman’s recent blog on the Huffington Post (August 23, 2010). In it, Ms. Salzman, hired [...]

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Why Wyclef Snubbed for Haiti Presidential Post

August 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment

HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 8/22/10 — Wyclef Jean is no longer in the running for Haiti’s presidential election in November, according to an electoral official. The reason for Jean’s snubbing: The celebrity singer-songwriter did not fully meet the requirements, including the fact that he doesn’t have a primary residence in Haiti. “He is not on [...]

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Obama Hits L.A. in $15K per Plate Din for Dems

August 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment

By Rima Bek LOS ANGELES, CA (Hollywood Today) 8/16/10 — President Obama will be in Hancock Park tonight (Monday) to attend a fundraiser for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. The fundraiser will be held at the home of “ER” and “West Wing” producer John Wells, and his wife Marilyn. Some of the big Hollywood names [...]

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Commentary: Gibbs Should be Pulled as White House Press Secretary

August 15th, 2010 · No Comments

By MAUREEN DOWD WASHINGTON DC (Hollywood Today) 8/15/10 — Robert Gibbs should be yanked as White House press secretary.  Not because of his outburst against the “professional left.” He was right about that. In an interview with The Hill last week, Gibbs once more proved Michael Kinsley’s maxim that a gaffe is just truth slipping [...]

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“Miracle on East Mariposa Street”

August 14th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Congressman, Reverse Mortgage Master and Church Congregation save 80-year-old Widow’s home By Nadine Jolson HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 8/14/10 – — It’s heartwarming to hear that an 80-year-old woman’s house can be saved in the face of America’s horrible housing crisis. After 41-years in her home in Altadena, CA, Claudia Turrentine’s home was days away [...]

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Stars Mia Farrow and Naomi Campbell Get Personal at Blood Diamond War Crimes Trial

August 9th, 2010 · No Comments

Mia Farrow is facing off against Naomi Campbell in The Hague By Jeffrey Jolson-Colburn THE HAGUE  (Hollywood Today) 8/9/10 – How in the Hague did supermodel Naomi Campbell and actress Mia Farrow end up facing off in the war crimes trial of Liberian President Charles Taylor? Diamonds are some girls’ best friend, but not Naomi’s. [...]

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California Gay Marriage Ban Overturned by Feds

August 4th, 2010 · 7 Comments

May be headed to US Supreme Court By Jeffrey Jolson HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 8/4/10 — The gays have it. At least for present in California, a liberal state with many gays that nonetheless saw statewide voters disallow same-sex marriage that had been OK’d in some California cities. A federal judge Wednesday struck down a [...]

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Tags: Politics

Memorial Day: “Less We Forget” Today we hornor those brave men & women

May 31st, 2010 · No Comments

Happy Memorial Day and Salute to the Veterans. By: Jacque Loewy Today millions of Americans gather with family and friends to celebrate Memorial day (AKA the unofficial start to summer).  For many however the history of memorial day is only vaguely understood. Memorial Day was founded as decoration day by union veterans just three years [...]

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HAPPY EARTH DAY Clean Up Your Home NOW!

April 22nd, 2010 · No Comments

“I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise, what is there to defend?” – Earth Day  By Robert Redford “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children”.  ~Native American Proverb [...]

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