MeeVee has an interesting breakdown of some of the celebrities that are endorsing various U.S. presidential candidates in both parties. Hulk Hogan is endorsing Barack Obama, but Nature Boy Rick Flair is endorsing Mike Huckabee.
According to the breakdown, it seems that Obama has the vast majority of celebrity endorsements, mostly from actors/ actresses and a few others in the entertainment business. Someone commented to me last week that Hollywood really wants a Democrat back in power, though he didn’t say why he thought that. That their endorsements lie with Obama rather than, say, Hillary Clinton, says loads. She does, however, have the backing of a few celebrities – mostly non-actors – including Barbra Streisand, Martha Stewart and Magic Johnson.
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Adam Sandler, Kirstie Allie, Dustin Hoffman and other celebs are defending Tom Cruise’s Scientology beliefs and ask that we stop hating Tom. But forget us bloggers and other “haters”. A group of anonymous hackers, collectively calling themselves Anonymous, has delivered a message on the Internet that they’ve declared war on the Church of Scientology (CoS), and that they won’t stop until they succeed.
Anonymous have already brought down several CoS websites with DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks. Their motivation apparently has to do with CoS trying to “misuse” DMCA/copyright rules to force websites to remove a Scientology video that shows Tom Cruise in a hyperactive state of mind.
[other sources: Top Socialite, Wikinews]
The campaigning for the 2008 U.S. Presidential elections are in swing, with celebrities backing a number of political candidates in each party. Which celebrities are supporting which candidates? Oprah has openly and aggressively been supporting Barack Obama. What about the rest? This is just a bit of speculation, mixed in with actual fact.
Scarlett Johansson is also supporting Barack Obama (D) and even appeared in Iowa a few days ago in support. Also appearing in Iowa was Chuck Norris (Walker, Texas Ranger) and his wife, but he was supporting Mike Huckabee (R).
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