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Obama Gets Warm Welcome at Spike Lee’s Fundraiser

January 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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*There was talk that Hollywood would boycott fundraising for President Obama because of his SOPA [Stop Online Piracy Act] position, but you wouldn’t know it from Thursday night’s $35,800-per-ticket benefit at director Spike Lee’s New York City brownstone. Mariah Carey and husband Nick Cannon were among the 60 guests in attendance, according to the pool [...]




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Swizz Beatz’s Megaupload Site Shut Down by Justice Dept.

January 19, 2012 by 2 Comments
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*On Wednesday, news broke that the popular file-sharing site Megaupload, run by Swizz Beatz, had come under fire after Universal Music Group took issue with a promotional video featuring Universal Music Group artists like Kanye West, will.i.am and Diddy. On Thursday (Jan. 19), the site run by Swizz Beatz has been shut down, reports MTV. [...]




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GOP Tweet Sets Off Sheila Jackson Lee, Halts Judiciary Hearing

December 16, 2011 by Leave a Comment
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*Action on the Stop Online Piracy Act [SOPA] was temporarily derailed in the House Judiciary Committee yesterday when Texas Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee got wind of a tweet by one of her Republican colleagues. Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) posted on his Twitter: “We are debating the Stop Online Piracy Act and Shiela Jackson [sic] has [...]




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