It's a big day for Silicon Valley — President Obama just landed in San Francisco and is headed south for some high-profile meetings. First, he's scheduled for a one-on-one meeting with Steve Jobs, likely in Cupertino. And tonight, he's scheduled to speak at Google executive Marisa Mayer's house in Palo Alto, not too far from Apple headquarters.
Who knows what the prez is discussing with Apple's head honcho, but I bet he'll walk away with one of those sparkly new MacBook Airs!
We were pretty stoked to get a tour of the Mythbusters studio last year, and apparently the GeekSugar squad aren't the only fans. Turns out, President Obama will be making an appearance on the show during the upcoming season that will tackle subjects like bullet-saving laptops, water survival, and brain function.
The president announced his appearance yesterday during the White House Science Fair, and you can catch the POTUS on Dec. 8, when he challenges the Mythbuster team to re-create an ancient Grecian solar-powered weapon called the Archimedes Solar Ray.
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In a historic event, President Obama appeared on The View yesterday, and amid questions from the hosts about pop culture (he knew Lindsay was in jail, but has no idea who Snooki is), he mentioned — as we knew — that he wasn't writing his own tweets.
And when they asked who was responsible for the tweets, he replied, "I think there's an official President's tweet, but some 20 year old is doing a lot of the tweeting."
He also dished about his phone choice (he's still rocking his Presidential BlackBerry in lieu of an iPhone), and he has a ton of songs on his iPod. "You name a song, I've got it," he says, although clarifies it does not contain any Justin Bieber.
To check out the clip (skip to the 1:10 mark to hear him talk about Twitter) after the break.
In an unlikely pairing, President Obama and Lady Gaga are in a neck-and-neck race to 10 million Facebook fans, according to a representative from the social network. Both are holding down a serious fan base with more than nine million fans and counting.
Who do you think will reach the 10 million fan mark first?
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The stars gathered in Washington DC on Saturday night for the White House Correspondents' Dinner, where Jay Leno served as the evening's entertainment when President Obama wasn't cracking up the crowd himself. Jessica Simpson hit the red carpet in a bright yellow dress, while Scarlett Johansson arrived from LA with her politically active twin brother, Hunter. Jessica Alba wrapped up her duties as a Tribeca Film Festival juror to go with her husband Cash Warren, and Kim Kardashian wore her mother's vintage Valentino gown after deciding to put her hair up in a bun.
After the dinner were the post-parties, with the Bloomberg/Vanity Fair bash at the French Ambassador's residence bringing out celebs like Anna Kendrick and Glee's Matthew Morrison. Joe Simpson left Jessica's side to mingle with Jeremy Renner, who was linked to Jess just a few months ago. Jessica expressed her love for Michelle Obama but didn't have much to say about her current romantic status, commenting, "I have some situations that I am feeling out." She moved on to an event sponsored by People to join Gabourey Sidibe. Sex and the City 2's Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon, meanwhile, posed together, while Justin Bieber caught up with "his girlfriend" Kim. Jessica managed to avoid a run-in with her ex Tony Romo, who got a head start on the good times Friday night at an event with his girlfriend Candice Crawford and her famous brother, Chace.
To see more from the big night including Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan, the Jonas brothers, and more, just read more
Sarah Jessica Parker was a lady in red on Thursday night as she headed to the White House in Washington DC to watch as President Obama handed out the year's Arts and National Humanities medals to twenty recipients. Bob Dylan and Clint Eastwood were among those who were being honored, and SJP looked happy to watch. She recently opened up about her low-key home beauty routine, but her fashion choice for the evening was a glam look from the Victoria Beckham Collection.
Easter's coming up this Sunday, everybody, which has some people asking — hey, why hasn't President Obama gone to church? Questions about unemployment, Iraq, or his latest trip overseas may seem more impending, but this is America, and people want to know why Obama hasn't been praying in public on Sundays.
Writing on Fox News, commentator Bill Sammon points out that Obama promised last May to choose a new house of worship in January, since his membership at Jeremiah Wright's Trinity United didn't really work out for him. Sammon writes:
But the president made no decision in January, February or March. And now, with Easter just days away, Obama has yet to reveal what church he may have chosen or when he might attend his first Sunday services as president.
I'm sure there's a bunch going on here, like a busy schedule (which includes trips to Middle Eastern mosques), and taking time to choose which church he'd like to bestow his security detail on. That being said, other presidents have made time to hit services. Maybe Obama's reluctant to go to church simply as a PR move?
Would you like to see Obama attend church, or are you prepared to mind your own business?
On this momentous day in American history what else can we do but start our fashion news round-up off with news about the Presidency?
This morning WWD outlines the projections for President Obama's first 100 days in office. Turning the economy around is of interest to the fashion industry too, after all. All along, many of fashion's biggest names were vocal in their support of his nomination and raised sums for his race to Presidency.
And then there's the fun bit...Michelle Obama, now America's official first lady, is getting the fashion world excited for a return to the Jackie Onassis days. Vogue UK has already started in with the style galleries.
Unfortunately, Jens Laugesen is folding after six years. The British designer won a slew of important awards and designed capsule collections for Topshop but financial sponsorship did not come quickly or substantially. Luckily, Laugesen has every intention of staying in the industry and we hope to see him as Creative Director somewhere within weeks. To see images from his Fall 08 collection, click here.
In more optimistic news...Alexander McQueen will be designing for Target's new Designer Collaborations program that, unlike Go International, focuses on more established, recognizable names in fashion. This program will replace what is now Isaac Mizrahi's last season with the retailer.
