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A left-wing spoof.
Tom Elia gives it thumbs-up, calling it “an apt illustration of a lot of the hype surrounding Sen. Barack Obama.”
Yesterday: Barack locks up the llama vote

R&B “artist” Akon doesn’t seem to have learned from his past on-stage debacle. The Poughkeepsie Journal reports that he had one of his security guards hunt down a boy in the audience who supposedly threw something at the performer. Brought onto the stage at a Fishkill concert, the boy was plopped down in front of [...]

The Hot Air video report on Akon that Universal Music Group didn’t want you to see is now back up on YouTube. That’s right. The music giant and the video-sharing site (who happen to be “strategic partners“) have backed down:

We originally posted the Hot Air report to YouTube on May 2. On May 3, after [...]

Hot Air and the Electronic Frontier Foundation are challenging copyright law abuse by music giant Universal Music Group–the record company for R&B misogynist Akon. Last week, I noted that UMG forced YouTube to yank our video report criticizing Akon’s onstage antics and vulgar lyrics claiming copyright infringement. The non-profit EFF has agreed to represent Hot [...]

After I taped The O’Reilly Factor in Washington on Friday night, the real fun began. John Ondrasik and Five For Fighting played at the 9:30 Club. He was kind enough to offer a few guest passes, which Bryan Preston and I gladly used to share a rare, kids-free night out with our spouses. What a [...]

Thank you, readers. Thank you, Laura Ingraham listeners. Thank you, Verizon Wireless:
Verizon decided this week to end its support and sponsorship of Akon.
Jim Gerace
Vice President, Corporate Communications
Verizon Wireless
One Verizon Way
Basking Ridge, NJ 07920

Akon’s ringtones have been removed by the Verizon Wireless website.
I just spoke with Gerace by phone, and he told me Verizon Wireless had [...]

Gone.
This morning, I linked to the YouTube version of our Hot Air show exposing hip-hop misogynist Akon.
The YouTube version is no longer available.
This is the message you will now see: “This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Universal Music Group.”

We believe our commentary and criticism of UMG “artist” Akon [...]

***1245pm Eastern update: Laura Ingraham has phoned the Verizon exec I mentioned below, John Harrobin, to come on her show to discuss Akon…apparently, he took a half-day off today and won’t be back until next Wednesday…stay tuned and keep up the pressure for accountability…***

Calling Verizon Wireless exec John Harrobin…anyone home?
***
Check this out. Rapper/singer/whatever Akon is [...]

Did you catch this? (Hat tip: Reader Wade) In addition to her one toilet square paper-per-sitting quota, eco-zealot Sheryl Crow also advocates “dining sleeves” to replace napkins. Seriously:
I also like the idea of not using paper napkins, which happen to be made from virgin wood and represent the height of wastefulness. I have designed a [...]

Musician/celebutante Sheryl Crow proposes a one square of toilet paper-per-sitting quota to offset deforestation.
That’s going to be a tough rule to enforce–what with eco-Hollyweirdos so, you know, full of crap.
Meanwhile, in Manhattan, wealthy socialites help rescue the planet by plunking down a few pennies for Shaklee cleaning products and energy-saving bulbs for their closets. But [...]

This is making the rounds. Blame George Washington.

The site Media Take Out writes:
A video of Akon dancing provocatively with a young lady has begun making its way around the internet. But not [all is] fun and games in the video.
MediaTakeOut.com has learned that the girl getting “freaked” in the video may only be 14 years [...]

Hoo-boy. That was a fun, wild ride.
Here are the video highlights and lowlights of my first of two guest host stints on The O’Reilly Factor.
Tonight’s show replays at 11pm Eastern. I’ll be back tomorrow night.
In a nutshell:
One Opio Sokoni informs us it’s all the Founding Fathers’ fault that hip-hop “artists” treat women like meat [...]

Who’s rocking America’s troops? WSJ reports that “the USO is having some trouble recruiting A-list stars. Increasingly, the military’s old, Bob Hope-style approach to entertainment is being partly supplanted by a different model. The new approach relies on sending little-known bands to the Middle East in an effort to provide more concerts at more [...]

The Dixie Chicks gloat. Ludacris raps O’Reilly. Al Gore sparkles. Only in La-La Land.

Michael J. Fox has gotten all of the attention, but the entertainment industry is trying to sway the elections in many other ways on the ground and on the airwaves.
Eco-activist Robert Redford is pushing Prop. 87 in California–a $4 billion oil tax increase in the name of environmental do-goodism. The initiative is funded by Hollywood [...]

John Mellencamp? Sammy Hagar? Kid Rock? The Who? Yup, they’re all on National Review’s list.
Take a look–and bring your iPod.

Once in a blue moon, the New York Times prints something delicious. Jon Pareles’ refreshingly nasty review of Coldplay’s new album this weekend will put you in a good mood. The intro:
THERE’S nothing wrong with self-pity. As a spur to songwriting, it’s right up there with lust, anger and greed, and probably better than the [...]

This is an intriguing story. Hope we hear more:
NEW YORK – Korn guitarist Brian “Head” Welch has parted ways with the hard rock act, citing a recent religious awakening. Welch broke the news Sunday on Bakersfield, Calif., station KRAB-FM.
“I had it in my heart to come here and explain to you,” Welch said. “I’m good [...]

Just put the kids to bed and was able to watch the Alicia Keys/Jamie Foxx duet. Suh-weet. Foxx has come a long way from those Wanda skits. Glad to see him shining.
Blogcritics has predictions.
Wizbang is liveblogging.
I’m amazed the Grammy organizers approved the southern rock tribute with Lynyrd Skynyrd. I wonder if the NAACP will be [...]

“He’s not performing,” a spokesman for the Presidential Inauguration Committee confirmed for WorldNetDaily.com.
On the other hand, First Daughter Barbara Bush is reportedly “still working on Kid Rock.”
Doesn’t look like this one is over yet…although with Drudge now making it the giganta-headline, Barbara may have to yield.
I’m just glad we will be spared the sight of [...]

My comments section is closed on the matter, but there’s great banter (including references to, ahem, my underwear) going on, as always, at Jeff G.’s Protein Wisdom. Read the whole thing. Almighty Allahpundit has come down on my side (praise be) and I think this comment from Bbeck just about sums things up for me:
Basically, [...]

Many social conservative groups have launched a protest against the White House inauguration committee’s decision to invite Kid Rock to perform Jan. 18 at the Washington, D.C., Armory in a concert hosted by Bush daughters Jenna and Barbara.
Among those who are lobbying the committee to drop Kid Rock from the entertainment line-up:
The American Family Association

Campaign [...]

Funniest reaction to news that Orange Bowl fans jeered reflux-addled lip sync-er Ashlee Simpson:
They weren’t actually “jeering,” they were mouthing the jeers while playing a tape recording of jeers. — FReeper FreedomCalls
Update: Kevin at Wizbang says, “Bring Back ‘Up with People’”

Foul-mouthed rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg just inked a deal with 20th Century Fox to produce a film titled “Coach Snoop.” According to the Chicago Sun-Times:
The picture will be inspired by the entertainer’s real-life experiences of coaching his son’s youth football team. “This film is about how I learned to be a good father through coaching,” [...]

Kimora Lee Simmons says: It’s all your fault!
From the Woe-Is-Me Celebrity Files…
The wife of hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons faces drug and motor vehicle charges after police said she was driving erratically and ignored the flashing lights of a cruiser for nearly two miles. Kimora Lee Simmons was arrested just after midnight Monday outside the couple’s [...]

Here’s a little piece I did for the New York Post today on the Linda Ronstadt imbroglio.
More blog commentary here and here and here and here.
Plus: Frank. J. deconstructs “Desperado.”
Update: Reader Jack from Queens writes:
About 2 months ago, I was listening to WABC Radio’s Mark Simone, a conservative entertainment industry veteran, interview Linda [...]

The recording artist known as “Jadakiss” is earning big bucks and bling-bling with a new hit single called “Why?” (Hat tip: Resurrection Song)
The song accuses President Bush of involvement in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, with the lyric “Why did Bush knock down the Towers?” According to Reuters/Billboard, Jadakiss said:
“I just felt [he] had [...]

Am scheduled to be on FOX at around 5:45pm to talk 2Pac.

Column’s up: What your kid is learning in school:

Update: A public school teacher in the Bronx shares her experience:
I’m a 23 year old high school science teacher in the Bronx and I recently asked my ninth graders what their favorite book was. Almost every one of them told me it was “Down These Mean Streets” [...]