Aretha Franklin, Itzhak Perlman to Rock Obama Inauguration

Aretha Franklin is slated to sing at Barack Obama's inaugural swearing-in ceremony on Jan. 20. Franklin, 66, will be joined at the ceremony by Dr.

Barack Obama Named Time's Person of the Year

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Sorry, Oprah, Michael Phelps and David Cook, but Time's Person of the Year is Barack Obama, the magazine's managing editor, Rick Stengel, announced on Wednesday's Today show. "He hit the American scene like a thunderclap, upended our politics, shattered decades of conventional wisdom and overcame centuries of the social pecking order," Time reports in its cover story. The president-elect, which was, by most predictions, the likeliest candidate for the publication's yearly honor, was singled out for being a "transformational figure" in a transformational year, Stengel said on Today.

Video* Barack Obama on You Tube LIVE

Barack Obama on You Tube Live........Ok, not really :) But I thought this guy was fun to watch this morning anyway.

Video* The Rachel Maddow Show ^ The ‘first granny in the White House would be good for America’

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GQ Names Barack Obama "Man Of The Year" With Ted Kennedy-Written Tribute

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | November 17, 2008 08:15 AM GQ has named Barack Obama one if its "Men of the Year" with a cover and article — penned by Senator Ted Kennedy — that went to press before Election Day. ... GQ named Obama "Game Changer of the Year," and an excerpt of Kennedy's piece appears below: As I write this, Barack Obama and John McCain have just completed their final debate, and the country is a few short days away from a historic election.

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Edward Norton's Obama Documentary To Air On HBO

Edward Norton is just one of the many Americans pleased with the outcome of the election. Especially because he produced a documentary on Barack Obama, which was only to air if he got elected. Well, it looks like Barack and Norton both got their wish.

Will Obama be Time Magazine's Person of the Year

Each year when the editors over at Time magazine decide on who they'll name as their "Person of the Year," speculation goes into a frenzy. Not this year. Everyone (us included) are pretty confident that we'll be seeing President elect Barack Obama gracing that all important cover for 2008.

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