Singer/songwriter/producer Akon sat down with People Magazine to promote his upcoming album – Freedom – and had some interesting things to say about Michael Jackson and Barack Obama.

Former Danity Kane member, Aubrey O’Day spent her Thanksgiving serving food at the New York City Rescue Mission while Barack Obama and his family gave food to the underprivileged in Chicago. Check out how your favotire celebrities spent their Thanksgiving under the cut…

Barbara Walters will sit down with President-elect Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, for an hour interview, set to air tonight on ABC.

Jay-Z could be getting rewarded for his endorsing of President-elect Barack Obama with a performance spot during January’s inauguration. But what does that mean for wifey, Beyonce Knowles?

A “reliable source” in the Washington Post is reporting that Oprah Winfrey is planning a monstrous Obama Inauguration bash in D.C. And no, The Urban Daily doesn’t have tickets for it… yet!

Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has no idea why folks are mad that they called the black guy “tanned“. After jump check out his explanation.

In a taped video message, Barack Obama made a personal appeal for the 2016 Olympics to come to his home city of Chicago.

Big things are in motion for the Barack Obama documentary as Ebony/Jet Entertainment Group has teamed with Codeblack Entertainment for the DVD release. Previously: ‘HBO Obama Documentary To Air In Spring 2009’

Obama’s girls were given a personal tour of their new bedrooms by previous occupants, Barbara and Jenna Bush, the twin daughters of current president George W. Bush.

On a visit in Baltimore’s Bethel AME Church on Sunday (November 16th), Reverend Jesse Jackson said that the election of Obama is cause for celebration, but that “substance” must follow. Previously: ‘Jesse Jackson Explains Tears For Obama,’ ‘Obama’s Do’s And Don’t’s’

President-elect Barack Obama’s pick to be the nation’s top law dog could be a strong ally in the entertainment industry’s ongoing war on piracy.