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November 18th, 2008 at 6:07 am

Video & Photos: Barack Obama John McCain Post-Election Meeting 11-17-08

Barack Obama meets with John McCain after the election, November 17, 2008

President-Elect Barack Obama and Senator John McCain held their first meeting since the historic Presidential Election. The meeting took place on November 17, 2008 at Obama’s transition office in Chicago. The two former rivals met for just under an hour and held a brief photo op.

Obama said that he and McCain were “just going have a good conversation about how we can do some work together to fix up the country. And also to offer thanks to Sen. McCain for the outstanding service he’s already rendered.”

When asked if he planned to help the Obama administration, McCain replied, “obviously.”

Barack Obama meets with John McCain after the election, November 17, 2008

Reporters were allowed in the room for about 90 seconds, and shouted out additional questions, but were shut down by a smiling president elect: “You’re incorrigible.”

Source: Rivals meet again in Chicago

Barack Obama meets with John McCain after the election, November 17, 2008

Both agreed to work cooperatively towards achieving solutions for the pressing issues the nation faces, particularly the economic crisis, and issued a joint statement after the meeting

“At this defining moment in history, we believe that Americans of all parties want and need their leaders to come together and change the bad habits of Washington so that we can solve the common and urgent challenges of our time. It is in this spirit that we had a productive conversation today about the need to launch a new era of reform where we take on government waste and bitter partisanship in Washington in order to restore trust in government, and bring back prosperity and opportunity for every hardworking American family. We hope to work together in the days and months ahead on critical challenges like solving our financial crisis, creating a new energy economy, and protecting our nation’s security.”

Source: Obama/McCain Joint Statement

Photo credit: Reuters, Getty Images North America

Video & Photos: Barack Obama John McCain Post-Election Meeting 11-17-08

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November 17th, 2008 at 11:22 am

Video & Photos: Beyonce SNL 11-15-08, MTV Total Finale Live 11-16-08 Performances

in: Music, Television

Beyonce performs on MTV Total Finale Live, November 16, 2008

Beyonce performed on Saturday Night Live on November 15, 2008 and took part in an amusing skit with a leotard-clad Justin Timberlake. She also appeared on the final broadcast of MTV TRL, (Total Finale Live) November 16, 2008. She performed “If I were a Boy” and “Single Ladies”on SNL. The MTV TRL performance included those singles along with “Crazy in Love.” Beyonce’s highly anticipated third studio album, I Am…Sasha Fierce will be released on November 18, 2008.

Beyonce performs on MTV Total Finale Live, November 16, 2008

MTV’s long running music video program, Total Request Live came to an end with the November 16, 2008 finale which featured many live performances, including 50 Cent and Ludacris, Nelly and Snoop Dogg, Miley Cyrus, Hillary Duff, and Backstreet Boys. See all of the performances at The Celebrity Network.

Photos Beyonce on MTV Total Finale Live, November 16, 2008 (Photo credit: Getty Images)

Beyonce on SNL - If I Were a Boy

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Beyonce on SNL - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)

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Beyonce SNL Skit with Justin Timberlake - UPDATE: Here is a parody video that has some of the SNL footage, and has not yet been pulled by NBC.

Beyonce on MTV Total Finale Live - If I Were a Boy, Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It), Crazy in Love

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Beyonce performs on MTV Total Finale Live, November 16, 2008

Beyonce performs on MTV Total Finale Live, November 16, 2008

Video & Photos: Beyonce SNL 11-15-08, MTV Total Finale Live 11-16-08 Performances

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November 17th, 2008 at 8:46 am

Video: Wanda Sykes Speech in Las Vegas “Proud to Be Gay” 11-15-08

in: Controversy, Politics, Celebrity

Wanda Sykes

Comedian Wanda Sykes made a surprise appearance at gay rights in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 15, 2008. Watch full video of the speech here in which Sykes not only expressed outrage over the ban on gay marriage in California, which the Proposition 8 has imposed, but she declared herself “proud to be gay,” and not just a lesbian but a “married lesbian.” She got married in California on October 24, 2008.

She told the rally participants, “You know, I don’t really talk about my sexual orientation. I didn’t feel like I had to. I was just living my life, not necessarily in the closet, but I was living my life. Everybody that knows me personally they know I’m gay. But that’s the way people should be able to live their lives.” Regarding passage of the ban on gay marriage in California she said, “I felt like I was being attacked, personally attacked — our community was attacked.”

Sykes’ appearance at the rally, which took place at The Gay and Lesbian Community Center on East Sahara Avenue in Las Vegas was a surprise to all, as she happened to be in town performing at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. Her sudden public announcement has, of course, begged the question — who is Wanda Sykes’ wife? — while underscoring the underlying outrage of the entire situation. As Sykes herself put it, on the historic election night, November 4, 2008, she said, “I was so proud of the country; we had elected Barack Obama…we are moving in the right direction.” But upon finding out that Proposition 8 had passed, she said, “I was crushed. We took a huge leap forward and then got dragged about 12 steps back.”

As the New York Times reports, the Las Vegas rally was just one of many across the country.

The demonstrations — from a sun-splashed throng in San Francisco to a chilly crowd in Minneapolis — came 11 days after California voters narrowly passed a ballot measure, Proposition 8, that outlawed previously legal same-sex ceremonies in the state. The measure’s passage has spurred protests in California and across the country, including at several Mormon temples, a reflection of that church’s ardent backing of the proposition.

Source: Across U.S., Big Rallies for Same-Sex Marriage

Popeater has a roundup of celebrity reaction to the gay marriage ban, in California. Many, including George Clooney, Ellen DeGeneres, Melissa Etheridge, and Lindsay Lohan’s girlfriend Sam Ronson, have been outspoken. See: Wanda Sykes Is Out and Proud

Photo: Wanda Sykes at the Silver Rose Awards and Auction Gala April 27, 2008, (Photo credit: Getty Images)

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