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Boca Performance Painter Plans Masterpiece for Obama

Boca Raton painter/performer/karate black belt Micheal Israel -- he of the ripped abs, the flowing mullet, and the paint-splattered jeans -- has landed two slots performing at Obama's inauguration: on the 19th at Virginia's Inaugural Black Tie & Blue Dominion Ball ($1,000 per ticket) at the Smit ... More >>

Watch the Inauguration Live Thanks to Hulu

We know today isn't a national holiday, but it sure feels like one. So just in case you are stuck at work, rather than freezing your ass off in Washington D.C., Hulu is streaming the presidential inauguration live. So sit back, relax and press play. Just make sure to turn around every now and then ... More >>

Quick, How Many Smithsonian Air & Space Museums Are There?

Well, my friends, I had hoped to provide you with a dispatch about the Washington, D.C., performance of painter Michael Israel, an awe-inspiring, mulleted dude who was booked to speed-paint a portrait of Barack Obama at an inaugural ball called the Virginia Black Tie and Blue Dominion Ball. Virginia ... More >>

Cowed by Bernie Madoff, PETA Shenanigans Are Uninspired

Like we told you earlier, PETA's inauguration day high jinks were hampered by Bernard Madoff, and judging by the photos Deirdra's sending from D.C., the animal rights group had to resort to this old gag.More photos from our correspondent's day in D.C., after the jump.

Boca Painter A Victim in Inauguration Swindle

Michael Israel, the Boca painter who whips out large-scale portraits of patriotic scenes (like the ones above) by karate-chopping his canvas, was scheduled to create a painting at the so-called Veterans Presidential Inaugural Ball in Washington on the night of Barack Obama's inauguration. But the ba ... More >>

A Change Will Do You Good

Celebrate the switch-off we've all been waiting for, today

Aretha Franklin Unleashes Night of Soul at Hard Rock Live

Celebrate the switch-off we've all been waiting for, today

Obama's Crist Line Falls Flat at Correspondents' Dinner

You just knew that Charlie Crist would appear in a punch line during Obama's speech at the correspondents' dinner. It comes around the seven-minute mark of the video above. He and his speechwriters decided to merge that with a crack about the couple that crashed political parties last year. The tex ... More >>