According to information obtained from presidential fundraising disclosures, Ethiopian Supermodel Liya Kebede has contributed $2,300 to Senator Barack Obama’s during the Primary election.
Designer Amsale Aberra of Ethiopia contributed $1,000 to Barack Obama’s presidential election. No record was found for model Gelila Bekele, but her boyfriend Tyler Perry is a strong backer of Barack Obama, who contributed $4,600 to his campaign.
Based on campaign contribution data, Ethiopians are overwhelmingly in support of Barack Obama, we were hard pressed to find donors to Republican John McCain, although we found some. From Hotel workers to Physicians, Ethiopians and Ethiopian-Americans are opening their wallet to Barack Obama’s presidential campaign.
The maximum amount an individual can contribute to a candidate is $2,300. You may contribute up to a total of $4,600 for a single candidate in primary ($2,300) and general election($2,300).
source: nazret.com
October 10th, 2008

She strikes some sexy poses in skimpy black outfits to match the color of the new V-Rod Muscle motorcycle which she’s been promoting for Harley Davidson.
Channeling her modeling skills as a catwalk hottie and one of Victoria’s Secret’s Angels, Marisa Miller is featured wearing skimpy outfits in a series of promotional ads for Harley Davidson’s new V-Rod Muscle motorcycle. Starting from this Friday, October 10, Harley will launch the supermodel’s ads, including video, wallpapers and downloadable photos promoting the new ride, which the company referred as “sporty, sleek bike that targets a younger, urban and affluent demographic.”
“To represent such an iconic American brand is incredible,” Miller said in a statement about becoming the model of the ad. “I have grown up watching my dad and uncle ride Harleys. It’s amazing to circle back at this point in my career, and work with a brand I have so much respect for.”
Some pictures of Miller’s ads for Harley Davidson’s new V-Rod Muscle motorcycle and behind-the-scenes footage of the shoot can be seen on The Sun. More information on the V-Rod Muscle can be gotten on Harley-Davidson.com.
Aside from her modeling career, Miller currently is busy promoting the latest Victoria’s Secret’s fragrance called “Very Sexy Dare”. She, additionally, also becomes the celebrity endorser for Remington’s ShortCut clippers not to mention her many other promotional ads for several products.
source: aceshowbiz.com
October 9th, 2008
If precious metals are a safe bet in today’s tumbling market, then you should put your money on Kate Moss. Sculptor Marc Quinn has captured her likeness in solid gold (a life-size statue called “Siren,” now on display at the British Museum), and soon she’s going to be immortalized on the silver screen as well. A group of Hollywood producers wants to make a movie about Moss and her Primrose Hill pals Sienna Miller, Sadie Frost, Rhys Ifans and company.
Apparently the filmmakers on board for this project are the same ones who brought us Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Knocked Up and Superbad. Maybe it will end up being a crass comedy with a big heart and some doughy male nudity. But that’s just a wild guess, so you can’t hold me to it. Anyway, back to your investment. Let’s take a look at the movie-friendly themes that the life of Kate Moss has to offer.
Overcoming adversity: For the most part, young ladies of short-to-average stature tend to cross “supermodel” off their list of potential careers. Yet Moss, a dwarf of a model at 5′6″, is currently the second-highest paid model in the world (only the 5′11″ Gisele Bundchen earns more), thus showing little girls everywhere that you don’t have to be tall to be a model. Emaciated, yes, but not tall!

Becoming an icon: In the ’90s, the fashion world was addicted to heroin chic, and Moss was its pale-skinned, dark-eyed, bony beauty.
Getting caught in a drug scandal: Throughout her career, Moss has faced rumors of drug use. But career damage doesn’t come from rumors; it comes from photographic evidence. And in 2005 London’s Daily Mirror published just that: photos of Moss with her nose hovering perilously close to some lines of cocaine. Controversy ensued. Moss responded with a somewhat evasive apology, but the damage had already been done. Once the modeling companies overcame their shock and disbelief, they dropped her like a bad habit, as it were.
Making a comeback: Somehow the whole cocaine scandal thing did eventually, um, blow over. Within a year Moss, managed to nab 18 top modeling contracts, and now she’s making more money than ever before. But kids, don’t do drugs. I don’t know why not, just don’t!
Dating rock stars: Moss was briefly engaged to Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty, who seems to spend at least as much time in the back of a police car for drug-related offenses as he does in a recording studio or on a stage. Her current boyfriend, guitarist Jamie Hince of The Kills, is a bit more restrained: He reportedly insisted that Moss either tone down her partying or hit the road. Who knows — maybe if Moss really cleans up her act she can set her sights on a Jonas brother.
Making enemies: PETA denounced Moss for wearing fur. Bill Clinton criticized her for glamorizing drug use. Women everywhere bristle at her repeated eating-disorder denials. If those examples don’t scream “Christ figure,” then I don’t know what does.
Well that should be enough sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll to entertain me for two hours. What do you think? Would you see a movie about Kate Moss? Does she inspire you? Or do you just want to feed her a cheeseburger?
source: afterellen.com
October 8th, 2008

A schoolgirl contestant on Make Me A Supermodel has defended her decision to appear in a sexually-charged photo shoot for the show.
Sara Longman, 17, will feature in tonight’s episode reclining on a bed and making a sexualised facial expression as a fellow contestant hovers over her, the Northern Territory News reports.
Longman, who last month famously refused to model half-naked, said she had no qualms about doing the latest shoot wearing only lingerie.
“It is a lot about acting — they told me to act like I was Angelina Jolie,” she was quoted as saying in the News.
“In that shoot, it was not Sara Longman — it was a character.”
The Darwin teenager said she and contestant Luke Quill were told to act like they had just snuck away from a party to have sex.
Longman admitted the scene put her out of her “comfort zone”, but insisted it was different to the episode where she refused to appear wearing only underwear and bodypaint.
“The set-up [of the earlier shoot] was disrespectful — we were put in a room and told to strip with all these extra people around and cameras rolling,” Longman said.
“I was fine to do the shoot, it was the way I was treated — I felt taken advantage of.”
source: news.ninemsn.com.au
October 8th, 2008
As if further proof was needed that the man behind the tinted glasses and forest of curly hair is not the same off the air as he is on, Howard Stern’s wedding on Friday to longtime girlfriend model Beth Ostrosky was shocking mostly for how tame it was. No strippers, no topless fire-eating midgets, no professional farters.
Among the 180 guests were such old-school media stars as Joan Rivers, Billy Joel, Chevy Chase, Barbara Walters and Donald Trump. The couple were serenaded by 1970s songbird Phoebe Snow, who sang the wedding classic “You Send Me,” according to The Associated Press.
The wedding took place at the ritzy Le Cirque restaurant in Manhattan, and the bride wore a traditional white chiffon gown for the ceremony, which was officiated by Kelly Ripa’s husband, ordained minister/actor Mark Consuelos. Billy Joel sang “The Stranger” during the reception.
Stern had long said he would not wed Ostrosky for fear that making it official would ruin the couple’s romance. The talk jock was married to his long-suffering first wife, Alison Berns, for 23 years — a romance he paid tribute to in his “Private Parts” movie.
“It’s a nice feeling that we get along great,” Stern, 54, explained in 2006 of his hesitation to get married again. “We’re very happy, and I don’t want to f— it up.”
Stern — who has had a decidedly lower profile since leaving traditional radio for satellite station Sirius in 2006 for $500 million — revealed to his listeners in February 2007 that he’d surprised Ostrosky, 36, with an engagement ring.
Among the other guests at the wedding, according to E! Online, were Jimmy Kimmel, Sarah Silverman, Adam Carolla, John Stamos and Stern’s longtime co-hosts, Robin Quivers and Artie Lang. The reception also reportedly featured an X-rated toast from Chase.
source: mtv.com
October 6th, 2008
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