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From Associated Press
Movie Stars Help With Obama Ad
Filed at 3:21 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Barack Obama's advertising team is getting some friendly competition from film pros with some Oscar clout like Ben Affleck and Matt Damon.
The liberal group MoveOn.org, reprising a 2004 ad contest against President Bush, has enlisted the actors to help select an ad supporting Obama's campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. MoveOn plans to air the winning commercial on national television, but organizers hope the real benefit could come simply from media attention, Internet buzz and the star power behind it.
''The spirit of the contest is to put into video form what it is that you think will help push Obama over the top.'' said Iliyse Hogue, the campaign director for MoveOn.org Political Action. ''It's a great thing for aspiring ad makers and film makers who want to participate in a meaningful way.''
Participants in the ''Obama in 30 Seconds'' contest will have until April 1 to submit their entries. MoveOn members, which the organization places at 3.2 million people, will be able to vote on their favorites by watching them on the MoveOn Web site. The top 15 entries will then be judged by a panel of liberal activists, recording artists and Hollywood notables.
Among them will be Affleck and Damon, both Academy Award winning actors and writers. Also judging will be actor Steve Buscemi, film director Oliver Stone, singer songwriters Moby, Eddie Vedder and John Legend, civil rights leader Jesse Jackson and hip-hop entrepreneur Russell Simmons.
MoveOn plans to announce the winner five days before the April 22 Pennsylvania primary. But Hogue said the organization had not yet decided when the ad would appear on television. ''We want to see what the landscape looks like,'' she said.
MoveOn.org has endorsed Obama and has used its membership network to make phone calls promoting his candidacy and to hold Obama house parties in Texas. Hogue said MoveOn members have donated $600,000 to the Obama campaign through MoveOn. By law, the group is not permitted to coordinate its ad campaign with Obama's.
In 2004, MoveOn received 1,500 entries for its ''Bush in 30 Seconds'' competition. The winner was an ad called ''Child's Pay,'' depicting children performing adult jobs followed by the words: ''Guess who's going to pay off President Bush's $1 trillion deficit?'' CBS refused to run the ad during the Super Bowl, but it still ended up being among the most watched political commercials, receiving free air time on newscasts and Web sites.
The entries that year, however, included two that compared Bush to Hitler, which MoveOn removed from its contest Web site but which the Republican Party used as examples of ''hate speech.''
The contest entries this time are explicit: ''Please no personal attacks on anyone.''
Other official rules:
-- ''Ads must be about Barack Obama and portray him in a positive light.''
-- ''Ads should not talk about or specifically reference Hillary Clinton or any other Democratic presidential candidate''.
-- ''Ads may reference John McCain, George W. Bush or the Bush administration, but only in the context of contrasting them with Barack Obama.'Click Here To Buy The Book
From Sohh.com
Pulse Report:
50 Cent Pimps Fat Joe/Papoose Beef, Lil' Wayne Accused Of Swagger Jacking, Kanye West Scores 4 In A Row, Nas & Ice Cube - N*gger's W/ Attitude
written by Archie Fucque
Friday - March 7, 2008
50 Cent
In this week's Pulse Report the streets are buzzing about, 50 Cent playing Don King to Fat Joe and Papoose's title bout, Lil' Wayne's plagiarism, Kanye West staying Connect-ed on tour and Ice Cube inviting Nas and Scarface to a gangster party.
[Editor Note: The views of this column do not necessarily reflect those of SOHH.com]
1. "The Beats" Vs. The "Two-Piece." Unable to fulfill his wish to "bust 50 Cent's new teeth," Fat Joe settled for putting "the beats" on Papoose-allegedly. As previously reported on SOHH, Joey Crack and Brooklyn rapper Papoose got into an altercation at a North Carolina hotel prior to performing at a concert. Early reports of the fight were not in Fat Joe's favor, as a photoshopped image of the Bronx MC sporting multiple bruises on his face made its way around the net. Papoose backed those claims in an interview with San Francisco radio station KMEL. According to Pap he "put in work" by giving Joe a "two-piece" to the chin. [Listen here]
Of course Joe quickly countered with his side of the story. In a much more favorable light Joe told New York's Hot 97 radio he put "the beats" on Papoose and he challenged Curtis yet again. [Listen here]
If you're wondering how this all got started look no further than Fat Joe's nemesis 50 Cent. [Watch here]
SMH. I don't know who to believe in this sordid tale, but I know for sure that there are holes on both sides of this story. First, Joe claiming that after the fight Pap confessed to being a "Flow Joe" fan, is a damn lie. There is not one person on this planet that would tell him they liked that album. He was the undisputed worst rapper ever at that time. Nice try Joe. Second, Pap saying he "put in work" on Joe and his bodyguards is crazy. I'll readily believe he could sell 100,00 records before I believe that.
In the end, 50 Cent-the guy that started this mess-is laughing all the way to the bank.
2. Replica Rap. First Jay-Z got called out for his numerous Notorious B.I.G references now Lil' Wayne has been dubbed a "swagger jacker," by an anonymous hip-hop nerd. (It wasn't me). The self-proclaimed "best rapper alive" is being accused of lifting material from some of the game's greats - namely The Notorious BIG, Tupac, and Jay-Z. [Listen here]
For all you Wayne enthusiast, fall back. No need to get all worked up about this, trying to defend your man to the death, Weezy is not the only rapper guilty of swagger jacking. As I see it, no harm no foul. The real issue at hand is the fact that Lil' Wayne is no longer the best rapper in the game. Have ya'll heard him over the last year? The little man is no longer the beast that created the Carter 2. He's lost the swagger that he bored from others. The throne is open for the taking.
Who's going to step up and claim it? Come on New York, this is our chance to shift the balance of power. On second thoughts, forget it! New York rappers are too busy fighting one another. Free T.I.!
3. Well Connected. Grammy Award winning rapper Kanye West is taking his love for "Connect Four" to a whole new level. A few months ago West talked on his blog about his love for the game. There was even footage of Ye playing (and losing to) Beyonce Knowles. [Watch here] Now, according to TMZ, Kaneezy, made a request on his tour rider that "Connect Four" be set up in his dressing room. Apparently, Ye's obsession has rubbed of on Jay-Z. [Watch here]
Damn, talk about addicted. Too bad Kanye doesn't know Prodigy was the first rapper demanding board games on his rider. P was rocking the "Snakes & Ladders" way before cats was even thinking about doing stuff like that. Matter fact, the Mobb used to have the best "Uno" games poppin'off in the dressing room back in the day. Word dun.
4. Three The Hard Way. Gangster rap is still making Ice Cube do things. The former N.W.A legend linked up with Nas and Scarface on the remix to his latest single "Gangster Rap Made Me Do It." [Listen here]
Cube sounds a little aged, but respectable. As always Scarface was cold as ice. If that was a precursor to how Nas is going sound on the N*gger album, watch out.
SOHH, what's the peanut gallery have to say about that one?
5. 2 Live TV. Move over Flavor Flav, the suits over at VH1 have found your replacement. 2 Live Crew frontman Luke Campbell has just been granted a reality show on the cable network. According to the Hollywood Reporter, "Luke's Parental Advisory" was just picked up for eight episodes, to air this summer. The show follows Campbell as he juggles being a dad to two teenagers, while running his adult-entertainment business Luke Entertainment Group and planning a wedding with his fiancée.
Memo to the sadistic white men at VH1:
On behalf of every self-respecting black person in America we just want to say, thanks. This is just what we needed in the black community, another show with a has-been rapper that contributes to the misrepresentation of blacks in America. Feel free to spin this off into a 2 Live Crew reunion show, "Me Still So Horny." Better yet, just let BET come up with a horrible second-rate knock off of this. Thanks again.
This memo has been "Fucque Approved" by every person that realizes what you guys are doing.
Aurevoir sal cons! Fucque forever!
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