Barack Obama News

Academy Award-winning actor, producer, director and 2014 Image Award nominee, Forest Whitaker is set to receive the NAACP Chairman's Award during the 45th NAACP Image Awards, broadcast live tonight, February 22 (9:00 p.m. ET/PT tape-delayed) on TV One, the civil rights organization announced today.

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act and the Anti-Apartheid Sanctions Act are just two of the landmark laws Warburg was instrumental in helping craft and enact. Warburg started his D.C. political career at 21 as a lowly intern for U.S. Senator John Tunney (D-CA) in 1975. He ended it as a precinct organizer, helping turn out the vote in key Virginia counties for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential bid. Along the way, he was deeply involved in U.S. policymaking on such issues as Soviet nuclear arms control, Israel aid, and human rights. He spent years working on the Senate floor as the defense, intelligence and foreign policy advisor to Majority Whip Alan Cranston, the California Democrat. Today, he is Professor of Public Policy and Assistant Dean at University of Virginia's Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy.

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FOX News Channel host Elisabeth Hasselbeck has gained attention as a personality whose traditional values can spark debate among viewers, yet she has never been one to shy away from defending her position. In an all-new interview, E!'s Giuliana Rancic sits with the current co-host of “Fox and Friends” to discuss her career, her health, her life as a busy mom of three, and in a surprising revelation, why Hasselbeck thinks she will inevitably be diagnosed with cancer.

Premiering on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network on Sunday, March 9 at 10 PM ET/PT, the highly-anticipated eight-part documentary series 'Lindsay,' directed by Emmy-nominated filmmaker Amy Rice ('By The People: The Election of Barack Obama'), follows movie star and media sensation Lindsay Lohan on her journey through recovery following a very public period of crisis.

The National Basketball Association (NBA) has announced that Oscar-nominated musician Pharrell Williams, coming off of his multi-Grammy Award-winning night, will headline the 'Entertainment Series presented by Sean John at Macy's' during the 63rd NBA All-Star Game tonight, Feb. 16, at New Orleans Arena. The game will air live at 8 p.m. ET on TNT, ESPN Radio, and in 215 countries and territories in more than 47 languages. Recently added performers will include Jason Derulo, Aloe Blacc and Mack Wilds.

“Saturday Night Live” returns March 1 with host Jim Parsons and musical guest Beck.

“The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” has concluded its run with the show's best weekly average in total viewers since the week of the “Cheers” finale 20 years ago

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced that tonight's The Unknown 'Lincoln-Douglass' Debate on has been scheduled for Thursday, February 18, 6:00 pm at The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, due to inclement weather.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art will host The Unknown 'Lincoln-Douglass' Debate today, February 13, 6:00 pm at The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium.

NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Chairman Bonnie Hammer today announced the newest classic in the ongoing Characters Unite Film Series to use the power of storytelling to increase awareness of social injustices, stimulate productive dialogue and encourage further progress. USA Network will commemorate Characters Unite Month and Black History Month by presenting 'In the Heat of the Night' with limited commercials on Saturday, February 15 at 9/8c. The film, which was groundbreaking in its powerful portrayal of racism in America and played a role in advancing the civil rights movement, won five Oscars including Best Picture. Film, television and music icon Quincy Jones, who composed the music for the film, will give a special introduction.

The National Basketball Association (NBA) has announced that Oscar-nominated musician Pharrell Williams, coming off of his multi-Grammy Award-winning night, will headline the 'Entertainment Series presented by Sean John at Macy's' during the 63rd NBA All-Star Game

Michael Smerconish will join CNN as host of a new weekly program that will air live on Saturday mornings from New York,

Jay Leno has concluded his run as host of “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” by delivering the show's biggest overall audience in more than 15 years, since May 1998.

NBC Olympics primetime and late night host Bob Costas, a 25-time Emmy Award-winning journalist, interviewed President Barack Obama from NBC Olympics' studio in Sochi, Russia, site of the XXII Olympic Winter Games, while the President was in The White House.

Emmy Award-winner Rosie O'Donnell returned to ABC's The View, today, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7 (11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon, ET). The appearance marks the first time O'Donnell appeared on the talk show since moderating Season 10

As TONIGHT SHOW Jay Leno bid an emotional farewell following 22 years as host of the iconic NBC late night talk show, celebrities took to Twitter to offer Jay their farewells and congratulations.

“Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” followed last night with its highest rating ever, a 4.6/15 in metered-market households.

Jay Leno's final telecast hosting “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” has delivered the show's highest overnight rating in nearly five years, since March 2009.

Sheryl Crow, Carol Burnett, Oprah Winfrey, Kim Kardashian, Jack Black, NBA star Chris Paul and Jim Parsons and Billy Crystal surprised Jay with a musical performance!