President Obama News

The United States is officially loosening the embargo on travel, trade, and investments with Cuba, the White House announced today, per Mashable.

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper stopped by last night's LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN to talk about covering the recent march in Paris and questioned why President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden were no shows.

Below, check out quotables from THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON, January 5 - January 9:

Music legend Andraé Crouch has died. The Grammy and Dove Award winner passed away on Thursday, January 8, 2015

Oakland, CA, January 5 – Oakland East Bay Symphony and Music Director Michael Morgan continue their popular and insightful annual “Notes from . . .” series this season with Notes from Mexico, featuring composer/performer Diana Gameros, pianist Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner and Ballet Folklorico Mexicano de Carlos Moreno Friday, March 27, at 8 pm at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland. The Symphony's “Notes from . . .” series has become a popular mainstay of the Bay Area music scene and annually explores symphonic music both new and traditional from cultures that may be less well known to audiences. Past “Notes from . . .” programs have focused on music fromPersia, the Philippines, China and the Middle East. This concert is sponsored by Mueller Nicholls Builders and The Grubb Co. Realtors. Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner's performance is supported by a grant from The Ross McKee Foundation. Tickets are priced $20-$70 and a pre-concert talk will be given at 7 pm and is free to ticket-holders. For tickets and information, visit www.oebs.org .

On Friday, President Obama signed an Executive Order to levy new sanctions against North Korea in response to the recent cyber hack on Sony, suspected to involve North Korea.

The Laguna Playhouse will present the beginning of 2015 in a most spectacular fashion with the return of superstar comedienne Rita Rudner who will be performing, RITA RUDNER: OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE RITA, to start the New Year right with joy and laughter. OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE RITA will perform tonight, December 31 at 7pm at the Laguna Playhouse, 606 Laguna Canyon Road in Laguna Beach.

Despite the international controversy surrounding its release, the James Franco/Seth Rogen film THE INTERVIEW has already acrued $15 in online sales alone.

A Korean music label is the latest group to pile onto THE INTERVIEW issue.

North Korea's National Defence Commision has decried President Obama for his support of Sony's release of their film THE INTERVIEW and even accused him of blackmail.

As of Saturday at noon, Sony still seems to be the victim of hackers- this time for their game systems.

New York's Treehouse Theater previously announced that it would present a live reading of the script for Sony's controversial comedy film THE INTERVIEW. The free event will be held tonight, December 27th at 7 p.m., at 154 West 29th Street in Manhattan.

Following today's news that THE INTERVIEW would hit selected theaters on Christmas Day after all, Entertainment Weekly culled together a list of all the venues screening the movie. Check it out below!

Following today's news that THE INTERVIEW would hit selected theaters on Christmas Day after all, the White House and President Barack Obama have released a statement praising Sony on the matter.

According to UK's The Telegraph, the first Broadway musical to play in Cuba in 50 years will open this Christmas Eve, December 24th.

Sony may have pulled THE INTERVIEW from its Christmas Day release - but others are rallying for the film to be shown - GAME OF THRONES author George R.R. Martin included. In a new blog post, Martin has offered to screen the film at his own Jean Cocteau Cinema.

New York's Treehouse Theater has announced that it will present a live reading of the script for Sony's controversial comedy film THE INTERVIEW.

Following its decision to pull the controversial comedy THE INTERVIEW from theaters nationwide, Sony will now release the film for free on Crackle, the streaming service it owns, according to sources.

In a rarely seen turn of events, the Republican National Committee is in complete agreement with President Obama- at least where Sony's new film THE INTERVIEW is concerned.