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Al Pacino Honored by Obama With Sarah Jessica Parker's Support

Al Pacino, Barack Obama Alex Wong/Getty Images

An Academy award. A Tony award. And now, a medal from the president.

The Godfather and Scarface star Al Pacino was recognizing for his contributions to film and theater by Barack Obama today, as the 2011 National Medals of Arts and National Humanities Medals were being given out at a ceremony held in the East Room of the White House.

Pacino was awarded the honor of National Medal of Arts because of his "signature intensity," among other things.

And he wasn't the only famous face there...

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Feud Alert: Nancy Pelosi vs. Stephen Colbert?!

Stephen Colbert, Nancy Pelosi Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage

Who says politicians don't have a sense of humor?

Nancy Pelosi sure does! The 71-year-old House minority leader released a faux-political ad on YouTube slamming Stephen Colbert's $1 million Super PAC.

So why does Pelosi want to "stop Colbert?"

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Scarlett Johansson: Fashion Will Help Obama Get Reelected

Barack Obama, Scarlett Johansson AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais; Ilya S. Savenok/FilmMagic

Everyone knows it's in style to be politically active.

We've moved past Diddy's infamous "Vote or Die" campaign, but celebrities are still using fashion as a platform to express their political views.

Tuesday night in New York City, the stars came out for the launch of Runway to Win, a collaborative effort by American designers to support President Barack Obama's reelection campaign.

Actress Scarlett Johansson, who cohosted the fete alongside Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, explained just why selling super-cute T's and totes can help give some Obama job security when the 2012 election rolls around...

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Clint Eastwood Defends Polarizing Super Bowl Halftime Ad, Denies He Was a "Minion" of Obama

Clint Eastwood's Chrysler-backed Super Bowl pep talk to the nation was motivating all right—it motivated Washington, D.C., power players straight to opposite sides of the political spectrum.

The iconic movie star is facing some fallout in the wake of his otherwise inspiring Chrysler ad that aired during Sunday's big game, with the longtime Republican and Libertarian taking heat from his own party for supposedly becoming a "minion" of both the auto industry and President Barack Obama.

Well, surprise: nobody takes Clint to task and gets away with it. And when it comes to the political left, Eastwood has made it clear: he was definitely not trying to make their day.

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Miley Cyrus Explains Gay Marriage-Supporting Tattoo

Miley Cyrus, Tattoo Gregg DeGuire/PictureGroup via AP IMAGES

Miley Cyrus has had to defend her share of photographs over the years.

But she honestly didn't expect the backlash that occurred last summer when she tweeted a picture of an equals sign newly tattooed on her finger, along with the post, "ALL LOVE is equal."

"A lot of people mocked me—they said, 'What happened to you? You used to be a Christian girl!' And I said, 'Well, if you were a true Christian, you would have your facts straight. Christianity is about love,'" the teen star wrote in an article for Glamour.com.

So, what brought her to address the controversy again now?

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Roseanne Barr Is Running for President

Roseanne's Nuts, Rosanne Barr Lifetime

Not a big Newt Gingrich or Mitt Romney fan? Not nuts about President Barack Obama?

Well, hooray, you've got an interesting third-party option now: Roseanne Barr.

The Emmy winner has filed the necessary paperwork to run for president of the United States this year as a Green Party candidate, she confirmed today, tweeting, "If ppl will merely do as I tell them to do just this one time, I promise everything will get a lot better quickly4 the majority. ."

And Alec Baldwin thought Republicans were "in for a tough time" before!

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Sarah Palin Insider on Game Change: "Julianne Moore's Accent Is Terrible"

Sarah Palin, Julianne Moore Mark Lyons/Getty Images; HBO
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Holy pit bull in lipstick! The just-released trailer for HBO's Game Change is flippin' amazing.

All eyes are on Sarah Palin—uh, we mean Julianne Moore playing Sarah Palin—as we see the veep wannabe's most infamous lines and get herself in a tizzy about the campaign behind-the-scenes.

So is this fairly harsh take on Ms. Palin fact or made-for-TV fiction? And what do Palin insiders think of all this HBO hoopla?

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30 Rock's Alec Baldwin: Republicans Are "In for a Very Tough Time!"

Alec Baldwin John Shearer/WireImage
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"You think I have an astute view of politics?" Alec Baldwin asked us backstage after we told the SAG Award winner for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy series exactly that. "That's the funniest thing I've ever heard!"

Well, it's not that funny. The 30 Rock star was at one point considering running for mayor of NYC, after all. Which is why we wanted to know his—yes, astute—opinion on the current state of presidential politics:

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Flashback Alert! Julianne Moore Is Sarah Palin in New Game Change Trailer

Julianne Moore, Game Change Phillip V. Caruso/HBO

Ready to Republican-party like its 2008?!

Just in time for the 2012 presidential election, HBO is offering us a reminder of just how odd the 2008 campaign became when John McCain selected little-known Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate.

And, judging by this brand-new trailer for Game Change, premiering March 10 on HBO, we're no longer disappointed that Tina Fey didn't get the role that ended up going to Julianne Moore.

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Stephen Colbert "Rolling Seven Digits Deep" with Super PAC

Don't underestimate Stephen Colbert!

The Comedy Central host's political action committee has raised $1.02 million, according to Federal Election Committee filings Tuesday. (Thanks to Supreme Court rulings last year, corporations, unions and other groups and wealthy individuals can set up super PACs that have the ability to raise unlimited campaign contributions to sway voters ahead of the 2012 elections.)

"I'm rolling seven digits deep!" he said in a letter to the FEC. "I got 99 problems but a non-connected independent-expenditure only committee ain't one!"

So just how did Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow raise that kind of cash?

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