Hollywood Acts Like It Won Obama's Nobel Peace Prize

Fri., Oct. 9, 2009 12:17 PM PDT by Breanne L. Heldman

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Mr. President, you've just been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. What are you going to do next?

Twitter, of course!

"Humbled," was all Barack Obama wrote on his account, but the post has been RT'ed so much throughout the Twitterverse that the word is near the top of the trending topics.

Needless to say, several celebs have chimed in with retweets and reactions positive and negative.

High School Musical's Corbin Bleu adds to his RT, "One of the reasons why I admire him." Modern Family's Jesse Tyler Ferguson writes, "Love it! Congrats Obombs!!!!!" Dollhouse's Eliza Dushku links to CNN's story and says, "Incredible!"

"OBAMA is the greatest," types Chris Brown.

Then there was one of our favorite tweeps, Kirstie Alley, who was dubious of the choice...

"Obama won the nobel peace prize... Why? What are his actions that won this? He speaks to peace but have not seen accomplishments yet," she tweets.

Several others are of like minds on the issue, including controversial documentary director Michael Moore, who says, "Congratulations President Obama on winning the Nobel Peace Prize! You have filled the world with hope -- now you must make peace happen."

Ditto Adrianne Curry: "I love having a president who isnt an idiot. Thank you for giving us that! Now do something that will make me proud4voting 4u ;)"

Lisa Ling stands up for the Nobel committee's choice and explains it to us in simple terms.

"Why do people have a problem with Obama winning the Nobel PEACE prize," she asks. "You may not like him, but how can you deny his diplomatic prowess? Few have taken more diplomatic risks than the President. Do people realize how much he has reached out? It's quite unprecedented."

Joy Behar and Adam Shankman are questioning the big news' proximity to some other news stories today.

"Congrats to President Obama but I find it a bit odd he won the nobel peace prize the same morning the U.S. declared war on the moon," the View star says.

"Scary: there's more news today that Miley Cyrus quit Twitter, than there is about Obama getting the Nobel Peace Prize. Yikes," the So You Think You Can Dance judge (and big pal of @mileycyrus) acknowledges. (Editor's Note: Miley's departure from the Twitterverse arguably affects our lives much more directly than this addition to the president's resume.)

And, in typical celebrity fashion, many are crackin' jokes. Bootsy Collins is thanking the world for awarding him the "Noble Funk Prize," while G4's Olivia Munn claims she was on the "shortlist." 30 Rock's Judah Friedlander can't decide if he won the award for "beating people up" or "farting."