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The former president of the United States of 24, Dennis Haysbert, says he may have helped make Barack Obama's candidacy possible.

"If anything, my portrayal of David Palmer, I think, may have helped open the eyes of the American people," says the actor. "And I mean the American people from across the board—from the poorest to the richest, every color and creed, every religious base—to prove the possibility there could be an African-American president, a female president, any type of president that puts the people first."

As ardent supporters of his fake presidency, we won't argue with him. Still, he may have his history a little askew: Hadn't Morgan Freeman already been president during the Deep Impact administration?

Senator Obama seems to think so. Upon meeting Freeman back in April, Obama said, "This guy was president before I was."

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Which may explain why she's turned to blogging.

Biel made her first foray into the blogosphere over the weekend at MySpace Celebrity, where she revealed she only had four, or possibly six, friends. (We hope she's not counting MySpace man Tom, because that guy says he's friends with everyone.)

Short on embarrassing personal revelations (aside from the dearth of pals), the posting mainly sticks to her dog, movies she has in the works and some charitable interests.

And nothing about Justin Timberlake.

But it's her first attempt. If she keeps at it, we bet she'll be oversharing in no time.

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The Hole enchilada hurt her foot while in Malibu, and rather than do something lame like hobble home or call for an ambulance, she lit up a smoke while this fast-thinking fella hit the express lane to get her home.

Don't laugh. We hear several HMOs are considering this "shop after you drop" approach to medicine.

And it got us thinking: Which celebs would you add to your shopping list if you could? (10 items or less only!)

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You wanna mess with Texas? Not us.

Though considering how lovely Jessica Simpson and Beyoncé are looking here, we would definitely be open to "messing around" with it if the opportunity ever came up.

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The Supreme Court, that is.

In a letter released today, rocker Ted Nugent blasted four unnamed Supreme Court justices—though presumably he means Justices Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg and Breyer—for dissenting in a ruling that overturned a Washington, D.C., law that had banned handguns.

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KISS mainman Gene Simmons has been blaming the death of the record industry on bands like Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails and others who have experimented with alternative methods of releasing music.

Oh, and the fans, too.

"The record industry is dead. It's six feet underground and unfortunately the fans have done this. They've decided to download and file share," said Simmons, according to an AOL Australia report.

"There is no record industry around so we're going to wait until everybody settles down and becomes civilised. As soon as the record industry pops its head up we'll record new material."

Are you happy now, ungrateful fans of music?

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"I didn't get a chance to see the show until the final product, and it was clearly not what it could've been...It's going to miss the target a little bit...It's like [having] Indiana Jones without Indiana Jones."

—David Hasselhoff, who played Michael Knight on TV from 1982 to 1986, on the new Knight Rider series being shot without his input

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Larry Birkhead would like to set the record straight.

Birkhead spoke to E! News in an exclusive phone interview Monday afternoon to clarify quotes he gave to the Associated Press about why he bought lingerie worn by Anna Nicole Smith on Saturday night at an auction as a keepsake for his 1-year-old daughter.

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Jerry Seinfeld is wondering how a show about nothing has turned him into an "actor."

Lawyers for the former sitcom star have asked that a defamation lawsuit brought against him by a steamed cookbook author be tossed out on First Amendment grounds, arguing that any statements she perceived to be derogatory were made while he was in comedian mode.

"Nobody who was listening to Jerry Seinfeld thought he was doing anything but making very funny jokes," attorney Orin Snyder told E! News Monday. "Nobody believed him to be stating facts. Everyone understood him to be doing what he has done so well for so many years, which was telling jokes and entertaining. So the claim against him is frivolous and we have asked the court to dismiss it too."

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Is someone trying to put the brakes on Lance Armstrong's love life?

You might think so after reading the New York Times piece Sunday about Armstrong, his love life and his anticancer efforts.

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"His main note to me is just to look hot, so I try my best."
—Megan Fox on Transformers director Michael Bay's acting advice, in People. Wow, Bay has a gift for the obvious to go along with his penchant for blowing stuff up