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Cheech & Chong are back, and now they have medicinal marijuana cards.

Gloria Estefa n has defended her decision to invite President Barack Obama to her Florida home for a political fundraiser in aid of the Democratic Party. The Cuban singer and her husband Emilio invited Obama to host the Democratic National Committee event at her Miami Beach home on Thursday, sparking fury along Cuban-American locals who support the rival Republican Party

Rapper Jay-Z is urging young Britons to vote in upcoming U.K. elections, insisting it’s “dangerous” not to exercise the right.

Actor Sean Penn has urged President Barack Obama to keep the American military in Haiti for as long as possible – because the country is like a war zone in the aftermath of January’s earthquake. Looting of stores and homes has been rife in the capital Port-au-Prince since the disaster, and U.S. troops were sent to the Caribbean nation to help relief efforts and keep order on the streets

Here are 2009’s top entertainment stories as voted by U.S. newspaper and broadcast editors surveyed by The Associated Press. 1.

Officials from Asian campaign groups have criticized Toby Keith after the country singer allegedly made a “racist hand gesture” at a Nobel Peace Prize party in Norway. The singer was in Oslo, Norway on Thursday to see President Barack Obama handed the prestigious honor, and after the ceremony he joined Hollywood star Will Smith and musician Wyclef Jean for an impromptu rap performance at an after party

Bruce Springsteen was celebrated by President Barack Obama , Sting and John Mellencamp as he was presented with Kennedy Center Honors at a star-studded ceremony on Sunday.

Playboy playmate Shauna Sand has reportedly dropped her lawsuit against bosses of a film distribution company over plans to sell copies of a sex tape featuring the star. The busty blonde launched legal action alleging Vivid Entertainment had illegally acquired the home-made porno , claiming the company’s bosses have no legal right to distribute the racy footage. However, Vivid chairman Steven Hirsh refused to back down – he hired a handwriting expert to determine whether a signature on official release documents belonged to Sand

Sean Penn has jetted to Cuba to interview Fidel Castro for a newspaper article, according to local reports. The Oscar winner – who has come under fire for his support of the anti-U.S. revolutionary and his president brother Raul – is claimed to have flown to the communist country to discuss how President Barack Obama ’s administration has affected Cuba.

President Barack Obama called Kanye West a “jackass” after the hip hop star’s antics at Sunday night’s MTV Video Music Awards , according to Politico . ABC news reporter Terry Moran twittered the following: “Pres


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