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...shot he took at Obama, continues to support the Illinois senator for the Democratic presidential nomination. Meanwhile, black politicians such as New York Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) and Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-Tex.) are supporting Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.). In the entertainment world, Oprah supports Obama, while Clinton counts Magic Johnson among her followers...
...Michele Taddei and Renzo Zengiaro in the Veneto region of Italy in 1966. Originally thought of as a way to make the brand's thin, supple leather more durable, intrecciato has become a style statement in the hands of Bottega Veneta creative director Tomas Maier. And style icons like Oprah Winfrey and Katie Holmes have followed suit, snapping up the coveted intrecciato Cabat tote (a bag that takes two craftsmen two days to complete). When the ranks of artisans capable of handweaving intrecciato pieces began to dwindle, the house opened a free school, Scuola della Pelletteria Bottega Veneta, to train...
...last year, visits to the 624 websites that Hitwise tracks in the wellness category (which includes sites on weight loss and fitness) has increased by more than 20%. The Oprah effect aside - a Chinese weight-loss tea that she mentioned on her show is now the sixth most popular site visited in the category - television is playing an important role in our increased online awareness of the need to lose weight...
...plans aim to achieve near-universality with a couple of incentives. One is a general ethic of "volunteerism," enforced by peer pressure, corporate public service advertising campaigns, earnest reports from blue-ribbon commissions, speeches from politicians, covers of newsmagazines, goody-goody student-council types who infect every college campus, Oprah, Larry King, and so on. America is very good at marshalling all the forces of bullshit in our society toward a noble end, like stopping cruelty to animals or hounding sexual predators. Pressuring young people to "serve" for a year or two is a perfect subject for one of these...
Illinois Sen. Barack Obama already has a Letterman appearance under his belt, as well as one on Oprah. He did The Daily Show With Jon Stewart last week, where he offered a sample of his wit to soften serious talk. When Stewart, referring to his oft-cited lack of experience, asked if he'd consider running a smaller country, Obama quipped: "No, what I did think about though was invading a smaller country...