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Beyonce, Jay-Z, T.I., Ludacris, John Legend and More Courtside/Performing at 2009 NBA All-Star Game

Tuesday, February 17th 2009

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Beyonce and Jay-Z // 2009 NBA All-Star Game (Courtside) John Legend // // 2009 NBA All-Star Game (Halftime Show)

After all of the parties, eventes, dinners, tournaments, etc. comes the real game; when the NBA is divided in half (The West vs. The East) and they go head-to-head to see which region is the best. The 2009 NBA All-Star game ended with The West taking the title as champions, with a final score of 146 to 119. Check out photos of Beyonce, Jay-Z, T.I., Ludacris, Young Jeezy, Chris Tucker and more sitting courtside enjoying the game when you continue reading. We also have photos of John Legend (performing halftime) and Jordin Sparks (performing the National Anthem) down there too.

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★ Celebrities at the Inauguration (01.20.09): Beyonce, Jay-Z, Oprah, Aretha Franklin and more!

Sunday, February 1st 2009

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Beyonce & Jay-Z // President Barack Obama\'s Inauguration Aretha Franklin // President Barack Obama\'s Inauguration

I’ve been a little detached from the internet over the past couple of weeks due to a few offline obligations and what-not, but I’m slowly getting Gossip On This back into the groove of things. I’m not sure if many other blogs have shown a lot of these but here are a few photos of some of the biggest names in Hollywood watching history in the making as Barack Obama was sworn into office as the 44th President of the U.S.

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Rev. Jesse Jackson’s Open Letter to President Barack Obama

Saturday, January 31st 2009

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Rev. Jesse Jackson and President Barack Obama

Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. was asked by Essence to write an open letter to President Barack Obama. In the letter, he mainly talks about ways to improve the future of our country by investing in the education of our youth. Check it out below, and after the cut.

Dear Mr. President:

What a joy and relief it is to be able to salute you as President Obama. Congratulations on a magnificently run campaign. Your discipline, vision, strength and courage will take America and the world a long way. Now that we have made it through the courtship of the primary season, the engagement party in Grant Park on November 4th, and the wedding on January 20th, we’re entering into marriage—the final stage, one that is full of challenges.

It’s high noon in our politics, where hope abounds. But it is midnight in our economics. But we have hope that the darkness will lead to a new light that will shine even brighter. We are in a time of the worst economic crisis of the last half century, and amid expanding wars and conflicts in Iraq, the Middle East and Africa. The two great themes of ending poverty at home and unnecessary wars abroad must dominate our priorities.

We need an economic stimulus. We also need equal protection under the law, which we’ve never had. Those who have been dealt the most inequality deserve targeted stimulation. Our character is measured, as you mentioned in your Inauguration speech, by how we treat the least of these. The least of these are gripped in poverty, high infant mortality, less access to capital, first-class jails and second-class schools, the highest victims of home foreclosures. They need targeted job creation and job training to offset targeted discrimination and denial leading to structural inequality. They need to be able to restructure and modify their loans, real foreclosure relief to save their homes.

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