Check out the Funny or Die video above, for a ‘Proposition 8 Musical’, featuring Jack Black and a host of other celebs [Website – Amy Grindhouse].

The video was shot last Monday in Santa Monica, CA, and was the brainchild of five time Oscar nominee Marc Shaiman (”Hairspray,” ”South Park-Bigger, Longer & Uncut”) and directed by Adam Shankman (”Bedtime Stories,” “Hairspray”).

The clip features Jack Black, Neil Patrick Harris, John C. Reilly, Allison Janney, Kathy Najimy, Craig Robinson, Andy Richter, Maya Rudolph, Rashida, Jones, Lake Bell, Sarah Chalke, Margaret Cho, Jenifer Lewis, and Nicole Parker.

Must say, it’s wicked awesome to see sooo many celebs put down their egos, long enough to do something positive to help other people!

HAT TIP – I just want to say thanks so much to Patrick from Funny or Die for sending in this tip, using the AmyG tips line - General4AmyG AT Gmail DOT Com

If you have a tip or scoop on a news story, let me know and you’ll get a shout out too =) 

Check out FunnyorDie.com for more great vids!

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Recently-married Ellen DeGeneres has spoken out about the likelihood that the law is gonna screw her over, if/ when Proposition 8 passes… [Website – Amy Grindhouse].

“Watching the returns on election night was an amazing experience. Barack Obama is our new president. Change is here. I, like millions of Americans, felt like we had taken a giant step towards equality. We were watching history.

This morning, when it was clear that Proposition 8 had passed in California, I can’t explain the feeling I had. I was saddened beyond belief. Here we just had a giant step towards equality and then on the very next day, we took a giant step away.

I believe one day a ‘ban on gay marriage’ will sound totally ridiculous. In the meantime, I will continue to speak out for equality for all of us.”

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT PROPOSITION 8?

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I would like to start off by admitting that, as a Brit, about 90% of this election has gone right over my head. The only things that really stretched all the way over to this side of the Atlantic were the racism, mud-slinging and SNLoL appearances [Website – Amy Grindhouse].

TODAY HOWEVER, DID NOT GO OVER MY HEAD.

I have to start by telling y’all the single most important thing about today’s news; my mother is EFFING EXCITED today, in ways that a mid-40’s fairly conservative Nigerian woman should probably not be. She is so happy that someone, whose heritage is of the same continent as her, is in such a powerful position in (foreign) office. However, this is most likely because, she has somehow come believe that Obama and she are close-kin, but that is a sit down conversation for my mum and I to have later

Today is important, as the world is not quite the same place as when I went to sleep yesterday.

Today I awoke in a world where someone who looks like he could be a brother or uncle of mine, is the 44th President of the United States of America. My mother, little golden-brown brothers and I, shall never look at the world in quite the same way again.

This news is ground-breaking, historic and earth-shaking, all in the same breath. So much so, that for the next 24-hours, until this rockin’ news sinks in, I reserve the right to play fast-and-loose with the rules of English syntax and grammar, until the jubilation wares me out (or until I collapse from exclamation mark overuse)!!!!!!!

Hang on a sec.

I should probably try to add some facts into this post, eh? Um… OK. What’cha want? A breakdown of who won which states (thanks to MSNBC). That do ya? K. Here you go!

A BREAKDOWN OF ALL THE STATES THAT BARACKED THE VOTE AND MADE MY MAMA HAPPY (thanks to MSNBC)

YES WE DID! YES WE DID! YES WE DID! YES WE DID! YES WE DID! YES WE DID!

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Fame-wh*re celebrities, with both too high a sense of entitlement and sense of their part in this election, would like for you to hear their reactions to today’s WICKED AWESOME news that Barack Obama is the next President of the United States of America [Website – Amy Grindhouse].

Usher: “Isn’t this incredible news? Man, this is incredible. It’s so incredible to see that this historical thing has happened.”

Kanye West: “HI MOM, OBAMA WON!” (His mom passed away about a year ago.)

Lindsay Lohan: “YES WE CAN.”

Samantha Ronson: “YES WE DID!!”

Madonna: “I’m so f—ing happy right now”

Oprah: “There are not even words to talk about what this night means. It’s one of the greatest moments I could ever imagine. That’s how great it is.”

FANKS JJ.com

UPDATE – See more celeb reactions at Celebitchy.

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HOLY EFFING MOTHER OF GOD…

THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS BARACK OBAMA [Website – Amy Grindhouse].

YES WE CAN!

YES WE CAN!

YES WE CAN!

YES WE CAN!

Here’s the transcript of his speech:

If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.

It’s the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen, by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different, that their voices could be that difference.

It’s the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled. Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states.

CLICK THROUGH THE JUMP FOR THE REST…

Barack Obama’s Victory Speech

It’s the answer that led those who’ve been told for so long by so many to be cynical and fearful and doubtful about what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.

It’s been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this date in this election at this defining moment change has come to America.

A little bit earlier this evening, I received an extraordinarily gracious call from Sen. McCain.

Sen. McCain fought long and hard in this campaign. And he’s fought even longer and harder for the country that he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine. We are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader.

I congratulate him; I congratulate Gov. Palin for all that they’ve achieved. And I look forward to working with them to renew this nation’s promise in the months ahead.

I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart, and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton and rode with on the train home to Delaware, the vice president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.

And I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years the rock of our family, the love of my life, the nation’s next first lady Michelle Obama.

Sasha and Malia I love you both more than you can imagine. And you have earned the new puppy that’s coming with us to the new White House.

And while she’s no longer with us, I know my grandmother’s watching, along with the family that made me who I am. I miss them tonight. I know that my debt to them is beyond measure.

To my sister Maya, my sister Alma, all my other brothers and sisters, thank you so much for all the support that you’ve given me. I am grateful to them.

And to my campaign manager, David Plouffe, the unsung hero of this campaign, who built the best — the best political campaign, I think, in the history of the United States of America.

To my chief strategist David Axelrod who’s been a partner with me every step of the way.

To the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics you made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what you’ve sacrificed to get it done.

But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to. It belongs to you. It belongs to you.

I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn’t start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington. It began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston. It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give $5 and $10 and $20 to the cause.

It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation’s apathy who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep.

It drew strength from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on doors of perfect strangers, and from the millions of Americans who volunteered and organized and proved that more than two centuries later a government of the people, by the people, and for the people has not perished from the Earth.

This is your victory.

And I know you didn’t do this just to win an election. And I know you didn’t do it for me.

You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime — two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century.

Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us.

There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after the children fall asleep and wonder how they’ll make the mortgage or pay their doctors’ bills or save enough for their child’s college education.

There’s new energy to harness, new jobs to be created, new schools to build, and threats to meet, alliances to repair.

The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even in one term. But, America, I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there.

I promise you, we as a people will get there.

There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won’t agree with every decision or policy I make as president. And we know the government can’t solve every problem.

But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And, above all, I will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation, the only way it’s been done in America for 221 years — block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.

What began 21 months ago in the depths of winter cannot end on this autumn night.

This victory alone is not the change we seek. It is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were.

It can’t happen without you, without a new spirit of service, a new spirit of sacrifice.

So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other.

Let us remember that, if this financial crisis taught us anything, it’s that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers.

In this country, we rise or fall as one nation, as one people. Let’s resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.

Let’s remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House, a party founded on the values of self-reliance and individual liberty and national unity.

Those are values that we all share. And while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress.

As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, we are not enemies but friends. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.

And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote tonight, but I hear your voices. I need your help. And I will be your president, too.

And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world, our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand.

To those — to those who would tear the world down: We will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security: We support you. And to all those who have wondered if America’s beacon still burns as bright: Tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope.

That’s the true genius of America: that America can change. Our union can be perfected. What we’ve already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.

This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that’s on my mind tonight’s about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She’s a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election except for one thing: Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.

She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn’t vote for two reasons — because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin.

And tonight, I think about all that she’s seen throughout her century in America — the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we can’t, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can.

At a time when women’s voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot. Yes we can.

When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs, a new sense of common purpose. Yes we can.

When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved. Yes we can.

She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that “We Shall Overcome.” Yes we can.

A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination.

And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote, because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change.

Yes we can.

America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves — if our children should live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made?

This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment.

This is our time, to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth, that, out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope. And where we are met with cynicism and doubts and those who tell us that we can’t, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes, we can.

Thank you. God bless you. And may God bless the United States of America.

Will update with more in a few hours… that is all.

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Not being an Amer-I-CAN, this whole voting/ election malarkey has gone a little over my head [Website – Amy Grindhouse].

If you too are as confused as f*ckery, you might wanna visit Gawker, to read ‘A Gawker Guide to the Most Awesomest Election Ever’…

You must click here!

You must click here!

You must click here!

You must click here!

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Lindsay Lohan has taken a break from her hectic flming schedule *chuckles* to blog on her MySpace [Website – Amy Grindhouse].

Surgically attached other-half of DJ Samro, LiLo, has waited until the last second to show her political cards and call people to BARACK THE VOTE.

Sorry i haven’t blogged in a minute.. i’ve been traveling and trying to catch up on sleep! I thought it was important to just put a message out there tonight for anyone that is on myspace at the moment.. So, here goes.. I cannot say how important it is for everyone to get out there and vote tomorrow… The future of our country depends on it. Just one vote can make such a difference… Vote-because your thoughts are worth it..VOTE-because YOU can make this country a better place…VOTE-because you can.

I feel like i have so much more to say, but the only thing that needs to be said right now, is for people to get out there and VOTE.

PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Obama for president

VOTE NO ON PROP 8

VOTE NO ON PROP 4

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John McCain appeared on yesterday’s (1 November – SNL 11/1/08) brand new episode of Saturday Night Live. Click below now to watch the two full HQ official videos [Website – Amy Grindhouse].

In the second video, also shown below, McCain can be seen in his guest appearance on the Weekend Update.

I THINK MCCAIN SPANKED IT. His is the LOLiest of all the SNL videos so far. Go MCCAIN!

So here are the clips, for your enjoyment. Official videos only people, again, I’m not even messing with the YouTube.com videos, NBC pull them off like crazy!

CLIP ONE - McCain on SNL’s opening sketch

Seems Caribou Barbie & Friends ™ are ratings weiners (oops… should that be ‘winners’?) [Website – Amy Grindhouse].

Any poop, the two segments in which the Republican Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin appeared were both a ratings smash, at the weekend…

And by ‘were both a ratings smash at the weekend’, I mean, they ‘were both watched by more than just me, my mum and Chester Cheetah at the weekend’.

According to Just Jared:

Sarah Palin guest spot on this weekend’s Saturday Night Live helped the sketch show earn its best ratings in 14 years.

More than 14 million viewers tuned in to see Palin joke about being called “Caribou Barbie” in the show’s opener and raise the roof as Amy Poehler performed a rap about her campaign. W star Josh Brolin hosted the show and Mark Wahlberg also made an appearance on the show.

The episode is the highest-rated SNL since March 12, 1994, when Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan was the host and the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin the musical guest.

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Above image from SNL (left to right); Wahlberg, Palin & Michaels. Below image from SNL (left to right); Baldwin, Palin & Michaels.

Sarah Palin appeared on yesterday’s (18 October – SNL 10/18/08) brand new episode of Saturday Night Live. Click below now to watch the two full HQ official videos [Website – Amy Grindhouse].