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Susan Sarandon Mother’s Day Protest

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Susan Sarandon & Cindy Sheehan.jpgActress Susan Sarandon gave up the traditional Mother’s Day celebration and instead joined anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan for a protest in Lafayette Park across from the White House. 

“I can’t think of a better way to spend my mothers day,” Sarandon told reporters before taking the stage. 

Code Pink, a women’s anti-war group, organized the 24-hour vigil & anti-war protest.  Sarandon joined Sheehan onstage at the end of the vigil.  Susan read aloud two letters addressed to first lady Laura Bush, one she wrote herself and another penned by a woman from Oregon.  Sarandon also brought a copy of the popular board game ‘Risk’ to be sent to Mrs. Bush along with the letters.  You know, so she could have something entertaining to do if the letters were pretty boring. 

Sarandon’s letter urged the first lady to press her husband to personally notify some mothers whose children died while serving in Iraq.

“Those moms praying as they wait for the phone to ring and they hear the voice of their child serving in Iraq,” Sarandon said to a crowd of perhaps 200 people. “Let him be the one to tell them that this week the call will not be coming.”

Leave it to Susan Sarandon to make my Mother’s Day celebration look pointless & insignificant.

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Daddy Clooney Worried for George Clooney’s Future

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Nick Clooney was terrified when his son George Clooney dropped out of college and turned to an acting career.  The Kentucky native quit college and headed to Los Angeles to give acting a try.  His first major breakthrough was playing Rosanne Barr’s overbearing boss Booker Brooks on the long-running TV show Rosanne.

But George’s father Nick, newscaster & TV host, admits he feared his son wouldn’t succeed without getting his college degree.  He went so far as to plead & beg with George to go back to school and complete his four-year degree, to be a newsman like him. 

He recalls, “I thought that was terrible. I wasn’t worried about things like drugs. He knew those dangers. I didn’t want him to be a failure.

“I said, ‘Finish college. There are only 3,000 actors in the United States who make more than $50,000 a year, but there are 50,000 broadcasters making a good living.’

“But he was insistent he didn’t want to be a broadcaster like me. I don’t think it was my idealism that put him off. I think he didn’t want to go into an industry where he would constantly be compared to me.”

Both father & son recently visited the Darfur province trying to boost humanitarian efforts. 

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Dave Chappelle Discusses Salty Wife with Conan O’Brien

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Dave Chappelle is still struggling to explain to his wife Elaine why he left behind a $50 millon contract from Comedy Central.  While on Late Night With Conan O’Brien last night, the comedian joked about how he’s still licking the salt off his wounds.   

“My wife is still a little salty with me.  She’s not mad at me, but don’t think you can walk away from $50 million and your wife is just going to be cool with it.”

Dave Chappelle has repeatedly defended his sudden retreat from his lucrative & popular Chappelle’s Show over the past few months, laughing over the claims that he is “crazy” and seeking psychological help.

Chappelle & O’Brien joked about his swift exodus to Africa where he went immediately following his departure from Comedy Central’s Chappelle’s Show.

“When you go to Africa, especially your first time, you have this overwhelming feeling like you’re home,” he said. “I had a feeling of `man, this feels like home.’

“I think I felt that way because there was a McDonald’s in the airport.”

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