How to Solve SNL's Barack Problem

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Lorne Michaels isn’t sweating any of the racial controversy for having Fred Armisen play Barack Obama. Armisen, of Venezuelan and Japanese descent, sat with a Hillary Clinton-playing Amy Poehler during their Saturday Night Live debate skit, and will reprise his role of Barack Obama this week. It’s sure to upset some, like the Chicago Tribune ’s Maureen Ryan who ... [link]

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Quickies: Primal Urges
Published 2/29/2008 by abby at Yeeeah! - Snarky Celebrity Gossip
... stand for “vagina.” (popbytes) Fergie hates Lindsay Lohan. (Pretty Boring) Kelly Osbourne and Kate Moss booze it up together. (Seriously? OMG) In the parlance of our times, I think I just had a Coen-gasm. (Pajiba) SNL goes blackface to play Barack Obama and everybody gets all huffy. (Jossip) Mischa Barton boycotts pigment. (CelebSlam) What would you ...

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