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Great Moments In Hope-Piggybacking PR Efforts Presents: Seals For Obama!

Seth — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:26:28 EST

This just in! An e-mail, subject heading, "Seal Extends His Congratuations to President Barack Obama + New Official Widget!" has exciting news for everyone:

"Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Seal is ecstatic about Barack Obama's landslide victory for the US presidency! If you haven't seen it yet, check out Seal's exclusive video, a heartfelt tribute to Barack Obama, the very first African American president of the United States! Plus, get Seal's official embeddable widget right here! Seal's upcoming album, 'Soul', will be available everywhere on November 11th! Pre-order your own copy at Amazon.com!

We knew there was something missing from this history-making moment—we just hadn't realized it was this exciting! Seal! Endorsement! And career! Update! Now let's all link arms and sway to this excruciating cover of a "A Change Is Gonna Come." [YouTube]

'When A Seal Loves A Klum' Pegged As Terrence Howard's First Crossover Single

Seth — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:20:00 EDT

"HEIDI KLUM AND SEAL’S LOVE STORY INSPIRES TERRENCE HOWARD’S NEW SONG" reads an Extra e-mail alert landed recently in the always lively Defamer tips box. Needless to say, we dove hungrily into the story, and learned that the girl-germ-phobic Crash star has his own album coming out—"Shine Through It"—led by a single called "Sanctuary" that was indeed inspired by the timeless romance of the pop singer and Project Runway host. Like us, Howard must have also been watching that Oprah episode when Klum recalled first laying eyes on her husband, sauntering through a hotel lobby in bicycle shorts: "[H]e came in just from the gym and I was sitting there and I was, like, wow. And I pretty much saw everything. The whole package." It was an electrifying moment, captured for eternity by Howard's haunting lyric, "His pants were/elastic/the bulge was/fantastic/Ohhhh sanctuary/Their love goes on." [Extra]

Party Roundup: It Was No 'VF' Extravaganza, But Elton John Knows How To Throw A Party

Molly Friedman — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:36:35 EST

Even though Hollywood's A-List was deprived of a chance to eat and drink on Vanity Fair's dime last night, two fiestas proved that celebrities will not let a little thing like tradition get in the way of a night of free booze and swag. Elton John's Annual AIDS Foundation Oscar Party usually has a strong turnout of power players, but the star wattage at the 16th incarnation of the bash last night was a few standard deviations past the norm, thanks mainly to the absence of Graydon Carter's soiree. Highlights included Tilda Swinton kissing her Oscar in some sort of Buddhist mating ritual, as well as the public debut of Hollywood's newest power couple, Sean Penn and Petra Nemcova. We've got pictures after the jump.

Elton John 16th Annual AIDS Foundation Oscar Party:

Elton John coddled Best Actress winner Marion Cotillard, while model Petra Nemcova and Sean Penn canoodled all night as the newest couple in Hollywood making their big debut on Oscar night.

Harrison Ford (victim of perhaps Jon Stewart's worst joke of the evening) arrived with the (finally) well-dressed Calista Flockhart; Courtney Love managed to clean up her act; Seal turned the cameras on the cameramen.

Kate Beckinsale proved having kids does not a schlumpy mom make; Portia de Rossi and Ellen DeGeneres continued their Lesbians Are Cool, Just Deal With It Tour; Jeremy Piven took a break from his yoga pursuits to swing by The Rocket Man's shindig.

Other guests included:
Simon Cowell, Sharon Stone, Diddy, Minnie Driver, Heidi Klum, JC Chasez, Chace Crawford, Len Wiseman, Al Roker, Billy Joel, Chris Noth, Chris O'Donnell, Christian Slater, Faye Dunaway, Tara Reid and Zoe Saldana.

[Photo Credit: Getty Images and Wire Image]