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Will.i.am Debuts "It's A New Day" Video - Love It or Leave It?

Molly — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:30:34 -0800

Throughout the election, Will.i.am was a vocal and musical supporter of Barack Obama, so it makes sense that he would finish it off with one more video. As usual there are celebrity cameos - Fergie, Kerry Washington, Olivia Wilde and my personal favorite Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick - mixed up with Obama images and headlines from around the world. It's a pretty uplifting song, but I'm sure there are a few of you out there who are sick of his videos. So check it out below and let us know - Will.i.am's "It's A New Day" video, love it or leave it?

Exclusive! Will.i.am on the Possibility of First Black President

LibertySugar — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:15:00 -0700

It's no secret that Black Eyed Peas member Will.i.am and Barack Obama are fans of each other. Will.i.am, and his famous friends, covered an Obama speech in his powerful video "Yes We Can," and Barack added the song to his top 10 favorites of all time. Last night I ran into Will.i.am and got to hear what he thinks about the possibility of the first black president.

Will.i.am said that he doesn't feel the the urgency for Obama to be elected because of his race, but rather because Americans of any color need an advocate in the White House to help them realize better job opportunities, healthcare, and education. He explained:

It's important that we build communities, as American communities, to the standards that every single person has equal opportunities. It has nothing to do with race. And if we harp on that, shame on us.

I think Will.i.am's words could be applied to many divisions manifested in American society - let's build better American communities regardless of political ideology, religion, gender, class, or sexual orientation. Watch the video, and tell me what you think!

I Am Home Alone

GiggleSugar — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:00:22 -0700

Until I saw this trailer mashup, I never realized how much Home Alone and I Am Legend have in common. The ~~last human on earth~~ last kid in the house getting terrorized by ~~zombies~~ Daniel Stern . . . the similarities are endless! (Thanks, eBaumsWorld!)

New Will.i.am Video! Do You Like It Better Than "Yes We Can"?

CitizenSugar — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:00:17 -0800

Will.i.am's last pro-Obama video went viral in a matter of seconds - so we're pouncing on his newest offering: "We Are One."

Starring Jessica Alba, Zoe Kravitz, Kerry Washington, and Ryan Phillippe in a passionate stump for Obama, it may be the next big thing. What do you think? Is it as powerful as the last? Were you chanting along?

Thanks to kristinai3 for sending this our way!

Will.i.am and Stars Remix Barack Obama's Landmark Speech

LibertySugar — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:00:04 -0800

In this beautiful and stirring video, stars from Nick Cannon to Amber Valletta follow along with the Will.i.am remix of Barack Obama's remarkable Yes We Can speech that followed his New Hampshire defeat.

Barack's allusions to America's proudest moments convinced me that his campaign is genuinely about healing the nation and the world and not about a personal political quest. He reminds me that, deep down, Americans share a common and positive desire to see our country, and each other, prosper.

Now it's your turn to be a star and make your voice heard - click here to tell us who you think will win Super Tuesday's most heated races!

Thanks to k80did for sending this our way!

Group Therapy: Am I too Jealous?

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 03:00:00 -0700

My husband is always checking out other women's boobs. I don't mean just casual glances, but bend your head down to get a better look and do a double take if they are of good size looks. I know everybody "looks at members of the opposite sex" but kind of a casual glances. I get so mad and jealous about this. he says all men do it and it's no big deal, I am just too jealous.

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Girl Crush du Jour: Alison Brie

TresSugar — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:00:12 -0800

Adorable. No word better sums up actress Alison Brie. And while I am sure the 26-year-old would prefer a more sophisticated adjective, she does play Trudy Campbell on Mad Men and ain't nothin' more sophisticated than that. Combine that with her success as the strung-out community college student on NBC's Community, and how I could not be crushing?

Other than radiating ebullience in real life, Alison, who says she's rarely recognized on the street, seems nothing like either character. She grew up with hippie parents in South Pasadena, CA, where she still lives and showed up to a Pasadena Weekly interview in a "Die Yuppie Scum" t-shirt.

But Alison's not as innocent as she or her characters look. She told Pasadena Weekly: "I don’t know why people see me . . . like I’m all prim and proper, when I couldn’t be more different. People think I come off that way, but I’m not.”

She's right. In this 2007 skit, she dishes it right back to the Internet's most infamous yogi, The Underminer, when he asks her to be in his variety show that's like "Curb Your Enthusiasm meets You Can't Do That on Television." Namaste! Watch it below.

Ask a Wife: How Do I Stop Being the Other Woman?

TresSugar — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:00:58 -0800

Conventional Wisdom is a different kind of advice column. Your questions will be answered by people from all walks of life rather than by advice experts. This week, a woman in a happy marriage tries to help out a woman stuck in an affair. If you have a question you'd like answered on Conventional Wisdom, you can submit it here.

Today's Question:

I am involved with a married man and I don't know how to stop. He's been married for a couple of years, and his wife often goes out of town. I feel like I'm in a relationship with him: he calls or texts before he goes to sleep, cooks me dinner when he can, and we talk about almost anything with each other. I don't expect him to leave his wife for me, and it doesn't seem like he's going to. He just says he wishes we would have met before he got married. I know deep down that this is so wrong, but I feel like I can't do anything about it. I feel too happy when I'm around him. Help!

Signed,
The Other Woman

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Dear The Other Woman,

I have some bad news and some good news. First, the bad news: you are not happy. You are in a relationship that is damaging to both you and this man's wife. The only person remotely benefiting from the situation is this unfaithful person you are involved with.

Now the good news: real happiness does exist. You can find someone - who's not married - to talk, laugh, cry, and have sex with. And it will be so much better. But first you need to do some work on yourself. Look at your life and decide what type of person you want to be. Do you want the adjectives selfish, dishonest, and disrespectful to describe who you are? Or would you rather have the words loving, faithful, and complete describe your behavior and your relationship? Next you need to boost your confidence. Think about what has made you do something that is undoubtedly so hurtful to yourself and this other woman. Is it because you are afraid of being alone? Is it because you think this is the best thing you can get? If so, let me tell you that a little patience can go a long way. Focus on the things you really enjoy in life (do you like running? painting? traveling?), the things that make you excited, and you will only become more desirable.

The search for love is a hard and frustrating one, but you are just going down a dark and depressing path with nothing but hurt waiting at the end of it. End things with this unavailable man, figure out why you love yourself, and then you will find someone who loves you for all those qualities too.

Signed,
A Wife

How Would You Feel?

TresSugar — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:00:04 -0800

This post comes from Group Therapy in our TrèsSugar Community. Feel free to add your advice in the comments!

I'm 20 years old and have been dating this guy for four years. Last night, I was using his computer and I saw that he searched for plus size lingerie. My feelings were instantly hurt. I felt so fat! I think that my boyfriend should not make me feel like that! He has never called me fat or anything, but just the fact that he looked at plus size lingerie says that he thinks it! If I ask him if he thinks I'm fat or anything he, of course, denies it. He says that if he thought I was ugly he wouldn't be with me. So, what now? Am I just overreacting? I am so hurt!

There's lots of great stuff going on in our community - join it, check it out, share your posts or advice in the great groups and maybe we'll feature it here on TrèsSugar!

Hillary Talks Sexism, Obama's Job Offer, and Mad Men to Vogue

TresSugar — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:00:35 -0800

Hillary Clinton finally sat down for a long-overdue Vogue interview. She offended editor Anna Wintour during the primaries by turning down the fashion mag out fear of looking "too feminine." And though she won't be on the December cover, the article is as substantial and satisfying as a cover story.

From night swimming alone to her favorite shows (Mad Men!), we see a side of Madame Secretary that all the vetting in the world would not unearth. See some of what she had to say below.

On visiting countries as a high-ranking female: "You can go to some countries and there's not a woman in the room. They don't even make the effort to give me the token woman minister. . . . And in lots of African countries the honorific for women is 'Mama.' So I had lots of people say to me, 'Mama, what about this; Mama, what about that?'"

On President Obama's job offer: "I was stunned after the election when President Obama asked me to consider this. . . . I really was very unconvinced. I did not think it was the right thing to do. I didn't want to do it. I just really had a lot of doubts, and I kept suggesting other people: Well, how about this person! How about that person! This one would be really good! But then a friend of mine called me and basically said, 'How would you have felt if you'd been elected and you'd called him and asked him to do this?' And that really made a big impression on me. How do you say no? And so . . . I said yes. And here I am."

On Mad Men: "That's how it was! That's why the women's-liberation movement was so shocking. It was like news from outer space"

See what else she had to say after the jump.