A number of attendees at the star-studded Oscars ceremony this year will be sporting orange American flag pins
Celebrity Politics articles on Democracy Chronicles
This is our collection of Celebrity Politics articles where celebrities who promote democracy (or don't) are featured. In the democratic world where popular artists and other thinkers are free to criticize government, celebrities have often gone into politics. Celebrities represent a pool of potential political candidates who are often self-made individuals and, at the very least, usually not related to previous politicians. Also, see Political Art.
A Close Up Look at Politics as Subtext at Oscars
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which presents the Oscars, expelled mogul Harvey Weinstein in October
Elvis Presley Impersonator Running for Congress as Libertarian
An Elvis impersonator who legally changed his name to match the rock ’n’ roll icon is filed to run in Arkansas
‘Clueless’ star Stacey Dash running for Congress in California
Conservative commentator Stacey Dash opened a federal committee to raise money to challenge a Democratic candidate
Actor Jennifer Lawrence taking year off to help ‘fix our democracy’
She’s taking a year off from acting in order to pursue a career in activism and help “fix our democracy”
Special Oscars Poll Demonstrates Pairwise Vote Counting
This NewsHereNow Oscars poll allows you, or anyone who is familiar with the Oscar-nominated movies, to rank the movies using a 1-2-3 ballot. And then computer software calculates which movie is really most popular.
Ex-Jets center Nick Mangold considers run for NJ Congress
The Jets Nick Mangold, politically active in the Republican Party for a while, is thinking about running for Congress
As Always, Music and Politics Mixed at the Grammys
Politics took the stage at the 60th annual Grammy awards this year, along with some great music
Star Trek’s Michelle Yeoh Takes Stand Against Rohingya Crisis
Yeoh, a goodwill ambassador for the UN Development Programme, visited sprawling refugee camps in Bangladesh
Randy Newman’s satirical Putin song wins Grammy
Sardonic songwriter Randy Newman picked up his latest Grammy for a sarcastic tune about Russian President Vladimir Putin.