Have you ever heard of a guy named Barack Obama?

Yes! Its obvious that you have heard his name in the recent months on every news channel of thee world and finally he has been elected as the next “Most Powerful person on Earth”, who is definitely President of United States of America, but do you know him well?

Let me give you a little run down on Mr. Obama here:

Obama was born in Hawaii and is the son of a white mother and a Kenyan father. He returned to Kenya when he was 2.

He was brought up by his mother and her family, including his beloved grandmother, “Toot,” who died one day before he was elected president.

He graduated from Columbia University, went to Harvard Law School and became the first African-American president of the prestigious Harvard Law Review.

He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2004, where he sits on several committees, including Foreign Relations, Homeland Security and Veterans’ Affairs.

He first catapulted to the national stage in 2004, delivering the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention.

Obama won the Democratic presidential nomination, beating Sen. Hillary Clinton in a tight primary race on June 4, 2008 and finally won the White House vacancy on November 5, 2008 beating John McCain.

Throughout his election campaign, he had the support of a number of celebs, including Oprah Winfrey, Ben Affleck, Diddy and Scarlett Johansson.
Go Obama!

Beyonce seems to have gotten very fond of her cyborg hand when she showed up for the red carpet at the 2008 MTV Europe Music Awards which were held at the Echo Arena last Thursday in Liverpool, England wearing the contraption. The 27-year old singer also gave a live performance of her hit song ‘If I Were a Boy’. Beyonce also talked about the elections last week. She was so overwhelmed when she heard about Barack Obama’s win. She said “I’ve never been so patriotic! I fell asleep crying and smiling at the same time … I woke up with mascara running and a smile on my face!”
in fact he still had enough to say.

Coldplay front man Chris Martin may be happily married to Gwyneth Paltrow and have two kids together but the singer still feels like an underdog sometimes. In an interview with Rolling Stone, he said “You’ve got to be hungry. If your wife went out with Brad Pitt, you’d want to prove yourself, you know what I mean?” Barack Obama also became a topic of conversation in the article as Chris mentions a reason for hope saying “As soon as Barack Obama becomes president, people will be a bit more optimistic. If Obama was to be president, it would immediately change the whole outside world’s opinion of America overnight.”

For those who didn’t hear it before, Joy Behar asked it for us on The View. She said to Barack Obama, presidential candidate, “I understand that you’re related to Brad Pitt, in some way.”

The claim was originally made by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, saying that Brad and Barack are distant cousins. They are related through a man named Edwin Hickman, who died in 1769 in Virginia.

Barack said, “I guess we’re ninth cousins, something, removed - or something. I think he got the better looking side of the gene pool.”

You have to admire his sense of humor!

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner have been using the Hollywood clout to push for Barack Obama as the next US President. Last night, the two hit a benefit in Boston.

Ben was all excited about this particular benefit. No, not because he got to check out Teresa Heinz all night, but because he was hanging out with regular people. Ben said, “This isn’t come $1500 a plate event for the elite.” Instead, plates were only $50, or $250 for VIP.

Insiders say Ben won’t dog Hillary Clinton. He says, “This isn’t about casting aspersions.” He also won’t answer any questions about his own possible political aspirations. Hmm, maybe it’ll be President Affleck in a few years.

The stars are really showing their support for the Presidential candidate of their choice and they’re doing it in their own special way. Music producer and Black Eyed Peas member will.i.am wrote a song called ‘Yes, We Can’ which was inspired by Senator Barack Obama’s speech after the New Hampshire primary. Jesse Dylan, son of the legendary Bob Dylan, worked with Will to create an inspiring music video for the song.

The video features the likes of Scarlett Johansson, Kate Walsh, Nick Cannon, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, John Legend, Eric Balfour, Adam Rodriguez, Kelly Hu, Herbie Hancock, Enrique Muriano, Nicole Scherzinger, Common, Harold Perrimeau, Johnathon Schaech, Maya Rubin, Tracee Ellis Ross, Bryan Greenberg, Austin Nicohls, Tatyana Ali and Alfonso Ribeiro.