Yowazzup: A Directory of Happening Things

President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples”. The announcement comes as a surprise to many as Obama won the Noble prize after just eight months he becomes the President and the nomination for the prize came less than two weeks after Obama took office.

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New York Post has insulted Obama by referring the President as a chimpanzee. A photo of Obama signing the stimulus bill appeared in Tuesday’s Post, one page before the cartoon. Readers of New York Post who turned the page went right from Obama photo to the chimpanzee comic.

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Watch the Presidential Inauguration of Barack Obama ceremony live on Yahoo! TV:

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Barack Obama is Time Magazine’s Person of the Year 2008. Find out why.

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Barack Obama accepts his bid to be the next President, and Randy can’t contain his excitement.

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Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States.

(Via MSNBC.com)

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A very cool video made by MC Yogi.

Obama ‘08 – Vote For Hope from MC Yogi on Vimeo.

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Three-time Academy Award winner Jack Nicholson announced his endorsement for Democratic candidate, Hillary Rodham Clinton, in a very original and successful manner. Nicholson released a video on You Tube featuring scenes from some of his most famous movies. The video has been viewed more than 1.2 million times.

The video is meant to help Clinton get into state primaries Tuesday in Texas and Ohio. The video contains excerpts from Batman, The Shining, Chinatown and A Few Good men.

Other celebrities endorsing Clinton are director Steven Spielberg, actress-singer Barbra Streisand and actress Eva Longoria-Parker.

Meanwhile, Clinton’s rival, Obama enjoys the support of celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey, George Clooney and Robert De Niro. Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons has also announced his endorsement for Obama.

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The Black Eyed Peas have given their celebrity endorsement to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas has created a special music video, “Yes We Can.”

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