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Joe Biden sat down for his first interview with Kal Penn, the host of The Daily Show. It airs tonight. During the video clip posted on YouTube to promote the interview, Biden tells a whopper as he talks about gay marriage. Penn tells Biden he and his partner, Josh, have been engaged for five years. His aunts and uncles want him to get married already and are disappointed it is taking so long for him to do it. He uses that personal reference to segue into asking Biden about codifying support for same-sex marriage, and inter-racial marriage (which Penn’s marriage...

When Beyonce and Jay Z are performing, all eyes are glue to the stage. Unless, that is, Barack Obama is rocking out behind you. Fans were delighted to spot the former U.S. president unleashing his best dad moves with wife Michelle beside him in a private booth at the FedExField in Landover, Maryland on Saturday. Throwing their arms in the air during Jay's track N****s in Paris, the former first couple were on their feet and clearly loving every moment as their old friends lit up the stage.

Actor and former Obama staffer Kal Penn (Kumar of Harold and Kumar fame) ripped into Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for his support for the state of Israel. Standing before this week’s American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), Schumer not only came out in strong defense of Israel but spoke the truth about Arabs not wanting peace with the Jewish state: Now, let me tell you why – my view – why we don’t have peace, because the fact of the matter is that too many Palestinians and too many Arabs do not want any Jewish state in the Middle East....

Actor and former Obama staffer Kal Penn (Kumar of Harold and Kumar fame) ripped into Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for his support for the state of Israel. Standing before this week’s American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), Schumer not only came out in strong defense of Israel but spoke the truth about Arabs not wanting peace with the Jewish state: Now, let me tell you why – my view – why we don’t have peace, because the fact of the matter is that too many Palestinians and too many Arabs do not want any Jewish state in the Middle East....

All hell is breaking loose in Egypt and all President Obama is interested in doing is riding his bicycle and playing golf, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told me. “It’s sad for America,” Palin said, calling the president’s handling of the crisis dithering. “Literally all hell seems to be breaking loose and President Obama is in Martha’s Vineyard having a gay old time, riding his bike, partying it up.” Palin said it’s time for the president to pull all funding from Egypt until the violence stops. “Until there is a crackdown on this atrocious violence, they should not be receiving...

7 minutes ago Obama meets with celebs who want to promote Obamacare Posted by CNN White House Producer Adam Aigner-Treworgy and CNN's Kevin Liptak (CNN) – President Barack Obama, hoping to pitch his signature health care law to younger Americans, will get some help from a cadre of Hollywood stars who have volunteered to help promote Obamacare's insurance exchanges that open on October 1. At a meeting at the White House Monday, a group that included singer Jennifer Hudson and actors Kal Penn and Amy Poehler heard Obama extol the benefits his health care law offers young people, whose participation...

When Kal Penn visited Marquette Saturday, he wasn’t just stopping by on his way to White Castle. Best known for his parts in the series “House M.D.” and the “Harold and Kumar” movies, Penn also stars for the White House under another role: associate director of public engagement. He spoke before a crowd of more than 100 in the Alumni Memorial Union. “I got a phone call in 2008 asking if I could serve in a much bigger way in youth outreach,” Penn said. “I am honored to serve my country. I’m happy to do this. I thought it was...

....Some day, twenty years or so form now, you’re going to just accept as similar fact that actor Kal Penn and President Obama had a romantic relationship that began on the 2008 campaign trail and continued when Obama asked Penn to move to Washington so they could be close to one another and the two could have sex more frequently. Future biographies of President Obama must contain entire chapters devoted to how Penn’s presence in the White House affected and strained Obama’s relationship with longtime “body man” Reggie Love, who friends and acquaintances since his days playing basketball at Duke...

Movie legend Eastwood hit headlines after his bizarre performance in Tampa, Florida last Thursday (30Aug12), during which the Dirty Harry star chatted to an invisible Obama about foreign policy and economics, suggesting it was time for the President to be replaced by his party's candidate, Mitt Romney. His eyebrow-raising antics provided great material for Penn, who is now a member of the leader's White House Office of Public Engagement, and he took the opportunity as one of the main speakers on the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina to mock the film veteran. Praising Obama...

Harold & Kumar Go to the DNC. Or at least Kumar aka Kal Penn is going to the DNC. As you can see in this video, actor Kal Penn who worked on and off for the Obama administration for a couple of years will be hosting a show at the Democrat National Convention this Thursday for BarackObama.Com. Since the main characteristic of Kumar in the movies is heavy duty marijuana smoking, how would that character feel about the big crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries by the Obama administration? Kumar would probably dare to ask Obama about the hypocrisy of trying...

n a web ad produced by Obama's campaign, the President dials up Kal Penn -- in character as Kumar the stoner -- to see if he's "on board" to support him this year. "Hey, this is Barack," Obama says after he dialed Kumar on the phone. "Listen, I need to know if you're on board. Okay, good. Because I'm counting on you, everybody is. We have to get this right. So there is a lot at stake here. Just remember I am trusting you on this and I'll see you there." The video then jumps to Kumar sitting on the...

Future prez had so much ‘sexual warmth’ – but was ‘out of reach’ She talked about how Obama walked around his bedroom bare-chested, dressed in a blue and white sarong while working on a New York Times crossword puzzle. “I open the door that Barack keeps closed to his room and enter in a warm, private space pervaded by a mixture of smells that so strongly speak of his presence, his liveliness, his habits — running sweat, Brut spray deodorant, smoking, eating raisins, sleeping, breathing,” Cook wrote. Obama and Cook would date for a year. He was 22 and she...

Last week, the agenda-driven, drive-by media trashed Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain with unsubstantiated and poorly sourced sexual innuendo. This week, let’s all talk about Democrat President Barack Obama being gay, him sexually harassing male actor Kal Penn, and his frequenting of Chicago gay bathhouse “Man’s Country” — using the Left’s established precedent for journalistic integrity when it comes to rumor and gossip. Fair’s fair, right — in love, politics, and what’s apparently allowable in the 2012 election now that all-out war was declared on the black Republican presidential contender. Why shouldn’t conservatives treat Barack Obama the way the Left...

Back in town: Kal Penn, the actor-turned-Obama-staffer. This summer, Penn — who goes by his birth name, Kalpen Modi, outside of Hollywood — quit a job in the White House’s office of public engagement in order to shoot the third installment in his stoner-flick franchise, “Harold & Kumar.” As of this week, he’s been rehired there as an associate director, according to ABC News reports. He’ll start work on Monday. Is this really the shot-in-the-arm team Obama needs to take on the GOP?

ABC's Michael Falcone reports: After a brief hiatus to film a sequel to the popular "Harold & Kumar" movie, the actor, Kalpen Modi (also known as Kal Penn), is returning to a job in the White House "The White House is pleased to have Kalpen Modi join the Office of Public Engagement as an Associate Director," White House spokesman Shin Inouye said in a statement on Monday. "While OPE works collectively on conducting outreach to the American public and various organizations, he will be the point person for those in the Arts, Youth, and Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI)...

TMZ has learned Kal Penn -- aka Kumar from that "White Castle" movie -- was robbed at gunpoint early this morning while walking in a neighborhood in Washington D.C. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Penn claims a man carrying a gun approached him around 1:20 AM and took his wallet and other personal property. We're told Penn immediately reported the incident to authorities, who have launched an investigation into the matter. Multiple calls to Penn's rep were not returned. Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2010/04/20/kal-penn-house-robbed-gunpoint-washington-dc-georgetown-kumar-white-castle/#ixzz0lf88j0F1

APPARENTLY the First Lady's famous White House herb and vegetable garden was not the type of natural pick-me-up he was looking for. Kal Penn, star of the Harold & Kumar movies, will leave his job in the Obama administration to appear in a new Christmas-themed flick as his signature stoner character... Penn quit his previous gig, a recurring role on the hospital drama House to become White House director of public engagement last year.

* Kal Penn starts new job at White House * Is happy to take break from Hollywood * Television news: Updates, guides, what's on ACTOR Kal Penn has formally started work at the White House, saying he is happy to take a break from Hollywood to serve in President Barack Obama's administration. "This is an incredibly historic time; I'm deeply honoured to be here and I hope to serve my country to the best of my ability," the actor, whose given name is Kalpen Modi, said. Penn revealed in early April that his character Dr Lawrence Kutner on the smash...

No, I'm not kidding. You can't make this stuff up. Kal Penn, the actor who played Kumar in all the stupid Harold & Kumar movies is Obama's choice to be the new associate director in the White House Office of Public Liaison. Problems? 1: Actors don't know their own name without a teleprompter... well, neither does TOTUS. 2: He will make great 6 minute speeches to 5th graders, then fall apart at the first hard question.... just like Joe Biden 3: If this post requires Senate confirmation, this could be fun.... "So Kumar, how do you view the pivotal interaction...

The Obama administration has hired Indian-American actor Kal Penn to work in the White House Office of Public Liaison doing “Asian-American outreach.” Interesting choice. You can’t say Penn has no experience in the field. He starred in the 2008 comedy “Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay,” which painted a very particular portrait of America’s attitude toward Asian-Americans.