As a follow-up to his run in the New York City Marathon on Sunday, Ryan Reynolds attended the “A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Cure Parkinson’s” 2008 Benefit For The Michael J. Fox Foundation on Wednesday night (November 5).

And, of course, Scarlett Johansson accompanied her hubby to the charitable evening, which was held at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers in New York City.

Reynolds ran for Team Fox of the Michael J. Fox foundation, inspired by his father Jim Reynolds’ struggle with Parkinson’s disease, this past weekend – finishing the long-distance race at a respectable time of 3:50:22.

Source: GossipGirls.com

GALLERY LINKS:
- Public Events: A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Cure Parkinson’s

Rap star Will.i.am is set to release a new song celebrating Barack Obama’s victory in the US presidential election.

The song, “It’s a New Day”, which will be released online, is the singer’s third track about Obama.

The Black Eyed Peas singer worked throughout election night to finish the song said it was a tribute to the American people.

The 33-year-old has been a prominent supporter of Mr Obama in the election race.

The song also features actress Scarlett Johansson, Herbie Hancock and Lewis Hamilton’s girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger.

The musician, who scored a top ten hit with Girls Aloud star Cheryl Cole in April, spent part of election night in Chicago, where Mr Obama delivered his victory address.

The song will debut today (November 5th), on dipdive.com.

Source: ITN

Barack Obama was elected president at 11:01 p.m. Tuesday, November 4th, 2008. Scarlett Johansson has been an avid supporter of Obama’s appearing at multiple ralleys and events.

Obama wins California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington, giving him 324 electoral votes to McCain’s 124. He will be the 44th president of the United States. After a tight battle against Republican Sen. John McCain, Obama has become the first African American president in the history of the United States.

Obama is set to address his supporters from Chicago’s Grant Park.

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Scarlett Johansson campaigned for the Obama-Biden ticket at Case Western Reserve University today in Cleveland, Ohio.

Johansson told students and other supporters that Barack Obama’s stand on the War in Iraq sealed her endorsement, but also approves of his positions on health care, education, and the economy.

Scarlett took questions from the audience and was asked about Sarah Palin. Johansson claims Palin would roll back most of the gains made by the women’s movement, and called the Alaska governor inexperienced, and a very scary person.

Johansson says as she campaigns across the country, she doesn’t expect people to take the word of an actress very seriously, but wants to make her views known.

Johansson contends this is an exciting time to be young, and a great time to make a difference by voting.

Source: WTAM1100 News

GALLERY LINKS:
- Public Events: Speaking at Case Western Reserve University

English actor Sir Michael Caine has been chosen to co-present this year’s Nobel Peace Prize Concert with the previously announced Scarlett Johansson, the organisers have revealed. Caine, 75, had previously appeared with Johansson on screen in 2006 film The Prestige. It’s also rumored Caine will appear with Scarlett in Brilliant.

The event, which will honor this year’s Nobel Peace Prize recipient Martti Ahtisaari, will take place in Oslo, Norway on December 11, 2008 with Diana Ross headlining it. Canadian musician Feist, US country singer Dierks Bentley, Mexican singer-songwriter Julieta Venegas and Nigeria’s Seun Kuti will also appear at the concert which will take place one day after the Nobel award ceremony.

Scarlett and Ryan encourage you to… Not vote. Video via Myspace Celebrity.

Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Snoop Dogg, Harrison Ford, Julia Roberts, Ben Stiller, Will Smith, Steven Spielberg, Justin Timberlake, along with Sacha Baron Cohen as “Borat,” Zach Braff, Colin Farrell, Neil Patrick Harris, Scarlett Johansson, Shia LeBeouf, Tobey Maguire, Ryan Reynolds, and Jason Segal, are featured in a second of a series of public service announcements to encourage American youth to vote in partnership with Google, YouTube, Declare Yourself, and MySpace. The non-partisan PSA’s, produced by DiCaprio’s Appian Way, were created to engage and inspire young people to vote and participate in the upcoming election.

Be sure to check out the clip – and don’t forget to vote!

Actress Scarlett Johansson is to co-host this year’s Nobel Peace Concert, which will be headlined by Diana Ross.

The event is to be held in Oslo, Norway on 11 December, which is the day after the Nobel Prizes are presented.

Also on the bill are Canadian musician Feist, US country singer Dierks Bentley and Nigerian performer Seun Kuti.

Johansson’s “compassion and influence” would help to spread a “message of peace”, Nobel committee member Geir Lundestad told the Associated Press.

Johansson said she was “truly honoured” to have been invited, and paid tribute to the winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, Martti Ahtisaari.

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View below or click here to check out Scarlett’s new “In My Name” video.

Click here to view the video or check it out under the cut. Scarlett appears very briefly around 1:20.

In an effort to raise its socially conscious voice to the already loud socially active part of its environment, YouTube has launched a campaign with the lofty “Millennium Development Goal” of “cutting global poverty in half by 2015.”

The campaign, “In my name,” unites the online destination with Global Call to Action Against Poverty, Oxfam International, Save the Children and Comic Relief to help spread the message that poverty around the world needs to be eliminated.

To get out the word, YouTube last week unveiled a dedicated micro-site, YouTube.com/inmyname, where visitors can upload videos stating their name, home country and a message to their government about the need to meet the poverty goals. Among the celebs who already have put videos on the site are Mischa Barton, Ellie McPherson, Kristin Davis, Annie Lennox, Scarlett Johansson, John Legend, Wyclef Jean and Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas.

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