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Congratulations goes out to President Barack Obama who has just been named the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize recipient at an announcement ceremony in Oslo, Norway by the Norwegian Nobel Committee Head Thorbjoern Jagland. Cited for his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy, cooperation between peoples and vision for a world without nuclear weapons” in just the first few months of his presidency, President Obama becomes only the 3rd sitting president to win the Nobel Peace Prize (after Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson). Obama becomes the 4th president to win the Nobel Peace Prize overall (President Jimmy Carter won his award after he left office). Here are photos of Jagland making the award announcement in Oslo earlier today and President Obama making his acceptance comments at the White House just moments ago:

US President Barack Obama sensationally won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday just nine months into his term, prompting world leaders to urge him to use the accolade to step up efforts for global peace. The jury hailed Obama’s “extraordinary” efforts in international diplomacy and to hasten nuclear disarmament, but criticism surged quickly over how the award could be given so soon. The US leader, 48, said he was “humbled” by the distinction. “Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world’s attention and given its people hope for a better future,” the Nobel jury said in making the stunning announcement. A gasp went through the Nobel Institute in Oslo as Obama’s name was read out. The committee attached “special importance to Obama’s vision and work for a world without nuclear weapons” and said he had created “a new climate in international politics.” Obama took office on January 20 and has sought to restore US standing after widespread criticism over the war in Iraq and the world superpower’s attitude to efforts to control global warming. The first black American president has brought the Israeli and Palestinian leaders together for a meeting, approved new diplomatic engagement with Iran, Myanmar and North Korea and signalled a new willingness to attack growing environmental problems. Obama went to Cairo to make a major speech on relations with the Muslim world, badly tarnished by President George W. Bush’s order to invade Iraq. At the United Nations, he has launched an initiative to reduce the number of nuclear weapons. The US president was awoken at 6:00 am at the White House by his spokesman to be told of the award. An administration official quoted Obama as saying he felt “humbled”. Obama was honored “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples,” the head of the Norwegian Nobel Committee Thorbjoern Jagland said, adding that it was “a unanimous decision.” The jury said: “Dialogue and negotiations are preferred as instruments for resolving even the most difficult international conflicts. The vision of a world free from nuclear arms has powerfully stimulated disarmament and arms control negotiations,” it said. “Thanks to Obama’s initiative, the US is now playing a more constructive role in meeting the great climatic changes the world is confronting.” The committee said it was seeking to encourage Obama’s ideals rather than recognise concrete results. Speaking to AFP, Jagland said: “It was unavoidable to give the prize to the man who has improved the international climate and emphasised negotiations and dialogue. Before he took office the situation was so dangerous. Step by step he has given the message to the world that he wants to negotiate on all conflicts, strengthen the United Nations and work for a world without any nuclear arms.” German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed the award, calling it an “incentive to the president and to us all” to do more for peace.

This is quite an achievement and much congratulations goes out to our President today. Obama seems to instill a vision of hope that resonates beyond our US borders and was clearly recognized by the jury of the Nobel Prize. I fully expect this honor to inspire President Obama to do even more to work towards “strengthening international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples” not only for the duration of his time in office as president but for the rest of his life. Much, much congrats President Obama!!

UPDATE: President Obama has announced that he will donate the $1.4 million in prize money to charity. That’s classy, y’all!

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Twilight star Taylor Lautner caused quite a stir on a beach in Malibu, CA yesterday afternoon when he was spotted leaping into the air for a new photoshoot reportedly for Rolling Stone magazine. Here are a bunch of photos of young Mr. Lautner flipping out on the Malibu beach yesterday for his latest photoshoot:

To be honest, with as much attention as Taylor has been getting for his role in The Twilight Saga movie franchise, I wouldn’t at all be surprised if he landed the cover of Rolling Stone magazine all by himself. Everyone knows that Taylor Lautner‘s shirtlessness is one of the main draws of the upcoming sequel film The Twilight Saga: New Moon and I bet Rolling Stone can’t wait to capitalize on that demand. After the jump, check out a few more shots from the photoshoot yesterday — yes, there are some shirtless pics to be had …

Yesterday we learned the heartbreakingly crushing news that Miley Cyrus has decided to QUIT Twitter and made the rash decision to delete her official Twitter profile … after she was counseled to do so by her new boyfriend Liam Helmsworth. Late yesterday, Miley‘s father Billy Ray Cyrus caught wind of Miley‘s decision to abandon her legions of Twitter followers and BEGGED her to come back to the Twitterverse on his own official Twitter profile … he tweeted:

While I take great issue with Billy Ray‘s assertion that his daughter Miley is “a light in a world of darkness”, I can understand his desire to have his little girl reactivate her account as soon as possible. Twitter is an amazing tool to inspire your followers to support your endeavors (especially in a financial capacity) and I bet Billy Ray is BUMMED that his little money-making poppet has cut off a potential avenue of revenue. While he claims he wants Miley back on Twitter so she can inspire children to “stopkillinkids”, I suspect the impetus behind these tweets is more financial than anything else. Considering that Miley deleted her Twitter profile after her boyfriend told her to, it makes sense that she might reactivate her account now that her father is telling her to … the only problem is that it’s not so easy for Miley to read her pappy’s tweets without an account of her own … he might have better luck if he called her on the phone instead.

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Back in March, Marge Simpson — the animated matriarch of The Simpsons family — shared her first same-sex kiss on an episode of the long-running animated series and then in April we learned that Marge (and the rest of The Simpsons family) would be appearing on the new $0.44 US postage stamps … today we learn that Marge Simpson has reached a new milestone in sexiness. Marge will be featured on the cover of the November issue of Playboy magazine:

Playboy has had brunets, blonds and redheads grace the cover of its monthly magazine. Now it’s going blue. For the first time, Playboy is using a cartoon character, Springfield’s own Marge Simpson, as its cover girl. The November issue will hit the newsstands next Friday, said Jimmy Jellinek, Playboy’s editorial director. “It’s a very, very racy pictorial, with implied nudity at the very least,” Jellinek said. “Whether or not you see more … well, you’ll have to hit the stands to find out.” The November issue will feature Marge in a five-page pictorial, as well as a two-page pullout poster, he said. In mid-July, Playboy approached Matt Groening, the creator of “The Simpsons,” and the television show’s creative team about the prospect of using Marge on the cover, Jellinek said. “They were totally on board with the idea,” Jellinek said. “This is their 20th anniversary, and they’ve got an episode coming out called ‘The Devil Wears Nada,’ where Marge will disrobe, so this sort of goes in hand with all that.” Currently Playboy has no plans to give other cartoon women, such as Betty Boop or Wilma Flintstone, a pictorial, Jellinek said. “We’re going to take it one fictional celebrity at a time,” he said. Homer Simpson was unavailable for comment.

Is it wrong that I think this is hot? Okay … so not hot hot but hot in a cool fun way. The Simpsons have done some pretty cool things in their 20 years of existence and Marge‘s Playboy cover is but the latest. I can’t wait to see what the rest of Marge‘s Playboy pictorial spread looks like ;)

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