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America’s first lady will appear via satellite from Washington this Friday in a comedy sketch on NBC’s The Jay Leno Show, BBC News reports.

Obama will answer ten quick questions from Leno on various subjects during the prime time segment.

Her last appearance with Jay Leno was last year on his Tonight Show when he questioned the high cost of her clothing, which turned out to be a moderately priced outfit from J-crew.

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Further to andPOP’s story earlier today in regards to reports that Levi Johnston would pose nude for the right price, andPOP has been sent a press release from StraightCollegeMen.com. The release has indicated that StraightCollegeMen.com has offered Johnston $25,000 to appear in a solo video for its website. Justin Clouse, owner of StraightCollegeMen.com, felt that Johnston would be perfect for the site.

“When I heard him say that he’d consider posing nude for enough money, I knew we had to make a tangible offer. $25,000 is a lot of money for an hour of his time, but I’ve been wanting to add a celebrity to StraightCollegeMen.com’s roster for a long time,” Clouse continued.

John McCain and Sarah Palin are set to give their first exclusive interviews since losing the Nov. 4 U.S. election.

Senator McCain will appear on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” on Tuesday (Nov. 10), NBC announced Friday.

It will mark the Republican’s first TV appearance, as well as his first interview, since Barack Obama won the presidency.

Meanwhile, Palin will chat with “On The Record” anchor Greta van Susteren in an interview that will air Monday night on Fox News Channel.

Susteren, who interviewed the Alaskan governor twice during the campaign, is heading up to Palin’s home state, though an exact location and time for the interview has not yet been announced.

Although Palin spoke to reporters in Arizona on Wednesday, the Fox exclusive will be the governor’s first sit-down interview after election night.

John McCain is following up running mate Sarah Palin’s appearance on “Saturday Night Live” with a cameo of his own in tonight’s episode.

It is the Republican presidential nominee’s second appearance on the show this year and comes just three days before Americans head to the polls.

In an ironic twist, tonight’s episode will be hosted by Democratic supporter Ben Affleck.

McCain currently trails Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama in opinion polls and is doing especially poorly with young voters, the demographic that makes up a big chunk of “SNL” viewers.

During his May appearance on the show, the 72-year-old politician joked about his age, saying voters should look for their next president to be “someone who is very, very, very old.”

McCain, who is parodied on the show by Darrell Hammond, also hosted the program in 2002.

Palin’s cameo two weeks ago earned “SNL” its best ratings in 14 years.

Roseanne doesn’t like Angelina Jolie, and she wants you to know about it.

The comedienne wrote a scathing blog on her web site, calling Jolie “evil spawn” and partner Brad Pitt “vacuous.” She seemed most offended by what she saw as Jolie’s hypocrisy with supporting John McCain for president.

“Miss Jolie says she likes McCain too and hasn’t decided who to endorse….huh?” Roseanne wrote. “Aren’t you supposed to be somewhat enlightened, or do you not know that the African daughter you hold in every picture had parents who suffered and died because of the Republican party’s worldwide economic assault on Africa over the last few decades since Reagan?”

Roseanne says that Jolie should support Barack Obama instead, saying “it might be good for your Asian and African children’s self-esteem to know you support [Obama] for the leader of the free world.”

She ended her rant simply, “Now go back to making your movies about women who love to handle big guns that shoot hundreds of people to death.”

Paris Hilton thinks running for president is “totally hot.” So she is.

The heiress to the Hilton Empire has fired back at a 30-second campaign ad released last week by John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential candidate that compared Barack Obama to Paris Hilton and Britney Spears, calling all three “frivolous and irresponsible.”

So the “loves it” Hilton is firing back with her own fake campaign ad hosted on FunnyorDie.com.

In Hiton’s campaign ad, she calls McCain “old and wrinkly” and offers a better plan to end the energy crisis than Obama and McCain. “We can do offshore limited drilling with strict environmental oversight,” she says while lying on a beach chair in her bikini. “See you at the debates, bitches,” she says.

McCain’s ad released last week has created a storm of controversy. Hilton’s parents have also donated money to McCain’s presidential campaign in the past.

At the end of the ad, Paris Hilton says she might paint the White House pink and approves the ad, stating: “I’m Paris Hilton and I approve this message. Because I think it’s totally hot.”

Britney Spears, Paris Hilton and Barack Obama. One of these is not like the other.

The former two are more than just underwear-bearing party girls and paparazzi fodder. They are now campaign tools, thanks to John McCain. A campaign that has critics saying “Oh my god, that Johnny’s shameless.”

In a new 30-second spot called “Celeb,” John McCain’s presidential campaign takes a jab at Barack Obama’s celebrity status by comparing his fame to that of Hilton and Spears. The ad’s narrator states: “He’s the biggest celebrity in the world. But is he ready to lead? With gas prices soaring, Barack Obama says no to offshore drilling and says he’ll raise taxes on electricity. Higher taxes, more foreign oil – that’s the real Obama.”

During a conference call, Rick Davis, McCain’s campaign manager, said that the ad’s intended effect was to make Obama seem “frivolous and irresponsible,” like our two favourite blondes. Davis’ comments are rather ironic considering McCain has expressed his gratitude for Heidi Montag, another famous blonde and star of MTV’s The Hills, who publicly endorsed McCain earlier this year.

“I’m honored to have Heidi’s support and I want to assure her that I never miss an episode of The Hills, especially since the new season started,” McCain told Time.

“Will people think of this as negative advertising? Look, it is the most entertaining thing I have seen on TV in a while. … It is not our campaign that is trying to make him into an international celebrity. It’s his campaign. … I don’t know Paris Hilton and Britney Spears, but they are international celebrities, so, you know, apples to apples,” Davis said in the conference call.

Barack Obama’s team fired back, with a spokesman for the Obama campaign saying, “On a day when major news organizations across the country are taking Senator McCain to task for a steady stream of false, negative attacks, his campaign has launched yet another. Or, as some might say, ‘Oops! He did it again.’”

It is not known whether or not Hilton or Spears had approved the usage of their images in the new campaign.

John McCain will be “live from New York” once again this Saturday.

The Republican presidential candidate is set to make a cameo appearance on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” according to aides traveling with McCain in the Pacific Northwest.

No details were revealed about McCain’s sketch in this week’s episode, which will be hosted by comedian Steve Carell with musical guest Usher.

McCain previously hosted “SNL” in 2002, making him the first sitting senator ever to host the show.

The show also did a skit in March lampooning the 71-year-old politician, played by series regular Darrell Hammond, for being “crazy old.”

Democratic presidential contenders Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton have both appeared on “SNL” in recent months.