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Posted on: Friday, October 31, 2008

Comic puts funny spin on election

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Frank De Lima

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Kevin Smith

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Julie Chen

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Comedian Frank De Lima has recorded a get-out-the-vote plea for local radio, also available on his Web site, www.frankdelima.com.

"Who Will It Be Now," using a melody popularized by Australia's Men at Work, is a bipartisan parody that poses the question about mayoral candidates Ann Kobayashi and Mufi Hannemann and presidential contenders Barack Obama and John McCain.

De Lima drops Joe Biden's and Sarah Palin's names and includes the likes of Joe the Plumber, Stop Rail and Go Rail, and the ConCon question.

— Wayne Harada, Advertiser entertainment writer

'ZACK AND MIRI' SHOWN NO LOVE

Kevin Smith is upset, confused, shocked.

He's "flabbergasted," to quote Variety.

Smith is upset that ads for his new film, "Zack and Miri Make a Porno," are being banned in markets because of public outcry over the last word in the film's title.

"I can't believe this is happening in the 21st century," Smith says. "When was the last time you saw a porno with the word 'porno' in the title?"

www.Gawker.com worries that the film's box-office prospects may be ruined by such a setback.

MYSTERY SOLVED: CHEN JETS TO PARIS

NEW YORK — Julie Chen had a bag packed but no idea she'd be headed to Paris shortly after "The Early Show" went off the air yesterday.

CBS' morning show is sending its personalities on mystery trips over the next month. The five on-air regulars were told they could be sent away on any day without advance warning.

Chen was given an on-air clue about where she was headed: "find the dark among the light; the romance among the haunted; across the ocean you'll find lovers in perfect harmony." The team guessed Paris, confirmed when she was handed a travel guide to the Paris Opera House.

Harry Smith, Maggie Rodriguez, Russ Mitchell and Dave Price will have similar mystery trips coming up.

DIFFERENT DANCER, BUT SAME ILLNESS

Endometriosis is not transmittable, right? You wouldn't know it from "Dancing With the Stars." Days after dancer Julianne Hough revealed she has endometriosis, news comes that Lacey Schwimmer also suffers from it.

"A few days ago, I started feeling very shaky, very weak, and I had awful cramps going on," says Schwimmer, who is Lance Bass' partner on the show. Schwimmer tells TV celeb show "The Insider": "I went to go get checked out ... and I actually have the beginning onset of what Julianne has ... and it hurts very bad." But it was caught early, so Schwimmer's prognosis is very good.

STRAIT HONORED AS ARTIST OF DECADE

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — George Strait will receive the Academy of Country Music's Artist of the Decade award in recognition of his nearly 25-year career.

Only four other acts have received the distinction: Marty Robbins in 1969, Loretta Lynn in 1979, Alabama in 1988 and Garth Brooks in 1998.

Strait's many hits include "Amarillo By Morning," "Ocean Front Property," "Check Yes or No" and "I Saw God Today."

The ACM will tape a TV special in honor of Strait at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on April 6 to air at a later date.

The 44th ACM awards will air live on CBS from the MGM Grand on April 5 with Reba McEntire hosting.