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President Obama became the first Chief Executive to do a Reddit "AMA" — short for "Ask Me Anything" — around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. "Hi, I'm Barack Obama, President of the United States. Ask me anything. I'll be taking your questions for half an hour starting at about 4:30 ET," read the post, which was verified by an official tweet. Obama's team then said they were running a bit early and would begin sooner. Hey, everyone: I'll be taking your questions online today. Ask yours here: OFA.BO/gBof44 -bo — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 29, 2012 Reddit AMAs are a kind of crowdsourced interview where users pose questions to a celebrity or other interesting figure. To ask Obama a question, head over to the Reddit thread . It's free to sign up for an account. SEE ALSO: Reddit: A Beginner's Guide Obama's post received 700 comments in 12 minutes and Reddit was loading slowly. Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian tweeted a look back at how far the service has come since … [Read more...] about Obama Opines on Beer Recipe, Super-PACs in Reddit AMA

Ever felt like Mama bear and the rest of the Berenstain clan when faced with the glut of scripted programming on broadcast networks, cable, pay cable, streaming giants, upstart websites ... even BitTorrent , for Pete's sake? You are very much not alone. See also: Jon Stewart's final 'Daily Show': The end of an era, but far from goodbye "I long ago lost the ability to keep track of every scripted series," FX CEO John Landgraf told reporters at this year's TCA Press Tour Friday. "This year, I finally lost track of the ability to keep track of every programmer who's in the scripted programming business." Then he took things one step further: "This is simply too much television." Underlining his point is a chart that FX sent out to reporters covering FX's panel at TCA. The graph shows a steady increase in scripted original series across broadcast, cable, and online services like Netflix and Hulu, thanks mostly to the boom in basic cable originals. In 2009, 211 series … [Read more...] about There’s ‘simply too much television,’ says FX CEO, but a decline is coming

Taylon Davis is a 12-year-old girl with an inoperable brain tumor who had a far-fetched wish. She wanted to dance with Beyoncé and, recently during the star's Las Vegas stop on the Mrs. Carter Show World Tour, that wish was granted. In an emotional video, above, Beyoncé swoops in, hugs the girl and smiles while an overwhelmed Taylon wipes away tears. Then, they duet a bit of "Love on Top" before Beyoncé sings "Survivor" to Taylon, who responds by dancing enthusiastically. See also: When 3,500 Strangers Helped Comfort a Dying Man Taylon's wish became a reality thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation , the organization that sent Taylon and her family to the Beyoncé concert. It also brought us Batkid , the 5-year-old boy battling Leukemia who became Batman for a day in November. "Here's a little girl literally fighting for her life," philanthropist Ivy McGregor says in the video. "Tomorrow's not promised, next week's not promised, but right now, 'I'm here.' And her … [Read more...] about Beyonce Sings ‘Survivor’ to Terminally Ill Fan to Grant Final Wish

Bernie Sanders and his wife, Jane, got to see "Hamilton" Friday night — and everyone else in the audience got to see Bernie Sanders watching "Hamilton." The presidential candidate took a break from the campaign grind to catch Lin-Manuel Miranda's already beloved musical — so beloved, in fact, that it's potentially the only thing America has been talking about as much as the election. SEE ALSO: How The Young Turks got Bernie Sanders on its live YouTube show Audience members feeling the Bern had a particularly exciting evening, posting Bernie sightings to Instagram and Twitter. I was trying not to be that person watching Bernie Sanders during #Hamilton but I had to look a couple times and he seemed to be loving it. — Jenelle Riley (@jenelleriley) April 9, 2016 That's Bernie at Hamilton, literally cried pic.twitter.com/K2849YNB4r — Hunter Igoe (@igoefaster) April 9, 2016 Some people even snagged selfies with Sanders. A photo … [Read more...] about Bernie Sanders and his wife went on a date to see ‘Hamilton’

Is this the real life — or is this just fantasy? People often hope to achieve internet fame by uploading a cover song onto YouTube . But most of them aren't performed while drunk in the back of a police vehicle. Robert Wilkinson, a 29-year-old from Edson, AB, was arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for intoxication, and evidently didn't agree with the charges. After pleading his case in slurred speech, he decided to describe his ordeal by belting out Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody . Despite his inebriated state, Wilkinson manages to belt out the entire song, accompanied by some serious headbanging and air drumming. If we were to nitpick, we would point out that the actual lyrics are slightly different — "open your eyes" rather than "open your minds," for example — but we doubt we could remember them perfectly under such circumstances either. Before he could finish the song, an RCMP officer tells Wilkinson to quiet down. “I can’t ... because nothing really … [Read more...] about Drunk ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Cover in a Cop Car Is Full of Win [VIDEO]