Blog Posts by Lizbeth Scordo

You're probably already sick of political ads by now, what with the presidential election less than six weeks away, but a group of Barack Obama supporters are banking on the fact a new unorthodox spot they're releasing — starring Samuel L. Jackson and jarringly titled "Wake the F*** Up" — will get your attention.

(Check out an exclusive preview of the video, only on Yahoo!, above. And, yes, we are aware that this is a partisan video. When a clever pro-Romney video surfaces next, we promise to feature it on Yahoo! as well.)

The three-minute, 30-second ad, sponsored by the Jewish Council for Education and Research, is a play on the reading Jackson did last year of the satirical "children's book" Go the F*** to Sleep, which quickly went viral.

Adam Mansbach, who wrote the book, also penned the script for the video (set to dramatic, kid-action-filmesque music), which follows a young girl as she goes from room to room of her house, attempting to reenergize her jaded family into taking part in the Obama campaign this time around like they did four years ago. Though Jackson wasn't signed on to star in the spot when Mansbach wrote the dialogue, he did revise it for the movie star, a task he calls "great fun." "Knowing that an actor of Sam's caliber is going to be performing your words is a real thrill," notes Mansbach, who's also authored multiple novels.

Jamie Foxx chats with omg!. (WireImage)It's one of the biggest honors in show business — an Academy Award. But rather than show off the 2005 Oscar he won for his lead role in "Ray," Jamie Foxx makes sure his statue lives in another house completely. Same goes for the Grammy he garnered in 2010 for his tune "Blame It," a collaboration with rapper T-Pain.

"Awards are great, but if you just rest on your awards, then I think you're selling yourself short," Foxx tells omg! from Yahoo!. "It's like sometimes when people win Oscars, you never hear from them again because they say, 'OK. I've reached the mountaintop.' But you've got another whole 30 or 40 years of your career to go, or at least your life to go. I never kept a Grammy at my house, never kept an Oscar at my house. They're at my manager's house, because I said I don't want to get caught up in that."

Salma Hayek on the cover of More's October issue. Take a look at Salma Hayek and a lot of adjectives come to mind: Sexy, sultry, svelte. Chubby definitely isn't one of them. And yet, the movie star herself seems to think that, thanks to her love of gastronomy, she's closing in on chubby. (Salma, trust us, you're not!)

"I'm not a skinny girl. I push it. I'm at the limit of chubbiness at all times, but I'm happy at all times," the actress says in the October issue of More magazine. "Everybody has a weakness. Mine is food. If you love food and you love red wine and they put you in France, you're in a good place and you're in a bad place at the same time."

To keep herself on the right side of her fitness goals, she weighs herself every day. "I have to have an alarm number. When you get to that number, you have to start putting it in reverse," the 46-year-old shares. "I don't have stamina in exercise … but I have it in life."

Javier Bardem on the cover of GQ's October issue. Nathaniel Goldberg/GQJavier Bardem may be a critically acclaimed film actor, who can scare audiences as a deranged killer in "No Country for Old Men" and then charm them as the guy who sweeps Julia Roberts off her feet in "Eat Pray Love," but don't expect to see Bardem himself standing in the ticket line to see one of his flicks. "The fact that I like to make characters doesn't mean that I like to watch my characters being made, my performance," he confesses to GQ. "I can't even watch that f***ing nose, that f***ing voice, those ridiculous eyes. I can't handle that. But when I'm doing it, I don't see my nose or hear my voice; it's like there's something stronger, bigger than that. And I need to express it."

Adrienne Maloof and Paul Nasiff's Los Angeles home. (Zillow)

Hollywood divorces, we've got you all figured out. First comes the cordial separation announcement, then come the wild and bitter accusations as the divorce case gets going, and finally, the attempt to offload your shared multi-million-dollar home.

Steps two and three spilled into each other this week for estranged couple Adrienne Maloof, member of both the billionaire Maloof family and the "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" cast, and her husband, plastic surgeon Paul Nasiff.

Tim Tebow showing off some skin. (Annie Leibovitz/Vogue)

You know you're famous when your last name becomes a verb.

But after NFL quarterback Tim Tebow was first spotted down on one knee, praying on the sidelines during games, a website popped up featuring pics sent in from people all over the world posing in similar style, everywhere from mountaintops to outside the Louvre. "Tebowing" took off … and a star was born.

The latest issue of Vogue proves just how big a star. After all, it's not every day Annie Leibovitz shoots a football player and features him in the world's most acclaimed fashion magazine.

Robin Roberts. (Ray Tamarra/Getty Images)Going the extra mile to keep her fans up to date on her medical status in the hours leading up to her bone marrow transplant, “Good Morning America” anchor Robin Roberts taped a video message to viewers from her hospital room, which aired during the morning news show’s Thursday broadcast.

“This journey is as much about the mind as it is about the body. Good thoughts. Thoughts are so powerful. You’ve got to change the way you think in order to change the way you feel,” Roberts said while sitting in her hospital bed, reiterating: “You have to change the way you think in order to change the way you feel. And let me just say this lastly, I feel the love and I thank you for it. Thank you.”

The likable Roberts, a former college basketball star and sportscaster, has become a fan favorite during her seven years as a “GMA” co-anchor, thanks in part her warm personality and sunny disposition, traits she’s kept up in the face of a tumultuous year. In June, the 52-year-old – who is already a

Drew Barrymore talks wine and parenthood. (David Kindha/Haute Living)

Growing up in the Hollywood spotlight, Drew Barrymore became more than just a child star. She also gained a reputation as a "wild child," thanks in part to the fact that, at a frighteningly early age, she began partaking in certain activities usually reserved for adults. Barrymore has previously admitted to drinking, using drugs, and hitting nightclubs before she even entered her teen years, but multiple stints in rehab eventually set her on a healthier path. The twice-divorced Barrymore recently got married again and is expecting her first child any day now.

But she's also undertaken another new project recently: launching her own wine label. Yes, really.

"I love wine," the 37-year-old tells Haute Living magazine. "I think it's nice to do what you really love in life, occupationally and recreationally. Right now, I'm getting to do the things that I love and I'm so, so happy about it."