Daily Kos/Research 2000's Obama vs McCain poll, conducted from October 19 to October 21, shows Obama leading McCain by 8 % points — 50 % to 42 % among the likely voters nationally.

Reuters/CSPAN/Zogby's Obama vs McCain poll, conducted from October 19 to October 21, shows Obama leading McCain by 10 % points — 52 % to 42 % among the likely voters nationally.

Investors Business Daily/TIPP's Obama vs McCain poll, conducted from October 18 to October 22, shows Obama leading McCain by 1 % — 45 % to 44 % among the likely voters nationally.

Keanu Reeves, 44 was in court regarding a lawsuit brought against him by Alison Silva, a 28-year old Brazilian paparazzo, who last March followed him to the affluent Rancho Palos Verdes area, where the actor had gone to visit his sister, who was in a medical facility for an eating disorder.  Reeves, emerged after an hour long visit, only to have Silva approach him and beging photographing.

‘Zack and Miri Make a Porno’, Kevin Smith’s new movie opened Friday, pushing some if not a whole lot of buttons, as newspapers, TV stations and billboard owners refused to run ads with the full title, while Utah chain Megaplex Theatres even refused to screen the comedy.

On last Tuesday, a ruling by a Los Angeles judge granted permanent conservatorship of the psychiatrically troubled singer’s personal and business affairs to her father – Jamie Spears including attorney – Andrew Wallet.

Sources close to Spears say, her lawyers felt that in the future, her father’s permanent conservatorship could increase her chances of regaining custody of her sons Sean Preston, 3, and Jayden James, 2.

Opting for Zac Efron, Paramount has inked a deal with the star of High School Musical 3, to reprise Kevin Bacon’s iconic role in its remake of the classic dance romance ‘Footloose’.  Tough, Efron was rumoured to star in the movie, the whopping $42-million dollars his ‘High School Musical 3’ raked in last weekend, pushed Paramount to fast-track production, with filming starting next spring.  According to the deal, Efron gets a very adult deal, several million dollars and script approval for the film, which targets an older teen audience and adults.

Katrina Kaif, one of the top actress of B-town, is reportedly feeling homesick these days. The actress who is in the U.S. at present is shooting for Yash Raj Films that have actors John Abraham and Neil Nitin Mukesh in the lead and is directed by Kabir Khan(the Kabul Express fame).