Chalk up another celebrity endorsement for Barack Obama - this time, it's Tom Hanks!

The AP is reporting that the two-time Oscar winner sent out a video message through MySpace last week entitled "Beware: Celebrity Endorsement" outlining his reasons for supporting Obama's candidacy.

"He has the integrity and the inspiration to unify us, as did FDR and Harry Truman and John F. Kennedy and even Ronald Reagan when they ran for the job," Hanks said. "I want Barack Obama to be President of this country, a country that once said people with his skin color were only three-fifths of a human being."

Of course, Hanks is only the most recent celebrity to come out in favor of Obama - other celebrity backers (including Halle Berry, George Clooney, Scarlett Johansson and Robert De Niro) have already voiced their star support... with some even doing so via magazines and t-shirts:

Ryan Phillippe is for progress and yes, that's Pam Anderson behind Obama's face!

photos courtesy Focus Features

These pix of Brad Pitt from the set of his new film, Burn After Reading, are the most unsexy photos of Pitt I've ever seen, but even with a Vanilla-Ice flat top, he's still hot!

The Coen brothers' movie is about two gym employees who find a CIA agent's memoirs on a disk and try to sell it -- and it reunites Pitt and Clooney! -- sign me up!!!

One of New York's biggest nights, The Costume Institute's Gala at the Metropolitan Museum, attracted every star from Hollywood and fashion.

Although the theme was "Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy", we didn't find a lot of heroes among the fashion elite last night!

There certainly were a few standouts - Eva Longoria wowed in her Marchesa gown, the Olsen twins toned it down and got two thumbs up, and David Beckham's and Tom Brady's tuxes couldn't contain their hotness.

Course there were some fug outfits last night, too, BFFs Katie and Victoria definitely competed for that prize along with some former models!

We put together a gallery of all our photos so you can judge for yourself:

After looking at all the ruffles, pleats, sequins, tulle and tuxes, fashion do's and don'ts, the X17 office has definitely picked a winner for "worst dressed" (click through if you care!)

Co-chairs and BFFs Julia Roberts and George Clooney accompanied the Met's Costume Institute event chair Giorgio Armani to the "Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy" Gala at the Met last night, wearing Armani, natch.

Hmmmmm...

Julia may have a movie-star's flawless face, but she coulda chosen a gown that fit her anything but flawless figure better.

George looked incredibly dapper, as always, even in an uncomfortable tux, and his girlfriend Sarah Lawson (who pulled a "Rita Wilson" and made sure to insert herself in almost every shot) looked only a little bit better than she did at the Oscars!

We've got TONS more pix from the party last night, so don't worry, you'll still have plenty more stars' outfits to critique coming up soon!

We caught George Clooney flashing us his best game face outside of Dan Tana's Italian eatery in West Hollywood last night. We couldn't help but giggle at the neon sign behind him though - we know, we know, it's so high school of us.

No word on what the hunky actor ordered, but we're sure it was just as delicious as he is!

Time just released their fifth annual list of the World's 100 Most Influential People - this includes leaders, scientists, entertainers... anyone!

Of course Oprah Winfrey, George Clooney and Brangelina nabbed spots; no surprise there! But Miley Cyrus and, uh, Mariah Carey? Hmm, guess they are influential - can't argue with that title!

The extensive list also includes President Bush, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John McCain and the Dalai Lama, who's listed as number one on Time's website.

What, no Britney?

Kate Hudson graces the cover of People Magazine's 19th annual "100 Most Beautiful" issue - it's her fourth time on the list.

Also in this collection of pretty people, which seems to exist to remind us regular people just how regular we are: Halle Berry, Patrick Dempsey, Salma Hayek, Jessica Simpson, and Alicia Keys.

So, the scoop on their cover girl Kate? ... She says she may consider breast implants after she's finished having kids. She says, of her son Ryder's long hair: "Why is it so weird? My son likes his hair. He likes his hair long because it's like his father's." And last but not least, she's quit smoking.

The mag's "Hall of Fame" - those who've grabbed spots on the list numerous times - includes: Nicole Kidman (9 times), Angelina Jolie (6 times), Brad Pitt (8 times), Matthew McConaughey (5 times), Halley Berry (12 times), and George Clooney (8 times).

They's also got "The New Classics" list aimed at making people old before their time! Miley Cyrus tops the list, of course; Ashton Kutcher, Kate Beckinsale, Christina Applegate, and Sarah Silverman are also part of that group.

And the "Heating Up" list names Rumer Willis as "The It Girl."

Also in the "100" are: Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Lopez, Mary J. Blige, Norah Jones, and Josh Groban -as well as TV stars Tina Fey (30 Rock), Vanessa Williams (Ugly Betty), Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: SVU) and Marcia Cross (Desperate Housewives). The entire cast of Gossip Girl is featured as well as the ladies of MTV's The Hills, Lauren Conrad, Audrina Patridge, Whitney Port and Heidi Montag.

You'll always be our favorite!

The last great movie star, George Clooney, dined at swanky WeHo eatery Dan Tana's this weekend, and even made time to talk to (and sign autographs for) his many adoring fans. What a great guy!

In Paris to promote Leatherheads (cuz no one saw it over here), George Clooney set off a frenzy among the French fans who had come to greet him outside of his hotel.

As usual, George approached the crowd to sign autographs and pose for pictures, but everytime he got close to the barricade, the crowd surged forward, causing George to back off for fear that someone would get smooshed!

Renee also made an appearance with her now-signature tousled hair, but she didn't cause quite the same reaction!

Man, that Leatherheads promotional train keeps right on running, huh?

Last night, stars George Clooney and Renee Zellweger turned up in Rome for yet another premiere of their comedy. It's great to see how comfortable they've grown to be together - heck, if George weren't attached to Sarah Larson, his body language with Renee would almost have us wondering if we're seeing a new couple!

George Clooney's new flick Leatherheads may seem like more of a crowd-pleaser than a work of modern art - but at least one museum would beg to differ!

Last night, Clooney held another big screening of his movie at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. As you might expect, the classy venue drew out some high-powered names - in addition to George, we also spotted:

Bruce Willis and his absurdly hot (and young girlfriend!

Murphy Brown herself, Candice Bergen - can we say uh, damn, Candy!

And plenty of others - but you'll have to click through the jump to see 'em!

We just can't get enough of him!

Here's the Leatherheads star arriving in NYC last night looking as good as ever. Forget Brad Pitt, it's all about George Clooney! A great actor, filmmaker and all-around great guy, Sarah Larson is lucky she snagged him!

Are you a Clooney fan? If not, you should be!

Sports movies don't tend to make good date flicks - unless your date happens to be George Clooney, of course!

Last night, we caught half of Hollywood turning out to the premiere of George Clooney's new pigskin comedy Leatherheads. Naturally, the man of the hour showed up to promote his flick - and to show off his girlfriend Sarah Larson, too!

George and Sara were joined on the red carpet by their old friends Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber. Needless to say, these four still make for the hottest double date in Hollywood - end of discussion!

Of course, since it was his night, George was in a particularly outgoing mood - heck, he jumped right into Renee Zellweger's photo op to double up the starpower!

In fact, there was so much starpower on display that we had to put together a gallery just to contain it all - check it out below!

Is George Clooney's life so boring that reporters only want to ask him about the state of his good friend Brad Pitt's family life?

At the National Board of Review Awards in NYC, Us asked George if Brad was about to become a fifth-time papa, and George's response was: "I have no idea. I don’t think so."

Also in attendance were a gorgeous Jennifer Garner, Ben Affleck, Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta Jones, Tim Burton, Kate Winslet, Lauren Bacall, Javier Bardem, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Alessandro Nivola, Emily Mortimer, Julian Schnabel, the two-time Academy Award-winning American actor Denzel Washington and Emile Hirsch.

With no red carpet, no live audience and a "newsmagazine" format, I think even less people tuned in to this latest awards show disaster than the Critics Choice!

Regardless, the people have spoken and the people love them some Johnny Depp, Reese Witherspoon, Brad & George, Katherine Heigl and, of course, Justin.

Click here to see the entire list of winners.

Apparently when asked by E! News last night at the Critic's Choice Awards his thoughts on pal Nicole Kidman's pregnancy news, he answered "At least she's older than 16."

Classic.

Deadline Hollywood Daily reports that NBC and the Hollywood Foreign Press have cancelled the Golden Globes due to the ongoing writer's strike and the fact that several A-listers have pledged not to cross the picket lines. The awards show will not be televised, nor will the event be held at all. (The Hollywood Foreign Press is expected to make the official announcement today.)

Guess this means Rumer Willis won't be this year's Miss Golden Globes... better luck next time!

UPDATE: It's Official! The Hollywood Foreign Press has cancelled the Globes, y'all! No red carpet, no parties, just a press conference announcing the winners. Bummer!