Kanye West Archives

Below are the very first celebrity reactions of Barack Obama’s winning the race for the White House. Among the 125,000 people at Tuesday’s victory rally were Brad Pitt and a tearful Oprah Winfrey. Here we go:

Oprah: “There are not even words to talk about what this night means. It’s one of the greatest moments I could ever imagine. That’s how great it is.”

Madonna: “I’m so f—ing happy right now”

Lindsay Lohan: “YES WE CAN.”

Samantha Ronson: “YES WE DID!!”

Kanye West: “HI MOM, OBAMA WON!” (His mom passed away about a year ago.)

Usher: “Isn’t this incredible news? Man, this is incredible. It’s so incredible to see that this historical thing has happened.”

Check out the new Kanye West music video for “Love Lockdown”, the first single off his upcoming Nov. 25 album, 808s & Heartbreak.

The vid, which was shot in Hawaii, premiered on The Ellen DeGeneres Show earlier today. Kanye doled out the compliments to Ellen during her show: “I wanted to say you have really great style. Seriously, this is one of the people you should look at whenever you’re trying to figure out how to put together an outfit.”

WHAT DO YOU THINK of Kanye’s new vid — YAY or NAY?

Kanye West is teaming up with MTV for a new show called “Alligator Boots” where hip-hop meets the Muppets.

“It’s going to be the black version of The Muppets,” said Doug Herzog from MTV.

The half-hour pilot will be produced by Jackhole Prods, the company founded by Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla. This company was also behind Comedy Central’s ppupet-centric Crank Yankers.

Check out a clip here!

WHAT DO YOU THINK of Kanye West meeting the Muppets - YAY or NAY?

Kanye West totes around his Louis Vuitton backpack and carries his Macbook after arriving in Hawaii via private jet on Friday.

Yesterday, the 31-year-old rapper was arrested at LAX airport in Los Angeles for breaking a photographer’s camera.

Kanye just blogged about the experience: “We back in the lab [making music]!!! I’m cool with the paparazzi. This guy wasn’t cool. I gotta work now… I’ll rant later!”

Mr. West, along with his road manager, allegedly damaged $10,000 worth of camera equipment. Check out the video of them wrestling for cameras at TMZ.

Kayne’s upcoming album, 808 & Heartbreak, is scheduled for a December 16th release.

Kanye West was arrested at 7:51 a.m. PST on Thursday at LAX Airport in Los Angeles.

The 31-year-old rapper is being charged for battery and vandalism.

Apparently a photographer was trying to snap pics of Kanye at the American Airlines terminal. Kanye allegedly confronted the photog and smashed his camera to the ground.

A TMZ videographer was taping this entire ordeal, so when Kanye realized, he rushed to the camera man and yelled, “Gimme that f—ing tape!”

Both Kanye and his bodyguard were arrested.

Read about the whole account at TMZ.com.

Check out these sneak peek pictures of rapper/style icon Kanye West’s new clothing line, Pastelle, as model by Rihanna, rapper Lupe Fiasco and himself. These pics were snapped backstage at one of his Chicago concerts.

There’s nothing available on the clothing line’s official website yet, but you can still check it out at Pastelle.com.

Rihanna will also be performing her hit single “Disturbia” for the firsttime at the MTV VMA Awards @ 9PM ET/PT on Sunday, September 7th. Two days later, the 20-year-old Barbadian beauty will perform “Take A Bow” and “If I Never See Your Face Again” at Fashion Rocks @ 9PM ET/PT on Tuesday, September 9th on CBS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK of Kanye’s clothing line so far — YAY or NAY?

Nothing gets between Kanye and his Calvin’s!

Kanye West goes “skins” on the basketball court and does a little ballin’ in Hawaii on Sunday.

The 31-year-old entertainer might be working off a few cheeseburgers after the announcement that he will be bringing the Fatburger chain to Chicago. He has purchased the rights to open 10 branches of the fast food restaurant in Chicago and plans to open the first eatery in Orland Park next month. His second one is scheduled for a Jan. 2009 opening.

10+ pictures of Kanye West getting shirtless… More Here! »

Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers take the cover of the Entertainment All-Stars edition of Forbes magazine along with Patrick Dempsey, Will Smith, Mike Meyers, J.K. Rowling, Madonna, Maria Sharapova and Kanye West.

The issues delves into shrinking paychecks for Hollywood actors as studios aren’t getting back good returns on their investments.

Pick up your copy today!

And you’ll never guess who was the number one actor/actress with the best payback! (Answer after the jump!) More Here! »