E-mail a friendMarch 29, 2004
U.S. Senate hopeful Barack Obama talks about his campaign. Jim Belushi shares how he balances family life with his acting career and his music.
Sen. Barack Obama
Sen. Barack Obama
After months of speculation on whether he would run in '08, Illinois' junior senator Barack Obama announced his candidacy for the White House in February ‘07. He's proven to be a stellar fund-raiser and a popular candidate. The only African American in the U.S. Senate, Obama is a Harvard Law School grad—and the first African American president of the Harvard Law Review—a former civil rights lawyer and former state senator. His committee assignments include Foreign Relations, Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security.
Jim Belushi
Jim Belushi
Chicago native Jim Belushi has come a long way from the Second City Improv Comedy Troupe and Saturday Night Live. He's played an array of characters in film, theater and TV. He also has a musical side; he plays in the Sacred Hearts, the official house band of the House of Blues clubs. Belushi stars in the ABC sitcom According to Jim. On April 1, he'll receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.