Mira's Preggie Garb, Knock2 and More

Who's Wearing What: Mira Sorvino, ambassador activist for Amnesty International’s Stop Violence Campaign, spoke at the organization’s photography exhibit on the Sudan crisis in Washington D.C. Wednesday evening. The Oscar winning actress and new wife wore an elegant black sleeveless crepe dress with satin bow paired with a black evening jacket from A Pea in the Pod. Mira is expecting her first child with husband Christopher Backus later this year.

Angelina Jolie was at the Shark Tale world premiere, sporting a gold capelet by Monique Lhuillier. She wore a white tank and jeans with a hand-beaded sequin chiffon caplelet with ¾ sleeves from Monique’s Fall 2004 runway collection.

Flashcards -- Not Your Regular Elementary School Kind: Knock Knock adds spice to MTV this season with its Slang and Therapy Flashcards, coffee-table discussion fodder for the new Real World house in Philadelphia. The longest-running reality series in history is back for its fifteenth season, but this year the house—where seven strangers live, learn, fight, and make up over the course of twelve weeks adds Knock Knock’s hilariously educational Slang and Therapy Flashcards!

Slang Flashcards will teach them that rather than remarking that the house is “neato keen,” they’ll learn to say “This crib is crunk!” And when the famous Real World battles begin, the Therapy Flashcards will provide the vocabulary to diagnose each roommate’s narcissistic, dysfunctional baggage.

The Real World Philadelphia premiered Tuesday, September 7, 2004, and airs Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on MTV. For more information on Knock Knock and the Slang and Therapy Flashcards, please visit www.knockknock.biz.

Chapman tours For DrivingVotes.org: Atlantic Records and DrivingVotes.org today announced that recording artist Tracy Chapman will embark on a five-date concert tour to benefit DrivingVotes.org, a grassroots organization committed to reclaiming American democracy by ensuring that Democrats in swing states vote. The tour will kick off September 24th in Portland, OR (See below for full list of dates and venues).

The tour, called “Western Swing: An Evening with Tracy Chapman,” will feature Tracy and her band in a very intimate setting. These incredibly special shows will help build on the momentum generated by the DrivingVotes.org Caravan, a cross-country trip that registered thousands of voters, as DrivingVotes.org now transitions its focus to getting out the vote. Tracy Chapman, an artist whose concern for social and political issues is reflected in her work, has frequently lent her voice, her time and her passion to support political empowerment.

“The upcoming presidential election is one of the most critical in our nation’s history. More than ever, every single vote counts, and I want to do whatever I can to urge every American to make their voice heard,” stated Tracy Chapman. “I am supporting DrivingVotes.org because they are doing an incredible job, reaching people on the grassroots, personal level to make registration easy. They are empowering new voters, those that previously felt disenfranchised or unable to effect change. By doing these small shows in these swing states, I hope to remind each individual in those rooms, that they can take action and make a real difference.”

“We are thrilled to have the support of Tracy Chapman as we translate our voter registration efforts into getting out the vote,” said Leighton Woodhouse, Director of Field Organization. “DrivingVotes.org will be relentless in speaking with voters about the stakes in the upcoming presidential election. DrivingVotes.org, through a network of volunteers in the swing states and its collaboration with organizations like America Coming Together and ACORN will empower voters to take back their country from an administration that is dividing America domestically and isolating it internationally.”

Tickets for all shows will go on sale this Friday, September 10th. You can learn more about these events at www.drivingvotes.org or www.atlanticrecords.com

Tour dates and cities:

September 24 Portland, OR Aladdin Theatre

September 25 Seattle, WA Century Ballroom

September 28 Santa Fe, NM Paramount

September 29 Albuquerque, NM KiMo

October 1 Phoenix, AZ Marquee Theatre

About DrivingVotes.org: DrivingVotes.org is a grassroots organization committed to reclaiming American democracy by ensuring that Democrats in swing states vote. The DrivingVotes.org website at www.drivingvotes.org makes it simple for anyone to plan a grassroots voter registration drive. The DrivingVotes.org website has voter registration packets for each swing state, information on which local groups to partner with, and how to find areas with a high percentage of Democrats. For more information about DrivingVotes.org, please contact Jennifer Kane, assistant director of DrivingVotes.org, at 415.505.5661 or jenny@drivingvotes.org.