Obama looks to Hollywood for committee

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Actress Sarah Jessica Parker appears at a performance of the play 'Betrayed' on January 12, 2009 in Washington, DC. (Brendan Hoffman, Getty Images)

President Barack Obama is sexing up his administration. He has named Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker as a member of his new Arts Committee.

Parker, Oscar-winning actor Forest Whitaker and Edward Norton are among the industry big names handpicked by the President to head the Committee on Arts and the Humanities, to help boost communities through entertainment and culture.

First Lady Michelle Obama will act as the Committee's chairwoman, with co-chair George Stevens Jr., a producer who has overseen the televised Kennedy Center Honors since 1990.