Beyonce will sing for Barack and Michelle Obama’s first dance on inauguration night.

From Deborah Bennett at HelloBeautiful.com: President-elect Barack Obama’s grandmother Sarah Obama, who will be 87 this year has arrived in the US to witness her grandson’s inauguration as President of The United States.

The new car Barack Obama will use is a Cadillac that rivals the bulletproof SUV that rapper, 50 Cent drives.

Judging by the lineup, Sunday’s inaugural celebration for Barack Obama at the Lincoln Memorial is a coveted gig for music’s top names.

President-elect Barack Obama’s Kenyan stepgrandmother will be among the millions of people in Washington for the Inauguration.

From Natalie Hopkinson at TheRoot.com: Coming to D.C. for the inauguration? Time to get to work!

From Abe Silk at HuffingtonPost.com: Dear Obama People, Even though I've never met any of you, I suppose I like you. I mean, you (or your bosses or minions or whomever) did a damn good job getting the big guy elected.

From Brian Stelter at The New York Times: With less than two weeks to go until a historic presidential <a title="Recent and archival news about presidential inaugurations." href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/p/presidents_and_presidency_us/inaugurations/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier">inauguration</a>, the nation’s television networks are finalizing ambitious coverage plans, but the camera platforms will be more crowded than usual.

BET and TV One, the television networks aimed primarily at a black audience, haven’t paid much attention to presidential inaugurations before. This time will be different.

Some worthwhile commentary on Obama’s controversial decision to invite Pastor Rick Warren to give the Invocation at the Presidential Inauguration

From Politico: On January 20th, President-elect Barack Obama will take the oath of office using the same Bible upon which President Lincoln was sworn in at his first inauguration.