Oh, golly Barack, we get it, underneath all the policy wonkiness and stiffness and discomfort, you are just a regular guy, aren’t you? Which is why you’re always soundin’ so perfectly natural when you’re droppin’ your g’s. But sure, when you’re fund-raisin’ in Hollywood and sharing the stage with Disney head Robert Iger, why not throw in a “quip” about your everyday ordinary-guy aspirations? 
 
 “At least I know what I want to do when I retire … host ESPN SportsCenter’s Top 10 list,” Obama quipped as he turned to Disney’s Robert Iger, whose empire includes ESPN. The highlights countdown can feature everything from major sports to bull fighting to high school basketball. Other than having a good laugh, Iger apparently didn’t respond. “Everyone had a good giggle,” says one person who attended. 
 
 We could completely believe that Condoleezza Rice wanted to be NFL commissioner, and there are actual rumors that GW Bush may be in line to become the Pope of Baseball. That whole administration was full of jocks, and their foreign policy was basically all about giving other countries a wedgie. 
 
 Thing is, Barack, for all your intensity on the White House sportsball court, you just don’t do “casual” well at all. You can do “cool,” too, but not “casual,” not at all. It’s why that “beer summit” just made everybody giggle. Sorry it has to be that way, but you’re kind of like Major Major trying to be one of the guys. It just doesn’t work. 
 
 We know, you really are a laid-back kind of guy, inside your mind at least, but you are far more believable when you embrace your inner nerd. If you’d rolled a 20-sided die and volunteered as a technical advisor to make sure the Star Wars sequels don’t fuck up Galactic politics the way they did in Episode 3, we’d have believed you. 
 
 Also, we would totally believe Old Handsome Joe Biden if he said he wants to host America’s Next Top Model. 
 
 [Hollywood Reporter] 

 Sasha Obama could be the deciding factor in whether her father stays in Washington after he leaves office. 
 
 First lady Michelle Obama, right, with daughters Sasha, second from left, and Malia, partially hidden, walk outside to receive the official White House Christmas Tree at the White House in Washington,... (Associated Press) 
 
 President Barack Obama, with daughters Sasha, left, and Malia, makes a joke during remarks at the Thanksgiving tradition of saving a turkey from the dinner table with a "presidential pardon," at the White... (Associated Press) 
 
 First lady Michelle Obama smiles as she participates in a Thanksgiving service project by handing out food at the Capital Area Food Bank on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013 in Washington. The Capital Area Food... (Associated Press) 
 
 President Barack Obama told ABC News in a taped interview that his now 12-year-old daughter "will have a big vote in where we are." 
 
 When Obama leaves office in January 2017 after two terms, eldest daughter Malia could be off in college and Sasha will be a sophomore in high school. Both girls attend the exclusive Sidwell Friends School in northwest Washington. 
 
 Obama said he and his wife, Michelle, have to make sure Sasha is doing well until she goes off to college. 
 
 He suggested that no decisions have been made. But he did hint that tearing Sasha away from her friends might be asking too much, saying his wife and daughters already have made "a lot of sacrifices on behalf of my cockamamie ideas, the running for office and things." 
 
 In another portion of the interview, which aired Friday night on ABC's "20/20," Mrs. Obama says she tries not to tell her husband what to do because "he's got enough people in his ear." 
 
 "I try to stay out of his ear," she said. 
 
 Mrs. Obama says she and the president treat their living quarters on the second floor of the White House like a sanctuary, particularly when their girls are home. She says the girls like to talk about their day, which often has little to do with what's going on in the rest of the world. 
 
 "Everyone has to have their safe haven, a place of peace and calm and, you know, that's home for us," the first lady said. 

 The president put in his ask to Disney CEO Bob Iger at a private meeting with entertainment moguls during his Nov. 26 visit to Jeffrey Katzenberg's DreamWorks Animation. 
 
 A version of this story first appeared in the Dec. 13 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. 
 
 If you have any doubt as to how much of a sports junkie Barack Obama is, check in with the entertainment moguls who attended a private briefing with the president Nov. 26 before his speech at Jeffrey Katzenberg's DreamWorks Animation campus in Glendale. 
 
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 At the end of the conversation -- which touched on a myriad of topics, from piracy to Iran -- Obama revealed what's at the top of his bucket list post-White House: "At least I know what I want to do when I retire … host ESPN SportsCenter's Top 10 list," Obama quipped as he turned to Disney's Robert Iger, whose empire includes ESPN. 
 
 The highlights countdown can feature everything from major sports to bull fighting to high school basketball. Other than having a good laugh, Iger apparently didn't respond. 
 
 "Everyone had a good giggle," says one person who attended. 
 
 The private meeting with Iger featured other moguls, including Disney's Alan Horn, Fox's Jim Gianopulos, Sony's Amy Pascal, and CBS' Leslie Moonves. 
 
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 In a polished speech before the entire DWA staff and others in attendance, Obama praised the entertainment industry as an "engine" of the economy and as part of America's "diplomacy." He also joked that his ears were the inspiration for the studio's Shrek. 
 
 Obama's appearance at DWA wrapped up a two-day trip to Southern California that included two fundraising events, one at the home of Magic Johnson and his wife, Cookie, and the other at the home of Haim Saban and his wife, Cheryl.
– So what are President Obama's plans after he exits the White House? Before he gave a recent speech at DreamWorks Animation, Obama told a bunch of entertainment bigshots at a briefing: "At least I know what I want to do when I retire … host ESPN SportsCenter's Top 10 list." A person who was there tells the Hollywood Reporter, "Everyone had a good giggle." Wonkette is not impressed: "Thing is, Barack, for all your intensity on the White House sportsball court, you just don’t do 'casual' well at all," writes Doktor Zoom. Obama also recently revealed he and his family may make the rare choice to stay in Washington after his term ends, since daughter Sasha will be a sophomore in high school. So she "will have a big vote in where we are," he told ABC News last week, according to the AP.