During this festive photo shoot to commemorate the inking of singer/songwriter and Lifehouse founder/frontman Jason Wade to Sony/ATV, pubco co-prez Rick Krim rehearses his speech for the Democratic National Convention. "I've weaseled my way into photo ops with Hillary Clinton several times in the past two decades," he intoned. "And each and every time she smiled politely and pretended to know who I was. That, my fellow Americans, is leadership."

Lifehouse, it should be noted, has sold some 15 million records; under his new deal, Wade (seen here with Krim and manager Jude Cole) will pen songs for other artists and collaborate with fellow tunesmiths.