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It looks as if the Bush-bash bandwagon is about to get even more crowded.

Meanwhile, one of my LCR tipsters has given me info on a “secret” fund-raising dinner for John Kerry scheduled for Thursday. The event will purportedly be held at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in the People’s Republic of Santa Monica.

Stumping for the war-hero-turned-anti-war radical-turned-sensitive warmonger-turned-vet-praiser-turned-vet-basher will be Tony Bennett, Courtney Cox, Leonardo DiCaprio, Melanie Griffith, Anjelica Huston, Michael Keaton, Viggo Mortensen, Rob Reiner, Mary Steenburgen, Ted Danson and Sharon Stone, among others. The price to break bread with the candidate who professes to relate to ordinary Americans is five G’s a plate.

Tinseltown's Lockstep March for Kerry James Hirsen Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2004
THE LEFT COAST REPORT A Political Look at Hollywood
http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/8/24/143544.shtml

Barack Obama isn't attracting all the celebs.

Eva Longoria Parker emceed a town hall meeting for Hillary Clinton Monday in Austin, Texas.

"Thank you so much for this Texas-sized welcome," said Longoria Parker, who joined celebs Ted Danson and Melanie Griffith, who introduced questions from the audience of about 700. "On behalf of all my fellow Texans, I want to say bienvenidos, welcome."

Eva Longoria Emcees Hillary Clinton Town Hall Meeting Tuesday March 4, 2008
http://www.usmagazine.com/eva_longoria_emcees_hillary_clinton_town_hall_meeting

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was a busy man Tuesday night, courting Hollywood power players in two soirees that earned a single-night fundraising record of $11 million.

A-listers such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Jodie Foster, Tobey Maguire, Will Ferrell, Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock, and Renee Zellweger all made the list. Directors supporting their preferred candidate included Steven Spielberg (assigned to a table with his wife, Kate Capshaw, and uber-agent Ari Emanuel), Peter Berg, Christopher Guest (with his wife, Jamie Lee Curtis), James Mangold, Garry Marshall, Adam Shankman, and Robert Zemeckis. Making the invite list from the TV world: Curb Your Enthusiasm's Larry David, Office showrunner Greg Daniels, 24 star Dennis Haysbert, Sex and the City director Michael Patrick King, Heroes creator Tim Kring, Aaron Sorkin, Randy Jackson, Darren Star, and Joss Whedon. Music royalty on call included Quincy Jones, Berry Gordy, Hans Zimmer, and Herb Alpert. Of course, many of Hollywood's top executives also scored seats: the DreamWorks cabal of David Geffen, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and Stacey Snider; Fox's Tom Rothman and Jim Giannopoulos, and their boss Peter Chernin; Warner Bros.' Barry Meyer; Sony's Michael Lynton; and Universal's Ron Meyer. So while you may not be able to fork over $28K-plus for steak and potatoes with the possible future leader of the free world, now you can at least envision the crowd that handed over those hefty checks.

Table No. 4
Antonio Banderas, Roger Birnbaum, Eva Chow, Michael Chow, Kai Cole, Tom Freston, Melanie Griffith, Irene Roth, Joe Roth, Joss Whedon

(Editor's note: This is a faithful transcription of the guest list for the Obama fundraiser. It cannot be assumed that everyone on this list attended the event or sat at the tables to which they were assigned, nor does this list necessarily include all of the people who attended the event. Every attempt has been made to ensure that names are spelled correctly.)

Obama's Hollywood fundraiser: Who was on the guest list?
Sep 17, 2008, 09:36 PM | by Nicole Sperling Categories: Current Affairs, Movie Biz, Music Biz, On the Scene, TV Biz
http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/09/obamas-fundrais.html?iid=top25-20080918 Obama's+Hollywood+fundraiser%3A+Who+was+on+the+guest+list%3F