Dinner guests seen by reporters, or noted by waiters, included Will Ferrell, Jodie Foster, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Lee Curtis and DreamWorks founders Steven Spielberg, David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenbach.

Obama Picks Up $9 Million at Glitzy Hollywood Fundraiser
by Associated Press Tuesday, September 16, 2008
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/16/obama-hollywood/

UNITED STATES: BARACK OBAMA has raised an estimated $9 million (€6.3 million) in a single evening of fundraising in Hollywood, starting with a cocktail reception for 300 people followed by a performance for 800 by Barbra Streisand.

Admission to the cocktail party cost $28,500 (€19,900) per person and tickets for Ms Streisand's show cost $2,500 (€1,745).

Hollywood moguls David Geffen, Jeffrey Katzenberg and Steven Spielberg were among the top fundraisers for the event and guests included comedians Chris Rock and Sarah Silverman, actors Tobey Maguire, Pierce Brosnan, Will Ferrell and Jodie Foster.

Thursday, September 18, 2008Obama raises $9m at celebrity cocktail party
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2008/0918/1221599467896.html

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. 24
Will Ferrell, Andy Gordon, Tom Hamilton, Victoria Jackson, Brittany Lovett, Richard Lovett, Viveca Paulin Ferrell, Arnold Stiefel, Pauletta Washington, Renee Zellweger

(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
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