For once, the hottest February ticket in Hollywood is not to Vanity Fair's exclusive post-Oscar party. Tinseltown insiders are scrambling for $2,300-a-head tickets to the political fund-raiser for Senator Barack Obama being organised by Hollywood godfathers Steven Spielberg, David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg.
"We hope you will be able to join us and meet Sen. Obama in person," the Hollywood power trio, founders of the DreamWorks studio, wrote in their invitation to the February 20 reception at the Beverly Hills hotel.
Of course, being Hollywood, there's a VIP event to cap it: people who commit to raising $46,000 for Obama's campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination will be invited to dinner afterwards with the charismatic black senator from Illinois at Geffen's Malibu beachfront home. |
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Hollywood knows a star when it sees one and Tinseltown's biggest liberal names seem almost speechless with excitement as Obama begins his presidential campaign. Halle Berry says she'll "collect paper cups off the ground to make his pathway clear", while George Clooney's publicist says that "George is a huge supporter and fan of Barack, as well as a friend."
Oprah Winfrey, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Oliver Stone have also come out for Obama. "He has achieved rock-star status quickly," says Democrat strategist Bill Carrick.
Until Obama stepped into the ring, most Hollywood liberals were solidly behind Hillary Clinton, who has long seen Hollywood as a power and financial base. Her supporters include Barbra Streisand, producer Steve Bing - the father of Liz Hurley's child - and Elizabeth Taylor.
But the big issue for most
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