Barack Obama picks up about %15 of last Months Record-Breaking Campaign Fundraising from Hollywood Last Night
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Barack Obama partied with Hollywood celebrities Tuesday night and with the help of Oscar-winning singer and actress Barbra Streisand raised an eye-popping $9 million for his presidential campaign and the Democratic Party. The night was split into two glitzy events, a reception and dinner costing $28,500 each at the Greystone Mansion, followed by entertainment by Streisand at the nearby Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel. About 250-300 people were expected at the dinner and about 800 at

Barbra Streisand helps Obama to raise $9 Million
Barbra Streisand has helped U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama pull in a whopping $9 million (£4.8 million) after performing a rare show at a Democratic Party fundraiser.The diva played a set at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Hollywood on Tuesday (16Sep08), where tickets cost $2,500 (£1,350) each.A fundraising dinner held hours before Streisand's gig also pulled in the stars. Comment on this Article Actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Will Ferrell, Jodie Foster and Jamie Lee Curtis joined D

Barbra Streisand helps Obama to raise $9 Million
Barbra Streisand has helped U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama pull in a whopping $9 million (£4.8 million) after performing a rare show at a Democratic Party fundraiser.The diva played a set at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Hollywood on Tuesday (16Sep08), where tickets cost $2,500 (£1,350) each.A fundraising dinner held hours before Streisand's gig also pulled in the stars. Comment on this Article Actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Will Ferrell, Jodie Foster and Jamie Lee Curtis joined D

Stars Shine Bright at Obama’s Big Fundraiser
The fundraiser, which set back attendees $28,500 per ticket, drew the likes of Jodie Foster, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Lee Curtis, Chris Rock, Tobey Maguire and Will Ferrell, says The New York Daily News. The night’s festivities included a dinner at the Greystone Estate in Beverly Hills, followed by a concert by Oscar-winning icon Barbra Streisand at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel that cost $2,500 per ticket, says the paper. Read the full story   Arch

Stars Shine Bright at Obama's Big Fundraiser
A group of big-name celebrity politicos turned out to a  Barack Obama fundraiser in Beverly Hills Tuesday night! The fundraiser, which set back attendees $28,500 per ticket, drew the likes of Jodie Foster, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Lee Curtis, Chris Rock, Tobey Maguire and Will Ferrell, says The New York Daily News. The night’s festivities included a dinner at the Greystone Estate in Beverly Hills, followed by a concert by Oscar-winning icon Barbra Streisand at the Beverly Wilshire Hot

Barack Obama's Hollywood fundraiser guest list is full of stars
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. hollywoodinsider.ew.com   

Obama picks up about $9 million in Hollywood
Barack Obama partied with Hollywood celebrities Tuesday night and with the help of Oscar-winning singer and actress Barbra Streisand raised an eye-popping $9 million for his presidential campaign and the Democratic Party. The night was split into two glitzy events, a reception and dinner costing $28,500 each at the Greystone Mansion, followed by entertainment by Streisand at the nearby Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel. About 250-300 people were expected at the dinner and about 800 at the entertainment, which

Streisand Helps Obama Raise $9 Million
Singer/actress Barbra Streisand has helped U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama pull in a whopping $9 million (GBP4.8 million) after performing a rare show at a Democratic Party fundraiser. The diva played a set at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Hollywood on Tuesday (16Sep08), where tickets cost $2,500 (GBP1,350) each. A fundraising dinner held hours before Streisand's gig also pulled in the stars. Actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Will Ferrell, Jodie Foster and Jamie Lee Curtis joined DreamWorks

Obama Picks Up About $9 Million In Hollywood
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - Barack Obama partied with Hollywood celebrities Tuesday night and with the help of Oscar-winning singer and actress Barbra Streisand raised an eye-popping $9 million for his presidential campaign and the Democratic Party. The night was split into two glitzy events, a reception and dinner costing $28,500 each at the Greystone Mansion, followed by entertainment by Streisand at the nearby Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel. About 250-300 people were expected at the dinner and about 80

Streisand helps Obama raise $9 million
Singer/actress Barbra Streisand has helped presidential candidate Barack Obama pull in a whopping $9 million after performing a rare show at a Democratic Party fundraiser. Streisand played a set at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Hollywood on Tuesday, where tickets cost $2,500 each. A fundraising dinner held hours before Streisand's gig also pulled in the stars. Actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Will Ferrell, Jodie Foster and Jamie Lee Curtis joined DreamWorks studio partners Steven Spielberg, David Geffe

Obama picks up about $9 million in Hollywood - AP
Barack Obama partied with Hollywood celebrities Tuesday night and with the help of Oscar-winning singer and actress Barbra Streisand raised an eye-popping $9 million for his presidential campaign and the Democratic Party. The night was split into two glitzy events, a reception and dinner costing $28,500 each at the Greystone Mansion, followed by entertainment by Streisand at the nearby Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel. About 250-300 people were expected at the dinner and about 800 at the entertainment, which

Barack Obama picks up about $9 million in Liberal Hollywood
Barack Obama partied with Hollywood celebrities Tuesday night and with the help of Oscar-winning singer and actress Barbra Streisand raised an eye-popping $9 million for his presidential campaign and the Democratic Party. The night was split into two glitzy events, a reception and dinner costing $28,500 each at the Greystone Mansion, followed by entertainment by Streisand at the nearby Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel. About 250-300 people were expected at the dinner and about 800 at the entertainment, which

Streisand helps Obama raise $9 million
Singer/actress Barbra Streisand has helped presidential candidate Barack Obama pull in a whopping $9 million after performing a rare show at a Democratic Party fundraiser. Streisand played a set at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Hollywood on Tuesday, where tickets cost $2,500 each. A fundraising dinner held hours before Streisand's gig also pulled in the stars. Actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Will Ferrell, Jodie Foster and Jamie Lee Curtis joined DreamWorks studio partners Steven Spielberg, David Geffe

Streisand raises millions for Obama in Hollywood fundraiser
After a day when the John McCain staff provided easy fodder for the Barack Obama campaign, McCain was able to play turnabout, courtesy of the Democratic nominee. Glitz and cash While the nation apprehensively watching Wall Street, Barack Obama kept with his schedule and appeared at two Barbra Streisand sponsored fundraisers that are estimated to bring in $9 million. The fundraisers were chock full of A-listers, including Will Ferrell, Leonardo DeCaprio, Chris Rock, and Steven Spielberg. Plain folks Co

The Star Report: Obama and his elitist Hollywood party
Barack Obama has had to defend himself against dubious charges by the John McCain camp that he's an elitist (hey, it's McCain who has 18 houses) and a "celebrity," so you'd think he and his handlers might have thought twice about hobnobbing with Hollywood celebrities and power brokers at a couple of exclusive parties the other night. Except that, well, there's the matter of the $9 million the soirees raised. Who wouldn't endure a Barbra Streisand medley for that kind of change? The night was split into two

Obama picks up about $9 million in Hollywood
Barack Obama partied with Hollywood celebrities Tuesday night and with the help of Oscar-winning singer and actress Barbra Streisand raised an eye-popping $9 million for his presidential campaign and the Democratic Party. The night was split into two glitzy events, a reception and dinner costing $28,500 each at the Greystone Mansion, followed by entertainment by Streisand at the nearby Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel. About 250-300 people were expected at the dinner and about 800 at the entertainment, which c

Hollywood loves Barack
Barbra Streisand hosted the event, which was split into two glamorous events: a reception and dinner with price tags of $28,500 each at the Greystone Mansion, followed by entertainment by Streisand at the nearby Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel. About 250-300 people were expected at the dinner and about 800 at the entertainment, which cost $2,500 a ticket. Among dinner guests wrere Will Ferrell, Jodie Foster, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Lee Curtis and DreamWorks founders Steven Spielberg, David Geffen and Jeffr

They Were There
Leonardo DiCaprio, Jodie Foster, Chris Rock and Will Ferrell dug deep and paid the $28.5K to attend the Barbara Streisand-led fundraiser for Barack Obama in LA on Tuesday. According to a new report, Obama opened up and shared his feeling about the 'concerns' people have had about the closeness of the race to the White House: “A lot of you, just in conversations while we were in the photo lines, had all sorts of suggestions… And a lot of people have gotten nervous and concerned. Why is this as close

Barack Obama Graciously Turns Down Lindsay Lohan's Offer of Support [Politics]
Actress Lindsay Lohan, so politically outspoken these days, recently lobbied some criticism, once again on her MySpace page, against Sarah Palin—the Alaskan warrior poet who, just in the nick of time, stopped a confused John McCain from wandering into a cave full of bears and was named his Vice Presidential running mate as thanks. She said that Palin hates gays ("media-obsessed homophobe!") and that that is bad. And now she wants to join the cause and drum up support for Barack Obama! Trouble is, O

OBAMA'S $11 MILLION SWING THROUGH L.A.: Plus, '60 Minutes' to feature Democratic presidential nominee and his GOP rival.
*Sen. Barack Obama raised $11 million for his campaign and the Democratic Party at two star-studded fundraising events in Southern California Tuesday night, including one featuring a concert by Barbra Streisand.       The presidential nominee's night began with a reception and dinner at $28,500 per person at the famous Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills, and ended with Streisand's performance at the nearby Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel, which cost $2,500 per ticket.  &nbs

Barack Obama doesn’t want Lindsay’s help
After Lindsay Lohan spoke out against Sarah Palin, and for Barack Obama, word has it that she wanted to pitch in to help Obama make it to the White House. That she offered to host a series of events to appeal to young voters. Sounds great, right? I mean, go Lindsay!! But apparently the Obama-Biden campaign wasn’t keen on the idea. An inside source says Lindsay ”is not exactly the kind of high-profile star who would be a positive for us.” They gave Lindsay a “thanks, but no thanks&

Obama, McCain: Polls show a true battle
Forgot those national polls that portray a dead heat in the contest between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain. Polls in some of the most heavily contested states are showing the same thing. CNN and Opinion Research are out with a new poll in five hot states which mirrors what a bipartisan George Washington University Poll of several battleground states showed this week: A race within the margins of error. In Florida: 48 percent of registered voters surveyed favoring Obama, 48 percent Mc

Obama campaign loves Hollywood, but Lindsay Lohan
Barack Obama is happy to hob-nob with Hollywood elite such as Barbra Streisand, Steven Spielberg and Leonardo DiCaprio.But he apparently draws the line with gossip-page fodder such as Lindsay Lohan, according to the Chicago-Sun Times.Columnist Bill Zwecker wrote Wednesday that a source in Obama's campaign told him that Lohan, whose career took a tumble - then a stumble - last year after a DUI arrest and numerous unflattering paparazzi pictures, was looking to help the Democratic nominee for President's camp

Obama Moments: Hip-Hop Artists & Political Figures Reflect
On a nippy February morning in Springfield, Illinois, a man named Barack Obama announced his candidacy for the presidency of the United States. The country collectively yawned, the media snickered, conservatives cracked jokes, liberals worried that he was just overcrowding an already packed field primary field, and Black America smiled, but rolled back over in the bed, back into the covers, believing that nothing substantial would ever come of it.Because that's the way it's always been, and that's the way i

A Future Prez - He’s Just Like Us
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