Link via LA Times
Meanwhile, Hollywood is gearing up for pro-Obama events — concerts, parties and galas — between now and November.
A soundtrack CD with songs dedicated to Obama is in the works (think of all that musical hope available for download to your iPod.) A black and white ball is planned for Aug. 21 in Beverly Hills where celebrities are being invited to celebrate Obama’s candidacy.
(The candidate, however, will not actually be there. He will be busy working on his acceptance speech, which he’ll deliver four days later at the Democratic National Convention in Denver.)
Some of the celebrities who’ve already signed up to attend the ball, which is being organized independently of Obama’s campaign, include: Lucy Liu, Ashley Judd, Jessica Alba, Don Cheadle, Khaled Hosseini, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Dennis Haysbert, Kathy Griffin, Zach Braff, Regina King, Hill Harper, Ben McKenzie, Melanie Brown and “many executives and industry professionals,” according event chairwoman Asal Masomi.
I can’t wait to see the photos of President Palmer giving a few words of advice to President Obama