Stars Coming Out for Hillary, Again
by Josh Gerstein
Tue, 22 Jan 2008 at 1:33 PM
Hollywood is making another big fund-raising push for Senator Clinton on the figurative eve of California's February 5 Democratic primary.
Some real Hollywood heavyweights are hosting the January 31 evening reception with and for Mrs. Clinton at the Beverly Wilshire hotel, according to an invitation obtained by The New York Sun. The show business types throwing the bash include Billy Crystal, Mary Steenburgen and Ted Danson, Sally Field, Diane Keaton, Rob Reiner, and the one and only--Barbra Streisand. Other notables include a former California governor, Gray Davis, a businessman and ex-basketball great, Earvin "Magic" Johnson, and prominent music producers, Clarence Avant and Berry Gordon.
Tickets start at $500, with a $2,300 primary-season max-out winning entree to a VIP reception. The challenge for the Hollywood titans and other organizers will be finding Hollywood denizens able and willing to give, who haven't already maxed out.
Also on the host list is a former supermarket magnate and billionaire investor, Ron Burkle. His firm's business dealings with President Clinton and Mr. Clinton's efforts to liquidate those ties were the subject of a Page One story in the Wall Street Journal today.
For those building a do-it-yourself Clinton fund-raising calendar, the day after the Hollywood gala, she will be in San Francisco for another money event.
Also, in assessing the campaign's decision to have her spend three days outside South Carolina in advance of that state's primary Saturday, it's worth noting that she plans to spend this Thursday night in New York at a pre-Super Tuesday fund-raiser, as the Sun reported a week ago. Donors to that event are being told they have to find primary-season money to enter.
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