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. Clearly, the closeness of this race is bringing out the entertainment industry’s most generous donors. The biggest haul of the evening came from a $28,500-per-plate dinner held at the Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills. About 300 guests were in attendance, and lucky EW.com readers, we’ve got the guest list.
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.
Who else made the list? The rundown is after the jump.
Table No. 1
Christopher Boicelli,
David Hoberman,
Tia Hoberman,
Eddie Murphy,
Suzanne Saperstein,
Eric Schmidt,
Wendy Schmidt, Elizabeth Wiatt,
Jim Wiatt,
Christina Zilber
Table No. 2
Ina Coleman,
John Emerson,
Kimberly Emerson,
Leslie Gilbert-Lurie,
Brindell Gottlieb,
Bruce Karsh,
Martha Karsh,
John Lovelace,
Lillian Lovelace,
Austin Wilson
Table No. 3
Herb Alpert,
Lani Alpert,
Ernie Banks,
Liz Banks,
Bradley Bell,
Colleen Bell,
Jennifer Hecht,
Sean Hecht,
Burton Sperber,
Charlene Sperber
Table No. 4
Antonio Banderas,
Roger Birnbaum,
Eva Chow,
Michael Chow,
Kai Cole,
Tom Freston,
Melanie Griffith,
Irene Roth,
Joe Roth,
Joss Whedon
Table No. 5
Dan Abrams,
Fernando Aguerre,
Chris Albrecht,
Terry Bean,
Bruce Cohen,
Festus Dada,
Tom McGrath,
Sandy Medallis,
Eric Paquette,
Jessica Pastino
Table No. 6
Phil Angelides,
Jolene Blalock,
Dana Kiesel,
Robert Margolis,
Vance Owen,
Kathleen Poncher,
Mitchell Quaranta,
Nina Quaranta,
Michael Rapino,
Barbara Wiser
Table No. 7
Barry Meyer,
Monica Rosenthal,
Phil Rosenthal,
Ben Silverman,
Aaron Sorkin,
Darren Star,
Beth Swofford,
Gary Tobey,
Suzanne Tobey,
Paula Weinstein
Table No. 8
Austin Beutner,
Virginia Beutner,
Jim Brooks,
Ellis Jones,
Lisa Jones,
Barry Lang,
Jane Lang,
Jamie Lynton,
Michael Lynton,
Barbara Mandel
Table No. 9
Clarence Avant,
Ron Gillyard,
Lisa Hansen,
Quincy Jones,
James Lassiter,
David Pressler,
Brenda Richie,
Mia Sara,
Chris Silbermann
Table No. 10
Skip Brittenham,
Gary Goldberg,
Laurie MacDonald,
Diana Meehan,
Walter Parkes,
Eleanor Rothman,
Tom Rothman,
Heather Thomas,
John Wells,
Marilyn Wells
Table No. 11
Christine Forester,
David Geffen,
Stanley Grinstein,
Jeffrey Katzenberg,
Marilyn Katzenberg,
Jeremy Lingvall,
Charlie Rivkin
Table No. 12
Christie Burton,
Bob Daly,
Carole Daly,
Berry Gordy,
Susan Harris,
Mo Ostin,
Paul Junger Witt,
Robert Zemeckis,
Leslie Zemeckis
Table No. 13
Kristin Dornig,
LouAnne Kellman,
Brian Khoury,
Judith Krantz,
Steve Krantz,
Tony Krantz,
Tim Ludwig,
Virginia Mussio,
Kim Parker
Table No. 14
Gerry Breslauer,
Bruce Corwin,
Anne Globe,
Brad Globe,
Joyce Klein,
Barbara Marshall,
Garry Marshall,
Guy Oseary,
Billy Ray,
Peg Yorkin
Table No. 15
Jodie Foster,
Janusz Kaminski,
Kathleen Kennedy,
Frank Marshall,
Audra Nathanson,
Jeff Nathanson,
Rebecca Rankin,
Stacey Snider,
Hans Zimmer,
Suzanne Zimmer
Table No. 16
Leonardo DiCaprio,
Brian Grazer,
Nicky Hilton,
Cheryl Howard,
Paige Howard,
David Katzenberg,
Karey Kirkpatrick,
Chris Rock,
Andrew Sassoon,
Chosan Nguyen,
Chris Columbus
Table No. 17
Samuel Amagen,
Nicolas Berggruen,
Charles Berney,
John Langley,
Renee Moore,
Dolores Robinson,
Jeff Skoll,
Bruce Smith,
David Rubin
Table No. 18
Jane Bovingdon Semel,
Polly Draper,
Ken Grouf,
Jim Kelly,
Bettina Kurowski,
Richard Roberts,
Adam Shankman,
Edward Tabash,
Christina Yorn,
Mark Kleiman
Table No. 19
Nicole Avant,
Kate Capshaw,
Ari Emanuel,
Sidney Felson,
Kelly Meyer,
Ron Meyer,
Jennifer Perry,
Andy Spahn,
Steven Spielberg,
Joanie Wyel
Table No. 20
Megan Chernin,
Peter Chernin,
Jami Gertz,
Jim Gianopulos,
Tobey Maguire,
Jennifer Meyer,
Barry Porter,
Tony Ressler,
Chris Rock,
Reagan Silber
Table No. 21
Lois Gunther,
Richard Gunther,
Jenna King,
Michael King,
Mattie Lawson,
Michael Lawson,
Lyn Lear,
Irena Medavoy,
Mike Medavoy
Table No. 22
Greg Daniels,
Larry David,
Sarah Emanuel,
Marta Kaufman,
Alexandra Meneses Simpson,
Elon Musk,
Liz Naftali,
Talulah Riley,
John Simpson,
Michael Skloff
Table No. 23
Peter Berg,
Leah Fischer,
Sam Fischer,
Camille Guaty,
David Kelley,
Tim Kring,
Seth MacFarlane,
Cheryl Miller,
Jim Miller,
Rick Rosen
Table No. 24
Will Ferrell,
Andy Gordon,
Tom Hamilton,
Victoria Jackson,
Brittany Lovett,
Richard Lovett,
Viveca Paulin Ferrell,
Arnold Stiefel,
Pauletta Washington,
Renee Zellweger
Table No. 25
Frank Agrama,
Debbie Attanasio,
Mark Attanasio,
Alan Fox,
Daveen Fox,
Carol Hamilton,
David Khon,
James Mangold,
Candace McKeever,
Wendy Wanderman
Table No. 26
Elizabeth Hayward,
Michael Hayward,
Mira Hayward,
David Hines,
Chris Lambert,
Crystal Nix Hines,
Lynda Resnick,
Richard Riordan,
Jan Tuttleman,
Mary Urquhart,
Lisa Wolf
Table No. 27
Jamie Lee Curtis,
Van Fletcher,
Richard Foos,
Shari Foos,
Christopher Guest,
Alan Hergott,
Skip Paul,
Curt Shepard,
Barbara Sherman,
Richard Sherman
Table No. 28
Elaine Attias,
Jules Daly,
Kevin Eubanks,
Bill Guthy,
Meena Harris,
Dennis Haysbert,
Randy Jackson,
Suzanne Saperstein,
Abby Sher,
Sam Simon,
Jenna Stewart
Table No. 29
Jodie Evans,
Amanda Fairey,
Shepard Fairey,
Ellen Grinstein,
Rami Kolahi,
Ken Luskin,
Jonathan Palevsky,
Max Palevsky,
Sylvie Rabineau,
Frank Smith
Table No. 30
Joe Calabrese,
Margot Calabrese,
Anne Gifford,
Chad Gifford,
Bram Goldsmith,
Elaine Goldsmith,
Russell Goldsmith,
Ed Redlich,
Catharine Soros,
Jeffrey Soros,
Sarah Timberman
(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.)
Table No. 1
Christopher Boicelli,David Hoberman,Tia Hoberman,Eddie Murphy,Suzanne Saperstein,Eric Schmidt,Wendy Schmidt, Elizabeth Wiatt,Jim Wiatt,Christina Zilber
Table No. 2
Ina Coleman,John Emerson,Kimberly Emerson,Leslie Gilbert-Lurie,Brindell Gottlieb,Bruce Karsh,Martha Karsh,John Lovelace,Lillian Lovelace,Austin Wilson
Table No. 3
Herb Alpert,Lani Alpert,Ernie Banks,Liz Banks,Bradley Bell,Colleen Bell,Jennifer Hecht,Sean Hecht,Burton Sperber,Charlene Sperber
Table No. 4
Antonio Banderas,Roger Birnbaum,Eva Chow,Michael Chow,Kai Cole,Tom Freston,Melanie Griffith,Irene Roth,Joe Roth,Joss Whedon
Table No. 5
Dan Abrams,Fernando Aguerre,Chris Albrecht,Terry Bean,Bruce Cohen,Festus Dada,Tom McGrath,Sandy Medallis,Eric Paquette,Jessica Pastino
Table No. 6
Phil Angelides,Jolene Blalock,Dana Kiesel,Robert Margolis,Vance Owen,Kathleen Poncher,Mitchell Quaranta,Nina Quaranta,Michael Rapino,Barbara Wiser
Table No. 7
Barry Meyer,Monica Rosenthal,Phil Rosenthal,Ben Silverman,Aaron Sorkin,Darren Star,Beth Swofford,Gary Tobey,Suzanne Tobey,Paula Weinstein
Table No. 8
Austin Beutner,Virginia Beutner,Jim Brooks,Ellis Jones,Lisa Jones,Barry Lang,Jane Lang,Jamie Lynton,Michael Lynton,Barbara Mandel
Table No. 9
Clarence Avant,Ron Gillyard,Lisa Hansen,Quincy Jones,James Lassiter,David Pressler,Brenda Richie,Mia Sara,Chris Silbermann
Table No. 10
Skip Brittenham,Gary Goldberg,Laurie MacDonald,Diana Meehan,Walter Parkes,Eleanor Rothman,Tom Rothman,Heather Thomas,John Wells,Marilyn Wells
Table No. 11
Christine Forester,David Geffen,Stanley Grinstein,Jeffrey Katzenberg,Marilyn Katzenberg,Jeremy Lingvall,Charlie Rivkin
Table No. 12
Christie Burton,Bob Daly,Carole Daly,Berry Gordy,Susan Harris,Mo Ostin,Paul Junger Witt,Robert Zemeckis,Leslie Zemeckis
Table No. 13
Kristin Dornig,LouAnne Kellman,Brian Khoury,Judith Krantz,Steve Krantz,Tony Krantz,Tim Ludwig,Virginia Mussio,Kim Parker
Table No. 14
Gerry Breslauer,Bruce Corwin,Anne Globe,Brad Globe,Joyce Klein,Barbara Marshall,Garry Marshall,Guy Oseary,Billy Ray,Peg Yorkin
Table No. 15
Jodie Foster,Janusz Kaminski,Kathleen Kennedy,Frank Marshall,Audra Nathanson,Jeff Nathanson,Rebecca Rankin,Stacey Snider,Hans Zimmer,Suzanne Zimmer
Table No. 16
Leonardo DiCaprio,Brian Grazer,Nicky Hilton,Cheryl Howard,Paige Howard,David Katzenberg,Karey Kirkpatrick,Chris Rock,Andrew Sassoon,Chosan Nguyen,Chris Columbus
Table No. 17
Samuel Amagen,Nicolas Berggruen,Charles Berney,John Langley,Renee Moore,Dolores Robinson,Jeff Skoll,Bruce Smith,David Rubin
Table No. 18
Jane Bovingdon Semel,Polly Draper,Ken Grouf,Jim Kelly,Bettina Kurowski,Richard Roberts,Adam Shankman,Edward Tabash,Christina Yorn,Mark Kleiman
Table No. 19
Nicole Avant,Kate Capshaw,Ari Emanuel,Sidney Felson,Kelly Meyer,Ron Meyer,Jennifer Perry,Andy Spahn,Steven Spielberg,Joanie Wyel
Table No. 20
Megan Chernin,Peter Chernin,Jami Gertz,Jim Gianopulos,Tobey Maguire,Jennifer Meyer,Barry Porter,Tony Ressler,Chris Rock,Reagan Silber
Table No. 21
Lois Gunther,Richard Gunther,Jenna King,Michael King,Mattie Lawson,Michael Lawson,Lyn Lear,Irena Medavoy,Mike Medavoy
Table No. 22
Greg Daniels,Larry David,Sarah Emanuel,Marta Kaufman,Alexandra Meneses Simpson,Elon Musk,Liz Naftali,Talulah Riley,John Simpson,Michael Skloff
Table No. 23
Peter Berg,Leah Fischer,Sam Fischer,Camille Guaty,David Kelley,Tim Kring,Seth MacFarlane,Cheryl Miller,Jim Miller,Rick Rosen
Table No. 24
Will Ferrell,Andy Gordon,Tom Hamilton,Victoria Jackson,Brittany Lovett,Richard Lovett,Viveca Paulin Ferrell,Arnold Stiefel,Pauletta Washington,Renee Zellweger
Table No. 25
Frank Agrama,Debbie Attanasio,Mark Attanasio,Alan Fox,Daveen Fox,Carol Hamilton,David Khon,James Mangold,Candace McKeever,Wendy Wanderman
Table No. 26
Elizabeth Hayward,Michael Hayward,Mira Hayward,David Hines,Chris Lambert,Crystal Nix Hines,Lynda Resnick,Richard Riordan,Jan Tuttleman,Mary Urquhart,Lisa Wolf
Table No. 27
Jamie Lee Curtis,Van Fletcher,Richard Foos,Shari Foos,Christopher Guest,Alan Hergott,Skip Paul,Curt Shepard,Barbara Sherman,Richard Sherman
Table No. 28
Elaine Attias,Jules Daly,Kevin Eubanks,Bill Guthy,Meena Harris,Dennis Haysbert,Randy Jackson,Suzanne Saperstein,Abby Sher,Sam Simon,Jenna Stewart
Table No. 29
Jodie Evans,Amanda Fairey,Shepard Fairey,Ellen Grinstein,Rami Kolahi,Ken Luskin,Jonathan Palevsky,Max Palevsky,Sylvie Rabineau,Frank Smith
Table No. 30
Joe Calabrese,Margot Calabrese,Anne Gifford,Chad Gifford,Bram Goldsmith,Elaine Goldsmith,Russell Goldsmith,Ed Redlich,Catharine Soros,Jeffrey Soros,Sarah Timberman
(Editor’s note: This is a faithful transcription of theguest list for the Obama fundraiser. It cannot be assumed that everyoneon this list attended the event or sat at the tables towhich they were assigned, nor does this list necessarily include allof the people who attended the event. Every attempt has been made toensure that names are spelled correctly.)
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Damn, wish I was there!
chris rock was at 2 tables? wish i was there, but i certainly do not have that kind of money.
who cares
Definitely a star-struck Presidential candidate. I know I won’t be voting for him since I’m just a simple commoner.
Crazy, Frank Agramai a friend of mine.
by which I mean Agrama
In this case its definately the stars that are struck by the canidate. They came to see him, not vise versa…
In this case its definately the stars that are struck by the canidate. They came to see him, not vise versa…
Definitley an A-list crowd, but I bed to differ…it appears to me that the stars are Obama struck. Anyway who cares-all of poor and rich can only vote once, so why knock him for attracting the masses?
I’m never watching any movie that any of these people work on in the future.
-Middle America Guy
Just kidding. I’m from “Middle America” (wherever that is) so I can make that joke. Making fun of the majority of the country is like the new racism. It’s fun! Elitism is the way to go! If everybody were elitist, the world would be so much better. Gosh, it makes me so mad that I’m an elitist and everybody else is so below me. Idiots.
Yep. Obama REALLY identifies with the American making less than $40,000 a year. With $28,000 a plate, he really is one of us.
Rhyne, do you think John Mcaan, with an estimated wealth of $23–36 million could do a better job of relating to the average American?
It’s ludicrous how The Republicans call Obama an elitist while Mcaan has made deliberate moves to conceal his wealth. Try getting him to tell you how many houses he owns.
They have just as much right as we do in supporting a candidate. I agree with Kacy – in the end all of our votes will be counted the same. Did you hear that Lindsay Lohan wanted to plan fundraisers to support Barack Obama but his camp said thanks but no thanks? I thought that was hilarious! Even though she might be a nutjob her vote still counts towards our election. Let’s not forget that John Mccain also had a fundraiser in Beverly Hills recently. He made lots of money too but his guest list was probably nothing like Barack’s.
Zzzzzz
Barack Obama privately tried to persuade Iraqi political leaders to stall an agreement on scaling back American troops in Iraq while publicly campaigning for a speedy withdrawal, Obama’s campaign is not a train wreck; it’s Chernobyl.
One of CNN’s leading Obama sychophants, Candy Crowley, let the cat out of the Obama bag, when she told viewers that the Obama campaign had wanted horrific Wall Street headlines to help their campaign. Crowley, and fellow Obama sychophant David Gergen, were extolling the virtues of bad economic news for the Obama campaign.
Of course, no one would expect CNN to actually deal with the issue of who or what party is responsible for the economy. No, their template is the economy is horrible, we are going to blame Bush and McCain and Obama will benefit.
The Drudge Report had this story on its site this morning, it had been pulled. Drudge realized how bad this would look for the Obama campaign.
It’s beyond audacious that we have one candidate for President who is full of hope. Hope that the economy is so bad, that he can win an election because of it. The conservative internet has its work cut out for it for the next 53 days.
Greg Daniels, Larry David and Marta Kaufman at the same table?! I would’ve been out of my mind…they’re the masterminds behind 3 of my favorite shows!
Even though I considered myself a republican most of my life, I still would have loved to be sitting at one of those table! It’s probably my thoughest election. I like both sides ;(
let’s face it folks, Hollywood is soooo passe’….. 95% of the movies and tv shows suck and the the movie biz is going the way of Enron and Lehman… the key word here is: HYPOCRITES
Dennis Haysbert has not been on 24 in YEARS..he is on his OWN SHOW, called The Unit. Maybe you should learn about it.
LOL. People are knocking Obama for “not being one of us” because of this fundraiser? Seriously?!? It’s easy money, nothing more. Besides, doesn’t anyone wonder where all of McCain’s money comes from? Say hello to lobbyists and corporate America. CEOs with more money than they know what to do with. His female spokesperson of late – Carly Fiorina? she was let go from HP after doing a horrible job and received over $40 million as a “golden parachute.” His wife doesn’t even know how many houses they own. Ah yes, John McCain, the regular “Regular Joe.” Give me a break. I’d pit the heart of Steven Spielberg (who brought the world Schindler’s List and Saving Private Ryan) against a greedy corporate guy any day.
when people run for election, they hold fundraisers. it’s a fact. obama’s pretty savvy to have raised $11 million in one day. i like that kind of economic thinking –it’s presidential! OBAMA/ BIDEN ‘08!!!
what a waste of money. lets tax the hollywood crowd 92percent and then see how much hollywood loosers will love Obama the man who hates whites or should I say whities.
Cindy, you are disgusting.
So…was the Dan Abrams on the list the Dan Abrams from MSNBC?
Who is this Crazy Frank Agrama? Should we know him?
Rhyne: Excuse me, but if it weren’t for John and Cindy’s wealth Cindy would have served time in Prison for stealing Perscription Drugs from her own Medical Charity. It is a Federal Crime to forge the signature of a Doctor.
FYI – The United States Entertainment industry is one on eof the few parts of the American economy that is growing WORLDWIDE. In fact, it actually has an international trade surplus(Unlike the Oil industry).
So the next time you Right-wingers want to complain about the Entertainment biz……try living without them.
It’s nice to see that Chris Rock was seated at two tables #16 and #20 – was he even there?
I believe Chris Rock bought two tickets to this event!