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*Keshia Knight Pulliam helped to raise more than $1 million for her alma mater, reports the YBF blog. The Cosby kid, who graduated in 2001 with a B.A. in Sociology and a concentration in film, teamed with Spelman College Board Members to host a Fall Fashion Presentation and fundraiser at SAKS in Atlanta. Among the [...]
*The other day we saw Jay-Z give a eloquent and poignant endorsement of the president, but now we take a look at the Latino/Hispanic vote; a strong vote that must be won by the presidential candidate in order to win the election. The Latino numbers are there for President Obama so far and Rosie Perez [...]
*Following a stop on the “Late Show With David Letterman” in New York on Tuesday, President Barack Obama attended a fundraiser hosted by Jay-Z and Beyoncé at the rapper’s 40/40 Club and left with a cool $4 million for his reelection campaign. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] A pool report notes that 100 donors in [...]
*The beer commercials are generally the same with jokes, action segments, and pretty ladies, but one stands out from the rest. The Dos Equis commercials that feature a man that is the James Bond of beer. Jonathan Goldsmith is the Dos Equis spokesman and has become known through the commercials as “The most interesting man [...]
*As previously reported, Beyoncé is on the campaign trail for Obama. Supporters received a personalized email from the singer, inviting them to a fundraiser at her hubby’s 40/40 club. “I don’t usually email you,” reads the message. “But I have an amazing invitation to share.” The Hip Hop power couple will be hosting a fundraiser [...]
*While President Obama is in New York next week for his 20/20 fundraiser with Jay-Z and Beyonce, he’ll make a pit stop at “The Late Show with David Letterman” for his seventh appearance since the 2008 election. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The president will be interviewed on the Tuesday, Sept. 18 broadcast – the [...]
*President Barack Obama was in New York City Wednesday to participate in the long-awaited Obama Classic, a basketball fundraiser with current and former NBA and WNBA stars. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Originally scheduled during the 2011 NBA lockout when basketball fans had nowhere to see their favorite players play, the event was canceled after [...]
*The Romney campaign hasn’t done a great job of convincing the general population of his understanding of the common man’s plight and his latest fundraisers place him even further away from being the greatest candidate for the common man. Al Sharpton is taking the gloves off to make sure we’re gearing up for the election [...]
*With the tailwinds of a fresh same-sex marriage endorsement at his back, President Barack Obama flew into Los Angeles on Thursday to attend a star-studded fundraiser hosted by George Clooney. Chef Wolfgang Puck fed the roughly 150 guests, including Barbara Streisand and her husband James Brolin, Billy Crystal, Selma Hayak and Robert Downey Jr. The [...]
*Robert De Niro’s joke about race and politics has not gone down well in the Obama camp, prompting Michelle Obama’s spokesperson to brand his humor as “inappropriate.” (Are you a fan of EURweb? Like us on Facebook or Follow us on Twitter.) On Monday night (March 19), De Niro opened a New York fundraising event, [...]
*Who knew actor Robert DeNiro was also a comedian … and a Newt Gingrich pisser-offer, so to speak? (Are you a fan of EURweb? Like us on Facebook or Follow us on Twitter.) At a fundraiser Monday night in New York, while addressing a starstudded, exclusive crowd in the back room of Locanda Verde, De [...]
*A gathering of Hollywood A-listers toasted First Lady Michelle Obama in Beverly Hills Tuesday evening, raising nearly $1 million for her husband’s reelection campaign, according to The Hollywood Reporter. About 135 people — a mix of artists and executives in music, film and television — mingled on a candlelit patio at the home of former [...]
*Spike Lee and wife Tonya will host a fund-raising dinner for President Obama in New York on Jan. 19, according to the New York Post’s Page Six. Lee, who has been supportive and critical of Obama’s presidency over the course of his term, will throw the fundraiser at his Upper East Side brownstone as an [...]
*As previously reported, President Obama will make a return swing through Los Angeles to court Latino voters on Oct. 24. It was announced last night that the fundraiser will take place at the home of actors Antonio Banderas and his wife Melanie Griffith, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The event, the first ever national Latino [...]
*President Obama can’t catch a break lately. After the awards dinner with the CBC the other night and all the critics coming out against his wording “stop complainin’ “ his message is often lost. But a heckler at the fundraiser in Los Angeles, where he spoke the other night, didn’t allow him room to get [...]
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