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TUESDAY 5:45 PM: Hollywood VIP David Geffen was seated at President Obama's table.
TUESDAY UPDATE: The White House announced today that also invited from showbiz were GE chairman Jeff Immelt whose corporation runs NBC Universal, Oprah Winfrey galpal Gayle King, director M. Night Shyamalan, and actors Alfre Woodard and Blair E Underwood.
Entertainers: Jennifer Hudson, AR Rahman, Bay Area Empire Bhangra, Kurt Elling, Marvin Hamlisch
EXCLUSIVE: If tradition stands, the details of the guest list will be revealed only a few hours before the Obama administration's first state dinner tomorrow. The welcome for India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be the biggest social event of the Obama White House. Already the Washington DC press corp is buzzing about the "got-to-be-there" fever. But this first dinner is primarily a thank you to the Obamas' most important political supporters. So I've learned that, among the Hollywood contingent asked to attend, are onetime DreamWorks partners David Geffen, Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg; Sony Pictures Entertainment chairman Michael Lynton; and WME Entertainment Agency co-CEO Ari Emanuel.
Spielberg's inclusion is interesting since he was a much ballyhooed Hillary Clinton supporter during the first months of her primary campaign when she looked like a sure thing, then quietly threw his clout behind Obama after he became the clear winner. But, given that the guest of honor is India's highest ranking statesman, Spielberg's new financial relationship with India's giant corporation Reliance more than explains his presence. Geffen was an early Obama backer who publicly took on the Clintons with pointed criticism at the start of the primary season. Katzenberg was one of Obama's earliest supporters, and became a faithful fundraiser. Both he and Geffen were considered Obama's biggest Hollywood bundlers during the campaign.
Lynton was a longtime supporter primarily because of the influence of his wife Jamie whose Chicago family has longtime political connections to the Obamas. Her mother Joanne Alter, the first female Democrat elected in Cook County, talent-spotted Obama in 2003 and convinced her daughter to support him. As a result, Lynton co-hosted an early fundraiser for Obama’s Senate bid in 2004 in addition to hosting one of the earliest Hollywood campaign events for him when most showbiz types were still supporting Hillary. (Will.i.am, who composed the viral video for the Obama campaign anthem “Yes, We Can,” met the candidate during a fundraiser at the Lyntons' home.)
And Chicago native Emanuel not only was one of Obama's first Hollywood political and financial backers, but, like duh, his brother Rahm is the White House chief of staff. They'll join the President and First Lady and 400 guests in an elaborate tent erected on the South Lawn. As for who has been chosen to provide the evening's entertainment, this White House has shown eclectic taste: Stevie Wonder already has played a concert in the East Room, Marc Anthony already took to the South Lawn for an evening of Latin music, and the Foo Fighters played the Fourth of July party.
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He should have also invited the heads of CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS and NY Times, since they support him fully as well.
Barrack Hussein Obama and his merry band of idiots have been lame ducks since day one. Obama makes Bush look like a rocket scientist. When are people going to realize this guy is a fraud, an actor. When you want to have a refreshing drink and pull up to the old punch bowl, the turds that you see floating in it are Obama and his lapdogs, ABC, CBS, MSNBC, NYT. All I can say is fire them all, Reid….GONE, Pelosi……GONE, send these a-holes a clear message. And simply ignore all liberal Hollywood types, don’t waste a dime on their products. Put them in the poor house just like we are all going to be under BHO.
I could not have said it any better!
Hans, you’re an idiot. Just like Bush. Obama is a great President and you’re a great fool.
Entertainment is America’s chief export. Don’t hate the player or the game, just keep hating yourself.
Wonder if you had this much bile when Bush was ruining the country.
I feel so bad for you. To have a heart filled with such hatred and contempt because of a man’s color. When will you people realize that we all came from the same place; Mother Africa. May the Lord heal your head and heart.
ronald reagan — refresh my memory here — he was an actor, correct?
i feel sorry for you ditto heads bush and chaney were the biggest cowards in us history thank god they are gone
Hans Gruber, Get a life. In america, the majority wins and get used to Presiden Obama. We will vote again to re-elect him. You are just like the rest of the right wing nutties….a band of hypocrites!!. Guys like you drive me nuts. You claim to like America, yet you cannot stomach when an American President honors a visiting head of state. You claim to be CHRISTIANS and love GOD, yet you right wingers are first to commit adultry (SC Gov), first to commit prostitution (Louisiana Senator), first to molest children (Tex repub congressman). The Dems do it, but they do not rub it in our faces. Get used to PRESIDENT OBAMA. Myself and the rest of AMERICA will match you in voting POWER!!
Hans Gruber, you act like you are the only one who gets to vote in America…NOT!!. The rest of us Americans also get to vote and we said last November that we want Obama. We will say it again in 2012 that we want Obama. You lost once and you will loose again THIS IS NOT your country alone. It belongs to the rest of us
Absolute bull crap no member of the MSM except some commentators on MSNBC support anything the democrats say. THEY ARE REPUBLICAN OWNED AND SPEW THE CRAP REPUBLICANS TELL THEM. If this country had a free unfrittered MSM bush wouldn’t have been able to steal two reigns.
And by the way = what’s wrong with Hollywood. Bush sent out invites to all the has been movie stars and has been country western stars to attend his “dinners”.
Just because BHO is bad does not mean GWB was good. Just because GWB was bad does not me BHO is good. If I am on fire and you dump me in water and wont let me up I may not burn to death I will just drown. Change is not always good. Unless its underwear in which case I am all for it
Did you honestly just say “What’s wrong with Hollywood”?
Hollywood is primarily a very close knit membership of very gay and very disturbed people who can be led around by the ring in their nose like sheep. Spineless and short on ears and long on mouths. The first to go when the fit hits the shan.
if you have to ask WHATS WRONG WITH HOLLYWOOD, then you are just one of the un-informed morons who elected this clown. ( no offense to real clowns intended ) Hollywood is NOT reflective of American values and I hope Hussein Obama continues to pal around with them, 2012 cant get here soon enough
“Absolute bull crap no member of the MSM except some commentators on MSNBC support anything the democrats say. THEY ARE REPUBLICAN OWNED AND SPEW THE CRAP REPUBLICANS TELL THEM.”
You’re joking right? CBS, ABC, NBC, CNN, MSNBC all did their part to get Obama elected. Only Fox has Republican commentators and even in the early days of Obama’s Presidency alot of Fox’s anchors were caught up in the hype (I remeber one blonde anchor on Fox saying Obama and Biden were the hunkiest duo ever to serve as President and V.P LOL!).
But don’t even try to tell me those first five networks are biased towards Republicans. Those networks are so obviously left. In fact I don’t think they even try to hide it.
And why to you leftist bitch about Fox anyway? Let the right have their one network. You guys have 5.
What’s wrong with Hollywood? A town filled with millionaire fascists who feign support of all causes liberal while contributing not one dime to charity and making their movies overseas to avoid having to pay union rates.
And stupid cow loser ugly fat liberals believe Hollywood and obama give a crap about them and the rest of the underclass, but they would not piss on them if they were on fire.
People in this country who believe they are entitled to medical coverage, housing, food, car payments, and all the other BS liberal politicians promise for free because rich people will pay better get a clue.
Real Americans are not going to take this crap. Real Americans want their economy back. Real Americans want the opportunity to work and earn as much as they can without having to give half of it to scumbag liberal freeloaders.
It is over. Obama is over. Global warming is over. And all the other BS the chicago mafia America-hating fascist have been trying to ram down the throats of decent American is over.
Fat freeloading parasites will have a choice: Get their fat a$$es up and get a job, or move to fu@king Canada.
marge, what planet are you living on? 90% of MSM are democrats and obama supporters. thats not me talking that is fact based on poles taken in the media.
yes bush did have some stars and c&w singers but, again nothing like this why, because again most are democrat and i might add most all hollywood types are clueless aboit what is going on in the real world. they are only worried about what makes them look good and feel good. it is all about them. this like most politicians and our president. it is all about them, period.
Blind liberal claiming the alphabet-media is run by republicans. Bush won both elections so get over it. What’s wrong with Hollywood? Nothing if you like a bunch of liberals with no morals and are hypocrites. They live such outstanding lives. I think you suffer from post-Bush derangement syndrome.
You seriously have to be one of the most ignorant brain washed fools to believe that republicans control the main stream media. They can’t even control their own party.
The MSM is do behind the Obama administration it is embarassing! Gaffe after gaffe but you don’t see Leno, Letterman, SNL etc spending 3/4 of their shows attacking Obama. There’s more material to have fun with Obama then Bush ever gave them but they refuse to run with it.
Your claims about MSNBC are simply outdated my friend.
MSNBC is owned by GE. GE’s CEO Jeffrey R. Immelt.
Immelt is on Obama’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board.
Conflict of interest anybody? Just sayin.
Obama is completely incompetent. The only people that can stomach this stuffed suit is left wing nut jobs and over inflated ego maniac movie stars that have no idea how common folk live. Enjoy the state dinner you one term disgrace, while our troops languish in a foreign waiting for Odummy to make up his mind
I see the crazy right-wingers have hijacked your comments page now. They seep in everywhere with vengeance, fear, paranoia and hate.
Actually Anita I prefer to be called a Thinking, informed American, but I will take Right winger, as long as you take Wrong winger.
Yeah, right? I thought this was an industry site… apparently these clowns are everywhere, chasing down every Google hit for the name “Obama.”
Jesus, who are these right-wing assholes commenting on this site? GO AWAY.
Let’s just hope it is to inform them that they are the next industry to be taxed to death and have salary caps.
Will Al Gore’s group please calculate the CO2 emitted into the atmosphere by all of these Hollywood elites flying to DC for this dinner? I would love to see the amount of CO2 emissions they create flying their private jets, riding in limo’s and staying in 10,000 sq ft hotel suites.
Oh wait, these are liberals. They will plant 2-3 trees and call it a carbon offset and everyone will applaud their greatness.
Those network news organizations will be there to report on the shindig, although they won’t actually eat with the other 400 guests.
Just as an aside: Are these guys that are jewish self-hating jews? The reason I ask is one of Nikki’s other stories in the jewish holiday ceremony is being scaled back. The number of guests and the ceremony have been ‘walmart-ized’ as opposed to ‘NeimanMarcus-ized”. Maybe the ceremony was scaled back because Obama’s social secretary figured that the cuts in the holiday ceremony would be offset by the 3 or 5 big wigs from Hollywood?
On a more serious note: I hope they have a nice dinner. India is an important ally that is in an area of the world we need to be in. Outsourcing movies to India is a good idea if one were anti-union.
I support the unions of the arts and I’m sorry to see them being dissed by Speilberg et al.
For years now The Elite Hollywood bosses continue make every effort possible to make all movies OUTSIDE the USA…leaving qualified/talented American film workers (union and non-union) broke and out of work…All so the politically correct elite “stars” and “producers” can pocket the extra buck gained by filming outside our country. The Hollywood Elite has no loyalty to the almost extinct American Film workers or to American locations that could benefit financially from a Hollywood movie.
…such noble Americans!!!
Hum. Most Hollywoods are socialist so they fit right in with socialist marxist Obama and his minions.If libs would look past the BS they might see what a growing majority are beginning to see.
By the time the liberal sheep see it the US Will Be gone.
These phony Hollywood liars and no one questions them. They are predominantly making movies in Canada and elsewhere to avoid union wages. Also, where are all the war protestors and the snarky comments at awards shows towards Obama who has still not gotten us out of two wars. Obamao’s only goal is to bankrupt this country while he parties, golfs, and vacations.
Here is nobel idea….How about President Obama invites people who are really in need of a Thanksgiving Dinner. Like the people who are homeless or hard on there luck because of the economic crises. Instead he has to have his “Hollywood Friends” there. It just shows were his morals as a human being really are.
The more the left turns to hollywood, the more America turns away. Keep on doing it idiots.
This man is DISGRACING the People’s House! The White House is turning into a frat house. These Hollyweird idiots are going to do things in OUR house they should not do, just so they can say “oh, guess who I did in the Lincoln bedroom!?”
Shame, shame, shame.
We’re going to need “Extreme Makeover: White House Edition” when this wrecking crew leaves it.
They’re executives and business people for the most part, not actors.
Yeah, but “leftists’ and ‘hollywood’ are parts of America too.
The only part of the recent movie 2012 that was good was when Hollywood fell into the Pacific ocean…The overpaid liberal Hollywood elites (starting with Oprah and Martin Sheen)cant make a movie for the life of them, have no sense of values, and misrepresent Americans.. Let’s cap their salaries…what a great idea…lets see how fast Obama’s money will dry up then…guess you have to get your election funds from the crooks at Acorn when they buy a vote for a $1 or a smoke…
Well, one thing’s for sure, Stevie won’t be back because he wouldn’t shut up about how great and sexy Michelle looked.
Which Stevie said that…Stevie Wonder?
“Which Stevie said that…Stevie Wonder?”
HAW!!!!! YOU, my friend owe me for that mouthful of soda you caused me to spit out laughing!!!! nicely done!
Which is kind of funny when you think of it. How would Stevie Wonder know how “great and sexy” the sleeveless one looks?
McCain was right. Obama wants to be a celebrity, not the leader of a nation.
So true!
Wait, McCain you say? This IS the McCain who took one look at his wife after she survived a horrific accident, saw that she was five inches shorter because they had to cut her legs to save her, gained weight from all the medication she had to take to save her life and STILL stood by and waited for him, hoping and praying that HE would be okay – yet he dumps her and goes and looks for a newer, richer, glitzy second wife so she could fund his political aspirations McCain?
WTF cares what he thinks.
You right wingers are true morons whose only opinion is that which Glenn Beck and his ilk give you.
If this country is SO CRAPPY now that OBAMA is in the White House, why don’t you move somewhere else?
I’ll bet most of you have never traveled further than your backyard barbeque pit and never-ending kegger to even have a clue of how difficult others in the world have it and how damn lucky we are to live here and all you do is bitch and moan and complain.
I laugh my ass off when I read one of you Drudge folks talk about how you’re not going to support Hollywood if they don’t conform to what YOU want. You’re lucky you live in a country where you can actually get on the internet and say what you want. The US is so bad under Obama? Then go hop a plane to China and see if your anti-government commentary won’t get your ass put in jail so fast it would make your heads spin!
Oooo, you’re not going to support Hollywood films? Who cares? Most of the income now-a-days comes from overseas anyway! No one is gonna miss your whin-ey ass in the seat in the theater! I know I won’t!
I’m so sick of hearing people rant about Obama. Where were you when Bush and his Wall Street banker buddies were sucking the life out of our economy? Give me a break! Now you’re quoting McCain! Like I said, WTF cares what McCain says? If you’re gonna quote somebody pick somebody with a damn brain and who has a true sense of integrity. It’s obvious McCain forgot that AND what the words “in sickness and in health till death do us part” meant. What a tool.
erb,
Quoting a line from an Adam Sandler film, “we are all more stupid for having listened to your ‘rant’”. Why not make an argument with facts? Instead of stereotypes? If citizens of the US thought like you, Obama could never have had been elected. Both sides need to take a step back and make decisions and statements based soley on the facts. Obama has broken his number one promise to the American people, transparency. He pushed through a spending package(to call it a stimulus, it would have had to stimulate something other than making TV anchors “legs all tingly”)and now is attempting to push through a health care spending package. Why do you think that he and his administration do not want the public to see it? Look at the facts and stop calling names….basically GROW UP and start taking care of yourself and your decisions instead of relying on an incompetent commander and chief, but according to the press was one heck of a community organizer
You libs always get so personal… when it comes to the other party. Your side has had its share of wife swapping bad boys too… Kerry, Clinton, Edwards but like you say WTF cares. Oh, and conservatives are morons because we listen (now and then) to Beck, Limbaugh, and O’Reilly while we bbq and drink beer instead of spending our days reading books by Al Franken or watching movies starring Sean Penn… now that is an argument for stupidity! Conservatives have no ideas. How about instead of printing up billions of dollars and giving it to government and its friends/campaign contributers to stimulate the economy… they give America a 6 month tax relief (businesses as well as individuals). I’ll bet that would stimulate (or at least help some keep their jobs.
No, folks like you have to use the same language I heard 2-8 years ago directed at YOU… if you don’t like it here leave.
Oh, and as far as Hollywood and it’s ilk… they soon will have to sell their wares abroad…. look Michael Moore brought in a whopping $14MM for his last blockbuster.
This is a GREAT country… however, someone better start looking out for the common man or the fits gonna hit the sham
Hey, you left-wing nut. I’m an independent conservative AMERICAN who has lived in Europe, the far east and Asia. I have traveled in more countries than you limited math skills can count. I’ve also been all over the U.S. back yards you seem to put down. You can be in awe of the mostly worthless Hollywierd petrverts and lamestream media clowns. Just remember, you are what and who you eat. Go back to looking at pictures in celbrity mags and sucking up the trash on ET. That’s about the most depth of your intelligence level.
Well said. I agree with you 100%.
It’s only fitting that a person acting as a president, invite Hollywood. This that don’t deal in reality, invite the those that create unreal entertainment. Lastly, since obama thinks he is the star of the show, that he has all these Hollywood moguls around him, he is auditioning on what he will do once he is out of office in 2012.
These people are so far removed from the real world and by the way so is obama. Why are all the idiots from NY and Calif. He wouldn’t even get a part in a grade b movie.
The economy is a disaster, our US Troops are getting killed in Afghanistan.
Obama can’t make a decision on the war but he has time to invite Hollywood!
What the hell is going on in America????
you are 100% correct
What’s going on is that we get what many of us deserves. We choose idols like Sara Palin or Obama when all they want is the notoriety, therefore we get empty suits and no substance. Just like the many empires just before they fell off the cliff.
What’s happening?..Same as the last 11 months…everything you said is true and obama’s having another party..because that’s what he does!
And 4 US soldiers died in Afghanistan today
Great! Another huge Bailout for the polital pay back of his pals and cronies that will be paid by the tax payers is soon to come.
The Corruption and Fraud continues in Washington DC.
Well Whoppee I am sure the Soldiers in Afghanistan will be re-assured that the one who Speaks Softly and Carries A Tin Cup will continue to wait for his Czar of War Mr. Dither Donothin to make a decision. I just know as the soldiers are just so happy to sit and get shot at in their small numbers as Barry and his menions have a nice evening!
Who cares about Hollywood anymore?
Since you’re reading and posting on a website Deadline Hollywood Daily, I’d say…YOU!
Obviously, BHO does!!
WHO CARES, HE’S A ONE TERM PRESIDENT, AND THE HOLLYWOOD STARS ARE ALL IDIOTS!!!!!!!
I totally agree. Ronald Reagan was an idiot!!!
Lol…this is funny. Reagan was an awful actor. He worked with chimps for God’s sake! You should be thanking God he went into politics.
Good to know my hard earned (and measley) dollars are going to good use. Hey Dems, can’t you get the rich to pay for this?
Big suprise, Hollywood runs the White House. Rounding out the rest of the invitations will be Andy Stern and Bertha Lewis representing the two biggest (or are they one) criminal enterprises in the country formally known as America.
Hope the fat cats enjoy the meal.The non-entity they supported last year won’t be around for a second term because everyone else is smarter than they are
Looks like all our bad apples are in one place.
The only people who could possibly care are the omitted Hollywood “has beens.”
Who cares? Payoffs are a part of politics. Until lobbyists are banned, political patronage is a part of the landscape. Labor unions get GM and Chrysler, Goldman Sachs gets bailed out, GE gets green contracts. And in 2012, the next President will have to “thank” his/her supporters as well. Deal with it!
I was thinking the exact same thing. So what that a president pays back his loyal supporters. I guess if you don’t agree with that presidents politics you can always find a reason to criticize. I am not a supporter of Obama and I am critical of many things..but here I’m like Meh..
Well! There you go again! A circus tent setting seems very appropriate for this group of clowns! You should invite Jimmah Carter too! No offense to a real clown!
This is why I do not go to the movies. It’s been 5 years and I ain’t miss’n a thing.
Steve, I’ll see your five years of non-movie attendance and raise you another five. My boycott started with Hanoi Jane Fonda.
I aint been to the movies since the Scientology fellow was in a silly spy movie about 15 years ago I think.
Of course he’s turning to ultra-liberal Hollywood sorts, the kind who think Roman Polanski is a nice guy who ought to be released despite raping a 13 year old girl.
America is turning against this socialist empty suit, and he needs funding to continue his Alinskyite agenda of American decline by choice.
Tiresomely predictable. The man? spends our money like there’s no tomorrow, and next week one of his czars/senators will be in front of the cameras telling us how we NEED another stimulus bill. Or a tax hike. Or health care for e v e r y o n e, including all the i l l e g a l s.
Meanwhile back in Afghanistan………..
He has no honor, no shame, and there is no hope for America, unless we canstop this trainwreck.
Are you talking about violence? If you are then you best think twice about your words. While your cooling your heels, think about what our President has done for this country, think about what Bush did, two wars, broke the country, do not blame Obama, blame yourselves for standing by and not doing anything while Bush and his cronies raped America, Obama is trying to dig us out and all you do is whine, grow up!! How many people have died in the wats, this is not a Obama war, he is trying to get us out, he does not want to send more there to die, not one country has ever won a war in Afghanistan. While your at it, check out how czars Bush had.
You complain that we have troops dying overseas and then you condemn him for not sending more. You bitch & moan about all the dollars it will cost for health care etc. Yet, I guess you missed the news reports that state it costs the US 1 million dollars PER soldier we deploy overseas. Um, who do you think pays for that?
Make up your mind. More soldiers or less taxes? You can’t have both.
Believe me I don’t want more soldiers dying. But remember, if we send more troops WE pay for the additional costs NOT the government.
You want our soldiers home? Well so do I. But wait, will they have a job when they get here? Let’s bring all those soldiers back at one time. You got a job for them?
Hmm, I wonder if you thought about that part.
One thing I’m pretty sure of – I’ll bet Obama’s thought about that. Why do think he’s pushing for green construction initiatives? And government funded infrastructure construction and repair? Where do you think most of our soldiers are going to get a job when they come back?
But then we’ve got the other side. Let’s pull out of Afghanistan – let’s do that. Hell, the Russians couldn’t make any headway there – why should we expect to? Let the Taliban take over again – so that they can breed thousands more suicide bombers and nutcases whose sole purpose is the complete annihilation of western civilization.
But of course, people like Glenn Beck will tell you no matter what the problem – it’s all Obama’s fault.
Okay, so you get what you want – Obama out of office. Here’s a question – who should take his place? Glenn? Oh sure, I read a couple days ago that Mr. Beck might be thinking of running for office in a few years. Wait, this IS the guy who AGREED with a nutcase who called his show saying he hoped our country would be attacked on our soil again just so that it would discredit Obama. This is someone who says he loves his country? Is a patriot? No, this is a nut too and people who listen to him should seriously pause and consider why they are wasting their time.
I would love to hear all you complainers come up with a viable plan to turn this country around. No, not just “elect a Republican.” Actually come up with a PLAN that will turn this country around. I never hear that. All I hear is complaints about what you don’t like but no real solutions to make it better. And if you think having another terrorist attack our country is a good idea – please find another country. It’s obvious that you have no conception of how horrific that would truly be – that someone would actually say that and then someone who is supposed to love his country would agree tells me how truly sick they are too.
At last, hearing from someone who is not like a dining-room table. Obama has shown himself to be a person of intelligence, integrity, moderation and caution. His opposition seems to prefer a cowboy approach, like his predecessor’s. It’s about time we all grew up and tossed off our preconceived notions and TV-inspired prejudices. As my guru used to say, “What do you read, schmuck?”
If citizens would take more time to read various journals, instead of wallowing on the couch swallowing Fox bytes whole, we might be a bit smarter.
Nice response…well spoken with actual facts to back up yoiur opinions. How refreshing to hear a voice of reason!
Obama doesn’t have time to meet with Republicans who want to discuss the health care bills with him, and he doesn’t have time to decide what to do about wars against terrorists, but he has time to play golf and entertain lavishly.
Obviously you are in opposition to OBama, which means more than likely that you were in support of the prior administration…..so I assume you are aware that while that administration had embroiled us in two wars its leader, PRes. Bush, took more vacation days than any other President in history.
Who else can be invited, only Oba’s cronies. Where is the transparency and openness?
I guess he feels that he should honor the guys who gave him the millions in campaign funds? I just hope that he doesn’t let their moral values (or lack thereof) influence any more of his decisions. President Obama is already starting to lose his mass appeal.
Gee what a surprise. Well, at least they will have a lot in common, both segments operate and live in fantasy land.
I’m not the least bit surprised…this is just fools dining with their fool leader!!
What a kiss-ass!
Than again, one must make nice with thier Propagandists!
This fraud of a president is a disgrace to America. Partying is the LAST thing this liar should be doing.obama is a failure..PERIOD. He shows that he is an idiot on a daily basis. I can’t wait til The AMERICAN PEOPLE THROW HIM OUT OF OUR WHITEHOUSE!!!!
If Obama is an “idiot” who “fails on a daily basis” as you are claiming, I just want to know…. WHAT THE HELL DO YOU CALL HIS PREDECESSOR WHO IS ACTUALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS SH*T HOLE WE ARE IN?!?!?!?!?? Comments like yours (and everyone else here) disgust me. Its YOUR political party that got us in this mess in the first place, DON’T FORGET THAT!!!
WOW! another Klans member puking your vomit online! How many of my people did your people hang? oh i know you can’t and won’t answer – but the fact that you speak with such RUDE HATRED FOR SUCH A MAGNICIFENT HUMAN BEING, LET’S ME KNOW THE TRUTH OF WHO YOU AND YOUR ANCESTORS ARE! YOU LOST BIG TIME! GET OVER IT! HAVE SOME DECENCY WHEN YOU SPEAK OF THE POTUS! YOU PIECE OF DOG DOO…NOTHING MY PRESIDENT HAS DONE HAS FAILED! BUT WHAT DID BUSH DO? HE THRUST US INTO A PIT OF HELLISH FAILURES ONE AFTER THE OTHER – BUT YOU LOVED HIM BECAUSE HE REPRESENTED YOUR HATEFUL, RACIST PROPAGANDA! I HAVE PITY ON YOU ALL – FOR ONCE IN MY “COLORED” LIFE, I AM ABSOLUTELY PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN, BUT UNFORTUNATELY I AM ASHAMED OF LIVING IN A NATION WITH FOLKS WHO HAVE YOUR MENTALITY – THAT OF IGNORANCE!! YOU ARE THE FRAUD AND YOU INSULT MANKIND!!!!!
I guess with 17% unemployment and trillions of new debt they can have a decadent party
My goodness where are you getting these numbers? The State Dinner is held every year by every President. This is nothing new. Is it because it is President Obama that you seem to be so outraged?
How appropriate that the makers of manufactured reality that will be there in DC, the district of criminals, along with the used car salesmen known as politicians.No doubt more government propaganda and Edward Bernays-like public relations will be tacitly understood.Politics may not be the oldest profession but the results are the same! Gee… will Al “the lying fraud” Gore be there too?
Political paybacks continue to go up, while Obama’s ratings spiral down! HOLLYWOOD????
Absolutely a non-event! Lightweight losers, all. Nothing to see here except a bunch of contemptible entertainers who are of no benefit to Americans.
bmcgilvray, losers ? Oh and I suppose you consider yourself a winner ? Ha ha ha ha ha. No benefit to america ? Hollywood movies pump billions of dollars into the economy and create millions of jobs, what do you contribute ?
Wow……
While Rome burns, Nero fiddles.
Pathetic.
Obama continues to play. Four more dead in Afghanistan today, but at least Obama has glitzy friends to break tradition with. What was that promise he made on October 27, 2007. You know the promise of the first thing he would do when get gets to the Oval Office. It must have gotten overlooked thanks to all the bright stars of Hollywood.
So while the country suffers from a 17% unemployment rate, Obama and company are having ANOTHER massive, expensive dinner on our dime.
Sickening.
Hollywood Socialist elitists to meet with Socialist President to celebrate destruction of America as we know it.
The “change” you were promised is different than that which you believed, in fact, stop a second and think…just what has Obama done for the poor and downtrodden he so promised to help. A nation in debt for decades will keep the poor under control of the Democratic (socialist) party, and will bring more of the middle class to the poverty level.
Where are the jobs? Where is the impetus for business growth? Where are tax breaks for the EMPLOYERs who provide jobs? They are not being sought out by this administration. Why? Because you cannot control people with the freedom created and allowed by capitalism. Destroy the economy, make more of the general population dependent on “GOVERNMENT”, and you’ll be in power for decades, while Amerika rots.
Wake up, America. Pull your head out of the sand. Health care is not about helping anyone, it is about MORE GOVERNMENT CONTROL over your life. It is about the Obama administration and the democrats turning this country into a third world nation, with the super elite (Obama, Boxer, Reid, ad naueum) and the rest of the country poor and dependent.
Say no to health care reform in it’s current package, and any offered by the democrats, and say no to the change towards Socialism in America.
Roy — you are totally right! I agree 100% !!
Obama, like all socialists, understands that acquiring the backing of the Media and Hollywood is essential to ultimatley controlling all of the airwaves. The Fairness Doctrine is one arm of this strategy, as is Net Neutrality. All input that the American people will get will be carefully scrubbed and spun in the administration’s favor. We are already about 60% of the way there now.
God help America. We are seeing tyranny unfold.
Great post.Have you ever read George Orwell’s 1984 novel? We are just about there.
a star wars bar scene.
That’s good!
A cesspool of liberals. How sweet.
I guess that it is appropriate for the President to invite the power structure of Hollywood to the White House for the 1st State Dinner of his presidency. After all, Hollywood invented and then perfected the art of spinning a believable story that people would pay to see. Obama learned from them, perfected his own tweeks on spinning a story and now we are all paying.
Your tax dollars, hard at work!
I hope they lobby the President to become more pro Israel.
Is the chief of medicine from Mass General invited?
How about the editor of annals of sugery?
Nope, only multimillionaire children that tell stories. Sad
Maybe the chief of medicine from Mass General is being invited. Do you know? Probably not. All you know is the six names Nikki Finke listed, among 400 guests.
But hey, don’t let ignorance stop you from making a fool of yourself along with all the others.
Thank you, Dan, I was about to slit my wrists. I think there should be a minimum requirement before one posts here: either a minimum IQ or some claim to humanity. What a bunch of ignorant and ugly screamers.
Thanks, Dan! I was beginning to wonder about my sanity because all I could find in this comment section were crazies! Do these people understand that a state dinner/visit for India is about a delicate diplomacy with a very important Asian partner? And has all kinds of risk inherent because of our also delicate relationship with Pakistan?
Good point. So then why exactly are we inviting these Hollywood bozos again?
Keep wondering, Monica. Hosting diplomacy events for foreign leaders is one thing. Having lavish, ridiculously expensive parties (on the taxpayer’s back) once a month is quite another. Here in Detroit, unemployment is over 20%; Depression Era numbers, I might add. Detroit and Flint have been named in the FBI’s top 5 most dangerous cities in the U.S. There are bodies piled up in freezers because people can’t afford to bury their dead loved ones. Watching these Hollywood and Washington elites smother themselves in glitz, glamour, and glitter is a little hard to swallow when you have to choose between paying the heating bill or buying groceries for your family.
Ego central… barf…. this administration makes me sick!
Deepak Chopra is on the list: http://twitter.com/Deepak_Chopra/status/5967410253
Oh Good. I hope it doesn’t take long to get an invite list togeher, what with those pesky american soldier deaths occuring every day. When we get the seating arrangement down, that troop thingy can be discussed, I guess. Four more american, hmmm…..”Did I do that?”
Ron, you seem to conveniently forget when GW was pretending to look for WMDs under the tables during a WH press dinner. Yeah, that was productive and not the least bit insensitive. I’m sure they had a seating arrangement at that dinner too.
You also seem to conveniently forget that GW was the one who “did that” (get Americans killed). Obama is just trying to clean up his mess.
Go back and bathe in your drudge.
Yes, Bush was insensitive when he did that. The whole IRAQ thing was a debacle, disregarding of course, the wholesale torture of men and women in the public. Ask the kurds if they know of weapons of mass distruction or at least the survivors.
Anyway, his insensitivity by no means diminishes our president’s lack of concern for the lives being lost in what remains of the IRAQ war, his buildup in Afghanistan.
While he preens and primps to his hollywood elite, he pushes for the passing of a health bill. His disregard for the in utero dismemberment of a living fetus at your cost, while claiming waterboarding to get value information to say your sorry ass, is torture.
Please don’t try to validate a failing administration. This is laughable and saddening, all at the same time
What a bunch of BS, (WHO’S COMEING TO DINNER) when we have men being killed beacuse he cannot make a decision to help save their lives.
We do not have a real President, my wish is for one day to be spared from hearing his name or his dinner arrangement’s with my taxes.
Get your facts straight. They’re dying because W sent them there with no mission and then dumped the whole mess on the next guy.
W did get the boys over in Afghanistan it is true and rooted out the murdering taliban and al queda and your boy b. hussein obama said that was where we should be fighting. Then he said he would get our troops out but now he would rather hob nob with screw offs from the motion picture industry than care for his responsibilities. By the way, on Veterans day when he was at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, why didn’t he salute? or Place his hand over his heart? This dirt bag is no American. We know that because he won’t produce a birth certificate.
Men dieing don’t forget the many women that are dieing as well. I don’t like Obama but Bush put our many men and women in this situation. Someone needs to start blaming the rightparty.
Pathetic, these idiots in Hollywood shouldn’t be within 1,000 of the white house. They don’t live in the real world and as such have absolutely zero undertsanding of what regular Americans value or care about, but then again niether do most politicians in particular the typical Dem elitist.
that’s all folks
have a great day
Should improve his numbers.
Americans are hurting . . . this makes me want to puke
Amen!!
Who really gives a rats …, this is all just big bucks chaseing other big bucks… the big wheels party while Rome burns and we have a absolute joke leading the parade, ever notice how none of the folks overseas are fooled, they see thru this entire mess … they need to beware that even the tried and true supporters are starting to turn against them… we not only hear what they say, but we see what they do… and its not for the people of the country…. just the special few….piss on them and the one’s who make the stupid movies too…
Who the Hell is paying for it ????
Hasn’t it been your dream to buy dinner for these dopes? I know it’s been mine! (insert rolley eyed emoticon here.)
We’re paying for this and it makes me sick with unemployment over 10%, cities and states are dying and so are our soldiers!!!
You, me and every single person on this website, and all of our neighbors.
I wonder if he’ll fly in those $200 lb Kobe steaks again, it goes well with all the caviar he spends our money on too.
I’ve been boycotting Hollywood for a year — haven’t seen (or missed out) on any films and it feels great.
Is Hollywood really rushing to get on the Titanic? This administration has hit the ice, they are still dancing, but they are going down. Hollywood doesn’t usually like losers. Interesting – perhaps you should try to get OFF this guest list. Please take a moment and make a toast to Jimmy Carter – he’s smiling because he is no longer the worst American president.
great post!
It’s only fitting for the “American-Idol-In-Chief”. He’ll do his prayer bow and the screams will be deafening.
They’re starving in Peoria
The Great Liar meets the Great Imaginations
Bleakness Cubed
Back in the 20s and 30s, the Communists knew if they could control Hollywood, they could control what the American people thought and believed. There was a young actor that fought the communists in Hollywood at that time. SAG Union President, and Deomcrat (at that time)….Ronald Reagan. His service continues to be invaluable! However, I think we’re not going to win this new partnership between gov’t and Hollywood. And thus the answer as to why they never question the high salaries and bonuses that Hoolywood makes.
This dinner should be for the job makers in the country. Men and woman that know how to create jobs. Instead here’s a payback party for the liberal elite. This president has no clue how to create a job. Just waste money on million dollar parties.
What, no Michael Moore (guess beef is off the menu – no Big Macs); Geraldine Gerrafo? (probably serving bagged tea and the perferred drink); Wanda Sykes? (nope, don’t want her dissing anyone publically)
Obama and his Hollywood cronies remind me of the Foo Foo bird that flew in ever-decreasing concentric circles.
Why not invite some soldiers fighting in Afghanistan or IRAQ? I am certain they are much more deserving of attention than any of the Hollywood elite. Just another attempt to line the coffers of the liberal party at the taxpayers expense.
I’m a Conservative. Don’t like President Obama. I just don’t see the story here. Hasn’t just about every White House state dinner had celebrities from Hollywood?
YES, they have!!!! THANK YOU!! FINALLY, someone from the Right with common sense!! (no disrespect to you eilspaul). The Story here doesn’t make sense at all. Just another thing your party is jumping on to try and smear Obama’s name. Why? Because you don’t see Obama doing the stupid things Bush did… like driving the Country into the biggest recession since the Great Depression.
Yes, Ron A., who in depression’s name is paying for this garbage? And would we ever know the real cost? (see: dinners in NYC)
What a joker.
How is it possible that such an “intelligent” man as Obama could do such a stupid thing as having a glittering party which is totally out of place at this time in America? I will tell you how, he is not intelligent about what really matters to most Americans. He is a total waste in the area of common sense which has built this country into a light, however imperfect, for the declining world. We cannot continue to accept this inferior person and his entourage of leftist supporters as leaders. They are not leaders. They are weak followers of an idealogy which would destroy our ethic of hard work and integrity which has built this country.
You all seem to forget that in the Reagan recession back in 1981 he and Nancy spent lavishly for all their “Hollywood” dinners at a time when Americans were hurting. So please, the republiCONS have a corner on that partying like a rock star. gee, come to think of it they also are the party of adulters too.
Yes, President Obama is an extremely intelligent man. It seems not one of you know that annual State Dinners have been held each year by each previous president. The way it works, A foreign Leader is invited and it proceeds from there. Nixon, Reagan, the 2 Bushes, Kennedy, Johnson, Clinton, Carter, all had State Dinners. President G. Bush had 8; Clinton had 8, Carter had 4. Get the picture. Next year you will see another State Dinner. Did you just start paying attention to what our Goverment,s social calendar has looked like all these years. Now our unemployment is being posted as 18%. You might as well have said it is up to 75R both of those numbers are totally false. As former Governor Sarah Palin says, “Just stop making up stuff.”
whoop-di-doo! with unemployment at an all time high, who gives a rip who comes to dinner at the WH?
Celebrity President.
Obama is our celebrity President. He is not our Commander in Chief…sadly he is our Celebrity in Chief. His oath of office to the USA is not a vow, it is an act.
If and when the terrorists land in the USA to be tried in US Federal Courts, I will begin calling every government official to ask for impeachment proceedings to begin in Congress.
I wonder if he’ll dance with the Bollywood girls…
anyone think he’ll bow to Steven Spielberg?
yes. And David. and Jeffrey. and Oprah.
Spielberg and the others will likely bow to this president. Out of touch hacks. All of them.
A Commie inviting his Commie friends for dinner. No news here.
We sooo need to remove this Radical Leftist from office, as the Libs say, “by any means necessary”.
Figures. How about tending to the Afghanistan problem instead of strutting around with Hollywood?
Will the real puppetmaster stand up. Guess who’s paying for this? People like these are the reason I quit going to movies years ago.
Yeah I quit going to movies too, It was about the time Julia Roberts thought she was worth 20 mil per pic. That was the year my father-in-law worked 14-16 hrs a day to save his farm in Nebraska and he never got a bubble bath afterward either.. Yeah they are not in touch with the real hard workers the ones that built and fed this country!!!
There is 10.2 percent unemployment(Millions of Americans), 12 Plus Trillion dollar deficit and growing, Iran is still building the Nuke Bomb, war in Iraq and Afghanstan, and POTUS Obama is having a party for his Hollywood friends.
In other words, Obama to the American people, “Let them eat Cake”.
Is Hollywood really rushing to get on the Titanic?
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I wonder if all of those morons who were on that video informing the great unwashed about how they will be servants to this President will, indeed, be servants at this little soiree. I for one would love to see the likes of the Arquettes, Demi Moore, and Ashton Kutcher bussing the tables and mopping up spills.
The world’s socialist under one roof…how special. What a bunch of lowlifes…not a one of them spent a day in combat, but the guy who NEVER held a job is throwing a dinner for them. Sickening…while our troops die while this moron worries about his invite list instead of providing those that SERVE our country the support they need. Tell us Obama…since you never had a job, how did you amass your wealth? Hmmm?
Can’t wait for Obama’s bowing to the Hollywood air heads and then give one of those hand-wringing apology speeches. The guy has become a mind-numbing bore.
Good to know he’s got the multi-millionaire jewish vote locked up. To bad he’s gonna let Israel get nuked. Party on dudes!
I wonder where Larry David will sit? Maybe he will meet Obama in the mens room and urinate on him like he did on the picture of Jesus during his HBO television series.
Stand by for the performance of JayZ and Keyes(Anita, not Alan lol)
Empire State of Mind. There are lyrics there that bashes Jesus.
B Knowles performed before for the president. Sang a Etta James song. Etta James is still alive. Etta got upset. That is just shows you of how classless the Obamas are.
Boy, isn’t this typical for the leader of the Democrat “party of death”. He continues to hold up these Hollywood losers as heroes while despising the true heroes in our country, the soldiers who protect our freedom.
The “party of death” also supports unfettered abortions, stem cell research (the creation of life for the destruction of life for the possible improvement of life), support of corrupt unions who have bankrupted many corporations like the auto industry and airlines, worship of global warming and the evil ACLU, protection of pedophiles and terrorists, promotion of everything “gay”, promotion of the smut, gore, and violence on TV and in movies, and worst of all … the removal of religion and God from everything.
Liberals are bereft of morals, integrity, and ethics, caring only about power and money, and willing to ostracize anybody who doesn’t think like they do. They consider themselves as “intellectuals” yet are personally devoid of common sense using calumny and spurious character assassination to destroy good people (like Sarah Palin) for the purpose of politics and ego.
The only argument a liberal can wage is “yeah but .. (insert liberal psychobabble hatred here) ..” devoid of any coherence, facts, or examples. Keep associating with the liberal Hollywood trash Democrats while conservatives continue to connect with normal, God-fearing, productive society. See who comes out on top in the end !!
By the way fellow Deadline Hollywooders, at least the first fifteen posters to this story posted prior to this story being linked to by “Drudge”, which is surprising to me.
Not surprising they’ve probably bookmarked DH in their favorites so they can check it every day! Ready to pounce at the hint of anything related to WDC.
Obama makes me want to puke. This non-American person just loves the spotlight. But our soldiers continue to fight and die and this asshole does nothing. No reason to continue with this, I guess you all see where I’m going with this.
Also, his health care thing will pass. He doesn’t care what the real Americans think. We’re not on his agenda.
WOW, should be a great time. If he bow’s for the Japenese, Imagine what he’s doing for people giving HIM money and not the Country? With the parade of freaks showing up one can only imagine. since’s ari’s going to be there will vince and the rest of the entourage crew be there.Sounds like a great scene for Johnny Drama and turtle puffing weed with O and spielberg?
With the Hollywood Elites coming to visit the White House, will Obama ask the DEA to overlook any possible Drug Searches and Seizures ???
Well, so much for the CHANGE we all fell for in November. Geez. Really thought there would be more imagination for a State Dinner than that . . . Obama is showing less and fewer signs of being a leader or someone with original ideas. Ho Hum at 1600 Penn. Ave.
I am so disappointed.
Obama, I supported his run but have never been more disappointed with one of my choices EVER!. I guess I should have taken into consideration his lack of experience. He is a spokesperson at best. A great speaker with no ability to execute. It’s no wonder Brad Gray and the rest of the conservative executives at Paramount and others aren’t on the list. This guy is drunk with power but has no clue how to use it for a positive direction for our country. I feel ill.
Obama knows his power over the NY/Hollywood media is what got him elected. He used them to get the youth vote which are very influenced by the Hollywood genre. Much of the youth are beginning to see that they were led astray, especially as they are growing older and becoming aware of the values and culture of our country, and see Obama as a counter to this. Obama and the Democrats need a renewed effort by Hollywood and the NY media to regain his popularity. This invitation may help.
All he cares about is greasing the wheels of Hollywood. While he parties, America burns. How much is this mess going to oost us taxpayers? This is the worst president ever. He parties, our troops can’t fight the fight they need to fight and our economy is in the crapper and all he does is blow more money.
If I were in the industry the last thing I would do is except this invitation. No pictures no nothing. I’m sorry Mr. President; my family is in Belize until after the first of the year but thank you for the honor.
This list will be deciphered, drawn and quartered. This will be seen as the same wealthy elitist groups that cheer-led us into this current disaster of 17.2% unemployment all the while the cheerleaders have security for life. This will not look good but when does Hollywood care what we all think? Never until a new Hollywood product is introduced.
I’m not playing any longer…….
He will beg them to make films supporting his agenda such as
obamacare, climate change, cap and trade bill, and immigration.
This makes perfect sense. Without the sycophantic media and entertainment industries, Obama would still be voting present in the Senate.
Far too many Americans think voting for President is the same as voting for American Idol.
Idiots.
It appears the right wing nutjobs have seized the comments for the time being. Losers with no power, shouting into the wind.
Ok, 20% of the population of the U.S. is liberal. That means that 80% is NOT liberal. So your calling 4/5 of the population “nutjobs” Do you actually think that someone who believes in the Constitution, lower taxes, free enterprise and less government spending is a “nutjob”, but someone who believes in higher taxes, more government spending, borrowing from China, spending $360,000 to create one job, trying terrorists in civilian court when its never been done before, taking money from people who’ve earned it to give to people who haven’t, praising Mao Tse Tung and telling doctors how to treat patients is normal. I think I’ll stick with the 4/5 of the population that are “nutjobs”
Therein lies the problem – Our Joke In Chief thinks he’s a celebrity, not a leader. (He has proven he’s not a leader, so maybe he has a point.) Think about Afghanistan much, Nobama???
Notice that these figures are only part of 400 guests!! Also, these dinners are customary. They occurred with Bush and will occur after the Obama administration. Not everything this man does is to screw the country…get over yourselves.
This Disaster-in-Chief is nothing but a spineless empty suit with a big smile. He and his hate mongering wife think only about the next paper celebrity they can entertain and be photographed with, further demonstrating their paper mache’ persona’s. He is an embarrassment to our nation. World leaders know he will do nothing and now plan around him rather than consider his position. He is a weak tool of the Chicago mob. I sincerely hope we can survive the next three years.
I guess coming off his failure of a 8 day waste and apology tour to Asia the loser needs some adulation and who better to do it than the hollywood elite knee pads and all.
Is he going to scold them for the “obscene” amounts of money they make in salaries, bonuses, and percentages? Those high compensation requirements are passed on to the consumer in the way of high ticket prices, concession price gouging, and inflated DVD sales. I doubt it…that kind of class/status warfare is reserved for capitalism…you know, the system that made this country.
How fitting for Hollywood to be involved. Just like the Oscars, Washington has turned into a bunch of idiots congratulating each other for being bigger idiots than previously thought possible.
He will BEG them to make films to promote his socialist agenda such as Obamacare, climate change, cap and trade, and legalize immigration.
Maybe Hollywood can pay for all this healthcare
There will be 400 guests arriving at the White House to eat and drink at taxpayer expense and look what’s on his plate…actual unemployment rate is hovering near 18% but he’s claiming that the stimulus has been a success…it’s been 89 days since General Stanley McChrystal has asked his ‘commander in chief’ to send him more soldiers and all Barry can do is ‘think’ about it…….State governments are going bankrupt because unemployment insurance is now running out and they’re looking to the imperial federal government for loans that they can’t afford to give…but Barry can’t be bothered right now because he’s got some partying to do with the anti-U.S., pro-abortion, homosexual and communist chic crowd from Hollywood….
I hope John and Kate and the Kardashians will be invited. They can join the rest of the star studded guest. it would be a shame if they werent included in such a gala event.
I think Obama should start to concentrate on the real issues that this country is facing.
enjoy yourself, Mr. President while the rest of us in the real world pay to finance this hollywood love-fest. maybe while you’re busy thanking those hollywood elites you can pencil in a little gratitude speech for our troops too.