After an early tabloid romance with Barack Obama, it now looks like the Hollywood Glitterati might be ready for a steady date with Hillary. The L.A. Times reports that Senator Clinton is Tinsel Town's new favorite baby -- picking up a cool $1.1 million in Hollywood cash during one Left Coast visit last week.

The Times report says the pro-Clinton buzz is all around town:

In fact, it's become so strong that Steven Spielberg, once considered a solid supporter of Illinois Democrat Obama, is now believed to be leaning in favor of Clinton, according to longtime industry politicos. (Spielberg's political spokesman, Andy Spahn, was coy this week when asked about Spielberg's political thinking. "We have nothing to announce," Spahn said, but stay tuned.)

Later, the junior senator from New York went to director Brett Ratner's house, where she raised $250,000 at the event held in Ratner's downstairs disco. A variety of young Hollywood hipsters ponied up, including will.i.am, Eric Dane, Rebecca Gayheart, Alex Avant and Quincy Jones (the latter not exactly young but forever hip).

Later this month, we'll see if the trend holds. All three top tier Democratic candidates are scheduled to make passes through Hollywood over the next two weeks.

Comments (51)

1. Little wonder these celluloid clowns would dump B.O. and support Comrade Clinton. They all have so much money the economic shambles the country would be in as a result of her policies would never effect them.

   Posted by CHIP THORNTON at 06/08/2007 @ 2:22pm

2. I guess somethings will never change.

   Posted by ACook at 06/08/2007 @ 2:51pm

3. "At a celebrity-studded reception at News Corp. President Peter Chernin's house -- an event co-hosted by Spielberg and television financier Haim Saban -- Clinton brought in $850,000. (Chernin's boss, Rupert Murdoch, currently bidding to take over the Wall Street Journal, is a political conservative who sometimes gives to Democratic candidates.)"

   "News Corp"?..."Rupert Murdoch"?...hey, isn't there some news network under the blanket of the News Corp corporation, owned by that Murdoch guy?

   heheh (sorry, little dig at FRANKGRITS' object of affection!)

   Posted by Mask at 06/08/2007 @ 3:02pm

4. They all have so much money the economic shambles the country would be in as a result of her policies would never effect them.

   Posted by CHIP THORNTON 06/08/2007 @ 2:22pm

   Sounds like a liberal commenting on the Bush economy to me.

   Posted by Hman23 at 06/08/2007 @ 3:22pm

5. I don't care if Denzel Washington, the cast of "Oceans Thirteen" and Bono came out in favor of Hillary Clinton, I'm still not voting for her. I'll vote Green first.

   Posted by edwriter at 06/08/2007 @ 4:01pm

6. Liberal!! Liberal!! Alright bud, Pistols at 10 paces :)

   Posted by CHIP THORNTON at 06/08/2007 @ 4:20pm

7. Chip,

   I hate Hillary because she's so corporatist. I don't understand the fear from the right though. Care to enlighten me on a specific about what you're concerned with hillary (if you do a good job from your perspective, you might get me to start liking her!)

   Posted by freedomplease at 06/08/2007 @ 4:23pm

8. Posted by FRANKGRITS 06/08/2007 @ 5:01pm

   Oh, FRANK...I understand all right. You think Hillary is going to "whip Murdoch and Fox News into shape".

   Others though...might feel that it'll be a more...friendly relationship...both ways.

   Posted by Mask at 06/08/2007 @ 5:11pm

9. Frank,

   I'm not angry. Hillary is just part of the problem not the solution. She wants to be President and is playing the game.

   But since she's so corporate friendly, what I don't get is why the right wing scream machine is so scared of her.

   Posted by freedomplease at 06/08/2007 @ 5:14pm

10. But since she's so corporate friendly, what I don't get is why the right wing scream machine is so scared of her.

    Posted by FREEDOMPLEASE 06/08/2007 @ 5:14pm

    Something I do not get either. I eagerly await Chip's response as to the proposed policies he is talking about.

    Posted by Hman23 at 06/08/2007 @ 6:39pm

11. That's not what I think at all.

    Posted by FRANKGRITS 06/08/2007 @ 6:37pm

    What DO you think then???

    Posted by Mask at 06/08/2007 @ 8:42pm

12. And here I thought that the Nation was smart enough to spot a put up story. this is a plant to make California (and elsewhere) believe Obama doesn't have support and is just a flash. so typical of the Clintons. They play the sleaze so well that even you guys cannot spot this obvious plant.

    Posted by vwcat at 06/08/2007 @ 10:48pm

13. I'm not prone to conspiracy theories....But I think VWCAT might be on to something........

    Posted by davebarlett at 06/09/2007 @ 12:47am

14. Even super-agent Ari Emanuel, who is one of Obama's top industry supporters, wrote a check to Clinton.

    Course, he mighta had his arm twisted a wee bit by brother Rahm......Yeah, this story smells fishy......

    Posted by davebarlett at 06/09/2007 @ 12:50am

15. How does it feel to be participating in Hillbillary's Web strategy?

    Posted by davebarlett at 06/09/2007 @ 12:51am

16. GRITFORBRAINS! YOU'RE PART OF THIS! ADMIT IT!

    Posted by davebarlett at 06/09/2007 @ 12:54am

17. I can already feel the eight years of seething out in hamsterland beginning just on the possibility of hillary becoming president

    Posted by Will C. at 06/09/2007 @ 5:21pm

18. and imagine if everything ran well

    Posted by Will C. at 06/09/2007 @ 5:21pm

19. for eight whole years

    Posted by Will C. at 06/09/2007 @ 5:22pm

20. how will we ever clean all those brains off the walls of Americas piggly wigglies?

    Posted by Will C. at 06/09/2007 @ 5:23pm

21. Once again, WILL seems to think the ONLY people with a problem with Her Majesty...

    are on the Right!

    Posted by Mask at 06/09/2007 @ 9:51pm

22. hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

    sugar buns, I understand this is probably hard for you with all the loopy generalities you have a tendency to make, but it's only the folks on the right who are going to leave their brains on the walls of the nations piggly wigglies if eight years of Hillary in the white house turn out well.

    Posted by Will C. at 06/09/2007 @ 10:37pm

23. and if you don't nknow why by now...

    Posted by Will C. at 06/09/2007 @ 10:38pm

24. it's only the folks on the right who are going to leave their brains on the walls of the nations piggly wigglies if eight years of Hillary in the white house turn out well.

    Posted by WILL C. 06/09/2007 @ 10:37pm

    By "turn out well", you mean if she does a similar job to her husband?

    Posted by Mask at 06/09/2007 @ 11:11pm

25. By "turn out well", you mean if she does a similar job to her husband?

    Posted by MASK 06/09/2007 @ 11:11pm

    I'm not a hamster mask (nor like you a hamsterette) I'll judge Hillary's presidency based on its accomplishments, not those of her husband.

    Posted by Will C. at 06/09/2007 @ 11:19pm

26. Posted by WILL C. 06/09/2007 @ 11:19pm

    Well, WILL...what does "turns out well" mean? What will be the comparison? Roosevelt? Kennedy?

    And is "turns out well", she cuts the deficit, but fails to inact universal health care? Does it mean low unemployment, but she keeps NAFTA, GATT, and the WTO in place and furthers globalism? Does it mean the "slow withdrawal" plan from Iraq, rather than Edwards quicker one? Does it mean no pressure on Israel to compromise with Hamas and the Palestinian Authority?

    Please don't answer specifically or directly (as usual)...for if you do, you're just going to give MORE ammo to the LEFT-wingers who don't like Her Nibs and they're going to come after you even STRONGER than they do FRANKGRITS (another HRC fan) on "Hillary the sell-out", "Hillary the corporatist", "Hillary the phoney".

    Bury yourself too deeply in Hillary Fan Boy status, WILL....and it won't be MAASCH that gives you a hard time. Hell, read what "The Nation" writers have been saying about her!

    Next time they post something negative about her....leap to her defense....or just go after the "hamsters" and play your little chickens**t game so as to not ruffle any feathers on the Left.

    Posted by Mask at 06/09/2007 @ 11:33pm

27. Oh, BTW, if she gets the nomination....

    I'm voting for her. Don't like her or trust her...but the alternative is unacceptable these days.

    Posted by Mask at 06/09/2007 @ 11:35pm

28. Baby cakes, "turns out well" is a subjective term. Everyone is going to have to decide for themselves what that means.. but regardless of the individual definitions, a sure sign of it will be hamsters all across America lying on the floor of the local piggly wiggly, headless, with gray matter and bits of skull and hair splattered all over the walls

    Posted by Will C. at 06/09/2007 @ 11:39pm

29. I wonder if that counts as a left behind event?

    Posted by Will C. at 06/09/2007 @ 11:40pm

30. Posted by WILL C. 06/09/2007 @ 11:39pm

    So it'll be "up to the individual" if a Hillary Presidency is bad....but the only ones that will be REALLY upset will be the "hamsters"?

    Not the Left... who despite their dislike of Her Husband's Administration (welfare reform, trade, dont-ask-dont-tell)...and fear of HER ("Hillary vs Labor" by Ari Beman "The Notion")...and the fact that if she's "triangulating" that means they get screwed over as much as the Right will (maybe less)?

    Of course you know the Right isn't going to become suicidal...in fact, it will energize their base and TONS of cash will pour in from a NOW-disheartened Religious Right....

    but do you REALLY think that if HRC follows Bill's lead on on how to govern....that the LEFT is going to be just peachy with it?

    Posted by Mask at 06/09/2007 @ 11:50pm

31. Posted by MASK 06/09/2007 @ 11:50pm

    So it'll be "up to the individual" if a Hillary Presidency is bad....but the only ones that will be REALLY upset will be the "hamsters"?

    Ok you're confused. But that's normal. Head explosions will only be observed in Hamsterland if Hillary does well. If she lives up to the hamster doom and gloom predictions, the hamsters will be jumping up and down in shear joy

    Not the Left... who despite their dislike of Her Husband's Administration (welfare reform, trade, dont-ask-dont-tell)...and fear of HER ("Hillary vs Labor" by Ari Beman "The Notion")...and the fact that if she's "triangulating" that means they get screwed over as much as the Right will (maybe less)?

    Ok, since you can't dazzle me with brilliance that leaves trying to baffle me with bullshit. Sorry it didn't work. None of the above has anything to do with exploding hamster heads

    Of course you know the Right isn't going to become suicidal...in fact, it will energize their base and TONS of cash will pour in from a NOW-disheartened Religious Right....

    Sure Hamsterland will become suicidal. After eight years of a Clinton administration that went well a reenergized hamster base will dump tons of money into massive sleaze campaigns, be ignored, dump even more money into massive sleaze campaigns, be ignored and so on and so on until the intra-cranial pressure of the average hamster noggin builds to a point where the skull liquefies and brains, skull and hair decorate the walls of the local piggly wiggly

    but do you REALLY think that if HRC follows Bill's lead on on how to govern....that the LEFT is going to be just peachy with it?

    I don't know Hillary would govern as chief executive and either do you

    Posted by Will C. at 06/10/2007 @ 12:10am

32. Posted by WILL C. 06/10/2007 @ 12:10am

    Unbelievable "Hammer blow back Syndrome...."

    That last comic strip has to be the least intelligent babble posted since any one of Franks...

    Nice job of licking Hillarys balls, there Willard, you are giving Frank a good run for his money on Hillary love...my God, you are a gad fly of the left and are more delusional that those you hate on the right...and you don't have a clue as to what the right thinks or believes...try keeping that hammer under control..

    What are you going to do with the Walnut between your ears when Phred Thompson defeats her by a wide margain?

    Posted by john maasch at 06/10/2007 @ 02:14am

33. maasch are you daft?

    we don't use hammers to build houses now a days

    ah, to be old and useless

    Posted by Will C. at 06/10/2007 @ 02:17am

34. "{we don't use hammers to build houses now a days

    ah, to be old and useless

    Posted by WILL C. 06/10/2007 @ 02:17am "

    1. There is no "we" build, you build nothing, you frame it..and could be replaced by a chimp on an assembly line prefabing..

    2. Whether you pound with a hand hammer or an air gun type changes nothing...you still exhibit symptoms of severe "hammer blow back syndrome""

    Get help.

    Old , ah, state of mind, but not exactlty a slam, as you are heading for the same place...

    and useless...I believe you are..and maybe I am too...but I would guess that the many who rely upon my being usefull for their jobs to remain secure might disagree with you...but you could be gone for a year and who would notice? or Care?

    Posted by john maasch at 06/10/2007 @ 02:26am

35. Wow such venom

    Ha Ha Ha Ha

    You know maasch it may be true that I could be replaced by a chimp on assembly line. But I have serious doubts that our president is going to go into framing. It's probably a little to organized for his tastes. He seems more the madness and mayhem type

    And as to my being missed, it doesn't really matter. We're all two generations from being forgotten.

    Even the legend in your own mind can't survive that john boy

    Posted by Will C. at 06/10/2007 @ 02:34am

36. You want venom? Reread all your posts, especially to Mask.....there is nothing in them to discuss, nothing there,..you always fall into one line put downs that really don't hit the mark..it is all disrepect, name calling, and baiting...

    The rest of your post is your obvious hate for all things Bush...so be it...his term is over in less than 1 1/2 years any way, he is already fading away...who cares about him....you seem to expect some kind of miracle if Hillary wins...do you really believe a rainbow will appear on the horizon and make things "well"? You missed the biggest economic growth in the world, involving the world,bettering more lives than hurting,, and your Big H will do what, exactly?, You really expect dancing in the streets? Hell, Fred T will probably shelac her anyway..

    This makes you just as much of a clown on the other side of the coin you hate..those that love Bush...

    "And as to my being missed, it doesn't really matter. We're all two generations from being forgotten."

    This is the only thing you have ever posted that is correct, true, and obvious.

    Posted by john maasch at 06/10/2007 @ 02:49am

37. ok maasch, am I a clown or am I venomous because I really can't be both.

    it just doesn't work that way

    Posted by Will C. at 06/10/2007 @ 02:51am

38. ok maasch, am I a clown or am I venomous because I really can't be both.

    it just doesn't work that way

    Posted by WILL C. 06/10/2007 @ 02:51am

    Seems for you it does.

    I am leaving the building.

    Posted by john maasch at 06/10/2007 @ 02:58am

39. A lot of things seem to be when you're drunk

    Posted by Will C. at 06/10/2007 @ 02:59am

40. all kinds of crazy shit can happen

    Posted by Will C. at 06/10/2007 @ 03:00am

41. Hillary would make a good President, but she should be considered damaged goods. 1) Her vote authorizing the Disaster in Iraq in 2002. 2) Her health care sellout when her husband put her in charge of a "compromise". Hillary is not a fighter.

    Posted by conshame at 06/10/2007 @ 10:49am

42. Hey FRANKGRITS....

    RESE is calling your girlfriend out!...heheh

    "The Republicans would be rejoicing if Hillary gets the nomination because they know she can be beat easily, with the sordid past, support for Israel's wars, and towing the Rockefeller line."---Posted by RESE 06/10/2007 @ 09:36am

    Posted by Mask at 06/10/2007 @ 3:00pm

43. Hillary has balls? who would have guessed it? been peeking in on the latest transvestite show? hear ye, hear ye, HILLARY double being played by NON OTHER THAN your favorite transvestite Scanlon, Hmmmm doesn't he come direct from the White House with the appropriate credentials? the mid night interloper for ROVE.

    Its not that we hate all things Bush,Its that we can't stand the lies.the corruption, ineptitude, ignorance, homophobic,(weird how there have been more sex scandals emanating from the right these days and directly related to homosexuality than say on the left) (must be a rightie thingy)Murder, (see fellow citizens in Iraq for starters)Corporate Elitism, just to name a few, now for nuancing the real reasons for this hate, look no further than the immolation of the Writ Of Habeas Corpus, Now that engender hate from any rational citizen that understands the underpinnings of our constitution, the right has no claim on intelligence, a lead ball does.

    in response to (Posted by WILL C. 06/10/2007 @ 12:10am)

    Posted by nightslider at 06/10/2007 @ 6:53pm

44. Hillary. Hmmmm... I'm not a big fan of giving life-long passes to professional politicians... Especially when special interest groups predominate their campiagn funding. Seems to me... the Bush administration got off squarely on the wrong foot chiefly because of the dependence he had on the neo-con faction that had become so entrenched in the 'game' of it all... so... what makes you think that the asses all around Hillary won't be braying in their own 'secret language'? ...which, incidently, has probably been in the works for several years... and IMHO, is not exactly 'the opposite' of the current administration...

    I'm excited to see some new people in the Whitehouse... people who have cleaner political slates... people who adore the 'full on' prosperity of their entire nation, not just for their friends... people who will persue world peace through peaceful diplomatic endeavors... people who believe in the Constitution of the United States of America, and seek to realize it's ambitions rather than pervert it for 'side jobs'... People who care about the image America has around the world... People who can tell the difference between a world economy and a global empire... People who are not afraid of having press conferences without scripted questions... People who respect the Democratic Process. ttr

    Posted by ttr at 06/10/2007 @ 8:10pm

45. Your anger is misplaced. To get power, you have to play to power. Then you can make a difference from a position of power.

    This is a pipe dream!

    If you play to power, you are controlled by the power you are playing to!

    Posted by Metteyya at 06/11/2007 @ 3:40pm

46. I think Hillary would be an excellent choice to clean out corruption in Washington. Already, she has hired Alcee Hastings as her Campaign Co-Chair, and who would know corruption better than him?

    Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign has tapped Rep. Alcee Hastings, a Florida Democrat, as a "national campaign co-chair," the campaign announced yesterday:

    Rep. Hastings said, "When we elect the next President Clinton, this country will be a much better place for the African-American community, Floridians and all Americans." . . .

    "I am delighted that Debbie and Alcee will take on leadership roles in my campaign," [Mrs.] Clinton said. "With their help, we will bring our message of change throughout Florida and across the country."

    Who is Alcee Hastings? Ed Morrissey reminds us:

    Hastings got appointed to the federal bench by Jimmy Carter in 1979. In less than two years, he got indicted for soliciting a bribe in an FBI sting. In 1983, he won an acquittal, but a subsequent House investigation found that he had committed perjury in that trial. The House Judiciary Committee authorized a whopping seventeen counts for impeachment against Hastings in 1988. . . .

    Now Hillary has embraced Hastings, and indeed has made the former perjurer and corrupt judge as her campaign's national representative. She says that with Hastings' help, her "message of change" will get rolled across the country. The message is that the Clinton campaign has its own idea about the culture of corruption--they want to pursue it.

    We're so disillusioned. We really thought the Democrats were going to be different!

    Posted by pontificus at 06/12/2007 @ 1:42pm

47. Do you think President Hillary would appoint Ted Kennedy 'National Chair' for anti-drunk driving enforcement?

    How about Bill Clinton in charge of enforcing sexual harassment laws?

    The possiblities are endless. No wonder Hollywood liberals are enthralled.

    Posted by pontificus at 06/12/2007 @ 1:45pm

48. Posted by MASK 06/09/2007 @ 11:35pm

    I'm voting for her. Don't like her or trust her...but the alternative is unacceptable these days.

    So, MASK; you comfortable with Alcee Hastings as Secretary of State or some other high-level position? Has 'clearing out the culture of corruption' ever mattered to you or the Democratic Party?

    [Flashback to the movie Risky Business:

    Joel: Hey, "Mr. What-The-Fuck"...

    ...what about "exploring the dark side" and all that?

    Or was that just bullshit?

    Answer:

    That was just bullshit, Joel.

    Posted by pontificus at 06/12/2007 @ 1:54pm

49. The word is, after his selection as HRC's new campaign manager, Alcee Hastings was seen at Best Buy shopping for a much bigger freezer.

    Posted by pontificus at 06/12/2007 @ 3:32pm

50. Posted by PONTIFICUS 06/12/2007 @ 1:54pm

    PONTI, what statements by Hillary Clinton do you have that she's going to appoint Alcee Hastings Secretary of State?

    Or is this just some line that Rush threw out on Monday in his latest ta-dah-dup, ta-dah-dup, ta-dah-dup "Hillary Clinton update time, folks" (cue Loretta Lynn's "Coal Miner's Daughter" as parodied by Paul Shanklin)?

    Posted by Mask at 06/13/2007 @ 09:13am

51. Hillary is actively pursuing big debts to a constituency that makes corporate America look harmless -- the Cuban American right. These bozos have made major contributions to the foreign policy disasters of the Bush administration.

    There is no ideological distinction between the Rs and the Ds amongst them -- they just want broad influence over the U.S. government. And with Superman Fundraiser Menendez chairing Hillary's campaign, they're on track to maintain it.

    Posted by Cassandra at 06/14/2007 @ 6:03pm