Hillary Clinton Goes Hollywood



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Those Clintons sure know how to throw a Hollywood party. The former First Family has lost none of the glitz that Tina Brown used to sell copies of both VF and the now-defunt Talk; the peculiar Clintonian combination of political heavyweight star wattage combined with what can only be properly construed as a sort of "Coolest Baby Boomer Chic (For further reference see: Bill Gates, Paul McCartney)" remains essentially intact. Hillary Clinton's Hollywood fundraiser brought in an eclectic Left Coast bunch, everyone from Pauly Shore to Kevin Smith. From Variety:

"Hillary Clinton drew a mix of politicos and paparazzi in a series of events through Hollywood circles, showing continuing strength as she competes aggressively with Barack Obama and John Edwards for entertainment industry support.

"At the same time she was raising money on Wednesday night, New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani was doing the same at a fund-raiser at the Beverly Hilton that featured comedian Dennis Miller."

Has it come to this, Dennis Miller? How the mighty have fallen. When last we heard of Miller, he had taken his hair plugs and hitched those badboys onto the Ross Perot wagon (Exaggerated cough suggesting feigned detachment). (Sotto voce: "Loser")

"With Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa joining her, Clinton raised $850,000 at an event at the home of News Corp. prexy Peter Chernin, and another $250,000 at the home of Brett Ratner, according to sources.

"The latter fund-raiser was the media highlight of this visit. With a minimum ticket price of $250, Ratner's event was aimed at 'young Hollywood,' but the crowd would more accurately be described as 'young-ish,' as it drew a mix of people in their 20s, 30s and 40s, hardly the hardcore tabloid-bred nightclub crowd of the Sunset Boulevard. Nevertheless, paparazzi was in full force as web site TMZ.com captured donors as they crossed Benedict Canyon Road to Ratner's home, called Hilhaven. Inside, it was a bit more staid than when Ratner allowed 'Entourage' to shoot a scene in which bikini clad women wandered around his property, a riff on his image as the consummate party host. He did, however, open up his basement disco, installed when Allan Carr lived there in the 1970s." (VARIETY)

Why is it that these days whenever we hear the name Brett Ratner said aloud casually we want to shout out -- a propos of nothing -- "Does it burn when you pee?" (NYDailyNews)