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UPDATE, 4:27 PM: Running late out of a big donor shindig in Palo Alto earlier today, Air Force One has just landed at LAX nearly an hour behind schedule. As Donald Trump deplanes and gets in Marine One in the next few minutes for a possibly augmented trip to DTLA before his Beverly Hills fundraiser tonight, LAPD are…

EXCLUSIVE: As other Democratic candidates race to qualify for the next debates less than a month away, one candidate who definitely is in, donor favorite Mayor Pete Buttigieg, will be making another Hollywood fundraising swing, as will Sen. Kamala Harris. The mayor of South Bend, IN, is scheduled to headline a…

UPDATED with LAPD road closures, 11:17 AM: The Los Angeles Police Department has released its list or street closures and restrictions for “avoiding possible traffic congestion” for President Donald Trump’s visit to LA and Beverly Hills today. All the info is at the bottom of the post. Deeply unpopular in California…

While some members of the Hollywood ruling class flirted with backing ex-LA Los Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa for Governor during the primaries, there was no doubt that this Democratic town was going to line up behind Gavin Newsom once the current Lt. Governor secured the party's nomination in early June. So, it's no…

Hollywood's favorite nonfiction President of the United States is coming back to town this month for some of that Tinseltown cash he hoovered up so well while in office. Barack Obama will be the star attraction on June 28 at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser that is expected to raise some big bucks. The as…

It's October. It's an election year. So Harvey Weinstein, as usual, is full of surprises. On Thursday night, he joined Broadway impresario Jordan Roth in dropping his latest reveal: Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda is writing an original musical number for a Monday night Hillary Clinton fundraiser at the St. James…

EXCLUSIVE: Bernie Sanders may have jetted out of NYC to give a speech at the Vatican today after last night's Democratic debate, but the Vermont senator likely won't see the benefits in this life or the next that rival Hillary Clinton is receiving in California this weekend – at least not in terms of hard cash. With…

"If you listen to the loudest voices out there today, you'd think we're a country that hates Mexicans, hates Muslims and thinks that committing war crimes is the best way to make America great again,” George Clooney wrote today in a letter supporting Hillary Clinton and the April 16 event he is hosting for her at his…

UPDATED 2:35 PM George Clooney is going to be hosting a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton for sure, but it will not be on March 24, an insider tells me. The plan for the Big Ticket hootenanny hosted by the Hail, Caesar! star is still a work in progress with a solid date looked to be announced in the next couple of weeks…

In his first visit to Los Angeles since declaring he would not run for President in 2016, Vice President Joe Biden today returns to the home of the Democrats' favorite ATM for more Hollywood cash. And that means, like his last trip in September, a slew of road closures and potential traffic snarls will hit the city…

The recent mass shooting in Roseburg, Oregon was among the topics discussed by President Barack Obama at a deep pocket private Hollywood fundraiser today at J.J. Abrams’ home. After a praise-heavy intro by the Star Wars director, Obama spent about an hour and 15 minutes “passionately” talking to around 20 guests about…

President Barack Obama is back in town tomorrow for some pre-Halloween Hollywood trick-or-treats courtesy of J.J. Abrams and the Tinseltown ATM. In a whirlwind 6 1/2-hour visit to Los Angeles on Saturday, the fundraiser-in-chief will hit a trio of deep-pocket events — which means, of course, there will be traffic…