Kamala Harris To Headline Fundraiser Hosted By Long List Of Hollywood Creatives

Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton and the women who play them on Saturday Night Live have raised more than $6 million for the Biden campaign in a Monday fundraiser. Clinton, the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, says 100,000 people were on the Monday evening fundraiser, which featured Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterAmy Poehler and Maya Rudolph hosted a “grassroots” fundraiser on Monday, along with Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton, that raised more than $6 million for the Democratic ticket.Separately, billionaire Haim Saban hosted a more intimate fundraiser with Joe Biden, priced at $500,000 per person. That event — also held virtually — raised $4.5 million.The grassroots fundraiser featured some discussion of the California wildfires and the Affordable Care Act.

There’s a Cory Booker quote, shared by the New Jersey senator on his first day onthe job in 2013, that has become something of an anthem for Emmy-winning film and TV producer Jamie Patricof (I Know This Much Is True, Blue Valentine): "Never let your inability to do everything undermine yourdetermination to do something." In that spirit, as the COVID-19 pandemic began to cripple industries in March, Patricof invited a few friends to join a Zoom event with his father, pioneering venture capitalist

Dominic Patten, Ted Johnson EXCLUSIVE: Senator Kamala Harris has long been tight with Hollywood, and yesterday Tinseltown’s biggest donors handed over some very big bucks to the Democrats’ Vice-Presidential nominee.In a virtual fundraiser put together by The Politician EP Ryan Murphy, Disney TV Studios boss Dana Walden, PR ace Chrisette Hudlin and Laura Shell, California’s junior Senator raked in over $8 million for her and Joe Biden’s poll leading White House bid.Announced on August 27, the

Peter White Television EditorGame of Thrones star Kit Harington and The Big Bang Theory’s Kunal Nayyar are among the cast of the second season of Netflix’s police interrogation drama Criminal.The second season of the English-language version of the drama – there are French, Spanish and German versions – also includes Catastrophe co-creator and star Sharon Horgan and Sophie Okonedo, who stars in Ryan Murphy’s upcoming One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest prequel Ratched.The drama takes place

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineWhen Jim Parsons was approached for Netflix miniseries Hollywood, he jumped at the chance to play a complicated, real-life figure, unlike any he’d played before, whose experiences force us to reflect on the entertainment industry as it is today—and the extent to which it has or has not changed over the last 70+ years.Created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, the drama follows a group of ambitious actors and filmmakers in Post-World War II Tinseltown,

Deadline reports.“We couldn’t be more excited for our friend Senator Kamala Harris to join the Democratic ticket and be our Vice Presidential Nominee,” an invite reads.

Meghan Markle's full conversation with Gloria Steinem was released Wednesday, in which they discussed voting and voter suppression, feminism, and the importance of representation.

Meghan Markle's full Makers conversation with feminist and activist Gloria Steinem finally dropped, and it offers an honest conversation about voting rights in America, alonh with genuine concern about voter suppression efforts. The women also touched on Kamala Harris making history as the first Black woman vice presidential candidate for a major U.S.

Will Thorne Staff WriterThe first joint interview between Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden and Vice Presidential nominee Kamala Harris scored big numbers for ABC on Sunday night.“The Ticket: First Interview,” which was conducted by David Muir and Robin Roberts, drew 5.1 million total viewers to the Disney-owned network, scoring a 0.7 rating among adults 18-49 in the process.

History was made Aug. 11 when Joe Biden announced California Sen.

Kamala Harris made official her place in history during Wednesday night's Democratic National Convention, accepting the party's vice presidential nomination and cementing her status as the first Black woman and first person of Indian descent to do so.Harris' nomination speech came courtesy of sister Maya Harris, niece Meena Harris and step-daughter Ella Emhoff, who celebrated her as the «world's greatest stepmom» and a «fierce, formidable, phenomenal woman.» «We could not be more excited to

Ted Johnson Kamala Harris will deliver the most important speech, so far, in her career, at tonight’s Democratic National Convention, as she accepts the nomination for vice president.Pundits and analysts will pay particular attention to her ability to communicate effectively to a virtual audience, which more likely than not will be the way things will be as political season enters its final stretch in the fall campaign.A lot of people in Hollywood are watching: Harris has long cultivated ties to

Ted Johnson EXCLUSIVE: Fresh off of accepting the Democratic nomination, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and their spouses are set for a fundraiser on Friday, with hosts including Jeffrey Katzenberg, George Clooney and Byron Allen.The afternoon event will be virtual, but it features an L.A.-centric group of hosts.

Kanye West is still seriously considering his run for president of the United States. Three days after presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden announced that Kamala Harris will be his vice-presidential running mate, the 43-year-old rapper has reacted to the historic nomination.  West took to Twitter with a vintage photo, presumably of his late mother, Donda West.

Following Tuesday's announcement of Kamala Harris as Joe Biden's running mate, the California senator has wasted no time hitting the campaign trail— with her first stop in Hollywood. The vice presidential nominee will hold her first solo event of the campaign in a launch fundraiser co-chaired by Nicole Avant, former U.S.

Kamala Harris’ first Vice President fundraising event already has a strong set of supporters, including many Hollywood stars.