Celebs flock to Denver
2008-08-28 21:19
Denver - Spielberg! Affleck! J.Lo! They were among the Hollywood celebrities attending events in Denver as the Democratic National Convention nominated Barack Obama as the party's presidential candidate.
Steven Spielberg, who reportedly directed a short film on military weapons that was to be shown at the convention, was spotted entering the Pepsi Centre.
Jennifer Lopez spoke at a reception honouring children's rights activist Marian Wright Edelman. Ben Affleck read excerpts from a Howard Zinn book and made an appearance at the city's food bank for America's Second Harvest.
Affleck was joined by his wife, Jennifer Garner, at the book reading at the Starz Green Room across the street from the Pepsi Centre. Also participating: Rosario Dawson, Kerry Washington, Taye Diggs, Hill Harper and Josh Brolin.
Other celebrity sightings around Denver:
The Black Eyed Peas performed a concert at the Fillmore Auditorium for the Creative Coalition. Fergie praised Hillary Rodham Clinton's Tuesday-night speech, saying Clinton "really spoke to me as a woman. And I think she spoke to a lot of people in that way".
Politicians including Virginia Gov. Mark Warner attended a ONE Campaign party featuring a Kanye West performance. Also in attendance: Forest Whitaker, Kal Penn, Jamie Foxx and director Davis Guggenheim.
Muhammad Ali sat in the convention audience.
Fran Drescher, Ashley Judd and Joy Bryant joined Lopez at the reception honouring Edelman.
Anne Hathaway and others gathered at a morning reception honouring Annette Bening for her work narrating the documentary 14 Women, about women in the US Senate.
Big Boi of Outkast was at the airport on his way out of town after hosting a Radio One show where he interviewed John Legend, among others.
- AP