Gwyneth Paltrow hosts star-studded fundraiser for Barack Obama
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow hosted a slew of celebrities including guest of honor President Barack Obama at her Los Angeles home on Thursday night (09Oct14) as a fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee.
Actors including Julia Roberts and The West Wing's Bradley Whitford were among the guests at Paltrow's sprawling Brentwood home, which was one of the first stops on the leader's California tour.
According to TheWrap.com, Obama addressed the crowd with several
casual remarks before giving a brief speech on more political
topics such as the crisis with ISIS and the current Ebola
scare.
He insisted the deadly disease will not reach an extreme like it
has in Africa, saying, "I want to assure everybody that the
likelihood of an epidemic here in the United States is
extraordinarily small.
"But there's a humanitarian crisis that's happening right now in
West Africa where children not much older, and in some cases
younger than Apple and Moses (Paltrow's children) are dying on the
streets alone."
It is the second time Paltrow has helmed a campaign event for
President Obama - she co-hosted an Victory Fund dinner in London
with Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour and designer Tom Ford in
2012.