Celebrity

Antonio Banderas' code name for Obama visit

obamajam-creshts-1011.jpgWhen President Obama came over for a fundraiser in October, hosts Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas were assigned code names by the Secret Service. According to Banderas, his was Zorro — makes sense, as he starred in the 1998 release "The Mask of Zorro." No word on what handle the G-men used for Griffith. This was the trip, by the way, when Obama made appearances at two fundraisers in the Hancock Park area, stopped at Roscoe's House of Chicken 'N Waffles on Pico, and locked up traffic all across Mid-City and the Miracle Mile area.

LA Observed photo of October Obamajam in South Carthay.


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