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The traffic fallout from President Obama's motorcades always seem more widespread when he ventures east from home base in Beverly Hills — like to West Hollywood or the Hancock Park area. When the security shutdowns are confined to the Westside it's bad out there, but the Obamajams don't seem to bother as many people. So I guess it's good news that the president's main venue on his Feb. 15 visit will be in Holmby Hills. The Democratic campaign fundraiser will be at the home of soap opera producer and writer Bradley Bell and his wife Colleen, the Hollywood Reporter says.
Actor Will Ferrell and his wife Viveca Paulin are among the co-sponsors of the dinner, THR has learned.Event organizers are also working on a line-up of musical acts to perform on the lawn of the Bells' house for earlier in the day. Those tickets start at $250 per person.
Bradley Bell is co-creator, executive producer and head writer of The Bold and the Beautiful, a soap opera he started with his parents, William and Lee Bell, in 1987. (The elder Bells also created The Young and the Restless.) Bradley Bell's wife Colleen is a writer and one of Obama's top Hollywood "bundlers."
Um, couldn't the Dems just once hold a fundraiser for Obama on a weekend? The next day, THR also reports, Obama is set to attend a breakfast in OC's Corona del Mar at the home of Jeff and Nancy Stack.
Previously on LA Observed:
Obama fundraising 'packages' for Hollywood get creative
Look at Obama's leaked celebrity wish list
Obama visits with radio host Piolin in 2010