Roughly 400 guests joined First Lady Michelle Obama at the Beverly Hills home of pop star Gwen Stefani on a steamy Sunday to help raise money for President Obama?s reelection campaign.
Tickets started at $2,500 for a family of four, according a campaign official, so the event could raise more than $1 million for the Obama Victory Fund, a joint fundraising committee of Obama for America, the Democratic National Committee and several state Democratic parties.
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The event was billed as a "Sunday of Fun," and on one side of the house a tennis court was festooned with a bridge of red, white and blue balloons arranged in the form of an American flag. Various stations were set up on the tennis court, where children could get fake tattoos and balloon animals.
To listen to the First Lady speak, the crowd gathered on the lawn next to the pool. Among the guests were Nicole Richie and husband Joel Madden, actor Jeffrey Tambor and actress Alyson Hannigan.
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The First Lady's remarks were geared to a crowd filled with youngsters and youthful parents.
"Barack can't do it alone. He's not Spider-Man. He's not a superhero. He's a human, so we need your help," Mrs. Obama said. "I am not just talking to the adults here today. I am talking to the young people here as well.
"All of our young people -- you might not be old enough to vote. You vote at school, I know -- I met several young people who are going to be voting for my husband, who are 10 and under -- we accept those votes," she said, to cheers and laughter. "But you can play an important role in this election, too. I want you all to feel empowered."
Mrs. Obama wore a sleeveless navy dress with detailing around the waist and flat sandals with silver detail.
Stefani and her bandmates from No Doubt, including Tony Kanal, were seated on folding chairs on the upper portion of the patio. She wore a sleeveless hot pink peplum top, matching hot pink skinny pants, black leather stilettos with spike heels and several chunky silver bracelets.
Stefani's boys, 6-year-old Kingston and 3-year-old Zuma, looked on. Her husband, singer Gavin Rossdale, is on tour in Europe, according to a campaign official.
Later in the day, the First Lady attended another fund-raiser at the home of Warner Bros. chairman and chief executive officer Barry Meyer. She showed up at Meyer's home, located in a gated community near the J. Paul Getty Museum, to deliver a speech around 5:30 p.m. for a crowd of about 150 people, each of whom paid at least $2,500 to attend.
Also present at Meyer's event?were Netflix Inc. Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos, as well as?Anne Globe, DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc.'s
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