The List: Celebrities In DC For Obama's Inauguration

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•The Creative Coalition's inaugural ball will bring plenty of big names to town, with a list of confirmed attendees below.

Tim Daly, Tony Goldwyn, Anne Hathaway, Ron Howard, Spike Lee, Susan Sarandon, Kerry Washington, Dana Delany, Ellen Burstyn, Alan Cumming, Barry Levinson, Alfre Woodard, Josh Lucas, Matthew Modine, Richard Schiff, Connie Britton, Marcia Cross, Maura Tierney, Sue Kramer, Rachael Leigh Cook, Gloria Reuben, Wendie Malick, Adrian Grenier, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Phillip Bloch, Tom Cavanagh, Bradley Cooper, Hill Harper, Ashley Judd, Blair Underwood, Lynn Whitfield, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Giancarlo Esposito, Kim Raver, Lawrence O'Donnell, Jane Krakowski, Tamara Tunie and Tom Fontana
Elvis Costello, Sting and R&B legend Sam Moore will also play at the event

•Rihanna will be headlining the RIAA and Feeding America charity ball, Access Hollywood reports.

•Longtime Obama supporter Oprah Winfrey will host an event at the Kennedy Center on election eve, NBC reports.

•Will Smith and his wife Jada will attend the inauguration, UPI reports

•Hip-hop will be well represented in DC that night, thanks to the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network's ball, which will feature guests and performers like Russell Simmons, T.I., Young Jeezy and LL Cool J on the eve of the inauguration. Jay-Z recently announced that he would also perform at a party that night.

•George Lucas will be awarded at the Bits And Bytes Inaugural Ball.

•The Washington Post reports that Bruce Springsteen will perform on the steps of the Lincoln memorial on a January 18th free welcome event.

•The American Music Inaugural Balls will bring more big hip-hop names to the city, as the program details:

The event is composed of two parts: the Legends Ball, which Warwick will host, and the Urban Ball, which will see rapper Ludacris at the helm. It will be the first ever two-ball event in inaugural history. Performers include Rodney Atkins, George Clinton, Chaka Khan, Marvin Sapp, the Temptations (with Dennis Edwards), Harold Melvin's Blue Notes, Kirk Franklin, the H.B. Barnum Orchestra, The Caravans, Smokie Norful, T-Pain, David Banner, Athena Cage, Cedric the Entertainer, the Cheetah Girls, Fantasia, Lil Jon, Monica, Bella Steez, and Bobby Valentino.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/08/obama-inauguration-celebr_n_156257.html

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

1. What??? No Carrot Top? That sucks. nt

[liberal N proud]

2. Those damn liberals will ruin Washington

:rofl:

[Clio the Leo]

3. Suddenly, no one else seems to matter anymore...

.... no, not even Oprah.

[samsingh]

4. where are the Dixie Chicks?

[rvablue]

6. For the symbolism, it would have been nice to see them there....

but who knows, after what those poor women went through they might just want to stay out of politics and enjoy making music and being with their families.

Maybe I just missed it, but I don't remember them being that vocal during the campaign. Not putting them down for it, like I said after the death threats, etc. they received years ago, maybe they just choose to lay low now?

[Cha]

5. Chaka Kahn..that's interesting 'cause

I seem to remember her as a bush supporter but I guess that doesn't really matter these days.