Obama hits Los Angeles Music Center Tuesday for fund-raiser with the stars.

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WASHINGTON–Watch for presumptive Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) to hit the elite big money fund-raising circuit in the coming days and weeks as he hustles to bank millions in the wake of his decison to reject his public financing pledge. Hat tip to Wilshire & Washington LINK for an advance on the Obama Tuesday fund-raiser with the stars in Los Angeles.

From Wilshire & Washington:

“Barack Obama’s fund-raiser at the Los Angeles Music Center on Tuesday is expected to draw a sizable contingent of stars and Hollywood executives, including Samuel L. Jackson, Seal, Heidi Klum, Sidney Poitier, Will.i.am, Cedric the Entertainer, Dennis Quaid and Kal Penn.”

“Also on the list are Ari Emanuel, Ron Meyer, Bryan Lourd, Mike and Irena Medavoy, Jim Wiatt and Sherry Lansing.”

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