Bradley Cooper"s Clint Eastwood Impression
Everyone on staff is helping our celebrity spotting during the DNC. Here are some more highlights:
From Elizabeth Wellington: BET Networks and Airbnb hosted a DNC soiree Tuesday night at Coda nightclub (1712 Walnut St.). The jawn - the official name of the party - was packed.
Singers Bilal and Raheem Devaughn entertained the well-dressed, packed-to-capacity crowd. The Daily Show host Trevor Noah milled through the space like he was everybody"s homeboy along with one of the show"s funniest correspondents, Roy Wood Jr. (The two are at Penn"s Annenberg Center taping the show.)
BET CEO Debra Lee addressed folks. Extra"s A.J. Calloway was in the house as well as was one of the convention"s best-dressed politicos, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake.
Two administrations at PoliticalFest 2016Tony Goldwyn, who plays President Fitzgerald Grant on Scandal, participated in a Q&A at the Constitution Center (525 Arch St.) on Wednesday afternoon with Melissa Fitzgerald, who played White House staffer Carol Fitzpatrick on The West Wing and now works for Justice for Vets.
Fitzgerald, Hrishikesh Hirway (who cohosts a West Wing podcast with show star Josh Malina), and West Wing star Richard Schiff also participated in a game of "West Wing Quizzo" at PoliticalFest 2016. Melissa called her friend and costar Allison Janney to help her out with a question. Richard called costar Bradley Whitford. Dul Hill also called in. Both had teams consisting of mega fans of the show. Melissa"s team won.
DNC"n IN TOWNAlways-working Michael Klein reports that Rydal-raised actor and former Daily News intern Bradley Cooper and supermodel girlfriend Irina Shayk joined a party of six for an early dinner upstairs at Vernick (2031 Walnut St.), the hot bistro near Rittenhouse Square.
The DNC couldn"t reunite Art Garfunkel with Paul Simon to sing "Bridge Over Troubled Water," but it was able to reunite Tyne Daly with Sharon Gless (Cagney & Lacey) to sing "What the World Needs Now."
Sen. Bernie Sanders and his family held forth at Butcher & Singer steak house Tuesday night. At another table was filmmaker Lee Daniels (Empire), enjoying dinner with his mother, Clara Watson. Daniels grew up in Wynnefield, and is the son of a Philadelphia police officer slain in the line of duty.
Barclay Prime on Rittenhouse Square was NBC central around the dinner hour Wednesday, as Carson Daly, Matt Lauer, and Al Roker chowed down, while a slew of network executives gathered at a nearby table.
Grey"s Anatomy/Scandal creator Shonda Rhimes Instagrammed from a Planned Parenthood event, where she saw New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker.
Speaking of Planned Parenthood, The Affair"s Maura Tierney stopped by the group"s private party Tuesday night at Union Transfer. (1026 Spring Garden St.).
A very interesting table at the start of the DNC at V Street (126 S. 19th St.). Booker was there, seated with CBS"s Gayle King and local filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan.
TV"s Judge Mathis attended the Black Caucus Cocktail Party at Del Frisco"s steak house Tuesday afternoon.
Vice President Biden cooled off at More Than Just Ice Cream (1119 Locust St.).
Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican, was at the DNC on Wednesday night to promote the fight against climate change.
Acknowledging climate change was not an issue at the RNC in Cleveland.
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