L.A. Mayor Race: Who in Hollywood Is Supporting Whom

At any time when national people in politics progressively use Hollywood your money can buy, a hotly contested La mayoral race is starting to draw in the entertainment industry's attention.our editor recommendsSteven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg Support Wendy Greuel For L.A. MayorJeffrey Katzenberg, J.J. Abrams Leading the Charge of Hollywood's Super PAC SpendersRelated Subjects•Politics Invites visit the city's monied investment and investment finance crowd for just about any 12 ,., 9 event within the Holmby Slopes home of investment banker Warren Woo and wife, Carolyn, to enhance money for billionaire fund manager, philanthropist and investment banker Austin Beutner's campaign. Beutner, one of several people searching to switch known as-out Antonio Villaraigosa in 2013, can be a political protégé of former mayor, Richard Riordan. PHOTOS: 10 Artists Dems and Republicans Prefer to Hate Riordan is probably the event's co-hosts, along with Lionsgate's Michael Burns, developer Wayne Ratkovich and wife Joanne, Jeanne and Terry Pritzker, Nick Pritzker, Jody and Scott Siegler, Anne and Bob Simmons, and Earthlink founder Sky Dayton along with partner Arwen Dayton. All have business ties for the entertainment industry. Beutner was the youngest partner ever inside the Blackstone Group after which co-founded, along with former Treasury Secretary Roger Altman, their very own fund Evercore, which made him a billionaire. In route he found time to be the special American emissary to help restructure the Russian economy after november communism also to behave as Villaraigosa's economic policy and business czar, controlling 13 city departments, including Water and, the harbor and Poor. PHOTOS: Dems and Republicans' Favorite Movies Tickets for the December, 9 fundraiser event are scaly from $250 to $5,000, as well as the invitation boasts convenient payment by bank card. Concurrently, Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen have sent instructions backing Controller (and former DreamWorks executive) Wendy Greuel's mayoral candidacy. The Democratic energy trio can also be promoting pals and affiliate marketers to visit a December 7 Greuel fundraiser event within the Westside home of Ellen and Andrew Hauptman, The Hollywood Reporterhas learned. Co-hosts include Hollywood philanthropy consultant Marge Tabankin and industry political consultant Andy Spahn. The means by which the situation is shaping up, the March 2013 mayor's race may be the initial since Tom Bradley's landmark victory through which Hollywood takes a substantial and active hands. Related Subjects Politics