president barack obama is calling on a long-time hollywood insider and former ambassador to go after the huge pool of campaign funds out in tinsel town. a.j. hammer host of showbiz tonight has more on hollywood s connection. hey, a.j. hey, kyra. a lot of money out there and one of the president s top fund-raisers and nicole avant is ramping up the effort to get it back on campaign. her father once also ran motown. according to hollywood reporter she s already got three fund-raisers in the works and, of course, a lot of speculation that perhaps president obama has lost some support in hollywood, but, kyra, if you ll excuse the name drop, i just spent some time with rob lowe yesterday. he told me, he s a big political junky. despite what you might have heard, the entertainment industry will be very supportive of the president, again, this year. he actually told me, he s such a
surging along with his poll numbers, i understand. tell me more about that. that s right, they raised a million dollars in 24 hours after those iowa caucuses and he is fighting hard for votes here in new hampshire. you know, the conventional wisdom was, kyra, that he would spend more time in south carolina because that s where a lot of social conservatives are, not so much up here in new hampshire. but keep in mind, rick santorum has a rust belt republican approach to how he wants to go after votes here in this new hampshire primary. he s talking about giving tax breaks to the manufacturing industry to get them to have a rebound. he s also talking about tax breaks for middle class families, so, all of that really aimed at those sort of factory workers and lunch bucket republicans who work in a lot of these towns here in new hampshire. at a town hall event earlier this morning, he was talking about what the difference is between iowa and new hampshire and how he feels he sho
already responding. let s bring in cnn political producer shawna sheppard following the gingrich campaign. following us from des moines. you got the statement from newt gingrich. what else is he or his camp saying? moments ago we heard from newt gingrich s campaign press secretary. he sent a statement to cnn to clarify the former house speaker s remarks. he said gingrich supports a negotiated peace agreement between israel and palestinians. which will necessarily include agreements between israel and the palestinians over the borders of palestinian state. however, to understand what is being proposed and negotiated you have to understand decades of con complex history which is what gingrich is referencing during the interview with jewish tv. this is something the gingrich campaign often will comment on, the fact he was a former professor, and study of history. so we will see if he if he clarifies his remarks even more, challenging them even more at the debate tonight.
ah, pee-wee herman rocking out the platform shoes charming the patrons of the biker bar to the brassy notes of tequila. how could we forget that moment? the man had his share of big adventures shall we say. whether you knew him from the silver screen or from his saturday morning playhouse the man in the red bow tie has a legion of fans. good news for them. pee-wee is coming back to tv. hbo filming the broadway production of the pee-wee herman show reportedly to air the special sometime in 2011. 30 years after the cable network ran the special that launched paul reuben s most iconic character. that return just the icing on the cake for a year full of entertainment intrigue. take a look. i m a.j. hammer host of slnt wi showbiz tonight with the top ten entertainment stories. michael douglas s cancer battle.