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U.S. President-elect Barack Obama poses for an official portrait on January 13, 2009 in Washington, DC.Us Magazine
An A-list crowd will take on Washington D.C. this weekend to celebrate Obama, who will be sworn in as the first African-American president in history on Jan. 20. The festivities, starting Friday and lasting until Tuesday night, include appearances by Will Smith , Jennifer Lopez , Sheryl Crow and Oprah.
Check out Barack Obama's election night photos.
The non-stop parties begin Friday night at a BET dinner for Smith, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Denzel Washington , Jay-Z , Beyonce Knowles , Jamie Foxx , Morgan Freeman , Alicia Keys and Patti LaBelle , among others.
BET will host another event on Saturday. Joss Stone , Mary J. Blige , Terrence Howard , Stevie Wonder and Tyler Perry are some of the stars who plan to attend.
Take a look at the Obama family album!
The Presidential Inaugural Committee's official kick-off event is the We Are One concert at the Lincoln Memorial. The Sunday show will feature performances from Bruce Springsteen , Crow and Beyonce. Also scheduled to hit the stage are John Mellencamp , Shakira , Garth Brooks, will.i.am and Josh Groban .
Forrest Whitaker, Jeffrey Wright, Adrian Grenier and Elizabeth Berkley plan to attend Rolling Stone's Rock the Vote event on Monday. Meanwhile, Rosario Dawson plans to attend an event hosted by MoveOn.org, and stars including Jessica Alba , Lindsay Lohan and Sam Ronson will be at the Declare Yourself event. Environmental activist and former Vice-President Al Gore will spend the evening at the Green Inaugural Ball.
The Jonas Brothers and Miley Cyrus perform at the week's second big musical event, Kids' Inaugural Concert to honor military families on Monday. The show will be hosted by future First Lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, wife of the new vice-president, Joe Biden. Demi Lovato and Usher will also take the stage.
Check out what Michelle Obama might wear to the Inaugural Ball!
The Huffington Post Pre-Inaugural Ball will host some of the inauguration's biggest names on Monday evening. Hosted by the Huffington Post, the party is the first-ever interactive ball allowing web users to join in the event. Those attending the ball at the Newseum include Halle Berry , Leonardo DiCaprio , Tom Hanks , Demi Moore , Ashton Kutcher , Fall Out Boy, Samuel L. Jackson , Martha Stewart and Steven Spielberg , among others. Crow, will.i.am and Sting will perform live at midnight.
The parties continue after Obama's inauguration ceremony on Tuesday. Courteney Cox and David Arquette will join Rihanna at the Feeding America Ball that evening. Meanwhile, Anne Hathaway , Kate Walsh , Maggie Gyllenhaal , Peter Sarsgaard and Seal will be at the Creative Coalition Inaugural Ball.
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Danii : )daannii sayss " LET MR. PRESIDENT PARTY!"report abuseposted February 1, 2009 3:52 PM PST
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hotsatyendramy favourate bcoz he hs angel energy to govern the worldreport abuseposted January 29, 2009 12:05 AM PST
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Yo Pippy3,000ok people if he wants to have a party let the poor man hes the freakin president for god sakes atleast u dont have that hard work at the white house he deserves a brake!report abuseposted January 26, 2009 5:51 PM PST
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lareds48Mr.Presidentreport abuseposted January 26, 2009 9:31 AM PST
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starWhy not spend all that party money on the homeless and the hungry& sick put it some where so it can help people...... Life is not a PARTY...report abuseposted January 25, 2009 2:38 PM PST
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Candy Gurl 101 8Hey what up what yall doin let me tell you how i am so happy that Barack Obama is the president T.I will always be my #1 babii and then it is Barack Obama and i am so happy that Barack Obama send me a yahoo email saying that i am invited to his daughters slumber party in March yeah OBAMA! OBAMA! YES WE CANreport abuseposted January 24, 2009 12:56 PM PST
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another hottie asiani'm just hoping that obama will save the world from fin.crisis..we need actions,not just words..goodluck to him.report abuseposted January 24, 2009 4:49 AM PST
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ValiI'm going to make mistakes on my taxes now because, apparently that's ok to do! I'm not going to work two jobs to make sure I pay ALL of my own bills because Obama will take $ from more wealthy people and give it to me! Dems want to spend 8 trillion on their spending wish list that won't do crap! LIBERALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!report abuseposted January 23, 2009 9:36 AM PST
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commentIs that all they do, look for parties? It would seem. Worthless crew.report abuseposted January 21, 2009 8:58 PM PST
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TaylorMy hey me party $160 million brings change in the air. Those clothes made in china from a sweatshop. The US just can't catch a break... lots of change, I see it allready going downhill fast. Buy gold and silver cause the American dollar will not be worth nothing when he is done with our country. Amen sister what a glorious day.report abuseposted January 21, 2009 6:59 PM PST
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