Nicole Avant Meets GOP Hopeful, Hollywood Buzzes

0:00On April 30th, Nicole Levant, the powerhouse Democrat who's been tight with the Obama's for years, got spotted at a private gathering for California, Republican gubernatorial hopeful Steve Hilton last week. She's married to Netflix chief Ted Sarandos, served as ambassador to the Bahamas under Obama and co-chaired his 2008 campaign finance. Efforts, this showing up at a GOP spot has folks talking. The meetup wasn't a cash grab, but a roundtable chat at producer Natalie Marciano's place, zeroing in on Hilton's ideas to boost California's fading. Film and TV scene. It comes as the governor's race heats up after Democrat Eric Swalwell dropped out of mid-sexual assault claims he denies. Hilton, Xbox host and UK Prime Minister Aide, faced off against Riverside's share of Chad Bianco and dim heavyweights like Tom Steyer, Xavier Basera, Katy Porter, Matt Mahan, Antonio Villaragosa, and Tony Thurmond.

1:00Hollywood's Democratic Money Crowd is raising eyebrows over Avaant's move, given her LA royalty status daughter of philanthropist Jacqueline Avaant and music legend Clarence Avaant. She's but the party line before, backing Rick Caruso in the 2022 LA Mayer race after her mom's tragic home invasion killing, and post Trump's 2024 win, she called out Dems for cost and whining. Roses say Avaant knows Hilton, but isn't endorsing anyone yet, and Netflix stay quiet. Hilton's wife, Rachel Wetzdon, has deed Netflix PR roots, adding to the buzz. No formal back-and-confirmed. Today, Hilton teams up with Lieutenant Governor candidate Gloria Romero to unveil his Bring Hollywood home plan at the Centorama Dome, while rivals. Like Steyer push to grow the $750 million film tax credit, everyone's eyeing that production slump in LA. This has been Entertainment and Celebrity News Today, powered by AI, I'm Corey with the story.