While Betty White has yet to confirm or deny her involvement at the Democratic National Convention, audiences are set to get their celebrity fix when Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman, and Kerry Washington show up on stage this Thursday. No official confirmation has been provided by convention officials, but sources close to CNN indicate that the three actresses will appear on stage together after a performance by the Foo Fighters. They have all been vocal supporters of the Obama administration since 2008.
In a phone interview with the Las Vegas Review Journal, Portman stated: "I think the thing that is most upsetting in the past four years is how partisan they've been in blocking Obama's reforms."
"All of us should be putting country first," she added.
Johansson spoke with the Huffington Post, expressing: "I think people are really in dire straits and they are very reasonably and understandably upset...I mean Obama inherited a turkey, he really did, and he's working to...he's fighting a kind of uphill battle in a sense and he has these past four years." "Change doesn't happen overnight, you know, we know that."
In an exclusive opinion piece on News One, Washington writes, "On the campaign trail, I have been honored to meet volunteers all over the country who are working hard to make sure that President Obama has another term. They are a reminder that this country belongs to all of us and that in order for us to have political power, we must participate in the process...That is why, once again, I am choosing to be vocal in my support of our President."
Democratic National Convention Day 2 Schedule (EDT):
Wednesday, September 5
Starting at 5 p.m.
Call to order: Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (Illinois)
Rep. Diana DeGette (Colorado)
John Perez, California State Assembly speaker
Mayor Thomas Menino (Boston, Massachusetts)
Rep. Judy Chu (California)
Steve Westly, former California state controller
Rep. John Larson (Connecticut)
Ken Myers, deputy sheriff (Carroll County, Iowa)
6 p.m.
Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO president
Rep. Steve Israel (New York)
Sen. Patty Murray (Washington)
Rep. Pedro Pierluisi (Puerto Rico)
Tom Steyer, Advanced Energy Economy co-founder
Sen. Charles Schumer (New York)
Rep. Karen Bass (California)
Rep. Al Green (Texas)
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (Missouri)
Gov. Dannel Malloy (Connecticut)
7 p.m.
Denise Juneau, Montana Office of Public Instruction superintendent
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (California)
Tom Vilsack
Sen. Barbara Mikulski (Maryland)
Arne Duncan
Johanny Adames
Jim Hunt, former North Carolina governor
Harvey Gantt, former mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina
8 p.m.
Elizabeth Ann "Libby" Bruce
Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood Federation of America president
Rep. Steny Hoyer (Maryland)
Rep. Barney Frank (Massachusetts)
Ed Meagher
Gen. Eric Shinseki
Mayor Michael Nutter (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Gov. John Hickenlooper (Colorado)
Simone Campbell, NETWORK executive director
Gov. Jack Markell (Delaware)
9 p.m.
Karen Mills
Bull Butcher
Kamala Harris, California attorney general
Benita Veliz
Cristina Saralegui
Sandra Fluke
Austin Ligon, Co-founder and retired CEO of CarMax
Karen Eusanio
Bob King, UAW president
Randy Johnson, Cindy Hewitt and David Foster
Rep. Chris Van Hollen (Maryland)
10 p.m.
Jim Senegal, Costco founder and former CEO
Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Senate candidate (Massachusetts)
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
President Bill Clinton
Democratic National Convention Day 3 Schedule (EDT)
Thursday, September 6
Starting at 6 p.m.
Vice President Joe Biden
President Barack Obama