2020 Election - The curtain starts coming down

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On a lighter note... the D-list has confirmed attendance at the inauguration events. D as in Democrats, of course: Lady Gaga, J. Lo, Tom Hanks, Justin Timberlake, Jon Bon Jovi, Demi Lovato, Ant Clemons, Jason Alexander, David Arquette, Matt Bomer, Christopher Jackson, Ted Danson, Lea DeLaria, Keegan Michael-Key, Chrissy Metz, Mandy Patinkin, ...

"When Democrats win, you get the more standard celebrities," said [Presidential historian Tevi] Troy, author of What Jefferson Read, Ike Watched and Obama Tweeted: 200 Years of Popular Culture in the White House.

"With Republicans, you tend to get country music stars and race-car drivers." Referring to Lady Gaga's outspoken support for the Biden-Harris ticket, he said he was nostalgic for the days when celebrities were not so political.

"Call me a hopeless romantic, but I liked the old days when Bob Hope or Frank Sinatra would come to these events and they were not overtly political," he said.