A month ago, Hollywood was ho-hum about the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this month. Now celebrities are crawling out of the woodwork to join Kamalapalooza—including Uma Thurman, John Legend, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Kerry Washington.
And if the Democratic Party planners’ dreams come true? Beyoncé herself will be there in person to sing “Freedom” live as Kamala Harris formally accepts the nomination that delegates to the convention have already bestowed her. Queen Bey has already granted the Harris campaign permission to make her 2016 hit the theme song for the first ever Black female presidential nominee, and she is widely rumored to be the headliner on Thursday, August 22, the last night of the convention, when Harris will take the stage to give her acceptance speech.
That type of star power would have been a big stretch for a Biden-fronted convention.
