George Clooney played the suave host, Chef Wolfgang Puck whipped up something for dinner, and President Barack Obama and about 150 of his Hollywood set donors enjoyed a few laughs at Clooney's good humored expense.

Obama reminded the crowd that his famed Hope poster from the 2008 was derived from a photograph of Obama sitting next to Clooney when Obama was a U.S. senator.
Clooney had been in Washington advocating on behalf of Darfur.

'This is the first time that George Clooney has been photo-shopped out of a picture,' Obama said.

'Never happened before, never happen again.'