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The Democratic Party Convention is in full swing and celebrities have come out to support Kamala Harris, who is certainly the first woman elected to the White House.

What could have been a rather dry and stuffy event has so far been a happy and lively festivalwith plenty of music and several A-list appearances. From Barack and Michelle Obama to rappers Common and Lil Jon, director Spike Lee, singer Patti LaBelle, actress Eva Longoria, actor Sean Astin and Olympic NBA coach Steve Kerr, they all made the trip to Chicago.

And there could be more to come, because according to CNN, there are Speculation about whether Taylor Swift will perform at the DNC – although there is no confirmation of this. However, it would be a great way to finally announce who she is supporting, especially after Donald Trump Sharing AI-generated images and suggests Swift and her fans support his campaign …

Here are some of the best celebrity photos and viral moments from the DNC so far, including Barack Obama criticizing Donald Trump’s “weird obsession with crowd size” while making a suggestive gesture.

Let’s get started right away – it’s just too good not to.

Obama listed some of Trump’s shortcomings, including his use of “childish nicknames … crazy conspiracy theories” and “this weird obsession with crowd sizes” — Trump, for example, falsely claimed that Kamala Harris used artificial intelligence to inflate the size of her crowds at rallies.

Obama gestured and feigned surprise as the crowd began to laugh, apparently referring to… overcompensation. For background, Trump defended himself against Senator Marco Rubio in 2016 when Rubio criticized Trump’s small hands, saying, “Something else has to be small.”

While Harris and her Vice-candidate Tim Walz were officially nominated in a virtual vote earlier this month, making the nationwide roll call at the DNC essentially ceremonial. Nevertheless, they went ahead, with a live DJ and Lil Jon performing for Georgia:

The delegation from Indiana also included Lord of the Rings actor Sean Astin:

Actor Wendell Pierce, who starred in The Wire, helped his home state of Louisiana vote for Harris and Walz:

Actress Eva Longoria joined the delegation from her home state of Texas:

Here are some of the other celebrity sightings:

Songs by Aretha Franklin, Lady Gaga, Prince, Tom Petty, Dolly Parton, Kendrick Lamar and Bruno Mars were played during the event, leading many to comment that Trump could not play music without being sued.

Actually from the family of soul legend Isaac Hayes Filing a lawsuitand demanded $3 million in damages to Celine Dion, Wooden childTom Petty, Neil Young, The Rolling Stones, Adele and Sinead O’Connorso that numerous artists have issued cease and desist orders to Trump and his campaign team for the unauthorized use of their songs.

In other cases, Bruce Springsteen protested Trump’s loud rendition of “Born in the USA” as a patriotic anthem in 2016, when it is actually a scathing indictment of the treatment of Vietnam veterans (oh, again, the irony); Rihanna called on Trump to stop playing “Don’t Stop the Music” after the song was played at a rally in 2018; and REM were outraged that their tracks “Losing My Religion,” “Everybody Hurts,” and “It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” were played at rallies.

In 2020, Leonard Cohen’s estate issued a statement criticizing Trump’s unauthorized use of Cohen’s “Hallelujah” at the Republican National Convention – after explicitly denying permission for its use. The estate added, rather brilliantly, that realistically they would have only considered approving Cohen’s song “You Want It Darker.”

The Democratic National Convention began on Monday, August 19th and ends tomorrow, Thursday, August 22nd.