Alicia Keys
The R&B songstress (seen here greeting Obama at a D.C. event last year) is campaigning hard for the President’s re-election. In July, she hosted a summit targeting female voters in Philadelphia.
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Beyonce and Jay-Z
The "Countdown" singer, in particular, has grown close with the Obamas. She sang at the President's Inaugural Ball in January 2009, and recently penned a sweet letter to Michelle Obama. "I am proud to have my daughter grow up in a world where she has people like you, to look up to," Blue Ivy's mama wrote.
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Bruce Springsteen
The Boss was an ardent Obama backer during 2008, and the leader showed his appreciation in kind, honoring the New Jersey rocker at the Kennedy Center Honors in 2009.
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Eva Longoria
The politically-minded Desperate Housewives star is active with Voto Latino, an organization dedicated to mobilizing young Hispanic voters; now she's serving as a campaign co-chair for Obama's re-election.
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George Clooney
In May, the Descendants actor hosted a lavish, $40,000-a-plate fundraiser for the Obama campaign, which raked in an estimated $15 million. "We raised a lot of money because everybody loves George," Obama raved. "They like me, they love him. And rightfully so." (The next morning, the buddies hit the basketball court for a pickup game!)
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Meryl Streep
"Anybody who saw The French Lieutenant's Woman had a crush on her," Obama (greeting Streep on Dec. 4, 2011) said during his Kennedy Center Honors speech paying homage to the Oscar winner.
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Ben Affleck
So bromantic! Obama embraced Affleck during an American Lung Cancer Association event in L.A. October 27, 2006.
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Bono
The U2 frontman yukked it up with the leader of the free world during a visit to the Oval Office in April 2010.
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Chris Rock
"If I want to talk to him, I can call him," the comedian told Details earlier this year, before addressing the criticism of Obama's record. "Dude, being the first black anything sucks," Rock told the mag.
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Ellen DeGeneres
The former Illinois Senator got goofy alongside DeGeneres during a visit to her show in 2008. "Michelle may be a better dancer than me, but I'm convinced I'm a better dancer than John McCain," he joked.
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Justin Bieber
The Canadian crooner greeted the President while filming Christmas in Washington in December 2011. "What up, my dude!" Bieber told Obama as they shook hands. Barack's reply? "What up, Biebs!"
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Oprah Winfrey
The OWN creator -- and longtime Chicago resident -- has been a loyal supporter of her fellow Chicagoans since the beginning. In fact, with Michelle, Sasha and Malia Obama out of the country in 2010 for his 49th birthday, the President celebrated his big day in Chi-town with Oprah and her pal Gayle King.
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Reese Witherspoon
Witherspoon and her How Do You Know costar Paul Rudd got to pay the White House a visit in 2010. "Obama came out and he turned to Paul and said, 'I loved you in I Love You Man.' I grabbed Paul and was like, 'Are you freaking out right now?' He's like, 'I'm freaking out!'" Witherspoon recalled.
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