Sightings around the convention …
Eva Longoria Parker, in stilettos, making her way to the convention hall for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s speech …
Charles Barkley swarmed by fans as he crossed the street toward the CNN Grill …
Sean Penn having breakfast alone, and also seen at the city’s public library Tuesday as an observer at an Oxfam America round-table panel about Gulf Coast recovery efforts. He didn’t speak to the group but chatted later with moderator Ted Koppel and the nonprofit’s president.
Daryl Hannah in the Fox News studio …
Obama Girl, Amber Lee Ettinger, got a bigger stage than ever with an appearance on NBC’s “The Tonight Show.”
Louis Gossett Jr. was on the convention floor and later at the CNN Grill, a restaurant and lounge area also visited by Ashley Judd.
Spike Lee, on the convention floor, wore a T-shirt that featured caricatures of Obama dunking on John McCain.
Chevy Chase and his wife also stopped by the Jet party, saying they were attending Obama’s Thursday speech. Chase’s reaction to last weekend’s announcement of Sen. Joe Biden as Obama’s running mate: “I wet my pants.”
Chris Daughtry performed with his band at a club called The Church. Daughtry said he’d spoken with Jon Bon Jovi a few days earlier and the rocker hadn’t mentioned a rumored Thursday pre-Obama speech gig (Bruce Springsteen is supposed to play afterward).
Moby played an acoustic set at the Jet, performing “Ring of Fire” and, upon request, “Free Bird.” He told the crowd it was his policy to play the Lynyrd Skynyrd song if anybody shouted it out. Afterward, he exchanged a handshake and posed for photos with rapper Bun B.