Celebrities rush to embrace Kamala Harris

On July 10, A-list actor George Clooney asked a struggling Joe Biden to withdraw from the presidential race with Donald Trump and make way for a fresh face. When news broke Sunday that the incumbent had dropped out and endorsed his vice president, Kamala Harris, a host of Hollywood luminaries from actors Robert De Niro to Jamie Lee Curtis expressed their immediate support for the switch.

Curtis, star of horror classics like "Halloween," took to Instagram soon after the announcement to heartily endorse Harris — a former attorney general of California and US senator who has yet to be formally nominated by the Democratic Party.

"She is a fierce advocate for women's rights and people of color and her message is one of HOPE and UNITY for America at her time of great national divide," wrote Curtis in a post that had nearly 250,000 likes on Monday morning.

A day after Harris was endorsed by Biden, she was first welcomed by cheering campaign staff in Delaware to Beyonce's hit song "Freedom" — featuring rapper Kendrick Lamar, it appeared on the 2016 Beyonce album, "Lemonade."

As reported on CNN, the pop icon had been quick to give Harris' team permission to use the song throughout the presidential campaign, though Beyonce has yet........

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