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LOS ANGELES — The campaign trail is taking a detour down the red carpet.

Movie stars Samuel L. Jackson and John Malkovich, big-name directors and other celebrities turned out Tuesday night to contribute to Barack Obama, who is counting on Hollywood's reliable support for Democrats and the Democratic National Committee.

The guest list for the gala, in which top tickets cost more than $30,000, included actress Jennifer Beals, models Heidi Klum and Cindy Crawford, and boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard. Also expected to attend is Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas, who created two music videos for Obama during the primary season — including one called "Yes We Can" that set music to clips from his speeches and became an Internet sensation.

Obama's campaign and the Democratic National Committee will share the money from the fundraiser. Klum's husband, the singer who uses the single name Seal, is among the entertainers expected to perform at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.

"We hope we do well," Obama told reporters just before he landed in Los Angeles. "Obviously we've got a lot of work to do."

Shattering records, Obama had raised more than $287 million through the end of May. Last week he reversed an earlier promise and said he would not take public financing for the general election. The move lifts the cap on what he can spend, allowing him to pour hundreds of millions more into his campaign against Republican John McCain, who has said he would take public funding and has criticized Obama's decision.

Tuesday's asking ticket price for the gala's general reception was $2,300. Tickets to a VIP dinner cost $28,500. Obama aides were expecting at least 500 people, though more were likely. The Democratic National Committee would get the $28,500 donations, and Obama would get the $2,300 share.

McCain and the Republican National Committee raised a combined $7 million at a similar joint fundraiser in New York last month that was hosted by New York Jets owner Woody Johnson.

Former President Bill Clinton said through a spokesman Tuesday that he was committed to helping Obama become president, his first comments in support of his wife's former rival since the primaries ended three weeks ago.

Relations between the last Democratic president and the candidate who wants to be the next one are frosty — they still haven't spoken in the aftermath of the heated campaign. But Bill Clinton extended an offer to help in a one-sentence statement from spokesman Matt McKenna.

"President Clinton is obviously committed to doing whatever he can and is asked to do to ensure Senator Obama is the next president of the United States," McKenna said.

It's not clear what Obama might ask him to do. The campaign wasn't specific when asked.