BARACK OBAMA, with the help of singer and actress Barbra Streisand, raised $9 million (€6.4m) for his presidential campaign and the Democratic party as he partied with Hollywood celebrities on Tuesday night.

Veteran film star Kirk Douglas and wife Anne said “I do” for the second time in 50 years at a hilltop mansion, renewing the marriage vows the couple first took when they eloped to Las Vegas in 1954.