Pete Buttigieg Pete ButtigiegThe Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by Facebook - GOP closes ranks to fill SCOTUS vacancy by November Buttigieg stands in as Pence for Harris's debate practice Hillicon Valley: FBI, DHS warn that foreign hackers will likely spread disinformation around election results | Social media platforms put muscle into National Voter Registration Day | Trump to meet with Republican state officials on tech liability shield MORE’s presidential campaign is getting some big-name support from a pair of Hollywood heavyweights, with Gwyneth Paltrow and former “West Wing” star Bradley Whitford teaming up for a fundraiser for the Democratic White House hopeful.

Paltrow and Whitford will raise money for the South Bend, Ind., mayor’s presidential run at a May 9 event in Los Angeles, Buttigieg’s campaign confirmed to ITK. The news was first reported Wednesday by Variety.

Paltrow, the 46-year-old Goop founder and "Iron Man" star, was a supporter of former President Obama during the 2012 presidential race. Following President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE's win in the 2016 election, Paltrow said her feeling was she didn’t “understand the opposition well enough at all.”

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“I’m not going to tell you what side I’m on, but my big takeaway was, ‘I really need to open my mind and understand better because I don’t,’ ” Paltrow said in remarks at a 2016 conference.

Whitford has been an outspoken critic of Trump, saying earlier this year on CBS’s “The Late Show” that the commander in chief has “turned my hair white and causes constant stress.” Whitford, 59, had hit the campaign trail with then-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonDemocratic groups using Bloomberg money to launch M in Spanish language ads in Florida The Hill's Campaign Report: Presidential polls tighten weeks out from Election Day More than 50 Latino faith leaders endorse Biden MORE back in 2016.

Buttigieg has seen his national profile skyrocket — and his celebrity support intensify — since entering the White House race. “This is Us” star Mandy Moore, “Deadpool’s” Ryan Reynolds, and actress Jane Lynch were all among his Hollywood donors, according to first-quarter campaign finance reports released by the Federal Election Commission earlier this month.