Beyonce & Jay-Z // President Barack Obama\'s Inauguration Aretha Franklin // President Barack Obama\'s Inauguration

I’ve been a little detached from the internet over the past couple of weeks due to a few offline obligations and what-not, but I’m slowly getting Gossip On This back into the groove of things. I’m not sure if many other blogs have shown a lot of these but here are a few photos of some of the biggest names in Hollywood watching history in the making as Barack Obama was sworn into office as the 44th President of the U.S.

Oprah & Stedman // President Barack Obama's Inauguration

Janice Combs, Diddy and Solange // President Barack Obama\'s Inauguration

Mohammad Ali & (wife) Yolanda Ali // President Barack Obama\'s Inauguration

Dustin Hoffman // President Barack Obama\'s Inauguration Don King // President Barack Obama\'s Inauguration

Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. // President Barack Obama\'s Inauguration

Steven Spielberg & (wife) Kate Capshaw // President Barack Obama\'s Inauguration

Martin Luther King III // President Barack Obama\'s Inauguration

Magic Johnson // President Barack Obama\'s Inauguration

PHOTOS: GETTY IMAGES

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