It’s no surprise that some celebrities ranging from Peter Fonda to Heidi Montag got out in anticipation of an Obama win in the US presidential elections last night, and US west coast editor Elyse Glickman and correspondent Leyla Messian were out to cover them. While in most elections, people would stay at home, we noted that this was so historical that many decided to get together socially to celebrate their exercising of their democratic right. Lucire agrees: freedom is something worth celebrating. There were 600 people at the Edison in downtown LA last night, and more at events across the country. Check out our coverage today.

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