Johnny Depp and Tim Burton attend White House Halloween celebration

Johnny Depp and Tim Burton were among the guests of President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle for the Obamas’ first Halloween celebration at the White House. Quite an honor! Guest accounts and Tweets state that Johnny was in costume as the Mad Hatter (with makeup covering his facial hair) and took part in an Alice in Wonderland tea party, while Tim donned a heart-shaped eyepatch and a bright red tie in lieu of a costume. The cast and crew of Chicago’s famed Redmoon Theater group brought their performance art to the festivities, which were a closely guarded secret until Saturday night. “It was absolutely a Halloween I will never forget,” Frank Maugeri, artistic director of Redmoon Theater, told the Chicago Sun-Times. “When the official [White House] photographer shot the picture of all of us from Redmoon with the president and Mrs. Obama I just said out loud, ‘This is the best day of my life!'” The photo shows Tim Burton with a member of the Black Bear Combo, musicians who entertained at the festivities; to see a larger photo of Tim with the group, CLICK HERE. Many thanks to Emma for breaking the news, and to AliceSprings and SallyNightmare for photographs. You can read more on the Zone’s News & Views forum. –Part-Time Poet

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