LOS ANGELES — The day may belong to Al Gore, but the night belonged to his daughters.
Karenna Gore Schiff and her sister, Kristin, took the stage Sunday night with the Goo Goo Dolls to honor young Democrats at Hollywood's Knitting Factory nightclub.
"We were considering doing a couple of numbers, but I think we're going to turn this over to the Goo Goo Dolls," said Schiff.
The presence of Gore's daughters brought high security to the small club.
"I asked one of those Secret Service dudes to frisk me, but they weren't interested. I thought they should earn their money," said Goo Goo Dolls lead singer John Rzeznik.
Decked out in red leather pants and a tank top, Rzeznik painted an odd picture next to the Gore girls in dresses.
"Want to hear a joke?" Rzeznik asked. "How many Republicans does it take to screw in a light bulb? None. They don't have a ... clue."
The Goo Goo Dolls played a four-song set, including their hit "Broadway," which brought the Gore daughters to their feet.
The cast of Showtime's critically acclaimed "Resurrection Blvd." helped get out the vote and brought attention to the struggling TV series at the Latino Committee 2000 gathering at Paramount Pictures studios.
"I wanted to get the message out to the community to watch 'Resurrection Blvd.,' to subscribe to Showtime," said actor Tony Plano, who plays Roberto Santiago, the patriarch of a Hispanic family.
"We as Hispanics are 11 percent of the population, but we're only 2 to 3 percent of the TV population. We need this show," Plano said Sunday.
"Resurrection Blvd.," with one of the first all-Hispanic casts on television, follows a family of boxers living in East Los Angeles.
The cast signed autographs and posed for pictures with star-struck delegates, many of whom admitted they didn't have Showtime on their TVs.
But actor Esai Morales, also known for his roles opposite Lou Diamond Phillips in "La Bamba" and Jimmy Smits in "My Family," encouraged one Florida delegate to get cable.
"You need to watch this," Morales said.
Singer-songwriter Brian McKnight swore off political events following the negative publicity he received for his performance at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia.
He made an exception Sunday when "Soul Train" executive producer Don Cornelius phoned him.
"But when Don calls, you come," McKnight said.
McKnight, who said he doesn't vote, performed Sunday at the African-American Committee 2000 and Beyond concert hosted by Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif.
He said his performance at the Los Angeles Sports Arena was designed to help delegates relax.
"Everybody needs a chance to let it all hang out," he said.
McKnight said he originally was supposed to sing after President Clinton's speech at the Democratic convention Monday night.
"But after the Republican convention, they called and said we don't need you anymore," he said. "If I performed in China, they wouldn't call me a communist."
Patti LaBelle has found something new to sing about: Her lost toe ring.
Halfway through her rendition of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," the diva told the audience in song that the ring had fallen off.
"Oh, I just lost my toe ring," she sang. "My girl just gave it to me tonight. I've got to find it."
As LaBelle continued to sing, she searched the stage for the missing jewelry. She joked with the audience that it was covering a corn on her toe. A stagehand who came onstage while she was singing found the ring as she was finishing her number.
"Oh, thank you. I wasn't leaving this stage without it," she said.
LaBelle performed Sunday night at the Divas and Kings concert, held for Democratic convention delegates at the Los Angeles Sports Arena.