This is the presidential life, Southern California style: Alien invasions and actors. President Obama dropped into DreamWorks Animation in Glendale on Tuesday, on the second day of statewide swing dedicated largely to fundraising. Before delivering a speech to employees, he was treated to a VIP tour by chief executive Jeffrey Katzenberg, at right. At one point they watched as actors Steve Martin and Jim Parsons recorded lines for the studio's alien invasion film, "Home."

The filmmakers showed Obama a clip of one of their film's characters, an alien, mouthing an audio clip of the president. "Happy Thanksgiving, everybody," the alien said in Obama's baritone. "Now that's good, I've got to get that clip," Obama said, laughing. "That will impress the girls."

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