Hollywood types get chance to say hooray for Hillary.

BE it financing for a sword-and-sandals blockbuster or a run at the White 'House, it's always hip to hit up Hollywood for money.

So we hear that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) is scheduled to return to Los Angeles next month for the first major fundraiser to be held in Southern California for her Senate reelection campaign and likely presidential bid.

The fundraiser will be held on April 21 at the Beverly Hills estate of Democratic fundraiser Ron Burkle. The event will be packed with celebrities, millionaires and others who can afford the ear of political candidates. Former President Bill Clinton is expected to attend as his wife seeks to bring in at least $40 million for her 2006 Senate race, and up to $80 million in the 18 months before the presidential election.

Burkle's investment firm, Yucaipa Cos., counts former President Clinton and the Rev. Jesse Jackson among its board members. Burkle's politics and deep pockets are tough to figure at times. He also has given generously to Republican governors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Pete Wilson.