The Biggest Stars Donate Gobs Of Money To Obama
The biggest celebs in the world have donated many thousands to Barack Obama. But John McCain inspires very little star power. And a few stars who donated to Hillary Clinton still haven't contributed to Obama.
For up-to-date lists, you should really check out the excellent source that keeps up with star contributors, NewsMeat.com.
But here's a digestible rundown to get you started, and feel free to read my Monday column for context.
OBAMA STARS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS
(If the amount is above the legal max of $4,600 for a candidate, that means the star has also given to the Democratic Party):
J.J. Abrams: $2,300
Ben Affleck: $4,600
Byron Allen: $2,300
Jennifer Aniston: $2,300
Patricia Arquette: $2,300
Rosanna Arquette: $2,300
Kevin Bacon: $2,200
Billy Baldwin: $1,000
Tyra Banks: $2,300
Ellen Barkin: $2,300
Angela Bassett: $2,300
Shane Battler: $2,300
Maria Bello: $2,300
Tom Bergeron: $1,750
Halle Berry: $2,300
Valerie Bertinelli: $2,300
Jerome Bettis: $2,300
Judy Blume: $4,600
Steven Bochco: $30,800
Andy Borowitz: $2,100
Zach Braff: $2,300
Steve Brill: $4,600
Christie Brinkley: $2,000
James L. Brooks: $4,600
Blair Brown: $500
Jackson Browne: $2,300
Warren Buffett: $4,600
Mark Burnett: $2,300
Ken Burns: $2,300
LeVar Burton: $300
Candace Bushnell: $1,000
Kate Capshaw: $2,300
Michael Chabon: $4,600
John Cleese: $2,300
George Clooney: $2,300
Glenn Close: $2,300
Harry Connick Jr.: $4,600
Cindy Crawford: $2,300
Alan Cumming: $500
Jamie Lee Curtis: $4,600
Matt Damon: $4,600
Larry David: $2,300
Geena Davis: $4,600
Robert DeNiro: $2,300
Danny Devito: $2,000
Taye Diggs: $2,300
Paul Dooley: $30,800
Michael Douglas: $4,600
Anthony Edwards: $2,300
Michael Eisner: $500
Hector Elizondo: $200
Omar Epps: $2,300
Linda Evans: $2,300
Milos Forman: $3,050
Jodie Foster: $3,300
Michael J. Fox: $2,300
Jamie Foxx: $2,300
Jonathan Franzen: $1,000
Morgan Freeman: $2,300
Jim Gaffigan: $1,250
Jeff Garlin: $250
Jennifer Garner: $4,600
David Geffen: $2,300
Richard Gere: $2,300
Jamie Gertz: $2,300
Thomas Gibson: $1,000
Cuba Gooding Jr.: $2,300
Berry Gordy: $30,800
Lou Gossett Jr.: $4,600
Topher Grace: $4,600
Brian Grazer: $4,600
John Grisham: $1,000
Jasmine Guy: $2,300
Herbie Hancock: $2,300
Tom Hanks: $2,300
Ed Harris: $2,000
Emmylou Harris: $2,000
Mariette Hartley: $250
Teri Hatcher: $2,300
Sean Hayes: $1,000
Dennis Haysbert: $2,300
Christie Hefner: $2,300
Hugh Hefner: $2,300
Cheryl Hines: $1,000
Dustin Hoffman: $2,300
Susanna Hoffs: $2,300
Bruce Hornsby: $2,300
Ron Howard: $4,600
Phil Jackson: $2,300
Randy Jackson: $2,300
Joan Jett: $250
Billy Joel: $2,300
Scarlett Johansson: $2,300
Kevin Johnson: $2,300
Magic Johnson: $2,300
Spike Jonze: $2,000
Michael Jordon: $2,100
Casey Kasem: $1,000
Jeffrey Katzenberg: $2,300
Garrison Keillor: $200
David E. Kelley: $2,300
Margot Kidder: $500
Don King: $2,300
Calvin Klein: $2,300
Michael Kors: $2,300
Cedric The Entertainer: $2,500
Don LaFontaine: $3,300
Christine Lahti: $2,300
Jim Lampley: $1,000
Jessica Lange: $2,300
John Larroquette: $1,500
Sharon Lawrence: $2,300
Norman Lear: $2,300
Spike Lee: $2,300
John Legend: $4,600
John Lithgow: $1,000
Nia Long: $2,300
Julia Louis-Dreyfuss: $4,600
Sidney Lumet: $2,300
Bernie Mack: $2,300
Seth MacFarlane: $1,000
Tobey Maguire: $2,300
Norman Mailer: 200
Natalie Maines: $2,300
Barry Manilow: $2,300
Stephon Marbury: $2,300
Branford Marsalis: $4,600
Seth Myers: $2,300
Bette Midler: $4,600
Toni Morrison: $1,000
Rob Morrow: $500
Alonzo Mourning: $2,300
Eddie Murphy: $2,300
Paul Newman: $4,600
Randy Newman: $2,300
Craig Newmar: $2,300
Mike Nichols: $2,300
Leonard Nimoy: $2,300
Cynthia Nixon: $1,000
Edward Norton: $33,100
Rosie O'Donnell: $2,300
Frank Oz: $2,300
Sarah Jessica Parker: $2,300
Adrian Pasdar: $4,600
Joe Paterno: $250
Jane Pauley: $2,300
Holly Robinson Peete: $4,600
Robin Wright Penn: $2,300
Rhea Perlman: $2,000
Tyler Perry: $4,600
Oliver Platt: $978
Sidney Poitier: $4,600
Ellen Pompeo: $4,600
Annie Potts: $2,300
Bonnie Raitt: $2,300
Harold Ramis: $3,300
Lynn Redgrave: $600
Carl Reiner: $200
Paul Reiser: $2,300
Ryan Reynolds: $3,100
Lionel Richie: $2,300
Jay Roach: $2,300
Tim Robbins: $2,300
Chris Rock: $4,600
Linda Ronstadt: $500
Eli Roth: $500
Mark Ruffalo: $1,000
Meg Ryan: $1,00
Horatio Sanz: $500
Susan Sarandon: $3,000
Martin Scorsese: $1,000
Garry Shandling: $2,300
Brooke Shields: $2,300
Maria Shriver: $2,300
M. Night Shyamalan: $2,300
Ben Silverman: $2,300
Alicia Silverstone: $400
Russell Simmons: $1,000
Tom Skerritt: $1,000
Emmitt Smith: $2,300
Jada Pinkett Smith: $4,600
Will Smith: $4,600
Steven Spielberg: $2,300
Morgan Spurlock: $2,300
Ben Stiller: $2,300
Oliver Stone: $1,000
Meryl Streep: $2,300
Barbra Streisand: $2,800
Betty Thomas: $2,300
John Thompson III: $2,300
Cheryl Tiegs: $500
Garry Tudeau: $2,300
Kate Walsh: $2,800
Vera Wang: $2,000
Denzel Washington: $2,300
Isaiah Washington: $4,550
Steven Weber: $2,300
Jann Wenner: $4,450
Forest Whitaker: $2,300
Bradley Whitford: $2,300
Gene Wilder: $2,300
will.i.am: $2,300
Oprah Winfrey: $2,300
Joanne Woodward; $4,600
George Zimmer: $2,300
FAMOUS CONTRIBUTORS TO McCAIN:
Sheldon Adelson: $2,300
Troy Aikman: $2,300
Mario Andretti: $2,300
Pat Boone: $4,600
Jerry Bruckheimer: $9,600
Barry Diller: $4,600
Clint Eastwood: $2,300
Dick Eberson: $4,600
John Elway: $2,300
Kelsey Grammer: $2,300
Brad Grey: $2,300
Kirk Kerkorian: $2,300
Lorne Michaels: $2,300
Jack Nichlaus: $1,100
Arnold Palmer: $1,000
Richard Petty: $1,000
Jerry Reinsdorf: $4,600
Susan Saint James: $2,300
Curt Shilling: $2,300
Vin Scully: $2,300
Gary Sinese: $2,300
Harry Sloan: $40,800
Roger Staubach: $40,800
Ben Stein: $2,800
Rip Torn: $2,300
Donald Trump: $33,050
Dick Van Patten: $2,020
Darrell Waltrip: $1,000
Steve Wynn: $30,800
STARS WHO GAVE TO HILLARY WHO HAVEN'T YET GIVEN TO OBAMA:
Hank Aaron
Paul Allen
Gloria Allred
Herb Alpert
Micky Arison
Alec Baldwin
Tony Bennett
Candice Bergen
Jon Bon Jovi
Lynda Carter
Chevy Chase
Deepak Chopra
Patricia Cornwell
Billy Crystal
Jane Curtin
Donny Deutsch
Fran Drescher
Peter Farrelly
Spike Feresten
Sally Field
Joely Fisher
Vivica A. Fox
Sharon Gless
Christopher Guest
Don Henley
Lou Holtz
Felicity Huffman
Quincy Jones
Star Jones
Donna Karan
Joanna Kerns
Billie Jean King
Judith Krantz
Swoosie Kurtz
Annie Leibovitz
Mario Lemieux
Laura Linney
Christopher Lloyd
Michael Mann
Marla Maples
Larry Merchant
Debra Messing
Nicole Miller
Isaac Mizrahi
Moby
Martina Navratilova
Markie Post
Rachael Ray
Sumner Redstone
Rob Reiner
Anne Rice
Jessica Seinfeld
Pauly Shore
Nancy Sinatra
Jerry Springer
Mary Steenburgen
Gloria Steinem
David Stern
Martha Stewart
Barry Switzer
George Takei
Amy Tan
Elizabeth Taylor
Marlo Thomas
Maura Tierney
Diane von Furstenberg
Bob and Harvey Weinstein
Renee Zellweger
For up-to-date lists, you should really check out the excellent source that keeps up with star contributors, NewsMeat.com.
But here's a digestible rundown to get you started, and feel free to read my Monday column for context.
OBAMA STARS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS
(If the amount is above the legal max of $4,600 for a candidate, that means the star has also given to the Democratic Party):
J.J. Abrams: $2,300
Ben Affleck: $4,600
Byron Allen: $2,300
Jennifer Aniston: $2,300
Patricia Arquette: $2,300
Rosanna Arquette: $2,300
Kevin Bacon: $2,200
Billy Baldwin: $1,000
Tyra Banks: $2,300
Ellen Barkin: $2,300
Angela Bassett: $2,300
Shane Battler: $2,300
Maria Bello: $2,300
Tom Bergeron: $1,750
Halle Berry: $2,300
Valerie Bertinelli: $2,300
Jerome Bettis: $2,300
Judy Blume: $4,600
Steven Bochco: $30,800
Andy Borowitz: $2,100
Zach Braff: $2,300
Steve Brill: $4,600
Christie Brinkley: $2,000
James L. Brooks: $4,600
Blair Brown: $500
Jackson Browne: $2,300
Warren Buffett: $4,600
Mark Burnett: $2,300
Ken Burns: $2,300
LeVar Burton: $300
Candace Bushnell: $1,000
Kate Capshaw: $2,300
Michael Chabon: $4,600
John Cleese: $2,300
George Clooney: $2,300
Glenn Close: $2,300
Harry Connick Jr.: $4,600
Cindy Crawford: $2,300
Alan Cumming: $500
Jamie Lee Curtis: $4,600
Matt Damon: $4,600
Larry David: $2,300
Geena Davis: $4,600
Robert DeNiro: $2,300
Danny Devito: $2,000
Taye Diggs: $2,300
Paul Dooley: $30,800
Michael Douglas: $4,600
Anthony Edwards: $2,300
Michael Eisner: $500
Hector Elizondo: $200
Omar Epps: $2,300
Linda Evans: $2,300
Milos Forman: $3,050
Jodie Foster: $3,300
Michael J. Fox: $2,300
Jamie Foxx: $2,300
Jonathan Franzen: $1,000
Morgan Freeman: $2,300
Jim Gaffigan: $1,250
Jeff Garlin: $250
Jennifer Garner: $4,600
David Geffen: $2,300
Richard Gere: $2,300
Jamie Gertz: $2,300
Thomas Gibson: $1,000
Cuba Gooding Jr.: $2,300
Berry Gordy: $30,800
Lou Gossett Jr.: $4,600
Topher Grace: $4,600
Brian Grazer: $4,600
John Grisham: $1,000
Jasmine Guy: $2,300
Herbie Hancock: $2,300
Tom Hanks: $2,300
Ed Harris: $2,000
Emmylou Harris: $2,000
Mariette Hartley: $250
Teri Hatcher: $2,300
Sean Hayes: $1,000
Dennis Haysbert: $2,300
Christie Hefner: $2,300
Hugh Hefner: $2,300
Cheryl Hines: $1,000
Dustin Hoffman: $2,300
Susanna Hoffs: $2,300
Bruce Hornsby: $2,300
Ron Howard: $4,600
Phil Jackson: $2,300
Randy Jackson: $2,300
Joan Jett: $250
Billy Joel: $2,300
Scarlett Johansson: $2,300
Kevin Johnson: $2,300
Magic Johnson: $2,300
Spike Jonze: $2,000
Michael Jordon: $2,100
Casey Kasem: $1,000
Jeffrey Katzenberg: $2,300
Garrison Keillor: $200
David E. Kelley: $2,300
Margot Kidder: $500
Don King: $2,300
Calvin Klein: $2,300
Michael Kors: $2,300
Cedric The Entertainer: $2,500
Don LaFontaine: $3,300
Christine Lahti: $2,300
Jim Lampley: $1,000
Jessica Lange: $2,300
John Larroquette: $1,500
Sharon Lawrence: $2,300
Norman Lear: $2,300
Spike Lee: $2,300
John Legend: $4,600
John Lithgow: $1,000
Nia Long: $2,300
Julia Louis-Dreyfuss: $4,600
Sidney Lumet: $2,300
Bernie Mack: $2,300
Seth MacFarlane: $1,000
Tobey Maguire: $2,300
Norman Mailer: 200
Natalie Maines: $2,300
Barry Manilow: $2,300
Stephon Marbury: $2,300
Branford Marsalis: $4,600
Seth Myers: $2,300
Bette Midler: $4,600
Toni Morrison: $1,000
Rob Morrow: $500
Alonzo Mourning: $2,300
Eddie Murphy: $2,300
Paul Newman: $4,600
Randy Newman: $2,300
Craig Newmar: $2,300
Mike Nichols: $2,300
Leonard Nimoy: $2,300
Cynthia Nixon: $1,000
Edward Norton: $33,100
Rosie O'Donnell: $2,300
Frank Oz: $2,300
Sarah Jessica Parker: $2,300
Adrian Pasdar: $4,600
Joe Paterno: $250
Jane Pauley: $2,300
Holly Robinson Peete: $4,600
Robin Wright Penn: $2,300
Rhea Perlman: $2,000
Tyler Perry: $4,600
Oliver Platt: $978
Sidney Poitier: $4,600
Ellen Pompeo: $4,600
Annie Potts: $2,300
Bonnie Raitt: $2,300
Harold Ramis: $3,300
Lynn Redgrave: $600
Carl Reiner: $200
Paul Reiser: $2,300
Ryan Reynolds: $3,100
Lionel Richie: $2,300
Jay Roach: $2,300
Tim Robbins: $2,300
Chris Rock: $4,600
Linda Ronstadt: $500
Eli Roth: $500
Mark Ruffalo: $1,000
Meg Ryan: $1,00
Horatio Sanz: $500
Susan Sarandon: $3,000
Martin Scorsese: $1,000
Garry Shandling: $2,300
Brooke Shields: $2,300
Maria Shriver: $2,300
M. Night Shyamalan: $2,300
Ben Silverman: $2,300
Alicia Silverstone: $400
Russell Simmons: $1,000
Tom Skerritt: $1,000
Emmitt Smith: $2,300
Jada Pinkett Smith: $4,600
Will Smith: $4,600
Steven Spielberg: $2,300
Morgan Spurlock: $2,300
Ben Stiller: $2,300
Oliver Stone: $1,000
Meryl Streep: $2,300
Barbra Streisand: $2,800
Betty Thomas: $2,300
John Thompson III: $2,300
Cheryl Tiegs: $500
Garry Tudeau: $2,300
Kate Walsh: $2,800
Vera Wang: $2,000
Denzel Washington: $2,300
Isaiah Washington: $4,550
Steven Weber: $2,300
Jann Wenner: $4,450
Forest Whitaker: $2,300
Bradley Whitford: $2,300
Gene Wilder: $2,300
will.i.am: $2,300
Oprah Winfrey: $2,300
Joanne Woodward; $4,600
George Zimmer: $2,300
FAMOUS CONTRIBUTORS TO McCAIN:
Sheldon Adelson: $2,300
Troy Aikman: $2,300
Mario Andretti: $2,300
Pat Boone: $4,600
Jerry Bruckheimer: $9,600
Barry Diller: $4,600
Clint Eastwood: $2,300
Dick Eberson: $4,600
John Elway: $2,300
Kelsey Grammer: $2,300
Brad Grey: $2,300
Kirk Kerkorian: $2,300
Lorne Michaels: $2,300
Jack Nichlaus: $1,100
Arnold Palmer: $1,000
Richard Petty: $1,000
Jerry Reinsdorf: $4,600
Susan Saint James: $2,300
Curt Shilling: $2,300
Vin Scully: $2,300
Gary Sinese: $2,300
Harry Sloan: $40,800
Roger Staubach: $40,800
Ben Stein: $2,800
Rip Torn: $2,300
Donald Trump: $33,050
Dick Van Patten: $2,020
Darrell Waltrip: $1,000
Steve Wynn: $30,800
STARS WHO GAVE TO HILLARY WHO HAVEN'T YET GIVEN TO OBAMA:
Hank Aaron
Paul Allen
Gloria Allred
Herb Alpert
Micky Arison
Alec Baldwin
Tony Bennett
Candice Bergen
Jon Bon Jovi
Lynda Carter
Chevy Chase
Deepak Chopra
Patricia Cornwell
Billy Crystal
Jane Curtin
Donny Deutsch
Fran Drescher
Peter Farrelly
Spike Feresten
Sally Field
Joely Fisher
Vivica A. Fox
Sharon Gless
Christopher Guest
Don Henley
Lou Holtz
Felicity Huffman
Quincy Jones
Star Jones
Donna Karan
Joanna Kerns
Billie Jean King
Judith Krantz
Swoosie Kurtz
Annie Leibovitz
Mario Lemieux
Laura Linney
Christopher Lloyd
Michael Mann
Marla Maples
Larry Merchant
Debra Messing
Nicole Miller
Isaac Mizrahi
Moby
Martina Navratilova
Markie Post
Rachael Ray
Sumner Redstone
Rob Reiner
Anne Rice
Jessica Seinfeld
Pauly Shore
Nancy Sinatra
Jerry Springer
Mary Steenburgen
Gloria Steinem
David Stern
Martha Stewart
Barry Switzer
George Takei
Amy Tan
Elizabeth Taylor
Marlo Thomas
Maura Tierney
Diane von Furstenberg
Bob and Harvey Weinstein
Renee Zellweger
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I was sitting on the fence on the presidential rate up until now, but after reading through the list of "celebrities' who have contributed to Obama, I am not only voting for McCain, but I am sending him a check today....better make sure the McCain campaign doesn't plagiarize your column for a campaign ad.
I wrote a rather snarky comment on this earlier, but after a day's reflection, I find that this whole report just leaves me flat-out annoyed. Why are the political leanings of any of these people newsworthy? Perhaps, I'm being unkind, but having heard both Tyra Banks and Jennifer Anniston speak, I'm thinking that an ant could comfortably wade through the pool of their politcal thought.
At the end of the day, none of these people have a dog in this fight. Regardless of who wins, they are all well off enough to buy the health care they need and pay for the gas in whatever car/boat/jet they travel in. Food costs don't even make the fringe of their radar screens and I'll bet that the majority of them don't have a clue what taxes they pay to what government entity. A political choice to them is little more than a decision as to whose parties they want to be invited to and who they want to have their picture taken with.
A more significant number might be the fraction of annual income that these contributions represent...and only when compared against the relative contributions of those who are truly going to be affected by the policies of the next administration.
On another note...is Norman Mailer a cheap bastard or what?
At the end of the day, none of these people have a dog in this fight. Regardless of who wins, they are all well off enough to buy the health care they need and pay for the gas in whatever car/boat/jet they travel in. Food costs don't even make the fringe of their radar screens and I'll bet that the majority of them don't have a clue what taxes they pay to what government entity. A political choice to them is little more than a decision as to whose parties they want to be invited to and who they want to have their picture taken with.
A more significant number might be the fraction of annual income that these contributions represent...and only when compared against the relative contributions of those who are truly going to be affected by the policies of the next administration.
On another note...is Norman Mailer a cheap bastard or what?
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