Back in July 2004 Hollywood actors, writers, and directors joined with MoveOn to campaign against President Bush. Ed Asner, Danny Glover, Al Franken, Kevin Bacon, Margaret Cho, Woody Harrelson, Scarlett Johansson, Alicia Silverstone, Rob Reiner, Errol Morris, and Aaron Sorkin wrote, directed, and starred in TV spots for MoveOnPAC.

MoveOn's Hollywood Connection THE LEFT COAST REPORT: A Political Look at Hollywood
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 8:27 PM
http://www.newsmax.com/hirsen/MoveOn/2007/09/18/35652.html

 

 

Celebrity endorsements currently seem to be reflecting the split in the Democrat Party.

John Kerry has apparently captured the political hearts of Jamie Lee Curtis, Kathleen Turner, Dennis Hopper, Aaron Sorkin, Moby, James Taylor, Bradley Whitford, Jerry Seinfeld, Michael J. Fox, Penny Marshall, Peter Yarrow, Kenny 'Babyface' Edmunds, Quincy Jones, Carole King and Uma Thurman.

Left Coast Troops Invade Iowa and New Hampshire James Hirsen,
NewsMax.com Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2004
http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/1/19/131239.shtml

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was a busy man Tuesday night, courting Hollywood power players in two soirees that earned a single-night fundraising record of $11 million.

A-listers such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Jodie Foster, Tobey Maguire, Will Ferrell, Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock, and Renee Zellweger all made the list. Directors supporting their preferred candidate included Steven Spielberg (assigned to a table with his wife, Kate Capshaw, and uber-agent Ari Emanuel), Peter Berg, Christopher Guest (with his wife, Jamie Lee Curtis), James Mangold, Garry Marshall, Adam Shankman, and Robert Zemeckis. Making the invite list from the TV world: Curb Your Enthusiasm's Larry David, Office showrunner Greg Daniels, 24 star Dennis Haysbert, Sex and the City director Michael Patrick King, Heroes creator Tim Kring, Aaron Sorkin, Randy Jackson, Darren Star, and Joss Whedon. Music royalty on call included Quincy Jones, Berry Gordy, Hans Zimmer, and Herb Alpert. Of course, many of Hollywood's top executives also scored seats: the DreamWorks cabal of David Geffen, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and Stacey Snider; Fox's Tom Rothman and Jim Giannopoulos, and their boss Peter Chernin; Warner Bros.' Barry Meyer; Sony's Michael Lynton; and Universal's Ron Meyer. So while you may not be able to fork over $28K-plus for steak and potatoes with the possible future leader of the free world, now you can at least envision the crowd that handed over those hefty checks.

Table No. 7 Barry Meyer, Monica Rosenthal, Phil Rosenthal, Ben Silverman, Aaron Sorkin, Darren Star, Beth Swofford, Gary Tobey, Suzanne Tobey, Paula Weinstein

(Editor's note: This is a faithful transcription of the guest list for the Obama fundraiser. It cannot be assumed that everyone on this list attended the event or sat at the tables to which they were assigned, nor does this list necessarily include all of the people who attended the event. Every attempt has been made to ensure that names are spelled correctly.)

Obama's Hollywood fundraiser: Who was on the guest list?
Sep 17, 2008, 09:36 PM | by Nicole Sperling Categories: Current Affairs, Movie Biz, Music Biz, On the Scene, TV Biz
http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/09/obamas-fundrais.html?iid=top25-20080918 Obama's+Hollywood+fundraiser%3A+Who+was+on+the+guest+list%3F

Saturday, Jul. 03, 2004
The liberal advocacy group MoveOn.org has already proved to be a force in the campaign to defeat President Bush, but it is about to get a big infusion of help from Hollywood. MoveOn's Political Action Committee, MoveOnPac, last week announced that documentary filmmaker Errol Morris (The Fog of War) will produce a series of campaign ads. The group is also about to announce that it has enlisted an all-star roster of directors, writers and Hollywood actors to make ads for the group. One is directed by Rob Reiner and written by West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin. Another is directed by indie-film veteran Allison Anders (Gas Food Lodging) from a script by radio lefty Al Franken. Comedian Margaret Cho wrote and directed an ad, another stars Danny Glover, and an animated spot features the voices of Scarlett Johansson (Lost in Translation), Kevin Bacon and Ed Asner. Two more ads are in production, one written and directed by Woody Harrelson and the other starring Alicia Silverstone.

I'm Rob Reiner, and I Approve this Message Moveon.org, a political advocacy group, has enlisted the help of popular culture's most talented celebrities in the war to defeat Bush in 2004 By MATTHEW COOPER
http://www.time.com/time/election2004/article/0,18471,660923,00.html