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Celebs Put Their Money Where Their Mouths Are- McCain or Obama?
By jwilkes - Monday, June 9th, 2008 at 10:29 PM
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The business and Hollywood elite crowd has never been one to keep their opinions quiet - and the tumultuous 2008 race for the White House is no exception.  Below, you'll find a list of the big names in film, television, sports, and business who reached into their pockets - some deeper than others - for one candidate or the other.

 

Barack Obama Backers

J. J. Abrams - filmmaker, TV producer

Ben Affleck - actor

Chris Albrecht - HBO Chairman and chief executive 2002-07

Herbert Allison - TIAA-CREF Chairman, CEO

Big Kenny - Alphin recording artist

Marc Andreessen - Internet pioneer

Jennifer Aniston - actress

Patricia Arquette - actress

Rosanna Arquette-  actress

Clarence Avant - record producer

Kevin Bacon - actor

Tyra Banks - model, talk show host

Ellen Barkin - actress

Angela Bassett - actress

Shane Battier - pro basketball player

Maria Bello - actress

Lawrence Bender - producer; political activist

Tom Bergeron - game show host

Halle Berry - actress

Valerie Bertinelli - actress

Jerome Bettis - pro football player 1993-2006; sportscaster

Arthur Blank - Atlanta Falcons owner; Home Depot co-founder

Judy Blume - author

Steven Bochco - producer, writer

Andy Borowitz - satirist, writer

Zach Braff - actor

Steve Brill - writer, publisher; Court TV founder

Christie Brinkley - model, spokeswoman

James L Brooks - producer, director

Blair Brown - actress

Jackson Browne - musician

Warren Buffett - Berkshire-Hathaway CEO, billionaire

Mark Burnett - game show producer (Survivor)

Ken Burns - filmmaker

LeVar Burton - actor, director

Kate Capshaw - actress

Michael Chabon - author

Jay Chandrasekhar - director, actor, writer

Peter Chernin - News Corporation president and COO

Richard A Clarke - former national security expert

John Cleese - actor, author

George Clooney - actor

Chuck Close - artist

Glenn Close - actress

Harry Connick, Jr. - recording artist, actor

Cindy Crawford - model

Alan Cumming - actor

Jamie Lee Curtis - actress

Matt Damon - actor

Larry David - comedian, writer

Laurie David - writer, environmental activist

Geena Davis - actress

Danny Devito - actor

Taye Diggs - actor

Barry Diller - media mogul

Michael Douglas - actor, director

Karen Duffy - model, actress

Joe Dumars - Hall of Fame basketball player

Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds - recording artist, producer

Tracey Edmonds - entertainment executive

Anthony Edwards - actor

Michael Eisner - Disney CEO 1984-2005

Jane Fonda - actress

Tom Ford - fashion designer

Jodie Foster - actress

Michael J Fox - actor, activist

Jamie Foxx - actor, comedian, musician

Jonathan Franzen - author

Morgan Freeman - actor

Jeff Garlin - actor, comedian

Jennifer Garner - actress

David Geffen - Dreamworks co-founder, record producer

Richard Gere - actor

Jami Gertz - actress

Charles Gifford - Bank of America Chairman

Cuba Gooding, Jr. - actor

Berry Gordy - record producer, entrepreneur

Lou Gossett, Jr. - actor

Topher Grace - actor

Brian Grazer - producer

Andrew Greeley - author, Catholic priest

John Grisham - author

Herbie Hancock - musician

Tom Hanks - actor

Ted Harbert - TV entertainment executive

Emmylou Harris - singer/songwriter

Teri Hatcher - actress

Tom Hayden - activist, author

Dennis Haysbert - actor

Christie Hefner - Playboy Enterprises Chairman, CEO

Hugh Hefner - Playboy founder

Marg Helgenberger - actress

Grant Hill - pro basketball player

Cheryl Hines - actress

Dustin Hoffman - actor

Alan Horn - movie executive

Ron Howard - director, producer, actor

Phil Jackson - NBA coach, player

Randy Jackson - musician, record producer, entertainer (American Idol)

Samuel Jackson - actor

Joan Jett - rock star

Kevin Johnson - NBA star 1987-2000; philanthropist

Magic Johnson - pro basketball great 1979-2002; entrepreneur

Spike Jonze - director, actor

Michael Jordan - basketball star

Vernon Jordan - Washington power broker

Casey Kasem - radio host

Jeffrey Katzenberg - Dreamworks co-founder, producer

Garrison Keillor - author, performer

David E. Kelley - television producer, screenwriter

Caroline Kennedy - author, attorney

Margot Kidder - actress

Don King - fight promotor

Gayle King - editor, media personality

Calvin Klein - fashion designer

David Koepp - screenwriter

Cedric 'the Entertainer' - actor, comedian

Sherry Lansing - Paramount Studios Chairman, CEO (1992-2004)

John Larroquette - actor

Sharon Lawrence - actress

Norman Lear - television producer

Spike Lee - filmmaker

John Legend - recording artist

John Lithgow - actor

Nia Long - actress

Chuck Lorre - TV producer, writer, director

Julia Louis-Dreyfus - actress

Sidney Lumet - director

Seth MacFarlane - animator (Family Guy)

Tobey Maguire - actor

Natalie Maines - recording artist (Dixie Chicks)

Barry Manilow - singer/songwriter

Stephon Marbury - pro basketball player

Branford Marsalis - musician s

Judge Greg Mathis - TV judge; Michigan superior court judge

David McCullough - author, historian

Terry McMillan - author

Seth Meyers - comedian (SNL)

Bette Midler - singer, actress

John Morgridge - Cisco Chairman

Errol Morris - filmmaker

Alonzo Mourning - NBA star

Eddie Murphy - actor, comedian

Paul Newman - actor, philanthropist

Craig Newmark - craigslist.org founder

Mike Nichols - filmmaker

Leonard Nimoy - actor

Edward Norton - actor

Rosie O'Donnell - actress, comedian

Stan O'Neal - Merrill Lynch Chairman, CEO 2003-07

Frank Oz - director, writer, actor

Adrian Pasdar - actor

Joe Paterno - Penn State football coach

Jane Pauley - journalist; talk show host

Holly Robinson Peete - actress

Kal Penn - actor

Robin Wright Penn - actress

Rhea Perlman - actress

Tyler Perry - playwright, actor, director

Michael Pfleger - Catholic priest; social activist

Oliver Platt - actor

Sidney Poitier - actor

Ellen Pompeo - actress

Maury Povich - talk/game show host

Penny Pritzker - hotel heiress, executive

Bonnie Raitt - recording artist

Harold Ramis - director, writer, actor

Phylicia Rashad - actress

Brett Ratner - director

Lynn Redgrave - actress

Carl Reiner - actor, comedy writer, producer 

Jerry Reinsdorf - Chicago White Sox and Chicago Bulls owner

Paul Reiser - comedian, actor

Ryan Reynolds - actor

Patricia Richardson - actress

Lionel Richie - recording artist

Jay Roach - director

Chris Rock - comedian, actor

Linda Ronstadt - singer

Hilary Rosen - RIAA CEO 1998-2003

Mark Ruffalo - actor

Edward Rust - State Farm Chairman, CEO

Horatio Sanz - comedian, actor

Susan Sarandon - actress

Thomas Schlamme - producer, director

Howard Schultz - Starbucks Chairman, CEO

Terry Semel - Yahoo! Chairman, CEO 2001-07

Garry Shandling - comedian, actor

Brooke Shields - actress

Maria Shriver - NBC

Andrew Shue - actor; former pro soccer player; activist

Ben Silverman - NBC Universal Chairman

Alicia Silverstone - actress

Russell Simmons - music/media mogul; activist

James Sinegal - Costco CEO

Tom Skerritt - actor

Emmitt Smith - pro football player 1990-2004

Jada Pinkett Smith - actress

Will Smith - actor, recording artist

George Soros - financier

Hal Sparks - actor, comedian

Steven Spielberg - filmmaker

Morgan Spurlock - filmmaker (SuperSize Me)

Leigh Steinberg - sports agent

Daniel Stern - actor

Stuart Sternberg - Tampa Bay Rays owner

Fisher Stevens - actor

Ben Stiller - actor

Oliver Stone - director

Harry Stonecipher - Boeing CEO 2003-05

Meryl Streep - actress

Barbra Streisand - singer, actor, producer

Christine Taylor - actress

Richard Thalheimer - The Sharper Image Chairman, CEO  

John Thompson III - basketball coach

Cheryl Tiegs - model

Boyd Tinsley - musician (Dave Matthews Band)

Steve Tisch - NY Giants co-owner; movie producer

Lily Tomlin - actress, comedian

Garry Trudeau - cartoonist

Gabrielle Union - actress

Amber Valletta - model, actress

Paul Volcker - Federal Reserve Chairman 1979-87

Kate Walsh - actress

Cash Warren - producer

Isaiah Washington - actor

Steven Weber - actor

Bob Weir - recording artist; Grateful Dead founding member

John Wells - television producer

Jann Wenner - Rolling Stone

Tom Werner - Boston Red Sox co-owner 2002-present; TV producer

Forest Whitaker - actor, director

Paula White - megachurch preacher, "life coach"

Bradley Whitford - actor

James Whitmore - actor

Olivia Wilde - actress

Gene Wilder - actor

will.i.am - recording artist

Treat Williams - actor

Rita Wilson - actress

Oprah Winfrey - talk show host, actress

Joanne Woodward - actress

Steve Wozniak - personal computing pioneer

Jeffrey Wright - actor

Robert Wright - NBC Universal - Chairman, CEO 1986-2007

Andrew Young - civil rights activist, politician, lobbyist

Edward Zander - Motorola Chairman, CEO

Sam Zell - Tribune Co. Chairman, CEO; real estate magnate

George Zimmer - Men's Wearhouse founder, CEO

 

John McCain Backers

Duane Acklie - businessman

Sheldon Adelson - casino mogul; billionaire

Troy Aikman - NFL quarterback 1989-2000; sportscaster

George Bodenheimer - ESPN president

David Brandon - Domino's Pizza CEO

Donald Bren - land developer

Jerry Bruckheimer - producer (CSI, Top Gun)

August Busch, III - Anheuser-Busch Chairman

John 'Jeb' Bush - Gov. of Florida 1999-2006

John Chambers - Cisco CEO

Torie Clarke - public relations consultant, pundit

Pete Coors - Coors Brewing Co. Chairman

Richard DeVos - Amway co-founder; Orlando Magic owner

Richard 'Bo' Dietl - Beau Dietl & Assoc. Chairman, CEO; author

Barry Diller - media mogul

Clint Eastwood - actor, director

Dick Ebersol - NBC sports executive

Charles Ergen - Echostar Communications founder, CEO

Miguel Estrada - attorney

John Faraci - International Paper Chairman, CEO

Carly Fiorina - former HP CEO, Chairwoman

Steve Forbes - publisher

Ted Forstmann - financier

Louis Freeh - FBI Director 1993-2001

Roger Goodell - NFL Commissioner 2006-present

William Greehey - Valero Energy Chairman, CEO

Maurice Greenberg - former AIG Chairman, CEO

Brad Grey - Paramount Pictures Chairman, CEO

John C Hagee - megachurch pastor

H Edward Hanway - CIGNA Chairman, CEO

William Harrison JP Morgan Chase Chairman, CEO

Rick Hilton - Hilton Hotels

Allan B Hubbard - E&A Industries president

Jeffrey Immelt - General Electric Chairman and CEO

Ray Irani - Occidental Petroleum, Chairman, CEO

Michael Jordan - EDS Chairman, CEO

Herbert Kelleher - Southwest Airlines Chairman, co-founder

Kirk Kerkorian - casino mogul

Richard Kinder - Kinder Morgan Energy Partners Chairman, CEO

Robert Kraft - New England Patriots owner

Henry Kravis - financier, billionaire

Alan Lacy - Sears Chairman, CEO

Leonard Lauder - Estee Lauder Companies - Chairman

William Lauder - Estee Lauder Companies - CEO

Edward Liddy - Allstate Corp Chairman and CEO

Peter Magowan - San Francisco Giants owner 1993-present

Maureen Mahoney - attorney

Lowry Mays - Clear Channel Entertainment Chairman, founder

Mark Mays - Clear Channel Entertainment CEO

David McCullough - author, historian

Drayton McLane, Jr. - Houston Astros owner

Lorne Michaels - producer

Angelo Mozilo - Countywide Financial co-founder

Robert 'Lute' Olson - basketball coach

Tom Osborne - congressman, college football coach

James Owens - Caterpillar Chairman, CEO

Richard Parsons- Time Warner Chairman

Colin Powell - Secretary of State 2001-05

Steven Reinemund - Pepsico Chairman, CEO

Jerry Reinsdorf - Chicago White Sox and Chicago Bulls owner

Karl Rove - political consultant

Edward Rust - State Farm Chairman, CEO

Susan Saint James - actress

Curt Schilling - pro baseball player

Charles Schwab - Charles Schwab Inc. Chairman, CEO

Stephen Schwarzman - financier, billionaire

Vin Scully - sportscaster

Ivan Seidenberg - Verizon Chairman, CEO

Harry Sloan - MGM Chairman, CEO

Frederick Smith - FedEx Chairman, CEO

Roger Staubach - NFL hall-of-fame quarterback

Ben Stein - writer, actor

Randall Stephenson - AT&T COO

Jack Taylor - Enterprise Rent-A-Car founder

John Thain - Merrill Lynch CEO

G Kennedy Thompson - Wachovia Chairman, CEO

Rip Torn - actor

Dick Van Patten - actor

Edward Whitacre - AT&T Chairman, CEO 2005-07

Paul Wolfowitz - Deputy Secretary of Defense 2001-05; World Bank president 2005-07

James Woolsey - CIA Director 1993-95

Robert Wright - NBC Universal Chairman, CEO 1986-2007

Steve Wynn - Las Vegas casino mogul

Edward Zander - Motorola Chairman, CEO

Sam Zell - Tribune Co. Chairman, CEO;

Robert Zoellick - World Bank president

 

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Thanks to the folks over at Newsmeat.com, an excellent resource for campaign finance-related research.



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