1. Hollywood Activism

2. Celebrities have been getting more and more involved in activist movements

3. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ 2011/12/29/top-11-celebrity- activist_n_1174204.htmlhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/ 2011/12/29/top-11-celebrity- activist_n_1174204.html http://repairstemcell.wordpress. com/2010/08/09/who%E2%80%9 9s-the-biggest-celebrity-activist/http://repairstemcell.wordpress. com/2010/08/09/who%E2%80%9 9s-the-biggest-celebrity-activist/

4. http://www.usatoday.com/life/pe ople/2006-06-22-celeb-charities- main_x.htmhttp://www.usatoday.com/life/pe ople/2006-06-22-celeb-charities- main_x.htm http://www.aarp.org/politics- society/advocacy/info-06- 2011/NJ-Top-20-Celebrities.htmlhttp://www.aarp.org/politics- society/advocacy/info-06- 2011/NJ-Top-20-Celebrities.html

5. http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/ Society/2010/0610/Gulf-oil-spill- Haiti-Darfur-Hollywood-stars- rush-to-do-their-bithttp://www.csmonitor.com/USA/ Society/2010/0610/Gulf-oil-spill- Haiti-Darfur-Hollywood-stars- rush-to-do-their-bit http://act.mtv.com/posts/stars- stopping-the-spread-of-aids-top- 5-celebrity-aids-activists/

6. http://www.foxnews.com/entert ainment/2010/07/28/think- wyclef-jean-running-president- haiti/http://www.foxnews.com/entert ainment/2010/07/28/think- wyclef-jean-running-president- haiti/

7. George Clooney http://dawn.com/2012/05/10/geor ge-clooney-obamas-celebrity- activist-in-chief/http://dawn.com/2012/05/10/geor ge-clooney-obamas-celebrity- activist-in-chief/

8. George Clooney works on Darfur- hoping to shine some light on the region, traveled with a video camera

9. Celebrity activism has been around for decades News and entertainment industries continue to morph into one another

10. “The problem with the humanitarianism of the entertainers is that it perpetuates a confusion of politics with culture.” (New Republic columnist Leon Wieseltier)

11. He says “This teaches Americans to live vicariously…in slavish imitation of people luckier than themselves.”

12. Do As I Say (Not As I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy by Peter Schweizer

13. Schweizer reports that Barbra Streisand spends $22,000 a year watering her lawn and gardens but lectures Americans on the need to cut back on water and gas consumption by hanging out their wash and junking their SUVs

14. Entertainment idols are usually image conscious If they put their careers on the line for a cause, you’ve got to figure they are serious about their positions

15. Martin Sheen- arrested for protests more than 60 times Has stood with impoverished migrant workers, speaks out about hazards of nuclear waste

16. Angelina Jolie- adoption and Namibia, child starvation

17. Jolie has visited victims of violence in Africa, Pakistan, and Cambodia, has used her fame to draw attention to the plight of the helpless

18. Jolie spoke with Newsweek about Darfur refugees in Chad

19. Jolie: “I started traveling about 7 years ago with film. I would go to places like Cambodia and hear about the many refugees in Thailand and hear about the land mines and hear about the history…”

20. “I remember sitting up for 2 days straight and reading everything obsessively. I read about the UNHCR and I realized it was an agency that I didn’t know anything about:”

21. “That they were taking care of 20 million people…And I remember realizing that I couldn’t understand how I had not known that my whole life.”

22. Brad Pitt: Africa, worked on ONE campaign to fight global AIDS and poverty Interviewed by Diana Sawyer, he wanted coverage of his ONE campaign

23. Two days after the broadcast, ONE had recorded a 560% leap in Web donations and a sevenfold increase in the sponsoring of needy kids

24. America Coming Together (ACT) and The Media Fund are “determined to bring people back into the political process”

25. Natural Resources Defense Council Environmental activist organization- has become one of the hottest causes in Hollywood

26. Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Short, Rob Reiner, Larry David, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Michelle Pfeiffer, Tobey Maguire, Ray Romano to name a few

27. Need to protect and defend the planet from corporate polluters and their allies

28. Alan Horn, of Warner Brothers HBO, MTV Networks, Fox Group

29. 2002 election: 80% of entertainment industry’s party contributions went to Democratic candidates compared to 20% going to the Republican party

30. Barbra Streisand: for years, has been one of the single biggest individual funders of liberal causes in America

31. Many members of Hollywood don’t pay- but that isn’t usually mentioned

32. Robert Redford and Paul Newman- major celebrity donors Neither of them really wanted much to do with Hollywood

33. Some feel as if Hollywood is more out of touch with reality than elected politicians-

34. Hollywood is naturally going to attract a more liberal group of people Protect environment, rights to abortion, homosexual rights

35. Most opposed almost every aspect of Bush’s foreign policy Hollywood had supported Obama- now support is lower than before

36. David Geffen: billionaire entertainment mogul Raised $20 million for Clinton In return he got to sleep in Lincoln’s Bedroom

37. Susan Sarandon: “If my privacy is going to be invaded and I’m going to be treated as a commodity, I might as well take advantage of it.”

38. Cyndi Lauper: “True Colors” lyrics “your true colors shine through” Longtime gay rights supporter

39. “True Colors” tour- hit major cities nationwide to promote gay rights Deborah Harry, Erasure, Margaret Cho

40. Those who attend would get wristbands with the slogan “Erase Hate” from Matthew Shepard organization

41. Entertainment Community: Backing Barack Obama George Clooney, Halle Berry, Oprah Winfrey