By
James
Hirsen
Hollywood
is all abuzz about the upcoming 2016 presidential primary season, and the
industry has some strategic plans to make certain that things play out a lot
differently than they did in 2008. In that presidential election cycle, the
entertainment community found itself deeply divided between Democratic
candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
Back
then David Geffen, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and Steven Spielberg, the three
principals of DreamWorks who also happen to be Hollywood’s lead bundlers for
Democratic candidates and causes, found themselves at odds with one another. Geffen
and Katzenberg lined up behind candidate Obama. However, Spielberg refrained
from choosing sides and instead forked over money to both Democratic
candidates.
It was Geffen, though, who presented an early challenge for the Hillary Clinton campaign by speaking publicly of his misgivings concerning the Clintons. Despite having donated millions of dollars to Bill Clinton’s 1992 and 1996 presidential campaigns, Geffen voiced his opinions aloud in a 2007 interview with Maureen Dowd of the New York Times. [more...]
It was Geffen, though, who presented an early challenge for the Hillary Clinton campaign by speaking publicly of his misgivings concerning the Clintons. Despite having donated millions of dollars to Bill Clinton’s 1992 and 1996 presidential campaigns, Geffen voiced his opinions aloud in a 2007 interview with Maureen Dowd of the New York Times. [more...]
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