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Hollywood Liberals are coming out for Kerry (BARF Alert!)
Reuters ^

Posted on 06/03/2004 2:30:04 PM PDT by presidentbowen

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Artists are coming out in full force in support of Democratic presidential contender Sen. John Kerry.

Two major concerts will be held next week -- one Monday in Los Angeles at the Walt Disney Concert Hall and one June 10 in New York at Radio City Music Hall -- to raise money for the campaign.

The Los Angeles gala will feature performances by Barbra Streisand (news), Neil Diamond (news), Willie Nelson (news) and Billy Crystal (news), while the New York show boasts Bette Midler (news), James Taylor (news), John Mellencamp (news), Jon Bon Jovi (news), Wyclef Jean, Robin Williams (news) and Whoopi Goldberg (news).

"It's very ambitious. I don't think the artistic community has gotten together to raise this much money in one effort in my recollection," said Jann Wenner, editor and publisher of Rolling Stone, who is executive producing both events. "The artist community is united on this because of the kinds of values that the artist community shares and feels deeply are very threatened by the current administration. Kerry himself has been a longtime musician, a longtime fan of the arts, a longtime supporter of intellectuals' pursuits of civil liberties. These are all the things that this community depends on -- the freedom of expression, creative freedom. These are core concerns."

Wenner first met Kerry in the 1970s, during the Vietnam era. Kerry, after serving in the Vietnam War, for which he received a Silver Star and three Purple Heart awards, co-founded the Vietnam Veterans of America and became a spokesman for Vietnam Veterans Against the War. The two rekindled their friendship when Kerry was elected to the United States Senate in 1984.

Wenner also was behind a similar concert in 2002 -- in support of Al Gore (news - web sites)'s bid for the presidency -- which reportedly raised more than $6.5 million. It was then that Wenner promised to put on such a show for Kerry if he decided to run for president.

The Los Angeles show also is being produced by Miramax co-chair Harvey Weinstein, Streisand's manager Marty Erlichman and special-event producer Ken Ehrlich. The host committee includes Rhea Perlman (news) and Danny DeVito (news), Laurie and Larry David (news), Warren Beatty (news) and Annette Bening (news), Ted Danson (news) and Mary Steenburgen (news), Dustin Hoffman (news), Ben Stiller (news), Robert De Niro (news), Leonardo DiCaprio (news), Ben Affleck (news) and Rita Wilson (news).

The concert also will mark the first time Streisand and Diamond have performed together in 24 years. The duo, who attended the same Brooklyn school, will perform their hit duet "You Don't Bring Me Flowers."

"The idea for the Los Angeles show was really to present the American classics, the great big standards," Wenner says. "Willie, Billy, Barbra and Neil -- these are people who sing to the heartland of America."

For the New York event, Wenner and Weinstein are working closely with John Sykes, chairman and CEO of Infinity Broadcasting System. The host committee includes Chevy Chase (news), Jimmy Fallon (news), Richard Gere (news), Jessica Lange (news) and Uma Thurman (news). Darlene Love also will be on hand to do a surprise performance with Midler. Kerry will speak at both galas.

"We did very well with younger voters in the primaries but they will be a hard-fought battleground in the general election, so concerts such as these are an enormous asset to us," said Kerry campaign manager Mary Beth Cahill says.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: fundraiser; hollywood; hollywoodleft; kerry; leftwingnutcases; liberals
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I can't believe this! The news I am hearing is making me very frustrated!
1 posted on 06/03/2004 2:30:05 PM PDT by presidentbowen
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To: presidentbowen
Hollywood Liberals are coming out for Kerry"

Elsewhere in the news: "Dogs bite mailmen"

2 posted on 06/03/2004 2:33:45 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: presidentbowen

I'm an artist.
You couldn't make me vote for kerry the cur with a gun to my head.


3 posted on 06/03/2004 2:33:49 PM PDT by Salamander
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To: presidentbowen

Looks like I add a few more to my "do not buy...ever" list!


4 posted on 06/03/2004 2:37:08 PM PDT by DakotaGator
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To: presidentbowen

" "The artist community is united on this because of the kinds of values that the artist community shares and feels deeply are very threatened by the current administration"

Funny...I don't feel a bit "threatened".

[Then again, I love real men]....:)


5 posted on 06/03/2004 2:37:53 PM PDT by Salamander
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To: presidentbowen
"We did very well with younger voters in the primaries but they will be a hard-fought battleground in the general election, so concerts such as these are an enormous asset to us," said Kerry campaign manager Mary Beth Cahill says.

The Liberals always go after the younger voters. The Liberals have success in that area because the kiddos are usually profoundly uninformed and have just graduated (some of them at least) from Public Indoctrination.
6 posted on 06/03/2004 2:39:19 PM PDT by Jaysun (If a person says that he enjoys the opera, that person is a liar.)
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To: BenLurkin

Next news flash: "In a five year scholarly study, historians have decided that Joseph Stalin was a Communist." Or: "Astronomers, at a symposium held at MIT, have issued a statement declaring that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west."


7 posted on 06/03/2004 2:40:45 PM PDT by Wallace T.
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To: presidentbowen
A partial list of who's who in the Hollywood hate-America first crowd. They're turds, each and every one.

George Clooney, Robin Williams, Dave Mathews Band, Mike Farrell, Larry Hagman, Harry Belefonte, Woody Harrelson, Sandra Bernhard, Danny Glover, Susan Saradon, Norman Mailer, Ed Asner, The Dixie Chicks, John Cusack, Barbra Streisand, Cher, Alec Baldwin, Ed Harris, Janeanne Garafalo, Madonna, Jennifer Aniston, Tim Robbins, Julia Roberts, Martin Sheen, Rosie O' Donnell, Spike Lee, Richard Gere, Moby, Jessica Lange, Whoopi Goldberg, Robert Altman & Michael Moore. The list goes on...

8 posted on 06/03/2004 2:41:33 PM PDT by South40 (Amnesty for ILLEGALS is a slap in the face to the USBP!)
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To: presidentbowen

Jann Wenner (homo), with his live-in boyfriend Matt Nye (homo) with Yoko Ono.
9 posted on 06/03/2004 2:42:00 PM PDT by jimbo123
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To: presidentbowen
"Hollywood Liberals... " = bleeding heart liberals.

So what's new!

10 posted on 06/03/2004 2:42:25 PM PDT by Reagan Man (The choice is clear. Reelect BUSH-CHENEY !)
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To: All

byrds of a feather


11 posted on 06/03/2004 2:43:25 PM PDT by The Wizard (Democrats: enemies of America)
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To: presidentbowen

Yea I really miss watchin' and listening to a bunch of sad ole hippies!


12 posted on 06/03/2004 2:43:31 PM PDT by Free_at_last_-2001 (is clinton in jail yet?)
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To: presidentbowen

old stars, I wouldn't pay a cent to see any one of them


13 posted on 06/03/2004 2:44:16 PM PDT by The Wizard (Democrats: enemies of America)
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To: jimbo123
homoyokoonohomo?

Sounds Hawaiin.

14 posted on 06/03/2004 2:44:28 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: The Wizard

Most of those "stars" on that list have seen their better days in their rear view mirrors (cracked ones that is!)


15 posted on 06/03/2004 2:45:06 PM PDT by princess leah
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To: The Wizard
byrds turds of a feather
16 posted on 06/03/2004 2:45:49 PM PDT by South40 (Amnesty for ILLEGALS is a slap in the face to the USBP!)
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To: BenLurkin

http://www.clickz.com/experts/brand/buzz/article.php/3299741

Salon, Rolling Stone Publisher in Financial, Editorial Pact

BY Pamela Parker | January 15, 2004

Struggling Web publisher Salon Media Group secured a $200,000 investment from Wenner Media, publisher of Rolling Stone magazine. The deal also includes plans for Rolling Stone and Salon to collaborate on coverage of the upcoming presidential election.

"Everyone at Salon is...very excited about collaborating with Rolling Stone, which has a rich history of political journalism, on a series of major news stories during this crucial election year," said David Talbot, founder and CEO of Salon. "Salon's partnership with Rolling Stone is full of great promise."

Wenner Media Chairman, Jann Wenner, will join Salon's board of directors. Wenner, who is also editor of Rolling Stone, is known for his left-leaning political stances. He told a New York University gathering this week that Howard Dean, the Democratic front-runner, would be featured on next month's Rolling Stone cover. When asked if it were an endorsement, Wenner said officially, it wasn't, but unofficially the cover story makes clear where his loyalty lies.


17 posted on 06/03/2004 2:50:05 PM PDT by jimbo123
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To: presidentbowen
"...these are people who sing to the heartland of America".

Barbara Streisand sings to the heartland? Okay, that's the funniest thing I've read in a long time.

18 posted on 06/03/2004 2:52:00 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: presidentbowen

"Willie, Billy, Barbra and Neil -- these are people who sing to the heartland of America."

Their target is the heartland of America? BarBRA sings to the heartland? Billy Crystal sings?


19 posted on 06/03/2004 2:52:10 PM PDT by TX Bluebonnet
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To: presidentbowen
"Willie, Billy, Barbra and Neil -- these are people who sing to the heartlandburn of America."

There, much better.

Prairie

20 posted on 06/03/2004 2:53:32 PM PDT by prairiebreeze (The RATS must turn to a cheating, lying, perjurist/rapist to try to save their candidate. Bwahahaha!)
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