-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"> </A> -Cui Bono?- Reuters / Variety Friday February 25 4:25 AM ET Hollywood backs Hillary for N.Y. Senate seat By Christopher Stern WASHINGTON (Variety) - What do Sean ``Puffy'' Combs, Barbra Steisand and Tom Cruise have in common? They are all donors to First Lady Hillary Clinton's campaign to become New York's next senator. The entertainment industry has embraced Mrs. Clinton's campaign, giving a total of $437,000 to her Senate effort, according to a Center for Responsive Politics report. As a group, only lawyers, who added more than $667,000 to her campaign coffers, have provided more support to Clinton. Walt Disney Co. and its Miramax Films division, in particular, were enthusiastic supporters of the first lady, coughing up a total of $56,650 in donations. Even though Clinton is running to represent another state, Los Angeles residents wrote checks worth $408,000 to her Senate campaign. Larry Makinson of the Center for Responsive Politics said it is highly unusual for Hollywood to emerge as the second largest category of support for someone who is not running from California. ``She has a profile that makes it look like she is running from the heart of Hollywood,'' he declared. But Makinson said it should not be surprising that Mrs. Clinton has such stellar donors after spending eight years in the White House. ``She has amazing connections.'' Among the other notable contributors are: actors Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen, Martin Short, Susan Saint James, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, Diane Keaton, Harvey Keitel, Nicole Kidman, Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, Kyle MacLachlan, Blythe Danner, Cicely Tyson, Jane Alexander, Kate Capshaw, Carrie Fisher and Jamie Gertz; directors Rob Reiner, Ted Demme and Martin Scorsese; execs Frank Biondi, David Geffen, Harvey Weinstein, Aaron Spelling, Russell Simmons, Gary Goldberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Norman Lear, George Stevens, Lew Wasserman and Edgar Bronfman Jr; rockers Don Henley and Jimmy Buffett; fashion designers Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Oscar De La Renta, Vera Wang; author Richard North Patterson; and rock widow Gail Zappa, former model Christie Brinkley, writer Elaine May, publisher Tina Brown and humorist Al Franken. During 1999, Mrs. Clinton raised more than $8 million, the majority of which came from individuals giving $1,000 or more. 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