Celebrities and their causes

Published December 27, 2007 5:00am ET



Here’s just a sampling of the celebs who were here in ’07, and the issues for which they lobbied, twisted arms and made nice.

» John Madden, Elliot Yamin, Mary Tyler Moore, Allison Janney: Juvenile diabetes

» Mia Farrow, Don Cheadle, George Clooney: Darfur

» Drew Carey: libertarianism (he partnered with Reason magazine on video content)

» “Little Steven” Van Zandt: Rock music education in schools

» Graham Nash, David Crosby, Jackson Browne: Peace

» Joaquin Phoenix: Dennis Kucinich’s Department of Peace proposal

» Cyndi Lauper: Gay rights

» Paul Simon: Children’s health insurance

» Rob Lowe: Energy-efficient cars

» Mike Ditka: Retired and injured NFL players

» Bo Derek, the Barbi Twins: Ending horse slaughter

» Jewel: Poverty

» Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze: International poverty

» Brooke Shields: Postpartum depression

» Richard Dreyfuss: History and civics education

» Christina Ricci: Sexual assault awareness

» Richard Gere: Tibet and the Dalai Lama

» Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn: The war in Iraq