On January 19, 2009 famous celebrity icons such as Aaron Eckhart, Alyssa Milano, Paris Hilton, Anthony Kiedis, Archie Kao, Ashlee Simpson, Brittany Snow, Bryce Dallas Howard, Courteney Cox, Dakota Fanning, David Arquette, Eva Longoria, Eva Mendes, and George Lopez all elected to show their support of the newly elected President Barak Obama by recording a pledge of service in honor of the Inauguration. The videos, presented by Myspace Celebrity and Katalyst Media, an innovative content production company
As many more prominent industry names such as Gina Gershon, Hart Bochner, Hayden Panetierre, Hill Harper, Nick Cannon, Ioan Gruffudd, Jaime Pressley, Jason Bateman, Jenna Elfman, Joel Madden, Joel Schumacher, John Singleton, Josh Groban, Julia Ormond, Kat Dennings, Kenna, Kerry Washington, Kevin Connolly, Kevin Zegers, Laura Linney, Lucy Liu, Marissa Tomei, Matt Dallas, Melissa Leo, Michael Strahan, and Michelle Trachtenberg enlisted to be a part of the production, Ashton Kutcher proudly proclaimed, “We are honored to be working with MySpace to rally the entertainment industry to answer President-elect Barack Obama’s call to service”. He then added, “The Presidential Pledge is a platform for people across the nation and throughout the world to make a first person commitment of service to our new President, articulating a specific intent or action to become an agent of positive change”.
With Demi Moore serving as director, the videos are nothing short of inspirational, which is exactly as both Moore and Katalyst Media intended. They hope that through the public presentation of the videos through MySpace Celebrity, others will be motivated to post a comment or record and upload their own Presidential Pledge on MySpace to join the heartfelt videos from Molly Sims, Nicole Richie, Rex Lee, Rhona Mitra, Rita Wilson, Rumer Willis, Sarah Wayne Callies, Sean P. “Diddy” Combs, Ashley Judd, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Soleil Moon Frye, Sophia Bush, Tatyana Ali, and Tobey Maguire.
Chris DeWolfe, CEO and Co-Founder of MySpace stated, “Ashton and Demi’s commitment is truly inspiring as are the moving pledges that cultural icons and everyday Americans will deliver to support President Obama. MySpace has always offered a platform for people looking to make a positive difference in the world, and we’re thrilled to partner with Katalyst on this landmark initiative”. These exclusive, personal, and stirring videos can be found on MySpace Celebrity beginning Monday, January 19th.
Myspace users can join in on the movement by uploading their pledge videos using the following instructions:
Use your computer camera to record your own pledge. Upload the video to your profile, then copy the embedded code that is provided. Go to www.myspace.com/presidentialpledge and head to the “Comments” section, towards the bottom of the page. Click on “Add comment” and paste the embed code in the space provided.
Click “Post a comment” to officially become part of the world changing movement!
For more information and to view the exclusive Myspace pledges visit www.celebrity.myspace.com or the official Presidential Pledge profile page at www.myspace.com/presidentialpledge.
MySpace is the leading lifestyle gateway to connecting with friends, discovering popular culture, and making a positive impact globally. MySpace, which is a Fox Interactive Media Inc. subsidiary, has succeeded in creating a connected global community by actively combining Internet profiles, blogs, instant messaging, e-mail, music streaming, music videos, photo galleries, classified listings, events, groups, college communities, and member forums. MySpace even boasts an international network, including over 30 localized community sites, in the United States, Brazil, Canada, Latin America, Mexico, Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Australia, India, Japan, and New Zealand. Fox Interactive Media is a division of News Corp. www.myspace.com
Photos courtesy of MySpace Celebrity.