'5 Friends Uncensored' unites celebs
Not since Jimmy Kimmel tried to convince us he was gay have we seen such an assemblage of star power in online video like the one on display in "5 Friends Uncensored," a who's who of celebrities trying to convince people to register and vote. The interesting thing about this video is that I'm sure if you polled 99% of these stars, they would be voting for Barack Obama, but this is a decidedly "non-partisan" effort. Shrewd move given how an outright endorsement would have likely triggered the mother of all backlashes. The ringleader for this effort is Leonardo DiCaprio. Celebrities on board include: Amy Adams, will.i.am, Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Bacon, Halle Berry, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Connolly, Courteney Cox, Ellen DeGeneres, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, Jonah Hill, Dustin Hoffman, Anthony Kiedis, Ashton Kutcher, Adam Levine, Laura Linney, Eva Longoria, Tobey Maguire, Demi Moore, Natalie Portman, Giovanni Ribisi, Ethan Suplee, Kyra Sedgwick, Michelle Trachtenberg, Usher, and Forest Whitaker.
Oh, Andy... I love this vid. If only because Courtneny Cox says this: "I used to have five friends."
This election was well worth it just for that "Friends" reference.
Yay!
Posted by: Alan | October 02, 2008 at 01:58 PM
Great video! Too bad 95% of the target audience won't watch beyond about 1:15 of it. Seriously, 4:45 for a YouTube "message" video? Otherwise, i really like it - at least the part i watched. ;)
Posted by: Frank Sinton | October 04, 2008 at 07:59 PM
You can't spare 4:45 to watch a video?? I mean how brain dead do you have to be to not be able to spend 5 minutes away from a video game or reality tv? If you can't take 5 minutes out out, then I am not sure you are smart enough to vote responsibly. Or even smart enough to vote, period.
Posted by: Matt | October 05, 2008 at 02:11 PM
I agree with Matt. If you can't spare just five minutes to watch this, you really shouldn't even bother voting. And like Leo says in the video; if you do watch all of it and you still aren't going to register, I don't know what to say.
REGISTER AND VOTE PEOPLE.
My goodness, take advantage of your rights for Pete's sake.
<3
Posted by: Stephanie | October 05, 2008 at 08:16 PM
I agree with Frank. And I am tired of long-winded celebrity sanctimony. Did THAT message really require 5 mins?
Posted by: Jamison | October 07, 2008 at 07:50 AM
We'd like to thank these guys!
Posted by: Jim | October 07, 2008 at 08:26 PM
We'd really like to thank these celebs who took their time to shoot this! What would we do without them?
Click my name for our tribute!
Posted by: Jim | October 07, 2008 at 08:27 PM