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'''Jeffrey Katzenberg''' (born 1950) is a [[liberal]] [[progressive]] Hollywood executive. He was brought in alongside [[Michael Eisner]] to work for Disney, acting as his enforcer for the animation department, and was Chairman by the 1990s. During this time, he also demanded for a "[[feminism|feminist]] twist" to be inserted into the plot of the third draft for the then in-development film ''Beauty and the Beast'', and also hired [[Linda Woolverton]] to write the film to ensure it.<ref>http://articles.mcall.com/1991-11-22/features/2825583_1_beast-s-castle-fairy-tale-madame-gabrielle</ref> After he was forced into retirement due to infighting with Eisner, he proceeded to form his own animation company, the struggling<ref>http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2015/01/23/wall-street-dreamworks-animation-one-flop-from-extinction/</ref> [[DreamWorks SKG]] with [[Steven Spielberg]] and [[David Geffen]].
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'''Jeffrey Katzenberg''' (born 1950) is a [[liberal]] [[progressive]] Hollywood executive. He was brought in alongside [[Michael Eisner]] to work for Disney, acting as his enforcer for the animation department, and was Chairman by the 1990s. During this time, he also demanded for a "[[feminism|feminist]] twist" to be inserted into the plot of the third draft for the then in-development film ''Beauty and the Beast'', and also hired [[Linda Woolverton]] to write the film to ensure it.<ref>http://articles.mcall.com/1991-11-22/features/2825583_1_beast-s-castle-fairy-tale-madame-gabrielle</ref> After he was forced into retirement due to infighting with Eisner, he proceeded to form his own animation company, the struggling<ref>http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2015/01/23/wall-street-dreamworks-animation-one-flop-from-extinction/</ref> [[DreamWorks SKG]] with [[Steven Spielberg]] and [[David Geffen]]. Infamously, one of his earliest projects at DreamWorks, ''Antz'', he had plagiarized from John Lasseter's ''A Bug's Life'' concept and claimed it as his own work.<ref>Isaacson, Walter (2011). Steve Jobs. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 307. ISBN 1-4516-4853-7.</ref><ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/businessweek/1998/47/b3605013.htm</ref>
    
Jeffrey Katzenberg donated to various Democrat politicians, including [[Barack Obama]]. He also donated $2 million to the Obama-backed Super Pac Priorities USA Action Group, explaining he wants to stop the Tea Party.<ref>http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brent-baker/2011/08/06/hollywood-mogul-katzenberg-rails-against-tea-party-s-extremism</ref> During the 2016 Presidential Elections, in a clear display of partisanship, Katzenberg publicly denied that Hillary Clinton had any health problems despite it being extremely obvious she had them, even going as far as to compare her to the [[Rock of Gibraltar]].<ref>http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jeffrey-katzenberg-clintons-health-scare-928863</ref> After Donald Trump won the election, in a further demonstration of partisanship, he wrote an open letter demanding for Hollywood to "get back in the game" and refuse to acknowledge that Donald Trump won the election.<ref>http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jeffrey-katzenberg-pens-open-letter-hollywood-trump-victory-947414</ref>
 
Jeffrey Katzenberg donated to various Democrat politicians, including [[Barack Obama]]. He also donated $2 million to the Obama-backed Super Pac Priorities USA Action Group, explaining he wants to stop the Tea Party.<ref>http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brent-baker/2011/08/06/hollywood-mogul-katzenberg-rails-against-tea-party-s-extremism</ref> During the 2016 Presidential Elections, in a clear display of partisanship, Katzenberg publicly denied that Hillary Clinton had any health problems despite it being extremely obvious she had them, even going as far as to compare her to the [[Rock of Gibraltar]].<ref>http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jeffrey-katzenberg-clintons-health-scare-928863</ref> After Donald Trump won the election, in a further demonstration of partisanship, he wrote an open letter demanding for Hollywood to "get back in the game" and refuse to acknowledge that Donald Trump won the election.<ref>http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jeffrey-katzenberg-pens-open-letter-hollywood-trump-victory-947414</ref>
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