So, Is It 'Stingywood?"

Is "Hollywood" really "Stingywood?" I asked Nexis, and this is what I found:

• Sandra Bullock donated $1 million to the Red Cross. Always liked that gal...
  
• Steven Spielberg donated $1.5 million to three unnamed relief agencies.
  
• Jay Leno is going to auction off an autographed motorcycle. Oh, I bet that cuts deep.
• Willie Nelson will sing at a benefit. More deep-digging.
• Dustin Hoffman, Sarah Jessica Parker and Julianne Moore are doing a UNICEF fund-raiser. Can we just send cash instead?
  
• Nicole Kidman will tour the devasted areas with her sister later this month. That'll sure pick up the locals.
  
• And most heartening of all -- I'm sure this will really be appreciated by the area's Muslims and Hindus -- the Los Angeles Kaballah Center, billed as the "spiritual home of many stars," is sending over Kaballah water. I am not kidding.
  

Sanda Bullock notwithstanding, Hollywood is either being exceedingly discrete about its giving, or has found more important things to do than contribute to tsunami relief. Here's a biting analysis from Bonnie Chergin Rogoff with a hat tip to Its Come Down 2 This:

The vile and rotund Michael Moore is filming his docudrama "Sicko" on the so-called "evil" pharmaceutical industry. Moore will certainly omit the timely and generous contributions made by this altruistic industry sector. As of December 31, 2004 the following pharmaceutical giants have donated and/or pledged for the Southeast Asia tsunami disaster relief effort:

Pfizer Inc. $10 million cash and $25 million in drugs to relief agencies

Merck & Co. $3 million in cash

Both Abbott Laboratories and Johnson and Johnson have pledged $2 million in cash. Johnson and Johnson is also supplying needed medical supplies and drugs.

Bristol Myers Squibb $1 million in cash and $4 Million in much needed antibiotics.

Roche Group and GlaxoSmithKline Plc will announce shortly their own disaster relief contributions.

Another past target of Moore's vitriol is General Motors. GM just pledged over $2 million in cash, agreed to match employee donations and will provide vehicles to transport medical supplies and food to the stricken region.