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Harris-Walden ’24

Disney TV chief Dana Walden and her husband go back years with Kamala Harris, and the relationship between the potential POTUS and the ascendant Hollywood executive could be meaningful for both of them.

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If there’s a Hollywood winner in Harris’s ascension, it’s probably Dana Walden: The Disney TV chief and her husband, Matt, go back years with Harris. Photo: Mike Coppola/Getty Images
Matthew Belloni
July 23, 2024

Lots of congratulatory back-slapping today among the industry donor class, especially when the Democrats announced a record $81 million raised in the 24 hours after Kamala Harris was swapped in for Joe Biden like Darrens on Bewitched. Obviously, the entertainment industry donors played only a small role in Biden’s decision to exit. But if we’re doling out “credit” here—it’s Hollywood, there’s always an angle—writer-producer Damon Lindelof gets the first-mover award (a “Demmy”?) for declaring his checkbook closed to the president on July 3, just six days after the disastrous debate.