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Murphy & Kress: accountants to the stars
Yesterday, we posted a story on addresses in New York that gave the most money to the three presidential campaigns.
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That’s how we stumbled across 2401 Main St. in Santa Monica, Calif.
The address tracks to Murphy & Kress, an accounting firm that takes care of a clientele so exclusive that it refuses to confirm its clients.
FEC filings indicate that Murphy & Kress handles financial affairs for Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Denzel Washington, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward and Geena Davis, among other prominent figures in the film industry.
Coincidentally, all parties listing their address 2401 Main St. supported Democratic candidates in the 2008 presidential election.
Damon and Affleck have given to Obama, as have Denzel Washington and Geena Davis. Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward supported both the Clinton and Obama campaigns, giving the maximum donation to both.
Company spokesperson Fariba Lary declined to comment on any clients of Murphy & Kress, “due to confidentiality.”
Yet on liner notes for her album, Mistaken Identity, Donna Summer thanks the firm “for keeping all the finances in order.”
Funny how celebrity agents hunger for publicity, while their money managers prefer to stay beneath the radar. Murphy & Kress does not even have a public website.