Hall of Fame
Shannen Doherty ($240)
Amy Grant ($21,250)
James Ellroy ($500)
Barry Switzer ($7,500)
James B Stewart ($2,000)
Eliza Dushku ($1,000)
Isaac Mizrahi ($18,765)
Liev Schreiber ($1,500)
Chuck Palahniuk ($2,000)
Frank Gifford ($8,000)
Bob Weir ($8,768)
Jodie Foster ($43,850)
Chuck Lorre ($12,300)
Walid Phares ($1,000)
Dikembe Mutombo ($18,000)
Vanessa Williams ($3,500)
Phyllis Diller ($4,500)
Jerry Doyle ($1,000)
Philip Glass ($13,733)
David Westin ($9,000)
Swoosie Kurtz ($750)
Laurie David ($299,700)
Robert 'Lute' Olson ($104,955)
Norman Lear ($1,029,555)
David Blaine ($1,000)
Mariel Hemingway ($1,750)
Jennifer Lopez ($4,200)
Jessica Lange ($8,800)
Ron Insana ($33,200)
Ben Harper ($2,000)
Larry Gatlin ($14,990)
Matt Groening ($49,650)
Jack Nicholson ($24,500)
Debra Jo Rupp ($1,500)
Olivia Newton-John ($500)
Lanny Wadkins ($1,300)
Phyllis Schlafly ($10,901)
Krista Allen ($6,682)
Bianca Jagger ($250)
Brian France ($140,600)
Bernie Kosar ($72,800)
Rip Torn ($4,300)
John Grisham ($213,925)
Mariska Hargitay ($2,400)
Richard Stengel ($1,000)
Dan Dierdorf ($2,200)
Bucky Dent ($500)
JoBeth Williams ($8,250)
Julie Bowen ($1,000)
Morgan Fairchild ($21,375)
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Hall of Fame ► Billionaires
Oprah Winfrey
, 55 (bio ) talk show host, actress
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
794
Election Picks: 2 wins, 1 loss
$1,000 Republican $18,300 Democrat total: $19,300
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
Winfrey, Oprah Chicago, IL 60611 Self employed/Harpo StudiosBarack Obama (D) President OBAMA FOR AMERICAWon $2,300 primary 09/12/07
WINFREY, OPRAH CHICAGO, IL 60600 HARPO PRODUCTIONS DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) - $5,000 primary 11/28/97
WINFREY, OPRAH CHICAGO, IL 60603 DSCC NON-FEDERAL INDIVIDUALS (soft-money donation) - $10,000 primary 10/25/96
WINFREY, OPRAH CHICAGO, IL 60610 HARPO STUDIOSBRAUN, CAROL MOSELEY (D) Senate - IL CAROL MOSELEY-BRAUN FOR US SENATE 1998 INCWon $1,000 general 08/04/92
WINFREY, OPRAH CHICAGO, IL 60601 HARPO INCENGELEITER, SUSAN S (R) Senate - WI ENGELEITER FOR SENATE COMMITTEELost $1,000 general 09/15/88
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* general election result only; "Lost" = didn't win seat for that cycle
Data for this NEWS MEAT report provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 6/22/09 — 16,836,301 records
NEWSMAKERS
political donations of today's newsmakers
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,299
2,827
GIs Killed in Action
3,454
468
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
862
166
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,802
1,939
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
135,000
38,000
AP
, Reuters
Total Cost (approved through mid 2009)
$650 Bln
$200 Bln
AP
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$261 Mil
$70.8 Mil
casualty status updated June 19, 2009
NEWSMEAT HALL OF FAME
individual donations of $200 or more made after 1977
Political donations made by the powerful, rich, and famous.
• Celebrities (actors, musicians, authors, icons)
• Billionaires
• Sports Stars
• Media
• Business Executives
• Politics (pols, players, pundits, shills)
Data Provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 6/22/09
16,836,301 records (election cycles 1980-2010)
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