Hall of Fame
John Lithgow ($4,450)
Barry Manilow ($95,900)
Sean Hannity ($2,100)
Adam Yauch ($3,300)
James Earl Jones ($599)
Dan Savage ($8,350)
Cybill Shepherd ($23,500)
Jeanie Buss ($5,500)
Cher ($11,400)
Patricia Clarkson ($750)
Linda Lavin ($3,750)
Digger Phelps ($1,250)
Stuart Sternberg ($46,585)
Ellen Pompeo ($4,600)
Janeane Garofalo ($9,888)
Kathy Najimy ($16,650)
Andy Reid ($2,300)
Dan Reeves ($18,500)
Jerry Richardson ($76,150)
Mike Farrell ($10,700)
Kathy Hilton ($4,300)
Tommy Lee Jones ($12,300)
Sam Sheperd ($500)
Jim Caviezel ($2,100)
Isiah Thomas ($14,000)
Kristi Yamaguchi ($2,300)
Harry Belafonte ($1,500)
Drew Curtis ($1,500)
Bobby Valentine ($4,000)
Andy Williams ($52,350)
James Brolin ($3,737)
Steven Bochco ($95,508)
Steve Tisch ($477,650)
Meryl Streep ($26,500)
Ricardo Montalban ($250)
Michael Smerconish ($22,850)
Gayle King ($8,300)
Kate Hudson ($17,000)
Lainie Kazan ($1,500)
Lawrence Kudlow ($42,077)
Diane von Furstenberg ($188,000)
Jerry Buss ($52,550)
Cloris Leachman ($1,000)
Peter Magowan ($84,650)
Charlie Daniels ($500)
David Hiller ($29,550)
Téa Leoni ($1,250)
Ally Sheedy ($5,100)
Stockard Channing ($10,000)
David E Kelley ($35,800)
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Hall of Fame ► Billionaires
Oprah Winfrey
, 55 (bio ) talk show host, actress
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
826
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 11/16/09 — 17,204,191 records
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political donations of today's newsmakers
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,439
2,967
GIs Killed in Action
3,476
649
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
889
192
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,883
2,678
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
124,000
68,000
AP
, AP
Total Cost (approved through Sept 30, 2009)
$711 Bln
$219 Bln
AP
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$298 Mil
$75.2 Mil
casualty status updated November 17, 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 11/16/09
17,204,191 records (election cycles 1980-2010)
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