Hall of Fame
Nicole Miller ($33,500)
Max Wright ($1,500)
Anna Wintour ($47,150)
Steven Bochco ($95,508)
Dan Reeves ($18,500)
David Arquette ($4,300)
Amanda Peet ($4,200)
Larry Merchant ($10,050)
Jasper Johns ($10,000)
Samantha Mathis ($3,375)
Caroline Rhea ($1,700)
Christine Lahti ($19,050)
Harry Connick, Jr ($33,100)
Lisa Loeb ($3,600)
Michael Smerconish ($22,850)
Ellen Pompeo ($4,600)
Donny Deutsch ($100,900)
Christopher Lloyd ($5,300)
Joan Didion ($500)
Wendie Malick ($9,050)
Chris Weitz ($24,838)
Marg Helgenberger ($28,750)
Frank McCourt ($98,887)
Chuck Scarborough ($3,500)
Joel Schumacher ($7,250)
PJ O'Rourke ($14,500)
Linda Lavin ($3,750)
Edie Falco ($2,800)
John Fund ($1,000)
Al Leiter ($10,000)
Jim Caviezel ($2,100)
Melanie Griffith ($129,422)
Larry Brown ($1,000)
Molly Ivins ($1,250)
Bill Kristol ($8,500)
Ed Harris ($17,350)
Buck Henry ($7,800)
Isaac Mizrahi ($18,765)
Deborah Norville ($1,000)
Charlie Daniels ($500)
George Clooney ($57,700)
Anderson Cooper ($250)
Gore Vidal ($2,000)
Marvin Hamlisch ($7,250)
Emmylou Harris ($4,050)
Donna Mills ($32,425)
Betty Thomas ($13,700)
Maya Angelou ($24,550)
Willem Dafoe ($250)
Anna Paquin ($900)
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Hall of Fame ► Celebrities
Ansel Adams
, 1902-1984 (bio ) photographer
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
751
Election Picks: 4 wins, 2 losses
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
ADAMS, ANSEL MONTEREY, CA 93940 BOXER, BARBARA (D) House (CA District: 06) COMMITTEE TO RE-ELECT BARBARA BOXER TO CONGRESSWon $1,000 primary 05/03/84
ADAMS, ANSEL MR CARMEL, CA 93923 PHOTOGRAPHER-AUTHORCRANSTON, ALAN (D) President CRANSTON FOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEE INCLost $500 primary 12/20/83
ADAMS, ANSEL MR CARMEL, CA 93923 PHOTOGRAPHER-AUTHORCRANSTON, ALAN (D) President CRANSTON FOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEE INCLost $500 primary 06/27/83
ADAMS, ANSEL CARMEL, CA 93923 SELF-EMPLOYEDCRANSTON, ALAN (D) President CRANSTON FOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEE INCLost $500 primary 10/27/82
ADAMS, ANSEL CARMEL, CA 93923 SELF-EMPLOYEDCRANSTON, ALAN (D) President CRANSTON FOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEE INCLost $500 primary 10/19/82
ADAMS, ANSEL CARMEL, CA 93923 SELF-EMPLOYEDBURTON, PHILLIP (D) House (CA District: 06) BURTON FOR CONGRESS CAMPAIGN COMMITTEEWon $1,000 general 09/19/82
ADAMS, ANSEL CARMEL, CA 93923 PHOTOGRAPHERBURTON, PHILLIP (D) House (CA District: 06) BURTON FOR CONGRESS CAMPAIGN COMMITTEEWon $500 primary 04/19/82
ADAMS, ANSEL (IK) NEW YORK, NY 00000 PHOTOGRAPHERUDALL, MORRIS KING (D) House (AZ District: 02) UDALL FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEEWon $1,000 primary 12/31/80
ADAMS, ANSEL CARMEL, CA 93923 PHOTOGRAPHERBURTON, PHILLIP (D) House (CA District: 06) BURTON FOR CONGRESS CAMPAIGN COMMITTEEWon $250 primary 01/25/80
* 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
NEWSMAKERS
political donations of today's newsmakers
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,441
2,969
GIs Killed in Action
3,476
650
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
891
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 23, 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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