Hall of Fame
Darrell Waltrip ($64,025)
Arnold Schwarzenegger ($20,250)
Maria Shriver ($19,900)
Gene Washington ($1,250)
Clyde Drexler ($2,000)
Aaron Sorkin ($201,700)
Rosanna Arquette ($17,300)
Jason Alexander ($35,100)
Ric Flair ($2,000)
Tom Cruise ($39,000)
Mariska Hargitay ($2,400)
James Caan ($4,200)
Carol Higgins Clark ($1,000)
Curtis Martin ($2,300)
Dave Matthews ($2,100)
Cornel West ($2,250)
Sheena Easton ($8,700)
Mark Peel ($7,803)
Amy Irving ($18,500)
Helen Hunt ($7,550)
Garth Brooks ($1,000)
Rick Dees ($2,500)
Jeffrey Wright ($9,900)
Boyd Tinsley ($84,650)
Les Kinsolving ($650)
Herman Wouk ($45,275)
Bret Easton Ellis ($1,850)
Troy Aikman ($10,300)
Tom Skerritt ($14,525)
Lorenzo Lamas ($1,450)
Gene Wilder ($3,250)
Sean 'Diddy' Combs ($3,000)
Jim Lampley ($7,875)
Robert Wright ($314,750)
Kathie Lee Gifford ($3,000)
Al Franken ($57,653)
Hank Aaron ($14,361)
Joel Surnow ($4,100)
Courteney Cox ($13,800)
Joe Walsh ($7,250)
Olivia Newton-John ($500)
Lorraine Bracco ($1,000)
Kevin James ($2,100)
Uma Thurman ($28,000)
Al Unser, Jr ($3,500)
Vlade Divac ($10,000)
Billy Bob Thornton ($1,500)
Wendie Malick ($9,050)
Mark Brunell ($5,000)
Nicole Miller ($33,500)
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Hall of Fame ► Celebrities
Bernie Mac
, 1957-2008 (bio ) comedian, actor
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
859
Election Picks: 1 win, 0 losses
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
McCullough, Bernard Frankfort, IL 60423 Mac Man Enterprises, Inc./EntertainBarack Obama (D) President OBAMA FOR AMERICAWon $2,300 primary 04/29/08
* 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 3/8/10 — 17,477,706 records
NEWSMAKERS
political donations of today's newsmakers
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,554
3,082
GIs Killed in Action
3,478
722
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
906
206
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,930
2,953
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
98,000
68,000
Brookings
, AP
Total Cost (approved through Sept 30, 2010)
$791 Bln
$269 Bln
AP
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$288 Mil
$82 Mil
casualty status updated March 8, 2010
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 3/8/10
17,477,706 records (election cycles 1980-2010)
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