Hall of Fame
Deepak Chopra ($14,900)
Buck Henry ($8,800)
Charlize Theron ($7,200)
Madonna ($41,000)
Robert Kraft ($366,150)
Russell Simmons ($81,000)
Jennifer Aniston ($30,800)
Gary Bettman ($4,300)
Tim Matheson ($1,900)
Clyde Drexler ($2,000)
Nichelle Nichols ($250)
Jeff Bewkes ($125,650)
Ben Affleck ($10,900)
Tony Shalhoub ($3,700)
Tatum O'Neal ($1,500)
Pam Ward ($2,800)
Christian Slater ($6,550)
Paul Thomas Anderson ($1,500)
Jerry Stiller ($2,000)
David Caruso ($6,000)
Joanne Woodward ($218,850)
Peter Chernin ($265,713)
Victoria Principal ($11,700)
Peter Falk ($6,900)
Dale Jarrett ($6,200)
Ridley Scott ($1,200)
Martin Sheen ($7,500)
Bill Bidwell ($2,000)
Chris Berman ($7,749)
Alex Spanos ($6,774,460)
Jeffrey Katzenberg ($1,444,420)
Dana Gould ($8,925)
Mark Brunell ($5,000)
Joe Eszterhas ($1,000)
Deborah Norville ($1,000)
Julie Taymor ($30,500)
Gary Collins ($2,250)
Jerry Seinfeld ($12,000)
Roy Horn ($40,450)
Steve Young ($1,000)
Valerie Bertinelli ($2,800)
Lou Pearlman ($20,600)
Fuzzy Zoeller ($3,600)
Val Kilmer ($6,900)
Stevie Nicks ($8,000)
Joe B Hall ($2,250)
Christine Baranski ($1,500)
Melvin Van Peebles ($750)
Isaiah Washington ($4,450)
Marina Sirtis ($5,100)
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Hall of Fame ► Celebrities
Burgess Meredith
, 1909-1997 (bio ) actor
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,814
Election Picks: 0 wins, 4 losses
$3,400 Democrat $500 Independent total: $3,900
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
MEREDITH, BURGESS MALIBU, CA 90265 ACTOR DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) - $200 primary 07/06/95
MEREDITH, BURGESS MR MALIBU, CA 90265 WINTERSET PROD DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) - $200 primary 11/14/89
MEREDITH, BURGESS MALIBU, CA 90265 ACTORJACKSON, JESSE LOUIS (D) President JESSE JACKSON FOR PRESIDENT 88 COMMITTEE-CALIFORNIALost $1,000 primary 04/22/88
MEREDITH, BURGESS MALIBU, CA 90265 SELF-EMPLOYEDBROWN, EDMOND G JR (D) Senate - CA BROWN FOR U S SENATELost $500 general 07/19/82
MEREDITH, BURGESS MALIBU, CA 90265 SELF-EMPLOYEDBROWN, EDMOND G JR (D) Senate - CA BROWN FOR U S SENATELost $500 general 06/19/82
MEREDITH, BURGESS MR MALIBU, CA 90265 ANDERSON, JOHN B (IND) President NATIONAL UNITY CAMPAIGN FOR JOHN ANDERSONLost $500 general 09/25/80
MEREDITH, BURGESS MALIBU, CA 90265 ACTORBROWN, EDMUND G JR (D) President BROWN FOR PRESIDENT (1980 PCC)Lost $1,000 primary 03/04/80
* 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 3/15/10 — 17,488,084 records
NEWSMAKERS
political donations of today's newsmakers
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,557
3,085
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 3/15/10
17,488,084 records (election cycles 1980-2010)
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