Hall of Fame
Bonnie Hunt ($4,000)
Jason Alexander ($35,100)
Steve Brill ($85,140)
Alicia Keys ($500)
John Ziegler ($11,100)
Steve Tisch ($477,650)
Maya Angelou ($25,050)
Hector Elizondo ($900)
Tim Matheson ($1,900)
Ron Insana ($33,200)
Norman Lear ($1,031,055)
John Elway ($47,600)
Omar Epps ($2,300)
Katrina Leung ($6,700)
Amy Heckerling ($750)
Peter Farrelly ($95,800)
Armstrong Williams ($1,800)
David Mamet ($16,700)
Forest Whitaker ($7,100)
Tommy Chong ($750)
David Cross ($13,200)
Chuck Close ($56,600)
Marc Anthony ($4,200)
Paul Dooley ($40,800)
John Thompson III ($4,600)
Alanis Morissette ($3,000)
Tom Ford ($24,550)
Gayle King ($8,300)
Philip Seymour Hoffman ($10,900)
Teri Garr ($10,625)
Julie Bowen ($1,000)
Matthew Lillard ($250)
Ashley Williams ($250)
Mel Karmazin ($226,806)
Vicki Lawrence ($1,200)
Nicole Miller ($33,500)
Anita Baker ($1,000)
David Hyde Pierce ($32,300)
Digger Phelps ($1,250)
Jane Seymour ($6,000)
Mike Nichols ($9,200)
John Smoltz ($9,800)
Suzanne Somers ($1,000)
Phyllis George ($18,200)
Jeffrey Wright ($9,900)
Reese Witherspoon ($1,500)
Carson Kressley ($250)
Jim Calhoun ($7,550)
Gary Collins ($2,250)
Doris Kearns Goodwin ($1,400)
click for complete list...
Hall of Fame ► Celebrities
Frank Zappa
, 1940-1993 (bio ) recording artist
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,228
Election Picks: 1 win, 1 loss
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
ZAPPA, FRANK NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA 91616 ENTERTAINERHoward L. Berman (D) House (CA District: 28) BERMAN FOR CONGRESSWon $800 primary 11/10/89
ZAPPA, FRANK MR NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA 91616 MUSICIANBOND, JULIAN (D) House (GA District: 05) JULIAN BOND TO CONGRESS COMMITTEELost $1,000 primary 04/10/86
* 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)
see top 50