Hall of Fame
Michael Bidwell ($19,875)
J J Abrams ($188,200)
Sean Young ($2,700)
Gloria Vanderbilt ($6,900)
Amanda Peet ($4,200)
Debra Messing ($6,600)
Chris Matthews ($2,000)
Boomer Esiason ($2,300)
Traci Lords ($300)
Tom Selleck ($10,500)
Tom Cruise ($39,000)
Lynn Redgrave ($4,600)
Julie Bowen ($1,000)
Andy Borowitz ($22,850)
Louie Anderson ($2,500)
Gil Cates ($20,600)
Jerry Buss ($52,550)
PJ O'Rourke ($14,500)
Andrew Tobias ($1,120,629)
Wanda Sykes ($4,600)
Mario Lemieux ($2,800)
Dana Gould ($8,925)
Brad Garrett ($250)
Brandon Routh ($250)
Ben Crenshaw ($9,173)
Paul Michael Glaser ($1,000)
Bob Balaban ($2,300)
John MacLeod ($3,000)
James Spader ($300)
Patricia Clarkson ($750)
George Clooney ($57,700)
John Kasich ($10,826)
Harold Ramis ($29,550)
Patti LuPone ($750)
Alan Dershowitz ($22,810)
Mike McCaskey ($10,500)
Scarlett Johansson ($2,300)
Jim Courier ($5,006)
Greg Biffle ($3,500)
Heather Thomas ($277,514)
Mariel Hemingway ($1,750)
Susan Sarandon ($68,694)
Maria Shriver ($19,900)
Ellen DeGeneres ($3,000)
Brad Grey ($205,150)
Matt Damon ($89,600)
Ken Venturi ($550)
David Limbaugh ($8,850)
Bruce Springsteen ($12,000)
Paul Weitz ($2,750)
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Hall of Fame ► Celebrities
Fred Rogers
, 1928-2003 (bio ) children's television host
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,118
Election Picks: 2 wins, 1 loss
$1,500 Republican $1,000 Democrat total: $2,500
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
ROGERS, FRED M PITTSBURGH, PA 15213 John F. Kerry (D) Senate - MA KERRY COMMITTEEWon $1,000 general 10/16/02
ROGERS, FRED PITTSBURGH, PA 15213 F C ITHORNBURGH, DICK (R) Senate - PA THORNBURGH FOR SENATE COMMITTEELost $1,000 general 09/20/91
ROGERS, FRED PITTSBURGH, PA 15213 FAMILY COMMUNICATIONS INCHEINZ, HENRY JOHN III (R) Senate - PA PEOPLE FOR JOHN HEINZ COMMITTEEWon $500 primary 04/26/88
* 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
2,558
3,086
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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