Hall of Fame
Vera Wang ($37,120)
John Ratzenberger ($9,525)
Ellen Barkin ($95,500)
Tom Hammond ($2,000)
Aretha Franklin ($2,000)
Davis Love III ($4,700)
John Davidson ($550)
Pat O'Brien ($3,000)
Salma Hayek ($3,300)
Robert Blake ($3,000)
Harvey Keitel ($13,200)
Glenn Close ($37,525)
Richard Lewis ($6,000)
Matt LeBlanc ($4,000)
Susan Sarandon ($68,694)
Alex 'A-Rod' Rodriguez ($4,300)
Julie Bowen ($1,000)
Alan Dershowitz ($21,810)
Frank Oz ($1,200)
Lou Piniella ($4,000)
Catherine Zeta-Jones ($2,000)
Forest Whitaker ($7,100)
Goldie Hawn ($49,090)
Muhammad Ali ($3,000)
Pat Riley ($4,754)
Tyler Perry ($35,000)
Mark Mays ($270,628)
Vanessa Williams ($3,500)
John C Reilly ($3,300)
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Sr ($5,250)
Sean Hayes ($3,500)
Jerry Seinfeld ($12,000)
Pat Benatar ($2,375)
Michael Tucker ($20,550)
Edie Falco ($2,800)
Frank Gifford ($8,000)
Sean 'Diddy' Combs ($3,000)
Mark Burnett ($2,300)
Patricia Arquette ($22,800)
Sheryl Crow ($16,300)
Melissa Gilbert ($9,800)
Andy Reid ($2,300)
Zach Braff ($3,300)
Krista Allen ($6,682)
Robin Quivers ($2,500)
Peter Graves ($500)
Alex Trebek ($3,000)
Alexandra Paul ($6,175)
Connie Schultz ($4,200)
Tom Hayden ($113,628)
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Gay Talese
, 77 (bio ) author, journalist
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,358
Election Picks: 1 win, 1 loss
$1,000 Republican $300 Democrat total: $1,300
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
Talese, Gay New York, NY 10065 WriterBarack Obama (D) President OBAMA VICTORY FUNDWon $300 primary 11/05/08
TALESE, GAY MR NEW YORK, NY 10021 WRITERJAVITS, JACOB K (R) Senate - NY JAVITS CAMPAIGN COMMITTEELost $1,000 primary 08/28/80
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* 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 11/2/09 — 17,177,929 records
NEWSMAKERS
political donations of today's newsmakers
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,422
2,950
GIs Killed in Action
3,475
642
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
884
191
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,874
2,599
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 3, 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 11/2/09
17,177,929 records (election cycles 1980-2010)
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