Hall of Fame
Spike Jonze ($7,500)
Robert Beltran ($2,000)
Norman Jewison ($16,550)
Glenn Frey ($75,098)
Amy Grant ($21,250)
Andrew Tobias ($1,075,329)
Charlize Theron ($7,200)
Griffin Dunne ($6,950)
Rick Pitino ($2,000)
Thomas Gibson ($6,300)
Steve Young ($1,000)
Christine Taylor ($3,300)
Howard Hesseman ($4,375)
Chevy Chase ($226,375)
Steve Bing ($8,896,940)
Ellen Pompeo ($4,600)
Tatum O'Neal ($1,500)
Steve Buscemi ($2,873)
Heather Thomas ($277,514)
Sanjay Gupta ($8,200)
Malcolm Gladwell ($500)
Jeff Zucker ($10,000)
G Gordon Liddy ($5,000)
Dave Matthews ($2,100)
Whitney Houston ($789)
Rita Wilson ($88,150)
Doyle Brunson ($34,400)
Katey Sagal ($1,000)
Ivan Boesky ($105,950)
Spike Lee ($20,500)
Robert Greenwald ($46,761)
Kevin Sorbo ($1,500)
Harry Connick, Jr ($33,100)
Laura San Giacomo ($1,500)
Lynn Redgrave ($4,600)
Harvey Keitel ($13,200)
Christine Lahti ($19,050)
Les Moonves ($40,450)
Laurie David ($308,500)
David Pecker ($88,170)
Judith Light ($12,450)
Peter Buck ($12,092)
Charles Barkley ($2,000)
Isaiah Washington ($4,450)
Bart Starr ($34,410)
Ellen Burstyn ($1,000)
Lionel Richie ($7,800)
Tom Hammond ($2,000)
Mary Higgins Clark ($61,900)
Ben Bradlee ($250)
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Gore Vidal
author
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,564
Election Picks: 0 wins, 1 loss
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
VIDAL, GORE LOS ANGELES, CA 90068 AUTHOR HOMEANDERSON, JOHN B (IND) President NATIONAL UNITY CAMPAIGN FOR JOHN ANDERSONLost $1,000 general 09/12/80
VIDAL, GORE LOS ANGELES, CA 90068 AUTHORANDERSON, JOHN B (IND) President ANDERSON FOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEELost $1,000 primary 02/05/80
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Data for this NEWS MEAT report provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 11/16/09 — 17,204,191 records
NEWSMAKERS
political donations of today's newsmakers
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,438
2,966
GIs Killed in Action
3,476
649
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
889
192
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,883
2,678
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 17, 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 11/16/09
17,204,191 records (election cycles 1980-2010)
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