Hall of Fame
Hank Williams, Jr ($5,750)
Hugh Hefner ($132,000)
Angie Dickinson ($2,000)
Yogi Berra ($1,000)
Liev Schreiber ($1,500)
Tommy Lee Jones ($12,300)
Robert Smigel ($8,100)
Albert Brooks ($250)
Alicia Keys ($500)
Joe Theismann ($5,200)
Matthew Lillard ($250)
Larry Mize ($2,250)
Joel Surnow ($4,100)
Karl Malone ($16,000)
Robin Quivers ($2,500)
Alfre Woodard ($12,675)
Toni Morrison ($5,800)
Alan Cumming ($2,300)
Griffin Dunne ($6,950)
Robin Wright Penn ($8,650)
Tom Hammond ($2,000)
James Iha ($778)
Jaclyn Smith ($3,574)
Tom Selleck ($10,500)
Jason Bateman ($5,125)
Jacques Pepin ($250)
Beverly LaHaye ($20,011)
Lars Ulrich ($2,300)
Gwyneth Paltrow ($32,450)
Diane von Furstenberg ($188,000)
Brian Grazer ($133,492)
Billie Joe Armstrong ($6,900)
Pat Sajak ($23,000)
Rich Eisen ($1,500)
Joshua Malina ($3,000)
James L Brooks ($329,280)
Lisa Loeb ($3,600)
Brooke Shields ($2,300)
Edward Norton ($134,109)
Camryn Manheim ($1,300)
Glenn Frey ($75,098)
Jon Voight ($4,500)
Jim Calhoun ($7,550)
Doris Roberts ($1,000)
Walid Phares ($1,000)
Sean McManus ($1,250)
Joss Whedon ($34,500)
Brian Urlacher ($1,000)
Melissa Gilbert ($9,800)
Stockard Channing ($10,000)
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Jonathan Franzen , 50 (bio ) author
NEWS MEAT
912
Election Picks: 2 wins, 1 loss
$8,800 Democrat $300 special interest total: $9,100
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election
Amount
Date
FEC
Franzen, Jonathan 10028 Barack Obama (D)Won $2,300 general 09/18/08 Franzen, Jonathan 10028 Barack Obama (D)Won $500 primary 05/21/08 Franzen, Jonathan 10028 Barack Obama (D)Won $500 primary 01/29/08 Franzen, Jonathan 10028 - $1,500 primary 10/13/06 FRANZEN, JONATHAN 10028 - $1,500 primary 10/13/06 FRANZEN, JONATHAN 10028 Bob, Jr. Casey (D)Won $250 general 09/30/06 FRANZEN, JONATHAN 10028 Bob, Jr. Casey (D)Won $250 general 06/14/06 Franzen, Jonathan 10028 - $300 primary 11/01/04 Franzen, Jonathan Mr. 10028 John Kerry (D)Lost $2,000 primary 03/01/04 Receive an alert every time new records are added to Jonathan Franzen's report.
* general election result only; "Lost" = didn't win seat for that cycleNEWS 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
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