Hall of Fame
Samuel Jackson ($3,300)
Don Shula ($16,234)
Ally Sheedy ($5,100)
Tom Cruise ($39,000)
Art Rooney II ($93,015)
Trisha Yearwood ($3,000)
Ken Burns ($36,500)
Téa Leoni ($1,250)
Jimmy Buffett ($32,500)
Donald Fehr ($18,756)
Lucy Lawless ($4,000)
Roger Penske ($427,300)
Gary Sinise ($4,400)
Arthur Blank ($258,100)
Catherine Coulter ($17,000)
Steve Brill ($79,800)
Randy Newman ($18,300)
Patricia Arquette ($22,800)
Amy Grant ($21,250)
Merle Haggard ($1,000)
Shirley MacLaine ($2,000)
Debra Jo Rupp ($1,500)
Taylor Hackford ($26,700)
Mark Richt ($1,000)
Aretha Franklin ($2,000)
Jonathan Demme ($7,550)
Dan Rooney ($60,600)
Martin Sheen ($7,500)
Cynthia Nixon ($1,500)
Faith Hill ($7,500)
Bobby Flay ($1,000)
Jon Stewart ($2,000)
Norah Jones ($2,250)
Majel Roddenberry ($3,000)
Jeff Burton ($3,000)
Ted Harbert ($38,975)
Tim McGraw ($7,500)
Norman Jewison ($14,050)
Topher Grace ($4,600)
Robert Guillaume ($4,600)
Wolfgang Puck ($1,700)
Dean Koontz ($27,375)
Forest Whitaker ($4,300)
Alan Ruck ($1,250)
Maury Povich ($61,300)
Matthew Lillard ($250)
Dick Van Patten ($3,815)
Melissa Etheridge ($7,000)
Michelle Pfeiffer ($3,500)
Judith Krantz ($232,964)
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Lainie Kazan
, 68 (bio ) actress
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
914
Election Picks: 1 win, 1 loss
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
Kazan, Lainie Beverly Hills, CA 90212 Bena Entertainment/Actress/singerJohn Kerry (D) President JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INCLost $500 primary 04/14/04
KAZAN, LAINIE BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90212 Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) Senate - NY NEW YORK SENATE 2000Won $1,000 primary 10/24/00
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political donations of today's newsmakers
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
1,991
2,519
GIs Killed in Action
3,371
364
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
778
148
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,481
1,528
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
140,000
30,000
Brookings , AP
Total Cost (approved through mid 2009)
$650 Bln
$200 Bln
AP
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$261 Mil
$70.8 Mil
casualty status updated August 29, 2008
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 8/25/08
15,501,783 records (election cycles 1980-2008)
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