Hall of Fame
Carol Burnett ($14,750)
Corbin Bernsen ($550)
Martin Yan ($250)
Katrina Leung ($6,700)
Spike Jonze ($7,500)
Tony La Russa ($500)
Michael Waltrip ($4,800)
Jeff Goldblum ($1,000)
Drew Barrymore ($1,000)
Nora Ephron ($54,700)
Tim Matheson ($1,900)
Tony Sirico ($1,000)
Ned Beatty ($250)
Laura Linney ($2,300)
Jim Irsay ($101,500)
Maria Shriver ($19,900)
Janine Turner ($7,500)
Olivia Newton-John ($500)
Joe Dumars ($1,000)
Sanjay Gupta ($8,200)
George Steinbrenner ($264,400)
Linda Lavin ($3,750)
Norv Turner ($4,600)
José Feliciano ($800)
Mark Peel ($7,803)
Kathryn Bigelow ($800)
Gabrielle Union ($2,300)
James Spader ($300)
Warren Littlefield ($9,620)
Brad Garrett ($250)
John Goodman ($4,000)
Martin Short ($1,500)
Fran Drescher ($7,050)
Tommy Chong ($750)
Blythe Danner ($30,650)
Kurt Busch ($1,000)
Chris Parnell ($3,250)
Charles Barkley ($2,000)
Paul Reiser ($38,950)
Larry Mize ($2,250)
Lou Holtz ($12,600)
John Podhoretz ($450)
Kim Basinger ($5,500)
Jalen Rose ($4,300)
Richard Linklater ($7,800)
Alex Spanos ($6,774,460)
Amy Madigan ($52,700)
Jimmie Johnson ($4,300)
Paul Thomas Anderson ($1,500)
Rob Lowe ($1,000)
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Hall of Fame ► Celebrities
Leon Uris
, 1924-2003 (bio ) author
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,594
Election Picks: 1 win, 2 losses
$1,250 Democrat $1,500 Independent total: $2,750
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
URIS, LEON SHERMAN OAKS, CA 91423 SELF-EMPLOYEDDICK, NANCY (D) Senate - CO NANCY DICK FOR U. S. SENATE COMMITTEELost $1,000 primary 09/14/84
URIS, LEON M SHERMAN OAKS, CA 91403 ANDERSON, JOHN B (IND) President NATIONAL UNITY CAMPAIGN FOR JOHN ANDERSONLost $1,000 general 07/14/80
URIS, LEON M SHEMAN OAKS, CA 91403 ANDERSON, JOHN B (IND) President NATIONAL UNITY CAMPAIGN FOR JOHN ANDERSONLost $250 general 07/11/80
URIS, LEON M MR SHERMAN OAKS, CA 91403 ANDERSON, JOHN B (IND) President NATIONAL UNITY CAMPAIGN FOR JOHN ANDERSONLost $250 general 05/22/80
URIS, LEON M ASPEN, CO 00000 AUTHORHART, GARY WARREN (D) Senate - CO HART FOR SENATE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE INCWon $250 primary 02/14/80
* 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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