Hall of Fame
Itzhak Perlman ($11,000)
John Ratzenberger ($9,525)
Mary Higgins Clark ($61,900)
Paul Simon ($55,500)
Norman Lloyd ($250)
Tom Arnold ($28,746)
Hector Elizondo ($700)
Brooke Shields ($2,300)
Tavis Smiley ($2,500)
Ron Jaworski ($5,000)
Holly Hunter ($5,000)
Steven Soderbergh ($19,600)
Tom Wolfe ($250)
Glen Campbell ($8,170)
Pat Benatar ($2,375)
James Garner ($29,620)
Lindsay Wagner ($2,100)
Jerry Rice ($1,000)
Bob Balaban ($2,300)
Don Cheadle ($7,700)
Tim Daly ($250)
Bill Romanowski ($250)
Brad Grey ($144,050)
Kyle Chandler ($500)
Annabeth Gish ($1,800)
Robert Zemeckis ($113,225)
Ron Howard ($165,425)
Jimmy Buffett ($37,100)
Jerry Jones ($24,667)
Pierce Brosnan ($2,000)
Sarah Vowell ($500)
Bob Odenkirk ($4,500)
Cameron Crowe ($24,200)
Tommy Lee Jones ($12,300)
Robert Forster ($500)
Denise Austin ($10,000)
Anne Sweeney ($25,500)
Mark Feuerstein ($250)
Jeff Garlin ($250)
Bonnie Hunt ($4,000)
Oscar De La Hoya ($1,000)
Alex Spanos ($6,741,260)
Alex Haley ($2,000)
Alan Autry ($1,000)
Cloris Leachman ($1,000)
John Chaney ($450)
Don Henley ($731,085)
Joss Whedon ($34,500)
Gregg Popovich ($2,000)
Moby ($6,500)
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Hall of Fame ► Celebrities
Mavis Leno
(bio ) writer, political activist
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
523
Election Picks: 3 wins, 0 losses
$3,000 Democrat $1,300 special interest total: $4,300
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
LENO, MAVIS N BURBANK, CA 91510 SELF/WRITER FEMINIST MAJORITY PAC - $1,000 primary 02/15/06
LENO, MAVIS NICHOLSON BURBANK, CA 91510 WRITERBarbara Boxer (D) Senate - CA FRIENDS OF BARBARA BOXERWon $1,000 primary 09/20/03
LENO, MAVIS BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 WRITERBarbara Boxer (D) Senate - CA FRIENDS OF BARBARA BOXERWon $1,000 primary 11/05/02
LENO, MAVIS NICHOLSON BURBANK, CA 91510 ATTORNEYDianne Feinstein (D) Senate - CA CALIFORNIA VICTORY 2000Won $1,000 primary 07/09/99
LENO, MAVIS BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 EMILY'S LIST - $300 primary 07/23/92
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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 12/15/08 — 16,423,650 records
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political donations of today's newsmakers
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,121
2,649
GIs Killed in Action
3,400
406
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
821
153
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,624
1,692
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
148,000
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 January 2, 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 12/15/08
16,423,650 records (election cycles 1980-2008)
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