Hall of Fame
Chris Matthews ($2,000)
Oliver North ($5,300)
Alan Cumming ($1,000)
Jennifer Jason Leigh ($300)
Steve Tisch ($479,950)
Samantha Mathis ($3,125)
Muhammad Ali ($3,000)
Alex Haley ($2,000)
Danny Devito ($123,750)
Art Linkletter ($2,000)
Blythe Danner ($28,400)
Jann Wenner ($157,658)
Phyllis George ($18,200)
Merril Hoge ($1,000)
Janine Turner ($7,000)
Nichelle Nichols ($250)
Maria Bello ($4,300)
Eddie Murphy ($2,300)
Christopher Guest ($26,650)
Hugh Hefner ($133,300)
Ben Crenshaw ($9,173)
Stephen King ($205,400)
Mia Farrow ($1,000)
Pat Boone ($37,985)
Forest Whitaker ($4,300)
Blake Edwards ($8,500)
Nolan Ryan ($15,000)
Tobey Maguire ($6,900)
Jay Chandrasekhar ($1,000)
Prince ($1,000)
Paul Haggis ($13,550)
John Leguizamo ($1,000)
Al Davis ($19,000)
Laura Dern ($3,300)
Martin Sheen ($7,500)
Michael Crichton ($9,750)
Isaac Mizrahi ($4,165)
Kate Hudson ($2,000)
Sharon Gless ($9,800)
Tyler Perry ($4,600)
Jackson Browne ($46,416)
Jeff Bewkes ($118,350)
Marisa Tomei ($2,400)
Tom Freston ($106,595)
Judith Krantz ($232,964)
Phil LaMarr ($500)
Tim Daly ($250)
Scott Bakula ($1,250)
Orion Samuelson ($5,035)
Melissa Etheridge ($7,000)
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Richard Avedon , 1923-2004 (bio ) photographer
NEWS MEAT
1,374
Election Picks: 0 wins, 1 loss
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election
Amount
Date
FEC
Avedon, Richard 10021 John Kerry (D)Lost $2,000 primary 05/26/04
* general election result only; "Lost" = didn't win seat for that cycleNEWS MEAT report provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 8/18/08 — 15,422,862 records
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political donations of today's newsmakers
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
1,982
2,510
GIs Killed in Action
3,370
361
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
777
146
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,479
1,506
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
145,000
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 19, 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 8/18/08
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