Hall of Fame
Jeff Bridges ($28,350)
David Mamet ($16,700)
Robin Williams ($148,600)
Joan Jett ($7,550)
Leonard Nimoy ($38,300)
Lindsay Wagner ($2,100)
James Whitmore ($34,270)
Ashley Williams ($250)
Usher ($250)
Cameron Crowe ($41,400)
Marvin Hamlisch ($7,250)
Kenneth Tomlinson ($11,600)
Peter Jacobsen ($2,500)
Jane Fonda ($204,296)
Sally Kirkland ($1,300)
Joe Theismann ($5,200)
Eliza Dushku ($1,000)
Bradley Whitford ($154,250)
Tom Ford ($24,550)
Christie Brinkley ($107,210)
Jerome Armstrong ($3,150)
Olivia Wilde ($500)
Teri Hatcher ($2,300)
Charlie Daniels ($500)
Kathy Najimy ($16,650)
Pauly Shore ($1,000)
Elmore Leonard ($4,200)
Neal Boortz ($6,550)
Michael Tucker ($20,550)
Duncan 'Atrios' Black ($2,292)
Angie Dickinson ($2,000)
Paul Giamatti ($250)
Gabrielle Union ($2,300)
Tom Robbins ($4,250)
Al Jarreau ($500)
Wink Martindale ($2,000)
Gary Collins ($2,250)
Mike Myers ($12,000)
Dick Ebersol ($111,250)
Robert Smigel ($8,100)
Barry Diller ($464,278)
Mark Burnett ($2,300)
Paul Dooley ($40,800)
Martin Scorsese ($16,600)
Helen Hunt ($7,550)
Dennis Quaid ($4,200)
Jerry Jones ($24,667)
Jonathan Demme ($9,050)
Wolfgang Puck ($1,700)
Betty Thomas ($13,700)
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Hall of Fame ► Celebrities
Roy Acuff
, 1903-1992 (bio ) country music star
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,668
Election Picks: 0 wins, 3 losses
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
ACUFF, ROY C MR NASHVILLE, TN 37216 ROY ACUFF ENTERPRISESBEARD, ROBIN L JR (R) Senate - TN BEARD '82 COMMITTEELost $500 general 09/19/82
ACUFF, ROY NASHVILLE, TN 37216 ENTERTAINERBAKER, CYNTHIA ("CISSY") (R) House (TN District: 04) CISSY BAKER COMMITTEELost $500 primary 01/19/82
ACUFF, ROY NASHVILLE, TN 37216 WSM INC MA ACUFF ROSE PUBBAKER, HOWARD H JR SENATOR (R) President BAKER COMMITTEE, THELost $250 primary 11/30/79
ACUFF, ROY MR NASHVILLE, TN 37216 SELF REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE - CONTRIBUTIONS (AKA REPUBLICAN NATIONAL FINANCE COMMITTEE (R) - $150 primary 08/02/79
* 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 11/16/09 — 17,204,191 records
NEWSMAKERS
political donations of today's newsmakers
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,440
2,968
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
17,204,191 records (election cycles 1980-2010)
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