Hall of Fame
Jennifer Garner ($10,600)
Gary Collins ($2,250)
Stephen King ($195,400)
Jessica Seinfeld ($30,200)
Pat Summerall ($3,500)
Michael Chabon ($9,550)
Kathy Hilton ($2,000)
Rush Limbaugh ($2,000)
Vera Wang ($32,200)
Ben Stein ($56,650)
Lou Pearlman ($20,600)
Gayle King ($3,300)
Peter Buck ($12,092)
Cloris Leachman ($1,000)
David Stern ($988,560)
Alec Baldwin ($130,902)
Bobby Knight ($2,000)
Judy Blume ($23,750)
Denise Rich ($1,161,600)
Eric Roberts ($375)
Beverly LaHaye ($20,011)
Garth Brooks ($1,000)
Marc Cherry ($10,150)
Haim Saban ($13,982,191)
Lynn Redgrave ($3,850)
Neil Simon ($67,875)
Mario Lemieux ($2,800)
Jimmy Smits ($1,500)
Peyton Manning ($8,500)
Davis Guggenheim ($6,300)
Bud Selig ($88,850)
Jason Alexander ($12,600)
Nicolas Cage ($3,000)
Gene Wilder ($3,250)
Julia Sweeney ($1,218)
Robert Scheer ($2,500)
David Koepp ($31,600)
Tom Hanks ($50,300)
Herman Wouk ($44,525)
Ted Allen ($250)
Tony Shalhoub ($2,450)
John Ratzenberger ($6,525)
David Mamet ($14,400)
Suzanne Vega ($3,200)
Spike Lee ($10,500)
Caroline Kennedy ($40,850)
Joe Watkins ($8,000)
Robert Smigel ($8,100)
William 'Hootie' Johnson ($14,949)
Andrea Jaeger ($500)
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Hall of Fame ► Celebrities
Ansel Adams , 1902-1984 (bio ) photographer
NEWS MEAT
597
Election Picks: 4 wins, 2 losses
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election
Amount
Date
FEC
ADAMS, ANSEL 93940 BOXER, BARBARA (D)Won $1,000 primary 05/03/84 ADAMS, ANSEL MR 93923 CRANSTON, ALAN (D)Lost $500 primary 12/20/83 ADAMS, ANSEL MR 93923 CRANSTON, ALAN (D)Lost $500 primary 06/27/83 ADAMS, ANSEL 93923 CRANSTON, ALAN (D)Lost $500 primary 10/27/82 ADAMS, ANSEL 93923 CRANSTON, ALAN (D)Lost $500 primary 10/19/82 ADAMS, ANSEL 93923 BURTON, PHILLIP (D)Won $1,000 general 09/19/82 ADAMS, ANSEL 93923 BURTON, PHILLIP (D)Won $500 primary 04/19/82 ADAMS, ANSEL (IK) 00000 UDALL, MORRIS KING (D)Won $1,000 primary 12/31/80 ADAMS, ANSEL 93923 BURTON, PHILLIP (D)Won $250 primary 01/25/80
* general election result only; "Lost" = didn't win seat for that cycleNEWS MEAT report provided by the Federal Election Commission as of — records
NEWSMAKERS
political donations of today's newsmakers
2008 DELEGATE COUNT as of 07/04/08
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
1,934
2,462
GIs Killed in Action
3,353
331
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
763
137
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,476
1,354
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
148,500
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 July 1, 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 6/30/08
see top 50
See NEWSMEAT's 2008 Presidential A-List Donor Chart 
73%
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