Hall of Fame
Ivan Boesky ($105,950)
Tim LaHaye ($10,300)
Kevin Johnson ($11,400)
Joan Jett ($4,750)
Michael Waltrip ($4,800)
Charles Grodin ($4,000)
Garrison Keillor ($62,553)
Judith Regan ($14,500)
Sydney Pollack ($244,561)
Kevin James ($2,100)
Ashley Judd ($1,500)
Kevin Nealon ($3,000)
Katrina vanden Heuvel ($186,500)
Sigourney Weaver ($3,500)
Merril Hoge ($1,000)
Bucky Dent ($500)
Julianna Margulies ($1,750)
Beverly D'Angelo ($2,000)
Debra Jo Rupp ($1,500)
Peter Ueberroth ($34,700)
Kate Capshaw ($127,675)
Joe Watkins ($8,000)
Valerie Harper ($12,500)
John R Hall ($750)
Richard Gere ($13,550)
Natalie Maines ($4,672)
Michael Chabon ($9,550)
Annabeth Gish ($1,250)
Matt Groening ($49,650)
Kate Hudson ($2,000)
Siegfried Fischbacher ($30,950)
Rider Strong ($2,000)
Hale Irwin ($1,000)
Hank Azaria ($29,300)
Ted McGinley ($500)
Alan Cumming ($1,000)
Robert Guillaume ($4,600)
Oleg Cassini ($21,250)
Ned Beatty ($250)
Nolan Ryan ($15,000)
Liev Schreiber ($500)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt ($2,400)
Cheryl Tiegs ($7,250)
Ally Sheedy ($5,100)
Marc Cherry ($10,150)
Moby ($6,500)
John Williams ($10,500)
Faith Hill ($7,500)
Paul Giamatti ($250)
Davis Guggenheim ($4,000)
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Hall of Fame ► Celebrities
Ben Affleck
, 35 (bio ) actor
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,315
Election Picks: 1 win, 2 losses
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
Affleck, Ben Santa Monica , CA 90405 Self employed/Actor Barack Obama (D) President OBAMA FOR AMERICA - $4,600 primary 12/27/07
Affleck, Ben Santa Monica , CA 90405 Self employed/Actor Barack Obama (D) President OBAMA FOR AMERICA - $2,300 general 12/27/07
Affleck, Ben Santa Monica , CA 90405 Self employed/Actor Barack Obama (D) President OBAMA FOR AMERICA - $-2,300 primary 12/27/07
Affleck, Ben Santa Monica, CA 90405 ActorWesley Clark (D) President CLARK FOR PRESIDENT INC.Lost $2,000 primary 12/04/03
Affleck, Ben Santa Monica, CA 90405 McGuire Productions/WriterDennis Kucinich (D) President KUCINICH FOR PRESIDENT INC.Lost $1,000 primary 04/16/03
Ben Affleck Santa Monica, CA 90405 Self - Employed/ActorRichard A. Gephardt (D) House (MO District: 03) GEPHARDT IN CONGRESS COMMITTEEWon $1,000 general 09/30/02
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Data for this NEWS MEAT report provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 5/5/08 — 14,941,600 records
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political donations of today's newsmakers
2008 DELEGATE COUNT as of 05/17/08
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
1,886
2,414
GIs Killed in Action
3,326
298
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
754
133
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,395
1,198
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
155,000
30,000
Brookings , AP
Total Cost (approved through Sept 2008)
$488 Bln
$156 Bln
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$241 Mil
$61.2 Mil
casualty status updated May 16, 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 5/5/08
14,941,600 records (election cycles 1980-2008)
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