Hall of Fame
Debra Winger ($3,000)
Ned Beatty ($250)
Regis Philbin ($1,000)
Haim Saban ($13,985,491)
Kenny G ($2,000)
Michael Smerconish ($18,250)
Sammy Hagar ($6,500)
Andrew Tobias ($1,004,252)
Philip Seymour Hoffman ($7,600)
Paul Anka ($2,250)
Harry Thomason ($40,850)
Billy Mayfair ($550)
Catherine Zeta-Jones ($2,000)
Alan Dershowitz ($21,060)
Mark Burnett ($2,300)
Diane Keaton ($9,000)
Joan Rivers ($6,750)
Lynn Redgrave ($4,600)
Dan Jenkins ($5,700)
Andrew Shue ($4,750)
Swoosie Kurtz ($750)
Byron Allen ($13,400)
Jerry Rice ($1,000)
Elmore Leonard ($3,950)
Phyllis Diller ($4,500)
Ivan Reitman ($16,800)
Fannie Flagg ($1,000)
Joss Whedon ($6,000)
Donal Logue ($18,000)
Jenny McCarthy ($1,250)
Ross Bleckner ($54,770)
Sela Ward ($625)
Arthur Blank ($258,100)
Cedric 'the Entertainer' Kyles ($2,500)
James Garner ($29,620)
Errol Morris ($900)
Steve Young ($1,000)
John Mellencamp ($23,600)
Merle Haggard ($1,000)
Paul Newman ($281,400)
Cloris Leachman ($1,000)
Paul Haggis ($13,550)
Andy Griffith ($2,500)
Jennifer Tilly ($250)
Kristi Yamaguchi ($2,300)
Kate Hudson ($2,000)
Wayne Newton ($25,250)
Elie Wiesel ($1,000)
Jasmine Guy ($3,800)
Pat Boone ($39,985)
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Hall of Fame ► Celebrities
Brock Peters , 1927-2005 (bio ) actor
NEWS MEAT
739
Election Picks: 2 wins, 1 loss
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election
Amount
Date
FEC
Peters, Brock 91436 Diane E. Watson (D)Won $1,000 primary 04/04/01 PETERS, BROCK 90069 Maxine Waters (D)Won $1,000 primary 11/21/90 PETERS, BROCK 90069 JACKSON, JESSE LOUIS (D)Lost $500 primary 06/21/88
* general election result only; "Lost" = didn't win seat for that cycleNEWS MEAT report provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 8/25/08 — 15,501,783 records
NEWSMAKERS
political donations of today's newsmakers
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
1,990
2,518
GIs Killed in Action
3,371
364
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
778
148
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,481
1,528
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
140,000
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 29, 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 8/25/08
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