Hall of Fame
Trisha Yearwood ($3,000)
Richard Linklater ($7,800)
Arianna Huffington ($5,389)
Jimmy Buffett ($37,100)
Dennis Haysbert ($8,600)
Stephen Root ($1,000)
Tim Robbins ($38,210)
Cash Warren ($3,100)
Joan Didion ($500)
Harold Ramis ($29,550)
Jerry Stiller ($2,000)
Bob Goldthwait ($250)
Laura Linney ($2,300)
Sherwood Schwartz ($139,025)
Regis Philbin ($1,000)
Nora Dunn ($500)
Alex Haley ($2,000)
Michelle Bernard ($5,275)
Joe Watkins ($8,000)
Peter Bonerz ($1,250)
Melissa Boyle Mahle ($500)
Phil LaMarr ($500)
Phil Mickelson ($705)
Sean 'Diddy' Combs ($3,000)
Mark Burnett ($2,300)
Bradley Whitford ($154,250)
Suzanne Vega ($3,200)
Tommy Maddox ($2,000)
Uma Thurman ($28,000)
Danny Glover ($8,825)
Prince ($1,000)
Tia Carrere ($2,250)
Roseanne Barr ($27,139)
Doris Kearns Goodwin ($1,400)
Debra Jo Rupp ($1,500)
Drew Barrymore ($1,000)
Larry Gatlin ($15,490)
Will Smith ($34,600)
Bill Cosby ($20,000)
Christopher Ruddy ($66,700)
Rafael Palmeiro ($4,000)
Jeff Bridges ($28,350)
Pam Shriver ($35,750)
Nick Saban ($250)
Melissa Etheridge ($7,000)
Steve Tisch ($477,650)
Steve Bing ($8,901,740)
Tim McCarver ($500)
Chuck Palahniuk ($2,000)
Tom Arnold ($28,746)
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Charles Grodin
, 74 (bio ) actor, commentator
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,732
Election Picks: 1 win, 4 losses
$3,500 Democrat $500 special interest total: $4,000
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
GRODIN, CHARLES BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 ACTORBOND, JULIAN (D) House (GA District: 05) JULIAN BOND TO CONGRESS COMMITTEELost $500 primary 06/26/86
GRODIN, CHARLES NEW YORK, NY 10025 ACTORABZUG, BELLA S (D) House (NY District: 20) BELLA ABZUG FOR CONGRESSLost $1,000 primary 02/24/86
GRODIN, CHARLES BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 MGMMCGOVERN, GEORGE President FRIENDS OF GEORGE MCGOVERN (D)Lost $500 primary 06/05/84
GRODIN, CHARLES MR BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 CRANSTON, ALAN (D) President CRANSTON FOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEE INCLost $1,000 primary 07/26/83
GRODIN, CHARLES NY, CA 10025 SEGAL, GOLDMAN & MACNOWBRADLEY, BILL (D) Senate - NJ BILL BRADLEY FOR U.S. SENATE '84Won $1,000 primary 07/19/83
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* 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 3/15/10 — 17,488,084 records
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political donations of today's newsmakers
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,560
3,088
GIs Killed in Action
3,478
722
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
906
206
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,930
2,953
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
98,000
68,000
Brookings
, AP
Total Cost (approved through Sept 30, 2010)
$791 Bln
$269 Bln
AP
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$288 Mil
$82 Mil
casualty status updated March 8, 2010
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 3/15/10
17,488,084 records (election cycles 1980-2010)
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