Hall of Fame
Jack Abernethy ($5,800)
Paul Weitz ($2,750)
George Packer ($1,250)
Denzel Washington ($30,800)
Christopher Ruddy ($35,700)
Muhammad Ali ($3,000)
Dick Ebersol ($111,250)
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Sr ($5,250)
Norman Jewison ($16,550)
Jim Boeheim ($500)
Eli Roth ($500)
Tony Stewart ($4,000)
Stephen King ($248,500)
Jack Nicklaus ($9,450)
Kirk Douglas ($20,300)
Kevin Harvick ($1,000)
Julie Andrews ($3,000)
Tom Berenger ($3,400)
Oliver North ($5,300)
Christine Taylor ($3,300)
Joe Theismann ($5,200)
Gabrielle Union ($2,300)
Wes Craven ($19,100)
Kyle Chandler ($500)
Michael Keaton ($7,000)
John Hinderaker ($18,912)
Liev Schreiber ($1,500)
David Hyde Pierce ($32,300)
Horatio Sanz ($1,000)
Jason Bateman ($5,125)
Haim Saban ($11,060,228)
John Thompson III ($4,600)
Calvin Klein ($310,950)
Sam Sheperd ($500)
Elisabeth Hasselbeck ($1,000)
Mark Feuerstein ($250)
Julia Sweeney ($2,318)
Connie Schultz ($4,200)
Peter Chernin ($265,713)
Alex Haley ($2,000)
Malcolm Glazer ($26,000)
Alex Karras ($14,200)
Bruce Springsteen ($12,000)
Jeff Gordon ($4,300)
Lance Burton ($1,000)
Mimi Rogers ($5,250)
Bruce Vilanch ($8,500)
Jane Bryant Quinn ($4,800)
Janine Turner ($7,500)
Connie Stevens ($7,150)
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Charles Grodin
, 74 (bio ) actor, commentator
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,727
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 11/2/09 — 17,177,929 records
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political donations of today's newsmakers
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,426
2,954
GIs Killed in Action
3,475
640
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
885
193
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,880
2,618
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 5, 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 11/2/09
17,177,929 records (election cycles 1980-2010)
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