Hall of Fame
Lynda Carter ($14,400)
Jill Clayburgh ($2,500)
Cynthia Nixon ($5,800)
Marcia Gay Harden ($1,250)
Gay Talese ($1,300)
Don Shula ($18,734)
Aaron Sorkin ($201,700)
Benicio Del Toro ($500)
Don Criqui ($1,700)
Betty White ($10,500)
Gary Cole ($2,800)
Salma Hayek ($3,300)
Pat Riley ($4,754)
Kate Hudson ($17,000)
Patton Oswalt ($225)
Jim Courier ($5,006)
Leonardo DiCaprio ($41,909)
Andy Borowitz ($22,850)
Vince McMahon ($18,000)
Rhea Perlman ($89,804)
George Packer ($1,250)
Tracy Scoggins ($500)
Brandon Routh ($250)
Kathleen Turner ($35,500)
Jenny McCarthy ($1,250)
John Smoltz ($9,800)
Joe Dumars ($1,000)
Donald Sterling ($6,000)
Angie Dickinson ($2,000)
Camryn Manheim ($1,300)
Pat Summerall ($3,500)
Sidney Poitier ($9,950)
Jason Bateman ($5,125)
John Rich ($15,200)
Amy Holmes ($250)
Tom Wolfe ($1,200)
Joe Eszterhas ($1,000)
Jane Pauley ($7,900)
Reba McEntire ($2,500)
Matt Groening ($59,450)
Doris Roberts ($1,000)
Josh Brolin ($2,000)
Bert Blyleven ($250)
Ry Cooder ($13,500)
Barbra Streisand ($682,275)
Vivica A Fox ($1,000)
Eddie Vedder ($5,208)
Amy Heckerling ($750)
Glen Campbell ($8,170)
Kal Penn ($4,155)
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Hall of Fame ► Celebrities
Charlton Heston
, 1923-2008 (bio ) actor; NRA president 1998-2003
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
809
Election Picks: 4 wins, 3 losses
$6,750 Republican $2,000 Democrat total: $8,750
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
HESTON, CHARLTON BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 GIULIANI, RUDOLPH W (R) Senate - NY FRIENDS OF GIULIANI EXPLORATORY COMMITTEELost $1,000 primary 12/28/99
HESTON, CHARLTON BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 ACTORDavid Dreier (R) House (CA District: 26) DREIER FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEEWon $250 primary 08/10/95
HESTON, CHARLTON BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 RETIREDHERSCHENSOHN, BRUCE (R) Senate - CA HERSCHENSOHN FOR U S SENATE-1992Lost $1,000 general 10/29/92
HESTON, CHARLTON BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 ACTORGINGRICH, NEWTON L (R) House (GA District: 06) FRIENDS OF NEWT GINGRICHWon $500 primary 10/27/92
HESTON, CHARLTON BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 RETIREDHERSCHENSOHN, BRUCE (R) Senate - CA HERSCHENSOHN FOR U S SENATE-1992Lost $1,000 general 08/13/92
HESTON, CHARLTON BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 ACTORArlen Specter (D) Senate - PA CITIZENS FOR ARLEN SPECTERWon $1,000 primary 01/27/92
HESTON, CHARLTON BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 ACTORArlen Specter (D) Senate - PA CITIZENS FOR ARLEN SPECTERWon $1,000 general 01/27/92
HESTON, CHARLTON LOS ANGELES, CA 90067 ACTORSALOMON, JIM (R) House (CA District: 24) SALOMON FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEELost $1,000 general 11/14/89
HESTON, CHARLTON LOS ANGELES, CA 90067 ACTORSALOMON, JIM (R) House (CA District: 24) SALOMON FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEELost $1,000 primary 11/14/89
HESTON, CHARLTON BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90212 Ronald Reagan (R) President REAGAN-BUSH '84Won $1,000 primary 07/10/84
* 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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US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,559
3,087
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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