Hall of Fame
Tony Sirico ($1,000)
David Letterman ($4,600)
Patrick Duffy ($3,500)
James Spader ($300)
Chuck Scarborough ($3,500)
Robert Scheer ($2,500)
Mary Higgins Clark ($61,900)
Rosie Perez ($1,000)
Kyra Sedgwick ($13,100)
Betty White ($10,500)
Kathy Hilton ($4,300)
Lou Diamond Phillips ($2,000)
Jack Klugman ($7,866)
Brett Ratner ($19,250)
Dan Savage ($8,350)
Vivica A Fox ($1,000)
William 'Hootie' Johnson ($14,949)
Paul Azinger ($4,700)
Paul Simon ($62,100)
Sophia Bush ($250)
Peter Buck ($12,092)
Jim Gaffigan ($1,250)
Sidney Lumet ($6,050)
Olivia Wilde ($500)
Duncan 'Atrios' Black ($2,292)
Steve Brill ($85,140)
Dana Delany ($33,000)
Jalen Rose ($4,300)
Jon Cryer ($3,000)
Seth Rogen ($30,400)
Bill Cunningham ($10,550)
Kevin Sorbo ($1,500)
Chris Parnell ($3,250)
Joel Surnow ($4,100)
Kevin Kline ($13,588)
Cuba Gooding, Jr ($4,300)
Lou Piniella ($4,000)
Brenda Strong ($6,100)
Maya Angelou ($25,050)
Debra Jo Rupp ($1,500)
Ron Insana ($33,200)
Billy Crystal ($15,900)
Whitney Houston ($789)
Shelley Hack ($7,500)
Beverly D'Angelo ($2,000)
Dikembe Mutombo ($18,500)
Carol Leifer ($8,250)
Maura Tierney ($45,100)
George Takei ($18,304)
Melissa Fitzgerald ($2,500)
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Hall of Fame ► Celebrities
Frank Zappa
, 1940-1993 (bio ) recording artist
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,228
Election Picks: 1 win, 1 loss
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
ZAPPA, FRANK NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA 91616 ENTERTAINERHoward L. Berman (D) House (CA District: 28) BERMAN FOR CONGRESSWon $800 primary 11/10/89
ZAPPA, FRANK MR NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA 91616 MUSICIANBOND, JULIAN (D) House (GA District: 05) JULIAN BOND TO CONGRESS COMMITTEELost $1,000 primary 04/10/86
* 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 3/8/10 — 17,477,706 records
NEWSMAKERS
political donations of today's newsmakers
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,553
3,081
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 3/8/10
17,477,706 records (election cycles 1980-2010)
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