Hall of Fame
Joaquin Phoenix ($2,000)
Dick Cavett ($500)
Byron Allen ($15,700)
Candy Spelling ($17,000)
Gloria Steinem ($55,515)
Danny Devito ($144,700)
Brian De Palma ($2,000)
Phil LaMarr ($500)
Brad Faxon ($1,250)
Charlize Theron ($7,200)
Lou Diamond Phillips ($2,000)
Sam Simon ($65,300)
Brenda Strong ($6,100)
Barry Levinson ($52,950)
Vicki Lawrence ($1,200)
Bob Newhart ($10,750)
Norah Jones ($4,550)
Sharon Lawrence ($18,658)
Judith Light ($12,450)
Tom Hayden ($113,628)
Beverly D'Angelo ($2,000)
Chris Evert ($500)
Gay Talese ($1,300)
Dabney Coleman ($2,500)
Al Jarreau ($500)
Tom Kite ($2,000)
David Crosby ($4,500)
Anthony Pellicano ($500)
Michael Smerconish ($22,850)
Bud Selig ($103,550)
Donna Mills ($32,425)
Usher ($250)
Don Criqui ($1,700)
Robert DeNiro ($70,500)
Meredith Baxter ($55,250)
Candace Bushnell ($3,000)
George Strait ($240)
John Andretti ($750)
Jessica Alba ($600)
Jasmine Guy ($3,800)
Chris Parnell ($3,000)
James Garner ($29,620)
Orion Samuelson ($5,035)
Laura San Giacomo ($1,500)
Ellen Barkin ($95,500)
Jean Smart ($3,250)
Kyra Sedgwick ($12,700)
Sammy Hagar ($8,800)
Rebecca De Mornay ($5,100)
Alice Walker ($21,413)
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Gay Talese , 77 (bio ) author, journalist
NEWS MEAT
1,360
Election Picks: 1 win, 1 loss
$1,000 Republican $300 Democrat total: $1,300
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election
Amount
Date
FEC
Talese, Gay 10065 Barack Obama (D)Won $300 primary 11/05/08 TALESE, GAY MR 10021 JAVITS, JACOB K (R)Lost $1,000 primary 08/28/80 Receive an alert every time new records are added to Gay Talese's report.
* general election result only; "Lost" = didn't win seat for that cycleNEWS MEAT report provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 11/16/09 — 17,204,191 records
NEWSMAKERS
political donations of today's newsmakers
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,439
2,967
GIs Killed in Action
3,476
649
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
889
192
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,883
2,678
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 17, 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 11/16/09
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