Hall of Fame
Cameron Crowe ($19,200)
David Westin ($9,000)
Sean Young ($2,700)
Mario Andretti ($43,215)
Valerie Harper ($12,500)
Debra Jo Rupp ($1,500)
Isiah Thomas ($3,000)
Robert Zemeckis ($82,725)
Francine Pascal ($3,500)
Kevin Costner ($24,000)
William Hurt ($3,000)
Isaac Mizrahi ($4,165)
Lucy Lawless ($4,000)
Lynn Redgrave ($3,850)
Mike Shanahan ($1,000)
Brian De Palma ($2,000)
Robert 'Lute' Olson ($104,955)
Elaine May ($7,000)
Jonathan Franzen ($6,800)
Cornel West ($2,250)
James 'LL Cool J' Smith ($4,000)
Ed Koch ($25,647)
Julius 'Dr. J' Erving ($2,300)
Joaquin Phoenix ($2,000)
Christine Baranski ($1,500)
Dan Castellaneta ($1,000)
Phyllis Schlafly ($10,901)
Don King ($262,800)
Heather Thomas ($201,014)
Francis Ford Coppola ($7,518)
Lauren Bacall ($2,000)
Gore Vidal ($2,000)
Kathy Najimy ($11,650)
Maura Tierney ($43,100)
Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds ($9,900)
Fran Drescher ($6,550)
Mancow Muller ($6,000)
Roger Goodell ($10,300)
George Bodenheimer ($62,680)
Rob Lowe ($1,000)
Karl Malone ($16,000)
Tom Robbins ($4,250)
Billy Mayfair ($550)
Lorraine Bracco ($1,000)
Lawrence Bender ($61,550)
Robin Wright Penn ($8,650)
Paul Rodriguez ($2,200)
Alicia Silverstone ($900)
Kevin Harvick ($1,000)
Kate Walsh ($3,050)
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Hall of Fame ► Celebrities
George Burns
, 1896-1996 (bio ) actor, comedian
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,182
Election Picks: 0 wins, 1 loss
$1,000 Democrat $1,000 special interest total: $2,000
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
BURNS, GEORGE BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 ACTOR NATIONAL PAC INC A/K/A NATPAC - $1,000 primary 11/19/82
BURNS, GEORGE N BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90212 ACTORPECK, CAREY (D) House (CA District: 27) CAREY PECK FOR CONGRESSLost $1,000 general 10/21/80
* 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 — records
NEWSMAKERS
political donations of today's newsmakers
2008 DELEGATE COUNT as of 07/05/08
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
1,935
2,463
GIs Killed in Action
3,353
331
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
763
137
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,476
1,354
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
148,500
30,000
Brookings , AP
Total Cost (approved through mid 2009)
$650 Bln
$200 Bln
AP
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$261 Mil
$70.8 Mil
casualty status updated July 1, 2008
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 6/30/08
15,140,899 records (election cycles 1980-2008)
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