Hall of Fame
Jon Cryer ($3,000)
Joe Francis ($4,000)
Mike McCaskey ($10,500)
Margot Kidder ($7,250)
Gregg Popovich ($2,000)
Pat Boone ($43,085)
Diedrich Bader ($3,000)
Joanne Woodward ($218,850)
Alan Horn ($886,765)
Dustin Hoffman ($169,950)
Tim LaHaye ($10,300)
Bobby Bowden ($15,500)
Amy Holmes ($250)
Kevin Bacon ($36,000)
Lauren Bacall ($2,000)
Candace Bushnell ($3,000)
Jason Bateman ($5,125)
Franco Harris ($69,030)
Tom Seaver ($1,000)
Kim Basinger ($5,500)
Kate Hudson ($17,000)
Oleg Cassini ($21,250)
Bobby Flay ($1,000)
Christian Slater ($6,550)
Queen Latifah ($500)
Lisa Loeb ($3,600)
John Leguizamo ($1,000)
Gloria Reuben ($1,700)
Steve Young ($1,000)
Dennis Quaid ($4,200)
Melissa Fitzgerald ($2,500)
Cloris Leachman ($1,000)
Fuzzy Zoeller ($3,600)
Jennifer Aniston ($30,800)
Les Moonves ($40,450)
Kathie Lee Gifford ($3,000)
Malcolm Gladwell ($500)
Bob Weir ($9,092)
Howie Mandel ($5,000)
Natalie Portman ($4,300)
Laura Dern ($4,300)
Kirk Douglas ($20,300)
Ellen DeGeneres ($3,000)
Amy Smart ($250)
Stevie Wonder ($2,000)
Lee Grant ($1,200)
Olivia Newton-John ($500)
Ron Kuby ($7,250)
David McCullough ($9,000)
James Woods ($1,500)
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James Michener
, 1907-1997 (bio ) author
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
667
Election Picks: 5 wins, 1 loss
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
MICHENER, JAMES AUSTIN, TX 78703 AUTHOR/WRITERBill Clinton (D) President CLINTON/GORE '96 PRIMARY COMMITTEE INCWon $250 primary 05/05/95
MICHENER, JAMES A AUSTIN, TX 78713 WRITERYEAKEL, LYNN HARDY (D) Senate - PA LYNN YEAKEL FOR SENATELost $500 general 08/25/92
MICHENER, JAMES A AUSTIN, TX 78713 WRITERYEAKEL, LYNN HARDY (D) Senate - PA LYNN YEAKEL FOR SENATELost $500 general 06/30/92
MICHENER, JAMES A CORAL GABLES, FL 33146 WRITERKOSTMAYER, PETER H (D) House (PA District: 08) KOSTMAYER CAMPAIGN COMMITTEEWon $500 general 09/01/88
MICHENER, JAMES MR SAINT MICHEALS, MD 21663 AUTHORWIRTH, TIMOTHY E (D) Senate - CO COMMITTEE FOR TIM WIRTH INCWon $500 general 10/17/86
MICHENER, JAMES A MR AUSTIN, TX 78712 AUTHORBarbara A. Mikulski (D) Senate - MD MIKULSKI FOR SENATE COMMITTEEWon $500 general 10/16/86
MICHENER, JAMES A AUSTIN, TX 78712 WRITERKOSTMAYER, PETER H (D) House (PA District: 08) KOSTMAYER CAMPAIGN COMMITTEEWon $500 general 10/15/86
* 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
2,552
3,080
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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