Hall of Fame
Milos Forman ($23,050)
Boyd Tinsley ($82,350)
Rob Lowe ($1,000)
Kevin Kline ($9,850)
Matt Groening ($49,650)
Melissa Gilbert ($9,300)
Joan Didion ($500)
Garth Brooks ($1,000)
Charlize Theron ($7,200)
Mel Karmazin ($215,006)
Jane Bryant Quinn ($4,800)
Chuck Palahniuk ($2,000)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus ($16,500)
Kathleen Turner ($35,500)
Adrian Pasdar ($7,600)
Joe Scarborough ($9,562)
Linda Fiorentino ($1,000)
Kenneth Tomlinson ($11,100)
Tavis Smiley ($2,500)
Nicolas Cage ($3,000)
Bobby Valentine ($4,000)
Diedrich Bader ($3,000)
Timothy Dalton ($250)
Ross Bleckner ($54,770)
Lou Piniella ($4,000)
Edie Falco ($2,800)
Jerry Richardson ($73,150)
Jacques Pepin ($250)
Jonathan Franzen ($6,800)
Michelle Bernard ($5,275)
Greg Biffle ($3,500)
Lauren Bacall ($2,000)
Harold Ramis ($26,250)
Shirley MacLaine ($2,000)
Christopher Ruddy ($22,900)
James Burrows ($207,471)
Alan Alda ($30,300)
John Hinderacker ($17,012)
Hugh Hefner ($133,300)
Jeremy Mayfield ($1,000)
Dave Matthews ($2,100)
Roma Downey ($2,000)
Pia Zadora ($6,500)
David Pecker ($84,770)
Susan Dey ($1,350)
Chevy Chase ($216,775)
Linda Lavin ($3,750)
Rosie Perez ($1,000)
Michael Chabon ($10,550)
Tom Berenger ($3,400)
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Hall of Fame ► Celebrities
Jay Roach
, 51 (bio ) director
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,413
Election Picks: 1 win, 2 losses
$5,800 Democrat $2,400 special interest total: $8,200
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
Roach, Jay Los Angeles , CA 90067 Movie Director Barack Obama (D) President OBAMA FOR AMERICA - $2,300 primary 01/31/08
ROACH, MATHEW SANTA MONICA, CA 90403 SELF-EMPLOYED/FILM DIRECTORClaire McCaskill (D) Senate - MO MCCASKILL FOR MISSOURIWon $500 general 08/12/06
ROACH, MATHEW J. LOS ANGELES, CA 90067 (FREELANCE)/DIRECTOR DGA-PAC THE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA INC. - $1,200 primary 08/05/05
Roach, Mathew J Santa Monica, CA 90403 Self employed/Film DeveloperWesley Clark (D) President CLARK FOR PRESIDENT INC.Lost $2,000 primary 09/30/03
Roach, Mathew Los Angeles, CA 90067 Self employed/film directorHoward Dean (D) President DEAN FOR AMERICALost $1,000 primary 09/12/03
Roach, Jay Los Angeles, CA 90067 Self-Employed/Director DGA-PAC THE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA INC. - $1,200 primary 09/02/03
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* 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 9/1/08 — 15,510,473 records
NEWSMAKERS
political donations of today's newsmakers
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
1,999
2,527
GIs Killed in Action
3,375
365
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
780
148
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,495
1,541
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
140,000
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 September 5, 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 9/1/08
15,510,473 records (election cycles 1980-2008)
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