Hall of Fame
Melissa Gilbert ($9,800)
Bette Midler ($159,425)
Maynard James Keenan ($4,500)
Kate Hudson ($17,000)
Sam Waterston ($45,927)
Vicki Lawrence ($1,200)
Veronica Hamel ($9,400)
Ben Stiller ($49,400)
Sharon Lawrence ($18,658)
Jamie Farr ($5,300)
Gil Cates ($19,400)
Lainie Kazan ($1,500)
Alicia Silverstone ($900)
Charles Barkley ($2,000)
Tony Robbins ($32,290)
Richie Sambora ($2,000)
Robert DeNiro ($70,500)
Sofia Coppola ($3,250)
Bernie Kosar ($72,800)
Melissa Etheridge ($7,000)
Tammy Bruce ($12,950)
Larry Gatlin ($15,490)
Donald Sterling ($6,000)
Patricia Richardson ($13,550)
Milos Forman ($26,950)
Dan Dierdorf ($2,200)
Larry Hagman ($44,449)
Jonathan Franzen ($9,100)
Amy Holmes ($250)
Tyne Daly ($12,050)
Ellen Burstyn ($1,000)
Cathy Guisewite ($5,525)
Kate O'Beirne ($200)
Dabney Coleman ($2,500)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus ($43,700)
Glenn Close ($37,525)
Candice Bergen ($87,200)
Meg Ryan ($10,300)
Christina Applegate ($4,300)
Nora Roberts ($4,300)
Kevin Johnson ($13,400)
Mark Brunell ($5,000)
Glen Campbell ($8,170)
Tom Robbins ($4,250)
Rue McClanahan ($8,975)
Ron Kuby ($7,250)
Rick Mears ($1,000)
George Foreman ($1,000)
Reba McEntire ($2,500)
Kevin Costner ($24,000)
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Hall of Fame ► Celebrities
Leonard Bernstein
, 1918-1990 (bio ) composer
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,749
Election Picks: 0 wins, 3 losses
$3,500 Democrat $2,000 special interest total: $5,500
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
BERNSTEIN, LEONARD NEW YORK, NY 10019 HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FUND - $2,000 primary 01/03/89
BERNSTEIN, LEONARD NEW YORK, NY 10019 MUSICIANFISH, HAMILTON JR (D) House (NY District: 19) WESTCHESTER FRIENDS OF HAMILTON FISHLost $1,000 primary 12/21/87
BERNSTEIN, LEONARD NEW YORK, NY 10019 DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) - $1,000 primary 03/17/86
BERNSTEIN, LEONARD NEW YORK, NY 10019 CONDUCTORHOLTZMAN, ELIZABETH (D) Senate - NY FRIENDS OF LIZ HOLTZMAN INC '80Lost $500 general 11/24/80
BERNSTEIN, LEONARD NEW YORK, NY 10019 KENNEDY, EDWARD M. (D) President KENNEDY FOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEELost $1,000 primary 12/13/79
* 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 11/23/09 — 17,210,953 records
NEWSMAKERS
political donations of today's newsmakers
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,447
2,975
GIs Killed in Action
3,478
659
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
891
190
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,877
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 25, 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 11/23/09
17,210,953 records (election cycles 1980-2010)
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