Hall of Fame
William H Macy ($1,500)
Kevin Kline ($9,850)
Nia Long ($2,300)
Gary Cole ($2,800)
Eli Wallach ($700)
Chris Evert ($500)
Judith Light ($10,950)
Matt Damon ($87,300)
Barry Diller ($459,079)
Kyle MacLachlan ($1,000)
Andy Borowitz ($20,850)
Gene Washington ($1,250)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt ($3,400)
Jerry Seinfeld ($12,000)
Gloria Vanderbilt ($6,900)
Judith Krantz ($232,964)
Queen Latifah ($500)
Paul Simon ($53,300)
Patti LuPone ($750)
Paul Michael Glaser ($1,000)
Duncan 'Atrios' Black ($2,292)
Holly Robinson Peete ($34,890)
Julianna Margulies ($1,750)
Patricia Richardson ($10,050)
Rick Hilton ($9,300)
Kenny G ($2,000)
Dweezil Zappa ($6,500)
Ivan Boesky ($105,950)
John Thompson III ($2,300)
Arnold Schwarzenegger ($20,250)
Jim Calhoun ($7,300)
Oleg Cassini ($21,250)
Bobby Farrelly ($2,000)
Griffin Dunne ($3,650)
Cybill Shepherd ($23,500)
Sharon Lawrence ($19,150)
Olivia Newton-John ($500)
Michael Jordan ($20,100)
Jim Belushi ($4,250)
Pam Shriver ($33,100)
Albert Brooks ($250)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus ($16,500)
Warren Beatty ($37,393)
Woody Allen ($12,750)
Errol Morris ($900)
Carl Reiner ($5,550)
Conan O'Brien ($1,000)
Lawrence Bender ($61,550)
Rick Dees ($2,500)
Dale Jarrett ($6,200)
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Hall of Fame ► Celebrities
Leonard Bernstein
, 1918-1990 (bio ) composer
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,550
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 8/25/08 — 15,501,783 records
NEWSMAKERS
political donations of today's newsmakers
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
1,988
2,516
GIs Killed in Action
3,371
363
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
778
148
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,481
1,528
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 August 27, 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 8/25/08
15,501,783 records (election cycles 1980-2008)
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