Hall of Fame
Drew Carey ($7,300)
David McCullough ($9,000)
Brian Grazer ($98,098)
Maggie Gallagher ($500)
Jim Nabors ($800)
Fran Tarkenton ($11,600)
Marisa Tomei ($2,900)
Anita Baker ($1,000)
Lou Dobbs ($1,000)
Jack Nicholson ($24,500)
Greg Kinnear ($1,000)
Robert Forster ($500)
Josh Hartnett ($2,000)
Lili Zanuck ($16,700)
Harry Belafonte ($1,500)
John Ramsey ($2,000)
Teri Hatcher ($2,300)
Brian France ($105,800)
Ellen Pompeo ($4,600)
Neil Cavuto ($1,000)
Norman Jewison ($16,550)
Leonardo DiCaprio ($41,909)
Magic Johnson ($38,800)
Michael Jordan ($22,400)
Lynda Carter ($14,400)
Samuel Jackson ($3,300)
Bob Odenkirk ($4,500)
Todd Bridges ($1,000)
Lily Tomlin ($20,142)
Danny Ainge ($3,550)
Jane Pauley ($7,900)
Nora Roberts ($1,500)
Jonathan Franzen ($9,100)
Charles Grodin ($4,000)
Anne Sweeney ($25,500)
Whitney Houston ($789)
Trisha Yearwood ($3,000)
Herb Alpert ($221,950)
Chris Parnell ($3,000)
Bonnie Raitt ($211,604)
David Koepp ($62,400)
Tim Matheson ($1,900)
Jules Asner ($2,000)
Joan Didion ($500)
Ryan Phillippe ($500)
Dan Jenkins ($5,700)
Tucker Carlson ($1,000)
Ridley Scott ($1,200)
Whoopi Goldberg ($9,000)
Tom Hanks ($79,050)
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Norman Mailer
, 1923-2007 (bio ) author
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
899
Election Picks: 3 wins, 1 loss
$1,250 Democrat $280 special interest total: $1,530
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
Mailer, Norman Mr. Provincetown, MA 02657 Barack Obama (D) President OBAMA FOR AMERICAWon $200 primary 09/12/07
Mailer, Norman Provincetown, MA 02657 Self-Employed/WriterNeil Abercrombie (D) House (HI District: 01) ABERCROMBIE FOR CONGRESSWon $250 primary 05/15/07
Mailer, Norman Provincetown, MA 02657 Self employed/Author MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION - $280 primary 08/27/04
MAILER, NORMAN BROOKLYN, NY 11201 WRITER/PAINTERBill Clinton (D) President CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT INCWon $500 primary 01/24/92
MAILER, NORMAN BROOKLYN, NY 11201 KENNEDY, EDWARD M. (D) President KENNEDY FOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEELost $300 primary 06/06/80
* 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 11/17/08 — 16,270,677 records
NEWSMAKERS
political donations of today's newsmakers
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,073
2,601
GIs Killed in Action
3,392
404
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
810
152
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,565
1,670
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
146,000
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 November 18, 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 11/17/08
16,270,677 records (election cycles 1980-2008)
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