Hall of Fame
Lauren Graham ($1,000)
Bob Saget ($1,000)
Phil LaMarr ($500)
Richard Mellon Scaife ($851,854)
Dan Reeves ($18,500)
Annabeth Gish ($1,800)
Lou Pearlman ($20,600)
Robert 'Lute' Olson ($104,955)
Gloria Steinem ($55,515)
Edward Norton ($134,109)
Mary Tyler Moore ($18,500)
Joe Walsh ($7,250)
James Spader ($300)
David Toms ($2,000)
William Hurt ($5,000)
Amy Irving ($18,500)
Tommy Chong ($750)
Swoosie Kurtz ($750)
Rose McGowan ($800)
G Gordon Liddy ($5,000)
Muhammad Ali ($3,000)
Glenn Close ($37,525)
Mavis Leno ($4,300)
Maura Tierney ($45,100)
PJ O'Rourke ($14,500)
Amanda Peet ($4,200)
Philip Seymour Hoffman ($10,900)
Jack Klugman ($7,866)
Andy Borowitz ($22,850)
Candace Bushnell ($3,000)
Matt Damon ($89,600)
Tom Robbins ($4,250)
Lou Gossett, Jr ($9,850)
Norman Lear ($1,031,055)
Joely Fisher ($5,800)
Paul Reiser ($38,950)
Gloria Vanderbilt ($6,900)
Sherwood Schwartz ($139,025)
Stuart Sternberg ($46,585)
Timothy Dalton ($250)
Mel Karmazin ($226,806)
Craig Newmark ($86,270)
Bill Condon ($400)
Marla Gibbs ($3,900)
Kathy Griffin ($4,300)
Francis Ford Coppola ($8,518)
Maggie Gyllenhaal ($11,000)
Kate O'Beirne ($200)
Eddie Sutton ($4,625)
Rhea Perlman ($89,804)
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Hall of Fame ► Celebrities
Richard Widmark
, 1914-2008 (bio ) actor
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,754
Election Picks: 0 wins, 3 losses
$2,250 Democrat $1,000 special interest total: $3,250
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
Widmark, Richard Roxbury, CT 06783 Self employed/actorJohn Kerry (D) President JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INCLost $1,000 primary 08/11/04
WIDMARK, RICHARD ROXBURY, CT 06783 ACTOR DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE (D) - $250 primary 07/08/03
WIDMARK, RICHARD ROXBURY, CT 06783 ACTOR DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE (D) - $250 primary 06/27/02
WIDMARK, RICHARD ROXBURY, CT 06783 ACTOR DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE (D) - $250 primary 08/10/01
WIDMARK, RICHARD ROXBURY, CT 06783 ACTORMOFFETT, ANTHONY TOBY (D) House (CT District: 05) MOFFETT FOR CONGRESSLost $500 general 10/23/90
WIDMARK, RICHARD MR ROXBURY, CT 06783 ACTORMCGOVERN, GEORGE President FRIENDS OF GEORGE MCGOVERN (D)Lost $1,000 primary 11/08/83
* 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 3/15/10 — 17,488,084 records
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US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,558
3,086
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 3/15/10
17,488,084 records (election cycles 1980-2010)
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