Hall of Fame
Anthony Pellicano ($500)
James Spader ($300)
Lee Corso ($680)
Tom Coughlin ($1,126)
Kirk Douglas ($20,300)
Pat Benatar ($2,375)
Robert Blake ($3,000)
Louie Anderson ($2,500)
Marci Klein ($45,900)
Jon Cryer ($3,000)
Mark O'Meara ($2,500)
David Koepp ($67,400)
Berry Gordy ($1,282,550)
Sam Simon ($65,300)
Tina Brown ($1,000)
Marlo Thomas ($424,400)
Brad Garrett ($250)
Brian Urlacher ($1,000)
Melissa Etheridge ($7,000)
Carl Reiner ($6,250)
Sammy Hagar ($8,800)
Ben Harper ($2,000)
Dana Delany ($33,000)
Owen Wilson ($6,400)
Mark Peel ($7,303)
Brenda Strong ($6,100)
Raymond Floyd ($7,200)
John Cleese ($2,300)
Dan Savage ($8,350)
Paul Dooley ($40,800)
Bebe Neuwirth ($1,600)
Lucy Liu ($4,800)
Sean Young ($2,700)
Sidney Poitier ($9,950)
Diane von Furstenberg ($188,000)
Al Leiter ($10,000)
Kenny Loggins ($12,250)
Alan Cumming ($2,300)
Haim Saban ($11,060,228)
Tony Shalhoub ($3,700)
John Andretti ($750)
Fran Drescher ($7,050)
Paula Poundstone ($7,500)
Oliver Stone ($39,200)
Dwight Yoakam ($200)
M Night Shyamalan ($5,900)
Sam Waterston ($45,927)
Al Pacino ($4,000)
Julia Sweeney ($2,318)
Michael Douglas ($614,350)
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Hall of Fame ► Celebrities
Roy Acuff
, 1903-1992 (bio ) country music star
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,666
Election Picks: 0 wins, 3 losses
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
ACUFF, ROY C MR NASHVILLE, TN 37216 ROY ACUFF ENTERPRISESBEARD, ROBIN L JR (R) Senate - TN BEARD '82 COMMITTEELost $500 general 09/19/82
ACUFF, ROY NASHVILLE, TN 37216 ENTERTAINERBAKER, CYNTHIA ("CISSY") (R) House (TN District: 04) CISSY BAKER COMMITTEELost $500 primary 01/19/82
ACUFF, ROY NASHVILLE, TN 37216 WSM INC MA ACUFF ROSE PUBBAKER, HOWARD H JR SENATOR (R) President BAKER COMMITTEE, THELost $250 primary 11/30/79
ACUFF, ROY MR NASHVILLE, TN 37216 SELF REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE - CONTRIBUTIONS (AKA REPUBLICAN NATIONAL FINANCE COMMITTEE (R) - $150 primary 08/02/79
* 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 11/2/09 — 17,177,929 records
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political donations of today's newsmakers
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,426
2,954
GIs Killed in Action
3,475
640
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
885
193
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,880
2,618
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 5, 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 11/2/09
17,177,929 records (election cycles 1980-2010)
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