Hall of Fame
Dino De Laurentiis ($5,500)
Robin Williams ($148,600)
Cindy Crawford ($3,300)
Malcolm Gladwell ($500)
Orion Samuelson ($5,035)
Haim Saban ($11,077,028)
Tom Cruise ($39,000)
Tim Daly ($250)
Denise Austin ($10,000)
Diane Keaton ($9,000)
Peter Jacobsen ($2,500)
Sammy Hagar ($8,800)
Norv Turner ($4,600)
Denzel Washington ($30,800)
Star Jones ($1,250)
Pat Riley ($4,754)
Anne Heche ($1,000)
Pia Zadora ($6,500)
Laurie David ($309,500)
Oleg Cassini ($21,250)
Donny Deutsch ($100,900)
Garry Shandling ($10,400)
Sean Hayes ($3,500)
Joe Eszterhas ($1,000)
Will Ferrell ($1,000)
Maury Povich ($66,300)
Al Franken ($57,653)
Mariel Hemingway ($1,750)
Roger Staubach ($161,712)
Don Johnson ($6,000)
Danny Meyer ($229,300)
Matt Drudge ($2,358)
Pat Sajak ($23,000)
Tony Bennett ($8,900)
Nora Dunn ($500)
Frances McDormand ($6,300)
Phil Mickelson ($705)
Frank Oz ($1,200)
Alan Cumming ($2,300)
Brandon Routh ($250)
Sam Sheperd ($500)
John Cleese ($2,300)
John Goodman ($4,000)
Shirley MacLaine ($2,000)
Rosie Perez ($1,000)
Julie Andrews ($3,000)
Peter Magowan ($87,150)
Katrina vanden Heuvel ($196,500)
Les Moonves ($40,450)
Joan Cusack ($4,875)
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Hall of Fame ► Business Executives
Andre Balazs
(bio ) hotelier
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,710
Election Picks: 4 wins, 4 losses
$22,000 Democrat $20,000 special interest total: $42,000
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
BALAZS, ANDRE NEW YORK, NY 10003 SELF-EMPLOYED/HOTELIERFRANKEN, AL (DFL) Senate - MN AL FRANKEN FOR SENATEWon $500 primary 08/01/08
Balazs, Andre New York, NY 10003 Self/Hotelier DEMOCRATIC WHITE HOUSE VICTORY FUND - $10,000 primary 06/30/08
Balazs, Andre New York, NY 10003 Self/Hotelier ACTBLUE - $10,000 primary 06/30/08
BALAZS, ANDRE NEW YORK, NY 10012 SELF-EMPLOYED/HOTELIER DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE (D) - $10,000 primary 10/31/05
Balazs, Andre New York, NY 10012 Self/HotelierJoe Driscoll (D) House (PA District: 15) DRISCOLL FOR CONRGRESSLost $2,000 general 10/22/04
Balazs, Andre New York, NY 10012 Self employed/HotelierJohn Kerry (D) President JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INCLost $2,000 primary 05/27/04
Balazs, Andre New York, NY 10012 Self/HotelierJoe Driscoll (D) House (PA District: 15) DRISCOLL FOR CONRGRESSLost $2,000 primary 04/07/04
Balazs, Andre New York, NY 10012 Self employed/HotelierWesley Clark (D) President CLARK FOR PRESIDENT INC.Lost $2,000 primary 12/18/03
BALAZS, ANDRE T NEW YORK, NY 10012 HOTELIERCharles Schumer (D) Senate - NY FRIENDS OF SCHUMERWon $1,000 primary 04/06/01
BALAZS, ANDRE NEW YORK, NY 10012 COMPTROLLERGREEN, MARK (D) Senate - NY GREEN FOR UNITED STATES SENATELost $500 primary 06/20/97
BALAZS, ANDRE T NEW YORK, NY 10012 CHATEAU MARMONTBill Clinton (D) President CLINTON/GORE '96 PRIMARY COMMITTEE INCWon $1,000 primary 10/20/95
BALAZS, ANDRE T NEW YORK, NY 10012 PRINCE ACQUISITION ASSOCIATESBill Clinton (D) President CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT INCWon $1,000 primary 06/24/92
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Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,559
3,087
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
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