Where Does Their Money Go?

Have you ever wondered if your favorite Tinseltown actor has any particular political affiliation? One search engine keeps a list of political contributions since 1978, organized into the following categories: celebrities, billionaires, sports stars, media, business executives, and political players. Each category is searchable by name and provides the percentage of funds given to each political party. Best of all, the entire site is updated every Monday. You can also click on the name of a particular individual, and see an exact list of every donation, to which entity, and the date.

Here’s a sampling of the most political among well-known actors, authors, talk-show hosts and media owners.

Tom Clancy $237,050 100% GOP

Danny Devito $115,750 98% Democrats; 2% Special Interests

Michael Douglas $587,450 97% Democrats; 3% Special Interests

Jane Fonda $196,446 62% Democrats; 38% Special Interests

Steve Forbes $7,166,793 100% GOP

John Grisham $147,425 96% Democrats; 4% Special Interests

Hugh Hefner $131,000 88% Democrats; 12% Special Interests

Don Henley $724,185 88% Democrats; 1% GOP; 11% Special Interests

Dustin Hoffman $137,250 95% Democrats; 5% Special Interests

Stephen King $195,400 100% Democrats

Norman Lear $970,055 83% Democrats; 1% GOP; 16% Special Interests

Bette Midler $142,525 95% Democrats; 1% GOP; 4% Special Interests

Rupert Murdoch $336,238 25% Democrats; 60% GOP; 15% Special Interests

Paul Newman $281,400 81% Democrats; 1% GOP; 18% Special Interests

Rob Reiner $554,183 93% Democrats; 7% Special Interests

Steven Spielberg $891,123 93% Democrats; 7% Special Interests

Jerry Springer $181,400 96% Democrats; 4% Special Interests

Barbara Streisand $585,475 89% Democrats; 11% Special Interests

Robin Williams $128,600 98% Democrats; 2% Special Interests

[Information provided by NewsMeat, at www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/.]