The Celebrity 100 According to forbes.com xPP

00. Kira Yamato
01. Tom Cruise
02. Rolling Stones
03. Oprah Winfrey
04. U2
05. Tiger Woods
06. Steven Spielberg
07. Howard Stern
08. 50 Cent
09. Cast of The Sopranos
10. Dan Brown
11. Bruce Springsteen
12. Donald Trump
13. Muhammad Ali
14. Paul McCartney
15. George Lucas
16. Elton John
17. David Letterman
18. Phil Mickelson
19. J.K. Rowling
20. Brad Pitt
21. Peter Jackson
22. Dr. Phil McGraw
23. Jay Leno
24. Celine Dion
25. Kobe Bryant
26. Michael Jordan
27. Johnny Depp
28. Jerry Seinfeld
29. Simon Cowell
30. Michael Schumacher
31. Tom Hanks
32. Rush Limbaugh
33. Denzel Washington
34. Cast of Desperate Housewives
35. Jennifer Aniston
35. Angelina Jolie
37. The Olsen Twins
38. Nicole Kidman
39. The Eagles
40. Rod Stewart
41. Shaquille O'Neal
42. Jerry Bruckheimer
43. David Beckham
44. Jessica Simpson
45. Andrew Lloyd Webber
46. LeBron James
47. Neil Diamond
48. Alex Rodriguez
49. Will Smith
50. Dick Wolf
51. Dave Matthews Band
52. Tom Brady
53. Ronaldinho
54. Jodie Foster
55. Ray Romano
56. Paris Hilton
57. Adam Sandler
58. Derek Jeter
59. Jennifer Lopez
60. Rick Warren
61. Scarlett Johansson
62. Katie Couric
63. Maria Sharapova
64. Valentino Rossi
65. Halle Berry
66. James Patterson
67. Leonardo DiCaprio
68. Kiefer Sutherland
69. Jim Carrey
70. Cameron Diaz
71. Gisele Bundchen
72. Renee Zellweger
73. Carson Palmer
74. Michelle Wie
75. Reese Witherspoon
76. Bill O'Reilly
77. Kate Moss
78. Diane Sawyer
79. Sean (Diddy) Combs
80. John Grisham
81. Rachael Ray
82. Dave Chappelle
83. Larry the Cable Guy
84. Tyra Banks
85. George Lopez
86. Regis Philbin
87. Serena Williams
88. Ryan Seacrest
89. Wolfgang Puck
90. Venus Williams
91. Annika Sorenstam
92. Matthew Broderick/ Nathan Lane
93. Mel Brooks
94. Emeril Lagasse
95. Nicole Richie
96. Heidi Klum
97. Mario Batali
98. Eric Idle/ Mike Nichols
99. Adriana Lima
100. Ty Pennington

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/06/12/06c...-list_land.html

Take a jump into the celebrity world for once.

I was kind of surprised they decided to place Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie joint 35th place x.x'. Tom Cruise topping everyone? What do you guy's think of that...?
I don't want to stretch this post than it already is so I'll post my comment later xPP.

Its probably terrible I don't know who half these people are, even moreso I don't take the other half seriously.

I don't quite understand what they mean by "powerful". Do they mean how much money they have + how much attention they recieve or something?

I honestly don't care one iota about which celebrity weilds more power. It is subjective matter that I don't even care to pursue.

Monty

I didn't think there was a celebrity list I could be less interested in than "100 dumbest celebrity moments."

I was wrong. My interest is at an all-time low.

That's brecause they needed to make room for the real #1 celebrity. If you highlight the text above Tom Cruise, you'll see who the real most powerful celebrity is.
HiMAT ftw.

And I think they mean which celebrity has the most influence, in whatever ways.
This list could be completely jumbled depending on which site or magazine you're checking though. No Conan O'Brian?

Quoted for effect.

Can I just ask... what is the point in making a post here then?

I only did it to make discussion... I don't really care myself who comes out one top or who runs the world, but it doesn't hurt to have a discussion about it, right? x.x

Way to troll a topic, guys. =__=

I'm glad that they put a few Food Network stars on there, but wtf, where is Giada de Laurentiis?! I think she has more influence than that damned Mario Batalli, at least.



Something tells me that the "power" that this guy has is unlike that of the rest of the list.

Why is Paris Hilton on there again? Where the hell did she come from anyways? She just showed up, i wonder if i make a pornographic movie.....will i get on the list. I think who has more power is stupid. Half those people on there either have bulemia/anorexia or have a servant read for them.

Yeah, yet you guys jerk off to World of Warcraft and Zelda. We're all into different things.

Those lists really bother me sometime because it shows you which douchebag celebs have the most power and income in the world of hollywood, music and sports. There's a lot of people on that list that don't deserve their fame and somehow are still favorites ( Tom Cruise!? ) and where the hell is Bruce Campbell?

Another surprise is how high up the Stones are on the list. Did they release a new album or do some major tour recently? Even then I don't see them being so high up on the list unless I'm just missing something.

I'll admit to being into just about anything celebrity related, I can be found watching numerous E! and VH1 specials daily.

Lol.

Why the heck U2 up there? I thought most of the world doesn't even know who the heck they are. I just found about them a few years ago. They're at number 4? Well, ok.

Lol, Gay-Rod at 48. I think Jeter should at least be ahead of him. Though, not sure how popular, powerful or whatever they are. Is this list based on who has the most influence? Not sure why two baseball players would be on this list then.

Yeh, it seems quite a few people missed the link at the bottom of the list. If you click on the link, there is a paragraph just giving you a little info how the the list was made up (third paragraph).



Ranked 00, Hiklet? XDD!

I don't really see what's so important about these "celebrities". They do a job that's no greater than the average dude who runs your town bakery but they get paid a jackload, because people know their name.

Honestly I don't really see what makes them so special and apart from the rest of us.

However to each their own. I'm surprised Cruise made it given...or perhaps it's due to his ridiculous antics.

Oh well.

Well the lead singer, Bono, has been a big figurehead in the struggle against AIDS for a very long time now.
I'm pretty sure that's one of the reasons why they rank so high up. I always see him on TV talking about various different campaigns, gathering donations and going to Africa, etc.


I may or may not have a hidden motive of ranking him as "zero". =p

Well you know, their ability to act, play music or sports well enough to get paid millions for doing so might be something that separates them from us.

As for U2, I'm pretty sure they're one of the top grossing bands in the music industry. Not only do they make ridiculous amounts of money through music contracts, their live shows with ridiculously priced tickets are always sold out because of the good word always surrounding them. Bono is always doing charity #####, people like their light rock because it makes them feel rebelious, and their guitarists name is The Edge. THEY ARE UNSTOPABLE.

Who the heck is Dan Brown? I'm trying to think about who he might be, but I'm coming up blank.

U2 well known, eh? I'm not that in touch with the music world.

I believe Dan Brown is the author of the Da Vinci Code.

Yes,Dan Brown wrote the Davinchi Code,and also J.K Rowling is on the list,because she wrote Harry Potter.

But,Tom Cruise first? I couldn't imagine that.

Yeah, I cannot figure out how the heck Tom Cruise is first, or why half those people are up there. Some people I can understand for being on there though.

I think the same as you.
And I'm glad that Spielberg and Oprah are on the list.They deserved it.
But,I also thought that Leonardo Di Caprio is going to be on a higher place,cause he iz a good actor. (not just because of Titanic).

I just noticed that the Olsen twins topped Jerry Bruckheimer... wtf?

Their popularity has pretty much died over here, so I'm guessing they're still running around making presses in the US? Odd enough, I hear Bruckheimer's name alot more than I do of the olsen twins x.x'.

Who is Howard Stern, btw?

He's a man on the radio, a rather perverted talk show host whos a big satellite radio buff.

I'm extremely suprised that Stephen Colbert didn't make the list.

Hahaha, what a list, typical "american" to list things, they do that with everything that is basically non important.
Like what is the best fruit top 10...I wanna bet it exists.

Anyway, Tom Cruise number 1, dunno why....also, I hardly know all of them, I know a few names, but that is it.

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typical "american" to list things, they do that with everything that is basically non important.

And you people wear wooden shoes. So stfu.

Annnyywwaayyys. I agree with the number 1 listing as Tom Cruise, but the rest of the list seems a bit...out of order, to say the least. Tiger Woods and U2? Maybe if this list were from the 90's, but now they don't belong anywhere near the top of that list. I'd also say Angelina and Brad belong waaaayyy closer to the top than they are. And there's also quite a few names I'd just erase all together, but meh.

About the list, it's not that I hate celebrity culture, it's that I find it to be this to be the most boring, obtuse entertainment list I've ever seen (and I wanted to express that in the form of a post. We can do that, right?).

Like I said, it's not like I hate celebrity culture. It's just, you know, the pointlessness of this list. I mean, this list is clearly bias and #######, considering how there is no consistency with this list and other lists, and considering who got the number one stop. It's fairly pointless, as these celebrities don't use their "power" for anything but to improve either public image and promote movies and projects. That's not real power, is it?

Don't let one bad topic ruin the forum experience for you though.

Lol... Wat happen to michael Jackson??? The all famous line " Money Talks, Jackson Walks " Lol He shoudl be on the list... haha...

Bloo/Llew...

I don't usually do this, but I am sorry for my original post in this topic. While I think this list is awful, I never was trying to say the person who posted the list was in the wrong for posting it. I was merely stating my opinion about said list.

Let me make this clear, any list that judges the relative power a person has is going to be completely subjective, and one about the power a celeberity possesses without any indication of what other public officials possesses is inane and not worthy of note.

Also, people have different places in which they have a particular expertise. What Expertise is this list based on? If there isn't one than it adds even more to the subjective matter found with in it.

Call me an elitist. Call me what you will, The fact of the matter is this list is not a good list. I like other celebrity based lists, and even find myself watching the stupid Mtv Cribs show because I can't help but watch it, because for some reason I am interested in different celebrities.

Natsuki, neither this post or my previous post was meant as a slight to you. I would hope that people who post topics can realize that a person can disagree with the validity of the subject matter of said topics without offending the person who posted it. If not, why do we post on forums?

Monty

Alright kids, lets play nice.

As for the gay insult, I'm pretty sure it's as strong as ever and wasn't left behind in the 90's Vins.

As for " celebrity bias " and all of that Dart... Take another look at the list. Do you even know what Tom Cruises earning power is? What his power as an actor is? He can manipulate hollywood to do just about whatever... Like you know, not promote MI 3 because a certain episode of South Park was going to air again making fun of him. Notice how that episode has dissapeared.

I realize not everyone pays attention to the world of celebrities, and a lot of you deem it a waste of time and all that... But you guys do play RPG's and other video games, so you know, a lot of people would make the same argument against you.

Can you argue that Tom Cruise is probably the most powerful celebrity today? He gets paid over 20 million a film, gets work with the biggest names and studio's in hollywood and stars in movies that make hundreds of millions because of his name alone.

The rest of the people on the list have a reason for being there as well.

This list is composed by Forbes, it's not like they don't know what they're talking about. While this list can be deemed pointless, it's not unfounded.

Nope, when you have a name like Sony behind you, you can charge whatever you like and people will still buy. Maybe you guys won't because you're all clever people and realise the price will drop before long, but many people will, and KK will be all the richer for it.

Hang on, I cannot see Bill Gates on there - maybe I am blind. But he is the owner of Microsoft, if you can suggest Ken Kutaragi shouldn't he be on there too? Isn't he supposed to be one of the richest men in the world?

Bill could buy a country if he wanted, but no he gives to charity instead. I guess this is a list of "powerful and evil" celebrities.

Lol I suppose so. Lord knows the Olsen Twins are evil, sucking poor innocent girls into the world of make up and fashion and.... boys =o! And why in almost every film of theirs is their mother dead?! So depressing.

Half the celebrities on there I don't know either, could be cause most of them are American maybe. But I didn't know Bill Gates gave to charity, thats good =)

Why would Bill Gates be on this list?

Think very long, and very hard about that one guys. Go through the list again if you have to.

Thanks.

lol, apperently If you have that much money, your considered a "Celebrity". Or because it's not like he did anything in say movies, and/or music. Or maybe when they reached the end of their list they noticed they only had 99 people.

Does your average member of the public know who Bill Gates is? Yes. He's a celebrity.

Does he entertain in some way or another in movies, music, or television? No.

Notice that everyone else on that list does in one way or another.

He's still a celebrity.

Could you please explain how? Again the other people are/or have been in the entertainment part of the media.


And if by that token, is Stalin and Hitler celebrities as well?

He's a successful buisnessman - like Richard Branson (also considered a celebrity), and a big promoter of charity. More importantly, he's a household name.

If he's not a celebrity, why did Bob Geldoff bring him on stage at the Live8 concert?

I don't mean to pick a fight or anything but there are a lot of successful business men out there, but they aren't considered "Celebrities". And if household names make people celebrities, I don't see the person who made "Windex", or the person who made "Pledge" on there?

...and yet funnily enough you cannot name these people. Strange isn't it?

Touche'

However, these days (and somebody back me up on this) the term "Celebrities" usually refers to people in the entertainment industry. Execeptions are rare, and I don't think Gates clears the bar, now he might pay someone to remove the bar, but then again......

*And FYI Harry R. Drackett created Windex, and I believe he also created Behold, later renamed Pledge. So I guess he must be a god!

QUOTE (Bubble @ Jul 3 2006, 09:21 AM)

Hang on, I cannot see Bill Gates on there - maybe I am blind. But he is the owner of Microsoft, if you can suggest Ken Kutaragi shouldn't he be on there too? Isn't he supposed to be one of the richest men in the world?

Erm i don't think bill gates can be counted as a celebrity... Eventhough his rich, famous for Being the owner of Mircosoft...

Bloo/Llew...

heh..the dude who founded IKEA isnt on there either...(one of the richest blighters in the world)
oh well...
i for one really find it amusing that people do care so much...but alot of people do..there are celebrities i like (Keira Knightly, etc) but i dont follow their lives..and i dont care where they are on the social stratus..
i think Tom Cruise got there by giving his money to Lord Xenu

Hell, that's easy to explain. Bill Gates (and probably a lot of other people) probably bought their position on the list in one way or another.


Ahahahaha XD.

Alright Estaban, lets take a look at the situation here. Bill Gates is not a celebrity by definition, at least not under the criteria of this particular list. He is not a public figure, is not involved in entertainment in any way shape or form, and other than having shitloads of money there's nothing else to define him as a celebrity.

Do you think a magazine like Forbes would overlook someone like Bill Gates if he qualified as a celebrity? Seriously, just take a look again at the list and the explination of the list in the article and try to comprehend what we're trying to say here. It'd be nice.



Is Osama Bin Laden a celebrity?



Your logic is truely amazing.

If for some reason you still don't understand we're going to leave it at this, because obviously nothing is going to make you understand this situation.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/celebrity



I'm not trying to be a knob or anything, but he's quite clearly a household name - seriously, try to find me somebody who doesn't know who Bill Gates is. Being in entertainment is not a prerequisite for being a celebrity. I realise the list in question makes this error and that this is all irrelevant, so lets make this the end of it, eh?

Like The Evil Dead said, Bill Gates does not entertain us by casting in movies or playing a sport or even sing... That is why he is not on the list, no matter how rich he is. Heck, if it was all about how much cash you had, let's ask why isn't the Queen on there.

Also, Dictionary.com sucks.

Alright, maybe we should leave debating the definition of celebrity for another time

I wouldn't say the Queen was that powerful. Rich? Yes, but by the very nature of being the Queen she loses all ability to use that wealth. She cannot take opinion on any matters of public ambiguity without intense scrutiny from the press (remember how badly Charles got grilled for going to a fox hunt?). In the modern age, one of the most common ways to gain power from wealth is to invest in a political party, which is of course impossible for the Queen.

We're not debating the definition of celebrity at all... What we ARE debating is definition of celebrity by this list created by Forbes. They're not including people like Gates, who doesn't have a part in the entertainment world, he'll be included in their 100 Most Powerful/Rich people list that they do yearly as well.