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The annual Time 100 List is out. From Hollywood, the magazine has selected an eclectic grouping that includes actresses Amy Poehler, Blake Lively and Alice In Wonderland star Mia Wasikowska, Oscar-winning The King’s Speech star Colin Firth, Pixar’s John Lasseter, The Fighter star/producer Mark Wahlberg, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, and producer Scott Rudin. The magazine has also included Oprah Winfrey (eighth straight year on the list), Mad Men creator Matt Weiner, Sting, fashion designer/film director Tom Ford, singer-turned-screen star Justin Bieber, singer/actor Chris Colfer, and Matt Damon (for his work on Water.org). Choices in the lit community include Jennifer Egan, whose Pulitzer Prize-winning novel A Visit From The Goon Squad was just optioned by HBO for a series, and Jonathan Franzen.
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OK the first time they put out this list it was interesting and perhaps well thought out. Now it’s just a yearly popularity measure that will be irrelevant in six months.
Leave this kind of nonsense to People magazine, I thought Time was a news organization.
Time has never been a news organization. Its a popular culture magazine that routinely covers (and has on their covers) actors and pop stars. Yes, they also do hard edged news, but rarely in depth. There are other magazines that would be considered true news outlets including The Weekly Standard favored by conservatives and The American Prospect favored by liberals. Most people would find true news magazines dull.
How about the top 100 publicists since they fight for their clients to get in these puff pieces. J-Lo’s should win this year for her people magazine cover story. Most beautiful person? Please! If Marvin Haggler and Madea had a kid it would be J-Lo
Only bad faith and envy say those racist and degrading words. She looks beautiful and has beautiful body, skin and hair. Why does so much advertising! Ordinary people, instead of learning of the positive things that are famous, just make derogatory comments. I hope you at least have a doctoral degree. I do not think his words only reflect laziness and brutality.Besides, who knows how you see your, and most importantly, if you are younger than her, as you’ll see when you are that age. Ridiculous.
Wait, what?
Really? Very sad–Most influential in the world?!
@ Ella, I agree. This looked more like a list for People or US Weekly than TIME. Scott Rudin, Reed Hastings, and Oprah I get, but is Colin Firth influencing anybody? And since when was Sting relevant?
A “news organization”? Hahahahahahahahahahahahhahah. Maybe at one point, but not anymore. The biggest political writer they have is Joe Klein, a faux lib who was gung-ho about invading Iraq (Feb. 2003: “War may well be the right decision at this point. In fact, I think it probably is.”) and took his “facts” about Bush’s warrant-less wiretapping directly from GOP congressmen. Very objective journalism indeed.
JUSTIN BIEBER IS AN INFLUENTIAL PERSON? THEY SCRAPED THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL FOR TO COME UP WITH HIM!
Does this list represent a culmination of combined relevant data to formulate a reasonably scientific extrapolation? Nah, didn’t think so.
This list has de-volved over the years. They always have to have the “name of the moment” included. Last year Pattinson and/or Gaga was on the list, one year Zac Effron. They put people in it seems to try and get younger people to read the magazine. With Newsweek now being run by a blog writter it seems Time is trying and failing to stay relevant. Sad really, I used to enjoy Time and Newsweek, but the internet has made both of them out of date and they are struggling to find a place in the world.
Did deadline.com not make the list? Concerning Justin Beiber – as much as I hate to say it – he IS influential. Sure, I won’t be running out and buying a ticket for any of his shows/movies, nor will I change my hairstyle to look like his (well I can’t anyhow because I am bald) but the list is all about who is influential right? Guy open a movie about himself and his “You can DO it!” and pulls in 70 million for his efforts – we can’t say that isn’t influential right? I agree on many other “choices” that Time magazine made though….popular yes….but influential…..no no no.
Beiber flexed his influence just yesterday. He tweeted about watching his favorite TV show, and ten minutes later “Smallville” was trending worldwide. Twitter has stopped “Beiber” himself from trending, but it can’t keep whatever subject he talks about from trending.
Meant to say I “disagree” with many choices…..(sigh)
The TIME list has Blake Lively in their list, which makes this list irrelevant than usual.
Blake Lively and Colin Firth influential! Cmon – Time itself is now officially irrelevant
The people commenting here talks so dismissive and foolishly. People are influential for several reasons. Not because they are wealthy, intelligent, good with others, etc., but because it is so for the people of the world in general. So the paparazzi follow them, has a lot of fans, people like to imitate all they does, how they dress or talk, many want to be like them, famous invite them to television programs… That’s influence, but we do not like.
The people commenting here talks so dismissive and foolishly. People are influential for several reasons. Not because they are wealthy, intelligent, good with others, etc., but because it is so for the people of the world in general. So the paparazzi follow them, has a lot of fans, they are imitated, many wants to be like them, invite them to television programs … That’s influence,
although we do not like, or it may seem something wrong. So is the world.
According to you paparazzi are the most influential people. I am surprised that they didn’t make the list!
who cares about the 100 hollywood influential when the american film industry is dying. tom hanks not on the list. spielberg not on the list. but what we do have is more young people, more flavor of the month type
Justin Bieber???? Are you freakin’ kidding me????????? Well, he certainly has influenced me to STOP READING “TIME” MAGAZINE FROM NOW ON!!!!
Judging from your comment I take it you’re not a 10 year-old girl in the throes of her first crush? Unfortunately Time doesn’t limit their list to only people who influence adults. Just be glad they didn’t put The Beebs on the cover of the issue in an attempt to court the tween market. Those girls will buy just about anything with Bieber on the cover and in these tough times for magazines – a sale is a sale.
Blake Lively? How is she influential, staring on one of the lowest rated television shows.
“Gossip Girl” is quite well-rated. Around the globe its got a huge fanbase as it has in the US. The problem is, people BUY the show and not watch on the network. Get you facts straight, go on facebook and see how many fans it has. Go on iTunes and see how well it sells and all the other sites. It’s a success!