Power 100 Women in Entertainment
Today marks the annual release of the Hollywood Reporter’s coveted (and for the top 25 or so, unchanging) list of the 100 Most Powerful Women in Entertainment. There are relatively few surprises, least of all with the head of the pack. For the third year in a row, the podium looks like this:
- Oprah Winfrey (Chairman of Harpo Inc., future leader of the Free Worls)
- Anne Sweeney (President of Disney-ABC)
- Amy Pascal (Chairman of Sony Pictures)
More interesting than the shadowy jostling of Hollywood power players, though, are the few marquee names who make the list. For instance:
- 24. Angelina Jolie: presumably because she is a self-contained adoption agency and honorary United Nations ambassador, not because she is the world’s best-paid actress.
- 36. Tyra Banks: model, TV show host and media-empire commander, she’ll be climbing this chart as the years pass.
- 51. Tina Fey: Satire is power! Fey’s channeling of corporate America’s apocalyptic zeitgeist on 30 Rock gives her as much sway as she managed with this election-time Saturday Night Live appearance:
Sure, Hannah Montana-star Miley Cyrus squeezes into the list at number 100, but where’s Paris? In France, I know, but Paris Hilton the hotel empire heiress, sort-of actress and singer, TV show host of her own friend-auditioning system and general press-manipulator extraordinaire is nowhere to be found on this Power 100 list. This video, however, has her looking powerful, media-savvy and cleverly meta at an event in Tokyo:
To vent on other forgotten 9-figure femmes (Olsen twins anyone?), take it to the comments.


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