CATE and Borat are in, Dubya's out.
May 4, 2007
Daily Telegraph

Australian actor Cate Blanchett and comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, perhaps best known for his moustachioed alter ego Borat,have been named among the luminaries who make up Time magazine's list of 100 people who shape the world.

The "most influential" list, on newsstands in the US tomorrow, also includes Rosie O'Donnell, Queen Elizabeth II, presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, YouTube founders Steve Chen and Chad Hurley, director Martin Scorsese and model Kate Moss.

It does not include US President George W Bush but his nemesis Osama Bin Laden is included.

The list includes 71 men and 29 women from 27 countries.

The "artists and entertainers" category includes Hollywood heavyweights Martin Scorsese, Blanchett and heartthrobs Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio, along with fashion model Kate Moss.

Pop sensation Justin Timberlake is named along with Senegalese musician Youssou N'Dour, while former US vice president Al Gore's shift to environmental campaigner sees him nominated in the "scientists and thinkers" category.

The list, which is designed to recognise "the men and women whose power, talent or moral example is transforming our world," does not appear in any order or give the magazine's reasons why some people were chosen over others.

Comedian Roseanne Barr writes for the magazine on Baron Cohen. She says: "He does offend some people's sensibilities, but the youth of today are offended if they're not offended."

Scorsese, who often casts DiCaprio in his films, praised the 32-year-old screen idol/activist as a "true actor".

"DiCaprio is another guy a lot of us underestimated as a pretty-boy type," Adi Ignatius, a deputy managing editor at Time, said.

Separately, Time named 14 "power givers" such as Bill and Melinda Gates, Angelina Jolie and Queen Rania al-Abdullah of Jordan.

Actor and director George Clooney, who has been campaigning to raise awareness about the situation in the Sudanese region of Darfur, is meanwhile named along with Parkinson's disease sufferer and fellow actor Michael J Fox.

British entrepreneur Richard Branson makes a show in the "builders and titans" section along with Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, the co-founders of video sharing website YouTube, and luxury brand guru and LVMH boss Bernard Arnault.

Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal, the world's fifth richest man, also appears alongside Apple chief Steve Job.

if i'm not mistaken, i think fans were allowed to vote on the internet for people that they wanted on the list. cuz on a Sanjaya fansite, there were some fans taking about voting to get him on the list. i'm not sure though...

I don't blame them for not including BUSH...ahahaha!!! That's pretty funny, though...