Oprah, The Rock, and J-Lo Made the Annual Power 100 List
The “Hollywood Reporter” put out its annual list of the most powerful people in entertainment, and plenty of celebrities made the cut . . . but not until OPRAH at #15. Before her it’s all producers, execs, and other business types.
The #1 spot went to Disney CEO Bob Iger, and second place went to the two guys running things at Netflix. Third went to the CEOs of NBC and Comcast. In fourth is the woman running CBS, and in fifth is Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige.
Here are the names you’ll recognize:
#15. Oprah
#19. “Lost” creator J.J. Abrams
#20. “American Horror Story” creator Ryan Murphy
#33. “Grey’s Anatomy” creator Shonda Rhimes
#37. Reese Witherspoon
#38. Tyler Perry
#40. Steven Spielberg
#41. “SNL” creator Lorne Michaels
#42. Jordan Peele
#44. Ellen DeGeneres
#45. Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson
#47. Leonardo DiCaprio
#50. Barack and Michelle Obama, who are now producers for Netflix
#52. “Iron Man” director Jon Favreau
#54. Brad Pitt and his Plan B production company
#55. Quentin Tarantino
#57. “Avatar” director James Cameron
#60. Stephen King
#62. “Infinity War” and “Endgame” directors Joe and Anthony Russo
#65. Scarlett Johansson
#66. Michael B. Jordan
#73. Kevin Hart
#78. Seth Rogen and his creative partner Evan Goldberg
#81. Will Smith
#83. Donald Glover
#86. “Game of Thrones” showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss
#89. “Hamilton” genius Lin-Manuel Miranda
#90. Issa Rae from “Insecure”
#92. Jennifer Lopez
#95. Zendaya
#97. Tiffany Haddish
#99. Margot Robbie
Some of the people from LAST year’s Top 100 that DIDN’T make the cut include:
Denzel Washington, who was #54 last year.
Jennifer Lawrence, who was #65.
Chris Pratt, who was #68.
Ryan Reynolds, who was #71.
LeBron James, who was #75.
Will Ferrell, who was #90.
Meryl Streep, who was #93. No one was expecting her to be #1 . . . but she definitely should’ve been nominated. (???)
Tom Cruise, who was #96.
(Hit up HollywoodReporter.com for the full rundown.)
