Is Cruise the world's most powerful celebrity?

These are good questions.

Tom Cruise is short. Like Tom Thumb.

how on earth does howard stern make $302 million? that's well over a million per show.

I don't get any of it.

Powerful = rich?

swimpy, power = income + exposure.

nobody from fox news made it...obviously, something's not right.

at least, i know who 50 cent is now.

since the stones are the only non-americans in the list, i guess the US is still a superpower.

If Tom Cruise is the world's most powerful celebrity, that is a bad sign for the state of American culture!

I honestly thought that title belonged to Oprah Winfrey.

Her signature alone brings in close to 5 million dollars , and that is a low end guess..
Her net worth being somewhere in the 50 billion dollar range..

I cant see how he would be considered powerful.

maybe powerfully annoying
( my grammar teacher will roll in her grave for that one.. )

Weird, in this list it seems like they equate "rich" with "powerful".

But wealth doesnt equate with power if you dont do anything with it to exert power. If you only use your wealth for your private enjoyment, all you have power over is your own life, not the world.

(Not that there's anything wrong with that.)

Bono. Now there's a powerful celebrity. Bush, Gordon Brown and the Pope - they all have to lend their ear to Bono because they know how much influence he wields.

Plus, he's got money.

oprah annoying, shewolf? you mean you didn't sign the OW for nobel peace prize online petition http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/oprah_4_peace/
or donate online to her *angel network*? https://www.oprah.com/uyl/angel/donate/uyl_angel_donate.jhtml

you can't be serious. she's always doing cool things, like giving everyone in the audience a car, honoring black (women) legends, and recommending books to read. you'd have to be cynical not to have profound admiration for her impeccable character. besides, where would Tom Cruise be without her couch to jump from?

yit (i never claimed not to be a cynic) wail (with apologies to joe nation)

Im sorry yit.. I was calling Cruise annoying..

but Oprah does get under my skin as well..

Maybe if I can jump on her couch, I wont feel so bad..

oh oh, i had a freudian slip of the eye.

you wrote,

but i read,

You mean.....


you dont like Oprah?

<gasp>
for shame..

i don't like talk shows, period. then she comes along, and makes me feel guilty for not watching!

Powerful should equal influential. Who does TC influence besides movie ticket buyers?