Entertainment Weekly's Top 25 Entertainers of the Year [2008]

Entertainment EW

-------- Missing: -------- * Chris Nolan (3) * Dark Knight (3) * Stephenie Meyer (5) * Rock Band Video Game (7) * Bravo (12) * Jill Zarin (The Real Housewives of New York City) (12) * NeNe Leakes (The Real Housewives of Atlanta), (12) * Rachel Zoe (12) * Tom Colicchio (12) * Vicki Gunvalson (The Real Housewives of Orange County) (12) * Zoila Chavez (Flipping Out) (12) * Wall-e (14) * Richard Jenkins (22)

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Vote RankingList Ranking  

25

1

Robert Downey, Jr.

Actor

33.67% (101 of 300 votes)

9

2

Tina Fey

Comedienne

59.55% (106 of 178 votes)

16

3

Heath Ledger

Actor

45.16% (14 of 31 votes)

26

3

Christian Bale

Actor

31.51% (23 of 73 votes)

28

3

Christopher Nolan

Filmmaker

31.11% (42 of 135 votes)

31

3

Morgan Freeman

Actor

30.66% (42 of 137 votes)

40

3

Michael Caine

Actor

0% (0 of 14 votes)

43

3

Gary Oldman

Actor

0% (0 of 0 votes)

45

3

Aaron Eckhart

Actor

0% (0 of 0 votes)

48

3

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Actress

0% (0 of 0 votes)

3

4

Leighton Meester

Actress

100% (1 of 1 votes)

8

4

Blake Lively

Actress

60.0% (42 of 70 votes)

36

4

Gossip Girl

TV Series

0% (0 of 0 votes)

1

5

Stephenie Meyer

Author

100% (1 of 1 votes)

33

6

Lil' Wayne

Vocalist

27.27% (12 of 44 votes)

7

8

Cynthia Nixon

Actress

75.00% (3 of 4 votes)

12

8

Sarah Jessica Parker

Actress

52.78% (19 of 36 votes)

13

8

Kristin Davis

Actress

52.24% (35 of 67 votes)

17

8

Sex and the City

TV Series

44.44% (4 of 9 votes)

34

8

Kim Cattrall

Actress

8.33% (1 of 12 votes)

2

9

Jonas Brothers

Musicians

100% (35 of 35 votes)

5

10

Chris Matthews

Commentator

95.24% (20 of 21 votes)

10

10

Joy Behar

Comedienne

59.23% (693 of 1170 votes)

18

10

Elisabeth Hasselbeck

TV Reality Show Contestant

44.26% (54 of 122 votes)

20

10

Katie Couric

Commentator

42.86% (3 of 7 votes)

23

10

Talking Heads

Musicians

42.00% (63 of 150 votes)

24

10

Jon Stewart

Comedian

34.99% (120 of 343 votes)

29

11

Meryl Streep

Actress

30.77% (16 of 52 votes)

4

12

NeNe Leakes

Socialite

100% (1 of 1 votes)

37

12

Jeff Lewis

TV Reality Show Contestant

0% (0 of 0 votes)

38

12

Rachel Zoe

Stylist

0% (0 of 2 votes)

42

12

Tom Colicchio

Chef

0% (0 of 5 votes)

46

12

Tim Gunn

TV Reality Show Contestant

0% (0 of 1 votes)

47

12

Padma Lakshmi

Model

0% (0 of 1 votes)

11

13

James Franco

Actor

52.87% (83 of 157 votes)

39

14

Ben Burtt

Craftsman

0% (0 of 1 votes)

19

15

Coldplay

Musicians

42.86% (21 of 49 votes)

15

16

Elizabeth Banks

Actress

45.83% (22 of 48 votes)

32

17

Yunjin Kim

Actress

30.65% (57 of 186 votes)

44

17

Daniel Dae Kim

Actor

0% (0 of 2 votes)

30

18

Kid Rock

Vocalist

30.72% (106 of 345 votes)

35

19

Jon Hamm

Actor

5.56% (1 of 18 votes)

27

20

Facebook

Internet Website

31.34% (68 of 217 votes)

22

21

Katy Perry

Vocalist

42.11% (48 of 114 votes)

41

22

Richard Jenkins

Actor

0% (0 of 0 votes)

14

23

Michael Phelps

Swimmer

51.16% (22 of 43 votes)

6

24

Leona Lewis

Vocalist

90.0% (9 of 10 votes)

21

25

Neil Patrick Harris

Actor

42.86% (48 of 112 votes)