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Madonna

Down from 74 – last year’s position
100 Madonna
Ego unleashed
Why? For screaming out of every tabloid front page, particularly since that African adoption.
The bare facts The highest-earning female singer in history married Guy Ritchie in 2000 and has been loitering in London ever since.
In her own words ‘Say I did cut the queue? Say I did cheat and not wait two years to adopt a child? Well, good for me!’ Feature continues

Kevin Spacey

New entry
99 Kevin Spacey
Resident thesp
Why? After the cringing disaster of his production of Arthur Miller’s ‘Resurrection Blues’, Spacey made an exhilarating comeback with Eugene O’Neill’s ‘A Moon for the Misbegotten’.
The bare facts He took over the Old Vic in 2004, and it’s been a bumpy ride. A more adventurous tack in programming for 2007 bodes well.
In his own words ‘I knew coming in that we would be put under a microscope.’

Tony Blair

Down from 2
98 Tony Blair
Past-it PM
Why? Our list’s furthest faller – his moving and shaking days approach their end.
The bare facts Despite the devastatingly unpopular War on Terror, Blair has been re-elected twice. Maybe people like his hair.
In his own words ‘Mine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that we may live our entire lives without going to war or sending our children to war,’ he said, in 1997.

Norman Foster

Down from 86
97 Norman Foster
Uber-architect
Why? His work this year was mostly abroad, but expect a resurgence in 2007 when his Silken hotel in Aldwych opens. And just maybe Wembley too.
The bare facts He set up Foster & Partners in 1967, and is a knight, lord and a baron.
Did you know? The new Wembley will be the largest covered football stadium in the world.

New entry
96 Michael Grandage
Dynamic director
Why? The artistic supremo of the Donmar has just moved ‘Frost/Nixon’ into the West End.
The bare facts Turned from acting to directing full-time in 1996. Never looked back.

New entry
95 Peaches Geldof
Takes after dad
Why? Two TV shows, a recent doc about Islam, and she’s a Telegraph columnist.
The bare facts Peaches Honeyblossom Geldof was born in 1989, the second daughter of Bob Geldof and the late Paula Yates.
In her own words ‘I was for the Iraq war. I supported Bush completely, which was quite, like, my friends, like, hated me for that.’

New entry
94 James McAvoy
Glasgow boy done good
Why? The UK film industry’s leading leading man under 30 (he’s 27).
The bare facts McAvoy has bagged himself starring roles in the big-screen adaptation of
Ian McEwan’s ‘Atonement’ and Austen biopic ‘Becoming Jane’.

New entry
93 Lenny Crooks
The money-shot man
Why? Lenny Crooks took over as head of the UK Film Council’s New Cinema Fund this year, giving him £5 million a year of government and National Lottery funds to invest in makers of ‘diverse, innovative and cutting-edge’ film work.
The bare facts From 1997 until this summer, he was director of the Glasgow Film Office.
Did you know? During this year’s London Film Festival he congratulated the Mail’s showbiz reporter, Baz Bamigboye, for his performance as Idi Amin in ‘The Last King of Scotland’. Amin was played by Forest Whitaker.

New entry
92 Hilary Riva
Un-dim fashionista
Why? Took over as chief executive of the British Fashion Council at the start of this year to put London Fashion Week back on the map. Brought in names like Biba and Zandra Rhodes.
The bare facts She spent ten years at Topshop before joining Rubicon Retail, and then this job.

New entry
91 David Ian
Theatre mogul
Why? Perma-tanned chair of the global theatrical division of Live Nation, the UK’s largest theatre operator, with four in the West End.
The bare facts Ian launched his career as a producer with a revival of ‘Grease’.

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