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Written by patrik
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Monday, 07 April 2008 04:03 |
OUT Magazine presents its 2nd annual "Power 50" list in this month's issue of the magazine, counting down the 50 most powerful gays and lesbians in America based upon four criteria: "(1) political clout; (2) pop cultural resonance; (3) individual wealth; and (4) current personal profile." "Current personal profile" is evidently a convenient catch-all for "things we at OUT Magazine think matter so we can rank these homos however we want to." What else could explain, after all, the bizarre posturing of silent political funder Tim Gill at #3 when names like Suze Ormon, cover-boy Greg Berlanti, and Annie Leibovitz are much further down on the list? Talk show crybaby Ellen Degeneres topped the list this year after clocking in at #2 the first time around, due ostensibly to the fact that she crossed the picket line of the writers' strike and also because she interviewed both democratic presidential candidates, a feat many others have also accomplished. She also cried over a dog and everybody talked about it! Now, that's what real power is all about.
Notably absent from the list were newly outed Hollywood actors T.R. Knight and Neil Patrick Harris, Queer Eye minstrel Carson Kressley, TV producer Darren Starr, and the entire porn industry. While achieving a Jodie Foster level of celebrity is undoubtedly a difficult feat, we have a feeling that with enough dedication to the limelight, François, Diesel, Erik, or Steve could crack the the bottom ten by 2009.
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