I'm not sure if I want to live in our world, if these are the people that shape it...

[l_zinkiewicz]

Time's 100 People Who Shape Our World (well, their US).

I mean, Reese Witherspoon shapes the world??? Maybe if she digs into it with her chin.  The piece on her is written by Luke Wilson, best known as the brother of the actor whose nose looks just like a penis (with which he could shape the world, no doubt there), and whose nickname is the

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[hnpcc]

Heh, the list makes more sense when you realise that Time and Who/People magazines are published by the same mob. Time also now has an "entertainment" section, which is a cut down mini-version of Who in the back of it - surprisingly Who doesn't appear to have gained a mini-politics/world analysis section in the back. A pity really, it'd go well with the sudoku.

[stephen_dedman]

The poll asks how influential the people are: nowhere does it specify they have to be a good influence.

George W. Bush, for example, has certainly helped shape the world: with his contributions to climate change and rising sea levels; his disregard for New Orleans before, during and after Hurricane Katrina; the number of extra graves in American military cemeteries; etc.

[bluetyson]

Influential for being nice to look at (according to the article link, anyway)? Didn't they miss Jessica Alba and Scarlet Johansson?