The 25 Entertainers of the Year
2008's best and brightest, from ''The Dark Knight'' to Stephenie Meyer to the Jonas Brothers to Tina Fey to...EW's pick for No. 1!
By EW Staff Updated November 12, 2008 at 11:00 PM EST
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Neil Patrick Harris
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Leona Lewis
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Michael Phelps
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Richard Jenkins
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, Katy Perry
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Jon Hamm
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Kid Rock
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Yunjin Kim, Daniel Dae Kim
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Elizabeth Banks
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Coldplay
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WALL-E
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James Franco
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Bravo, Tim Gunn
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Meryl Streep
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Jonas Brothers
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Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon, ...
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Lil Wayne
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Stephenie Meyer
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Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, ...
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Tina Fey
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Robert Downey Jr.
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By EW Staff