Guess Who’s the Third Most Popular Movie Star in America Today?

[SIZE=+1]Guess Who’s the Third Most Popular Movie Star in America Today?[/SIZE] ( Enjoy Carl!)
bighollywood.breitbart.com ^ | March 18, 2009 | John Nolte

No, it’s not any of those celebrities we’re told are stars. DiCaprio and George Clooney didn’t even make the top 10. Neither did Ashton Kutcher, Sean Penn, Brad Pitt, Seth Rogen, Matt Damon, Will Farrell, or Tom Cruise.
Every year for about 15 years now, Harris Interactive has conducted a nationwide poll and asked a very simple question: “Who is your favorite movie star?” And every year since the taking of the poll one particular individual has placed in the top ten — 13 of those years in the top 3.
This year, 2,388 U.S. adults were surveyed and this star rose three places to tie Will Smith for third. Only Denzel Washington and Clint Eastwood rank as more popular.



One last hint before the reveal: This star is the only actor in the history of the poll to rank posthumously:



Here’s the 2009 rundown:

Denzel Washington
Clint Eastwood
John Wayne
Will Smith
Harrison Ford
Julia Roberts
Tom Hanks
Johnny Depp
Angelina Jolie
Morgan Freeman



In 2007, Time Magazine’s Richard Corliss got it kinda wrong when Wayne ranked #3 back in 2007:
Nothing radical there, except that Pitt, Jolie and, oh, Tom Cruise were among the missing. …



Forget the youthquake. What America really loves is… old. Whatever Wayne represents - the Old Testament God, a Mount Rushmore face with a permanent scowl, the craggy soul of Frontier or Sunbelt America[.] …

Will Hollywood take any lessons from this poll - say, to make movies with, and for, older people. Nah. The moguls have read the small print in the Harris poll, and noted that it was weighted for many variables, but not to mirror the average age of moviegoers.


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You can bet your boots on that one Pardner! Also, depending on which poll you look at--Duke is a-Nr. 1 in other polls.

Also, did you know he was voted Nr 1 all time Cowboy and The Searchers as the Best Western EVER ;-)) Duke beat Clint Eastwood in both departments.--and I also like Eastwood.

 

Cant be bad I wonder, if in years to come any of the other actors on the list who have been long departed this world will match the popularity of the Duke.

 

I can't honestly see anyone else achieving John Waynes stature after passing away and STILL being as popular as we was 30 years after his death.

The closest I can see who might be dearly revered--might be Clint Eastwood, Harrison Ford, Tom Hanks or someone like them. Clint Eastwood would be the number 1 choice as leader of this group.

 

My faith is in:

Denzel Washington
Clint Eastwood
Johnny Depp

Jolie should not be on the list...

 

Denzel Washington.....Dry as an old bone
Clint Eastwood.....Still got it
John Wayne.....Right on, beats the heck out of todays stars
Will Smith.....You are joking
Harrison Ford.....So so
Julia Roberts.....Huh?
Tom Hanks.....Rubbish
Johnny Depp.....Poor
Angelina Jolie.....You have got to be kidding me
Morgan Freeman.....Made good cop films

 

Neither should Johnny Depp be listed.

 

Delete Will Smith and ah--HEM--Angelina Jolie off the list the rest are cool ;-D