boomers remember the song from the Righteous Brothers' version. The record, produced by Phil Spector, reached No.4 on the Billboard chart in 1965, and was a hit again 25 years later when it was used on the soundtrack of the film "Ghost.
" KATIE HOLMES, Rosie O'Donnell and Anna Nicole Smith's baby daughter, Dannielynn, are among the boldface names on OK! magazine's list of "most influential" celebrities. The list of 19 famous faces, which appears in the magazine's latest issue, on newsstands Friday, was separated by editors into six categories: beauty queens, style setters, entertainers, newsmakers, survivors and body shapers.
OK! named Holmes, the 28-year-old wife of Tom Cruise and mother of their 1-year-old daughter, Suri, a beauty queen because of her "refreshing girl-next-door look" and sporty cropped haircut. Beyonce and Jennifer Lopez also made the cut.
O'Donnell, who brought ratings and controversy during her tumultuous tenure on ABC's "The View," made the list of newsmakers, as did Hollywood supercouple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, and "Grey's Anatomy" star T.R. The youngest celebrity on the list: 10-month-old Dannielynn Hope, recognized as a survivor because she has been "at the center of Hollywood's most controversial tragedies," the magazine said.
Her mother, Smith, died in Florida in February. Stern and Larry Birkhead was put to rest months later when Birkhead showed he was Dannielynn's father. The top three entertainers the "people who decide what we watch and listen to," according to OK!
were "American Idol" judge Simon Cowell, Carrie Underwood and model-TV host Heidi Klum. Tyra Banks was among the "body shapers" who influence notions of body image. Banks, dubbed fat after she was photographed on the beach, later appeared on her syndicated TV talk show in a bathing suit.
Sarah Jessica Parker, Justin Timberlake and Kate Moss were named most prominent trendsetters in fashion. ALL MEN may be created equal, but all voices are not. James Earl Jones read excerpts from the Declaration of Independence in his unmistakable baritone Tuesday at the National Constitution Center during the unveiling of one of four surviving copies of the Magna Carta.
The nearly 800-year-old "Great Charter," which helped inspire the Declaration, is on loan from Great Britain's Lincoln Cathedral. It will be displayed for three weeks beginning today. Jones, 76, has appeared in more than 200 films, TV shows and theater productions, his voice familiar to many as Darth Vader in the "Star Wars" movies and King Mufasa in "The Lion King.
" boomers remember the song from the Righteous Brothers' version.
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