Time Releases Its Most Influential People of 2023 List
Time just released its Most Influential People of 2023 list, naming Pedro Pascal, Doja Cat, Jennifer Coolidge, and Aubrey Plaza.
Each person gets a brief piece written about them by another figure in the industry who knows them well. There are six different categories to divide the list into smaller sections: Artists, Icons, Pioneers, Leaders, Titans, and Innovators.
Time names Pedro Pascal, Ke Huy Quan, Aubrey Plaza, Angela Bassett, Ali Wong, Austin Butler, Colin Farrell, Michael B. Jordan, Jennifer Coolidge, Lea Michele, Zoe Saldaña, S.S. Rajamouli, Natasha Lyonne and more as the Most Influential People of 2023.
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Some of the individuals featured in the Artists category include Michael B. Jordan, Drew Barrymore, Austin Butler, Aubrey Plaza, Rian Johnson, Judy Blume, Colin Farrell, Lea Michele, Colleen Hoover, and Steve Lacy.
Actress Amy Poehler wrote that Aubrey Plaza “loves an outsider. She roots for the underdog. She befriends the misunderstood. She has learned the glorious freedom that comes from not wanting your approval. But don’t mistake that cool demeanor as ambivalence. She cares deeply about her craft and her friends and has become one of the most interesting actors working today. Plus, she speaks Spanish and can hit a fastball,” in her piece about Aubrey.
In the Icons category, Time named Jennifer Coolidge, Ke Huy Quan, Pedro Pascal, and King Charles, among others. Doja Cat and Bella Hadid were the big names in the Pioneers category. Baz Luhrmann, the award-winning filmmaker that made Elvis, wrote that Doja Cat expertly translated “Hound Dog” to a new audience for the film, and is plugged into Gen Z culture.
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“She is personally connected with her fans, and that allows her to understand and feedback to them. She can’t be boxed in. She’s a rapper, a singer, a performance artist—she’s the canvas on which she expresses a character or an idea. There’s no “brand” to Doja Cat. You never know what she’s going to do next, and that’s exciting,” Luhrmann wrote.
Joe Biden, Mitch McConnell, Evan Gershkovich, and Samuel Alito were among the individuals featured in the Leaders category. Beyoncé, Patrick Mahomes II, Angela Bassett, Lionel Messi, Elon Musk, and Gina Prince-Bythewood were featured under the Titans category.
For a full list of the Time 100, click here.
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