By Observer Staff

December 24, 2006 | 7:00 p.m

This Year’s Position, Last Year’s Position, Name, Total Mentions

1 1 President Bill Clinton 358 2 2 Madonna, singer 308 3 10 Diana, Princess of Wales 259 4 5 Mayor Rudolph Giuliani 234 5 4 O.J. Simpson, retired football player 195 6 16 Donald Trump, real-estate developer 182 7 7 First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton 164 8 3 John F. Kennedy Jr., magazine editor 161 9 9 Sylvester Stallone, actor 140 10 18 Elizabeth Taylor, actress 134 10 8 Barbra Streisand, singer-actress 134 12 22 Rosie O’Donnell, talk-show host 129 13 11 Michael Jackson, singer 127 14 6 Sharon Stone, actress 122 15 21 Barbara Walters, interviewer 120 16 15 Brad Pitt, actor 114 17 46 Woody Allen, director 111 18 14 Demi Moore, actress 109 19 17 Robert De Niro, actor 105 20 38 Tom Cruise, actor 103 20 41 John Travolta, actor 103 22 90 Gianni Versace, designer 102 23 83 Alec Baldwin, actor 101 24 60 Howard Stern, radio-show host 100 25 33 Governor George Pataki 98 26 27 Gwyneth Paltrow, actress 95 27 68 Frank Sinatra, singer 94 27 67 Mike Tyson, boxer 94 27 25 Whoopi Goldberg, actress 94 30 114 Ivana Trump, socialite 93 31 107 Liza Minnelli, singer-actress 92 32 98 Courtney Love, singer-actress 91 33 35 Charles, Prince of Wales 90 34 13 Calvin Klein, designer 89 35 x Ellen DeGeneres, comedian 86 36 24 Naomi Campbell, model 83 36 73 Ronald Perelman, buyout specialist 83 38 35 Senator Alfonse D’Amato 81 39 22 Cindy Crawford, model 80 39 20 Jacqueline Onassis, ex–First Lady 80 39 73 Marilyn Monroe, actress 80 39 60 Martha Stewart, magazine editor 80 43 90 Elton John, singer 78 44 32 Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, ex-publicist 77 45 137 Harrison Ford, actor 75 46 58 Al Pacino, actor 74 47 29 Julia Roberts, actress 73 48 53 Kathie Lee Gifford, talk-show host 72 48 46 Bruce Willis, actor 72 48 49 Marla Maples Trump, socialite 72 48 44 Steven Spielberg, director 72 52 60 Oprah Winfrey, talk-show host 70 52 114 Whitney Houston, singer-actress 70 52 90 Vice President Al Gore 70 55 26 George Clooney, actor 68 55 90 Diane Sawyer, TV journalist 68 55 78 Tina Brown, magazine editor 68 58 131 Harvey Weinstein, film executive 67 58 90 Bette Midler, singer-actress 67 58 41 Claudia Schiffer, model 67 61 x Billy Bob Thornton, director 66 61 150 Elizabeth II, Queen of England 66 63 172 Lauren Bacall, actress 65 63 211 Mariah Carey, singer 65 65 53 Goldie Hawn, actress 64 65 257 Henry Kissinger, politician 64 65 45 Joan Rivers, comedian 64 68 65 Johnny Depp, actor 63 68 29 David Letterman, talk-show host 63 70 49 Dennis Rodman, basketball player 62 71 x Frank Gifford, sportscaster 61 72 302 Michael Douglas, actor-producer 60 73 68 Nicole Kidman, actress 59 73 368 Kim Basinger, actress 59 73 185 Bill Cosby, comedian 59 73 121 Ted Turner, media executive 59 77 x Marv Albert, ex-sportscaster 58 78 90 Michael Ovitz, ex-film executive 57 78 53 Mira Sorvino, actress 57 78 107 Anna Wintour, magazine editor 57 81 39 Arnold Schwarzenegger, actor 55 81 x Dodi al-Fayed, producer 55 81 121 Donna Hanover Giuliani, actress 55 81 126 Uma Thurman, actress 55 81 64 Jim Carrey, actor 55 86 39 Sean Penn, actor 54 87 185 George Plimpton, author 53 87 153 Glenn Close, actress 53 87 68 Kate Moss, model 53 87 28 Mel Gibson, actor 53 87 51 Mick Jagger, singer 53 92 368 Julie Andrews, actress52 92 162 Larry King, talk-show host 52 92 114 George Steinbrenner, team owner 52 92 34 Jack Nicholson, actor 52 92 72 John F. Kennedy, ex-President 52 97 19 Sarah Ferguson, ex–Duchess of York 51 97 245 Eddie Murphy, actor 51 99 162 George Bush, ex-President 50 99 368 Chelsea Clinton, daughter 50 99 107 Clint Eastwood, actor-director 50 99 271 Pamela Harriman, ex-Ambassador 50 103 245 Oscar de la Renta, designer 49 103 419 Leonardo DiCaprio, actor 49 105 137 David Dinkins, ex-Mayor 48 105 x Evander Holyfield, boxer 48 105 137 Michael Eisner, media executive 48 105 88 Paul Newman, actor 48 109 302 Jon Bon Jovi, actor-singer 47 109 x JonBenet Ramsey, beauty princess 47 109 193 Dominick Dunne, writer 47 112 x Anne Heche, actress 46 112 90 Mario Cuomo, ex-Governor 46 112 172 Matt Dillon, actor 46 115 137 David Geffen, media executive 45 115 35 Elle MacPherson, model-actress 45 115 234 Raquel Welch, actress 45 115 83 Richard Gere, actor 45 115 73 Robin Williams, actor 45 115 368 Ruth Messinger, politician 45 115 78 Spike Lee, director 45 122 162 Ronald Reagan, ex-President44 122 153 Prince, singer 44 122 114 Winona Ryder, actress 44 122 x Donatella Versace, designer 44 122 41 Donna Karan, designer 44 122 185 Harold Evans, editor 44 122 65 Blaine Trump, socialite 44 122 48 Christie Brinkley, ex-model 44 130 114 Carlos Leon, personal trainer 43 130 217 Carroll Petrie, socialite 43 130 x Lourdes Leon, celebrity spawn 43 130 88 Nicole Brown Simpson, murder victim 43 130 325 Nora Ephron, director 43 135 245 Walter Cronkite, TV anchor 42 135 114 Jerry Seinfeld, comedian 42 135 131 Marlon Brando, actor 42 135 x Mia Farrow, actress 42 135 172 Diana Ross, singer 42 135 104 Dick Morris, political strategist 42 135 368 Ed Burns, director 42 142 131 Michael Jordan, basketball player 41 142 403 Muhammad Ali, retired boxer 41 142 288 Johnnie Cochran, attorney 41 142 x Tommy Mottola, music executive 41 142 137 Woody Harrelson, actor 41 142 302 Peter Jennings, TV news anchor 41 142 x Shirley MacLaine, actress-writer 41 149 104 Oliver Stone, director 40 149 199 Wendy Wasserstein, playwright 40 149 137 Nancy Reagan, ex–First Lady 40 149 193 David Bowie, singer 40 149 x George Stephanopoulos, political strategist 40 149 83 William Baldwin, actor 40 155 211 Helena Christensen, model 39 155 x David Duchovny, actor 39 155 347 Elvis Presley, rock ’n’ roll king 39 155 x Senator Ted Kennedy 39 155 257 Tom Brokaw, TV news anchor 39 155 217 Pierce Brosnan, actor 39 161 193 Regis Philbin, talk-show host 38 161 347 Richard Nixon, ex-President 38 161 x Will Smith, singer-actor 38 161 x Judy Garland, actress 38 161 172 Drew Barrymore, actress 38 161 447 Dustin Hoffman, actor 38 161 271 Edgar Bronfman Jr., media executive 38 161 384 Lieutenant Governor Betsy McCaughey Ross 38 161 83 Caroline Schlossberg, attorney 38 170 185 Brooke Astor, socialite 37 170 257 Kevin Spacey, actor 37 170 x Mark Wahlberg, actor 37 173 217 Mary Tyler Moore, actress 36 173 199 Meryl Streep, actress 36 173 211 Mike Wallace, TV journalist 36 173 98 Elizabeth Hurley, model-actress 36 173 172 Geraldo Rivera, talk-show host 36 173 199 Graydon Carter, magazine editor 36 173 288 Sting, singer 36 180 x Prime Minister Tony Blair 35 180 x James Brolin, actor 35 180 245 Ed Koch, ex-Mayor 35 180 447 Lauren Holly, actress 35 180 x Bryant Gumbel, TV personality 35 180 325 Cameron Diaz, actress 35 180 271 Anthony Hopkins, actor 35 180 199 Beverly Sills, arts executive 35 180 217 Martin Scorsese, director 35 189 288 Martin Richards, theater producer 34 189 121 Mike Nichols, director 34 189 x Andrew Cunanan, serial killer 34 189 114 Bianca Jagger, socialite 34 189 302 Brooke Shields, actress 34 189 98 Christopher Reeve, director 34 189 172 Tyra Banks, model 34 189 193 Norman Mailer, writer 34 189 368 Paul McCartney, composer-singer 34 189 126 Ralph Lauren, designer 34 189 257 Robert Redford, actor-director 34 200 257 Sandra Bernhard, comedian 33 200 473 Soon-Yi Previn, love interest 33 200 x Tiger Woods, professional golfer 33 200 162 Billy Joel, singer 33 200 x Albert, Prince of Monaco 33 200 234 Bill Blass, designer 33 200 107 Keanu Reeves, actor 33 200 121 Liz Smith, gossip columnist 33 200 x Deborah Rowe Jackson, nurse 33 200 x Ambassador Felix Rohatyn 33 210 x Don King, boxing impresario 32 210 384 Aretha Franklin, singer 32 210 185 Carolina Herrera, designer 32 210 x Michael Kennedy, attorney 32 210 473 Veronica Hearst, socialite 32 210 325 Veronica Webb, model 32 210 x William, Prince of England 32 210 185 Jennifer Aniston, actress 32 210 347 Robert Downey Jr., actor 32 210 473 Sheryl Crow, singer 32 210 51 Cher, singer-actress 32 210 193 RuPaul, TV personality 32 222 x Roone Arledge, media executive 31 222 473 Judith Regan, book editor 31 222 x Téa Leoni, actress 31 222 245 Carly Simon, singer 31 222 172 Christy Turlington, model 31 222 217 Cindy Adams, gossip columnist 31 222 347 David Copperfield, magician 31 222 325 Howard Rubenstein, publicist 31 222 81 Luciano Pavarotti, opera singer 31 231 168 Larry Flynt, magazine publisher 30 231 104 Lisa Marie Presley, heiress 30 231 137 Liz Tilberis, magazine editor 30 231 83 Harvey Keitel, actor 30 231 153 Howard Safir, police chief 30 231 x Camilla Parker-Bowles, mistress of Prince Charles 30 231 x Celine Dion, singer 30 231 x Andie MacDowell, actress 30 231 325 Public Advocate Mark Green 30 231 347 Matthew Broderick, actor 30 231 153 Mortimer Zuckerman, publisher 30 231 234 Nicolas Cage, actor 30 231 81 Susan Sarandon, actress 30 231 211 Tony Bennett, singer 30 231 271 Tony Randall, actor 30 231 x Sultan of Brunei 30 231 172 Pamela Anderson Lee, actress 30 231 347 Raoul Felder, attorney 30 249 x Penny Marshall, director 29 249 384 S.I. Newhouse Jr., publisher 29 249 168 Jay Leno, talk-show host 29 249 271 Jessye Norman, opera singer 29 249 325 Andrew Lloyd Webber, songwriter 29 249 x Frank McCourt, writer 29 249 63 Hugh Grant, actor 29 249 73 Isaac Mizrahi, designer 29 249 217 Isabella Rossellini, actress-model 29 258 403 Denise Rich, socialite 28 258 199 Ethan Hawke, actor-novelist 28 258 x Billy Crystal, actor 28 258 x Bob Weinstein, media executive 28 258 384 Charlie Rose, talk-show host 28 258 288 Conan O’Brien, talk-show host 28 258 217 Danny Aiello, actor 28 258 x Danny DeVito, actor-producer 28 258 x Rev. Al Sharpton, politician 28 258 419 Andre Agassi, tennis player 28 258 271 Michael J. Fox, actor 28 258 168 Michelle Pfeiffer, actress 28 258 325 Nan Kempner, socialite 28 258 384 Jennifer Flavin, model-actress 28 258 271 Jodie Foster, actress-director 28 258 302 Ronald Goldman, murder victim 28 258 419 Sean Connery, actor 28 258 403 Ralph Fiennes, actor 28 276 x Pete Hamill, ex-newspaper editor 27 276 137 Peter Gatien, club owner 27 276 131 Rupert Murdoch, media executive 27 276 384 Sarah Jessica Parker, actress 27 276 x Stanley Kubrick, director 27 276 107 Joan Collins, actress 27 276 x Michael Caine, actor 27 276 153 Andy Warhol, artist 27 276 447 Annette de la Renta, socialite 27 276 325 Anthony Quinn, actor 27 276 x Debbie Reynolds, actress 27 276 x Deborah Norville, TV personality 27 276 137 Denzel Washington, actor 27 276 x Fran Drescher, actress 27 276 x Francis Ford Coppola, director 27 276 x Gregory Peck, actor 27 276 185 Henry Kravis, financier 27 276 419 K.D. Lang, singer 27 276 x Kirk Douglas, actor 27 276 x Lena Horne, singer 27 276 x Leona Helmsley, hotelier 27 297 98 Kelly Klein, design executive 26 297 403 Helen Gurley Brown, retired editor 26 297 325 Iman, model 26 297 x Bill Gates, software pioneer 26 297 162 Melanie Griffith, actress 26 297 x Milos Forman, director 26 297 271 Jane Fonda, actress 26 297 x Joan Crawford, actress 26 297 x Tipper Gore, wife of Vice President 26 297 473 Tom Arnold, actor 26 297 217 Val Kilmer, actor 26 297 162 Wesley Snipes, actor 26 297 153 Patricia Duff, fund-raiser 26 297 x Paula Jones, plaintiff 26 297 288 Peter Duchin, bandleader 26 297 150 Quincy Jones, media executive 26 313 x Peter Maas, writer 25 313 x Sean (Puffy) Combs, executive 25 313 199 Quentin Tarantino, director 25 313 x Robert F. Kennedy Jr., environmentalist 25 313 121 Sandra Bullock, actress 25 313 x Sidney Lumet, director 25 313 x Sirio Maccioni, restaurateur 25 313 271 Yoko Ono, singer 25 313 302 Jay McInerney, writer 25 313 325 Joe Torre, baseball manager 25 313 x Joseph Kennedy II, ex-Senator 25 313 126 House Speaker Newt Gingrich 25 313 403 Bobby Brown, singer 25 313 x Christopher Buckley, writer 25 313 257 Diane Keaton, actress 25 313 368 Geena Davis, actress 25 313 x Geoffrey Rush, actor 25 313 447 Gloria Steinem, journalist 25 313 347 Ian Schrager, hotelier 25 313 257 Ingrid Casares, image consultant 25 313 x Ivanka Trump, model 25 313 217 Kevin Bacon, actor 25 313 347 Lauren Hutton, model 25 336 x Katharine Graham, media executive 24 336 302 Kathleen Turner, actress 24 336 172 Kelsey Grammer, actor 24 336 368 Marcia Clark, attorney 24 336 347 Gerald Levin, media executive 24 336 x Herb Ritts, photographer 24 336 384 Don Johnson, actor 24 336 x Eartha Kitt, singer 24 336 x Fidel Castro, President of Cuba 24 336 257 Abe Hirschfeld, parking magnate 24 336 211 Alicia Silverstone, actress 24 336 211 Amber Valletta, model 24 336 271 Arnold Scaasi, designer 24 336 271 Nina Griscom, TV personality 24 336 x Joey Adams, columnist 24 336 217 Robert Trump, businessman 24 336 x Robert F. Kennedy Sr., ex–Attorney General 24 336 257 Shalom Harlow, model-actress 24 336 447 Steve Florio, publishing executive 24 336 419 Steve Martin, actor-comedian 24 336 234 Paul Sorvino, actor 24 357 x Salvatore Gravano, mobster 23 357 x Janeane Garofalo, actress 23 357 x Tommy Lee Jones, actor 23 357 98 William Bratton, police consultant 23 357 384 Marisa Tomei, actress 23 357 199 Matthew McConaughey, actor 23 357 x Andy Garcia, actor 23 357 384 Barry Diller, media executive 23 357 368 Burt Reynolds, actor 23 357 384 Carol Channing, actress 23 357 x Charles Gargano, politician 23 357 150 Charlie Sheen, actor 23 357 288 Chris O’Donnell, actor 23 357 x Chris Rock, TV personality 23 357 x Courteney Cox, actress 23 357 217 Dan Rather, TV news anchor 23 357 x Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan 23 357 x Edward Norton, actor 23 357 473 Gary Oldman, actor 23 357 473 Katharine Hepburn, actress 23 357 x Katie Couric, TV personality 23 357 x Kenneth Branagh, actor-director 23 357 234 Kenneth Jay Lane, jewelry designer 23 357 x Kirstie Alley, actress 23 357 x Kitty Kelley, biographer 23 357 x Kristin Scott Thomas, actress 23 383 x Kevin Kline, actor 22 383 131 Linda Evangelista, model 22 383 153 Georgette Mosbacher, socialite 22 383 419 Halle Berry, actress 22 383 x James Brown, singer 22 383 403 Dolly Parton, singer 22 383 288 Caroline, Princess of Monaco 22 383 168 Claudia Cohen, TV personality 22 383 x Dan Aykroyd, actor 22 383 234 Abel Ferrara, director 22 383 384 Ahmet Ertegun, executive 22 383 x Marlene Dietrich, actress 22 383 325 Michael Alig, club kid22 383 x Michael Bolton, singer 22 383 302 Tim Robbins, actor 22 383 199 Tom Hanks, actor 22 383 x Tom Selleck, actor 22 383 347 Joanne Woodward, actress 22 383 x John Waters, director 22 383 47 Sigourney Weaver, actress 22 403 x District Attorney Robert Morgenthau 21 403 x Sherry Lansing, media executive 21 403 447 Sidney Poitier, actor 21 403 419 Stephen Sondheim, songwriter 21 403 x Stevie Wonder, singer 21 403 347 Pat Buckley, socialite 21 403 x Richard Avedon, photographer 21 403 384 John McEnroe, sportscaster 21 403 245 Tupac Shakur, singer-actor 21 403 x William F. Buckley Jr., journalist 21 403 x Mark Fuhrman, ex-police detective 21 403 447 Aaron Spelling, TV producer 21 403 x Agnes Gund, museum head 21 403 347 Angie Everhart, model-actress 21 403 x Anjelica Huston, actress 21 403 403 Arianna Huffington, pundit 21 403 x Arthur Schlesinger Jr., historian 21 403 x Bebe Neuwirth, actress 21 403 473 Bobby Zarem, publicist 21 403 x Cuba Gooding Jr., actor 21 403 x Cy Coleman, composer 21 403 x David Helfgott, pianist 21 403 x Ed Rollins, political strategist 21 403 245 Faye Dunaway, actress 21 403 x Gabriel Byrne, actor 21 403 x Hunter S. Thompson, journalist 21 403 302 Kurt Russell, actor 21 403 x Libby Pataki, Governor’s wife 21 431 172 Kevin Costner, actor-director 20 431 x Leonard Lauder, executive 20 431 x Secretary of State Madeleine Albright 20 431 x Don Hewitt, TV producer 20 431 x Elizabeth Rohatyn, socialite 20 431 257 Emma Thompson, actress 20 431 384 Candice Bergen, actress 200 431 x Carl Spielvogel, fund-raiser 20 431 473 Representative Charles Schumer 20 431 302 Ashley Judd, actress 20 431 257 Diane Keaton, actress 20 431 x Mohamed al-Fayed, retailer 20 431 68 Frank Sinatra, singer 20 431 131 Nathan Lane, actor 20 431 x Tim Allen, actor 20 431 185 Tommy Hilfiger, designer 20 431 x Walter Isaacson, magazine editor 20 431 199 Warren Beatty, actor 20 431 x Wayne Gretzky, hockey player 20 431 x Patsy Ramsey, murder victim’s mother 20 431 x Bono, singer 20 431 x Randolph Hearst, publisher 20 431 x Salma Hayek, actress 20 431 x Sam Donaldson, TV news anchor 20 431 x Seymour Hersh, journalist 20 431 x Shoshanna Lonstein, love interest 20 457 193 Robert Altman, director 19 457 347 Rod Stewart, singer 19 457 x Rupert Everett, actor 19 457 473 Rush Limbaugh, talk-show host 19 457 x Sophia Loren, actress 19 457 x Janet Jackson, singer 19 457 x Jennifer Tilly, actress 19 457 403 Jenny McCarthy, actress 19 457 257 Jesse Nash, celebrity journalist 19 457 x John Kluge, media executive 19 457 x John Leguizamo, actor 19 457 302 John Gotti Sr., mobster 19 457 x Johnny Carson, ex-TV personality 19 457 347 Mica Ertegun, socialite 19 457 x Michael Stipe, singer 19 457 217 Mickey Rourke, actor 19 457 x Mike Myers, actor 19 457 x Ashley Hamilton, actor 19 457 x Bill Rollnick, newspaper editor 19 457 12 Bob Dole, retired Senator 19 457 x Carrie Fisher, actress-writer 19 457 126 Colin Powell, retired general 19 457 217 David Koch, financier 19 457 x David Westin, media executive 19 457 153 Dennis Hopper, actor 19 457 x Eric Clapton, singer 19 457 x Harry Belafonte, singer-actor 19 457 x Harry, Prince of England 19 457 x Julia Koch, socialite 19 457 x Kelly Preston, actress 19 457 x Kurt Vonnegut Jr., writer 19 457 x Laurence Fishburne, actor 19 457 x Lee Radziwill, socialite 19 457 x Louise Grunwald, socialite 19 491 x Khalil Rizk, rare art dealer 18 491 x Kitty Carlisle Hart, socialite 18 491 x Laura Dern, actress 18 491 x Lesley Stahl, TV journalist 18 491 302 Liv Tyler, model-actress 18 491 x George Foreman, retired boxer 18 491 x Dean Martin, actor 18 491 x Emily Watson, actress 18 491 384 Bruce Springsteen, singer 18 491 x Clive Davis, music executive 18 491 31 A.J. Benza, gossip columnist 18 491 x Al Taubman, real estate developer 18 491 199 Antonio Banderas, actor 18 491 x Bernadette Peters, singer-actress 18 491 234 Bijou Phillips, model 18 491 x Molly Ringwald, actress 18 491 x Natalie Cole, singer 18 491 288 Jann Wenner, magazine publisher 18 491 403 Joe DiMaggio, ex-baseball player 18 491 368 Joel Schumacher, director 18 491 x John Berendt, writer 18 491 x John Ramsey, murder victim’s father 18 491 x Susan Lucci, actress 18 491 x Tina Turner, singer 18 491 245 Todd Oldham, designer 18 491 x Vanessa Redgrave, actress 18 491 x William Styron, writer 18 491 x Rolonda Watts, talk-show host 18 491 x Rosemary Clooney, singer 18 491 x Rosie Perez, actress 18 491 325 Stephanie, Princess of Monaco 18 491 x Patti LuPone, singer-actress 18 491 419 Paul Wilmot, publicist 18 491 x Boy George, singer 18 491 x Phil Bronstein, newspaper editor 18 491 x Pierre Cossette, producer 18 491 419 Reinaldo Herrera, socialite 18