Sliding down the ranks, Angelina Jolie sits a mere seven spots away from her lusty human canvas and lifetime Lamaze partner, Brad Pitt. In the most improbable top 15 juxtaposition, nationally tolerated falsetto-artist Justin Timberlake can be found using national directing treasure Steven Spielberg as a stadium seating cushion. Who else? Cameron Diaz, though we're still trying to crack the Celebrity 100 fame formulæ (including "Web hits on Google Blog Search, TV/radio mentions on LexisNexis, overall press mentions on Factiva and the number of times a celebrity’s image appeared on the cover of 55 consumer magazines") to figure out how she wormed her way in there.

• The World's Most Powerful Celebrities [Forbes]

While we have no doubt the writer's strike played havoc on production schedules, leading to the omission of a heavyweight like Tom Hanks, we fear Jessica Simpson $50-per-theater take on 2007's Blonde Ambition signals some kind of career-apocalypse foretelling. Farewell forever, Jessica! (Unless of course you achieve some kind of miraculous comeback, at which point we'll welcome you to the Hollywood Comeback 100 with open arms.)

• Forbes Celebrity 100 Preview: Drop-Offs [Forbes]

• Digital Power [THR]

"It's the third consecutive year Depp has topped the list of the 10 best signers. Whether at a premier, in a restaurant or on location, Depp may just be the best Hollywood autograph signer of all time," Steve Cyrkin, the magazine's editor and publisher, said in a statement.

No award ceremony was held, which is really weird, because the Golden Globes manage to get on TV.

Least amenable scribbler? Shocker: Will Ferrell.

"What's so frustrating about Will Ferrell being the worst autograph signer this past year is that he used to be so nice to fans and collectors, and a great signer. What makes him so bad is that he'll taunt people asking for his autograph."

"Taunt" them? Does this mean he points and says, "Nyah nyah, you actually want the autograph of the star of Bewitched, The Producers, Kicking and Screaming and Melinda and Melinda?" Or does he simply lean in to sign and then pretend to drop the pen like fifty times in a row? Julie Andrews came in at #7. God bless, you woman. Your fans really are that annoying.

• Depp named top autograph signer as Ferrell bombs [AP]

"To determine which tykes were tops, we looked at both Web presence and press clippings for more than 50 A-list offspring (5 years old and younger) over the course of a year.

Then, with a whittled-down list, we reached out to Encino, Calif.-based polling firm E-Poll Market Research for both awareness data for the kids and consumer-appeal rankings for their celebrity parents."

The winner? Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, duh! The influence of Brangelina's biological spawn is far reaching: babies around the world gleefully imitate her every move, from napping several times a day, to making noise when they want juice, and crying when dogs bark too loud. When it comes to setting trends, Shiloh sets the standard. Other babies of note: Suri Cruise (the babies-only craze for smiling when someone makes goo-goo sounds and tickles you is widely attributed to her alone), Sean Preston Federline (filled diapers are his signature). and Zahara Jolie-Pitt (nowadays, every orphan in Africa wants to be adopted by famous millionaires).

• In Pictures: Hollywood's Most Influential Infants [Forbes]

But no cautionary tale of bloated star salaries and egos gone wild runs movie executives' blood colder than Jim Carrey's, whom director Robert Zemeckis had to reportedly beg Disney execs to approve for his all-CGI A Christmas Carol, out of fears the eccentric actor might electrocute himself while improvising a Scrooge urination scene in his motion-capture suit.

• In Pictures: The Most Overpaid Celebrities [Forbes]

This morning, we are pleased to announce both that Sweeney's hard work paid off, as she easily dispatched Pascal in a best-of-three falls match, and that a post-bout investigation into allegations that the Disney executive had used a pillowcase filled with oranges rather than the approved goose-down stuffing quickly cleared her of any wrongdoing. Congratulations, Anne!

The Reporter's honorees will be feted at today's Power Breakfast at the Beverly Hills Hotel, where they'll be entertained by Hairspray stars John Travolta and Queen Latifah, who'll once again don their latex fat-suits and reprise the rollicking drag performances that won them so much critical acclaim earlier this year. The top ten from the list are presented below, and the entire roster of 100 is here:

1. Anne Sweeney, co-chairman, Disney Media Networks; president, Disney-ABC Television Group

2. Amy Pascal, chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group; co-chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment

3. Nancy Tellem, president, CBS Paramount Network Television Entertainment Group

4. Stacey Snider, co-chairman and CEO, DreamWorks SKG

5. Judy McGrath, chairman and CEO, MTV Networks

6. Oprah Winfrey, chairman, Harpo Inc.

7. Dana Walden, chairman, 20th Century Fox Television

8. Nina Tassler, president, CBS Entertainment

9. Bonnie Hammer, president, USA Network and Sci Fi Channel

10. Shari Redstone, president, National Amusements; vice chairman, CBS Corp., Viacom and Midway Games

• Disney's Sweeney tops 2007 Power 100 list [THR]
• Previously: Sony's Amy Pascal Named Most Powerful Non-Male In Hollywood [Defamer]

1. Reese Witherspoon — $15 million-$20 million 2. Angelina Jolie — $15 million-$20 million 3. Cameron Diaz — $15+ million 4. Nicole Kidman — $10 million-$15 million 5. Renee Zellweger — $10 million-$15 million 6. Sandra Bullock — $10 million-$15 million 7. Julia Roberts — $10 million-$15 million 8. Drew Barrymore — $10 million-$12 million 9. Jodie Foster — $10 million-$12 million 10. Halle Berry — $10 million

We'd like to offer a hearty congratulations to Julia Roberts for her triumphant return to the list after a one-year absence; we sincerely hope that she's learned a lesson from her brief slide from the top ten, finally realizing that this "raising a family away from the movie set" nonsense has been putting millions of dollars that are rightfully hers into the bank accounts of actresses more willing to have some grips keep an eye on their kids while mommy's off earning a living.

• Sliding scale: Salaries of Hollywood's leading ladies [THR]
• Previously: Nicole Kidman Ascends To Top Actress Earner Status Despite Interesting Career Choices [Defamer]

Above, we've spotlighted the entry for underappreciated Imagine superproducer Brian Grazer, who relentlessly publicizes the fact the he's a knowledge-vampire consumed by a smartlust so crippling that it can only be sated by luring unsuspecting geniuses to his office, where he quickly drains their quivering gray matter of all delicious ideas, then has his trusty cultural attaché bury their useless, thought-depleted husks in a quiet corner of Ron Howard's backyard; being pushed out of the top ten by two mere actors (Will Smith and Meryl Streep) must really be a disappointment for the town's foremost nerd-collector. [Also: Someone will be made to pay dearly for the magazine's choice to use an unauthorized cartoon image in lieu of Grazer's officially sanctioned headshot.] Below is EW's list of 50 (full profiles are here), for those who'd like to spend the day debating whether Ben Stiller is actually "smarter" than Brad Bird:

1. Judd Apatow, director/writer/producer 2. Steven Spielberg, director/producer 3. James Cameron, director/producer 4. Ari Emanuel, partner of the Endeavor Agency 5. Will Smith, actor/producer 6. Meryl Streep, actor 7. Peter Rice, president of Fox Searchlight 8. Tyler Perry, actor/director/writer/producer 9. David Heyman, producer 10. John Knoll, visual-effects supervisor of Industrial Light & Magic 11. Brian Grazer, producer 12. Dick Cook, chairman of the Walt Disney Studios 13. George Clooney, actor/director/producer 14. Jerry Bruckheimer, producer 15. Amy Pascal, co-chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment 16. Peter Jackson, director/producer 17. Will Ferrell, actor/producer 18. Robert Zemeckis, director 19. Tom Rothman, co-chair of Fox Filmed Entertainment 20. Ben Stiller, actor/director/producer 21. Johnny Depp, actor/producer 22. Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation 23. Brad Bird, writer/director 24. Emmanuel Lubezki, cinematographer 25. Zack Snyder, director 26. Stacey Snider, CEO of DreamWorks SKG 27. Michael Moore, documentarian 28. Paul Greengrass, director 29. J.J. Abrams, producer/director 30. Jodie Foster, actor/director 31. Kathleen Kennedy, producer 32. Thelma Schoonmaker, editor 33. Angelina Jolie, actor 34. Sacha Baron Cohen, actor/writer/producer 35. Tim Palen, co-president of film marketing for Lionsgate 36. Modi Wiczyk, co-CEO of Media Rights Capital 37. Guillermo del Toro, writer/producer/director 38. Diablo Cody, screenwriter 39. Mary Zophres, costume designer 40. Jeff Skoll, founder of Participant Productions 41. Stefan Sonnenfeld, president of Company 3 42. Daniel Battsek, president of Miramax Films 43. Beth Swofford, agent at CAA 44. Roderick Jaynes, editor 45. Cate Blanchett, actor 46. Jeff Walker, Comic-Con impresario 47. Amy Powell, senior vice president of interactive marketing at Paramount 48. Gustavo Santaolalla, composer 49. Sarah Polley, actor/writer/director 50. Ben Affleck, actor/director/writer/producer

• The 50 Smartest People In Hollywood [EW.com]
• Previously: Premiere Releases Power List; Fox Chief Asses To Receive Slightly Increased Pampering Immediately [Defamer]

(It bears mentioning that he's forced to share his #7 ranking with that other blank-brained tabloid daddy, Larry Birkhead.) Still, we're pleased to see Federline is still approached for the kinds of high-profile exploitation opportunities that have until now defined his career, allowing him the luxury of plopping a copy of the magazine onto the desk of industry players, until one takes the wind out of his sales by scanning the article and pointing out that he comes in two entries before the word "faggot."

• The Details Power 50 [men.style.com]

We won't prolong the painful suspense a second longer: The most powerful individuals in all of showbusinesslandywood are Fox chairmen/CEOs Jim Gianopolous and Tom Rothman (were you fooled by the Will Smith tease on the list's front page? Hey, two not particularly photogenic middle-aged dudes in nice suits aren't going to drive nearly as many clickthroughs as Big Willy Style) who jumped from third to first place on the strength of hits like Borat, Night at the Museum, and The Simpsons Movie. The biggest leap power-ward, however, was made by Judd Apatow (unranked to #13), who in the preceding 12 months consolidated so much of Hollywood's comedy power that he can now walk into any studio head's office, say, "Seth Rogen, Steve Carell. A sprinkling of Rudd and Cera if I'm feeling feisty. It's filthy but has tremendous heart. We'll figure out the details later," and walk out with a summer release date. Make sure the baked goods package you send him is heavy on the high-quality, red-velvet shit; you don't want him holding a grudge about how cheap you seemed last time around when he cracks the top five next year.

• Power List 2007: Top 50 [Premiere.com]
• Previously: 'Premiere' Does The Ranking-Powerful-Hollywood-Women Thing [Defamer]

Imagine, then, our delight at having our attention called to Premiere's 100 Women in Hollywood feature, a pretty comprehensive celebration of show business ladypower— at twice the size of Var's recent offering, nearly everyone who's ever been promoted above the assistant level seems to be included (and even Lindsay Lohan made the cut for showing her fellow influentials how to efficiently squander their career momentum). Enjoy; if you're anything like us, the rest of your Friday afternoon will be lost to flipping through slide after slide featuring headshots of your favorite triumvirates of Endeavor agents or quartets of CAA gals, any of whom could have you killed with a single phone call.

• 100 Women In Hollywood [Premiere.com]