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What Was the Strangest Choice on Time's Most Influential List?

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SLIDESHOW: Time's Most Influential: Strangest Pick?

Kate and Pippa Middleton
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Kate and Pippa Middleton

Kate the great makes a charming duchess, but is she really much more than a pretty housewife? And Pippa's rear end has had more of an "influence" than she has!
  1. Kate and Pippa Middleton

    Kate and Pippa Middleton

    Kate the great makes a charming duchess, but is she really much more than a pretty housewife? And Pippa's rear end has had more of an "influence" than she has!

  2. Tilda Swinton

    Tilda Swinton

    Swinton is a talented actress, but she's best known for wearing the weirdest outfit on the red carpet at any given event.

  3. Jessica Chastain

    Jessica Chastain

    True, Chastain was nominated for an Oscar for "The Help," but she's only been famous for, like, a minute.

  4. Chelsea Handler

    Chelsea Handler

    Handler made us LOL with her raunchy books, but the NBC sitcom based on her life, "Are You There, Chelsea?" has suffered from low ratings.

  5. Kristen Wiig

    Kristen Wiig

    Wiig won major accolades for co-writing and starring in "Bridesmaids," but the movie will forever be remembered for the scene where Melissa McCarthy empties her bowels in the sink.

  6. Claire Danes

    Claire Danes

    Danes won a Golden Globe for "Homeland," but how many people has it influenced? It's on Showtime.

  7. Louis C.K.

    Louis C.K.

    Full disclosure: We've never seen FX's "Louie," but we find it hard to believe that the comedian is one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

  8. Rihanna

    Rihanna

    Rihanna's main influence seems to be to get people to either a. take their clothes off or b. get on the dance floor.

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Time magazine has revealed its "100 Most Influential People in the World" list, and we have to say, they have some pretty strange taste in influential people. At least as far as celebrities are concerned.

Kate Middleton makes a charming duchess, but is she really much more than a pretty housewife? And her sister Pippa's rear end has had more of an "influence" than she has! Yet they both make the list (as one entry).

Chelsea Handler made us LOL with her raunchy books, but the NBC sitcom based on
her life, "Are You There, Chelsea?" has suffered from low ratings. Kristen Wiig won major accolades for co-writing and starring in "Bridesmaids," but the movie will forever be remembered for the scene where Melissa McCarthy empties her bowels in the sink.

Tilda Swinton is a talented actress, but she's best known for wearing the weirdest outfit on the red carpet at any given event. And Rihanna's main influence seems to be to get people to either a. take their clothes off or b. get on the dance floor.

From Kate to Chelsea to Jessica Chastain, click through our slideshow and let us know: Who is the strangest choice on Time's Most Influential list?
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  • Caroline 2012/04/19 21:48:11
  • Soms Co... Caroline 2012/04/20 16:06:27
    Soms Cougli
    (Psst, that's two moderated comments I've seen from you in fifteen minutes... Maybe you should just stop commenting? /:)
  • BigFig#9 2012/04/19 21:42:12
    Tilda Swinton
    BigFig#9
    +2
    Not quite sure why the Middleton's got hit although PIPPA has no business there. Kate is very influential and will be as any princess of Wales will be in at least all the BE countries...And even more influential since she appears to be restoring favor to the royals.
  • Heisenberg 2012/04/19 21:18:31
    Tilda Swinton
    Heisenberg
    +1
    Without question, it would be none other than Tilda Swinton. She looks like a man or a little boy.
  • Tank Heisenberg 2012/04/19 22:27:00
    Tank
    +1
    Even if she did, how does that have any relevance at all as to wether she is influential or not?
  • Heisenberg Tank 2012/04/19 22:32:53
    Heisenberg
    +1
    Well she played the archangel Gabriel in the movie Constantine. She was a woman who portrayed the role of a young man, and I'm sure she'd make a great lesbian in another film.
  • Tank Heisenberg 2012/04/19 22:36:20
    Tank
    +1
    So.. How does this make her any less influential? (I'm not saying she is influential, I'm just saying that I honestly don't see how whether you think that she looks male or female makes any difference to how influential she is).

    And most lesbians look just like any ordinary woman.
  • Heisenberg Tank 2012/04/19 22:49:10
    Heisenberg
    Look! They asked who was most influential, I gave my answer and explained. She's a celebrity. Many of the rest are famous by default.
  • Tank Heisenberg 2012/04/19 22:52:37
    Tank
    +1
    Yes but.. you haven't really explained why. Anyway, I'm sure we both have better things to waste our time on than this conversation, aye?
  • MorganRae 2012/04/19 20:47:54
    Tilda Swinton
    MorganRae
    +1
    Never heard of her, or half these people!
  • Pat 2012/04/19 20:38:49
    Kate and Pippa Middleton
    Pat
    +2
    First of all, were these choices in a category only for celebrities/actors/singers?? If not, why are these people on the list of the world's most influential people at all??!! I can think of 200 others right off the top of my head who have had more influence than this group! Surely, the list must be broken down by categories and and these people only represent one small category. Right?
  • ticlo7 2012/04/19 20:35:31
    Kate and Pippa Middleton
    ticlo7
    +2
    I'm happy for them and everything, but it's not like either of them are like Princess Diana. Maybe in the future, but they haven't really done anything condidered 'influential' so far, at least not in my books.
  • Thatdude 2012/04/19 20:29:22
    Rihanna
    Thatdude
    +2
    She influences girls to be sluts and stay with boys who physically hurt them. Shes hot tho Lol
  • CREW grand 2012/04/19 20:25:16
    Kristen Wiig
    CREW grand
    +3
    Very few people on the whole list have influenced me in any way.

    Don
  • Willie 2012/04/19 20:20:10
    Louis C.K.
    Willie
    +1
    I've never heard of Jessica Chastain, I don't care about the Middleton sisters, and I don't care for the music of Rihanna.

    Louis C.K., though, is a groundbreaking, hilarious, honest comedian and an incisive social critic. In short, he rules.
  • Maya Zauberman 2012/04/19 20:14:27
    Tilda Swinton
    Maya Zauberman
    +2
    What about Macca or the remaining members of Queen and Rolling Stones? Oh wait, they're the top entries on the most Influential People of All Time List. Never mind.
  • StevenRoberts 2012/04/19 20:06:33
  • Muskoka StevenR... 2012/04/20 02:32:24
    Muskoka
    Maybe that is why is was called a 'rag'. Weddings are usually white particularly when they are royal.
  • Common Sense Conservative 2012/04/19 20:05:43
    Chelsea Handler
    Common Sense Conservative
    +1
    LOL, I have no idea who even one of these people are.
  • tooner259 2012/04/19 19:47:38
    Jessica Chastain
    tooner259
    +3
    What has she done,and who/what is she?
  • heartso... tooner259 2012/04/19 22:13:25
    heartsonfire
    +1
    She was in that movie The Help. But yeah, i don't know why she's on there. The Help was really her first big movie.
  • tooner259 heartso... 2012/04/20 15:54:57
    tooner259
    And her influences to date???
    WTF?
  • heartso... tooner259 2012/04/20 17:48:07
    heartsonfire
    +1
    I agree.
  • Z-Wolf 2012/04/19 19:38:58
    Tilda Swinton
    Z-Wolf
    +2
    Mostly because I haven't heard of her. Sodahead says that the only thing she's known for Lady Gaga has already topped. The only one that's influential is Kate. Not her sister, JUST KATE!!!!! She's the only one that's actually done something for society. The rest are pretty bad.
  • BigFig#9 Z-Wolf 2012/04/19 21:44:38
    BigFig#9
    Yea---I'm with you there---some of the others I've heard of and don't know who they are - this GAL - could be my Barrista for all I know.
  • beachbum 2012/04/19 19:33:50
    Chelsea Handler
    beachbum
    +4
    Actually all of them except Kate and Pippa..........
  • kelly beachbum 2012/04/19 19:47:53
    kelly
    +3
    i agree. At least with those two a lot of people were influenced by how they dressed.
  • beachbum kelly 2012/04/19 20:53:53
    beachbum
    +2
    That was my thought - both are pretty classy ladies.
  • Aly Hart 2012/04/19 19:26:39 (edited)
  • RoyJLores 2012/04/19 19:23:14
    Kate and Pippa Middleton
    RoyJLores
    +2
    The list features the worst and most senseless choices in the history of mankind seriously.
  • Aspect of B 2012/04/19 19:17:58
    Louis C.K.
    Aspect of B
    +1
    I don't know about you guys, but where I am when Kate came into town it was a huge event. That's pretty influential.
  • Wyveryx 2012/04/19 19:17:48
    Kate and Pippa Middleton
    Wyveryx
    +1
    I had to pick one because SH didn't offer Other, however, to sum it up nicely... How in the hell are any of these people influential aside from their part in the business of show-business?
  • Medulla Oblongata 2012/04/19 19:16:29 (edited)
    Kate and Pippa Middleton
    Medulla Oblongata
    +1
    None of the above.

    The strangest choice, along with being the biggest mistake, is E.L. James, the author of this tragedy:

    50 shades of grey
  • Margaret Jacobson 2012/04/19 19:14:55
    Tilda Swinton
    Margaret Jacobson
    +2
    THEY ALL ARE VERY STRANGE!!!
  • alex 2012/04/19 19:04:17
    Kate and Pippa Middleton
    alex
    +1
    wow, she married into royalty and her sisters hot. really inspires me to go marry a rich man and get some ass implants o.O
  • Little Miss Ncis 2012/04/19 19:03:43
    Rihanna
    Little Miss Ncis
    +7
    Rihanna is extremely annoying, why the hell would she influence people!
    rihanna ugly

    look at her!
  • BigFig#9 Little ... 2012/04/19 21:43:00
    BigFig#9
    +2
    She influences me to change the station!
  • Kit_Kat Little ... 2012/04/20 03:03:13
    Kit_Kat
    +1
    oh dont be silly, she influences plenty of youths...poorly. like teaching them its fine to get back with someone that hurts you lol
  • sundance Little ... 2012/04/20 17:08:13
    sundance
    +1
    Remember, there are people that are profoundly effected by pet food commercials....Just a thought...
  • the judgebigdogeagle 2012/04/19 18:47:43
    Chelsea Handler
    the judgebigdogeagle
    +1
    Where is the all of the above except maybe half the royals there

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