Most Powerful Celebrities of 2004

Oprah Gail Winfrey is the American multiple-Emmy Award winning host of The Oprah Winfrey Show, the highest rated talk show in television history ***

Eldrick "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time ***

Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson is an American-born actor, director, and producer raised primarily in Australia ***

George Lucas ***

Shaquille ONeal ***

Steven Allan Spielberg KBE is an American film director and producer ***

John Christopher Depp II is an Academy Award-nominated American actor ***

Madonna is a contraction of an Italian phrase meaning "My Lady" ***

Sir Elton Hercules John CBE is a five-time Grammy and one-time Academy Award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist ***

Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, more commonly known as Tom Cruise, is an American actor and film producer ***