Forget the youthquake. What America really loves is… old. Whatever Wayne represents — the Old Testament God, a Mount Rushmore face with a permanent scowl, the craggy soul of Frontier or Sunbelt America — he has made the list in each of the Harris poll’s 13 years, and he’s figured in the top three slots eight times.
Brangelina monopolized the paparazzi. Vinnifer had the gossips geysering. The celebrity world gasped when Justeron (or Camberlake) split up. But if you want to know who’s a real movie star, check out the latest Harris poll. It’s weirder dish than you’ll find in the Weekly World News.
Last month, 1,147 U.S. adults were surveyed online by Harris Interactive and asked to name their favorite movie stars. The results were released Tuesday. Denzel Washington and Tom Hanks topped the list, which also included Will Smith, Johnny Depp and George Clooney. Nothing radical there, except that Pitt, Jolie and, oh, Tom Cruise were among the missing.
The edge of weirdness comes with some of the other selections. Clint Eastwood, Julia Roberts and Mel Gibson make the top 10, though they haven’t been seen on the big screen in several years. And the #3 movie star of 2006: John Wayne, who died in 1979. Here’s where you begin to wonder if Americans think that film is a medium, or if they used a medium to contact the ghosts of celebrities past. And if so, where’s Garbo?
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Well movie stars have it easy these days in the old day you worked hard and got paid a small salary it just goes to show that the old stars are the best we have ever had.
but todays actors are over paid and under worked they say that tom cruise is a great actor but he has only made 37 movies ( 1 in pre production 2 in post production and 1 filming), and others like clooney and pitt have made 70+, will smith 20+ and denzel 50+.
The Duke was the leading man in 142 movies john wayne made 150 + movies, some he was not recognised for he directed ran his own companies he even helped even appeared as himself on TV and documentaries i think this actually makes him one of the most successful if not the greatest movie stars ever
If you’re looking for the actor who had the most leading roles in films, Guinness World Records lists John Wayne as tops. The Duke was the leading man in 142 movies.
John Wayne, American movie hero, real life legend, icon of American patriotism, father of the American attitude of life and the standard bearer of how the American soldier, cowboy, man’s man and how to be a leader. He gave us the attitude, ability, and the room to grow up and become more than any nations people have ever been before. Americans are giants the world over. He gave us the reasons we are what we are. By teaching us to protect the little, stop the evil, stand up to the bullies, fight for the just in a just cause, stand for what we believe and believe in what we were founded on. God, Country, Family. He taught us to be brave and humble at the same time. To look danger in the eye and spit in it. Our nation has been given an awesome gift in this one man. Father, brother, protector, friend, and teacher. God did it right when he created this great American.
Thank you John Wayne!