Entertainment A-List No. 1: Universal Pictures
Dismissing Distribution Dogma Leads Universal to its Best Year
LOS ANGELES (AdAge.com) -- Since Adam Fogelson took over as head of marketing and distribution in 2007, Universal Pictures has enjoyed back-to-back record-breaking years at the domestic box office, with last year being the best in the studio's history.
Entertainment A-List No. 2: Lauren Zalaznick
NBCU's 'Brand Queen' Puts Focus on Women
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Being promoted from general manager of Bravo in 2004 to president of all of NBCU's women- and lifestyle-entertainment networks in just four years is the result of a career-long commitment to branding that permeates all of Lauren Zalaznick's work.
Entertainment A-List No. 3: 'Gossip Girl'
OMFG! A Show With Few TV Viewers Is Still a Hit
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Advertisers such as Verizon Wireless, Bluefly and Unilever's Dove Go Fresh have been clamoring for extensive integrated sponsorships in "Gossip Girl," a sign that blue-chip brands see value in the show's audience beyond its on-air limits.
Entertainment A-List No. 4: Twilight
Summit Entertainment's Bloodsuckers Seduce Tweens, Moms
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- In 2008, virginal vampires ruled the bookshelves and the big screen, thanks to Stephenie Meyer's fantasy romance tale, "Twilight."
Entertainment A-List No. 5: Fox Searchlight
A Dogged Director Leads 'Slumdog' to Millions
LOS ANGELES (AdAge.com) -- Nevermind its Oscar for Best Picture or its nearly $350 million in worldwide grosses -- that "Slumdog Millionaire" was released at all is something of a minor miracle.
Entertainment A-List No. 6: Lil Wayne
Rapper's Lesson: Leaks Can Work as Plugs
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- One of the rare bright spots for the music business of late is a tatted-up, blunt-smoking, cough-syrup-swilling rapper from New Orleans who goes by the name Lil Wayne.
Entertainment A-List No. 7: Tina Fey
Can Brand Fey Get Any Bigger? You Betcha
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Tina Fey is a brand all her own -- an on-air and online juggernaut who's one of the strongest forces in entertainment today.
Entertainment A-List No. 8: 'Burn Notice'
USA Spy Thriller Doesn't Flicker Out in Sophomore Year
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- The secret to USA's hit espionage series "Burn Notice"? Updating a familiar concept not seen on TV in decades, courtesy of creator Matt Nix, who helped develop an innovative online gaming component to keep fans engaged in the storyline in between episodes.
Entertainment A-List No. 9: History Channel
Top Producers and Brands Wake Up to History
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Nancy Dubuc had one singular challenge when she was appointed exec VP-general manager of the History Channel at the beginning of 2007: How do you make history entertaining?
Entertainment A-List No. 10: Tyler Perry
How 'Madea' Creator's House of Hits Was Built
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- The opening of Tyler Perry Studios last fall was also a milestone for Mr. Perry and a sign that he'd rightfully earned his throne atop a multimedia empire that he, as a writer, actor, director and producer, can claim was built by hand.
Entertainment A-List: Things We Liked
10 That Just Missed the Cut
From "Pirates 2" to Pirate Bay, here are 10 entertainment properties that nearly got an "A" this year.
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