Entertainment A-List 2009

Entertainment A-List No. 1: Universal Pictures

Entertainment A-List No. 1: Universal Pictures

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.

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Entertainment A-List No. 2: Lauren Zalaznick

Entertainment A-List No. 2: Lauren Zalaznick

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.

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Entertainment A-List No. 3: 'Gossip Girl'

Entertainment A-List No. 3: 'Gossip Girl'

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.

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Entertainment A-List No. 4: Twilight

Entertainment A-List No. 4: Twilight

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- In 2008, virginal vampires ruled the bookshelves and the big screen, thanks to Stephenie Meyer's fantasy romance tale, "Twilight."

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Entertainment A-List No. 5: Fox Searchlight

Entertainment A-List No. 5: Fox Searchlight

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.

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Entertainment A-List No. 6: Lil Wayne

Entertainment A-List No. 6: Lil Wayne

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.

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Entertainment A-List No. 7: Tina Fey

Entertainment A-List No. 7: Tina Fey

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.

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Entertainment A-List No. 8: 'Burn Notice'

Entertainment A-List No. 8: 'Burn Notice'

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.

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Entertainment A-List No. 9: History Channel

Entertainment A-List No. 9: History Channel

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?

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Entertainment A-List No. 10: Tyler Perry

Entertainment A-List No. 10: Tyler Perry

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.

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Entertainment A-List: Things We Liked

Entertainment A-List: Things We Liked

From "Pirates 2" to Pirate Bay, here are 10 entertainment properties that nearly got an "A" this year.

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