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Tom Cruise graces the cover of DETAILS magazine’s Power Issue, on sale December 2nd. He’s #7 on DETAILS Power List- the 40 Most Influential Men in the World. Who’s #1? Obama’s Secret Service Agent claims the #1 spot on the list, who, according to DETAILS, is “the only thing standing between the free world and a catastrophe.” Also on the list, Press Whore John Mayer, A-Rod for breaking up Madonna’s marriage, Nick Jonas, the Pregnant Man and the Palin Boys.
These power players—all under the age of 47, not all of them liked—are the ones leading us through this unprecedented time of transformation, and they’re not just the usual suspects.
Most people would assume the accomplished president-elect would win the #1 spot, but instead it’s the men charged with keeping Barack Obama protected, the Secret Service agents, who hold the top spot on the Power 40 List. And the leading man who landed the cover? That would be scene-stealing Tom Cruise, who continues to keep moviegoers guessing about what he’s going to do next.
First introduced in 2002, the Power 40 List covers it all: this year, bipolar brokers rub shoulders with scene-stealer Tom Cruise; the broken soldier with the Palin boys; and Nick Jonas with Thomas Beatie, the pregnant man. The DETAILS Power Issue goes on sale December 2.
The list includes:
#1 The United States Secret Service Agent (age: forties): Let’s face it: The audacity of hope is about to be tested by the tenacity of fear. Yes, it’s amazing to witness the historic, anything-can-happen triumph of Barack Obama, but “anything can happen” is precisely what we need to be worried about. As America’s first black president-elect, Obama is a walking provocation to racists everywhere.
#2 Neel Kashkari, Bailout Czar (age: 35): Thanks to the near collapse of our financial system, a recent M.B.A. has been thrust into the unprecedented position of having to dole out more than $700 billion of our tax dollars.
#3 The National Enquirer Reporter (age: late thirties): The garbage-sifting hacks at the National Enquirer know you don’t think much of them, but just ask John Edwards, Jamie Lynn Spears, and Sarah Palin about these reporters’ sleuthing.
#4 Baitullah Mehsud, Commander, Pakistani Taliban (age: 35): Baitullah Mehsud goaded the United States into an unofficial shooting war with Pakistan, one of our “strong allies.” But it’s not just the U.S. he’s attacking. His efforts against the teetering Pakistani government are just as unsettling.
#5 The Palin Bunch (ages: 7 months, 18, 19, 44): Admit it: Were they not an unfortunate reality of the recent presidential race, they might have been the ultimate reality show cast. Todd, Track, young Trig, and baby-daddy Levi Johnston represented the American male to the rest of the world.
#6 The Bipolar Broker (age: 30 1/8 [53¼]): Krazy Glued to CNBC and hardwired to treat every utterance from Hank Paulson as a signal flare from the end of days, the Bipolar Broker and his twitchy trader friends are determined to turn your retirement savings into chicken feed.
#7 Tom Cruise (age: 46): He’s the man we all love to hate. There’s always something sinister lurking behind his sunny demeanor, absurd good looks, and, most of all, his aggressive sincerity. But there’s no denying he’s the most quintessentially all-American movie star since John Wayne. Now, with his upcoming WWII film Valkyrie, Mr. All The Rights Moves wants to make you rethink some fundamental assumptions about good and evil.
#8 – #40 after the jump!! (more…)
Victoria’s Secret model Karolina Kurkova- who was voted E! entertainment’s World’s Sexiest Woman Friday – can finally squash those rumors about her curiously vanishing bellybutton.
“She had an operation when she was an infant,” her rep told the Daily News. “It’s a fact and just thank God she’s healthy.”
The mystery of her strangely smooth tummy surfaced again as the Czech supermodel strutted her stuff on the runway in Miami two weeks ago.
There was simply an indentation where the center “button” should have been.
And don’t be fooled by the glossy magazine spread: though the voluptuous blond seems to have a perfect button in the pages of magazines and catalogs, industry sources have revealed that is usually the result of photo retouching.
So what belly button condition could baby Kurkova have had?
Doctors say it was likely an umbilical hernia.
“It does look like [she may have had] an umbilical hernia as a child that was either fixed or not fixed, which can distort the belly button,” said Dr. Matthew Schulman, a plastic surgeon at Manhattan’s Mount Sinai Medical Center.
The condition is a fairly common in infants, Schulman said. Usually a portion of the intestine has popped through the abdominal muscles, causing an oversized “outie.”
“Most people have them fixed, because you should have any hernias fixed,” Schulman said.
That analysis could dispel rumors suggested that Kurkova had a vanity surgery. The media frenzy over the barely-there navel has stoked rumors that run the gamut of stories of a tummy tuck gone awry to suggestions that Kurkova was simply born sans button.
Dr. Schulman is quick to quash the latter: “It’s not accurate to say that someone just does not have a belly button.”
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