Jim Carrey remains the most powerful Canadian actor, while Ellen Page of
Juno fame debuts on the Canadian Business magazine list of the Top 15
Canadian power celebrities - on newsstands starting Sept. 25.TORONTO, Sept. 25 /CNW/ - Who's got the power? When it comes to Canadians
in Hollywood, Jim Carrey, who this year will play a man who can't say no in
Yes Man, is tops for the third year in a row.
New to the Celebrity Power List is 21-year-old Ellen Page who captivated
moviegoers as a pregnant "cautionary whale" in the Oscar-winning film Juno.
The Celebrity Power List this year said goodbye to Anna Paquin,
Evangeline Lilly and Matthew Perry. Two familiar faces replace them: Hayden
Christensen and Brendan Fraser, who both appeared on the 2006 list.Canadian Business's 2008 Celebrity Power List, top 5:
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1 Jim Carrey
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2 Kiefer Sutherland
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3 Keanu Reeves
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4 Mike Myers
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5 Seth Rogen
-------------------------------------------------------------------------The complete Celebrity Power List can be found in the issue of Canadian
Business magazine on newsstands starting today, or at
www.canadianbusiness.com/magazine.
Methodology
Canadian Business ranks the actors by estimated salary for upcoming
projects, the number of press clippings, Google hits and TV mentions. The
rankings also include a score for domestic opening-weekend box-office
performance, as reported by Box Office Mojo, for a film actor's last movie,
and Nielsen ratings for the last season of a TV actor's show.
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