98. Arnold Kopelson; Producer

Last year: - Age: 60 Credits: Turned out winners Outbreak and Seven with little prep time; the shrewdest of foreign marketers (his films typically gross twice as much abroad); signed lucrative deal with Twentieth Century Fox. Debits: Hardball tactics that helped derail competing virus movie Crisis in the Hot Zone are strong even for Hollywood.

99. Anne Rice; Writer

Last year: - Age: 54 Credits: In the past year, had a No. 1 hardcover (Memnoch the Devil) and six paperback best-sellers; in the middle of fulfilling a reported $17 million, three-novel deal with Knopf. Debits: Some fans miss the old bite; while the film of Interviewscored, Exit to Eden, from her pseudonymous erotic novel, exited theaters fast.

100. Kevin Weatherly; Program Director, KROQ-FM

Last year: - Age: 32 Credits: Programming the L.A. modern-rock station, he has more influence over which tunes swim into the mainstream than anyone else; number of alternative-formatted stations doubled nationally in the last year—and they're all peeking at his playlist. Debits: Can be fickle, jumping off a record as fast as he jumped on.

101. Joe Eszterhas; Screenwriter

Last year: - Age: 50 Credits: He must have kinky snapshots of Hollywood players—why else would studios cough up $4 million for 120 pages of his soft-core drivel? Debits: Poster boy for Tinseltown's declining standards; the limp grosses for Showgirls and Jade hint that Mr. Macho may have a potency problem.

101.5. The Right; Political Faction

Last year: - Age: - Credits: Since last fall's GOP sweep in Congress, conservatives have flexed their cultural muscle by attacking funding for PBS and denouncing smut and bloodshed in movies, music, and TV. Debits: Cash register drowns out call for moral responsibility—if they're the majority, how come Seven's a hit?

Originally posted Oct 27, 1995 Published in issue #298 Oct 27, 1995 Order article reprints
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