Power 101

30 Jim Fifield
President and CEO EMI Music
*Last year: 37 *Age: 52 *Credits: Virgin Music Group — for which Fifield paid $960 million in 1992 — tripled U.S. market share thanks to Janet Jackson and the Rolling Stones; EMI sold more than 9 million CDs at McDonald's and ignited a Gregorian-chant revival. *Debits: EMI's other labels (SBK, Capitol, Chrysalis) have had a tepid year.

31 Barbara Streisand
Singer-Actress-Producer-Director
*Last year: 40 *Age: 52 *Credits: That Voice prompted $350 tickets for her first tour in 27 years, which made $50 million; she's renewed interest in film projects — including The Normal Heart — and has the deep pockets to buy any script she wants. *Debits: Gave Blockbuster an exclusive concert clip, irking the home-video industry.

32 Robert Zemeckis
Director
*Last year: - *Age: 43 *Credits: Forrest, Forrest Gump. Despite Zemeckis' technical facility and comic flair (the Back to the Future series, Who Killed Roger Rabbit), no one expected Gump's dash toward the $300 million mark. *Debits: Don't bet on an Oscar — the Academy often treats commercial success as its own reward. Just ask E.T.

33 Jeffrey Berg
Chairman, CEO, ICM
*Last year: 26 *Age: 47 *Credits: Berg's agency reps such high-profile charges as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Julia Roberts; meanwhile, this year ICM swallowed Britain's Wasted Talent, thereby creating the world's largest music-booking agency. *Debits: The recent departure of headliner clients James Cameron and Sharon Stone.

34 Joe Roth
Chmn., Walt Disney Motion Pictures
*Last year: 51 *Age: 46 *Credits: He's already run a studio (Fox) and has vowed to steer Disney away from its recent high-volume, lower-budget era to one of fewer, more mainstream movies; he's also loved by supertalents Robin Williams and Julia Roberts. *Debits: A staff of Katzenberg loyalists who may be hired away.

35 Michael Fuchs
Chairman, CEO, HBO
*Last year: 30 *Age: 48 *Credits: Ratings, profits, and subscribers are up, but the real coup is that he turned HBO into a home for projects that others nixed — And the Band Played On, The Burning Season, and the upcoming tale of the Letterman-Leno rivalry, The Late Shift. *Debits: Competition expected from satellite delivery services.

36. James Cameron
Writer/Producer/Director
Last year: In flux Age: 40 Credits: The $100-million True Lies went over schedule, over budget and over-the-top — but it grossed $124 million, revived Arnold Schwarzenegger's clout after his last action dud, and put Cameron's Digital Domain computer effects company on the map with its state-of-the-art work. Debits: A notoriously tough boss, he's alienated the unions by blaming them for the rising costs of film production.

37. Clint Eastwood
Actor/director/producer
Last year: 32 Age: 64 Credits: The somber A Perfect World was an uncharacteristic misstep, but did nothing to tarnish his time-tested image; by agreeing to both star in and direct The Bridges of Madison County, he insured the project a green light — and won Meryl Streep for a costar. Debits: When you leave Dirty Harry-style violence to the younger guys, a good script can be hard to find.

38 John Grisham
Writer
*Last year: 43 *Age: 39 *Credits: The Chamber topped the New York Times chart for eight weeks; The Client was No. 1 in paperback for 14; his $6 million film deal for A Time to Kill gives him coveted control over the script. *Debits: The Client failed to hit the nine-figure box office mark of The Firm and The Pelican Brief. Okay, kind of a debit.