57 PAT KINGSLEY (57) F T P Hollywood's most powerful press agent, Kingsley, 59, had just signed Julia Roberts when she was forced to announce that Roberts' wedding was off. Her agency, PMK, controls access to more than 90 press-shy talents, from Woody Allen to Michelle Pfeiffer, and she rejects journalists' requests more often than not, explaining, "It's not our job to give the press everything they want." She'd rather encourage her stars to work for politicians such as Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bob Kerrey, an old friend of Kingsley client Debra Winger.
58 MARVIN JOSEPHSON (--) P As head of Josephson International, parent of the powerful talent agency International Creative Management, Josephson, 64, commands the talents of 135 agents. But there are a select few clients-including Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger, and Barbara Walters-he doesn't entrust to anyone but himself. And Josephson's personal attention can work wonders: This year he signed H. Norman Schwarzkopf (getting a $6 million contract with Bantam for the general's memoirs) and ex-British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
59 MILLER/BOYETT (--) T The executive producers of ABC's kidcoms Full House, Family Matters, and Step by Step know most critics hate their shows. Not that they care: In 1991, Tom Miller, 47 (left), and Bob Boyett, 47, had the kind of success that sweeps criticism aside. Family Matters became a smash, Full House went into syndication with huge success, and Step by Step started strong. With their shows anchoring ABC's two biggest nights (Tuesday and Friday), Miller admits they've made "a dime or two." Actually, about a billion dimes-but who's counting?
60 SHALETT/FINE (--) M The all-important Billboard charts used to be determined unscientifically-by verbal reports from store managers. SoundScan-the brainchild of Michael Shalett, 39 (left), and Michael Fine, 48-changed all that this year. By electronically tallying actual sales, the system has reinvented the Billboard charts. SoundScan has infuriated many record executives, but thanks to its computerized data, several artists once considered fringe-including metalmen Skid Row, gangsta rappers N.W.A, and country crooner Garth Brooks-became No. 1 stars virtually overnight.
61 REBECCA SINKLER (50) P As editor of the Sunday New York Times Book Review, the country's largest (circulation: 1.7 million) and most prestigious literary supplement, Sinkler, 54, wields unparalleled clout in the book world. Since reviews sell books, her decisions about what to review seal the fate of hundreds of new works each year. Recent page-one reviews of Norman Mailer's Harlot's Ghost and James Stewart's Den of Thieves have touched off some literary cat fights-but Sinkler, backed by the venerable Times, will stay well above the fray.
62 JAMES L. BROOKS (28) F T His statuary collection-three Oscars, 12 Emmys-is impressive enough. Add writing and producing credits for Terms of Endearment, Taxi, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and The Simpsons, and it's clear how Brooks, 51, got Sibs on ABC this fall without making a pilot. So far, ratings are unimpressive, but ABC's patience with Sibs attests to the network's faith-and $30 million investment-in the producer with the magic touch. Even if Sibs flops, Brooks' pen won't be idle; he's already working on his next film, tentatively called It's Only a Movie.
