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-- WHOOPI GOLDBERG No.73 Who even remembers that the Whoopster once hosted a talk show? Well, that's what helped land the 1990 Oscar winner on our list -- that and a $140 million hit called Sister Act, which was ''the summer's success story.'' While the gabfest gave way to regular gigs hosting the Academy Awards and starring on Hollywood Squares, Goldberg's silver-screen aura dwindled. Her last major movie role was in 2001's Rat Race, and she last appeared on EW's list in 1994.

-- DAN QUAYLE No.101.5 Murphy Brown. Al Gore. Need we say more?

-- DAVID LYNCH Fallen After the cancellation of his Twin Peaks series and the less-than-smoldering theatrical run of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, we figured the Master of Bizarre had exorcised all his dancing dwarves and demons. Our bad: Last year's freak-out flick Mulholland Drive earned him an Oscar nom for best direction.

-- PHILIPS UNIVERSAL REMOTE COMMANDER Power Thing It was the ''Norman Schwarzkopf of remote controls.'' And pretty much still is, having been put on permanent inactive duty by TiVo-friendly gadgets like the AMX ViewPoint touch-panel remote, whose cryptic functions and countless buttons made for a memorable moment in The Osbournes, driving Ozzy ''f -- -ing mad.''


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Posted Oct 18, 2002 | Published in issue #678 Oct 18, 2002 | Order Article Reprints
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