TIME Magazine released its annual list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World on Thursday and President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, heartthrob Zac Efron, and indie hip-hop star M.I.A. are among the high-profiled personalities being profiled.

“The TIME 100 is not a list of the most powerful people in the world,” says TIME managing editor Rick Stengel. “It’s not a list of the smartest people in the world, it’s a list of the most influential people in the world. They’re scientists, they’re thinkers, they’re philosophers, they’re leaders, they’re icons, they’re artists, they’re visionaries. People who are using their ideas, their visions, their actions to transform the world and have an effect on a multitude of people.”

This year’s list includes pop culture personalities, Hollywood celebrities, and political figures, like Governor Sarah Palin, billionaire swindler Bernie Madoff, George Clooney, Rush Limbaugh, Timothy Geitner, Zac Efron, the founders of Twitter, and the ladies of The View.

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Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt, Miley Cyrus, Tyler Perry, and Oprah Winfrey are just a few of the pop culture icons who have snatched a spot on Time Magazine’s recently released list of the “100 Most Influential People 2008.”

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It’s that Time of year again. Time Magazine has released it’s Best Of 2007 Lists. Don’t forgot to kick things off with your own suggestions in the comments section:

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Top 10 Albums

10. Kanye West – Graduation
9. M.I.A. – Kala
8. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss – Raising Sand
7. Battles – Mirrored
6. Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
5. LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver
4. Miranda Lambert – Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
3. Feist – The Reminder
2. Radiohead – In Rainbows
1. Amy Winehouse – Back to Black

Top 10 Movies

10. Beowulf
9. Waitress
8. In the Valley of Elah
7. No End in Sight
6. Persepolis
5. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
4. Atonement
3. Killer of Sheep
2. The Lives of Others
1. No Country for Old Men

Top 10 Returning Shows

10. Top Chef
9. Weeds
8. The Shield
7. The Colbert Report
6. The Office
5. Big Love
4. Friday Night Lights
3. 30 Rock
2. Lost
1. The Sopranos

Top 10 Fiction Books

10. The Post-Birthday World – Lionel Shriver
9. Like You’d Understand, Anyway – Jim Shepard
8. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – J.K. Rowling
7. No One Belongs Here More Than You – Miranda July
6. The House of Meetings – Martin Amis
5. Tree of Smoke – Denis Johnson
4. Out Stealing Horses: A Novel – Per Petterson
3. A Thousand Splendid Suns – Khaled Hosseini
2. Then We Came to the End: A Novel – Joshua Ferris
1. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao – Junot Díaz