From Time Magazine
Person of the Year 2009
The story of the year was a weak economy that could have been much, much weaker. Thank the man who runs the Federal Reserve, our mild-mannered economic overlord.
Full List
Person of the Year 2009
1. Ben Bernanke
2. 'Too big to fail is one of the biggest problems we face in this country.'
Runners-Up
1. General Stanley McChrystal
2. The Chinese Worker
3. Nancy Pelosi
4. Usain Bolt
People Who Mattered
1. Neda Agha-Soltan
2. Glenn Beck
3. Lloyd Blankfein
4. Rahm Emanuel
5. Dr. Thomas Frieden
6. Jon and Kate Gosselin
7. Hamid Karzai
8. Adam Lambert
9. Jay Leno and David Letterman10. Bernie Madoff
11. Alan Mulally
12. Barack Obama
13. Manny Pacquiao
14. Sarah Palin
15. Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart of Twilight
16. Alex Rodriguez
17. Olympia Snowe
18. Sonia Sotomayor
19. Chesley B. (Sully) Sullenberger III
20. Taylor Swift
21. The Twitter Guys
22. Joe Wilson
23. Tiger Woods
24. Manuel Zelaya and Roberto Micheletti
25. Zhou Xiaochuan
Chris Pizzello / AP
He was not the winner of American Idol. He was not even the first Idol runner-up to later make the thoroughly unsurprising announcement that he is gay. (See Aiken, Clay.) But Lambert came first in generating attention: that eyeliner, that voice — ranging from a husky smolder to a granite-splitting glam-rock shriek — and those glittered-out, magnetic performances. And there was the way Lambert treated his sexuality, which reflected the tricky path of gayness toward mainstream acceptance. Lambert never confirmed his being gay until finishing Idol, but, importantly, he never denied it. And unlike Aiken's, his performances had an unmistakable erotic charge — he was a man, not a man-child. After Idol, he infuriated some viewers with a raunchy, grinding show at the American Music Awards on ABC. Rather than apologize, he charged a double standard for gay men while keeping a smile on his face: when Joy Behar told him, on The View, that he was "not exactly a nice Jewish boy," he quipped, "I'm a little different. My dreidel spins the other way." Lambert ended 2009 out, proud — and loud. — James Poniewozik
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How great is this? Adam a person that matters, he certainly does matter! The article says it well!
ReplyDeleteThank you, spindleshay for bringing this wonderful news to us that love Adam and we want to hear everything that is to hear about Adam Lambert, some people just don't realize where our Adam is heading and that he deserves every bit of it! Yeah for Adam Lambert!
It is not only in the realm of politics that people "matter." Adam Lambert has meant a lot to many people, mostly because of his talent, his ability to articulate the point of view of a young man with a dream, and his willingness to take the high road when he was being vilified in many quarters. He is already doing charity work for children who may not have the advantages he had in the arts. All and all, he is a great role model for children nd adults alike.
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