The annual pecking order of showbiz power is revealed as Disney CEO Bob Iger leads the list, the Murdochs tumble from the Top 10 and LeBron James (yes, LeBron James) stakes his claim in a year of merger and #MeToo upheaval.

Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger remains the most powerful person in entertainment, only adding to his empire with $71 billion of 21st Century Fox assets. But his dominance is one of the few things that hasn’t changed since THR published 2017’s list of Hollywood’s most influential figures. Along with Disney-Fox, 2018 saw AT&T win a judge’s blessing to acquire Time Warner, spawning new entity WarnerMedia — whose chief, John Stankey, arrives at No. 4. There were the milestones: Filmmakers Ryan Coogler (No. 93) and Jon M. Chu (No. 97) brought inclusive movies to the multiplex, smashing records along the way. And there are the movements: #MeToo and Time’s Up drove a reckoning. Out of work, and off the THR 100, are John Lasseter, Roy Price, Brett Ratner and, just this month, Leslie Moonves. His spot has gone to Ronan Farrow, whose reporting took the CBS chief down.

Along with Farrow, there are 34 people making their first appearance on the THR 100, many of them female and diverse — including stars (summer 2017 breakout Tiffany Haddish, No. 79), producers (LeBron James, No. 75), execs (Netflix’s Lisa Nishimura, No. 9) and creators (Kenya Barris, No. 81). White men still make up 70 percent of this list — but the sands are shifting, more rapidly and more unpredictably than ever, as THR takes stock of Hollywood power now.

100.  Ronan Farrow – Journalist

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Farrow earned his place on this list by rewriting its highest ranks: His persistence in bringing to light accusations of sexual harassment and misconduct by Hollywood titans has set off an industry earthquake, earning him hero status and media stardom (including a multi-doc deal at HBO), not to mention awards (no less than a Pulitzer, along with Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor of The New York Times, for reporting that uncovered decades of predation by Harvey Weinstein, spurring the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements). His first report about Leslie Moonves in July, detailing accusations of misconduct and retaliation by the CBS chief, was a body blow. His second, containing far more serious allegations, served to dispatch one of the most powerful execs in media. And Farrow, 30, is not done; his book Catch and Kill will detail just how far the powerful will go to silence and terrorize victims.

MY FOCUS FOR 2019 “I can barely think past my next deadline, please stop stressing me out with this 2019 talk.”

THE ONE THING POWER DOESN’T GET YOU “Hopefully, increasingly: impunity.”

WHEN I WANT TO TRULY UNPLUG, I … “Lose terribly at Mario Kart.”[/nextpage][nextpage]

99. Elisabeth Moss – Actor/Producer

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The 2017 Emmy winner for The Handmaid’s Tale is parlaying her “Queen of Peak TV” status into film roles in projects like Simon Curtis’ Call Jane. Moss, 36, placed her passion project, doc Ballet Now, at Hulu and will produce and star in BBC America miniseries Fever.

FICTIONAL CHARACTER I IDENTIFY WITH “Any Salinger character.”

THE ONE THING POWER DOESN’T GET YOU“More sleep.”

WHAT’S USUALLY PLAYING IN MY CAR “Max Richter or Rihanna.”

I’M STARSTRUCK BY Ann Dowd

WHEN I WANT TO TRULY UNPLUG, I … “Watch The Office or anything by Armando Iannucci.”[/nextpage][nextpage]

98. David Ellison – CEO, Skydance

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After stumbles including 2017’s Geostorm, Ellison’s banner landed another hit with Mission: Impossible — Fallout, which saw a franchise-high $61.5 million domestic debut in July and has earned $761 million worldwide. Ellison, 35, is staying in the Tom Cruise business with the Top Gun sequel and has teamed with Netflix on 6 Underground.

WHEN I WANT TO TRULY UNPLUG, I … “Go flying.”

THE ONE THING POWER DOESN’T GET YOU “Time with friends and family.”

I’M STILL INTIMIDATED BY Bill Clinton

WHAT’S USUALLY PLAYING IN MY CAR “Country music.”

IF I COULD STEAL ANYONE’S ROLODEX … David Geffen

THE NICEST PERSON IN HOLLYWOOD IS … “The memory of Tom Sherak.”[/nextpage][nextpage]

97. Jon M. Chu – Director/Producer

Riding high on his record-breaking Warner Bros.’ romcom Crazy Rich Asians($188 million), he’ll next direct the adaptation of In the Heights, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-winning musical. Chu, 38, is also set to direct and exec produce a series inspired by 11-year-old investigative reporter Hilde Lysiak for Apple.

I’M STARSTRUCK BY “Lin-Manuel Miranda. I should get over it since we are working together, but I still talk like an idiot around him because I’m so distracted by his aura.”

SOMEONE IN THE INDUSTRY WHO HAS MORE POWER THAN PEOPLE MIGHT EXPECT “Twitter has more power than people might expect because it’s not just fanboys complaining about what they want in the next comic book movie; it’s our whole culture demanding what we want from the movie industry itself. The movements that have begun through social media have changed the whole landscape of movies and our business in the past several years, and it’s only gaining momentum.”

THE ONE THING POWER DOESN’T GET YOU “True love and true friends.”

WHAT’S USUALLY PLAYING IN MY CAR “Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, or some bad best of the ’90s mix.”[/nextpage][nextpage]

96. Tom Cruise – Actor/Producer

In 2017, the 56-year-old had double flops with American Made and The Mummy, but Mission: Impossible — Fallout and its franchise-best $761 million haul put him back in the action hero cockpit — a handy place to be for 2020’s Top Gun: Maverick.[/nextpage][nextpage]

95. Joe and Anthony Russo – Filmmakers/Principals

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Even as they jump into the next Avengers movie (Infinity War will likely be 2018’s highest grosser), Joe, 47, and Anthony, 48, are pouring attention on AGBO — their Huayi Brothers Media-backed studio shoots Chris Hemsworth thriller Dhaka this fall. They’re prepping the release of Assassination Nation (which AGBO and Neon bought at Sundance) and developing an international TV event series for Amazon.

THE ONE THING POWER DOESN’T GET YOU “Empathy.”

IF I COULD STEAL ANYONE’S ROLODEX … “Hildaur Neilson [inventor of the rolodex].”

WE’RE STILL INTIMIDATED BY “The guy in the booth at Gate 4 at Warner Bros.”

THE NICEST PERSON IN HOLLYWOOD IS … “The other guy in the booth at Gate 4 at Warner Bros. (Note: Hope this doesn’t cause any complications for the guys in the booth at Gate 4 at Warner Bros.)”

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