Zac Efron is Most Influential

Zac-y Pooh has been named one of the world’s 100 most influential people by Time Magazine.

And he’s in good company.

President Barack Obama, George Clooney, Bono and Oprah are also on this year’s list.

Zac’s Me And Orson Welles co-star, Claire Danes, who starred with DiCaprio in Romeo + Juliet, tells Time, “[Working with Zac] I couldn’t help being reminded of the time I had spent with another gifted idol, Leonardo DiCaprio, about a decade before. I saw the simmering ardor of the teenage masses turn into unbridled hysteria after Titanic was released. But this was even more intense.

“The difference, I realized, was that Zac is not only an actor but also a musician, a bona fide song-and-dance man. We ladies are defenseless against such a combination.

“But I suppose we all know that Zac is a song-and-dance man. What is less known - and what I had the privilege of learning firsthand - is that he is a performer capable of great subtlety and vulnerability. It seems Zac is not only an entertainer but also an artist. He is going to make us swoon for many years to come.”

Yes he will.

Congratulations, Zac.

—Sasha Perl-Raver