Donald Trump, Nicki Minaj and Melissa McCarthy are among Time's '100 Most Influential'

Record ID: 105903

  • Title: Donald Trump, Nicki Minaj and Melissa McCarthy are among Time's '100 Most Influential'
  • Date: 27th April 2016
  • Summary: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (APRIL 26, 2016) (REUTERS) **** WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY **** RAPPER NICKI MINAJ AND DESIGNER RICCARDO TISCI POSING FOR PICTURES ON RED CARPET MINAJ POSING FOR PICTURES MORE OF NICKI MINAJ AND DESIGNER RICCARDO TISCI POSING FOR PICTURES MORE OF MINAJ POSING FOR PICTURES DONALD TRUMP WITH WIFE, MELANIA POSING FOR PICTURES ON RED CARPET TRUMP SPEAKING TO REPORTER MELANIA TRUMP POSING FOR PICTURES ON RED CARPET (SOUNDBITE) (English) DONALD TRUMP, REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, SAYING: "You have everybody. I mean, you have everybody here, so it's a great honor to be here, it's a great honor to be one of the 100." ACTRESS MELISSA MCCARTHY POSING FOR PICTURES DESIGNER GUO PEI POSING FOR PICTURES ON RED CARPET DESIGNER GUO PEI AND WENDI DENG MURDOCH POSING FOR PICTURES (SOUNDBITE) (MANDARIN) GUO PEI, DESIGNER, SAYING (ROUGH TRANSLATION): "It's a big honor for me, it's really special to be here and for people to celebrate my designs and artistry. I'm very happy to be here." VARIOUS OF ACTRESS PRIYANKA CHOPRA POSING FOR PICTURES ON RED CARPET (SOUNDBITE) (English) PRIYANKA CHOPRA, ACTRESS, SAYING: "I was psyched. I didn't even know if it was real, I thought she was joking. But it was amazing to first be selected amongst the list and then to be put on the cover, in Asia and the U.S. editions - it just blew my mind. And I'm just so happy that my work is being encouraged the way it is." ACTRESS JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS POSING FOR PICTURES MODEL KARLIE KLOSS POSING FOR PICTURES ON RED CARPET ACTRESS GINA RODRIGUEZ POSING FOR PICTURES ON RED CARPET BIG ARCHITECTURE FOUNDER AND CREATIVE PARTNER BJARKE INGELS POSING FOR PICTURES LEWIS HAMILTON, FORMULA ONE DRIVER POSING FOR PICTURES WITH MOTHER ON RED CARPET (SOUNDBITE) (English) LEWIS HAMILTON, FORMULA ONE DRIVER, SAYING: "It is an incredible honor to be here. I was just saying that there are so many incredible influential people, inspiring people around the world, to be amongst them, I'm very, very proud. But I couldn't have done it without my family, so tonight I'm representing for them, I brought my mom with me and I'm just going to enjoy the night." HAMILTON POSING FOR PICTURES ON RED CARPET ACTOR GAEL GARCIA BERNAL POSING FOR PICTURES ON RED CARPET VARIOUS OF TV HOST AND COMEDIAN TREVOR NOAH POSING FOR PICTURES (SOUNDBITE) (English) TREVOR NOAH, THE DAILY SHOW HOST, SAYING: "It depends on what they influence me in, I mean, on the entertainment side there are great people like Aziz Ansari, Donald Trump. On the sporting side, Lewis Hamilton has always been a hero of mine. In terms of politics, Ted Cruz influenced a lot of my comedy. So it really is a fascinating event and beautiful mix of people." ASTRONAUT SCOTT KELLY SPEAKING TO REPORTER YURI MILNER, RUSSIAN ENTREPRENEUR, FOUNDER OF MAIL.RU GROUP AND DST GLOBAL POSING FOR PICTURES (SOUNDBITE) (English) YURI MILNER, RUSSIAN ENTREPRENEUR, FOUNDER OF MAIL.RU GROUP AND DST GLOBAL, SAYING: "We know that they should be out there because according to the latest scientific data there are probably ten to twenty billion of planets like our planet just in our galaxy. So I think chances are pretty good that there will be life there, but also maybe some will evolve into intelligent life." VARIOUS OF SAMANTHA POWER, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS POSING FOR PICTURES ON RED CARPET WITH HUSBAND, CASS SUNSTEIN SKIER LINDSEY VONN POSING FOR PICTURES ARTIST MARINA ABRAMOVIC POSING FOR PICTURES ON RED CARPET NIGERIAN CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT, CO-FOUNDER OF TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL, OBIAGEIL EZEKWESILI POSING FOR PICTURES
  • Embargoed: 12th May 2016 04:13
  • Keywords: Time 100 gala Donald Trump President Nicki Minaji Trevor Noah Melissa McCarthy Julia Louis-Dreyfus magazine most influential
  • Location: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
  • City: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Celebrities,Arts/Culture/Entertainment
  • Reuters ID: LVA0014F579E5
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  • Story Text: Time magazine's annual "100 most influential people" gala brought out a mix of public figures from rappers to presidential candidates.
    The list included Republican presidential nomination, front-runner Donald Trump and U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, along with Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, in its "leaders" category.
    "You have everybody. I mean, you have everybody here, so it's a great honor to be here, it's a great honor to be one of the 100," said Trump.
    The "Time 100" bills itself as a collection of "world leaders," "great minds" and "other icons of the moment."
    Among the icons for 2016 are rapper Nicki Minaj, who also served as one of the night's performers, model Karlie Kloss and Formula One Driver, Lewis Hamilton.
    "It is an incredible honor to be here. I was just saying that there are so many incredible influential people, inspiring people around the world, to be amongst them, I'm very, very proud. But I couldn't have done it without my family, so tonight I'm representing for them, I brought my mom with me and I'm just going to enjoy the night," said Hamilton.
    Actors Melissa McCarthy, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Gael Garcia Bernal and Priyanka Chopra made the "artists" list.
    "I was psyched. I didn't even know if it was real, I thought she was joking," said Chopra, who stars in the U.S. television show Quantico.
    "It was amazing to first be selected amongst the list and then to be put on the cover, in Asia and the U.S. editions - it just blew my mind. And I'm just so happy that my work is being encouraged the way it is," she added.
    Chinese fashion designer Guo Pei, who is best known for designing pop star's Rihanna's 2015 Met Ball dress, was also named in the "artists" category.
    "It's a big honor for me, it's really special to be here and for people to celebrate my designs and artistry. I'm very happy to be here," said Pei who attended the gala with Wendi Deng Murdoch.
    Russian entrepreneur Yuri Milner earned a place amongst the "titans" for his work with Stephen Hawking. The duo have a ten-year plan to launch thousands of probes into outer space to better understand the cosmos.
    "We know that they should be out there because according to the latest scientistic data there are probably ten to twenty billion of planets like our planet just in our galaxy. So I think chances are pretty good that there will be life there, but also maybe some will evolve into intelligent life," Milner explained.
    International leaders on the Time 100 included German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
    The complete list can be seen at www.time100.time.com.
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