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28
September
2006
Tom
Hanks Tops Most Trusted
List
Two-time
Oscar-winner
Tom
Hanks
is the most trusted
celebrity in America,
according to business
magazine
Forbes.
The
Hollywood actor came top
of a list of more than
1,500 stars compiled by
marketing firm
Davie-Brown
Talent.
Celebrity
cook Rachael Ray came
second, while Back to
the Future actor Michael
J Fox came third in the
rundown.
Other
names in the Top 10
include talk show host
Oprah Winfrey, James
Earl Jones - the voice
of Star Wars villain
Darth Vader - and Morgan
Freeman.
Denzel
Washington, Reese
Witherspoon and Da Vinci
Code director Ron Howard
also feature.
Earlier
this year Hanks was
ranked 31st in Forbes'
annual list of the
world's most powerful
celebrities.
The
50-year-old was recently
seen The Da Vinci Code
playing an expert in
religious symbols
unravelling a murderous
conspiracy.
Forbes
cites Tom Hanks' roles
in 1993's Philadelphia
and 1994's Forrest Gump
as career
highlights.
"Through
it all the Academy
Award-winning actor and
director managed to earn
our esteem, respect and
confidence," it writes
on its
website.
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