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| Betty White voted America’s most trusted celebrity Posted: 19 Aug 2011 05:52 AM PDT  Betty White seen here accepting the award for outstanding female actor in a comedy series for her role in "Hot in Cleveland" at the 17th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, January 30, 2011. — Reuters pic White, 89, is both the most popular and most trusted celebrity with Americans, and the person most likely to drive up the business of a brand she might choose to endorse, according to a poll released here. But the Reuters/Ipsos poll suggested that companies should stay away from Paris Hilton and Charlie Sheen if they want to promote their products. Socialite and reality TV actress Hilton, and fired "Two and A Half Men" star Sheen topped the list of the most unpopular and least trusted personalities, and were deemed most likely to damage any brands they choose to support. White, the only surviving member of the key cast members of TV's "Golden Girls" 1980s comedy, has enjoyed a career resurgence in the past few years as a saucy senior in films such as "The Proposal" and the TV show "Hot in Cleveland". She also won an Emmy Award last year for hosting satirical sketch show "Saturday Night Live". White scored an 86 per cent favourable opinion in the Reuters/Ipsos poll, beating Oscar winners Denzel Washington, Sandra Bullock and Clint Eastwood in the survey of the 100 most popular personalities. She easily edged out Britain's Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton (5th), Oprah Winfrey (6th), and US First Lady Michelle Obama (15th) in the most trusted personalities ranking. Some 44 per cent of those questioned said they would be more likely to do business with a company if White endorsed it. At the other extreme, 54 per cent of the 2,012 Americans questioned for the poll said they would trust a company less if it were endorsed by Sheen, with Hilton coming in second. Pop star Britney Spears, actor Mel Gibson and golfer Tiger Woods — who lost several major endorsements after his 2009 sex scandal — also fared badly. Below is a list of the top 10 most popular personalities, with their "favourable" rating by percentage of voters. 1. Betty White 86 per cent favourable 2. Denzel Washington 85 3. Sandra Bullock 84 4. Clint Eastwood 83 5. Tom Hanks 81 6. Harrison Ford 80 7 tie. Morgan Freeman and Kate Middleton 79 9. Will Smith 77 10. Johnny Depp 76 Below is a list of the top 10 most unpopular personalities, with their "unfavourable" rating by percentage of voters. 1. Paris Hilton 60 per cent unfavourable 2. Charlie Sheen 52 3 tie. Britney Spears and Kanye West 45 5. Arnold Schwarzenegger 44 6. Tiger Woods42 7. Kim Kardashian 38 8. Mel Gibson 33 9. Donald Trump 31 10. LeBron James 29 The full Reuters/Ipsos poll can be seen here. — Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search. |
| Five dead after storm strikes Belgian pop festival Posted: 19 Aug 2011 12:26 AM PDT  Police officers look at the wreckage of a collapsed tent at the Pukkelpop music festival, August 18, 2011. — Reuters pic A further eight festival-goers were seriously injured and Hilde Claes, mayor of the eastern Belgian city of Hasselt told Belgian television that some 65 people had more minor injuries. Some 60,000 to 65,000 mainly young people were attending the sold-out festival when the storm struck early in the evening. Many were sheltering in large festival tents, which were whipped away by the wind. "The storm struck in an incredibly sudden way," said Claes, who was there. "It was a real whirlwind. I have never seen anything like it in Hasselt before." The three-day Pukkelpop festival was set to have featured rapper Eminem and US bands Foo Fighters and The Offspring. Organisers decided early today to cancel the rest of the festival. The Belgian disaster comes just five days after five people died when an outdoor concert stage collapsed in heavy winds at the Indiana State Fair in the United States. — Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search. |
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