It's time for the 2026 TIME 100. You know, "Time" magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Here are the names you'd recognize:
Artists: Luke Combs . . . Jennie from Blackpink . . . Keke Palmer . . . Noah Wyle . . . Dakota Johnson . . . Claire Danes . . . Benicio Del Toro . . . Jonathan Groff . . . Noah Kahan . . . Anderson .Paak . . . and Coco Jones.
Pioneers: MrBeast and the Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro.
Titans: Zoe Saldana . . . Ben Stiller . . . fashion designer Ralph Lauren . . . and Paramount boss David Ellison.
Icons: Kate Hudson . . . Olympian Alysa Liu . . . Wagner Moura from "The Secret Agent" . . . Hilary Duff . . . Alan Cumming . . . Sterling K. Brown . . . Ethan Hawke . . . Chloe Kim . . . and Victoria Beckham.
Leaders: Pope Leo XIV . . . Mexico's president Claudia Sheinbaum . . . Secretary of State Marco Rubio . . . President Donald Trump . . . New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani . . . Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney . . .
Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu . . . China's president Xi Jinping . . . California governor Gavin Newsom . . . and Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey.
Innovators: Nikki Glaser and women's Team USA Ice Hockey captain Hilary Knight.
The honorees will be recognized at a Gala on April 23rd hosted by Nikki Glaser, with musical performances from Luke Combs and Coco Jones.
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