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    BEIJING, May 5(Xinhuanet) -- Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, perhaps best known for his alter ego Borat, Australian Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett and screen heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio have been named in Time magazine's list of 100 people who shape the world.

    The list of 100 most influential, on newsstands in the United States on Friday, also includes Rosie O'Donnell, Queen Elizabeth II, presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, YouTube founders Steve Chen and Chad Hurley, director Martin Scorsese and model Kate Moss.

    It does not include U.S. President George Bush.

    The list includes 71 men and 29 women from 27 countries.

    In a piece she wrote for the magazine, Barbara Walters, the creator of The View talk show, had kind words to say about O'Donnell, who announced last week she was leaving the talk show in June because she and the ABC network in the U.S. couldn't agree on a new contract.

    "And so, last September, we began a thrilling roller-coaster ride," Walters wrote.

    "We followed Rosie's passion and compassion, her feuds and fearlessness, her humanity and humour."

    Walters said she and O'Donnell "remain respectful and affectionate friends."

    Comedian Roseanne Barr weighed in on Baron Cohen, known for his Borat character.

    "He does offend some people's sensibilities, but the youth of today are offended if they're not offended," she wrote.

    Scorsese, who often casts DiCaprio in his films, praised the 32-year-old screen idol/activist as a "true actor."

    "DiCaprio is another guy a lot of us underestimated as a pretty-boy type," Adi Ignatius, a deputy managing editor at Time, told U.S. media.

    Other entertainers making the cut were Oprah Winfrey, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Justin Timberlake, Tyra Banks, America Ferrera, Tina Fey, John Mayer, Brian Williams, Michael J Fox, California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and American Idol creator Simon Fuller.

    Separately, Time named 14 "power givers" such as Bill and Melinda Gates, Angelina Jolie and Queen Rania al-Abdullah of Jordan.

    (Agencies)