Angelina Jolie Tops Hollywood.com's 2005 Entertainer of the Year Poll

Angelina Jolie Tops Hollywood.com's 2005 Entertainer of the Year Poll

Jolie Grabs 30% of Votes; Paris Hilton Most Searched Celeb of 2005

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- 2005 was a banner year for Angelina Jolie as Hollywood.com ( http://www.hollywood.com/ ) voters overwhelmingly crowned the superstar as their choice for Entertainer of the Year in a recent poll. "Brokeback Mountain" star Jake Gyllenhaal followed Jolie at number two with 16% of votes.

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Hollywood.com asked voters to identify the star most worthy of its 2005 Entertainer of the Year title. Below are the top five with the percentage of votes they captured:

Rank Name Percent of Vote

1 Angelina Jolie 30%
2 Jake Gyllenhaal 16%
3 George Clooney 12%
4 Jessica Alba 11%
5 Tom Cruise 10%

Hilton Leads Anderson and Simpson as
Hollywood.com's Most Searched Celeb of 2005

Hollywood.com's nearly four million unique users showed that "Celebutante" Paris Hilton was the most popular search across its databases in 2005, beating out Pamela Anderson and even Jessica Simpson. Earlier this year Hollywood.com launched a new site search function to crawl its industry-leading movie and people-specific databases to provide consumers with more accurate search listings. This intelligent search technology learns from users' behaviors and continuously reorders results. In an analysis of all searches conducted so far during 2005, Hollywood.com let its audience determine the most sought after celebrities of the year. Although users are split almost evenly between males and females, Brad Pitt was the only male who made it into the top 10 at number six while his Entertainer of the Year girlfriend placed two behind him at number eight. Below is the list of the 10 most searched celebrities on Hollywood.com in 2005:

Rank Name

1 Paris Hilton
2 Pamela Anderson
3 Jessica Simpson
4 Jennifer Aniston
5 Anna Nicole Smith
6 Brad Pitt
7 Katie Holmes
8 Angelina Jolie
9 Christine Taylor
10 Renee Zellweger

Hollywood.com's "Year in Review 2005" feature covering the Entertainer of the Year poll and Top 10 Searched Celebrities of 2005 can be seen at: http://www.hollywood.com/celebs/feature/id/3473457

About Hollywood.com

Hollywood.com ( http://www.hollywood.com/ ) is a leading online destination for movies and entertainment information and content including movie and event showtimes, trailers, news, reviews, features, photo galleries, video and more. It comprises searchable databases containing millions of entertainment- oriented records and listings combined with contextualized movie, television and celebrity features, photos, video and current news. Hollywood.com has also recently expanded to offer exclusive Podcasts and blogging at no charge to its users, adding to a comprehensive online entertainment experience.

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