Liv Tyler and the Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the World Gala, New York at The Insider

The Times 100 Most Influential People in the World Gala was held last night at the Rose Hall - Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York. A slightly posher red carpet event thats taken very seriously and female celebs in attendance included Kate Hudson, Liv Tyler, Whoopi Goldberg, Claire Danes, M.I.A and fashion designer Stella McCartney daughter of Sir Paul McCartney, and also none other than Michelle Obama who sported a new Rihanna look hair do when she addressed the audience of the event and many more . See Daily Mail for pic for Michelle new look!

Red Carpet award and show stealer goes to Liv Tyler of Lord of the Rings fame, (photo above), a classy but sexy black lace number that just managed to beat off Kate Hudson (in our opinion) from winning a third red carpet award within pretty much the same week. Got to say M.I.A was also looking good!

Part of the guest list: Thumbs courtesy Wire image

Andrea Mitchell, Ann Coulter, Arianna Huffington, Ashlan Gorse, Barbara Walters, Beck, Charlie Rose, Chris Matthews, Claire Danes, Cornel West, David Lauren, Diane Sawyer, Dr. Sanjay Gupte, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Gayle King, Hugh Dancy, Jimmy Fallon, John King, John Legend, Jon Favreau, Judd Apatow, Kate Hudson, Lauren Bush, Leslie Mann, Liv Tyler, Lorne Michaels, M.I.A., Nancy Juvonen, Patricia Clarkson, Sherri Shepherd, Stella McCartney, Suze Orman, T. Boone Pickens, Tavis Smiley, Vivienne Tam, Whoopi Goldberg

Basically the Times 100 Most Influential People in the World List covers the top 100 people in the world that have affected our daily lives in a significant way. The list is split into 4 categories covering Entertainers, Leaders, Heroes and Pioneers and Scientists and Thinkers. Here’s a sample from each category of the Top 100 most influential people. Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama under the Leaders Category, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and Oprah Winfrey under the Heroes and Pioneers Category, and Nancy Brinker and Susan Solomon under the Scientists and Thinkers Category. The person that stuck out the most for us was under the Entertainers Category which included Mariah Carey but another name who is just 16 years of age and could be the youngest on the list, and that is Miley Cyrus! When you see names like The Dalai Lama and Barack Obama in the list which nobody would dispute, Miley Cyrus and her Hannah Montana brand is causing major waves.

The list is below.

Leaders & Revolutionaries
Dalai Lama
Vladimir Putin
Barack Obama
Hillary Clinton
John McCain
Hu Jintao
George W. Bush
Jacob Zuma
Anwar Ibrahim
Kevin Rudd
Bartholomew I
Ben Bernanke
Muqtada al-Sadr
Robert Gates
Michelle Bachelet
Sonia Gandhi
Baitullah Mehsud
Evo Morales
Ma Ying-jeou
Ashfaq Kayani

Heroes & Pioneers
Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie
Oprah Winfrey
Oscar Pistorius
Mia Farrow
Andre Agassi
Lance Armstrong
Bob and Suzanne Wright
Peter Gabriel
Kaká
Sheik Mohammed al-Maktoum
Yoani Sánchez
Madeeha Hasan Odhaib
Randy Pausch
Lorena Ochoa
Tony Blair
Alexis Sinduhije
Aung San Suu Kyi
George Mitchell

Scientists & Thinkers
Michael Bloomberg
Craig Venter
Jill Bolte Taylor
Larry Brilliant
Jeff Han
Mehmet Oz
Nancy Brinker
Harold McGee
Peter Pronovost
Eric Chivian & Richard Cizik
Mary Lou Jepsen
Paul Allen
Nicholas Schiff
Mark Zuckerberg
Wendy Kopp
Shinya Yamanaka & James Thomson
Michael Griffin
Susan Solomon
Isaac Berzin

Artists & Entertainers
Lorne Michaels
Miley Cyrus
Robert Downey Jr.
Herbie Han
Joel & Ethan Coen
Bruce Springsteen
Peter Gelb
Mariah Carey
Khaled Hosseini
Elizabeth Gilbert
Rem Koolhaas
Judd Apatow
Alex Rigopulos & Eran Egozy
George Clooney
Tim Russert
Suze Orman
Stephenie Meyer
Tyler Perry
Tom Stoppard
Chris Rock
Takashi Murakami

Builders & Titans
Indra Nooyi
Ali al-Naimi
Rupert Murdoch
Steve Jobs
Radiohead
John Chambers
Jeff Bezos
Jay Adelson
Steve Ballmer
Jamie Dimon
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal
Lou Jiwei
Neelie Kroes
Jeffrey Immelt
Karl Lagerfeld
Lloyd Blankfein
Carlos Slim
Mo Ibrahim
Ratan Tata
Cynthia Carroll
Carine Roitfeld
Michael Arrington