Vanity Fair's power list

Do we care? Should we care? Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this year's predictable list of movers and shakers - what VF pompously calls The New Establishment - is that so much of it is online. For free. There was a time not so long ago when this marquee roster was only available by forking over a few bucks to buy the actual magazine. Oh well, just another example of how print - even glossy, sexy print - has been marginalized. As for the names, they’re mostly the same, just moved around. Rupert Murdoch remains No. 1 (his purchase of Dow Jones sealed that), followed by Steve Jobs (third last year), and Google's Sergey Brin and Larry Page (second last year). Stephen Schwarzman and Pete Peterson of the Blackstone Group jump to fourth from 34th last year for obvious reasons, and Warren Buffett rounds out the top 5. Steven Spielberg and David Geffen are the only locals to make it to the top 20, and while we're not supposed to care about such parochial scorekeeping, well, here are the other L.A.-area notables that jump out (just in case you’re interested):

25. Leslie Moonves (last year: 18)

26. Jerry Bruckheimer (last year: 28)

27. George Clooney (last year: 23)

32. Tom Hanks (last year: 25)

36. Robert Iger (last year: 13)

38. Jeffrey Katzenberg (last year: 45)

46. Tom Cruise (last year: 35)

48. Ron Meyer (returning)

49. Frank Gehry (last year: 77)

50. Arnold Schwarzenegger (new entry)

64. Stacey Snider (returning)

65. Brian Grazer and Ron Howard (last year: 64)

70. Sumner Redstone (last year: 30)

76. Jerry Weintraub (new entry)

81. Joel Silver (last year: 63)

90. Steve Bing (last year: 92)

91. Eli Broad (last year: 78)

92. Michael Milken (last year: 79)

94. Ron Burkle (last year: 89)

98. Arianna Huffington (last year: 76)