In French cinema, I’d say Alain Delon, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Gérard Depardieu, Brigitte Bardot, Catherine Deneuve and Isabelle Adjani. When they were alive, Romy Schneider, Michel Serrault and Philippe Noiret probably deserved the status.
As far as French singers are concerned: Charles Aznavour, Johnny Hallyday :rolleyes:, Eddy Mitchell, Serge Gainsbourg, Francis Cabrel, Jean-Jacques Goldman and Françoise Hardy.
Tom Hanks
See, here is the problem with your A-List versus mine. Elton? Yep. Sting? No way. Could Sting sell out a large arena in my city today? I don’t thinks so, but I could be wrong.
I would submit Springsteen as a replacement for Sting.
I don’t think you could argue Elton John isn’t permanent A-list. Surely, that is a perk of being knighted I would think.
Actors on the permanent A-List act like they’re impersonating themselves. Or they’re famous long after their death.
Marilyn Monroe, Bette Davis, Gary Cooper, Humphrey Bogart, Katherine Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Crawford, Judy Garland, Clark Gable.
I would just like to record that the Permanent A-list will only interest me while I am alive. After I’m dead, feel free to give my place to someone else.
In the world of pro wrestling, sometimes people refer to this as being on “Mt. Perpetually Over.” Ric Flair sits on the summit of that mountain.
Mel Gibson is on a different A-List. Permanently.
Float like a butterfly
Sting like a bee
Dodgin’ the draft with
**Muhammed Ali **
I agree. If you’ve made a truly iconic, classic movie that has so far stood the test of time, you’re permanent A-list in my book, even if you’ve made nothing but clunkers since then.