Article: Tom Hanks Is America's Favorite Movie Star, According to the Harris Poll; Julia Roberts, #1 Last Year, Slips to #3 Behind Tom Hanks and Mel Gibson.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- ROCHESTER, N.Y., Dec. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Every year at this time, since 1993, Harris Interactive(R) asks a cross section of adults to tell us who is their favorite movie star. This year, Tom Hanks moves up to the #1 slot for the first time. Last year he was #2 behind Julia Roberts, who slips back to third place, behind Tom Hanks and Mel Gibson now. Nine of the stars in this year's top ten were also in the top-ten list last year. However, Tom Cruise moves back in to the top-ten list at #9; while he was in the top-ten for most of the 90's he did not make the list in the last three years.

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