EW.com's Best of the Decade

EW.com picked pick the standout stars, bold thinkers and big ideas that defined entertainment over the last 10 years.

Music: 10 Best Albums of the '00s
Our picks for the must-haves from the past 10 years, from Cat Power to Dixie Chicks to Jay-Z -- and our choice for album of the decade
9. FutureSex/LoveSounds, Justin Timberlake, (2006)
The onetime boy-bander teamed up with left-field rap maestro Timbaland to create an album that redefined pop's cutting edge. The rest of the music world is still playing catch-up.

So why is it not higher up on the list?!

15 Entertainers of the 2000s
Johnny Depp, Beyonce, Tina Fey, and more crazy talented people who thrilled us and kickstarted the century
1. Johnny Depp
2. Beyonce
3. J.K. Rowling
4. Simon Cowell
5. Tina Fey
6. Justin Timberlake

He began the decade as "just" a member of the hugely successful boy band *NSYNC and ends it as one of the most versatile and beloved entertainers in the world . "I take my work very seriously," says the singer-actor, 28. "I just don't take myself seriously at all." Few A-listers would have had the comedy cojones to put their "D--- in a Box," as Timberlake famously did while hosting Saturday Night Live — and surely none would have been as hilarious doing it. But his pop-star day job is no joke to him, as evidenced by his two solo albums, 2002's Justified and 2006's FutureSex/LoveSounds, the latter of which featured the groovesomely lubricious "SexyBack." —Clark Collis
7. Peter Jackson
8. Oprah Winfrey
9. The Women of Sex and the City
10. John Lasseter
11. Will Smith
12. J.J. Abrams
13. Steve Jobs
14. Meryl Streep
15. Jon Stewart

TV: The 10 Best Shows of the Decade
We couldn't get enough of these dysfunctional families, dirty detectives and deadpan news reporters
10. The Comeback (2005)
9. Gilmore Girls (2000-2007)
8. The Shield (2002-2008)
7. The Office (U.K.) (2001-2003)
6. The Wire (2002-2008)
5. Arrested Development (2003-2006)
4. American Idol (2002-present)
3. The Daily Show (1996-present)
2. Lost (2004-present)
1. The Sopranos (1999-2007)

Yes, I am bummed that Friends is not on the list! (neither are most of my fave shows!)