Barbara Walters' '10 Most Fascinating' 2013 People Preview VIDEO, What to Expect From the List
Barbara Walters' annual special airs Wednesday night featuring interviews with her grouping of newsmakers and celebrities labeled the "10 most fascinating people" of 2013.
The 90-minute program, Barbara Walters Presents: The 10 Most Fascinating People of the Year, airs at 9:30 p.m. ET. It has yet to be revealed who the No. 1 most fascinated person is in Walters' opinion, but she did reveal other names on her annual list.
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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West: The A-listers got engaged in 2013 not long after Kardashian gave birth to the couple's first child, daughter North.
Robin Roberts: The Good Morning America anchor has had quite a year. She returned to the ABC morning show in February after undergoing a bone marrow transplant from her sister, New Orleans anchor Sally-Ann Roberts, in 2012. In September, as Robin celebrated her "first birthday" after the transplant, GMA won its first season in 19 years.
Jennifer Lawrence: the young Oscar winner has starred in some 2013's top box office hits, including Hunger Games: Catching Fire and American Hustle. She told Walters' in their interview that "it should be illegal" to call someone fat, and railed against people who bash the way women look.
"Because why is humiliating people funny?" the 23-year-old said. "The media needs to take responsibility for the effect that it has on our younger generation, on these girls who are watching these television shows, and picking up how to talk and how to be cool...I just think it should be illegal to call somebody fat on TV."
The Cast of Duck Dynasty: the ratings are threw the roof for the A&E reality series about the creators of the Duck Call. Walters talked with members of the Robertson family but Phil's wife, Miss Kay, reportedly told her that the 67-year old founder of Duck Commander would rather shoot ducks than do the interview. Phil did not attend the group interview with Walters and instead opted to go duck hunting.
Walters said on-air that she has "never been superseded by a duck before."
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Edward Snowden: the former NSA contractor and infamous whistle-blower peaked Walters' interest and was originally named No. 1 on her "most fascinating list," but reports stated that executives at ABC later nixed the idea of giving Snowden that honor. Because Snowden is strict about who he allows to interview him, he opted out of participating in the annual special. The network instead did a write-up, using past interview clips for the Snowden portion of the Walters' piece.
The television special will also reflect on moments from the past 20 years of Walters' Most Fascinating People of the Year shows, which started in 1993.
This will be the last Most Fascinating special for Walters, who announced last May that she would retire from TV journalism next year.