More 2011 HuffPost Game Changers: Style, Food/Travel, and Entertainment

Last week, we announced our picks for the top 2011 Game Changers in Green, Politics, and Media -- the innovators, mavericks, visionaries, and leaders in those fields who are changing the way we look at the world and the way we live in it. And we asked you to vote for the Ultimate Game Changer in each category.

The response has been great, with hundreds of thousands of votes cast.

So far, Planned Parenthood's Cecile Richards is out in front in Politics, followed by corruption-busting attorneys general Eric Schneiderman and Beau Biden; and Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and Daniel Hernandez, the intern who saved her life. Voting is still open, so fans of Governor Andrew Cuomo, who kept his pledge to make gay marriage in New York a reality, the Atlantic's job crisis-chronicling Don Peck, immigration rights advocate Congressman Luis Gutiérrez, dogged SEC critic Senator Chuck Grassley, and criminal justice author and activist Brandon L. Garrett need to make their voices heard!

In Media, Al Jazeera leads on the strength of its breaking coverage of the Arab Spring, followed by Mexico's tireless drug war reporter Adela Navarro Bello, and the Guardian's phone-hacking muckraker Nick Davies. Check out their entries and the entries of the other Media Game Changers here -- and vote for your favorites.

In the Green category, environmentalist (and Vampire Diaries star) Ian Somerhalder is out in front, followed by oceanographer and explorer Sylvia Earle, climate crusader Tim DeChristopher, anti-fracking evangelist Mark Ruffalo, and Greenpeace's oil rig-scaling Kumi Naidoo.

Today we are announcing the Game Changers in three more categories: Style, Food/Travel, and Entertainment. Look over the slideshows we've put together giving you the rundown of who we picked, why we picked them, and how they are changing the game. Then vote for the Ultimate Game Changer in each category. Click here to vote for the Ultimate Game Changer in Style, here for the Ultimate Game Changer in Food/Travel, and here for the Ultimate Game Changer in Entertainment.

Once all 12 categories have been presented, we'll announce our Ultimate Game Changers. We'll also announce which of you has won a trip to New York to party with our Game Changers (get all the details here).

So cast your vote. Here for Green, here for Media, here for Politics, here for Style, here for Food/Travel, and here for Entertainment.

 

 

 

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Comments

[Russell Josh Peterson]

10:40 PM on 10/06/2011

Captain Paul Watson and the Sea Shepherds - Nature Deserves a Mother like Him! I nominate them as Game Changers for risking their lives to save our oceans and countless marine mammals around the world. Paul and SSCS have changed my life, how I see life, how I live my life ♥ I hail from Juneau Alaska and appreciate the opportunity to say Thank you! ♥ M/V SEAL ♥ http://mvseal.com

[GHO]

11:35 PM on 09/28/2011

The omission of the Tea Party from the politics nominees again this year is glaring. Practically every day we read about how the Tea Party is causing this, that, or the other in the Repub party and thus in DC. Whether you like them or not, agree with them or not, they are the biggest game changer in politics today.

[lightnessandjoy]

10:12 PM on 09/28/2011

The new trivia game courtesy of Huffpost.

[gene poole]

08:19 PM on 09/28/2011

So, Ashton Kutcher isn't on the list AGAIN this year?

[TurnToTheLeft]

08:00 PM on 09/28/2011

Progressives must stop screaming and attacking ourselves... we must unite retake Congress and get everyone we know to vote for our President Obama. We need your help Arianna.

[Clifton Middleton]

09:56 PM on 09/28/2011

You need a plan, a progressive plan, like Free Market Hemp, Nationalize the oil, gas and coal plus a ten percent Wealth Tax to eliminate all debt. We can start civilization over, Again ...

[bobnjuls4]

06:41 PM on 09/28/2011

LOL Where where these catagories posted to get these people voted??? The logo network, liberals.com and San Francisco???

[ghee99]

05:38 PM on 09/28/2011

which categories is the weird looking, over tanned, big blonde haired (tanny?) in

i dont care what she(?) did, i wanna vote for her(?)

[Johnbon]

04:22 PM on 09/28/2011

When they actually change the game DO let us know.

[frankerin]

03:23 PM on 09/28/2011

If only negative votes actually existed and had an effect.

[johnjohn4321]

03:07 PM on 09/28/2011

Don't understand the MrMagoo glasses.

[Ethel Carter]

04:07 PM on 09/28/2011

She's probably the most famous cake decorator in the world. She's been in business, and married for more than 50 years.

[Threadsline]

04:33 PM on 09/28/2011

Thank you! I thought it was just me but when I saw those glasses I did a double take.

[joyfulworld]

02:08 PM on 09/28/2011

So, who are the people in the pictures? You don't say anywhere!

[johnjohn4321]

03:07 PM on 09/28/2011

You have to click on the individual categories. It gets involved.

[RichPort]

01:43 PM on 09/28/2011

The one thing that hasn't changed is how these threads always seem to struggle to reach the century mark.

[baseball32801]

01:25 PM on 09/28/2011

For Travel: Benjamin Nicholas Pitlock...As a professional travel companion, he logs over 300,000 air miles each year and reports on the very best hotels and restaurants on his blog http://15minutesmore.com/blog/

[Coldhandluke]

01:13 PM on 09/28/2011

The look like they should all be pouring out of a small VW.

[Jessica Ellermets]

01:02 PM on 09/28/2011

Ian Somerhalder should be #1 for Green, his foundation is super active and involved in helping animals and the world we live in.

[Contact1972]

01:22 PM on 09/28/2011

I had no idea about that-thanks for the info.