J.K. Rowling Is Entertainer Of The Year

(andPOP) - J.K. Rowling is ending a busy year on a bang, landing on the cover of Entertainment Weekly as the magazine's Entertainer of the Year.

EW gave the Harry Potter author kudos for getting "people to tote around her big, old-fashioned printed-on-paper books as if they were the hottest new entertainment devices on the planet."

Rowling's series has sold almost 400 million copies and been adapted into a massively successful movie franchise. 2007 saw the release of the seventh and last Harry Potter book as well as the fifth Potter movie.

EW editors separated their list of the year's top entertainers into five other categories.

Canadian Seth Rogan was named a Class Clown along with Paul Rudd and director Judd Apatow. Apatow cast Rogan and Rudd in his hit comedies "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and this year's "Knocked Up." Other Class Clowns were Vanessa Williams, Tina Fey and "The Simpsons."

George Clooney was named a Valedictorian for "deftly balanc[ing] box-office viability with personal responsibility," said the magazine. Will Smith, Angelina Jolie and the cast of "The Sopranos" were among others also given the title.

Matt Damon made the Most Popular list, along with Carrie Underwood, Katherine Heigl, Johnny Depp and Kanye West.

This year's Prodigies were Zac Efron, Shia LaBeouf, Rihanna and Miley Cyrus.

Finally, EW named Amy Winehouse, Gerard Butler, Tyler Perry and the TV series "Mad Men" as Most Buzz-Worthy.