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April 4, 2007 — "He may be the Walter Cronkite of a new generation, but Jon Stewart's nimble comedic brain wasn't enough to overtake Shrek's beastliness in USA TODAY's first Celebrity March Mania.

Shrek, whose Shrek the Third arrives in theaters May 18, was typically self-effacing when told he won the championship, determined by visitors to life.usatoday.com.

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"Thank you to USA TODAY and the voting public," the ogre said Tuesday in a statement from DreamWorks. "It's nice to know that I'm not just another pretty face."

The two famous names met in the final round of an elimination tournament inspired by NCAA basketball's March Madness. It was a close matchup, with Shrek winning 51% of the vote to Stewart's 49%."