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Are you all ready for a bit of depression? Forbes have released their annual list of the Top-Earning Celebrity Couples and just like last year the top spot is owned by Beyonce and Jay-Z. But unlike last year the couple made $162 million, this year they earned $122 million. A sign of the recession?
01. Jay-Z and Beyonce Knowles : $122 million
Between Jay-Z’s musical empire, Beyonce’s chart-topping hit “Single Ladies” and several clothing lines and ad deals, this couple knows how to use their fame to make money. Jay-Z has a hit with “Empire State of Mind,” which he performed with Alicia Keys at the World Series. His next tour launches in February. Last year Beyonce sang at Obama’s inaugural ball and her film, Obsessed, earned $74 million at the worldwide box office.
02. Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart : $69 million
For the past few years Ford has stayed out of the spotlight, but he returned in a big way in 2008 with Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull. Ford earned $65 million for his work in the role. His girlfriend, Calista Flockhart, is no lazy daisy. She stars on the ABC show Brothers & Sisters.
03. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie : $55 million
Pitt and Jolie have always gotten plenty of attention, but now they’re making plenty of money too. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was one of Pitt’s highest grossing films, earning $334 million at the worldwide box office. Jolie is profiting by embracing her inner action hero. Wanted earned $341 million at the worldwide box office. Later this year she’ll appear in Salt as a disgraced CIA agent.
04. Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith : $48 million
Smith is without a doubt the biggest movie star in the world. His films have earned a total $5.7 billion at the worldwide box office and studio heads say he earns every penny of his $20 million paycheck. Most of the couple’s earnings come from Smith, but Pinkett Smith has a growing career of her own. She’s been writing and producing films as well as voicing Gloria the hippo in the Madagascar films.
05. David and Victoria Beckham : $46 million
Beckham is still a worldwide soccer sensation at the ripe old age of 34. Part of the year he’s a star in Los Angeles with the Galaxy. The rest of the year he plays for A.C. Milan, which should help him land a spot on the England team to appear in a record-tying fourth World Cup this summer. Beckham’s wife, Victoria (better known as Posh Spice), is scheduled to appear as a guest judge on this year’s American Idol.
06. Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi : $36 million
DeGeneres has become an entertainment mogul. She has a successful talk show, shills for American Express and owns part of a dog food company. Next she’ll take over for Paula Abdul as a judge on American Idol. Her significant other, de Rossi, stars in the ABC show Better Off Ted, which has garnered a cult following but seems poised for cancellation.
07. Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson : $35.5 million
As one of the few actors in Hollywood who can still command a $20 million paycheck, Hanks is the main breadwinner in his house. He had another hit this year with Angels & Demons. The film earned $486 million at the worldwide box office. This summer he’ll once again voice Woody in Toy Story 3. Wilson has a much more low-key career, but she still pops up in best friend roles. She recently appeared with Meryl Streep in It’s Complicated.
08. Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy : $34 million
Carrey and McCarthy have been a couple for the last four years and in that time McCarthy’s profile has risen considerably. She’s gone from a Playboy model to an outspoken (and controversial) vaccine opponent. Carrey contributes the majority of money to the pair, but McCarthy will soon have her own television show under Oprah’s Harpo banner.
09. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes : $33.5 million
Cruise and Holmes are a source of endless fascination for tabloids and they’re also very rich. Cruise is the family breadwinner, earning $33 million between June 2008 and June 2009. Holmes still acts a little. In 2008 she starred in Mad Money alongside Diane Keaton. Up next for Cruise: Knight & Day with Cameron Diaz.
10. Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow : $33 million
As the front man for the group Coldplay, Martin outearns Paltrow. The group’s latest album, Viva la Vida, sold 2.6 million copies in the U.S. and 3 million in Europe. Paltrow will be the high-profile spouse in 2010 though when she reprises her role as Tony Stark’s assistant, Pepper Potts, in Iron Man 2.
Lists like this make me really depressed, especially after I look at my bank account.
source: Hollywood’s Top-Earning Couples [Forbes]
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As we all know, the new season of American Idol is set to air without Paula Abdul, but that doesn’t mean she and her craziness is off our screens for good if new rumors are to be believed.
Paula, who is still friends with Simon Cowell, quit her judging duties on Idol because they wouldn’t pay her $10 million per season of the show. Now she has reportedly signed a $4.5 million contract with Cowell to judge on the US version of The X Factor.
The X Factor replaced Pop Idol in the UK a few years ago and has since become the most watched TV show on that side of the pond, which means Cowell is wanting to bring the show over to the US in 2011.
A source said, “Simon flew Paula to London and wined and dined her relentlessly over the course of several days, even introducing her to everyone who works on X Factor. But what really clinched the deal was Simon’s pledge that she wouldn’t have to deal with all the nonsense and infighting that she hated on Idol.”
I sure hope Paula Abdul did her research on the show before signing the contract because there is even more fighting on The X Factor than there is on American Idol. It is rumored that Sharon Osbourne left her judging job on the show because of fighting.
Either way, The X Factor is way better than American Idol so the sooner it is on US TV the better.
source: Simon Cowell Signs Paula Abdul To $4.5 Million-A-Year Contract With “The X Factor?” [Popcrunch]
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Paris Hilton Vs. A Bunch Of Trannies – Websters Is My Bitch
Vanessa Hudgens Talks About Her Nude Photos – Holy Moly
Robin Williams Full Frontal Naked? – Tabloid Prodigy
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Somebody out there thought it would be hilarious to make my worst nightmare come through by putting Ellen DeGeneres on another television show.
Yep just like the title of this post reads – Ellen will be replacing Paula Abdul and become the fourth judge on American Idol once the audition rounds finish up.
Speaking on her day time chat show she said..”I’m thrilled to be the new judge on American Idol. I’ve watched since the beginning, and I’ve always been a huge fan. So getting this job is a dream come true, and think of all the money I’ll save from not having to text in my vote. Hopefully I’m the people’s point of view because I’m just like you. I sit at home and I watch it. … I’m not looking at it in a critical way from the producer’s mind. I’m looking at it as a person who is going to buy the music and is going to relate to that person. I’m going to have a day job and a night job. The times we’re living in … we’re all doing that.”
Now, I’m all for working hard for your money but is she actually serious in her last statement? Sure people have two jobs but Ellen the thing is, we all don’t get millions for each job.
There has been no word from Paula Abdul, most likely because she is probably high from raiding her medicine cabinet.
During the audition process the show had guest judges which included Shania Twain, Victoria Beckham, Mary J. Blige, Joe Jonas and Kristin Chenoweth.
Bosses for Idol, which returns in January, released a statement saying “Ellen has been a fan of the show for many years, and her love of music and understanding of the American public will bring a unique human touch to our judging panel.”
I know Ellen DeGeneres is the second coming to some people but I just don’t like her which is why this is my worst nightmare. Also what exactly are her qualifications when it comes to the music business?
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Pete Doherty Commissioned To Write Drama – Holy Moly
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Now that it is official Proposition 8 has passed in California, Ellen DeGeneres has spoken out against the ban on same sex marriage in California.
The comedian who married her partner Portia de Rossi back in August issued a statement through her official website.
She says, “this morning, when it was clear that Proposition 8 had passed in California, I can’t explain the feeling I had. I was saddened beyond belief. Here we just had a giant step toward equality [with the election of Barack Obama] and then on the very next day, we took a giant step away. I believe one day a “ban on gay marriage” will sound totally ridiculous. In the meantime, I will continue to speak out for equality for all of us.”
I feel the same way, the country makes a step forward with Obama but then takes another step backwards.
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Jenna Fischer: “If you continue to flash your after-baby, fit-with-no-effort figure in front of me, I’m going to tell tales of nine-hour sleep sessions.”
Angela Kinsey: “Suck it Ms. Naps-a-lot!”
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“I hope I don’t faint. I’m wearing a corset which is difficult enough, but then to have to wear a corset and be short-breathed around Johnny Depp?”
– Anne Hathaway, on the challenges of costarring with heartthrob Johnny Depp, to People magazine
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