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One of the most anticipated movies of the upcoming fall season is “Australia,” Baz Luhrmann’s epic mash note to his home country, which stars Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman as Outback lovers.
Kidman, more than anyone, is likely hoping it’s a hit. Despite winning an Oscar for her performance in 2002’s “The Hours,” Kidman has become the most overpaid celebrity in Hollywood.
Forbes looked at each star’s last three films that opened wide before Jan. 1 (in order to give each film time for a DVD release). They didn’t count animated movies, supporting roles or anyone consistently earning under $5 million per movie.
Nicole Kidman
Kidman has an Oscar and earns $15 million paydays, but she’s proved to offer a poor return on investment. Despite bringing in $370 million in worldwide box office, The Golden Compass only grossed $3.36 for every dollar Kidman was paid. The Invasion lost $2.68 for every dollar that went to Kidman. She has a chance for a high-profile comeback with this fall’s epic Australia, which could earn the Aussie her third best actress nomination.
For every dollar she was paid, Nicole Kidman’s movies averaged $1 of gross income.
Jennifer Garner
Garner has stayed fairly under the radar since her 2005 big-budget disaster Elektra, which cost $40 million to make and earned only $56 million worldwide. Unfortunately for Garner her follow-up films didn’t do much better. Both Catch and Release and The Kingdom underperformed at the box office.
For every dollar she was paid, Jennifer Garner’s movies averaged $3.60 of gross income.
Tom Cruise
His recent cameo as a foul-mouthed studio exec in Tropic Thunder is earning raves and might usher in the era of Tom Cruise comedies. In the meantime, Cruise has to deal with the fallout from his recent dramatic blunder, Lions for Lambs. The film’s box office ($63 million worldwide) was bad enough that even without taking any upfront pay Cruise still earned the movie only $1.88 for every dollar he was paid.
For every dollar he was paid, Tom Cruise’s movies averaged $4 of gross income.
Cameron Diaz
The highest paid actress in Hollywood, Diaz pulled in $50 million last year. But her high salary makes it hard for the romantic comedies she stars in to earn a good return. The Holiday brought in $205 million worldwide but Diaz’s high payday meant the film only grossed $3.70 for every dollar Diaz was paid.
For every dollar she was paid, Cameron Diaz’s movies averaged $4 of gross income.
Jennifer Lopez
The singer/actress/designer has struggled at the box office for the past few years, choosing small projects like 2006’s El Cantante, a low-budget musical biopic starring her husband Marc Anthony, which barely registered at the box office. Her last big film was 2005’s Monster-in-Law, which grossed $155 million worldwide returning $6.85 for every dollar Lopez was paid.
For every dollar she was paid, Jennifer Lopez’s movies averaged $4.10 of gross income.
Jim Carrey
Long gone are the days when Carrey could attract crowds with his talking backside. The actor’s latest attempt at a serious film, last year’s The Number 23, flopped at the box office, earning only $77 million worldwide. Carrey has a chance to turn things around with this winter’s Yes Man. Carrey has so much faith in the comedy that he reportedly took no money upfront for his starring performance.
For every dollar he was paid, Jim Carrey’s movies averaged $4.11 of gross income.
Nicolas Cage
2007 was a year of highs and lows for Nicolas Cage. Book of Secrets, the sequel to Cage’s 2004 hit National Treasure, grossed $456 million worldwide. The sci-fi thriller Next, released that spring, brought in only $73 million. The movie lost 50 cents for every dollar Cage was paid.
For every dollar he was paid, Nicolas Cage’s movies averaged $4.16 of gross income.
Drew Barrymore
Barrymore has been unlucky at the box office recently despite the title of her last film: Lucky You. The movie grossed a mere $8 million in worldwide box office, which means it lost 17 cents for every dollar Barrymore was paid. Maybe that’s why she’s taking a bigger role behind the camera. She’s currently directing her first film, Whip It!, about a female roller derby league.
For every dollar she was paid, Drew Barrymore’s movies averaged $4.38 of gross income.
Will Ferrell
The former Saturday Night Live star did well with high-grossing comedies like Blades of Glory. The sports tale grossed $4.95 for every dollar Ferrell was paid. But he stumbled with his more serious turn in 2006’s Stranger Than Fiction, which grossed $53 million in worldwide box office, only $1.63 for every dollar Ferrell was paid.
For every dollar he was paid, Will Ferrell’s movies averaged $4.67 of gross income.
Cate Blanchett
The actress is better known for her acting skills than her box office draw. She has been nominated for five Oscars. But she stumbled in our list with her 2003 movie The Missing, which earned only $38 million in worldwide box office but cost approximately $65 million to produce. For every dollar Blanchett was paid, the film lost $2.94. She did better with Babel, in which she played Brad Pitt’s injured wife. The film grossed $135 million worldwide, $13.20 for every dollar Blanchett earned.
For every dollar she was paid, Cate Blanchett’s movies averaged $4.97 of gross income.
All of them make entirely too much money — it is extremely amusing that both of Ben Affleck’s women made the list.
source: Hollywood’s Most Overpaid Movie Stars [forbes]
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Washed up Hollywood actor Gary Busey is officially homeless.
 Actor Gary Busey has been evicted from his Malibu, California home for failing to pay his rent. The Point Break star allegedly owes $50,000 in back rent and he’s refusing to pay up because he claims “unclean air conditioning vents” were posing a health risk.
Busey plans to go public with his eviction battle by appearing on U.S. news show Access Hollywood on Friday, April 18th.
The eviction notice was posted on the front door of his Malibu home on Thursday.
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This story is beyond sad to me.
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At last nights MTV Video Music Awards, Britney Spears wasn’t the only one making an ass out of herself. Kid Rock and Tommy Lee got into it after Kid Rock reportedly punched Tommy Lee in the face. Kid Rock says that Tommy Lee instigated the fight by taunting him, saying “I never hit nobody for nothing before. I told him to shut the f–k up.”
As MTV VJ Sway reported during the post-show telecast:
 “Tommy Lee was sitting by Diddy. [Kid Rock] just walked up and decked him!”
According to an onlooker in the audience, “They had each other at the necks, they were practically strangling each other.” Another eyewitness saw Tommy Lee escorted out, “screaming the f-word over and over again.” He was taken out into main casino in front of thousands of fans.
Jamie Foxx added his two cents while presenting the Best New Artist award with Jennifer Garner. “Stop all of this white-on-white crime. Tommy Lee and Kid Rock fighting like black folks – it’s hilarious.” Foxx, added, “Who won? I was in the bathroom. Pamela Anderson has got a hard choice to make.”
Diddy wanted to get in on the fun too, and while he introduced the final performance he said, “I was supposed to be doing this with Kid Rock, but you know, we got to stop the violence. It’s not just hip-hop artists that fight.”
The police eventually came to Kid Rock’s hotel room and cited him for misdemeanor battery.
Seriously, Kid Rock? You choose the VMAs to punch Tommy Lee? It just kind of takes the hardcore out of the fight when you’re doing it in front of preteen fans who vote on Moon Men winners. I’m just sayin’.
What others are saying:
- Mollygood says, “Still no word as to why the security team didn’t let the idiots kill each other.”
- In Touch says, “Pamela Anderson’s two ex-husbands really don’t like each other.”
- Celebrity Smack says, “And he didn’t open handed bitch slap him either, according to a witness, ‘Tommy got it pretty bad.’ Well yeah! Tommy Lee is a little scrawny dude and was probably wasted. That would be like kicking Keith Richards ass. It wouldn’t take much.”
- celebitchy says, “Maybe that’s why tensions were high when Rock ran into Lee. Even if Lee hasn’t rekindled his relationship with the mother of his children, he still gets to see her often enough and I doubt she has much to do with Rock.”
- Glitterati says, “How much do you want to bet they planned that to get a little attention for both of them? I mean, it’s not like you get into a relationship with Pam Anderson thinking you’ve got her attention always and forever, or that she’s never had a man before you.”
- dlisted says, “Why didn’t MTV show this shit?! It would’ve been better than the crap they put onstage! Nothing says entertainment like two old has-beens duking it out.”
- Best Week Ever says, “Kid Rock and Tommy Lee got kicked out of last night’s VMA Awards after getting into a fistfight over which one of them was the most irrelevant aging rocker in the room. Thank god Axl Rose wasn’t on hand, because there would have been an all-out riot.”
- A Socialite’s Life says, “If Tommy Lee pressed those charges after starting shit, he is a sissy man. Tattoos and piercings and previous overdoses don’t make you a badass. Rednecks will school you. They will put down their can of Bud and their corncob pipe, whoop your ass, and then sit back down and resume listening to Toby Keith. Respect.”
Source: “Tommy Lee, Kid Rock Brawl at VMAs” [People]; “Rock Cited for Battery after Tommy Tussle” [TMZ]
UPDATE (Allie): Tommy issued a statement, via his own personal blog:
Yeah!! …..here I am minding my own biz having a great time with my friend Criss Angel (magician) and watching the MTV awards in the front row saying hello to all my friends……Pamela comes and sits on my lap who I love and adore….and also say hello to my friend Travis Barker and his wife!…..and i get a text from another friend P. Diddy and he says come sit with me…..and he’s sitting with Miss HOT Megan FOX so I go over and sit with P! Not a minute later and Alicia Keys starts her amazing performance….(”I apologize sweetie…..I had nothing to do with the timing and disrespect”)……back to the stupid-ness!!….so….. I get a tap on the shoulder from Kid Pebble…I stand up and embrace him with a semi hug and say “Hey dude…What up”?? He punches me in the face…..well if ya wanna call it that!?….more like a bitch slap!…….Wuss!! Anyway….i go to knock this jealous country bumpkin the f$%k OUT….and before I can have a meeting with my fist and his ugly ass mug ….security guards… grab me and haul my ass outta the award show! So I’m fine and of course leave to my room with police and owner of the Palm’s George Maloof……the rest is paper work and bullshit!… Anyway…… I would like to apologize to Alicia and George and MTV for the disrespectful bullshit caused by a piece of shit called Kid Pebble!!
Much Love always!!…..Tommy!!
1. Jessica Alba
2. Keeley Hazell
3. Eva Longoria
4. Adriana Lima
5. Scarlett Johansson
6. Hayden Panettiere
7. Cheryl Tweedy
8. Angelina Jolie
9. Emily Scott
10. Elisha Cuthbert
11. Eva Mendes
12. Keira Knightley
13. Evangeline Lilly
14. Christina Aguilera
15. Rachel Stevens
16. Kelly Brook
17. Sarah Harding
18. Beyonce Knowles
19. Alessandra Ambrosia
20. Cameron Diaz
21. Jessica Simpson
22. Nicole Scherzinger
23. Gemma Atkinson
24. Jessica Biel
25. Kate Middleton
26. Holly Willoughby
27. Nadine Coyle
28. Carmen Electra
29. Avril Lavigne
30. Lindsay Lohan
31. Charlotte McKenna
32. Charlize Theron
33. Halle Berry
34. Rachel Bilson
35. Jennifer Aniston
36. Eva Green
37. Abigail Clancy
38. Joss Stone
39. Hilary Duff
40. Kate Beckinsale
41. Hayley Parsons
42. Roxanne McKee
43. Jennifer Love Hewitt
44. Maria Sharapova
45. Sienna Miller
46. Billie Piper
47. Nicola Roberts
48. Holly Valance
49. Ali Larter
50. Anna Kournikova
51. Ana Beatriz Barros
52. Gisele Bundchen
53. Peaches Geldof
54. Britney Spears
55. Rihanna
56. Natalie Portman
57. Mischa Barton
58. Imogen Thomas
59. Michelle Ryan
60. Petra Nemcova
61. Kimberley Walsh
62. Kayleigh Pearson
63. Tanya Robinson
64. Alexa Chung
65. Charlotte Church
66. Amii Grove
67. Myleene Klass
68. Kate Moss
69. Fearne Cotton
70. Holly Newberry
71. Vikki Blows
72. Nikki Sanderson
73. Rosario Dawson
74. Jenna Jameson
75. Kirsten Dunst
76. Danielle Lloyd
77. Tera Patrick
78. Joanna Krupa
79. Tricia Helfer
80. Abi Titmuss
81. Charlotte Marshall
82. Noemie Lenoir
83. Michelle Marsh
84. Sophie Howard
85. Jenni Falconer
86. Kara Tointon
87. Jennifer Ellison
88. Melissa Theuriau
89. Jaime Pressly
90. Sophia Bush
91. Jennifer Garner
92. Lucy Pinder
93. Georgie Thompson
94. Heidi Range
95. Abi Harding
96. Melanie Slade
97. Pamela Anderson
98. Emma Watson
99. Ziyi Zhang
100. Lacey Turner
source: msn
Lexie has compiled her list of the “Top 10 List of the Hottest Celeb Babes from the South.”
- Eva Longoria- Corpus Christi, Texas
- Jessica Simpson- Abilene, Texas
- Beyonce Knowles- Houston, Texas
- Jennifer Garner- Houston, Texas
- Faith Hill- Jackson, Mississippi
- Julia Roberts - Smyrna, GA
- Carrie Underwood - Muskogee, OK
- Brittany Murphy - Atlanta, GA
- Nancy O’Dell - Myrtle Beach, SC
- Reese Witherspoon - New Orleans, LA
- Ali Landry - Breaux Bridge, LA (Honorable Mention)
Click the link for pictures and explanations of the choices.
Not a bad list but I wouldn’t have included a couple of these women and would have ranked them differently. Who the hell is Nancy O’Dell? No way she’s hotter than Ali Landry. I’ve never thought Carrie Underwood was particularly sexy and think Eva Longoria is way overrated. And Reese Witherspoon is hotter than just about everyone else on this list.
That’s why these lists are so much fun, though.
Source: Bumpshack
Julia Roberts is expecting her third child with her husband, cinematographer Danny Moder, her spokeswoman has confirmed.
Despite her rough road with relationships, Kiefer Sutherland and Lyle Lovett, it appears that Julia has finally met her match. As far as celebrity couples go, I’d say they are only second to Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck for stability. Hope I didn’t just jinx them!
 The baby is due this summer, Roberts’ publicist, Marcy Engelman, said in a story posted on the magazine’s Web site. News of the pregnancy first appeared in the New York Post’s Page Six column.
A call to Engelman by The Associated Press wasn’t immediately returned.
Roberts, 39, and Moder, 37, have 2-year-old twins, Hazel and Phinnaeus, who were born in November 2004. The couple were married in July 2002 at Roberts’ home in Taos, N.M.
Roberts is the voice of the wise spider in the film adaptation of “Charlotte’s Web.” She’ll next be seen in the drama “Charlie Wilson’s War,” directed by Mike Nichols and also starring Tom Hanks , scheduled for release next year.
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The Affleck family were spotted out shopping for the holiday’s, go figure.
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