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Will Smith was the highest earning actor of 2007 according to Forbes.
Smith brought in $80 million last year. Cameron Diaz was the top earning actress with $50 million. I love reporting on celebrity paychecks, it’s absolutely ridiculous how much they earn.
The top 5 earning celebrity men in Hollywood are:
1. Will Smith - $80 million
2. Johnny Depp - $72 million
3. Eddie Murphy - $55 million
4. Mike Myers - $55 million
5. Leonardo DiCaprio - $45 million
The top 5 earning celebrity women in Hollywood are:
1. Cameron Diaz - $50 million
2. Keira Knightley - $32 million
3. Jennifer Aniston - $27 million
4. Reese Witherspoon - $25 million
5. Gwenyth Paltrow - $25 million
How is it possible that Eddie Murphy earned that much, when we have the likes of “Meet Dave” as our most recent example of his work. The same goes for “The Love Guru” and Mike Myers.
See the entire list at Forbes.
As I was sorting through my Sunday Washington Post so that I could throw everything but the Parade and Washington Post Magazine my wife reads into the recycle bin, my attention was grabbed by this photo montage on the front of the Style section:
For a second, I thought they had juxtaposed Barack Obama with Malcolm X (the newsprint version is grainier than the digital one). But the Obama as Will Smith and John McCain and John Wayne comparison is more apt.
The illustration accompanies a Stephen Hunter feature entitled, “Leading Men -Barack Obama and John McCain Want the Biggest Role in Politics, Yet Each Candidate Has Very Different Star Qualities to Offer.” The opening:
Wonderful moment in John Ford’s “The Searchers,” from way back in 1956: John Wayne, as the surly, violent Ethan Edwards, signals to his young compadre that it’s time to move on in their pursuit of Scar, the Comanche chief who’s murdered their family and kidnapped the youngest daughter, Debbie.
“Let’s go, blankethead,” he scowls to the young Martin Pawley.
I love the Duke’s pronunciation of the word “blankethead”; it radiates contempt for the young and the untested. Ethan is using the blast of scorn to tell the young man not only to get going to his horse but to get going in growing up, to acquire sand, grit, salt and all the other granular metaphors for old-guy toughness and savvy. Blankethead: It’s a three-syllable telegram on the theme of the fecklessness of youth, and nobody but Wayne could turn it into poetry.
But in the same instant, I remember Will Smith in the original “Men in Black.” The hotshot young cop has been recruited to an alien-hunting team secretly HQ’d in a New York bridge, and now he’s working for Tommy Lee Jones and Rip Torn. Torn and Jones are babbling about something and not paying attention to Smith. There’s a moment of frustration on the young face, and he interrupts with his own blast of scorn: “Hey, old guys !”
It’s a voice full of impatience, annoyance, even contempt, suggesting they haven’t the energy, the quickness or the attention span to take care of business. It’s on him, now, the new guy, the kid: He’s got to keep them from wandering off, losing track, drifting as the old are wont to do.
A bit strained, perhaps, but interesting.
Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday dinner was last night and the event was filled with celebrities who were lucky enough to be invited.
Mandela became the oldest elected President of South Africa when he took office at the age of 77 in 1994. He decided not to stand for a second term as President, and instead retired in 1999, to be succeeded by Thabo Mbeki.
   
And… despite from being banned from presenting at tomorrow’s concert in Hyde Park. Mandela let Naomi Campbell attend, as long as she sat at the kid’s table and didn’t talk to anybody.
Other guests at Mandela’s birthday dinner included Pierce Bronson, Neil Diamond, Forrest Whitaker, Will Smith, Bill Clinton and Annie Lennox. What an interesting, yet diverse group of people.
What others said:
- Dlisted says, “Naomi showed up with her new boyfriend, Marcus Elias. New boyfriend did a good job of hiding the bruises on his face because you know Naomi beats his ass.”
Either Will Smith is the worst present giver in the world or his has fallen into the ranks of Scientology. After being the film bitch for a celeb you typically get some kind of swag for putting up with their demands of nutty bars and tepid diet coke when the filming wraps. It is the circle of life in Hollywood. Will Smith gave the gift of having your brain washed.
After wrapping “Hancock” he gave out a card good for a personality test at your local Scientology center.
They are already given away free of charge at the church. It is designed to find your flaws and offer up “help” to make you perfect. (Kinda like those quizzes Cosmo does to help make you multi-orgasmic.) The test is free, but the personality fix is yours for a fee. Obviously it has totally worked for Tom Cruise. Will continues to stay on the neutral path on his status with the cult, but told Access Hollywood:
 “I was introduced to it by Tom, and I’m a student of world religion. I was raised in a Baptist household. I went to a Catholic school, but the ideas of the Bible are 98% the same ideas of Scientology, 98% the same ideas of Hinduism and Buddhism.”
I must have been absent from Sunday School the day they covered the Galatic Confederacy, Xenu, the hydrogen bombs that killed everyone brought to Earth via spacecraft and the space opera. I am guessing Jesus teamed up with She-Ra, Godzilla, Buddah and Spiderman to send him back to the depths of space. Is that how it went?
Source: Will Smith boosting Scientology [NY Daily News] and Will Smith: Scientology Is Practically Buddhism [Mollygood]
Hilary Duff Has Boogers for Dinner - Ninja Dude
Hollywood Celebrities Become Art - City Rag
Beyonce Suffers a Crotch Shot - [nsfw] Drunken Stepfather
Ashanti’s Little Sister Shi Shi Needs Some Pants - Celebrity Smack
Will Smith on All Fours - Dlisted
WIN, WIN, WIN - Gorillaz Merchandise - Popbytes
Spike TV Hosts the Best Looking Award Shows - Fatback and Collards
Who has the bigger mouth…Juliette Lewis or Pink? - Seriously? OMG! WTF?
Leo DiCaprio’s Goatee is All Sorts of Wack - Popsugar
Pamela Anderson’s Curtain Comes Down - Hollywood Rag
Mary Louise Parker is Back with Her Ex - A Socialites Life
Ricky Martin is Gay - Bricks and Stones
Paris Hilton Gets Punchy - Celeb News Wire
Jenna Jameson Has a Flat Stomach - The Bastardly
David Beckham is Really THAT Big - Pop On The Pop
Kristen Bell is Princess Leia in the Gold Bikini - Egotastic
Pamela Anderson High on Coke - Celebslam
Fergie is Home for the Holidays - Just Jared
Vivid Video Sues Porn Youtube - Breaking News USA
Janice Dickinson Calls Tyra Banks Fat - Allie is Wired
Do You Know What Your Kids Are Eating? - City Rag
Ashley Tisdale Gets Her Nose Enhanced - Ninja Dude
Jodie Foster Crawls Outta Bed - onto the Red Carpet - Seriously? OMG! WTF?
Jimmy Kimmel Takes Care of Staff During WGA Strike - Celebrity Smack
Lindsay Lohan and Leann Rimes - Worst Wax Figures Ever - Popbytes
Spice Girls Reunion Tour Update - A Socialites Life
Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo Heat Up - Bricks and Stones
Paris Hilton Celebrates Britney Spears Birthday - Hollyscoop
Ethan Hawke is Still Shacking up with the Nanny - I’m Not Obsessed
Lindsay Lohan Has Dumped Riley - Celeb News Wire
Paris Hilton Buys Yet Another Dog - Dlisted
Angelina And Maddox Support Papa Pitt - Splash News Online
Christian Bale To Star In ‘Terminator’ - Breaking News USA
Greasy Bear Regulates His Cocaine Use - Pop On The Pop
I Bet Petra Nemcova Smells Really Good - Popoholic
Fallen “Idol” Offered Cop Fellatio - TMZ
Will Smith: Scientology Wasn’t for Me - US Weekly
Kate Moss and Her Strange Looking Nipples - Drunken Stepfather
Fergie Has Smashed Boobs - Hollywood Tuna
Celebrity Look-Alike Contest - Enter at Allie is Wired
The Beckhams’ Welcome to America party got CRAZY! Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes turned it into the dance floor at Hyde while Jim Carrey pretended to spank Jenny McCarthy and Will Smith did the splits.
And then it got out of control when the DJ played “Old Tim Rock & Roll”, inspiring Tom to reenact the famous scene from Risky Business. While he did get on his back and kick his legs in the air, he kept his pants on. I’m sure guests were quite thankful for that.
Source: Us Weekly
Devoted family man John Travolta is set to make his next movie a true family affair after having persuaded studio bosses to cast his seven-year-old daughter Ella Bleu and wife Kelly Preston alongside him in the upcoming Walt Disney comedy Old Dogs.
The 53-year-old Saturday Night Fever star was apparently keen to share the screen with Ella after seeing Will Smith’s young son Jaden join his dad in 2006 film The Pursuit of Happyness. It will be the first time John and Kelly have appeared together since they first met on the set of 1989 film The Experts.
Also joining the Travolta clan for the new flick is John’s old pal Robin Williams.
Old Dogs tells the story of two friends who find their lives turned upside down when they become the guardians of seven-year-old twin girls.
source: hello
Best Picture:
* Babel
* The Departed
* Letters from Iwo Jima
* Little Miss Sunshine
* The Queen
Best Actor:
* Leonardo DiCaprio, Blood Diamond
* Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson
* Peter O’Toole, Venus
* Will Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness
* Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
Best Actress:
* Penelope Cruz, Volver
* Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
* Helen Mirren, The Queen
* Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada
* Kate Winslet, Little Children
Best Supporting Actor:
* Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine
* Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children
* Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond
* Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
* Mark Wahlberg, The Departed
Best Supporting Actress:
* Adriana Barraza, Babel
* Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal
* Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
* Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
* Rinko Kikuchi, Babel
Best Director:
* Alejandro González Iñárritu, Babel
* Martin Scorsese, The Departed
* Clint Eastwood, Letters from Iwo Jima
* Stephen Frears, The Queen
* Paul Greengrass, United 93
Best Original Screenplay:
* Babel
* Letters from Iwo Jima
* Little Miss Sunshine
* Pan’s Labyrinth
* The Queen
Best Adapted Screenplay:
* Borat
* Children of Men
* The Departed
* Little Children
* Notes on a Scandal
Foreign Language Film:
* After the Wedding
* Days of Glory
* The Lives of Others
* Pan’s Labyrinth
* Water
Animated Feature:
* Cars
* Happy Feet
* Monster House
Music (Score):
* Babel
* The Good German
* Notes on a Scandal
* Pan’s Labyrinth
* The Queen
Music (Song):
* “I Need to Wake Up” – An Inconvenient Truth
* “Listen” – Dreamgirls
* “Love You I Do” – Dreamgirls
* “Our Town” – Cars
* “Patience” – Dreamgirls
The Oscar field has predictable faces — Helen Mirren, Eddie Murphy, Forest Whitaker — but some of the snubs caused the biggest shocks. No Best Picture nomination for ‘Dreamgirls.’ No Best Supporting Actor nomination for Brad Pitt. No Borat!
Best Picture: “Babel,” “The Departed,” “Letters From Iwo Jima,” “Little Miss Sunshine,” “The Queen.”
Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, “Blood Diamond”; Ryan Gosling, “Half Nelson”; Peter O’Toole, “Venus”; Will Smith, “The Pursuit of Happyness”; Forest Whitaker, “The Last King of Scotland.”
Actress: Penelope Cruz, “Volver”; Judi Dench, “Notes on a Scandal”; Helen Mirren, “The Queen”; Meryl Streep, “The Devil Wears Prada”; Kate Winslet, “Little Children.”
Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin, “Little Miss Sunshine”; Jackie Earle Haley, “Little Children”; Djimon Hounsou, “Blood Diamond”; Eddie Murphy, “Dreamgirls”; Mark Wahlberg, “The Departed.”
Supporting Actress: Adriana Barraza, “Babel”; Cate Blanchett, “Notes on a Scandal”; Abigail Breslin, “Little Miss Sunshine”; Jennifer Hudson, “Dreamgirls”; Rinko Kikuchi, “Babel.”
Directing: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, “Babel”; Martin Scorsese, “The Departed”; Clint Eastwood, “Letters From Iwo Jima”; Stephen Frears, “The Queen”; Paul Greengrass, “United 93.”
Foreign Language Film: “After the Wedding,” Denmark; “Days of Glory (Indigenes),” Algeria; “The Lives of Others,” Germany; “Pan’s Labyrinth,” Mexico; “Water,” Canada.
Adapted Screenplay: Sacha Baron Cohen and Anthony Hines and Peter Baynham and Dan Mazer and Todd Phillips, “Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan”; Alfonso Cuaron and Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, “Children of Men”; William Monahan, “The Departed”; Todd Field and Tom Perrotta, “Little Children”; Patrick Marber, “Notes on a Scandal.”
Original Screenplay: Guillermo Arriaga, “Babel”; Iris Yamashita and Paul Haggis, “Letters From Iwo Jima”; Michael Arndt, “Little Miss Sunshine”; Guillermo del Toro, “Pan’s Labyrinth”; Peter Morgan, “The Queen.”
Animated Feature Film: “Cars,” “Happy Feet,” “Monster House.”
Art Direction: “Dreamgirls,” “The Good Shepherd,” “Pan’s Labyrinth,” “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,” “The Prestige.”
Cinematography: “The Black Dahlia,” “Children of Men,” “The Illusionist,” “Pan’s Labyrinth,” “The Prestige.”
Sound Mixing: “Apocalypto,” “Blood Diamond,” “Dreamgirls,” “Flags of Our Fathers,” “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.”
Sound Editing: “Apocalypto,” “Blood Diamond,” “Flags of Our Fathers,” “Letters From Iwo Jima,” “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.”
Original Score: “Babel,” Gustavo Santaolalla; “The Good German,” Thomas Newman; “Notes on a Scandal,” Philip Glass; “Pan’s Labyrinth,” Javier Navarrete; “The Queen,” Alexandre Desplat.
Original Song: “I Need to Wake Up” from “An Inconvenient Truth,” Melissa Etheridge; “Listen” from “Dreamgirls,” Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler and Anne Preven; “Love You I Do” from “Dreamgirls,” Henry Krieger and Siedah Garrett; “Our Town” from “Cars,” Randy Newman; “Patience” from “Dreamgirls,” Henry Krieger and Willie Reale.
Costume: “Curse of the Golden Flower,” “The Devil Wears Prada,” “Dreamgirls,” “Marie Antoinette,” “The Queen.”
Documentary Feature: “Deliver Us From Evil,” “An Inconvenient Truth,” “Iraq in Fragments,” “Jesus Camp,” “My Country, My Country.”
Documentary (short subject): “The Blood of Yingzhou District,” “Recycled Life,” “Rehearsing a Dream,” “Two Hands.”
Film Editing: “Babel,” “Blood Diamond,” “Children of Men,” “The Departed,” “United 93.”
Makeup: “Apocalypto,” “Click,” “Pan’s Labyrinth.”
Animated Short Film: “The Danish Poet,” “Lifted,” “The Little Matchgirl,” “Maestro,” “No Time for Nuts.”
Live Action Short Film: “Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea),” “Eramos Pocos (One Too Many),” “Helmer & Son,” “The Saviour,” “West Bank Story.”
Visual Effects: “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,” “Poseidon,” “Superman Returns.”
HONORARY AWARD (Oscar statuette): Ennio Morricone
JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD (Oscar statuette): Sherry Lansing
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