Sofia Vergara owns TV land, taking home the biggest paycheck for any actress on the boob tube.
Our friends at Forbes have compiled yet another list – this time, of the top 10 highest paid actresses on TV.
Also from Desperate Housewives, Marcia Cross sits pretty behind Eva and Tina at number 3, having made $10 million, tied with Mariska Hargitay of Law & Order: SVU and Marg Helgenberger of CSI.
Somehow Teri Hatcher and Felicity Huffman come in behind the other Housewives ladies after having made $9 million each.
Rounding out the top 10 is The Good Wife‘s Julianna Margulies at $6 million.
Forbes has named Leonardo DiCaprio the world’s highest paid actor in 2010.
Leonardo’s films Inception and Shutter Island made nearly $1.2 billion worldwide in 2010. Per Forbes, DiCaprio made $15 million upfront for each film and shared the wealth of the profits.
Depp, who topped the list in 2009 by making $75 million then, still came in second in 2010 despite starring in the year’s biggest grossing film, Alice In Wonderland, which made $1.024 billion at the box office, as well as The Tourist, which brought in $278 million worldwide.
Third placed on the Forbes’ list is Adam Sandler at $40 million, followed by Will Smith and Tom Hanks with $36 million and $35 million respectively.
Forbes magazine’s list of highest paid actors for financial year 2010, top five:
1. Leonardo DiCaprio ($77 million)
2. Johnny Depp ($50 million)
3. Adam Sandler ($40 million)
Kristen Stewart was just named Forbes‘ 5th highest paid actress, making $20 million between May 2010 and May 2011.
The actress who became a household name through the Twilight series, just signed on to play an iconic fairy tale character in Snow White and the Huntsman. But that’s not all…the film’s producer, Joe Roth, has now revealed that Huntsman is being conceived as the first film in a new folklore action-adventure movie trilogy.
The series will also star Thor‘s Chris Hemsworth as the title character and Charlize Theron as her wicked royal highness.
Forbes has yet another list, and has named Leonardo DiCaprio the highest-grossing actor of the year.
1. Leonardo DiCaprio $1.1 billion
2. Mia Wasikowska $1.03 billion
3. Johnny Depp $1.03 billion
4. Robert Downey Jr. $807 million
5. Daniel Radcliffe $780 million
6. Robert Pattinson $749 million
7. Kristen Stewart $698 million
8. Sam Worthington $494 million
9. Jaden Smith $359 million
10. Jackie Chan $359 million
Justin Bieber‘s world domination continues. We already heard that he was the most searched person on Google this year. His videos also dominated YouTube in 2010. But now, we also know that he kicks cyber ass on Twitter!
The teen phenom has just been crowned “The Most Influential Twitter Celebrity” in the whole wide world and the world wide web by Forbes.
To be on the most influential list, Forbes considered the celeb’s number of followers; how quickly and how often the celeb gets retweeted; the celeb’s frequency of tweets; and how influential others are in that celeb’s network.
Not so shockingly, Bieber earned himself a perfect score of 100.
Here’s a look at the top 20 Celeb Twitterers, listed by their Twitter Handles:
1. justinbieber 100
2. paulocoelho 96
3. joejonas 92
4. kanyewest 90.9
5. dalaiLama 90.6
6. nickjonas 90.1
7. ladygaga 89.6
8.ConanOBrien 89
9. iamdiddy 88.9
10. yelyahwilliams 88.8
11. BarackObama 88.5
12. KimKardashian 88.5
13. Tyrese 87.9
14. federicodevito 87.7
15. joseserra_ 87.1
16. TheEllenShow 87.04
17. AngelaSimmons 87
18. katyperry 87
19. ebertchicago 86.7
20. RickWarren 86.7
This is one Forbes list no actor wants to be on. The list I am talking about is Hollywood’s Most Overpaid Actors 2010. Apparently when you are paid the big bucks in Hollywood, you are expected to bring in the big bucks as well. This list lets us know which actors brought in the least amount of revenue per each dollar that they earned. Continue reading
Even in death, some celebrities make more money per year than most of us dream of making in an entire lifetime. In fact, the top revenue-grossing dead celeb, Michael Jackson, made more money over the past year than any other musician or actor, dead or alive.
Forbes said: “Jackson not only took the No.1 spot on our 10th annual ranking of the Top-Earning Dead Celebrities, with gross earnings of $275 million, he out-earned the other 12 deceased stars on the list combined. Still more impressive: His estate’s 12-month haul was greater than the pooled earnings of this year’s two biggest living acts, U2 and AC/DC. Jackson’s posthumous earnings come from his stake in the lucrative Sony/ATV catalog, the hit Sony film This Is It and renewed fan interest in music, videos and all things Michael Jackson.”
Full list of Forbes Top Earning Dead Celebrities:
1. Michael Jackson – $275 million
2. Elvis Presley – $60 million
3. J. R. R. Tolkein – $50 million
4. Charles Schulz – $33 million
5. John Lennon – $17 million
6. Stieg Larsson – $15 million
7. Dr. Seuss – $11 million
8. Albert Einstein – $10 million
9. George Steinbrenner – $8 million
10. Richard Rogers – $7 million
11. Jimi Hendrix and Steve McQueen – $6 million each
12. Aaron Spelling – $5 million
Who made the 2010 Forbes list of The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women?
Moira Forbes, vice-president and publisher of ForbesWoman, says that the women who made the list have affected billions of people around the world. “The women on our list, through their respective realms of power and influence, are shaping many of the agenda setting conversations of our day. They have built companies and brands, sometimes by non-traditional means, and they have broken through gender barriers in areas of commerce, politics, sports, media and cultural zeitgeist, and thereby affecting the lives of millions, sometimes billions of people,” said Forbes.
1. Michelle Obama, US First Lady
2. Irene Rosenfeld, Kraft Foods, Chief Executive
3. Oprah Winfrey, Media Mogul
4. Angela Merkel, German Chancellor
5. Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State
6. Indra Nooyi, Pepsi, Chief Executive
7. Lady Gaga, Musician
8. Gail Kelly, Westpac, Chief Executive,
9. Beyonce Knowles, Musician and Fashion Designer
10. Ellen DeGeneres, Talk Show Host
Forbes just released its annual list of the top 10 highest-paid actresses who defied the odds in a tough-Hollywood town and made the big bucks last year.
It’s no secret that it is much harder for actresses than actors to land great leading roles in Hollywood, especially for women over 40. It is even tougher for the women to be paid on equal footing to their male actor counterparts.
But don’t tell Sandra Bullock any of that because she will tell you her story is a little bit different.
Last year, Bullock rocked Hollywood, first with her romantic comedy The Proposal which grossed $320 million on an estimated budget of $40 million. And then with The Blind Side five months later which earned another $310 million at the box office on an estimated budget of only $30 million. Way to go Sandra.
Between her earnings on The Proposal and The Blind Side, Sandra Bullock earned $56 million between June 2009 and June 2010, which made her the number 1 Hollywood leading lady last year.
To figure out actresses’ earnings, Forbes spoke with agents, managers, producers and attorneys to determine what the stars earned as upfront pay on movies they are currently shooting, as well as back-end pay earned after a movie hit theaters. They also looked at any money actresses might have earned from perfume and clothing lines and from ad campaigns.
Surprisingly, Reese Witherspoon came in second on Forbes’ list of Hollywood’s best-paid actresses with a whopping $32 million over the past year. You are right, Witherspoon hasn’t been seen on the big screen since 2008’s Four Christmases (though she did lend her voice to Monsters Vs. Aliens). But thanks to upfront pay from two movies: How Do You Know and Water for Elephants, she is propelled to number 2.
Cameron Diaz ties Witherspoon at second with $32 million. Jennifer Aniston ranks fourth with $27 million. Sarah Jessica Parker wins fifth place with $25 million thanks to Sex and the City.
Rounding out the top 10 are:
6. Julia Roberts: $20 million
7. Angelina Jolie: $20 million
8. Drew Barrymore: $15 million
9. Meryl Streep: $13 million
10. Kristen Stewart: $12 million