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*First lady Michelle Obama is no doubt one of the most influential women of our time. And Forbes agrees. In the latest issue of the magazine’s “Most Powerful Women,” the presidential wife made it at no. 4, among politicians, philanthropists, celebrities, and CEOs. The top 100 women are ranked based on money, their media presence, [...]
*Oprah Winfrey has not budged from the perch of Forbes’ list of most influential celebrities in America. According to E-Poll Research, 48% of people surveyed rate the TV titan as influential. That’s down only one point from last year when she also topped the list of Most Influential Celebrities. Ratings at Oprah’s OWN network are [...]
*Wiz Khalifa made it on Forbes “30 Under 30” list, being one of the top young stars with a whole lotta money. He’s only 25 and was chosen as Forbes’ featured music artist who has earned $20 million over the past two years. Life is great. He’s getting ready to release another album and marry [...]
*Despite a 13-year gap between studio albums, Dr. Dre has managed to top Forbes’ new list of “The World’s 25 Highest-Paid Musicians,” earning an estimated $110 million from May 2011 to May 2012. Dre’s bested such competition as Britney Spears, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber and Kanye West, all of whom made the cut, and was [...]
*Her OWN cable network may be struggling, but its namesake continues to reign supreme when it comes to personal bank accounts. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Oprah Winfrey earned $165 million from May 2011 to May 2012 to top Forbes’ list of highest-paid celebrities for the fourth consecutive year. Dr. Dre and Tyler Perry also [...]
*Forbes has released its list of social networking superstars, using a formula that simply adds a star’s Twitter followers to his or her Facebook fans. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] According to the list, Rihanna comes out on top with 23.8 million Twitter followers and 59.6 million Facebook fans. She edges out Lady Gaga, who [...]
*The bank accounts of Rihanna and Lil Wayne have earned them plum spots on the newest Forbes list, which tracks the highest-paid stars under age 30. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Topping the tally is 22-year-old country star Taylor Swift, who Forbes estimates raked in $57 million between May 2011 and May 2012. In second [...]
*Forbes released its annual 100 Most Powerful Celebrities list, naming Oprah Winfrey at No. 2 and Rihanna at No. 4. Surprisingly, Jennifer Lopez made it the to the top spot. Before you ask, number 3 goes to Justin Bieber. The rankings are determined by fame, which is calculated by their visibility across several media platforms, and [...]
*When you used to think of the Forbes annual list of billionaires, you would probably walk by the newsstand or skip the website because you didn’t think anyone of color would be on the list. But oh, how things have changed. In this year’s edition, six people of African descent have made the list and [...]
*For the second consecutive year, Michael Jackson was named this year’s top-earning dead celebrity on a list compiled by financial publication Forbes. The singer, who died in 2009 at age 50, is estimated to have earned $170 million in the past year, which also places him as the second highest-earning pop music act this year, [...]
*It’s hard to preach to your children about the woes of the rap game when some rappers are making so much money that they have their own “Forbes Richest” list. Forbes doesn’t create lists for just anybody, so don’t get it twisted. If they were fortunate enough to have made the list it’s likely that [...]
*While Oprah Winfrey remained the world’s top money maker in entertainment, Lady Gaga and reality star/businesswoman Bethenny Frankel are hot on her heels, according to Forbes.com. Winfrey held on to the top spot with $290 million in earnings from May 2010 to May 2011 and an estimated net worth of $2.7 billion. But Winfrey’s daytime [...]
*If you saw the footage of Diddy – who Forbes says is worth over $500 million – acting like a complete ghetto fool at T.I.’s homecoming event over the weekend, you saw how he “backslid and regressed.” He shouted racial and homophobic slurs at a clubgoer … and now the rap mogul is begging for [...]
*Tyler Perry was the target of a “Weekend Update” skit that poked fun at his new status as Forbes’ Highest Paid Man in Entertainment. Kenan Thompson suited up again as the filmmaker/actor/writer, entering the fake news segment tossing money in the air. Asked by host Seth Meyers how he was able to make $130 million [...]
*Forbes writer, Zack O’Malley Greenburg has generated a watch list of Hip Hop artists who are on the verge of possibly becoming the industry’s first billionaire. So far he’s got Sean “Diddy” Combs, Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter, Andre “Dr. Dre” Young, Bryan “Birdman” Williams, and Cutis “50 Cent” Jackson. Right now these artists are at the [...]
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