Angelina Jolie More Powerful Than Oprah
Forbes declared it so it must be so. Right? Angelina Jolie has topped Forbes annual World’s Most Powerful Celebrity list. The list of 100 celebs is ranked using earnings and media visibility. Oprah beat out Angelina in the earnings department. Oprah made $275 million last year while Angelina is banked $27 million. Of course Angelina brought the pain with the fame quotient.
Here’s what Forbes had to say about Angelina:
“Eclectic actress and gossip-column favorite dethrones media maven Oprah Winfrey atop this year’s Celebrity 100. Jolie has always been able to attract tabloid attention and Oscar nods, but this year, she’s finally figured out a way to make serious money. Her most recent blockbuster, Wanted, proved this mother of six’s sweet spot is action films; the movie earned $340 million at the box office. Up next: Salt, in which Jolie plays a CIA officer accused of being a spy.”
Brad earned the #9 slot which is up from his #10 place in 2008. Angie was #2 last year behind Tiger Woods. Woods is #5 this time around.
Click below for the top 25.
2 Oprah Winfrey
3 Madonna
4 Beyonce Knowles
5 Tiger Woods
6 Bruce Springsteen
7 Steven Spielberg
8 Jennifer Aniston
9 Brad Pitt
10 Kobe Bryant
11 Will Smith
12 Dr. Phil McGraw
13 Britney Spears
14 David Letterman
15 Coldplay
16 Adam Sandler
17 Harrison Ford
18 Michael Jordan
19 LeBron James
20 Tom Cruise 33
21 Bon Jovi
22 Donald Trump
23 Rush Limbaugh
24 George Lucas
25 Simon Cowell
From Forbes:
Sources for the poll were Billboard, Pollstar, Adams Media Research, Nielsen SoundScan, Nielsen BookScan, Nielsen Media Research and SNL Kagan. Fame is calculated using Web hits on Google Blog Search, TV/radio mentions on LexisNexis, overall press mentions on Factiva and the number of times a celebrity’s image appeared on the cover of 25 consumer magazines.
June 4th, 2009 at 6:25 am
Happy Birthday Angie we love you.
June 4th, 2009 at 10:07 am
*****HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANGEL*****
June 4th, 2009 at 11:15 am
Congratulation Angie(and Brad too.9#is not bad at all)and…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEAYTIFUL!!!
May you have a wonderful day with your family!!!
Love you Angie!!!
FOREVER FUN!!!
June 4th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
Happy birthday Angie.
Love you.
June 30th, 2009 at 6:01 am
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