All Blog Posts Tagged 'LIST' (15)

Time magazine revealed its 100 Most Influential People in the World on Thursday and this year's list includes singers Jay-Z, Beyonce and Justin Timberlake, and actresses Jennifer Lawrence and Lena Dunham.

For the first time, the special issue -- hitting newsstands tomorrow -- includes seven separate covers that…

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It’s all Benjamins for real. Once again, Sean Combs reigns supreme as Forbes wealthiest hip hop mogul with an estimate net work of $580 millions.

“It is one of the fastest-growing brands within vodka,” says Jack Russo, an equity analyst at Edward Jones & Co. “Consumers are feeling a little bit better about…

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Olympic Gold medalist gymnast Gabby Douglas, rapper Wiz Khalifa and researcher Josh Sommer, they have been chosen by the magazine for its "30 Under 30" list of top achievers under 30 years old in their fields.



They are considered the top 30 achievers in 15 categories ranging from education, energy,… Continue

Eddie Murphy was once among Hollywood's top box office draws, but he now has the dubious honor of being crowned its most overpaid actor, according to Forbes magazine.

In its annual list, determined by the misalignment between star salaries and their films' box office take, Murphy, once a one-man gold mine with…

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Although she’s no longer on syndicated TV, Oprah Winfrey still seems to be everywhere. She’s got three shows on her still struggling OWN Network, her face still graces the cover of every O magazine and she recently appeared on the cover of our Forbes 400 issue.

Now she tops Forbes list of Hollywood’s…

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Old-school rapper Dr. Dre has topped Forbes’ annual list of hip-hop Cash Kings — but not for his expletive-laced rhymes.

The entertainer-producer-actor pulled in $110 million before taxes in 2011, the bulk of his Benjamins coming from his line of premium headphones — Beats By Dr. Dre.

The Grammy-winning “Let it Ride” rapper raked in $100 million when telephone-handset maker HTC spent $300 million for a 51 percent…

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A year after retiring as the Queen of Daytime, Oprah Winfrey has continued her reign at the top of the annual Forbes list of highest-earning celebrities.



The 58-year-old Winfrey topped the list - which measures stars' revenues between May 2011 and May 2012 -- for the fourth straight year, despite a $125 million drop in…

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Mega music makers Jay-Z and Usher are two of the urban artists who made Forbes' list of highest paid musicians.



With elite company like company like rockers U2, Elton John and Bon Jovi, Jigga and Ursher were two of five hip hop and R&B artists to make the prestigious list. Usher landed at the #12… Continue

You have the dubious honor of being a celebrity worthy enough of his own death hoax.



Rumors of the 41-year-old actor's demise hit the web Monday courtesy of yet another faux news story from Global Associated News.



The "Heathers" star was reported to have died in a snowboarding accident… Continue

Hip-Hop mogul Jay-Z is one of 15 entrepreneurs Forbes magazine has predicted will be worth a billion dollars by the year 2015.

Jay-Z was named amongst an elite group of tech moguls, hedge-funders, athletes and entertainers who all have a chance of breaking into the Forbes 400 this decade.



According to Forbes, Jay-Z has a total worth of $450 million, through his Roc Nation label, his catalog, which returns to him in 2014, Rocawear and a… Continue

Three teens whose names appeared on hit list posted on Facebook in a Colombian town have been killed in the past 10 days, officials said.

Two of the teens, ages 16 and 17, were shot dead while riding a motorcycle in Puerto Asis on August 16. The next day, a hit list with 69 names, including those of the two killed, appeared on the social networking site.



The list's authors warned those named to leave town within three days or face… Continue

Jay-Z pulled in $63 million over the past 12 months, earning him his second straight hip-hop cash crown. His income level places him in the 35% tax bracket, which means he’ll pay Uncle Sam about $22 million this year–a sum greater than the total earnings of any other rap star besides second-ranked Diddy.

1. Jay-Z – $63 Million (Crazy thing is Beyonce makes even more with 87 million)

2. Diddy – $30 Million (Take that, thake that)

3. Akon… Continue

Shaquille O'Neal, 37, is a big man with big-time talent. He's a basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers, a reserve police officer (in Miami), a movie star, a rapper and now an art curator. The all-star center has been overseeing the exhibit "Size DOES Matter," which opened Friday at the Flag Art Foundation in Manhattan. Featuring 52 works by 39 artists, the show will examine the theme of scale in contemporary art. At 7-foot-1, 325 pounds, O'Neal… Continue

Could Jamie Foxx be mean enough to fill Simon Cowell's shoes on "American Idol?"

Maybe so.



According to Life & Style, the Academy Award winning actor and singer is one of the names being tossed around to replace Cowell when he leaves "Idol" after the current season.



Cowell is leaving "Idol" so he can focus on bringing his British hit "X Factor" stateside in 2011.



Foxx is no stranger to "Idol,"… Continue

The Big Apple's reigning rapper has had a banner year.

Shawn (Jay-Z) Carter left Def Jam Recordings and struck an unprecedented $150 million deal with Live Nation in May, allowing him to create a joint record label, talent/management agency and music publishing company under the umbrella Roc Nation.



The $82 million music mogul dropped "The Blueprint 3" in September, selling 476,000 copies its first week and becoming iTunes'… Continue