Oprah #1 celebrity of 2007

[econophile]

I love the annual Forbes Celebrity 100 list (mostly because of the income porn). The new one came out last month. Oprah earned $260M last year and tops the list, followed by Tiger Woods who earned $100M. Rankings aren't based soley on earnings, though -- Forbes also considers how often people get mentioned in the press. Happy to see Hayden Panettiere on the list. Have at it.


Rank Name Pay ($mil) Web Rank Press Rank TV Rank
1 Oprah Winfrey 260 1 7 1
2 Tiger Woods 100 16 3 3
3 Madonna 72 2 1 6
4 Rolling Stones 88 7 14 20
5 Brad Pitt 35 15 9 12
6 Johnny Depp 92 32 21 39
7 Elton John 53 18 18 35
8 Tom Cruise 31 8 10 7
9 Jay-Z 83 10 47 50
10 Steven Spielberg 110 45 33 51
11 Tom Hanks 74 34 42 55
12 Grey's Anatomy cast 33 37 25 16
13 Howard Stern 70 59 58 5
14 Angelina Jolie 20 13 13 13
15 David Beckham 33 25 6 42
16 Phil Mickelson 42 81 12 18
17 David Letterman 40 60 32 10
18 Bon Jovi 67 21 57 53
19 Donald Trump 32 28 27 8
20 Celine Dion 45 20 59 65
21 Simon Cowell 45 74 43 38
22 U2 30 6 11 46
23 Kobe Bryant 33 66 28 30
24 Michael Schumacher 36 37 8 88
25 Shaquille O'Neal 32 52 20 33
26 Jay Leno 32 54 41 11
27 Nicole Kidman 28 23 19 21
28 Ben Stiller 38 43 49 57
29 Alex Rodriguez 29 29 17 17
30 Dr. Phil McGraw 30 26 53 4
31 Ronaldinho 31 3 5 90
32 50 Cent 33 11 67 59
33 Brian Grazer/Ron Howard 70 56 63 78
34 Justin Timberlake 20 12 16 19
35 Michael Jordan 31 50 23 36
36 Rush Limbaugh 33 63 56 27
37 Tim McGraw 37 63 60 47
38 Roger Federer 29 49 4 32
39 Jerry Bruckheimer 120 85 83 84
40 George Clooney 25 36 26 22
41 Kimi Raikkonen 40 60 39 99
42 Jerry Seinfeld 60 82 84 61
43 Sean (Diddy) Combs 23 4 48 31
44 Jennifer Aniston 14 24 38 28
45 Adam Sandler 30 48 52 43
46 Oscar De La Hoya 43 77 72 79
47 Cast of Desperate Housewives 16 17 51 9
48 LeBron James 27 71 22 29
48 J.K. Rowling 32 42 61 77
50 Derek Jeter 28 78 34 34
51 Maria Sharapova 23 40 15 56
52 Matt Damon 24 43 37 44
53 Gisele Bundchen 33 41 92 92
54 Vince Vaughn 25 56 55 41
55 Bill Clinton 7 5 2 2
56 Gore Verbinski 37 83 77 100
57 Will Smith 31 87 69 63
58 Valentino Rossi 30 65 40 98
59 Judge Judy Sheindlin 30 100 90 15
60 Jessica Simpson 7 9 46 23
61 Tyra Banks 18 35 75 26
62 Anthony Robbins 30 53 100 80
63 Cate Blanchett 13 37 29 73
64 Regis Philbin 21 96 64 14
65 Sandra Bullock 10 31 54 49
66 Rachael Ray 16 68 71 25
67 Alan Greenspan 16 75 30 58
68 Julia Roberts 9 19 44 45
69 Serena Williams 14 71 31 52
70 Michelle Wie 19 98 45 40
71 Keira Knightley 9 29 50 54
72 Hilary Duff 12 27 74 62
73 George Lopez 26 89 88 76
74 Kate Moss 9 46 24 74
75 Barbara Walters 12 85 65 24
76 Ryan Seacrest 14 79 80 37
77 Scarlett Johansson 5 22 36 67
78 Jessica Alba 9 14 79 66
79 Daniel Radcliffe 15 50 78 82
80 Reese Witherspoon 7 47 62 48
81 Larry the Cable Guy 20 89 86 81
82 Deepak Chopra 22 76 94 95
83 Annika Sorenstam 10 92 35 64
84 Heidi Klum 8 33 68 68
85 J.J. Abrams 17 83 91 97
86 Dan Brown 10 68 66 86
87 Emeril Lagasse 9 54 85 72
88 Wolfgang Puck 13 93 89 71
89 Dane Cook 9 58 87 75
90 Jack Welch 11 80 82 85
91 John Grisham 9 67 76 87
92 Jeff Foxworthy 10 95 93 69
93 Rhonda Byrne 12 91 98 96
94 Dakota Fanning 4 70 73 70
95 Danica Patrick 5 97 70 60
96 Mitch Albom 6 88 81 89
97 Emma Watson 4 62 99 93
98 Hayden Panettiere 2 71 97 94
99 Paula Deen 4 94 96 91
100 Bobby Flay 2 99 95 83

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/53/...-100_Rank.html

[econophile]

wow alan greenspan earned $16M last year. balla.

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The former chairman of the Federal Reserve still moves markets. In late February, Greenspan uttered the word 'recession' twice in one week and sent global markets into a tizzy. His 18-year tenure as the Fed chairman has cemented him as an in-demand speaker who can command as much as $100,000 per speech. It's not his only source of income: He also runs a healthy consulting business and banked roughly $8 million for his memoirs, due out this fall.


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[amplify]

Tiger earns every penny. Oprah, not so much.

[SILLYGOOSER]

Judge Judy makes almost as much as Brad Pitt.

[NT!]

Just because you copied and pasted this whole stupid list into OOT doesn't stop it from being linktarding