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Forbes Celebrity 100

Forbes Celebrity 100

Forbes Magazine just released the Celebrity 100, their annual list of the world’s most powerful. They tallied up celebrities’ annual salaries, web rank, press rank and TV rank … and PRESTO!

THE MOST POWERFUL…

Actor: Brad Pitt at #5
Actress: Angelina Jolie at #14
Kid star: Daniel Radcliffe at #79
Supermodel: Gisele Bundchen at #53
Singer: Madonna at #3
Athlete: Tiger Woods at #2
Celebrity: Oprah Winfrey at #1

Oprah pulled in earnings of $260 million for the year while all the tabloid regulars did not make the cut — Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie, Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears, who topped the Celebrity 100 in 2002.

The full Forbes Celebrity 100 list is below but you can play around with the different rankings at Forbes.com.

  1. Oprah Winfrey
  2. Tiger Woods
  3. Madonna
  4. Rolling Stones
  5. Brad Pitt
  6. Johnny Depp
  7. Elton John
  8. Tom Cruise
  9. Jay-Z
  10. Steven Spielberg
  11. Tom Hanks
  12. Grey’s Anatomy cast
  13. Howard Stern
  14. Angelina Jolie
  15. David Beckham
  16. Phil Mickelson
  17. David Letterman
  18. Bon Jovi
  19. Donald Trump
  20. Celine Dion
  21. Simon Cowell
  22. U2
  23. Kobe Bryant
  24. Michael Schumacher
  25. Shaquille O’Neal
  26. Jay Leno
  27. Nicole Kidman
  28. Ben Stiller
  29. Alex Rodriguez
  30. Dr. Phil McGraw
  31. Ronaldinho
  32. 50 Cent
  33. Brian Grazer/Ron Howard
  34. Justin Timberlake

  1. Michael Jordan
  2. Rush Limbaugh
  3. Tim McGraw
  4. Roger Federer
  5. Jerry Bruckheimer
  6. George Clooney
  7. Kimi Raikkonen
  8. Jerry Seinfeld
  9. Sean (Diddy) Combs
  10. Jennifer Aniston
  11. Adam Sandler
  12. Oscar De La Hoya
  13. Cast of Desperate Housewives
  14. LeBron James
  15. J.K. Rowling
  16. Derek Jeter
  17. Maria Sharapova
  18. Matt Damon
  19. Gisele Bundchen
  20. Vince Vaughn
  21. Bill Clinton
  22. Gore Verbinski
  23. Will Smith
  24. Valentino Rossi
  25. Judge Judy Sheindlin
  26. Jessica Simpson
  27. Tyra Banks
  28. Anthony Robbins
  29. Cate Blanchett
  30. Regis Philbin
  31. Sandra Bullock
  32. Rachael Ray

  1. Alan Greenspan
  2. Julia Roberts
  3. Serena Williams
  4. Michelle Wie
  5. Keira Knightley
  6. Hilary Duff
  7. George Lopez
  8. Kate Moss
  9. Barbara Walters
  10. Ryan Seacrest
  11. Scarlett Johansson
  12. Jessica Alba
  13. Daniel Radcliffe
  14. Reese Witherspoon
  15. Larry the Cable Guy
  16. Deepak Chopra
  17. Annika Sorenstam
  18. Heidi Klum
  19. J.J. Abrams
  20. Dan Brown
  21. Emeril Lagasse
  22. Wolfgang Puck
  23. Dane Cook
  24. Jack Welch
  25. John Grisham
  26. Jeff Foxworthy
  27. Rhonda Byrne
  28. Dakota Fanning
  29. Danica Patrick
  30. Mitch Albom
  31. Emma Watson
  32. Hayden Panettiere
  33. Paula Deen
  34. Bobby Flay

WHAT DO YOU THINK of the Forbes Celebrity 100 list? Agree or Disagree?

Forbes forbes celebrity 100 list

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119 Comments

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you mean to say @ 06/15/2007 at 11:46 pm

a black man and woman topped the list? What is the world coming to?

Fantastic!

jellyroll @ 06/16/2007 at 2:05 am

All you Brangelina Lovers are so annoying. Malow must be on their payroll ’cause you sure kiss alot of @ss. Either way these people don’t share their wealth with me so I can give a **** about all of them.

Oh yeah, Kimi Räikkönen, ******* :D

Why are the top two people black?

take a look @ 06/16/2007 at 7:58 am

I see Brad is back to wearing a hat. I just don’t understand why he chooses to wear it like Pete Doherty does, and not the way Johnny Depp wears one. The hats/brims always look good on Johnny and not on BP or PD.

you're giving me an upset stom @ 06/16/2007 at 1:14 pm

Oh God,

There is a white supremacist on this site. Justin got attacked? Thank God he had the brains not to allow himself to become infiltrated with hatred. Now he’s rich, famous and successful and loved by all kinds of people.

Racists are ALL a bunch of socially inept LOSERS!

105 Poop | 06/16/2007 at 5:38 am
Why are the top two people black?

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Because they earned the most money. Duh! What the ****!

I can’t get over the fact that Oprah made more money than all these people, including Donald Trump. That just blows me away.

After all these years in the business, Madonna still came in third. Wow! She is one true hardworking icon. She rocks big time!

Don’t forget people that Brad is a producer and he produced The Departed. Of course he is higher than Johnny and Tom!

Way to Go Madonna!!

TREVOR ASHTON BROWN @ 06/17/2007 at 2:19 pm

WHERE’S BRITNEY?

qeeksquadmember#2 @ 06/17/2007 at 8:29 pm

Why are we all discussing who made the most money? that’s saved for the forbes most wealthy celeb list, this is for the most powerful celebs. like we didn’t know that oprah had mad cheese? they should of stopped at #10

Where is Paul McCartney?????!!!!!

nicole kidman makes over $17 million per movie cause she makes bad movies…all her movies are amazing…hilary duff deserves to be higher cause that’s the one celebrity starlet who’s doing it right!

yea GO KIMI he should be higher I think he earns more than those other celebrities!

yeaaaaaaaaaaaah nicole you rock !! number 27# thats befor that loser julia roberts she is number 68#, and katie shes not in the list hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahay
congragilaiton nicole (kidman)we love you ,

Well I’m surprised - they are being a bit unfair to singers, don’t you think? What about people like … Beyonce, and Christina Aguilera? I should think they would be on there if it were about influence, but this list is decided a lot by income too I suppose, which can be monopolized by label leaders … at any rate there were still quite a few obscure people on there that could stand replacing.

Also, I understand that a lot of people hate Britney Spears, but if they calculate media exposure then she should be on there. I think they took her off because otherwise people would complain that their list was a “joke,” as it is a “power” list which ranks celebrities on their influence..but then shouldn’t they take off anyone who only got on because of gossip and stuff? People like Hilary Duff and Jessica Simpson who haven’t really…achieved anything, and who can’t influence people’s decisions because they are not taken seriously by the public, should be demoted too don’t you think?

I think this is more of a “visibility and money” list than a power or influence list. Power and influence can’t be measured this way.

AJ is voted one of the most hated celebrities in the world while JA is top 5 most liked… so.. being most powerful does not nessacarily mean most liked.. also, give her some time… JA will do more movies and shell be popular again… i mean AJ has had a few more tries. and if you really want to look that means more flps too.

Roger Federer deserves to be in the list, in fact, he should be rank higher. He worked hard for it, this is the fruit of his labor.

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