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Oprah Overpowers Brad and Angelina

Oprah Overpowers Brad and Angelina

Oprah Winfrey was ranked the world’s most powerful celebrity for the second year running in a new survey published by Forbes magazine on Wednesday.

Tiger Woods retained the No. 2 spot on the list, raking in $115 million on and off the course, while actress Angelina Jolie jumped to the third spot, combining $14 million in earnings with unequaled levels of fame while Brad Pitt rounded out the top 10 earning a cool $20 million.

David Beckham’s move to the US Major League Soccer team the Los Angeles Galaxy helped him shift into the top 10, taking fifth place with earnings of 50 million dollars, ahead of actor Johnny Depp in sixth.

Other notable mentions: Jennifer Aniston - No. 17, Miley Cyrus - No. 35, Jonas Brothers - No. 89

Check out the complete list of the world’s most powerful celebrities.

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Brad & Angie should be # 1. They are the most magnetic couple in the planet .God bless.

Famous Tommy girl is 33 . Gosh he is falling badly. He cult , his robo his movies. ****.

groundcontrol @ 06/12/2008 at 6:29 pm

How do they know what these people make? The fact is Forbes does not know what these people make. This is all guess work. And it’s pretty primitive guess work. That’s why obviously the arnings are but a small calculation in the rankings.

Many of these people also have highly lucrative advertising work overseas and Forbes doesn’t know how much that is. For someone like Pitt I’ll bet he makes $20 million or more on his ads alone. I have no idea what his production company makes for him and neither does Forbes.

Is there really no other news in the world that they need meaningless Lists to fill space. How about more news and anaylses of the various strikes and possible strikes in Hollywood?

# 102 !!!! @ 06/12/2008 at 5:48 pm
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Your post is ridiculous.

[~F a m o u s~] @ 06/12/2008 at 10:25 am
why didn’t cruizy make the top 10?!? Recount!!!
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BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Cruizy barely made the top 100! Next year, oblivion….

#48 Why was Jennifer even mention with these people? . What did she do? I am sittings here at my computer with my friends and we all are saying, what! Did Oprah tell them to just mention her, since they are suppose to be buddy buddy. Have Oprah ever had Angie on the Oprah Show? I wonder why?

PASSING BY @ 06/12/2008 at 12:02 pm
Brad and Angie earn money from pimping the children, sex stories and media corruption .
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Well, it sure as hell beats the way you earn money by laying on the sidewalk with a sign between your legs saying “Open For Business”.

#56 I think Oprah has been on the back of the tabloids about as much as Brad and Angie, especially her break up with Stedman and about her friend Gail and a lot more stories. You need to go look that up.

I didn’t expect Angelina to top this list, but to move all the way up to #3 is incredible. Way to go!

I wonder if J.K. Rowling is the richest woman in the world now?

lyn @ 06/12/2008 at 7:03 pm
#48 Why was Jennifer even mention with these people? . What did she do?
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She got constant publicity hits from the tabloids who are keeping the triangle alive in order to stay in business. If it wasn’t for the tabloids she’d vanish into oblivion.

I don’t put much stock in this ‘list’. Look at some of the people on the list. Don’t know what the heck they’ve done to be POWERFUL. As for Oprah, I lost interest in her show when she went all TABLOID years ago. I remember that her friend Gail said on O’s website that they are NOT gay, but if Oprah was a man she’d marry her. That was WAY too much information. Denial thy names are Oprah and Gail. Couldn’t care less if she’s gay, she’s just too full of herself and annoying.

Eliea @ 06/12/2008 at 9:18 am What Oprah has is empty…. ………………………………………………………………………………………… and she will never be able to say… being pregnant is beautiful…and sexy…..
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Um, Oprah HAS been pregnant and she had a child. She was only 14, but she did have a baby.

Oprah #1. . . SO???

For me Brangelina is always NO.1 !!!

#96 Krispy @ 06/12/2008 at 4:35 pm
Jennifer Aniston made MORE.
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Then please tell your idol Jennifer Aniston to GIVE BACK.

Tell Aniston to write a FAT CHECK to charity.

Tell Aniston to donate like Oprah did. I thought they’re good friends. Why hasnt she learned from Oprah?

Tell Aniston to spend some time at the St Jude hospital ward. So far, we havent seen any pic of her doing any volunteer work, even though we’ve seen tons of pic of her at the Mexican beach and pics of her with her son (John Mayer).

I think I wills tick to the other thread. This is all about O not about Brad & Angie, sorry but so many haters here.

From New York TIme:

Have we finally grown tired of Oprah Winfrey????

The answer (sadly) seems to be a resounding “Yes!”

The New York Times just wrote this article about the tarnishing of the O brand and they point out some startling facts.

- The average audience for The Oprah Winfrey Show has fallen nearly 7 percent this year, according to Nielsen Media Research — its third straight year of decline.

- The circulation of O, The Oprah Magazine, has fallen by more than 10 percent in the last three years, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, and the magazine is now seeking a new editor in chief after the announced retirement of its longtime steward, Amy Gross.

- Oprah’s Big Give, an ABC philanthropic reality show, beat every program on television except American Idol in its premiere week this winter, but steadily lost nearly one-third of its audience during the rest of its eight-week run, according to Nielsen.

- Her endorsement of the presidential bid of Senator Barack Obama appears to have alienated some of the middle-aged white women who make up the bulk of her television audience, many of whom support Senator Hillary Clinton.

- Ms. Winfrey has lost viewers in some markets while The Ellen DeGeneres Show has gained.

- Ms. Winfrey is also continuing to develop new programs. A spinoff talk show featuring Dr. Mehmet Oz is planned for 2009, and earlier this year she signed a development deal for television projects featuring Kirstie Alley. A syndicated talk/cooking show featuring Rachael Ray has been less successful and has recently fallen out of Nielsen’s list of the top 25 syndicated programs.

- If Ms. Winfrey has cut back any part of her schedule, it has been in appearances in support of Mr. Obama. Following high-profile rallies just prior to the Iowa caucuses in December and leading up to Super Tuesday in February, Ms. Winfrey all but disappeared from the campaign trail, leading some pundits to wonder whether she had gauged a negative effect on her business.

- A Gallup poll conducted in October, shortly after Ms. Winfrey announced her support of Mr. Obama, found that her “favorable” rating fell by 8 percentage points, to 66 percent, from 74 percent in January 2007; her “unfavorable” mark jumped by more than half, to 26 percent from 17 percent.

Wow.

Tough times for Winfrey!!!

I totally believe this, everything she touches pans out. When she sets her mind to something it pans out in the end. Just look at the 16 year old girl she had on her show from the Philippines..Charice Pempengco, her career is in full force now and Oprah is backing her 100% and putting her with the top producer as in David Foster. It just goes to show that when she wants something she does not stop till she succeeds and now everyone is throwing a fit over this girl. If you dont believe how good she is check her out in youtube under Charice, major talent there, Oprah def deserves most powerful person award and i believe she also supported obama and he won the democratic party vote

Oh yeah @ 06/12/2008 at 12:49 pm the list in not about earning only it’s about how are you able to influence other people .. so yeah i guess Oprah do influence the minivan majority like the only “supposed” to be male bloggers here oh i forgot there’s two of them regular (the cooky monster and the dead famous one) in JJ .. lmao i don’t even think they are really male.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt deserve to be there… so for those haters that keep on saying that they are so finish in HW yeah right Go Scream in the Ocean. Maniston should be on # 101 what has she done lately except wear an itsy bitsy bikini and tan all year through .. was that enough to be on that list?? I wonder how much she paid to be on that list? lmao!!
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ITAWU. I guessed all those regular parading of wax twat and constant updating us with her new boytoy by you know who does help her get a spot higher than last year. Maniston does not deserve that spot. she might be earning more but she never done any thing deserving other than parading is itsy bitsy bikinie, flaunting her new reconstructed face , PDA with who ever is the new flavor of the month. Tom Hank is more deserving and should be on that poll.

Congrats to ANGIE & BRAD. Love them.

Malibumom2 you know who u are @ 06/12/2008 at 9:25 pm

I got it, I understood it, I love code because very few can decipher it-took a few threads and a little searching, but it was fun. Thank you-It’s a constitutional issue-Sure you understand-

to all others-sorry for imposition-this was the only way to answer

Congrats to Oprah, and Im not a big Angelina fan, but it’s really cool that she is # 3 since she actually cares, same with mr. Sparrow, I like the top 10, and cangrats to Miley Cyrus for doing her debut at # 35, she might not have the best image right now, but that girl sure works a lot. and Zac Efron at #92 love him,and Ashley Tisdale at # 94, not much of a fan, but JB also did a good job, too bad Hayden P, isn’t in the list cause she is awesome, and I think it was pretty amazing what she did trying to save the dolphins

Congratulations to Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt and Miley Cyrus,and Oprah for making this List,These are All Hard workers.

Yeah !Brangelina for being in the Forbes magazine.

love miley,zac,angelina,brad pitt happy for you people.

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