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| Subject: Top-Earning Celebs Over 50 Thu Aug 13, 2009 7:55 pm | |
| Forbes ranks the entertainment industry’s top earners age 50 and older in the last year:
1. Oprah, 55, $275 million. Viewership for her show may be waning, but Winfrey’s diverse enterprises, from a magazine to satellite radio to her Harpo production company, remain wildly profitable. 2. George Lucas, 65, $170 million. The Indiana Jones and Star Wars franchises continue to pay their creator handsomely.
3. Steven Spielberg, 62, $150 million. Dreamworks and the new Indiana Jones film made 2008 a strong year for Spielberg. 4. Madonna, 50, $110 million. The pop singer’s Hard Candy tour grossed more than any other tour in 2008. 5. Jerry Bruckheimer, 63, $100 million. Syndication of the CSI shows and royalties from the Pirates of the Caribbean movies keep Bruckheimer in the top 10. 6. Jerry Seinfeld, 55, $85 million. Syndication also works out well for Seinfeld, who also made out on stand-up and received $10 million for an appearance with Bill Gates in a bizarre set of Microsoft ads.
Click the link for the complete list.
http://www.forbes.com/2009/08/13/top-celebrities-50-business-entertainment-oprah.html?feed=rss_news |
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