CSCfan Posted August 9, 2009 at 04:10 PM Posted August 9, 2009 at 04:10 PM Hollywood's top-earning women By Dorothy Pomerantz, Forbes.com | August 7, 2009 LOS ANGELES - When it comes to women in Hollywood, younger is usually better. Good film roles for women over 30 are few and far between. TV producers have no problem casting 20-somethings as seasoned cops and lawyers. And 16 seems to be the preferred age for pop stars. But for the women who find a way to stick it out, the financial rewards can be substantial. Just check out our first-ever list of Hollywood's top-earning women. More than half are over 40 and four are over 50. Collectively, the women on our list earned US$920-million between June 2008 and June 2009.At the top of our list is 55-year-old Oprah Winfrey. The TV talk show mogul earned US$275-million thanks to her own program and her cut of shows by her protégées Dr. Phil and Rachael Ray. Winfrey also has a three-year US$55-million deal with Sirius, and later this year she'll launch her own cable channel, Oprah Winfrey Network, in a partnership with Discovery Communications. Winfrey was knocked off of her perch at the top of our annual Celebrity 100 this year (which measures wealth and fame) by actress Angelina Jolie. But looking at the two powerhouses from a pure earnings point of view, Winfrey trounces her much younger rival. Between June 2008 and June 2009, Jolie earned US$27-million, ranking her 10th on our list. To compile the list of Hollywood's 15 best-paid women, we looked at the top-earning actresses, writers, musicians and talking heads in the industry. We then talked to managers, agents and other Hollywood insiders to come up with estimates of their earnings between June 2008 and June 2009. For the sake of this list, we did not include musicians who perform in a group. So although the country band Sugarland earned US$14 million, lead singer Jennifer Nettles could not be considered for the list. Coming in second behind Oprah is another elder stateswoman of entertainment, Madonna, with US$110-million. At 50, she's still showing younger artists how it's done in concert arenas around the world. The singer's 2008 Hard Candy tour was the top earner of the year, bringing in US$280-million from 58 shows in 17 countries. While younger stars suffer public nervous breakdowns over personal scandals, Madonna thrived this year despite her very public divorce from Guy Ritchie and a tabloid-reported romance with baseball player Alex Rodriguez. Celine Dion, 41, earned almost as much as Madonna during our time frame. Thanks to her Taking Chances tour (the second-highest grossing tour of 2008 after Madonna) Dion earned US$100-million between June 2008 and June 2009. Ranking fourth on our list is Beyoncé Knowles, one of the youngest top earners at 27. She released her double album I Am ... Sasha Fierce in November 2008 and starred in two movies during our time frame, Cadillac Records and Obsessed. All of that helped the singer earn US$87-million between June 2008 and June 2009. Rounding out our top five is writer Stephenie Meyer, 35. Her Twilight series of young-adult vampire books have taken the publishing and film worlds by storm. Meyers sold 29 million books last year, helping her earn US$50-million. © Copyright © National Post Quote »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» MATHIAS ««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzPrxI0AIDY
takeachance Posted August 9, 2009 at 04:17 PM Posted August 9, 2009 at 04:17 PM cool thanks Quote http://i66.tinypic.com/2dk08jn.gifRIP Rene Angelil xx Sending Love and Prayers to Celine
anewdayhascome Posted August 9, 2009 at 04:45 PM Posted August 9, 2009 at 04:45 PM hehe from June 2008 to June 2009 if they counted from January 2008 Celine would be first i guess becuase she didn't have any concert from March to June 2009 Quote A New Day... 10th & 11th November 2006 Taking Chances World Tour, Antwerp 13th & 14th May 2008, Kraków 28th June 2008 Celine 25th & 27th & 31st August 2013 20th, 23rd, 24th, 27th & 28th September 2016 Sans attendre Tour, Paris 1st & 5th December 2013 Encore un soir, Paris 24th, 25th, 28th, 29th June & 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 7th, 9th July 2016 Live 2017 Stockholm 17th June 2017 Lille 1st & 2nd July 2017 Paris 8th & 9th July 2017 Berlin 23rd & 24th July 2017 Live 2018 Taipei 11th & 13th July 2018 Manila 19th July 2018 Bangkok 23rd July 2018 BST Hyde Park London 5 July 2019
Terre Posted August 9, 2009 at 04:52 PM Posted August 9, 2009 at 04:52 PM That's cool! Thanks for sharing! Quote My Taking Chances World TourAmsterdam June 2nd 2008 -Section A4, Row 7, Seat 11Stockholm June 7th 2008 -Section A8/A24, Row 3, Seat 40Helsinki June 9th 2008 -Section 119, Row 4, Seat 2 Bruce freakin' Springsteen
ghazal Posted August 9, 2009 at 05:52 PM Posted August 9, 2009 at 05:52 PM WOW in iranian money its too much.... but for her its really good thanx Quote
SensationalCeline Posted August 9, 2009 at 06:26 PM Posted August 9, 2009 at 06:26 PM That is amazing!!!!!! She's so wonderful. Quote http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg280/spoiledrottenbrat4063/Celine%20Dion/CELINESIGGY.jpg
CelineAndRene Posted August 9, 2009 at 07:26 PM Posted August 9, 2009 at 07:26 PM Quote "...It's the circle of life. You gotta look forward. Two days during the year there's nothing you can do about: yesterday and tomorrow. Today is a great day." - Celine Dion, People.
Defyxx Posted August 9, 2009 at 07:44 PM Posted August 9, 2009 at 07:44 PM So cool she totally deserves every penny! Quote http://i46.tinypic.com/2dv8vg7.pngdecember 6th 2008 <33march 20th 2011 <33july 24th 2011<33
Claudette Posted August 9, 2009 at 08:57 PM Posted August 9, 2009 at 08:57 PM Quote http://i993.photobucket.com/albums/af51/ClaudetteRobinson/esme.jpg
CelineIsNumber1 Posted August 10, 2009 at 01:07 AM Posted August 10, 2009 at 01:07 AM I wouldn't change it for the world but i was the guy who got the record signed at her tampa show on january 28th of this year. I bought 2 front row tickets for 750 each off ticket exchange. I found out at the time my best friend couldn't go so to not lose out on the ticket i gave it away to someone for free just to get the ticket used up, so that 1520 i spent on tickets i'd do all over again. I love celine dion. Quote
Scramasboy Posted August 10, 2009 at 01:35 AM Posted August 10, 2009 at 01:35 AM Ticket Exchange is a rip off, from what I hear. In Sacramento the tickets wern't that much for front row! I don't think they were even above $400! I could be wrong, and I mean straight through ticketmaster. Quote http://68.media.tumblr.com/0215da4dacb45f3375c9bf63cb89e9c3/tumblr_o3edqjdnpP1s2lrfeo1_1280.png
RLAAMJR. Posted August 10, 2009 at 05:41 AM Posted August 10, 2009 at 05:41 AM I hope Celine could beat Madonna on earnings. Quote
ladylindsey Posted August 10, 2009 at 06:09 AM Posted August 10, 2009 at 06:09 AM More shoes for Céline! woohoo! Quote
MTJ Posted August 10, 2009 at 08:35 AM Posted August 10, 2009 at 08:35 AM no wonder she can afford to buy up the entire Balmain and Lanvin collection! Quote
Teodora Posted August 10, 2009 at 06:12 PM Posted August 10, 2009 at 06:12 PM That's cool! I wonder how much of that money they actually get to keep. I guess the estimates are before tax and I guess they pay all the people that work for them from this money. Still, that's more than most of us will make in our life time Quote
sazzlepop123 Posted August 11, 2009 at 09:17 PM Posted August 11, 2009 at 09:17 PM Yes that's a whole lot of shoes and jewelery!! hehe Quote http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c70/sarahlucy86/Celineandme12.jpg
Selina286 Posted August 12, 2009 at 06:57 AM Posted August 12, 2009 at 06:57 AM I've watched this on E! before Quote
RLAAMJR. Posted August 13, 2009 at 01:30 PM Posted August 13, 2009 at 01:30 PM Celine is always behind Madonna. I am so sad. Quote
shortswamp Posted August 14, 2009 at 02:29 AM Posted August 14, 2009 at 02:29 AM OMG that's a lot of money!! but she deserves it!!!! well done celine Quote
lindsey22 Posted August 16, 2009 at 06:22 AM Posted August 16, 2009 at 06:22 AM I wouldn't change it for the world but i was the guy who got the record signed at her tampa show on january 28th of this year. I bought 2 front row tickets for 750 each off ticket exchange. I found out at the time my best friend couldn't go so to not lose out on the ticket i gave it away to someone for free just to get the ticket used up, so that 1520 i spent on tickets i'd do all over again. I love celine dion.your far from that older lady who pobably spent at least $60,000 on Celine or more of her retirement funds regardingthe AND show and Taking Chances tour. how ridiculous. no wonder she can afford to buy up the entire Balmain and Lanvin collection!explain. what am i missing here. Celine is always behind Madonna. I am so sad.Yes maybe because Madonna extended her tour thru summer when she saw Celine's figures. And alsomaybe because instead of arenas like Celine played , Madonna played the biggest stadiums she could rent which packed in 3, 4 , 5 times the capacity of the arenas Celine played in. And also Madonna hired techno DJ's like Tiesto etc to double bill at some of her concerts therefore attracting Hundreds of thousands of techno fans who would never otherwise buy a Madonna concert ticket solely to see her. This is why i don't like Madonna. And another thing, i wonder if she learned yet that money isn't everything with all the spirituality she was waddling in. what a FAKE! Quote
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