Most Powerful Celebrities
June 18th 2007 01:31
Forbes has released it's annual list of the 100 Most Powerful Celebrities.
Coming in at number 1, in the money making and power stakes was Oprah Winfrey, followed by golfer Tiger Woods, though poor old Tiger was only ranked 4th in the money rankings. $100M in 2007. Looks like he'll be tightening the purse strings a little, the poor fellow!
Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp were the highest rated actors, coming in at numbers 5 and 6 respectively. Despite being universally acknowledged as a fruit cake and then being dropped by Paramount last year, Tom Cruise still came in as the 8th Most Powerful Celebrity. Though in terms of money earnt last year, he only came in at 36.
Aussie Nicole Kidman was ranked as the 27th Most Powerful Celebrity, though in the Faces Frozen By Botox stakes, she's easily Number 1! The only other Australian to make the list was Cate Blanchett coming in at Number 63.
Surprisingly 50 Cent was rated more powerful than JustinTrousersnake Timberlake. Who knew anyone was still buying 50 Cents music??? Mind you, I'm pretty sure that Forbes rated him higher than Timberlake so they didn't get a 'cap in their asses' from 50.
Retired basketball player Michael Jordan came in at a respectable 35. Mmmmmm.......Michael Jordan. Sorry, I was going to make an insightful and thought provoking comment about Jordan's power despite not playing the game that made him famous anymore. But I can't think about Michael and form coherant sentences as well. So I'm just going to have a private moment and think about him a little longer...........mmmmmmmmmmm. ........
Sorry, continuing with the story now.
Jessica Simpson came in at Number 60! Why? Her album tanked big time, her movies haven't done so well either. Also she can't recite the alphabet past the letter F. Powerful? Hardly.
The highest rated author in the list was Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling, coming in at Number 48. The Da Vinci Code author, Dan Brown came in at Number 86.
Musicians rated highly in the list. Madonna was the highest rated musician, followed by The Rolling Stones at Number 4, Elton John at Number 7, Jay Z at Number 9 and Bon Jovi at Number 18. And no, that's not a typo. Apparently Bon Jovi are the 18th Most Powerful Celebrities going round! Hmmmm......in 1987 perhaps.
Unsurprisingly, Steven Spielberg was the most powerful Director/Producer, coming in at Number 10. He was ranked Number 3 in terms of money, earning $110M last year.
Don't bother looking to see where Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie, Lindsay Lohan, Mary Kate or Ashley Olsen and Britney Spears came in the list. None of them made it in to the Top 100. Paris and Nicole fell off the list because nobody cares about their show The Simple Life, and nobody wanted to listen to Paris' album or buy Nicole's book. Lindsay Lohan hasn't been on the list since 2005. But in the 100 Biggest Trainwrecks list, Linds managed to just push past Tara Reid to take the Number 1 spot (okay, so I just made that list up......you know she'd win it if it was a real list).
In 2002 Britney Spears was the Number 1 Most Powerful Celebrity. The following year she fell off the list completely and has never made it back on. Most Overexposed Nether Regions, she's top dog. And she's tied at Number 2 with Tara Reid on the Trainwreck List.
And poor old Mary Kate and Ashley fell off the list because the 'tween' market that they focus on isn't all that interested in them anymore. Just a tip girls. You're trying to sell clothes. If it was me selling my designs, I'd try to be my best advertisement and look good in my clothes. But you know, your marketing ploy of trying to look like homeless vampires is another perfectly valid strategy.
The full listing is shown below:
Power rank Name
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
35 Michael Jordan
36 Rush Limbaugh
37 Tim McGraw
38 Roger Federer
39 Jerry Bruckheimer
40 George Clooney
41 Kimi Raikkonen
42 Jerry Seinfeld
43 Sean (Diddy) Combs
44 Jennifer Aniston
45 Adam Sandler
46 Oscar De La Hoya
47 Cast of Desperate Housewives
48 LeBron James
48 J.K. Rowling
50 Derek Jeter
51 Maria Sharapova
52 Matt Damon
53 Gisele Bundchen
54 Vince Vaughn
55 Bill Clinton
56 Gore Verbinski
57 Will Smith
58 Valentino Rossi
59 Judge Judy Sheindlin
60 Jessica Simpson
61 Tyra Banks
62 Anthony Robbins
63 Cate Blanchett
64 Regis Philbin
65 Sandra Bullock
66 Rachael Ray
67 Alan Greenspan
68 Julia Roberts
69 Serena Williams
70 Michelle Wie
71 Keira Knightley
72 Hilary Duff
73 George Lopez
74 Kate Moss
75 Barbara Walters
76 Ryan Seacrest
77 Scarlett Johansson
78 Jessica Alba
79 Daniel Radcliffe
80 Reese Witherspoon
81 Larry the Cable Guy
82 Deepak Chopra
83 Annika Sorenstam
84 Heidi Klum
85 J.J. Abrams
86 Dan Brown
87 Emeril Lagasse
88 Wolfgang Puck
89 Dane Cook
90 Jack Welch
91 John Grisham
92 Jeff Foxworthy
93 Rhonda Byrne
94 Dakota Fanning
95 Danica Patrick
96 Mitch Albom
97 Emma Watson
98 Hayden Panettiere
99 Paula Deen
100 Bobby Flay
Photo's courtesy of Superior Pics and Starpulse
All hail Oprah Winfrey
Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp were the highest rated actors, coming in at numbers 5 and 6 respectively. Despite being universally acknowledged as a fruit cake and then being dropped by Paramount last year, Tom Cruise still came in as the 8th Most Powerful Celebrity. Though in terms of money earnt last year, he only came in at 36.
Nicole Kidman
Surprisingly 50 Cent was rated more powerful than Justin
Retired basketball player Michael Jordan came in at a respectable 35. Mmmmmm.......Michael Jordan. Sorry, I was going to make an insightful and thought provoking comment about Jordan's power despite not playing the game that made him famous anymore. But I can't think about Michael and form coherant sentences as well. So I'm just going to have a private moment and think about him a little longer...........mmmmmmmmmmm. ........
Sorry, continuing with the story now.
Jessica Simpson came in at Number 60! Why? Her album tanked big time, her movies haven't done so well either. Also she can't recite the alphabet past the letter F. Powerful? Hardly.
The highest rated author in the list was Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling, coming in at Number 48. The Da Vinci Code author, Dan Brown came in at Number 86.
The Rolling Stones
Unsurprisingly, Steven Spielberg was the most powerful Director/Producer, coming in at Number 10. He was ranked Number 3 in terms of money, earning $110M last year.
Don't bother looking to see where Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie, Lindsay Lohan, Mary Kate or Ashley Olsen and Britney Spears came in the list. None of them made it in to the Top 100. Paris and Nicole fell off the list because nobody cares about their show The Simple Life, and nobody wanted to listen to Paris' album or buy Nicole's book. Lindsay Lohan hasn't been on the list since 2005. But in the 100 Biggest Trainwrecks list, Linds managed to just push past Tara Reid to take the Number 1 spot (okay, so I just made that list up......you know she'd win it if it was a real list).
In 2002 Britney Spears was the Number 1 Most Powerful Celebrity. The following year she fell off the list completely and has never made it back on. Most Overexposed Nether Regions, she's top dog. And she's tied at Number 2 with Tara Reid on the Trainwreck List.
And poor old Mary Kate and Ashley fell off the list because the 'tween' market that they focus on isn't all that interested in them anymore. Just a tip girls. You're trying to sell clothes. If it was me selling my designs, I'd try to be my best advertisement and look good in my clothes. But you know, your marketing ploy of trying to look like homeless vampires is another perfectly valid strategy.
The full listing is shown below:
Power rank Name
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
35 Michael Jordan
36 Rush Limbaugh
37 Tim McGraw
38 Roger Federer
39 Jerry Bruckheimer
40 George Clooney
41 Kimi Raikkonen
42 Jerry Seinfeld
43 Sean (Diddy) Combs
44 Jennifer Aniston
45 Adam Sandler
46 Oscar De La Hoya
47 Cast of Desperate Housewives
48 LeBron James
48 J.K. Rowling
50 Derek Jeter
51 Maria Sharapova
52 Matt Damon
53 Gisele Bundchen
54 Vince Vaughn
55 Bill Clinton
56 Gore Verbinski
57 Will Smith
58 Valentino Rossi
59 Judge Judy Sheindlin
60 Jessica Simpson
61 Tyra Banks
62 Anthony Robbins
63 Cate Blanchett
64 Regis Philbin
65 Sandra Bullock
66 Rachael Ray
67 Alan Greenspan
68 Julia Roberts
69 Serena Williams
70 Michelle Wie
71 Keira Knightley
72 Hilary Duff
73 George Lopez
74 Kate Moss
75 Barbara Walters
76 Ryan Seacrest
77 Scarlett Johansson
78 Jessica Alba
79 Daniel Radcliffe
80 Reese Witherspoon
81 Larry the Cable Guy
82 Deepak Chopra
83 Annika Sorenstam
84 Heidi Klum
85 J.J. Abrams
86 Dan Brown
87 Emeril Lagasse
88 Wolfgang Puck
89 Dane Cook
90 Jack Welch
91 John Grisham
92 Jeff Foxworthy
93 Rhonda Byrne
94 Dakota Fanning
95 Danica Patrick
96 Mitch Albom
97 Emma Watson
98 Hayden Panettiere
99 Paula Deen
100 Bobby Flay
Photo's courtesy of Superior Pics and Starpulse
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Comment by DuskDevi
Rugby World Cup 2007
Comment by KylieW
Celebrity Obsession
Hehehe, thanks! By the way, I'm eagerly awaiting your thoughts on Saturday nights game. I watched the first half, but then had to go off to bed.
Kylie
Comment by DuskDevi
Rugby World Cup 2007
One of your funniest posts ever KW...and that's saying something!
Every single paragraph has totally quotable quotes!
You should make this a Breaking Post.
Hell. You should be writing this for Forbes.
Comment by KylieW
Celebrity Obsession
Wow, thats high praise indeed. Thank you! ~blush~.
I'd like to know the formula Forbes used to come up with this list.....there's definitely a few anomalies.
Kylie
Comment by Kleonaptra
Kalikapsychosis
Im one of those people that says if you shared it around, we could all be so happy....
Except Im smart enough to know, we wouldnt be. If we all got money tomorrow that just wouldnt work. We still need someone to lord it over! Id so love to be number one, known for my generous donations *chortle!*
Oh, gotta tell you, Kman made a comment I think youd like....
My best mate and I were watching TV and we commented on the anorexic people on all the ads. Male, female, every ad, they all needed a cheeseburger. Kmans brilliant deduction?
"We have to show skinny people on TV, the government wants it that way, so all the black guys stop coming over trying to steal all our food!"
Everyone was ROF LAO
Comment by KylieW
Celebrity Obsession
Hahaha, great comment!! It's mind boggling to think about getting that much money isn't it.
I remember seeing how much the CEO of BHP was paid and worked out that he earns over $100,000 PER WEEK (I think it was the BHP CEO....one of those anyway). And he doesn't even earn $6M a year. That's crazy
Kylie
Comment by charliesgirl_992000
Histeries, Mysteries and what not
Lifes little slices
Mystical Creativity
I knew Oprah would be number 1, was surprised out how low Trump was.
Tammy
Comment by charliesgirl_992000
Histeries, Mysteries and what not
Lifes little slices
Mystical Creativity
I knew Oprah would be number 1, was surprised out how low Trump was.
Tammy
Comment by KylieW
Celebrity Obsession
Yeah, Oprah at number 1 was a no brainer wasn't it. I bet Trump was higher last year. The Apprentice has been cancelled (I think, one day it is, the next it's back on!).
Kylie
Comment by Jonathon
Anthroblogogy
so what happens if only one of the cast members walks into a restaurant? do they only get a smidge of the service they deserve, or do they have to wait until the rest of the cast arrives? or do they just go everywhere together? the mind boggles.
Comment by Deorre
Stress Alive
Man Lessons
Comment by Ash
Flashes of memories
how is JK Rowling lower than the cast from Desperate Housewives?
and Howard Stern?
I think Forbes has been a little mistaken with their list.... but you are spot on with your humour Kylie.... as always! I laughed myself silly while reading!
cheers
ash
Comment by Miswanderlust
Killer Beats
Ramble On
Hipnotherapy
Loved this post...As always sharpening the sword of witticism
Mis
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Hunt Famous
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Comment by KylieW
Celebrity Obsession
Deorre - Surely you can get yourself into the Top 10 by next year.
Ash - I agree. How do the Desperate Housewives or Grey's Anatomy cast have more power than most of the list??? I don't get it.
Mis - They may as well just appoint Oprah queen of the universe and be done with it!!
Cibby - so young to be so cynical
Comment by D. Armenta
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D.
Comment by KylieW
Celebrity Obsession