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Tuesday 28 August 2012

A year after ending her talkshow, Oprah is still world's highest paid celebrity. Dr Dre in Top 5

One year after ending her phenomenal talk show, Oprah Winfrey is still the world's highest paid celebrity. She earned $165 million from June 2011 to June 2012 according to Forbes, which is actually a massive fall from the $290 million she made in 2010. The media mogul tops Forbes list of highest earning stars for a fourth consecutive time.

No. 2 is Transformers director Michael Bay - $160 million
No. 3 is Steven Spielberg - $130 million 
No. 4 is Pirates of the Caribbean director Jerry Bruckheimer - $115 million
And 5, incredibly is rapper turned headphone mogul Dr Dre - $110 million.

See the rest after the cut...

6. Tyler Perry, Actor and producer: $105 million 
7. Howard Stern, Radio and TV personality: $95 million 
8. James Patterson, Author: $94 million 
9. George Lucas, Movie producer: $90 million 
10. Simon Cowell,  Producer and TV personality:  $90 million

41 comments:

Onakachi said...

Wow. Good for Oprah.

Duke Emeka said...

Cool. Congrats to her and the rest, ideas are working.

MY TURN said...

Way to go Oprah.keep it up

Anonymous said...

Tyler Perry is that rich :O
Never knew.

Anonymous said...

Linda this is Leslie frm Canada.U mean so much to us here in the diaspora. I want u to be our own Oprah in Nigeria first,then Linda worldwide. When u know u r really huge is when d world knows u by one name!Linda! Love u so much!

Jeffiejay said...

Wooooww! At Anonymous 5:35pm! Linda did you see that?! Well we love you. Go girl!

Anonymous said...

Why don't you start the Linda Ikeji Show on TV? I will watch it and by the way I have a PhD, so your follower ship cuts across all education strata and class levels. Well done to you.

Anonymous said...

Aww anonymous 5:35. That Is really sweet! Linda is one of the most influential women in Nigeria. Forget about what those irrelevant people say. They ain't shit. You are one of the few Nigerian women that are so open and don't take themselves too seriously! You are a great woman and I'm sure your immediate family are very proud of you.

Please always remember God because without him nothing is possible and of course, your fans, and loved ones. The rest don't matter. If you notice, most of your critics are non-mother effing factors. Some are kissing politicians asses(RMD), bleaching with pumpkin head(Toke), immature (Jim Iyke) etc. do you baby!

Anonymous said...

No wonder 7 years after the line on The Game's " Higher", we're still looking out for DETOX.

Muse said...

OMG!! tyler perry? he is one person i have always wanted to meet for sure...thank God for his life.

To you Linda my dear, when people start to praise you like they are now, you gotta be very careful....one thing i know for sure, people love you when you are up but will be the first to strike when you are down...be guided and keep being yourself, just let the almighty guide you.

Anonymous said...

HOW COME DR DRE IS IN THAT CATEGORY?? WHAT DOES HE DO

Anonymous said...

Google him and find out.

Duke Emeka said...

Just sounded like one of my lecturers, hope your not the one Ma?

Anonymous said...

Haaaa very oooo

California love said...

How old are you ?do u know anything about music and hip hop rap music?if you do then u will know flavor flave,rusell simon,afrikaa babaanta,Dr dre,Ice cube,Krs1,ice T,master P,diddy,mac10,tupac,biggy,snoop,queen latifah,bird man,guru,nas,jayz,coolio,bone thungs and harmony,da brat,dmx,foxy brown,eve,lil Kim,mop deep,mc hammer,Common,will smith,LL cool J,mc lyte,run D mc and co,so stop asking what does Dr dre do,that get to show u are still growing and not more than 16yrs,atleast before u comment breeze in and out of google for updates. No hard feelings just to update u.

Anonymous said...

Anon 8.43 u cudnt hav said it beta. How can a HUMAN ask wat Dre does! SmDh!
Billie Jean

Stanley okorie said...

Too much info @california love. I just googles all some of the names I havent heard before and it says they introduced hip hop and Afrikaan babantaa I have never heard until u mentioned it . Bros na wa o u be DJ? You are current anyways thumps up.

MAJOR BINTIN LAYE said...

keep their headz ringing Dr Dre. i got your back..

Anonymous said...

Well.... she's not completely removed from the action. Like Jay-Z, she just will not retire as she promised us she would. She still does interviews (just not in front of an audience) and has the O channel, so it's not that surprising.

Anonymous said...

lookey lookey! See wat i found! My dear linda contested for d miss nigeria crown in 2003.if only i've finishd schl,i wulda asked yhu out! Jst hang on 4 me,wil ya? I av a yr more.til we meet*kisses*.............ksho

Miss Pepeye said...

@ Anon 6:04, kai, you haff kill me with lafter oh. "bleaching with pumpkin head (Toke Makinwa) ke? You're too funny abeg.

Peter said...

Oprah still tops even without a show!happy to see i nigga, DRE!

Anonymous said...

Good for her.
Thumbs up.

Anonymous said...

We are feeling you so much in south Korea , Linda . I came across your link on dudu radio in 2009 and since then I and my friends can't do without visiting in a day . We are planning on inviting you soon, more grease to your elbow !!!

Anonymous said...

Y'all jus comment rubbish saying blah blah......Duh its nt mandatory Ʊ comment n hey stp being pessimistic.

Ziba! said...

@Anon 5:35 is so on point Linda!!!

Anonymous said...

Congrats to the Dr......

Anonymous said...

James Patterson! Wow. Didnt know authors made that much. Im sooooo impressed!!! and i love his books.

Anonymous said...

Honestly, it was James Patterson's name that caught my eye on that list. I am impressed and inspired. As a soon to be published writer, seeing his name there gives a good feeling. So help me God! Linda, you are phenomenal and loved, Go girl!!

Anonymous said...

Dre,keep it up

Amanda Reginald said...

i always knew Oprah was my mama. stil waiting for you mom to come pick me from nigeria to come learn our african cultures. i haf learnt enuf.

Anonymous said...

Much respect to Dr Dre! When someone spends three years of thorough research and development on a product, it tends to pay off. I got curious after I started seeing the headphones around a couple of years ago and checked them out and was pleasantly surprised.

50 Cent did the same thing with Vitamin water which was purchased by Coca-Cola netting him over $100M in 2007.

Every blessing from God is nothing but a stepping stone. Be inspired and always remember you can always be bigger and better! #GoGetIt!

brandigest said...

This Steve Spielberg isn't retiring oh. he is always on top of the list.

Anonymous said...

...niggas 'bout to feel the intellect so i can collect respect plus a cheque...That's DR. DRE

Anonymous said...

i must say i agree with that person, lind i think u will succed her in nigeria, but i am just afraid that maybe u have stage fright or something like that, cos i dont think i have ever seen u actually adress a lot of people for long!

Anonymous said...

One day one day..... I have faith hahahahhaaha

Anonymous said...

Wow@california love, I'm so loving u rite now. You just took me back into time.

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Anonymous said...

It's actually OWN Network

Anonymous said...

Big boss of aftermath records that discovered 50 cent and made tupac thick during his days as producer and writer with suge knight's label, deathrow. Big up to him. He is a Mavin, to the core.
@logosfromDAC.

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