Oprah is on top again in Celebrity Power List

Oprah Winfrey is number one again beating number one last year Angelina Jolie. She regained her position in her fourth appearance in the top spot according to Forbes Magazine. Oprah Winfrey who is 56 earned 315 million dollars and expected to launch her own television channel. Anjelina Jolie by the way slipped to 18th spot.

Second placer is Beyonce Knowles who earned 87 million dollars with her fashion business and her growing entertainment business. Director James Cameron ranked third after his successful movie "Avatar" earned him 210 million dollars.

The rankings are based on income, over 12 months, web reference, press clippings, broadcast mentions and major magazine devoted to celebrities.

Fourth placer is Lady Gaga who earned 62 million dollars. Fifth is Tiger Wood, Sixth is Britney Spears while U2 is at 7th spot. Sandra Bullock who won best actress in Oscar is 8th placer from 92nd spot last year. She earned 56 million dollars. 9th placer is my favorite actor Johnny Depp. Completing the top ten spot is Madonna with 58 million dollars.

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John Lennon handwritten lyrics sell for $1.2 million

This is John Lennon latest News. I am not a fan of him although I like the Beatles songs. We all knew that he was gunned in 1980's and maybe this is a karma for him for saying that he is more popular than Christ. Anyway his handwritten lyrics sell for $1.2 Million.

Here is the news:

NEW YORK – John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to "A Day in the Life" sold for $1.2 million in New York on Friday, almost doubling the estimated price, Sotheby's auction house said.

Considered one of the Beatles' greatest songs and the final track on "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", the lyrics were sold to a private American collector on the telephone after an intense six minute bidding battle, Sotheby's said.

"The outstanding price achieved for these handwritten lyrics is testament to the iconic status of the Beatles, John Lennon and especially this song," said David Redden, Sotheby's Books and Manuscripts Department international chairman.

According to Sotheby's, the record for Beatles lyrics at auction is $1.25 million paid for "All You Need Is Love" in 2005.

Sotheby's described "A Day in the Life" as "the revolutionary song that marked the Beatles' transformation from pop icons to artists."

The single sheet of paper features a rough draft of the lyrics, including crossings out and a spelling error where "film" is written as "flim".

On the reverse side is a neater version written in capital letters and with fewer corrections.

Apparently added later is the line: "I love to turn you on", for which the song was banned by the BBC when it first came out in 1967 because the words were deemed to be a reference to taking drugs.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band topped the U.S. and British charts, won four Grammy awards in 1968 and is ranked number 26 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

The lyrics once belonged to Mal Evans, the Beatles' road manager.
NEW YORK – John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to "A Day in the Life" sold for $1.2 million in New York on Friday, almost doubling the estimated price, Sotheby's auction house said.

Considered one of the Beatles' greatest songs and the final track on "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", the lyrics were sold to a private American collector on the telephone after an intense six minute bidding battle, Sotheby's said.

"The outstanding price achieved for these handwritten lyrics is testament to the iconic status of the Beatles, John Lennon and especially this song," said David Redden, Sotheby's Books and Manuscripts Department international chairman.

According to Sotheby's, the record for Beatles lyrics at auction is $1.25 million paid for "All You Need Is Love" in 2005.

Sotheby's described "A Day in the Life" as "the revolutionary song that marked the Beatles' transformation from pop icons to artists."

The single sheet of paper features a rough draft of the lyrics, including crossings out and a spelling error where "film" is written as "flim".

On the reverse side is a neater version written in capital letters and with fewer corrections.

Apparently added later is the line: "I love to turn you on", for which the song was banned by the BBC when it first came out in 1967 because the words were deemed to be a reference to taking drugs.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band topped the U.S. and British charts, won four Grammy awards in 1968 and is ranked number 26 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

The lyrics once belonged to Mal Evans, the Beatles' road manager.

From Reuters

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Harrison Ford, Calista Flockhart get Married

We all know who is Harrison Ford right? I knew him when he was casted in Star war movies in the '80's and many other blockbusters movies later on. Just now I read this news about him getting married with Calista Flockhart at the age of 67. Do you think he will still enjoy his sexual life at this age? Well with the Viagra around I think he will. If that is what he wants and the woman then why not, companionship is still important and will be important as you go older.

Here is the news about his "I do":

LOS ANGELES– Actors Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart have finally said "I do," marrying in a ceremony at the governor's mansion in the US state of New Mexico, according to media reports on Wednesday.

The couple's representative confirmed to People magazine that Ford, 67, the star of the "Indiana Jones" and "Star Wars" films, tied the knot with 45-year-old Flockhart in Santa Fe on Tuesday. The ceremony was conducted by Governor Bill Richardson.

Ford is currently filming "Cowboys and Aliens" in the southwestern state.

He reportedly proposed to Flockhart on Valentine's Day last year. The Hollywood couple, who met at the Golden Globe awards in 2002, are parents of Flockhart's nine-year-old adopted son Liam.

This is the third marriage for Ford who has 4 other older children and 2 grandchildren, and the first for Flockhart who played the title role in the quirky TV legal sitcom "Ally McBeal" from 1997 until 2002

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Oprah Winfrey gives magazine staff $10,000 each Plus an iPad

The Multi-billionaire Oprah is known to be a kind hearted-woman who surprises everyone by giving gifts or donation is giving money and gifts to her staffs in O, her magazine. I always watched her show because I believed her cause which is to empower women around the world. In fact as a Filipino I am proud that she is the one who opened the career of Charice.

Here is the news taken from Reuters:


NEW YORK – Billionaire media mogul Oprah Winfrey has given staff at her magazine $10,000 each and an Apple iPad, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
"As a thank you for their hard work and dedication, Oprah Winfrey surprised the staff of O, The Oprah Magazine with an Apple iPad and a check for $10,000, to commemorate the magazine's 10th anniversary," a magazine spokeswoman said.
The total number of staff members who received the gifts was not made immediately available.

The popular U.S. television talk show host plans to end "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in 2011 after 25 years to set up her own cable TV network.
The top-rated daytime show is broadcast from Chicago on ABC television stations across the United States and in more than 140 countries. It has helped Winfrey amass a fortune estimated by Forbes magazine at $2.3 billion.

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Demi Moore Will Publish Memoir in 2012

Demi Moore who is now 47 will publish her memoir in 2012. She was once a high paid actress who married trice including Bruce Wellis where she has three daughters. She is known for the these movies "Ghost","Indecent Proposal","G.I. Jane" and "A few good Men".

Here are the script of the news:*

NEW YORK – Hollywood actress Demi Moore is all set to go public in a memoir with details of her three marriages and showbusiness career spanning three decades.

HarperCollins said on Monday that it had bought world rights to a memoir by the actress that will cover her life and career. The book, as yet unnamed, is scheduled for release in 2012.

Business news website Crain's New York.com quoted unidentified publishing industry executives with knowledge of the deal saying HarperCollins had agreed to pay more than $2 million for the book.

HarperCollins spokeswoman Tina Andreadis declined to comment on the reported price tag.

Moore, 47, has starred in a list of movies including "Ghost," "Indecent Proposal," and "A Few Good Men," as well as some widely-panned films such as "Striptease" and "G.I. Jane."

The actress has in the past acknowledged a troubled upbringing and difficult relationship with her alcoholic mother, Virginia King, who died from a brain tumor in 1998.

Moore was once one the highest paid actresses in Hollywood and in 1991 controversially appeared naked and pregnant on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine.

Moore was married to singer-songwriter Freddy Moore for five years from whom she took her surname before marrying actor Bruce Willis in 1987, a marriage that lasted 13 years and resulted in three daughters, Rumer, Scout and Tallulah.

She married actor Ashton Kutcher, 32, in 2005.

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