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Written By: Madison on October 23, 2009 1 Comment

The rapper who is set to star in a gangster movie called “Dead Man Running” has been praised by its director, Alex De Rakoff, for his rapid grasp of the slang required for his part. Alex De Rakoff said the following about 50 Cent’s linguistic skills: He got it pretty quickly. He works with words [...]

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Written By: Madison on July 3, 2009 No Comment
Past and present Mrs Pitt ranked the top-earning actresses

A ranking of the top-earning actresses has put Angelina Jolie at the top, with a figure of $27 million earned in the past year, while Nicole Kidman has slipped to $12 million from previous years.

According to Forbes magazine, Jolie raked in most of her dollars on Wanted, an action film that saw her make more [...]

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Written By: Madison on June 15, 2009 No Comment
Harrison Ford named top-earning Hollywood actor

Harrison Ford has been named Hollywood’s biggest-grossing actor, with earnings of more than $65 million.

Ford’s earnings turned on proceeds from his comeback as Indiana Jones in The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, a Forbes poll reported. The 66-year-old played the archaeologist in the Steven Spielberg film, which grossed more than $786 million worldwide.

Funnyman Adam Sandler [...]

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Written By: Madison on December 4, 2008 No Comment
Michael Phelps still milking the cow


Michael Phelps has $5 million endorsement deals with VISA Inc., Hilton Hotels Corp., AT&T Inc., Kellogg Co., Speedo International Ltd, and…PureSport.
PureSport? What the hell is PureSport? If you haven’t heard about it, don’t fret this is because the product didn’t even exist 3 years ago.
Before Michael hit the jackpot, he and 3 teammates agreed [...]

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Written By: Madison on November 17, 2008 No Comment
QUANTUM OF SOLACE IS THE #1 MOVIE


Before the release of the movie, industry experts predicted that the new James Bond flick, Quantum of Solace, would reel in about $60 million from U.S. filmgoers this weekend.
They were all wrong.
According to the latest numbers, the film is on its way to at least a $71 million open!
However, the final numbers won’t be [...]

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Written By: Madison on October 13, 2008 No Comment
NBC FFFF’s things up


Seriously? How can they be so stupid?
According to top executives at General Electric, the parent company of NBC Universal, the network somehow managed to fuck things up and lose money on the Olympics!
No kidding! I thought the Olympics should’ve given them instant revenue? It’s not like you have to look for an [...]

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Written By: Madison on October 11, 2008 No Comment
Madonna Makes it Big


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Madonna’s latest tour is making it big as the Queen of Pop has already brought in more than $120 million just from her European tour and has sold out 16 out of the 17 shows. With the singer getting geared up for the American leg of her Sticky [...]

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Written By: Madison on October 3, 2008 No Comment
Madonna has earned more than $120 million from her European tour


Madonna has earned more than $120 million from her European tour and has sold out 16 of the 17 shows.
And now, her madgesty herself, Madonna, is getting ready for the American start of her Sticky & Sweet outing.
She’s got five sold out shows just in the New York area!
According to her tour [...]

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Written By: Madison on July 15, 2008 No Comment
Madonna’s Money in Kabbalah


According to past tax filings, Madonna is donating a lot of money to Kabbalah centers and groups associated to the so-called religion. Madonna founded the Ray of Light Foundation back in 1998 ot help benefit health charities as well as music and kid-related ones. But since 2001,over $1.5 million has been donated from [...]

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Written By: Madison on April 6, 2008 No Comment
David Beckham gives $16m home to in-laws


Big-hearted David Beckham is gifting his $16million Dubai mansion to wife Victoria’s parents.

The England soccer star has handed the keys to the waterfront villa—set on an exclusive palm-shaped artificial island—to delighted in-laws Tony and Jackie Adams.

Becks bought the property in 2002 for $1.600,000. But since then its value has [...]

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Written By: Madison on January 9, 2008 No Comment
Paris wild for the girls


Last time we spoke about Paris was when her rumoured ‘friendship’ with pal Britney’s ex husband seemed to be blooming. But perhaps us gossip mongers jumped the gun slightly. Paris’s behaviour on a recent night out suggests that K-Fed is the wrong sex to keep her interested.

The hotel heiress was seen [...]

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Written By: Madison on December 10, 2007 No Comment
Compass Takes a Wrong Turn

After spending $180 million dollars to bring talking polar bears to life, The Golden Compass didn’t exactly make the headway expected for an opening weekend. While it did end up as the number one seen film, it only grossed about $26.1 million.The fantasy film was expected to join the ranks of Lord [...]

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Written By: Madison on November 30, 2007 No Comment

The house of Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea has burned down. Confused? Me too. Reports came out that his house burned down but then radio reports and a statement from his manager say that it didn’t and now it’s down to ashes again.Here’s the case: Flea owns two homes in California and [...]

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Written By: Madison on November 17, 2007 No Comment

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie want to make their adopted daughter as comfortable as possible. So what do they do? They buy a man-made ISLAND in the shape of Ethiopia off the coast of Dubai. Umm…they are purchasing the Island to make people aware of environmental issues? Construction of “The World” has come [...]

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Written By: Madison on November 14, 2007 No Comment
Tom Cruise, Fred Claus Denied

When is a Tom Cruise movie not a Tom Cruise movie? When it doesn’t open at number one, for one thing. Lions for Lambs, the Iraq War-inspired drama starring Cruise as a hawkish senator, Meryl Streep as his obsequious media mouthpiece and Robert Redford as the last principled man, couldn’t solve the weekend [...]

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Written By: Madison on November 5, 2007 No Comment

Despite her album rumored to be heading to the top spot on the albums’ chart, it’s not going to stop people from giving bad reviews of Britney Spears’ new album. Salon.com recently posted a review of ‘Blackout’ and it’s not nice.

“Her record company would no doubt like us to consider this album a [...]

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Written By: Madison on October 30, 2007 No Comment

Justin Timberlake has donated $100,000 to an Australian wildlife fund, paying tribute to deceased Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin. The pop superstar is currently touring Australia on the latest leg of his FutureSex/LoveShow tour. It shows that this guy not the mean head people believe him to be and even if he is one then [...]

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Written By: Madison on October 29, 2007 No Comment
Fame And Money Didn’t Help Lonely Nicole Kidman

Hollywood star Nicole Kidman insists fame and money failed to ease her loneliness after her divorce from actor Tom Cruise. Kidman split from Cruise in 2001 after 11 years of marriage, and the star found it challenging to adjust to life as a single woman. Fame and Money can get you some really [...]

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Written By: Madison on October 25, 2007 No Comment

On a night that saw an inordinate amount of thrills and spills, Mark Cuban should have concentrated harder on his three wishes. Showmanship and an entertaining “I Dream of Jeannie”-inspired samba couldn’t keep the 49-year-old billionaire on Dancing with the Stars any longer. We paid $200 a pop to sit in prime seats at the [...]

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Written By: Madison on October 22, 2007 No Comment

30 Days of Night (2007) $16M
Why Did I Get Married? (2007) $12.1M [...]

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