Forbes’ 10th Annual Top-Earning Dead Celebrities List Is More Than Hair Raising!

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Even in death, some celebrities make more money per year than most of us dream of making in an entire lifetime. In fact, the top revenue-grossing dead celeb, Michael Jackson, made more money over the past year than any other musician or actor, dead or alive.

Forbes said: “Jackson not only took the No.1 spot on our 10th annual ranking of the Top-Earning Dead Celebrities, with gross earnings of $275 million, he out-earned the other 12 deceased stars on the list combined. Still more impressive: His estate’s 12-month haul was greater than the pooled earnings of this year’s two biggest living acts, U2 and AC/DC. Jackson’s posthumous earnings come from his stake in the lucrative Sony/ATV catalog, the hit Sony film This Is It and renewed fan interest in music, videos and all things Michael Jackson.”

Full list of Forbes Top Earning Dead Celebrities: 
1. Michael Jackson – $275 million 
2. Elvis Presley – $60 million
3. J. R. R. Tolkein – $50 million
4. Charles Schulz – $33 million
5. John Lennon – $17 million
6. Stieg Larsson – $15 million
7. Dr. Seuss – $11 million
8. Albert Einstein – $10 million
9. George Steinbrenner – $8 million
10. Richard Rogers – $7 million
11. Jimi Hendrix and Steve McQueen – $6 million each
12. Aaron Spelling – $5 million

Cindy Crawford’s Happy Marriage And Beauty Secrets! EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS

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Cindy Crawford may be a 44-year old mother of two, but the former supermodel’s beauty still stunned the fans when she approached the interview stage set up by the Extra crew at The Grove.

Mario Lopez, the host of Extra, could not resist himself and started the interview by telling Crawford: “Cindy is my all time biggest crush ever and the first poster I ever bought and kept in my locker!” Lopez was talking about a poster of Crawford in a black bathing suit. Continue reading →

Dancing With The Stars Shocking Elimination! Watch The Video…

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To find out who went home on Dancing with the Stars Tuesday night, click “Read More” below for spoilers and the elimination video.

When the possible bottom two couples were revealed, Judge Len Goodman griped: “This is ludicrous that one of these two is going home. We like the underdog, but we like justice more, and there is no justice these two being here. It’s nonsense.”

SPOILER ALERT: The possible bottom two couples were Derek Hough / Jennifer Grey and Tony Dovolani / Audrina Patridge. And shockingly, it was front-runner Audrina who ended up going home!  
“I don’t think words can describe what I feel right now,” Tony told E! Online. “There are a whole bunch of emotions, but if it’s meant for us to go home, it’s meant for us to go home. It’s a bittersweet moment. It’s bitter because I really felt like Audrina and I had a chance of winning the title.” 
Audrina herself was taken by surprise and told E! Online: “It really was [shocking]. I don’t really know what to say.” But there is some good news for Audrina: “My show with Mark Burnett got picked up, so I’m going to be on VH1. It’s going to just be about me and my life in Hollywood, and my family’s going to be on it. It’s going to be really personal and private. I’m sure Tony will be on it. He’s like my big brother now.” 

SEE THE VIDEO OF THE ELIMINATION:

Kylie Minogue To Tour The States! EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS & VIDEO

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Kylie Minogue is performing on Dancing with the Stars tonight (see video of the performance below) and in between rehearsals and the live performance, she rushed over to The Grove to speak with Mario Lopez of Extra.

Kylie is super sexy! Super cute! And super funny! She also has a number 1 record in the UK, Aphrodite, 22 years after release of her debut album. She is also the only female recording artist in UK chart history to have a number one album in four consecutive decades.

Kylie gave Mario Lopez and Extra the exclusive scoop (see the video below) that she will finally be touring the U.S. come this spring!

When Mario asked what kind of rumors she has heard or read about herself, Kylie said, “I once read, ‘Is Kylie Minogue an alien?'”  She also said with a smile that she’s read about herself that she lives in a dungeon.

When asked whose music she likes, Kylie said: “Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Beyonce. I love my ladies of rock!”

You can watch Kylie perform on Dancing with the Stars tonight (or you can watch video of the performance below) and you can catch her full interview with Mario Lopez soon on Extra!

WATCH MARIO LOPEZ TEACH KYLIE HIS DANCE MOVES WHICH HE LEARNED ON DANCING WITH THE STARS:
WATCH KYLIE’S BIG ANNOUNCEMENT WHICH SHE EXCLUSIVELY GAVE TO EXTRA FIRST:

Update:
Watch Kylie’s performance of Get Out of My Way on Dancing with the Stars:

Rihanna Opens Up And Says “I Smile For Real Now”

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Rihanna opened up in the December issue of Marie Claire UK about last year’s physical altercation with ex-boyfriend Chris Brown and her views on what happened may surprise you.

Rihanna: “God has a crazy way of working, and sometimes when stuff happens you feel like, ‘What did I do to deserve this?’ Why was it backfiring on me? But I needed that wake-up call in my life. I needed a turning point, and that’s what God was giving to me.”

After the violent incident on the night of the 2009 Grammy Awards, Chris Brown pled guilty to assault. He was sentenced to more than 1,400 hours of community service and five years of probation.

Rihanna does say that one of the more difficult things at the time was having to deal with what the media was saying about her and the incident.  “All this terrible stuff they say to you, it breaks you down,” she says. “[But] once you’re back on your feet — if you ever make it back on your feet — that’s the ultimate achievement.”

Like other abused women, Rihanna had a hard time breaking up with Chris Brown after the incident, but recalls the moment she finally knew the relationship was over. “I remember I was in New York at the Trump Hotel and I woke up and I just knew I was over it. It was a different day. I felt different. I didn’t feel lonely. I felt like I wanted to get up and be in the world. That was a great, great feeling.”

Others notice a difference in her as well. “I feel like I smile for real this time. The smiles come from inside, and it exudes in everything I do. People feel my energy is different. When I smile they can tell that it’s pure bliss and not just a cover up.”

Derek Hough Tweets Cute Pic Of Himself With His Sister From The Set Of DWTS

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In the world of cuteness, this one takes the cake this week!

Dancing with the Stars’ Derek Hough sent this pic via Twitter yesterday of him and his gorgeous sister. Included with the pic was the Tweet caption, “My sister and I … Love her.”

Good luck to Derek and his dancing partner Jennifer Grey this week who danced the paso doble.

Concert for World Unity – Video

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AROUND TOWN LOS ANGELES.

A Concert for World Unity was held at the Los Angeles Baha’i Center on Saturday featuring various artists from around the country. Watch the videos of the performances below! More videos to come shortly!

Van Gilmer singing Amazing Grace:

Rachael Price and Jaime Findlay on Cheek to Cheek:

Rachael Price sings Love is the Answer:

KC Porter and JB Eckl sing Santana’s Primavera:



Van Gilmer, Sean Gilmer, David Draim and Tom Price in a barbershop quartet:

Emily Price sings a Persian song, Dastam Begeer:

Death At America’s Got Talent Auditions ?!

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ONLY IN LA.

OK–I am stepping out of my celeb reporting ways for a minute and resorting back to my litigation days to give you all some good legal advice: If your wife goes missing, or if you posses drugs on your person, restrain yourself from trying out for a reality show the same day you report her missing. Or at least get rid of the drugs (for good). Deal?

E! Online reports that this weekend’s America’s Got Talent auditions in Los Angeles was upstaged by a dead body and a drug arrest. Per E!, Joe Smith (name changed to protect the guilty), a man who auditioned for the reality contest, was busted for drug possession. But that’s actually not the worst of his worries.  Smith’s arrest came after he was declared a “person of interest” in his wife’s death at the downtown L.A. hotel where tryouts were being held.  Ya, I am serious.
The LAPD confirms that Smith was taken into custody after admitting he had several Ecstasy pills on him. The admission came as he was being questioned in the death of his wife Laura, whose body was discovered earlier that day in a stairwell of the Millennium Biltmore Hotel.

Apparently, Smith had reported his wife missing to hotel security earlier in the day, but somehow managed to continue to tryout for the show.  The wife’s body was discovered sometime after the tryouts began Saturday.  No official cause of death has been released, but law enforcement sources say it appears accidental.

Smith was released on $10,000 bail early Sunday.
Update: 
TMZ.com reports that Smith told police he and his wife took ecstasy on Friday night before going out on the town. Smith also said the two came home and eventually went to sleep. At 3am, his wife got out of bed and left the room. Smith assumed she was getting ice. When he woke up the next morning, she was not in the room.

After his audition, police interviewed Smith again which is when he told them the duo were on drugs the night before and that he still had some. That’s when Smith was arrested for drug possession and taken into custody.

Police suspect the wife fell from the 11th floor to the 3rd floor and have deferred the cause of death–it’s still undetermined whether her death was a suicide, homicide, or accident.

Bon Jovi’s Richie Sambora And Nikki Lund Launch “White Trash Beautiful” Clothing Line – EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS

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Richie Sambora, Bon Jovi’s guitarist, and designer- musician Nikki Lund, have officially launched their clothing line at L.A. Fashion Week.

The fashion line is called White Trash Beautiful and features a women’s contemporary clothing line. The clothing line’s website launches Monday at midnight (in less than 11 hours) so you can check out the designs for yourself! Or check out the video below of a recent fashion show of the line. Continue reading →