George Lucas tops Forbes’ Hollywood earners list

October 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Aussie actor Hugh Jackman has toppled Brad Pitt as the star most men wish to look like. According to a leading Hollywood surgeon, 40-year-old Jackman, who regularly tops sexiest male polls and was named People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive last year, has now become popular with men.

October 7th, 2009 Movie hunk HUGH JACKMAN has overtaken BRAD PITT as the star most men wish to look like, according to a leading Hollywood surgeon. The Aussie star regularly tops sexiest male polls and was named People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive last year (08) - and now Jackman's looks are impressing guys too.

October 6th, 2009 LONDON - British-born actress Naomi Watts has been named by Forbes magazine as the Hollywood actress who gives the best return on the money she is paid. The 41-year-old star's last three films made 44 dollars for every 1 dollar she was paid to appear.

October 6th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actress Naomi Watts has been voted the most profitable actress in a Forbes list. The "King Kong" actress has topped the magazine's latest online Best Actresses for the Buck list after proving movie bosses can make the most money from her, reports list.co.uk.

September 25th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood star Matt Damon likes actor George Clooney because he has a great house and loves to spend on his pals. "George has this beautiful place in Italy where he brings all of his friends and he is an amazingly generous person as well, askmen.com quoted Damon as saying.

September 8th, 2009 LONDON - Directors of Pixar Animation Studios in the US have been awarded the Venice Film Festival's lifetime achievement award, making them the first team to bag the honour. Pixar has made 10 films, four of which have won best animation Oscars, with chief creative officer John Lasseter, 52, and other directors helming hits like 'Finding Nemo' and 'Toy Story'.

September 4th, 2009 A HARD DAY'S NIGHT has topped a new list of BEATLES hits, beating out A DAY IN THE LIFE and YESTERDAY. As the Fab Four return to the spotlight with the release of remastered albums and their new Rock Band videogame this month (Sep09), U.S.

August 21st, 2009 A stuntman working on an INDIANA JONES attraction at a Florida theme park has been killed in a freak accident while rehearsing a scene for the spectacular show. According to a spokeswoman for Disney's Hollywood Studios in Orlando, Florida, the performer was hurt doing a tumbling roll during a practice run for the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular - which reenacts scenes from George Lucas' blockbuster franchise.

August 6th, 2009 LONDON - What do Anne Hathaway, Daniel Craig and U.S. president Barack Obama have in common? Well, they all have made it to Vanity Fair's 2009 International Best-dressed List.

July 26th, 2009 LONDON - Boy George wants to go back to prison so he could perform for inmates. The former Culture Club singer and recovering drug addict was released from Edmunds Hill Prison, in Suffolk, in May.

July 3rd, 2009 LOS ANGELES - Angelina Jolie was Hollywood's top-earning actress over the last year, earning an estimated $27 million between June 2008 and June 2009, according to Forbes annual Celebrity 100 list released Thursday. Jolie's jackpot came mostly from last year's "Wanted" but also from a hefty advance for next year's thriller Salt, in which she plays a CIA agent accused of being a Russian spy.

June 26th, 2009 TORONTO - Canadian pop diva Celine Dion earned $100 million last year, just behind Madonna at $110 million, according to Forbes magazine. Beyonce Knowles was the third in the list of top earners in the music industry.

June 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Madonna has pipped Celine Dion and Beyonce Knowles to top the world's highest earning musicians list. According to America's Forbes magazine, the Queen of Pop earned a staggering 110 million dollars from June 2008 to June 2009 due to her Sticky and Sweet world tour.

June 4th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has been named the world's most powerful celebrity by Forbes magazine. The actress has beaten talk show host Oprah Winfrey to the top spot on the magazine's 2009 Celebrity 100 list, reported contactmusic.com.

June 4th, 2009 LONDON - Angelina Jolie has overthrown Oprah Winfrey by becoming the world's most powerful celebrity in the annual list compiled by business magazine Forbes. Oprah, the talk-show queen, topped the list for the previous two years and remained highest earner, making 275 million dollars in the past 12 months.