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Do you get the feeling that somewhere inside Oprah Winfrey’s home, she’s throwing darts at a portrait of Angelina Jolie? Somehow, the superstar actress has managed to bump the one-woman media empire from the top of Forbes magazine’s list of most powerful celebs.
Despite the fact that Angie earned only a tenth of Oprah’s estimated $275 million last year, she was still somehow able to make the jump from #3 to #1 on the annual Celebrity 100 list, which also considers media exposure (does Lady O’s daily talk show — or magazine, or radio network — not count?) in determining its rankings.
"These lists are really meaningless," one Hollywood insider tells OK!. "They’re fun for water-cooler chit-chat, but do you really think Angelina is any more ‘powerful’ than any of the others near the top of that list? And financially speaking, Oprah is really the only one who has the cash to play with the real power brokers that keep the world turning."
Oprah is still sitting pretty at #2, just above Madonna, Beyoncé, Tiger Woods, Bruce Springsteen and Steven Spielberg. Interestingly enough — Angie’s baby-daddy Brad Pitt (#9) was beat out by his ex-wife Jennifer Aniston, who landed in the #8 spot.
Forbes Magazine has just released the results of a survey rating Hollywood’s most bankable stars and Will Smith topped the list, scoring a perfect 10.
John Burman, special projects director for Forbes Media, said Smith can star in any movie genre. "He can move from doing the pop film to an Ali to a Seven Pounds to The Pursuit of Happyness, so he’s able to play in all worlds and I think people just like watching him on screen," Burman said.
Other A-listers who scored big are Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio and supercouple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, who were all tied with a score of 9.89.
For its first-ever Star Currency list, which measured the financial clout of Hollywood stars to get movie projects going, Forbes surveyed more than 150 entertainment industry professionals including producers and directors
The stars were ranked on ability to attract financing for a project, box office success, appeal to different audience demographics and other factors.
Most of the stars on Forbes‘ top 100 Star Currency list are over 35, including 78-year-old Gran Torino star Clint Eastwood at No. 20.
The top 20-something actor was Transformers star Shia LaBeouf at No. 33, followed by The Duchess star Keira Knightley at No. 42.
Oprah Winfrey has still got it, according to Forbes Magazine, which on Wednesday released its Celebrity 100 List, ranking the most powerful names in Hollywood.
Based on earnings and fame, Winfrey came in at Number 1, earning $275 million before taxes over the last 12 months. She was followed by Tiger Woods at number 2 with $115 million and Angelina Jolie who earned a reported $14 million and enjoyed unrivaled levels of fame.
Rounding out the top 10 was Jolie’s boyfriend Brad Pitt, who last year banked $20 million.
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling was the year’s top earner, making $300 million with the help of her last installment of the Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
To see who else made the top 10 see below!
1. Oprah Winfrey
2. Tiger Woods
3. Angelina Jolie
4. Beyonce Knowles
5. David Beckham
6. Johnny Depp
7. Jay-Z
8. The Police
9. J.K. Rowling
10. Brad Pitt
