Angelina Jolie The Most Powerful Celebrity In The World, Whatever That Means
The Forbes list of 100 celebrities was released today, and Angelina Jolie is number one, and supposedly that means something. From the Hollywood Reporter:
Angelina Jolie is now the most powerful celebrity in the world, taking the No. 1 spot on Forbes' 2009 Celebrity 100 list, which ranks stars from the film, TV, music and sports worlds based on entertainment-related earnings as well as exposure in the media.This pushes Oprah Winfrey, who held the top spot for two consecutive years, down to No. 2 on a list dominated by females.
Being in the spotlight throughout the past 12 months brought Jolie to the top of the list. However, Winfrey remains the highest-paid, earning $275 million over the past year, compared with Jolie's $27 million.
Huh? I already didn't get it, and then they tried to explain it and I more didn't get it. Being in the spotlight throughout the past 12 months makes Jolie the most powerful? She has lazer-cannons for eyes now or something? Her grip is like a vice and her hair has the tensile strength of a spider's web? Seriously, I don't understand. At least Oprah has a highly-watched television show through which she broadcasts and explores her ideas and opinions on a daily basis. She has (and uses) the capacity to influence her viewers' spending choices, reading choices, charitable notions, and instantly bestow increased celebrity on the guests she choses. That is a sort of power. Angelina Jolie was in Wanted, and she was terrible. I know that she went on a tour of the U.N. cafeteria once or something, but come on. Barack Obama is #49? This list was literally put together by making a cat wander over a field of 100 names on a living room carpet. Play yourself off, living room randomizer cat.
Posted by Gabe at 10:00 AM in Contests
Tags: Angelina Jolie | Forbes | Oprah
Isn't she raising an army of third world orphans or something?
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Coldplay is 15. COLDPLAY. If that isn't proof it's random, I don't know what is.
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How long until Oprah has her killed?
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Angelina Jolie's secret power is boring the world to tears with her acting.
Weak zing!
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I really wish she'd stop looking at me while I read this.
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I'd like to see a list of the most physically powerful celebrities.
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Maybe they mean powerful as in the child army she has been putting together for a while now. Lara Croft raiding a womb near you.
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I don't know guys - I think it's pretty obvious that rascal flatts is much more powerful than barack obama.
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Let's see here...Oprah heads a communications and entertainmnet empire, and Angelina Jolie adopts foreign orphans. Yeah, I'm buying this.
Don't you get the feeling that the Forbes magazine folks just said "OK...who can we possibly name OTHER than Oprah this year? Doesn't have to be realistic, just somebody we can argue for without looking too damn stupid."
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"somebody we can argue for without looking too damn stupid."
Whoops, Forbes Magazine.
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Ha...Point well taken, apesofmath.
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Forbes just wants to break into that coveted "Us Weekly" market.
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In all seriousness: is Angelina Jolie at all famous for her movies? Cause all the ones I can think of are fuckin terrible. Is she generally thought of as a "good" actor? My mind=boggled.
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someone put a GIF up of vegeta with a scouter. I think that's what they mean by powerful. As in her power level is over 9,000,000.
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