
Oprah Winfrey takes back her crown while pop chart phenomenon Lady Gaga catapults to No. 4 on this year's Celebrity 100. Pants-less pop stars, late-night warriors and sexy vampires spiced up the fame game last year, with Lady Gaga, Conan O'Brien and Twilight superstars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson joining the Forbes Celebrity 100 list for the first time. But despite their impressive debuts (Gaga hit the list in fourth place), Oprah Winfrey is the year's big winner. After being ousted by Angelina Jolie on last year's list (Jolie dropped to No. 18 this year), the Queen of all Media takes back her crown on Forbes' annual ranking of the world's ultra-famous.
Lady Gaga catapults onto our list, ranking ahead of much more established pop stars like Madonna (No. 10) and U2 (No. 7). She has a 106-date world tour and her willingness to partner with corporations like Virgin Mobile and Polaroid to thank for an estimated $62 million in earnings. What's more, her fame and theatricality have brought her gobs of press coverage, while her music videos have made her something of an Internet sensation. Proof: The fashion-forward rocker ranks first for social media and Web presence among the Forbes Celebrity 100.
Gaga is also the list's top-ranked newcomer, leading a group that includes the Black Eyed Peas ($48 million), O'Brien ($38 million) and Twilight costars Pattinson and Stewart. Pattinson comes in at No. 50 with estimated earnings of $17 million, while Stewart, who is working on fewer non-Twilight projects, comes in at No. 66 with a $12 million haul.
Gaga is #1 in Web AND Social rank. She owns the interwebz pretty much. Gaga is Beautiful. Dirty. Rich.
And the award for video of the year from the Black Entertainment Television goes to... Video Phone by Beyonce and featuring Lady Gaga.
So yeah, a white person kinda won a BET award. Does anyone else see the irony in that?
Thank you so much for my first BET award ever, with Honey B! Videophone won VIDEO OF THE YEAR! Paws up for B! X Mother Monster. posted Gaga on her twitter right after winning.
David Guetta has done some great voice tuning on the chorus.
I've heard pieces of the song before tonight but there was no real interest in the song until like five minutes ago when I YouTube'd it and saw the entire awkward video.
Guuuurl if you can't precisely repeat the dance moves you did half an hour ago please reject any attempt of a mirrored video. And make up your mind already, which one of your multiple personalities is my commander?
Anyway, good job on the chorus, love it so I'll stop right there.
The Eska Music Awards called them band of the year, I simply think OneRepublic is awesome.
Ever since I first heard Apologize I've loved them. Haven't always been the best fan, not like I'm with Gaga since our relationship is special, but I'm doing my best. Actually I think they're by far my favorite band, and I know someone else likes them a lot as well.
Just like Apologize, Marchin on has been tempered with by Timbaland, being featured both on albums, Waking up and Shockvalue 2. History repeats itself so are we to expect another video for the song featuring Timbaland? It would help promoting the song but I don't think I can stand yet another chin rubbing video so I hope not.
The song is uptempo, uplifting and helps diagnose emo people by making everyone clap, move their feet, dance [keep the rhythm]. Feel the power!
The lyrics and beat of the song made the Germans pick it as their world cup hymn. Even the single cover uses Germany's flag colors: black, red and gold.
At the beginning of the month a simple, multicolored, low budget video was shot. What makes me love the video is that, unlike most of the music videos out there, it actually follows the rhythm of the song. The video is shaped around the drums. Just watch the video and you'll see what I mean.


