What do Jennifer Aniston, Patrick Dempsey and Britney Spears make? They're glamorous and live a rich and famous lifestyle - but how much do celebs REALLY earn? US magazine 'Parade' has published a list of what various stars earned last year, so check out what the likes of Britney Spears (27), Jennifer Aniston (40) and Patrick Dempsey are hording in their accounts!
Aniston pops up in numerous romantic comedies on the big screen, and Brad Pitt’s ex-wife is also co-owner of the Echo Films production company. All in all, her work netted her a whopping $27 million, about €18.3 million.
On the other hand, popstar Britney Spears came out pretty weak in comparison - she earned 'just' $2.25 million or €1.5 million. Is it because her father handles her affairs?
Brit's pop colleague Beyoncé Knowles (28) made a breathtaking $80 million (€54 million) thanks to her world tour last year. Her husband, rapper Jay-Z (39), however, just about earned the bragging rights in the household by taking home a cool $82 million.
Michael Bloomberg, 67 Mayor of New York City New York, N.Y.earn only $1
Danica Patrick, 27 Racecar driver Phoenix, Ariz. earn $7 million
Tina Fey, 38 Actress/comedian New York, N.Y. earn $4.6 million
Actor and comedian Will Ferrell (41) earned $31 million last year alone. He can currently be seen in 'Land of the Lost'.
Penniless child rubbish collectors in Calcutta blew their entire life savings to create a giant cake for visiting football legend Maradona - only for him to not touch a crumb.
The Indian youngsters spent more than 200 GBP on the four foot high cake in the striker's national Argentinean blue and white colours to celebrate his 49th birthday.
But the star - on a charity visit to India - refused to try even a mouthful of the treat, claiming to be on a strict diet to regain his playing physique.
Fan Kamal Akash, 12: "It was fantastic to see our hero in the flesh. We would have liked him to have had some cake but he did see it and liked it."
Kimberley Munley , police officer who shot Major Nidal Malik Hasan at Fort Hood
A female civilian officer is being hailed as a heroine for shooting down the Fort Hood gunman who allegedly killed 13 American soldiers and injured 30 others at America's biggest military base. Sergeant Kim Munley was the first armed officer on the scene as US Army psychiatrist Major Nidal Malik Hasan rampaged through the base, picking off his targets who were all unarmed.
Munley with her two daughters.
Sgt Munley managed to shoot Hasan four times but was injured herself by a bullet that witnesses said hit both of her legs, Sky News reports.
She is in a stable condition in a local community hospital, said a US military spokesman.
Colonel John Rossi praised the officer at a press conference, saying: "Her efforts were superb."
Brave policewoman who shot down Fort Hood gunman hailed a heroine
Lt Gen Bob Cone said: "As horrible as this was, I think it could have been much worse.”
Witnesses said Hasan had shouted "Allah akbar" - God is great - as he opened fire.
According to a military spokesman, Hasan is in a stable condition in hospital on a ventilator.
Kimberly Munley, the police officer who shot Major Nidal Malik Hasan at Fort Hood.
While investigators continue to comb through the evidence to find out why he might have opened fire on his fellow soldiers, Hasan, a Virginia native and a Muslim, reportedly was against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
He had recently received his orders of deployment in Afghanistan.
Nader Hasan, a cousin of the gunman, said: "We just found out on the news that he was being deployed. He never even told us. We''ve known for the last four or five years that was probably his worst nightmare."
Cindy Jackson has clasped the title of c in the world for the 11th year running.The 54-year-old, sporting the blonde hair, toned body and sexy pout, was born to a farmer in Ohio.
Cindy, once dubbed Barbie, endured 50 or more cosmetic surgeries, costing more than 100,000 pounds.She set the Guinness World record book in 2000 and continued to make it to the 2010 list.
"I was never sure if the Guinness record was a good thing. But so many people would say 'Wow - that's really cool' so I guess I like it too now," the Sun quoted her as saying.
Telling her story, she continued: "I just started with the things that bothered me most - my eyes and nose - and worked from there."To start with I just wanted a more classic look to my face but then it became an anti-ageing thing.
"Now I have a few things done every year from Botox injections to plump-up fillers."I'll look in the mirror and think, 'Hmm, I'm starting to sag a bit, or that lip's gone down a bit'. It's like maintenance on a car or house!"
She added: "People say you should grow old gracefully and I say let them get on with it. But I refuse to grow old."I have all the benefits of wisdom that come with age but see no reason why I should show those years in my face."
Cindy Jackson was born in 1956 on a farm in Ohio and like most little girls, said "Barbie was her idol". It was during those years she got the idea that she "wanted Barbie's life, not her body. I wanted to be an astronaut or a doctor, not a farmer's wife". When Cindy's father died in 1988 and left her a nice sum of money (why do people like this always fall into money?) she finally had the chance to make that goal a reality. So, she started a $100,000 + plastic surgery hobby which continues to this day. She decided she was going to make herself look like her idol, Barbie.
AN 'average-looking, flat-chested' woman was chosen as a plastic surgeon's bride - so he could sculpt her into his ideal wife. Dr Reza Vossough performed eight operations on 33-year-old Cany's body to create his perfect wife.
Dr Voussogh built his dream girl through plastic surgery
He said he decided to marry Cany after he spotted her "potential". He described her as a fairly average, flat-chested woman with saddlebag thighs, a tummy and puffy, hooded eyelids.
The surgery changed her chest, thighs, eyes and face.
Dr Vossough spent five years pumping 1600g of silicone into her body, boosting her size A chest to an F cup.
He also enhanced her lips, lifted her eyelids and decreased her forehead.
The former waitress also had nip-and-tuck ops to her bum, tummy and thighs, and countless Botox injections.
Only after €20,000 of cosmetic surgery did Dr Vossough, 48, feel he had married his dream girl.
Dr Vossough spent five years pumping 1600g of silicone into her body, boosting her size A chest to an F cup. Dr Voussogh said , a woman has to be a piece of jewellery which a man values.
"When your husband is a plastic surgeon, then the scalpel is your friend," she told Bild newspaper in Germany.
Dr Vossough, who operates on about 1200 patients a year at his clinic in Berlin, said of his skills: "It's almost like being God - you have the ability to change nature.
"When I first met Cany, she had physical deficiencies, but I could see there was something there. She had big hips and big thighs, so we made corrections, then did a little bit more. Dr Voussogh prepares to continue work on his wife Cany (1,74 m, 59 kg) and her bikini body (99-66-89cm).
"On the operating table her face is covered, so she's anonymous like any patient. I was interested in working on her. It's better than nature could do."
Since her hubby's last op, Cany has had a secret fourth boob job. But Reza has not ruled out more work - saying: "There may be some more in the future, like a facelift, but not yet"
Dr Voussogh said that for him, a woman has to be a piece of jewellery which a man values.
A file photo of missing British girl in Portugal, Madeleine McCann.
A likeness of missing British girl Madeleine McCann is seen in an age progressed computer generated handout image received from the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) in London on November 3 2009
Madeleine McCann would look like now, at age six
British police on Tuesday released a new video imagining what missing girl Madeleine McCann would look like now, at age six, and urged Internet users to spread the pictures as widely as they can.
The appeal was launched by the U.K. Child Exploitation and Online Protection Center. Detectives hope the video will "prick the conscience" of someone who may be close to the girl's abductor.
The short film includes new images of how Madeleine might have changed more than two years after she disappeared while on vacation with her family in Portugal's southern Algarve coast in May 2007. Madeleine disappeared from the resort a few days before her fourth birthday.
"If you know who's involved and are keeping this secret, remember it's never too late to do the right thing," center chief Jim Gamble said in the film.
Gerry McCann, her father, told the BBC on Tuesday the video is an attempt to contact specific people rather than just appeal to the public for information.
"We need it to be spread far and wide, and for those people to be exposed to this message as many times as possible," he said.
The video is available in English, Arabic, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. Police hope people will spread the film by way of blogs, e-mail and social networking sites.
Lou Jing is attractive, effervescent and has an appealing voice. But these qualities alone would not have made Lou Jing the most famous television talent show contestant in China and the subject of national debate in the world's most populous country. The reason they are talking about Lou is because she is black.
The 20-year-old daughter of a Chinese mother and an African-American father who left the country before she was born, Lou was a highly unusual entrant to Shanghai-based Dragon TV's Go Oriental Angel. Her appearances – she became one of five finalists – have provoked a storm of abuse on the internet, a rare debate on racism in the media, and a bout of self-examination in a country where skin colour is a notoriously sensitive subject. Dragon TV initially had doubts about allowing Lou to perform, but then realised that her presence would do much to attract publicity for the show. But few executives can have expected the fury contained in many of the blogs and online posts that accompanied her performances. The internet is the only place in China where the public can express views with near-freedom – although they are rapidly cut off by an army of state censors if they stray into territory that attracts official disapproval. The huge online interest in Lou clearly does not fall into this category. "Ugh. Yellow people and black people mixed together is very gross," was one representative post. And Lou's critics are incensed not only by her colour but also because she is apparently the product of an extramarital relationship. Another blogger wrote: "Numb! This bitch still has the audacity to appear on television! I don't know what to say! One cannot be shameless to this kind of level!"
What do Jennifer Aniston, Patrick Dempsey and Britney Spears make?
Michael Bloomberg, 67 Mayor of New York City New York, N.Y.earn only $1
Danica Patrick, 27 Racecar driver Phoenix, Ariz. earn $7 million
Supermodel Carolyn Murphy (33) earned $4.5 million.
Kelly Ripa, 38 TV host New York, N.Y. earn $8 million
