OT: Obscenely overpaid "stars?"
Steve Newport
Got Talent" and record producer -- is the top-earning man on primetime
U.S. television with an estimated haul of $75 million, Forbes.com said
Tuesday.
Cowell beat out "The Apprentice" host Donald Trump ($50 million) and
"American Idol" presenter Ryan Seacrest ($38 million), based on
estimated pre-tax earnings from June 1, 2008-June 1, 2009.
Most of the top earners have several entertainment-related ventures,
Forbes said. Cowell has his own record label, which has signed singers
including Leona Lewis and Susan Boyle, in addition to his duties as a
judge on "Idol" -- the most watched TV show in the United States for
seven years. Apart from "Apprentice," Trump lends his name to products
ranging from neckties to vodka and reaps fees from speeches and books.
Seacrest, 34, has a Los Angeles morning radio show, is a celebrity TV
host and developed the TV reality show "Keeping Up With the
Kardashians," as well as hosting "Idol."
Rounding up the top five are "Two and a Half Men" star Charlie Sheen
($21 million) and "The Office" actor Steve Carell ($20 million).
The remainder of the top 10:
6. Howie Mandel ($15 million)
7. Kiefer Sutherland ($13 million)
8. Jeff Foxworthy ($11 million)
9. Hugh Laurie ($10 million)
10. David Caruso ($9 million)
Harlett O'Dowd
> 10. David Caruso ($9 million)
I didn't know David Caruso was still working!
Joan in GB-W
"Harlett O'Dowd" <chris.c...@worldspan.com> wrote in message
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On Nov 11, 6:19 pm, birdpare...@webtv.net (Steve Newport) wrote:
> 10. David Caruso ($9 million)
I didn't know David Caruso was still working!
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He's not. He's posing, smirking, and looking sideways at you from a tilted
sideways head. Acting, no.
John W Kennedy
He's the star of "CSI: Miami", which is (quite seriously) the most
popular television program in the world. It's no "Hamlet", though I
gotta say that in hi-def, the location work is a feast for the eyes.
--
John W. Kennedy
"Those in the seat of power oft forget their failings and seek only the
obeisance of others! Thus is bad government born! Hold in your heart
that you and the people are one, human beings all, and good government
shall arise of its own accord! Such is the path of virtue!"
-- Kazuo Koike. "Lone Wolf and Cub: Thirteen Strings" (tr. Dana Lewis)
Harlett O'Dowd
> Harlett O'Dowd wrote:
> > On Nov 11, 6:19 pm, birdpare...@webtv.net (Steve Newport) wrote:
>
> >> 10. David Caruso ($9 million)
>
> > I didn't know David Caruso was still working!
>
> He's the star of "CSI: Miami", which is (quite seriously) the most
> popular television program in the world. It's no "Hamlet", though I
> gotta say that in hi-def, the location work is a feast for the eyes.
CSI: Baywatch? Feh!
John W Kennedy
> On Nov 12, 3:57 pm, John W Kennedy <jwke...@attglobal.net> wrote:
>> Harlett O'Dowd wrote:
>>> On Nov 11, 6:19 pm, birdpare...@webtv.net (Steve Newport) wrote:
>>>> 10. David Caruso ($9 million)
>>> I didn't know David Caruso was still working!
>> He's the star of "CSI: Miami", which is (quite seriously) the most
>> popular television program in the world. It's no "Hamlet", though I
>> gotta say that in hi-def, the location work is a feast for the eyes.
>
> CSI: Baywatch? Feh!
Yes, sometimes (not by any means always) there's that, too, but I was
really only talking about the cinematography. In HD, half the
establishing shots are like looking at an jewelbox. All three of the CSI
shows employ conscious color palettes that are emphasized in post, but
where the other two tend to cool darkness and dullness, the colors of
"CSI: Miami" are hot, bright, and saturated. But because there are so
many high-rise glass boxes in the city, you need HD to catch it all.
--
John W. Kennedy
Read the remains of Shakespeare's lost play, now annotated!
http://pws.prserv.net/jwkennedy/Double%20Falshood/index.html
Ed(NY)
"Steve Newport" <birdp...@webtv.net> wrote in message
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Steve Newport
I bet he got big bucks for those grisly TV dramas he did.