Sandra Bullock is smoking hot when it comes to Hollywood actresses.
The Oscar winner, 46, has been named Hollywood’s highest-paid actress by Forbes magazine, with an estimated $56 million in earnings from June 2009 to June 2010.
Bullock, who was named the eighth most powerful star in the magazine’s annual Celebrity 100 list, saw her romantic comedy “The Proposal” gross $320 million at the box office. “The Blind Side,” for which she earned a best-actress Oscar, raked in $310 million.
Reese Witherspoon and Cameron Diaz tied for No. 2 on the list, which looked at their total pay for movies currently being shot and after the films wrap. The magazine also calculated in earnings from perfume and clothing lines and ad campaigns.
Jennifer Aniston brought in $27 million, followed by Sarah Jessica Parker with $25 million and Julia Roberts and Angelina Jolie each with $20 milllion.
A new Michael Jackson album is expected by the end of the year, taken from unreleased material in his vaults. But Jackson collaborator and Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am is vehemently opposed to the idea.
“I don’t think that should ever come out. That’s bad,” he said. “He was a perfectionist and he wouldn’t have wanted it that way. How you gonna release Michael Jackson when Michael Jackson ain’t here to bless it?” Will.i.am collaborated with Jackson on the rerelease of “Thriller” in 2008 with remixed versions of some of the album’s classic songs. He said Jackson was very particular about all aspects of his musical productions, from his vocals to arrangements to instrumentation.
“Now that he is not part of the process, what are they doing? Why would you put a record out like that? Because he was a friend of mine, I just think that’s disrespectful,” he said. “What’s wrong with what he already contributed to the world?” The Jackson estate did not respond to a request for comment.
When asked about the high demand for any new Jackson music, will.i.am replied: “So what? You don’t disrespect someone when they’re gone. … How much can you suck from his energy? …
Freaking parasites!” Not much is known about what will be on the album, but Michael’s brother Jackie has said he and brother Marlon were working on the record with John McClain, Jackson’s former manager and executor of his estate.
Grammy-winning singer Lady Gaga, 24, scored a record 13 MTV Video Music Award nominations yesterday – the most ever received by any artist in a single year.
“I’m so honored for all the little monsters and self-professed freaks of the universe, to have more VMA nominations in a single year than any artist in MTV history,” says Gaga. “Ironically, I’m even more proud it’s an unlucky number: 13.”
She adds: “A long time ago the world told me and my little monsters we would never be heard, together we changed the rules. God put me on Earth for three reasons: To make loud music, gay videos and cause a damn raucous. Thank you, MTV!”
Among the 13 nominations: best pop video, best dance music video, best female video and best choreography for her hit single, “Bad Romance.”
The megastar is also up for best collaboration for “Telephone” featuring Beyoncé.
The 2010 MTV Video Music Awards will air live Sept. 12, which doesn’t doesn’t please Eminem, another VMA nominee.
Eminem racked up eight MTV Video Music Award nominations, making him the year’s most nominated male artist, the network announced.
“Apparently MTV doesn’t care that I have two massive stadium shows on the other side of the country the day after the VMAs. F me, right?!?!,” says the rapper, who’s up for Best Male and Best Hip Hop Videos. “I mean, I’ll be there but don’t expect me to be nice about it.”
Laurence Fishburne‘s daughter is breaking into the porn business and breaking her dad’s heart.
“(My dad) is very upset. I heard that he’s mad at me but I haven’t spoken to him yet,” Montana Fishburne, 19, told TMZ, adding that her famous father is “very hurt” over her decision to star in an X-rated flick.
But Montana – who also goes by the name “Chippy D” – thinks she’ll be able to work her way back into the “Matrix” star’s good graces.
“I feel pretty confident that I can work things out with him,” she told the gossip Web site.
Montana even thinks her dad might eventually get behind her new career move.
“I think he wants to support me in everything I do,” she said, “and though he sees this now as a negative, I believe in time he will view it as a positive.”
Although Montana told TMZ she didn’t warn her dad about her steamy career move, she said she plans to meet with him soon to explain her motives.
“I’ve watched how successful Kim Kardashian became and I think a lot of it was due to the release of her sex tape,” Montana said in a press release from Vivid Entertainment. “I’m hoping the same magic will work for me. I’m impatient about getting well-known and having more opportunities and this seemed like a great way to get started on it.”
Still, Montana’s porn pursuit doesn’t seem like something that would make her pop proud.
“The first time is really nerve racking, but I have a lot of at-home experience,” Montana said in an interview on the website of CarltonJordan.
— The Associated Press also contributed to this report
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