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The 40 best-paid entertainers

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From: Peter Langston <psl>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 97 10:49:22 -0700
To: Fun_People
Subject: The 40 best-paid entertainers

[This list is just full of surprises... -psl]

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Forwarded-by: John Eshleman <transplex@pol. net>

Forbes magazine's ranking of the 40 highest-paid entertainers and their
estimated gross income for 1996-97:

 1. Steven Spielberg, $313 million.
 2. George Lucas, $241 million.
 3. Oprah Winfrey, $201 million.
 4. Michael Crichton, $102 million.
 5. The Beatles, $98 million.
 6. Jerry Seinfeld, $94 million.
 7. David Copperfield, $85 million.
 8. Stephen King, $84 million.
 9. Tom Cruise, $82 million.
10. Arnold Schwarzenegger, $74 million.
11. Harrison Ford, $72 million.
12. The Rolling Stones, $68 million.
13. Tim Allen, $66 million.
14. John Grisham, $66 million.
15. Celine Dion, $65 million.
16. David Bowie, $63 million.
17. John Travolta, $61 million.
18. Mel Gibson, $59 million.
19. Siegfried and Roy, $58 million.
20. Sting, $57 million.
21. Garth Brooks, $55 million.
22. Roseanne, $55 million.
23. Michael Jackson, $55 million.
24. Ron Howard and Brian Grazer, $54 million.
25. Michael Flatley, $54 million.
26. Jim Carrey, $53 million.
27. Tom Clancy, $50 million.
28. Robin Williams, $50 million.
29. Eddie Murphy, $49 million.
30. Kiss, $48 million.
31. Gloria Estefan, $47 million.
32. Spice Girls, $47 million.
33. Babyface, $44 million.
34. Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin, $43 million.
35. Kevin Costner, $42 million.
36. R.L. Stine, $41 million.
37. Michael Douglas, $41 million.
38. U2, $40 million.
39. Kevin Bright, Marta Kauffman and David Crane, $39 million.
40. Bill Cosby, $36 million.

© 1997 Peter Langston