Will Farrell tops list of overpaid stars
Published Saturday November 21st, 2009
Will Ferrell tops Forbes magazine's list of the Most Overpaid Stars in Hollywood.
Forbes figured out that for every dollar in salary, Ferrell's films made an average of a little more than US$3. In comparison, for every dollar Shia LaBeouf was paid, his movies earned an average of $160.
Ferrell is followed on the list by Ewan McGregor, Billy Bob Thornton, Eddie Murphy and Ice Cube.
Tom Cruise is the sixth most overpaid actor. Rounding out the top ten are Drew Barrymore, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson and Jim Carrey.
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Two hoofers from So You Think You Can Dance Canada will perform with Janet Jackson at tomorrow's American Music Awards.
Nico Archambault and Natalli Reznik will be in Jackson's musical medley that will open the show, airing live from Los Angeles on "A" channel.
Archambault, who hails from Montreal, won the first season of CTV's Dance Canada last year, while Reznik of Toronto was a finalist.
The two also danced alongside Jackson in the video for her new single, Make Me.
Other Canadian talent at the American Music Awards will include Victoria, B.C., native Nelly Furtado, who will perform with Timbaland, and Toronto rapper Drake, who will present an award.
Taylor Swift has a leading six nominations, followed by the late Michael Jackson with five.
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Celebrity Birthdays:
* Actor Joseph Campanella (The Colbys, Ben) is 82.
* Actor Laurence Luckinbill is 75.
* Actress Marlo Thomas is 72.
* Ray Mercey, of the Canadian country trio The Mercey Brothers, is 69.
* Actress Juliet Mills (Passions) is 68.
* Actor-director Harold Ramis is 65.
* Actress Goldie Hawn is 64.
* Keyboardist Lonnie Jordan of War is 61.
* Singer-drummer Alphonse Mouzon is 61.
* Singer Livingston Taylor is 59.
* Actress-singer Lorna Luft is 57.
* Actress Cherry Jones (24) is 53.
* Christian singer Steven Curtis Chapman is 47.
* Actress Nicollette Sheridan is 46.
* Icelandic singer Bjork (Gudmundsdottir) is 44.
* Major league baseball star Ken Griffey Jr. is 40.
* Rapper Pretty Lou of Lost Boyz is 38.
* Country singer Kelsi Osborn of SHeDAISY is 35.
* Actress Jena Malone (Saved, Life As A House) is 25.
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