Post by Carla on Sept 29, 2006 20:27:04 GMT
Nicole Kidman holds the record for the most money paid per
minute to an actor, according to the new edition of Guinness
World Records, after she pocketed a reported $A4.96m for
a four-minute perfume commercial.
Meanwhile, Madonna's pay packet, Janet Jackson's malfunctioning
wardrobe, Hillary Clinton's memoirs and Sigourney Weaver's
height are all world record breakers as well.
Veteran pop singer Madonna supplants younger rival Britney Spears in the latest edition of
Guinness World Records, winning the title of highest annual earnings by a female singer
after she took home an estimated $US50m ($A67m) in 2004.
Despite the relentless media coverage of her personal life,
Spears is also unseated by another 40 - something as the world's most searched -
for person and most searched-for news item on the internet.
She loses those top spots to pop diva Janet Jackson who also gets credit for the
largest ever fine imposed on a broadcaster after one of her
breasts was exposed live on air.
The most wanted man on internet search engine Google in 2005 was Hollywood heart -throb Brad Pitt, according to the 2007 version of the Guinness World Records.
In the world of publishing, US Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton holds the title for
fastest-selling non-fiction book after her memoirs sold 200,000 copies on day one.
Not to be outdone, her husband, former US president Bill Clinton, also clinches a
place for the largest advance for a work of non-fiction.
Elsewhere, chat show host Oprah Winfrey is the highest paid person on television,
Cher's 2005 "Farewell Tour" was the highest grossing music tour by a female artist
and Irish rock band U2 were the biggest earning act in the world last year.
As for the downsides of stardom, modern celebrities have yet to match Errol Flynn's real-life courtroom performances which saw him jailed a record four times.
And if you've ever wondered who are the biggest people strutting Hollywood's sidewalks,
Clint Eastwood, Vince Vaughn and British horror actor Christopher Lee are its tallest leading men
at 194cm (6 foot 4 inches).
At 182cm (6 foot), Hollywood's tallest leading women are Alien star Sigourney Weaver,
Brigitte Neilsen and Oscar-winner Geena Davis, who also starred in the world's biggest ever
box-office flop, Cutthroat Island.
Source:
The West Australian
minute to an actor, according to the new edition of Guinness
World Records, after she pocketed a reported $A4.96m for
a four-minute perfume commercial.
Meanwhile, Madonna's pay packet, Janet Jackson's malfunctioning
wardrobe, Hillary Clinton's memoirs and Sigourney Weaver's
height are all world record breakers as well.
Veteran pop singer Madonna supplants younger rival Britney Spears in the latest edition of
Guinness World Records, winning the title of highest annual earnings by a female singer
after she took home an estimated $US50m ($A67m) in 2004.
Despite the relentless media coverage of her personal life,
Spears is also unseated by another 40 - something as the world's most searched -
for person and most searched-for news item on the internet.
She loses those top spots to pop diva Janet Jackson who also gets credit for the
largest ever fine imposed on a broadcaster after one of her
breasts was exposed live on air.
The most wanted man on internet search engine Google in 2005 was Hollywood heart -throb Brad Pitt, according to the 2007 version of the Guinness World Records.
In the world of publishing, US Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton holds the title for
fastest-selling non-fiction book after her memoirs sold 200,000 copies on day one.
Not to be outdone, her husband, former US president Bill Clinton, also clinches a
place for the largest advance for a work of non-fiction.
Elsewhere, chat show host Oprah Winfrey is the highest paid person on television,
Cher's 2005 "Farewell Tour" was the highest grossing music tour by a female artist
and Irish rock band U2 were the biggest earning act in the world last year.
As for the downsides of stardom, modern celebrities have yet to match Errol Flynn's real-life courtroom performances which saw him jailed a record four times.
And if you've ever wondered who are the biggest people strutting Hollywood's sidewalks,
Clint Eastwood, Vince Vaughn and British horror actor Christopher Lee are its tallest leading men
at 194cm (6 foot 4 inches).
At 182cm (6 foot), Hollywood's tallest leading women are Alien star Sigourney Weaver,
Brigitte Neilsen and Oscar-winner Geena Davis, who also starred in the world's biggest ever
box-office flop, Cutthroat Island.
Source:
The West Australian