The top 10 biggest celebs in the world are...

6. Jay Z - $60m

1. Beyoncé - $115m

3. Dr. Dre $620m

5. Ellen DeGeneres - $70m

7. Floyd Mayweather - $105m

8. Rihanna - $48m

9. Katy Perry - $40m

10. Robert Downey Jr. - $75m

2. LeBron James - $72m

4. Oprah Winfrey - $82m

Los Angeles - Beyoncé has topped Forbes magazine's annual Celebrity 100 list.

The Drunk in Love singer topped the annual list - which is compiled based on estimated earnings, how many times a celebrity is mentioned in the media, their social media activity and estimated influence - with an estimated worth of $115m in the past year, a staggering $43m higher than the second-placed stare, basketball player LeBron James.

Beyoncé performed 95 shows on tour - taking home an estimated $2.4m per gig - and also fronted ad campaigns for Pepsi and H&M, as well as having her own fragrance line and clothing company, which all contributed in allowing her to take the top spot from Oprah Winfrey, who came first last year but could only manage fourth place this time around as others were deemed more influential and powerful.

Dr. Dre had the highest financial worth of all the top 10, with an astonishing $620m - the highest any celebrity has ever recorded in a single year in the history of the list - but could only manage third place, while talk show host Ellen DeGeneres rounded out the top five, coming in one place ahead of Beyonce's husband Jay Z.

Also making the top 10 were boxer Floyd Mayweather, singers Rihanna and Katy Perry and actor Robert Downey Jr..

Michael Jackson footage triggers lawsuit

Los Angeles - Footage of Michael Jackson has triggered a lawsuit.

The production company behind the upcoming film Michael Jackson: The Last Photo Shoot is taking legal action against the late singer's estate over a video of him at the Brooklyn Museum of Art in New York.

The movie - which is set to be released later this year - also features interviews with the Michael's friends, photographers and stylists.

Director Craig Williams insists he has a right to include the footage in the documentary while the Jackson's estate attorney Howard Weitzman claims the images should remain private and are being "exploited" by film makers.

He told The Hollywood Reporter: "The makers of the documentary are attempting to exploit footage and photographs of Michael Jackson, which we believe are owned by his Estate.

"The documentary contains footage of Michael during private moments that he never agreed could be publicly and commercially exploited without his consent and/or involvement. Michael never authorised or approved the use of this material in the film."

However, the movies' production company Noval Williams Films maintains that it has validly obtained the rights to the footage.

According to a complaint filed in New York's federal court, it is believed the Jackson family were offered the chance to purchase the rights to the video but passed up the opportunity before the director decided to buy the footage in May last year. 

The documentary makers are now seeking declaratory relief that it use of the video isn't infringing copyrights.

Kardashian store will be a 'lifestyle experience

New York - Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian are on the hunt for a new base in Manhattan.

The sisters - who are currently filming in the Hamptons, where they are opening a Dash store - reportedly looked at a five-storey corner property in Soho last week with plans for a huge "full-concept Kardashian lifestyle experience".

A source told the New York Post newspaper's Page Six column that the sisters want to turn the first two floors of the building into a flagship Dash store, with the other three storeys being used to house offices for the family businesses.

The whole building is available to rent for $2m a year from Jack Terzi of JTRE, who bought it for $15m in May.

The real estate mogul and his broker personally gave the group a tour of the building.

However, the property may not be as private as the sisters could hope and could attract a lot of paparazzi attention thanks to 80-foot-long wraparound windows.

One source said: "Some 300 photographers and fans were crowding the building en masse while they were checking it out.

"They were pulling out their cellphone cameras and crowding them to try and get a shot."

The Kardashians currently have a Dash store at a nearby Soho location, as well as boutiques in Los Angeles and Miami, and the pop-up store in the Hamptons.

Kris Jenner's talk show Slammed

Los Angeles - Kris Jenner's talk show has been slammed by a Fox TV executive.

The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star had a six-week test run of a talk show on the network last summer, but bosses knew early on that 'Kris' would never develop into a full series as they felt the showbiz matriarch was ''uninteresting''.

Frank Cicha, senior VP and president of programming for the Fox Television Stations said: "I think she was pretty uninteresting on camera.

He went on to say; "That was one where sister company 20th Television tried to capitalise on a name. ... When the camera was on she looked not just like a deer in the headlights, but like a deer that already got hit."

However, the executive admitted Kris worked hard and improved as the series went on, but the show never did well in the ratings - until the final show when son-in-law Kanye West was a guest and showed off baby pictures of his daughter North, now 12 months.

Cicha told The Hollywood Reporter: "It wasn't a disaster in the ratings."

The executive went on to explain Kris didn't fit well with the station group's schedule and would have been expensive to produce.

He concluded: "When you added it up, it wasn't a show that made sense for us.

Kim's sideboob causes a Stir

Hamptons – Only Kim Kardashian can manage to cause a stir by simply going out for lunch.

The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star had tongues wagging when she went out for lunch without a bra, wearing a billowing skirt and a tight-fitting black vest top.

Residents in the Hamptons were worried that the filming of the latest Kardashian spin-off show would draw unwanted attention to the luxury location. Seems they were right.

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Nigerian BET nominees interviewed on Diddy’s Revolt TV

Atlanta - Winner of this year’s BET Awards “Best International Act: Africa” , Davido and nominee Tiwa Savage were on rapper/business mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs‘ network – Revolt TV on Monday.

The musician revealed this on his Instagram page where he put a photo of the interview “revoltTV Monster24k” he wrote.

Davido beat Diamond Platnumz from Tanzania, Mafikizolo from South Africa, Sarkodie from Ghana, Tiwa Savage from Nigeria and Toofan from Togo.

 

Tee-A goes on three Country Tour

Lagos -Renowned comedian Tee-A, is set for a three-city continental tour to showcase his popular comedy-Tyme Out With Tee-A.

The tour will take him to London, Johannesburg , South Africa and Accra, Ghana. Tee-A said in Lagos on Monday that he decided to take the show to other countries following popular demands and requests of many Nigerians and Africans. The comedian said the tour would commence sometime in September.

"Tyme Out With Tee-A has been a Nigerian show for the past decade and at the advent of the Internet and YouTube, people outside Nigeria began to have more access to it apart from watching on TV.The demand has been crazy and I’m glad we can now take the show to the passionate fans who have been asking for it,’’ he said.

"We are going round to deliver the live edition concerts to our fans in Africa, Europe and around the world.

The success of past editions makes this even more exciting as the concert tour for the first time is moving to London, Johannesburg and Accra.Guests should expect a unique tour comprising live personality interviews, rib-cracking comedy sketches, musical performances and special guest appearances.’’ he said.

Tee-A said the tour would have the full complement of the show’s stars, comedians MC Abbey and Madame Princess and other headline acts.

He confirmed that the show would have stop-over in London and Manchester in September, followed by Johannesburg and Accra before concluding the show in Lagos in November.

He said that the TV version of the show is set for its fourth season with celebrities like King Sunny Ade and Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde.

Others are Ramsey Nouah, Funke Akindele, Onyeka Onwenu and Juilet Ibrahim among the featured guests.

Past Live edition guests included D’Banj, Tiwa Savage, Shina Peters and Daddy Showkey.

The show also featured segments like 'Rave of the Moment’ with MC Abbey and `Celebrity Close Up’ with Madam Princess.