From Inside the Box

Angelina Jolie tops Oprah on most powerful list

By Hanh Nguyen

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June 4, 2009 10:21 AM

Angelinajolie_290 Angelina Jolie has usurped Oprah Winfrey's throne.

The "Wanted" star tops the Forbes annual Celebrity 100 list, a ranking of the world's famous people measured by income and media visibility. She bumps previous year's title holder, media maven Oprah to No. 2.

Oddly enough, Jolie's partner Brad Pitt only came in at No. 9 on the list.

The full Top 10 on the Forbes list follows:

1. Angelina Jolie
2. Oprah Winfrey
3. Madonna
4. Beyonce Knowles
5. Tiger Woods
6. Bruce Springsteen
7. Steven Spielberg
8. Jennifer Aniston
9. Brad Pitt
10. Kobe Bryant

A few other newcomers who make their debut on the list are President Barack Obama (No. 49), "Twilight" author Stephenie Meyer (No. 26) and country artist Taylor Swift (No. 69).

The full list can be found at Forbes.com.

What do you think? Are the top celebrities worthy of their ranking?

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26 Comments

Whatever you think of the list, the fact that 3 out the top 5 (and 4 out of the 10) are African-American shows that we've come a long, long way.


Good Angelina has way more cl***.


Madonna should be number one, Her Majesty rules the concert circuts.


anyone who thinks Angelina Jolie has more power than Oprah, isn't living on Earth.


She sure has TABLOID power. Keeps getting knocked up!of all Pitt's "squeezes" I like Gwynneth the best!


Whatever HATERS! Agelina has done more good to the world than Oprah. Women are so jelous of Angelina's looks, its sad.


good point jill


The list is a joke.


I know, its such a joke, Madonna should be number one, then Britney, GAGA and then Angelina, Oprah should be in the lower top 10s, I dont think her show is number one anymore.


THIS IS WRONG... I DONT THINK THIS IS RIGHT!! ADOPTING KIDS FROM 3RD WORLD COUNTRIES DOESNT HELP THE WORLD!!


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