Writer, actor, producer, director, all-around-Renaissance Man Tyler Perry has topped Forbes’ annual list of the highest paid men in entertainment, earning a whopping $130 million between May 2010 and May 2011.
His closest competition was producer Jerry Bruckheimer, who made $113 million over the past year, and lensman Steven Spielberg, who finished third with $107 million earned.
Whitney Houston is up for a new job…if she can stay sober for longer than five minutes.
It’s official: Eddie Murphy will host the 84th Academy Awards on Feb. 26, 2012. On Tuesday, the 50-year-old funnyman issued a statement expressing his excitement about taking the tough hosting gig of Hollywood’s night of nights.
Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter IV has set an Itunes record after selling over 300,000 downloads in its first four days of release. The disc is Weezy’s first since he was sprung from New York City’s notorious Riker’s Island Jail last year, after serving eight months on a gun charge.
VH1′s newest reality star — T.I. — has been returned to jail because he took a tour bus to his halfway house, TMZ said Friday.
Beyonce’s Bey-By Bump wasn’t the only thing poppin’ behind-the-scenes of the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards over the weekend. Bay Area hip-hopster Kreayshawn — the self-professed “White Girl Mobster” of “Gucci Gucci” fame — may be new to rap, but she’s already getting a tough lesson in one of the oldest parts of the game: Beef.
Wethinks Kreayshawn bit off more than she could chew when she decided to diss correctional officer-turned-emcee Rick Ross in a flurry of Ustream videos and radio freestyles. All Hell broke loose when the musicians ran into each other backstage at Sunday night’s VMAs, prompting Rick to confront her for talking reckless about him. Luckily for Kreayshawn, her security team wouldn’t let Ole Ricky Rosay anywhere near her. (Phew!)
We wonder if Ricky knows anything about those nude pics of Kreayshawn that are floating around the Interwebs?
Another “Real Housewife” could be headed for Divorce Court: Former The Real Housewives of Atlanta star Lisa Wu-Hartwell, who appeared on the Bravo series during the first two seasons, has called it quits with her NFL pro husband, Ed Hartwell, after five years of marriage. The reality star hit Twitter over the weekend to clear up rumors about the separation.
Lil Wayne has announced that he’ll release his long-awaited album, Tha Carter IV, online at midnight on Aug. 29.
