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The Material Girl ruled last year, according to Billboard’s Moneymakers List of 2008.
Through albums, concerts, ringtones and digital track sales, Madonna easily topped the list.
Here’s a breakdown of the top 5:
1. Madonna: $242.2 million
2. Bon Jovi, $157.2 million
3. Bruce Springsteen, $156.3 million
4. The Police, $110 million
5. Celine Dion, $99.2 million
Latest Pop Culture News
-Nicollette Sheridan is leaving Desperate Housewives. No word on when or how…stay tuned.
-”True Blood - The Complete 1st Season” will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray on May 19.
-Patrick Swayze signed on to write about his life. The memoir will be published this fall.
-Mandy Moore’s new album, “Amanda Leigh,” will be released May 26.
-Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman have signed up to do a comedy together called “The Baster.” It centers on an insecure man who finds out his best friend wants to have a child through artificial insemination. He replaces her donor’s ’gift’ with his own…forcing him to live with the secret that he is the child’s father. Shooting begins this spring.
-Nick Cannon is replacing Jerry Springer as the host of NBC’s “America’s Got Talent.” The show returns for a fourth season this summer.
-”S. Darko,” the Donnie Darko spin-off film, will not play theatrically and will instead go directly to DVD on April 28.
TV PREMIERES
Tonight - Survivor (CBS); Millionaire Matchmaker (Bravo)
Friday - Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (Bravo)
Sunday - The Amazing Race (CBS); Eastbound & Down (HBO)
Wednesday - High School Reunion (TV Land)
TV FINALES
Tonight - Greg Behrendt’s Wake-Up Call (SoapNet)
Tuesday - Real Housewives of Orange County (Bravo)
MOVIES arriving Friday, Feb. 13
-Friday the 13th
-Confessions of a Shopaholic
-The International
-Under the Sea 3D (IMAX)
Limited: The Caller; Gomorrah; Two Lovers
DVDs coming on Tuesday, Feb. 17
-High School Musical 3: Senior Year
-Changeling
-Body of Lies
-How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
-Quarantine
-Still Waiting…
-Flash of Genius
-The Beverly Hillbillies: The Official Third Season
ALBUMS to be released on Tuesday, Feb. 17
-Sam Roberts, “Love at the End of the World”
-Morrissey, “Years of Refusal”
-Annie Lennox, “The Annie Lennox Collection”
-Charlie Wilson, “Uncle Charlie”
-Various Artists, “Dark Was The Night”
-Robyn Hitchcock, “Goodnight Oslo”
-Soundtrack, “Halo Wars”
-Sutton Foster, “Wish”
-…And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, “The Century of Self”
-M. Ward, “Hold Time”
-Thursday, “Common Existence”
-Heavy Metal Kids, “Heavy Metal Kids”
-N.A.S.A., “Spirit of Apollo”
-Above & Beyond, “Anjunadeep:01″
-William Elliott Whitmore, “Animals In The Dark”
-Eleni Mandell, “Artificial Fire”
A new trailer for Quentin Taratino’s movie “Inglourious Basterds” has hit the Web.
It arrives in theaters on Aug. 21.
It’s looks like it’s going to be really good! Watch it for yourself right HERE.
What do you think?
“Dancing with the Stars” released its list of celebrities competing in its eighth season.
The new season begins at 8 p.m. March 9 on ABC.
Here’s the list:
–Singer Jewel
–Ty Murray (pro rodeo champ and Jewel’s husband)
–Country singer Chuck Wicks (to be paired with girlfriend Julianne Hough)
–Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson
–Reality TV star Steve-O
–Former NFL player Lawrence Taylor
–Rapper/actress Lil’ Kim
–Actor Gilles Marini
–Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak
–Actress Denise Richards
–Comedian David Alan Grier
–Access Hollywood co-host Nancy O’Dell
–Singer Belinda Carlisle
What do you think of the list? Who do you think is going to win? I’m going to predict the final two will be Chucks Wicks and Denise Richards (even though I can’t stand her!). Anyway, that’s my guess. What’s your prediction?
As expected, the star-studded romantic comedy “He’s Just Not That Into You” was No. 1 at the box office.
Starring several well-known actors, such as Ben Affleck and Drew Barrymore, the movie drew $27.5 million in its debut.
Staying close in second was last week’s No. 1, “Taken.” The thriller starring Liam Neeson earned $20.3 million, bringing its 10-day total to $53.4 million.
Steve Martin’s debut for “The Pink Panther 2,” however, was a disappointment. It earned $12 million for fourth place.
TOP 10 BOX OFFICE
1. He’s Just Not That Into You, $27.5 million
2. Taken, $20.3 million
3. Coraline, $16.3 million
4. The Pink Panther 2, $12 million
5. Paul Blart: Mall Cop, $11 million
6. Push, $10.2 million
7. Gran Torino, $7.4 million
8. Slumdog Millionaire, $7.4 million
9. The Uninvited, $6.4 million
10. Hotel for Dogs, $5.8 million
Latest Pop Culture News
-The digital TV conversion has been pushed back to June.
-You can download the new Smashing Pumpkins song featured in the Hyundai Super Bowl commercial here.
-CW’s “Reaper” returns March 3.
-TNT is renewing “Leverage,” starring Timothy Hutton.
-TNT’s new series, “Trust Me,” isn’t doing well in the ratings. It lost about 65 percent of its audience from its Jan. 26 premiere, which drew 3.4 million viewers thanks to The Closer lead-in. On Monday, however, it only had 1.9 million viewers. The show stars Eric McCormack and Tom Cavanagh.
-ABC Family has canceled “Kyle XY” but renewed “Greek.”
TV PREMIERES
Sunday - Nitro Circus (MTV); The Collegehumor Show (MTV); Rob Dydrek’s Fantasy Factory (MTV); How’s Your News? (MTV); HGTV Showdown (HGTV)
Monday - Top Gear (BBCA)
Tuesday - T.I.’s Road to Redemption (MTV)
Wednesday - Important Things with Demetri Martin (Comedy Central)
TV FINALES
Monday - Worst Week (CBS)
MOVIES opening Friday, Feb. 6
-He’s Just Not That Into You
-The Pink Panther 2
-Coraline
DVDs to be released Tuesday, Feb. 10
-Nights in Rodanthe
-W
-Back to the Future (special edition). Part II and Part III also available in special edition
-Nascar: The Ride of Their Lives (documentary)
-Melrose Place: Fifth Season, Volume One
-Miracle at St. Anna
-Alvin and the Chipmunks: Mystery of the Easter Chipmunk
ALBUMS to be released on Tuesday, Feb. 10
-Missy Elliott, “Block Party”
-Van Morrison, “Astral Weeks Live at the Holiday Bowl”
-Ben Folds, “Stems and Seeds”
-Mos Def, “The Ecstatic”
-Buddy Holly, “Memorial Collection”
-Warren G, “The G-Files”
-India.Arie, ‘Testimony Vol. 2: Love and Politics”
-Lilly Allen, “It’s Not Me, It’s You”
-Dan Auerbach, ‘Keep It Hid”
Liam Neeson’s thriller “Taken” took home an easy victory at the box office this weekend.
It debuted with $24.6 million, while last week’s No. 1, “Paul Blart: Mall Cop,” fell to second place with $14 million. But its two-week tally stands at an impressive $83.4 million.
Other debuts included “The Uninvited,” which earned $10.5 million for third place, and Renee Zellweger’s comedy, ”New in Town,” which didn’t do so good. It only made $6.8 million for eighth place.
TOP 10 BOX OFFICE
1. Taken, $24.6 million
2. Paul Blart: Mall Cop, $14 million
3. The Uninvited, $10.5 million
4. Hotel for Dogs, $8.7 million
5. Gran Torino, $8.6 million
6. Slumdog Millionaire, $7.7 million
7. Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, $7.2 million
8. New in Town, $6.7 million
9. My Bloody Valentine 3-D, $4.3 million
10. Inkheart, $3.7 million
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