ANGELINA JOLIE - NO. 1 CELEBRITY ANGELINA JOLIE

NO. 1 CELEBRITY ANGELINA JOLIE

Angelina Jolie has knocked Oprah Winfrey from the top of Forbes ' most powerful celebrity list. The magazine estimated that Jolie earned $27 million over the past year, much of it for a movie featuring only her voice -- Kung Fu Panda . But Forbes also took special note of the media attention paid to her, citing coverage of her travels with longtime beau Brad Pitt (ninth of the Forbes list), the birth of her twins, and her philanthropic efforts in Africa. Winfrey dropped to No. 2 on the list, even though she earned ten times as much as Jolie. Rounding out the top five were Madonna, Beyonce, and Tiger Woods. Forbes took special note of the fact that while many Americans were caught up in economic turmoil, most celebrities were managing to avoid it. Those included in the 2009 100 list together earned $4.1 billion over the past year, up from last year's $4 billion.

04/06/2009