“Forbes” on The Daily Caller

The annual Forbes list of the top 100 most powerful actors, musicians, athletes, television personalities, models and comedians is here. Forbes calculates this list based on a scale made up of earnings, net worth and level of fame, which is determined by media visibility (i.e., number of Twitter followers, TV appearances, interviews, etc.) (more)

The Model 24B comes with Melvin Forbes’ signature touches and a more attractive price. (more)

Former Citigroup chairman Sandy Weill listed his 6,744-sq-ft apartment at 15 Central Park West for an astonishing $88 million in November, promising to donate the proceeds of the sale to charity. (more)

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investor George Soros, at 81, has for the first time made the list of the 10 wealthiest Americans, Forbes Magazine reported on Wednesday in the 2011 edition of its annual rich list. (more)

Pop superstar Lady Gaga topped Forbes‘ list of “Highest-Paid Celebrities Under 30.” Thanks to worldwide tours and platinum album sales, the 25-year-old eccentric songstress raked in a whopping $90 million this year. Gaga dethroned Beyonce who landed last year’s top spot with earnings of $87 million, but fell to number 8 this year with a meager $35 million. (more)

For his golf, Tiger Woods is about to fall out of the top 10 in the world for the first time in 14 years. For his star power, he still ranks ahead of any other athlete. (more)

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican telecom magnate Carlos Slim widened his lead over other billionaires on Forbes magazine’s list of the world’s richest people Wednesday — the same day his flagship company said he is a victim of monopolistic practices. (more)

RPattz and KStew may be the steamiest pair on the big screen, but “Harry Potter” duo Hermione and Ron (played by Emma Watson and Rupert Grint) are the highest-earning movie couple, according to a new list compiled by Forbes magazine. (more)

Fifty-two years ago January 9th, Fidel Castro’s rebel army marched into Havana. As Castro addressed thousands of his countrymen outside, an act symbolic of Cuba’s fate played out. (more)

His wife may have been number one on Forbes magazine’s 2010 List of World’s Most Powerful Women, but President Barack Obama only takes the second slot on the recently released Forbes 2010 list of Powerful People, putting him a spot below of where he placed on the list last year. (more)

On May 6, the Dow plunged hundreds of points in a matter of minutes for reasons that most investors couldn’t explain. Amazingly, even as Jim Cramer was melting down live on CNBC, the market zoomed right back up just as quickly, leaving everyone, including the SEC, to wonder what had just happened. The incident has become known as the “flash crash” in investment circles. (more)

Nearly a quarter of those on Forbes magazine’s newly release list of the World’s Most Powerful Women are celebrities, fashion designers, pop stars, television anchors, and other entertainment figures – a big difference from last year’s list. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Here’s another first for Michelle Obama: First among Forbes magazine’s 100 most powerful women in the world. (more)

Don’t put away your Nimbus 2000 just yet! Muggles worldwide have a new sense of hope after J.K. Rowling’s “Oprah” interview. According to the Associated Press, on Friday’s show the author told Oprah that Harry and his friends  “could definitely” find themselves in new adventures sometime in the future, however she is not currently working on any Potter books. (more)

We skeptics of free trade are used to being told, “You don’t understand economics.”  In fact, one major reason I wrote the book Free Trade Doesn’t Work was simply to expose, once and for all, that there do exist extremely serious and intellectually reputable arguments, within the confines of accepted mainstream economics, which question free trade.  And indeed they exist. (more)

You know you’ve hit rock bottom when Britney Spears makes more power celebrity lists than you. (more)

Don’t believe all that born-in-a-log-cabin hype. Only four United States presidents actually started out that way, Abraham Lincoln being the most famous. By the time the other three, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan and James A. Garfield, entered the nation’s highest office, they shared one trait with its other 40 occupants: All had achieved a certain measure of financial prosperity. (more)

NBA star LeBron James is taking heat from Clevelanders who have worked themselves into a fury about his decision to leave his hometown and play pro basketball in Miami. Sports fans have taken to the streets to burn his jersey, his former team’s owner has called him a “coward,” and the Internet is buzzing with scathing anti-LeBron epithets. (more)

US TV host Oprah Winfrey has has been named the most powerful celebrity in the world by Forbes magazine. (more)

The end of June marks the beginning of an annual migration, as school-aged kids, especially on the Eastern Seaboard, pack off for sleep away camp. (more)