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Celebrities

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A celebrity is a person, who has a prominent profile in
day-to-day media and because of this commands some
degree of public fascination and influence. A celebrity is
usually expected to be wealthy (commonly denoted as a
person with fame and fortune), implied with great
popular appeal, prominence in a particular field, and is
easily recognized by the general public.
While people may gain celebrity
status as a result of a successful
career in a particular field (primarily
in the areas pertaining towards
entertainment and sports), in other
cases, people become celebrities due
to media attention for their
extravagant lifestyle or wealth (as in
the case of a socialite); for their
connection to a famous person (as in
the case of a relative of a famous
person); or even for their misdeeds
(as in the case of a well-known American socialite Paris
criminal). Celebrities may be known Hilton is well known for
being a "famous for being
around the world (e.g., pop stars and
famous" type of celebrity
film actors), within a specific country
(e.g., a top Australian rugby player);
or within a region (e.g., a local
Success
There are no guarantees of success for an individual to become a
celebrity. Though celebrities come from many different working
fields, most celebrities are typically associated with the fields of
sports and entertainment or a person may be a public figure who
is commonly recognizable in mass media. With innate talent,
passion, diligence, discipline, self-motivation and tenacity, being
the core factors of achieving success to becoming a celebrity, fame
and fortune sometimes occurs spontaneously with relatively little
effort due to sheer luck, being fortunate with connections, or
simply being at the right place during the right time.
Forbes Celebrity 100
Forbes Magazine releases an annual Forbes Celebrity
100 list of the highest paid celebrities in the world. The
total earnings for all top celebrity 100 earners totaled
$4.5 billion over the course of 2010 alone.
For instance, Forbes ranked media mogul and talk show
host, Oprah Winfrey as the top earner "Forbes magazine’s annual
ranking of the most powerful celebrities", with earnings of $290
million in the past year. Forbes cites that Lady Gaga reportedly
earned over $90 million in 2010. In 2010, golfer Tiger Woods was
one of highest-earning celebrity athletes, with an income of $75
million and is consistently ranked one of the highest
paid athletes in the world. In 2013, Madonna was ranked as the
fifth most powerful and the highest earning celebrity of the year
with earnings of $125 million. She has consistently been among
the most powerful and highest earning celebrities in the world,
occupying the third place in Forbes Celebrity 100 2009 with $110
million of earnings, and getting the tenth place in the 2010 edition
of the list with annual earnings equal to $58 million.
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