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Tom Cruise is most powerful celeb
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ACTOR Tom Cruise, the star of ''Jerry Maguire'' and ``Mission: Impossible'', was named the most powerful celebrity in the world this week by the business magazine Forbes.
In Forbes' unique ranking, which quantifies celebrity by combining earning power and star power -- including press clippings, television and radio appearances, magazine cover stories and web hits -- Cruise vaulted into the top spot in the Celebrity 100 from 20th place in 2000.
Although he rated 13th overall in wealth, with earnings last year of US$43.2 million, Cruise featured in a chart-topping 11 magazine cover stories. His messy public breakup with wife Nicole Kidman assured he had lots of newspaper ink.
According to the list in the March 19 edition of Forbes, last year's No 1, Julia Roberts, dropped to 16th, with earnings of US$18.9 million, even though she was nominated for a best actress Academy Award for ``Erin Brockovich''.
Second on this year's Celebrity 100 list was golfer Tiger Woods. He was followed by the Beatles, who last recorded three decades ago, but whose album of hits, ``1'', topped the pop charts in 24 countries last month.
Rounding out the Top 10 on the list were Britney Spears in fourth place, followed by Bruce Willis, Michael Jordan, Backstreet Boys, 'N Sync, Oprah Winfrey and Mel Gibson.
(SD-Agencies)
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