{"id":147262,"date":"2014-11-05T00:38:31","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T00:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/151.106.38.4\/2014\/11\/05\/simon-cowell-tops-entertainment-pay-table\/"},"modified":"2014-11-05T00:38:31","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T00:38:31","slug":"simon-cowell-tops-entertainment-pay-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/2014\/11\/05\/simon-cowell-tops-entertainment-pay-table\/","title":{"rendered":"Simon Cowell tops entertainment pay table"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\/old_site\/>Simon Cowell has been named the top-earning entertainment personality in the US &#8211; taking almost \u00a360 million in just one year.<br \/>\nForbes puts The X Factor judge, 55, at the top of the list of big-earners for estimated earnings for the 12 months to June 2014.<br \/>\nThe publisher said that the TV and music mogul\u2019s millions came from his X Factor and Got Talent earnings around the globe, as well as chart-toppers One Direction.<br \/>\nShock jock Howard Stern, who is also a judge on America\u2019s Got Talent, took joint first place with Cowell at the top of the list.<br \/>\nThe top 10 also featured foul-mouthed British chef Gordon Ramsay, who continues to enjoy huge success in the US, in ninth place with \u00a329 million (47 million dollars).<br \/>\nForbes talked to agents, managers and lawyers to come up with estimates for entertainment-related earnings for each celebrity.<br \/>\nOprah Winfrey was fourth with \u00a351 million (82 million dollars), while chat show host Ellen DeGeneres was sixth with \u00a344 million (70 million dollars).<br \/>\nThe top 10 also featured US right-wing TV host Glenn Beck, Dr Phil host Phil McGraw, US entertainer Rush Limbaugh, US TV host Ryan Seacrest and Judge Judy star Judge Judy Sheindlin.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #ff00ff;\">US Entertainment\u2019s Top-Earning Personalities<\/span><br \/>\n1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Simon Cowell&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8211; \u00a359 million (95 million dollars)<br \/>\n2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Howard Stern&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8211; \u00a359 million (95 million dollars)<br \/>\n3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Glenn Beck&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8211; \u00a356 million (90 million dollars)<br \/>\n4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Oprah Winfrey&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8211; \u00a351 million (82 million dollars)<br \/>\n5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Phil McGraw&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8211; \u00a348 (77 million dollars)<br \/>\n6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ellen DeGeneres&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8211; \u00a344 million (70 million dollars)<br \/>\n7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Rush Limbaugh&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8211; \u00a341 million (66 million dollars)<br \/>\n8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ryan Seacrest&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8211; \u00a340.6 million (65 million dollars)<br \/>\n9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gordon Ramsay&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8211; \u00a329 million (47 million dollars)<br \/>\n10.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Judge Judy<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sheindlin&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8211; \u00a329 million (47 million dollars)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simon Cowell has been named the top-earning entertainment personality in the US &#8211; taking almost \u00a360 million in just one year. Forbes puts The X Factor judge, 55, at the top of the list of big-earners for estimated earnings for the 12 months to June 2014. The publisher said that the TV and music mogul\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[688],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-infotainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147262\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}