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Tom Cruise tops Forbes list of highest paid actors
Jul 3rd, 2012
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tom Cruise led Forbes' annual list of the 100 highest paid actors released on Tuesday, earning nearly twice that of second place Leonardo DiCaprio and recapturing his spot among Hollywood's top-earning performers after his recent blockbuster movie "Mission: Impossible." Cruise, who turned 50-years-old on Tuesday amid speculation over whether his box office pull could be hurt by his impending divorce from Katie Holmes, which was revealed late last week, earned $75 million between May 2011 and May 2012, Forbes said. ... (Source: Reuters) -
By Tim Kenneally LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Tom Cruise has signed on to star in and produce the fifth installment of the "Mission: Impossible" franchise, Paramount Pictures and Skydance Pictures announced on Tuesday. The last sequel, "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol," grossed nearly $700 million around the world in 2011, a... [Full Article]
By Matt Scuffham LONDON (Reuters) - The Co-operative Bank has stopped offering loans to new business customers, part of measures designed to quell growing concerns over its capital position. A spokesman for Britain's biggest customer-owned financial services business said it would continue to provide lending to existing customers. The freeze d... [Full Article]
By Ronald Grover and Greg Roumeliotis LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc has submitted a formal proposal to buy Hulu, joining a growing list of bidders for the video service owned by News Corp and Walt Disney Co, two sources with knowledge of the bid told Reuters on Friday. Yahoo just this week announced a $1.1 billion acquisition of bloggi... [Full Article]
By Sudip Kar-Gupta LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's benchmark equity index rose on Monday to its best closing level since late 2000, helped by rising bank stocks, and analysts said there was little holding it back from its all-time highs. Interest rate cuts and injections of liquidity by central banks have hit returns on bonds, driving investors t... [Full Article]
By Lucas Shaw NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - YouTube has a new paid channel for horror junkies, adding Screampix as the first subscription channel dedicated to frightful fare. It launched on Wednesday in the US and Canada for $2.99 a month, and will rollout to the U.K., France and Brazil later this year. The channel features more than 200 hours of horror... [Full Article]
CANNES, France (AP) - The magic and glamour of Cannes can be hard to spot on a day when rain is lashing the palm trees, roiling the gray Mediterranean and pooling in puddles along the Croisette. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
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