The Hollywood Reporter's annual list of highest earning actresses has set off one of tinseltown's most read columnists and reporters, Nikki Finke.
If this is the wrong side of forty- there is no hope for the rest of us!!
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Finke is controverisal American entertainment journalist and social commentator who owns, edits, and publishes a daily on-line entertainment magazine called Deadline Hollywood Daily, Finke also writes a column for LA Weekly. To say she has some strong opinions is an understatement.
1. Nicole Kidman, $16 mil-$17 mil. According to Finke, she should be earning negative one million. Reasons being lack of sex appeal and both sexes don't cotton to her. Says Finke: "She's poison at the box office, the female equivalent of Sean Penn. Women dislike her, men don't think she's sexy, and those Chanel ads induce nausea....Note to majors: save your $$$ and hire Reese or Angelina."
2. Reese Withspoon, $15 mil. Finke loves her some Reese. Thinks she can get $25 mil. "Reese can do no wrong. Women love her, men love her, the camera loves her." Says Finke. "She opens a movie. 'Nuff said."
3. Renee Zellweger, $15 mil. Finke says divide that by three. $5 mil. tops is what she deserves. "Renee doesn't open movies, unless the material is Bridget Jones-cloned." Finke summarizes.
4. Drew Barrymore, $15 mil. Discount time says Finke: $3 mil.is her value. "Drew has never been able to open a movie, and she never will." Says Finke.
5. Cameron Diaz, $15 mil. Cut in half more like it for Finke. $7 mil. for Diaz better. "Put her in a bikini, and she's worth it....she simply doesn't have much range as an actress from the neck up." According to Finke.
6. Halle Berry, $14 mil. She's dreaming, says Finke, more like $5 mil. Finke states "she's now the wrong side of 40, and Hollywood is cruel that way."
7. Charlize Theron, $10 mil. Spot on for Finke, $10 mil. is just right. "A smart actress, surrounded by smart people, doing smart roles." Opines Finke.
8. Angelina Jolie, $10 mil. Crazy talk says Finke, says she is worth $25 mil. "There's no one hotter right now than Angelina on screen and off." Summarizes Finke.
9. Kirsten Dunst, $8 mil-$10 mil. Oh please, more like $1 mil. "Marie Antoinette dying in theaters didn't help her price...she won't age well with audiences. This is a career about to end." said Finke.
10. Jennifer Aniston, $8 mil. No way, around $1 mil. "She's not a movie star. She's a TV star. Big difference. Most of all, she's not an interesting actress. She can't open a movie, and her choice of material is abysmal." cut Finke, right to the chase.
The entire summary and article is at http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/852/
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