Hollywood divas Sarah Jessica Parker and Angelina Jolie have been ranked at the top of the Forbes list of the highest paid female actors in the industry. The actresses have been ranked according to their annual earnings of $ 30 million.

The Forbes magazine’s annual list has ranked Jolie and Parker on the top two of the highest paid female actors with an earning of $ 30 million per year. The other actresses who have given a tough competition for the top position include, Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon with $ 28 million and Julia Roberts with $ 20 million.

The top five positions may have been claimed, but there is still room for the top five list, for the freshers to fit in the list. Kristen Stewart has found space in the no. 6 position with $20 million, while Katherine Heigl is at no. 7.

Finally, the bottom two positions is covered with Cameron Diaz and Sandra Bullock with $18 m and $15 m annual income respectively. The top ten list of the Forbes was released on the basis of the research conducted between the period of May 2010 and May 2011. There are possibilities that the list might have a different look in the year 2012.

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Forbes list 2011 indicates, President Hu Jintao of China has toppled Barack Obama to grab the title of the Most Powerful Person in the world. India’s Sonia Gandhi has been ranked an impressive ninth on the Forbes List 2011. Jintao is reigning over one fifth of the plant’s population and China has been consistently moving towards a superpower category.

The Forbes Magazine has commented over the Jintao as “unlike Western counterparts, can divert rivers, build cities, jail dissidents and censor internet without meddling from pesky bureaucrats, courts”. And these words are not false for he has shown is ability of work and commitment towards the country since the time he has taken office.

President Obama sits on the number two position followed by Saudi King Abdullah who is termed as the third most powerful man in the world. Mrs Gandhi has been entitled as a person who has wielded unequal influence over 1.2 billion people in the country. A statement describes her as “after being elected as Congress president for the record fourth term she has cemented her status as true heiress to the Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty.”

Hollywood’s musical couple, the husband and wife duo of Beyonce and Jay-Z have topped Forbes’ “Hollywood’s Top-Earning Couples” list for the second time in a row. The couple together brought in an income of $122 million for the period of June of 2008 to June of 2009.

The huge figure is all thanks to Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” album and hubby Jay’s “Empire State of Mind”. As of now, Beyonce has earned the major portion of the $122 million — $87 million to be exact.

Hollywood actors Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart came in the second slot and are known to have brought it in $69 million. Forbes attributes the $69 million to Ford’s 2008 blockbuster Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which alone got him $65 million.

Brangelina came in third due to Pitt’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Jolie’s action movies like Wanted and Salt – which is to be released soon.

via USM