"to healthcare and medicine is: The embarrassingly poor outcomes of the painfully expensive US healthcare system can be summed up in the words of Dolly Parton, ""It costs a lot of money to look this cheap!"" Collecting his humor is difficult (often it was in personal e-mails), but many agree that a few typical scenarios recurred: Close friends (and fans) described his stories as customized for each occasion (so they never tired of hearing the same stories repeated because, with customization, they never were truly the same story or joke). Former President of Case Institute of Technology (then Case-Western Reserve),"
"be that money can't buy you happiness and that fame isn't all it's cracked up to be."" He also panned the lyric ""I like to express my extreme point of view"", saying that it's difficult to hear that line without feeling a prickle of excitement. ""Entertainment Weekly"" called the song a list of celeb perks: trainer, butler, assistant, three nannies, a bodyguard or five. It seems, at first, not like the clever self-twitting she clearly intended, but rather a facile confirmation of her haters' conviction: that the middle-aged Madonna does not have a worldview beyond her next Pilates appointment. In"
"even ""at 60 she is still working the gossamer tunics and shawls that have influenced two generations of Stevie acolytes, and given her performances the feel of a Wiccan ritual"" writes ""New York Times"" reporter Ruth La Ferla. Nicks has been known for her multiple wardrobe changes during live performances, almost having a new outfit for each song she sang. The cost to keep up her overall style, of hair, makeup, and wardrobe, was not cheap. Nicks filed tax deductible expenses in 1991 costing ""$12,495 for makeup and hairstyling [and] $43,291 for professional clothing and maintenance"". Stevie sings about the"
"husband, I thought, 'that's not much, said Vicki Sanchez, a costume designer who dressed Geena Davis as the first female U.S. president on the short-lived TV show ""Commander in Chief""."" She continues on to say ""When you start buying $3,000 suits, boots that cost anywhere from $800 and up, and designer shoes, which cost $500 at least, it goes fast."" A profile in ""The New Yorker"" described Palin's oratorical style as ""simultaneously chatty and urgent,"" and noted that ""she reinforces her words with winks and nods and wrinklings of her nose that seem meant to telegraph intimacy and ease."" The"
"hypocritical: a ""rich rock star"" telling the rest of us that money doesn't matter, or questioning why she then charges for her music. She has repeatedly explained in interviews that this is a misreading of her meaning, which skewers the superficiality of conspicuous consumption—or more simply, that ""show-offs suck."" ""For me, so much I hear about how much money people have and how people just take stuff too seriously. It’s not me saying that you can live for free, because obviously that isn’t the case; but I’m saying that you don’t always have to let it be about that. It"
"times, she did so with such enthusiasm that the audience started to laugh. She was known to be frank and witty in her language. When one of the directors, which was known to be less careful about his personal appearance and hygiene, questioned her about her high bills associated with her appearance, she said: ""It is easy to say, Mr Count, for someone with no idea how much it costs to keep oneself clean and fresh!"" In her memoirs, she recalled how she complained about men and boys trying to take a look at her when she had to change"
"Alyson Stoner Alyson Rae Stoner (born August 11, 1993) is an American actress, singer, dancer and model. Stoner is best known for her roles in ""Cheaper by the Dozen"" (2003), ""The Suite Life of Zack & Cody"" (2005–2007) and the ""Step Up"" series (2006, 2010, 2014). She has been a dancer for several artists, such as Missy Elliott, Eminem, Kumbia Kings, Outkast and Will Smith. Stoner is also known for hosting Disney Channel's ""Mike's Super Short Show"" (2001–2007) and for voicing Isabella Garcia-Shapiro in ""Phineas and Ferb"" (2007–2015). Stoner was born in Toledo, Ohio, the daughter of LuAnne Hodges (née"
"flawlessly I do it.'"" He did feel, however, that the religious imagery was obvious and lazy: ""Even the worst provocation is going to succeed. She got what she wanted."" Singer Katy Perry took to her Twitter account and wrote, ""Using blasphemy as entertainment is as cheap as a comedian telling fart jokes."" ""The Huffington Post"" ascertained that while Gaga had not been mentioned directly by name that it was definitely a slam by Perry towards Lady Gaga. In an interview on NRJ Radio's ""Le 6/9"", Perry said that the tweet was not solely about Gaga, stating that it was based"
"more words, swore that he would fling her out of the window."" According to Burney, her singing of this aria ""fixed her reputation as an expressive and pathetic singer"", and her success was such that the price of half-guinea opera tickets reportedly shot up to four guineas. By the time of her benefit concert only two months later, some noblemen were believed to be giving her fifty guineas a ticket. Her salary was also large: £2000 a season. Her appearance was no recommendation: Burney described her as ""short and squat, with a doughy cross face, but fine complexion; ... not"
"to ""People"" magazine for $1 million. The couple confirmed their engagement in February 2010, and married on December 11, 2010. Because of Madden's commitments to ""The Voice Australia"", Richie re-located to Sydney with her husband and children in 2012. Actress Cameron Diaz, married to Madden's brother Benji, is Richie's sister-in-law. In early 2006, Richie was notably thinner compared to her previous appearance in the first two seasons of ""The Simple Life"". In May she told ""Vanity Fair"", ""I know I'm too thin right now, so I wouldn't want any young girl looking at me and saying, 'That's what I want"
"""W"", Cyrus stated ""I love weed"" and ""I just love getting stoned."" Miley Cyrus's net worth is estimated at $200 million in 2017. She earned $201 million from sold-out concerts and $76 million from endorsements. Her lifetime (2001–2017) earnings are estimated to be in excess of $360 million. Miley Cyrus Miley Ray Cyrus (born Destiny Hope Cyrus; November 23, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. After playing minor roles in the television series ""Doc"" and the film ""Big Fish"" in her childhood, she became a teen idol starring as the character Miley Stewart on the Disney Channel television"
"more. None of the advertising was paid promotion by the represented brands; it was inserted voluntarily by the filmmakers. Beyoncé, Aaliyah and Lisa ""Left Eye"" Lopes auditioned for the role of Valerie Brown. Elfont said that they wanted someone who knew how to do comedy, but Beyoncé was ""quiet and shy"" and Aaliyah was ""serious and thoughtful"". Lisa was tested twice, but the unknown actress Rosario Dawson was chosen for her ironic spirit. The film grossed $14,866,015 at the U.S. box office, less than its production budget, an estimated $39 million, resulting in a domestic box office bomb. The film"
"Hilary Duff Hilary Erhard Duff (born September 28, 1987) is an American actress, singer, songwriter, businesswoman, and author. Duff began her acting career at a young age and quickly became labeled a teen idol as the title character of the Disney Channel television series ""Lizzie McGuire"" (2001–2004) and in the theatrical film based off the series, ""The Lizzie McGuire Movie"" (2003). Thereafter, Duff appeared in numerous films, with leading roles in ""Agent Cody Banks"" (2003), ""Cheaper by the Dozen"" (2003), ""A Cinderella Story"" (2004), and ""Cheaper by the Dozen 2"" (2005). After experiencing commercial and critical failure in ""Material Girls"""
"of $34.5 million. She earned $12.5 million each for the last two installments in the ""Twilight"" series, including royalties. She ranked #7 on AskMen's list of ""Top 99 Women"" for 2013. On February 24, 2013 she presented at the 85th Annual Academy Awards with actor Daniel Radcliffe. December 11, 2013, ""Chanel"" announced that Stewart was its ""new face"" for a Western-inspired fashion collection. The campaign has been shot by Karl Lagerfeld and was released online in May 2014. In 2014, ""Balenciaga"" released a new fragrance, ""Rosabotanica"", with Stewart remaining the face of the brand. She was ranked #3 on Forbes"
"television; the real world has Hillary Clinton."" Clinton responded to the video with a tweet saying, ""Talk about a power lineup. Thank you for being on this team!"" Ellen Pompeo Ellen Kathleen Pompeo (born November 10, 1969) is an American actress, director, and producer. She is one of the highest paid television actors, having signed a $20 million annual contract with the American Broadcasting Company in late 2017. She was honored with the 2007 Special Achievement in Entertaining by the National Italian American Foundation for her contributions to the entertainment industry. Born in Everett, Massachusetts, Pompeo moved to New York"
"Barbara Hutton Barbara Woolworth Hutton (November 14, 1912 – May 11, 1979) was an American debutante, socialite, heiress and philanthropist. She was dubbed the ""Poor Little Rich Girl,"" first when she was given a lavish and expensive debutante ball in 1930, amid the Great Depression, and later due to a notoriously troubled private life. Heiress to the retail tycoon Frank Winfield Woolworth, Hutton was one of the wealthiest women in the world. She endured a childhood marked by the early loss of her mother at age four to suicide and the neglect of her father, setting the stage for a"
"To ""Philadelphia Daily News"" film critic Gary Thompson, the film became humorous with the scenes involving Castor. ""Star Tribune"" critic Colin Covert believed that Sheen's campy antics were the ""too brief"" highlights of ""Tron: Legacy"". With other cast members—particularly Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, and Jeff Bridges—commentary reflected diverse attitudes. The film received ""a little boost from"" Wilde, according to Rickey. ""The Boston Globe"" Wesley Morris called Hedlund a ""dud stud""; ""None of what he sees impresses,"" he elaborated. ""The feeling is mutual. At an alleged cost of $200 million, that’s some yawn. If he can’t be thrilled, why should we?"""
"Jocelyn Wildenstein Jocelyn Perisset Wildenstein (née Périsset; August 5, 1940) is a Swiss-born American socialite known for her extensive cosmetic surgery (with nicknames such as ""Catwoman"", ""The Lion Queen"", and ""The Bride Of Wildenstein"" from news outlets), her divorce from late billionaire businessman Alec Wildenstein in 1999, and for her extravagant lifestyle—she once calculated her yearly telephone bill at $60,000 and food and wine costs at $547,000. Jocelyne Périsset was born in Lausanne, Switzerland; her father worked in a sporting goods store. She began dating Cyril Piguet, a Swiss movie producer, at the age of 17. She later lived in"
"that for just fifteen cents, an American can go to a movie and look at the smiling face of a baby and forget his troubles."" Most of the Shirley Temple films were inexpensively made at $200,000 or $300,000 apiece and were comedy-dramas with songs and dances added, sentimental and melodramatic situations, and bearing little production value. Her film titles are a clue to the way she was marketed—""Curly Top"" and ""Dimples"", and her ""little"" pictures such as ""The Little Colonel"" and ""The Littlest Rebel"". Shirley often played a fixer-upper, a precocious Cupid, or the good fairy in these films, reuniting"
"spoke at the Women's March on Washington, addressing Donald Trump's presidency and stating that she would support him if he works for women's rights and stops withdrawing federal funding for Planned Parenthood. Scarlett Johansson Scarlett Ingrid Johansson (; born November 22, 1984) is an American actress and singer. Johansson is the world's highest-paid actress, has made multiple appearances in the ""Forbes"" Celebrity 100, and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She aspired to be an actress from a young age, and first appeared on stage in an Off-Broadway play as a child. Johansson made her film debut"
"to co-star Ethel Merman. Bosley Crowther in ""The New York Times"" called the film a ""major success"" in a generally favorable review, praising in particular Donald O'Connor's performance, but said that Mitzi Gaynor had surpassed Monroe's ""wriggling and squirming"" which were ""embarrassing to behold."" Donald O'Connor drew unfavorable reviews for his ""over-acting"" and ""uncanny flirting"" with Monroe on-screen. Dan Dailey and Johnnie Ray favored better among critics, although reviewers stated their performances were ""below average"". The film's budget was $4,340,000. Excessive at the time for a movie filmed entirely on a studio lot in Los Angeles, the expenses were mainly"
"money. I don't call them up and go, 'Can I give you some more?' ... what women have to do is not work for less money... People should know what they're worth and say no."" Women making less than their male counterparts and male co-stars learned of the difference from the hack, such as actress Charlize Theron, who had been able to obtain a deal of more than $10 million in early January 2015 to match the fee of Chris Hemsworth, her male co-star in ""The Huntsman"" film production. The difference between what men and women made was pervasive at"
"emotional warmth to distract from the threadbare setting and the paper-thin plot"". Joseph Amodio of ""Newsday"" felt that McAdams, ""exuding her usual uncanny warmth on-screen"", ""is the real draw"". However, Betsy Sharkey of the ""Los Angeles Times"" felt she was ""wasted"" in the role: ""She is such an appealing actress that it's hard not to wish someone could make better use"" of her. Mary Pols of ""Time"" found the film an example of McAdams ""coasting"" in ""unabashedly romantic"" movies and asserted that ""she's a much more versatile and clever actress"" than such projects would suggest. The film, financed for $30"
"Sinitta Sinitta Malone (born 19 October 1963 or 19 October 1968), known professionally as Sinitta, is an American-born singer. She initially found commercial success in the mid-1980s with the single ""So Macho"" and had several other hits during the decade. In the 2000s, she became known for television appearances, including ""Loose Women"", ""The Xtra Factor"" and ""This Morning"". She took part in the ITV show ""I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!"" in 2011. Her net worth in 2016 was estimated to be £7 million. In 1981, Sinitta appeared in the film ""Shock Treatment"" as Frankie, although Sinitta was credited"
"laughter when I introduced myself, but I was comfortable with who I was, but that was an issue for the record company,"" she disclosed in 2006. ""But see in this day and age where I'm at, it wouldn't be a problem for the record company, I'm going to make sure that it's not. But for somebody who's getting into the business, realize that you're a commodity, and if the record company's investing in you, make sure you that you invest in yourself. Look is important because people see the physical first,"" she was advising up-comers in the ""5 Magazine"" interview."
"returned to appear in the last two episodes of the series, Tisha Campbell-Martin Tisha Michelle Campbell (born October 13, 1968) is an American actress and singer. Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and raised in New Jersey, She made her screen debut appearing in the 1986 rock musical comedy film ""Little Shop of Horrors"", and later went to star on the short-lived NBC musical comedy drama ""Rags to Riches"" (1987 to 1988). Campbell has appeared in films including ""School Daze"" (1988), ""Rooftops"" (1989), ""Another 48 Hrs."" (1990), ""Boomerang"" (1992), and ""Sprung"" (1997). She received Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female"
"'Look like this, you're gonna be happy. Drive this car, you're gonna be popular. Wear these clothes and people are gonna want to fuck you.' It's a very powerful illusion and people are caught up in it, including myself. Or I ""was""."" ""American Life"" was met with generally negative reception from music critics. Sal Cinquemani from ""Slant"" labeled it a ""trite, self-aggrandizing and often awkward song about privilege"" and a ""dour and robotic"" track. ""Stylus Magazine"" gave a negative review and said that when one of the world's richest women complains about commercialism and the emptiness of entertainment culture, it"
"cost. After her death, Cline's home was sold to singer Wilma Burgess. With the new demand for Cline came higher earnings. Reportedly, she was paid at least $1,000 per appearance toward the end of her life. This was an unheard-of sum for country music women, whose average fees were less than $200 a show. Her penultimate concert, held in Birmingham, Alabama, grossed $3,000. To match her new sophisticated sound, Cline also reinvented her personal style, shedding her trademark Western cowgirl outfits for more elegant gowns, cocktail dresses, spiked heels, and gold lamé pants. In the days before Tanya Tucker's skintight"
"of my parents passed away from cancer. It's just all having fun—with a good cause"". Jim Farber, writing for the ""Daily News"", called the song a ""dead-brained piece of generic dance music, without a single distinguishing feature,"" and suggested that the single made Kardashian the ""worst singer in the reality TV universe."" That month, the International Business Times reported that Kardashian's 2010 earnings were the highest among Hollywood-based reality stars, estimating them at $6 million. As of November 2016, as per CBC Marketplace and interviews with celebrity endorsement experts, Kim Kardashian was paid between $75,000 and $300,000 for each post"
"Models like Patti Hansen earned $200 an hour for print and $2,000 for television plus residuals. It was estimated that Hansen earned about $300,000 a year during the 1980s. The early 1990s were dominated by the high fashion models of the late 1980s. In 1990, Linda Evangelista famously said to ""Vogue"", ""we don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day"". Evangelista and her contemporaries, Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington, Tatjana Patitz and Stephanie Seymour, became arguably the most recognizable models in the world, earning the moniker of ""supermodel"", and were boosted to global recognition and new heights of"
"the website handmedowns.com. The proceeds went directly to The Richie Madden Children's Foundation to help bring more opportunities to children in the US and abroad. Nicole Richie Nicole Camille Richie-Madden (born Nicole Camille Escovedo; September 21, 1981) is an American fashion designer, author, actress and media personality. Richie rose to prominence for her role in the Fox reality television series, ""The Simple Life"", alongside her childhood best friend and fellow socialite Paris Hilton, which lasted five seasons. ""The Simple Life"" was a hit for the Fox network, premiering with 13 million viewers. Richie's personal life attracted significant media attention during"
"all runway models are known to make more than US$1000 for every fashion showcase. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median wage for commercial and print models was only $11.22 per hour in 2006 and was also listed one of the top ten worst jobs in the United States. ""Forbes"" Magazine releases an annual ""Forbes"" Celebrity 100 list of the highest paid celebrities in the world. The total earnings for all top celebrity 100 earners totaled $4.5 billion over the course of 2010 alone. For instance, Forbes ranked media mogul and talk show host, Oprah Winfrey as"
"cost of $250,000, while Darrell Silvera worked as set decorator. Walter Plunkett oversaw the costume design and Joseph H. August served as cinematographer, this film being the first of his three collaborations with Dieterle. Filming proved to be difficult for the cast and crew due to the hot temperatures, particularly for Laughton, who had to act with a lot of makeup. In her autobiography, O'Hara recalls one day arriving on the set and finding chimpanzees, baboons and gorillas. Dieterle wanted monks to be on the set but his assistant mistakenly thought he wanted monkeys because of his poor English and"