Third Place, And Some Music
American director James Cameron who’s popularity began to rise once again in 2009 right after the release of “Avatar” was recently included into the list of the most influential celebrities, and interestingly has conquered it’s third place. This list is annually updated by the Forbes magazine and totally incorporates one hundred famous people, those can belong to showbiz, movies, music and art. Surely Forbes is counting money and considers celebrities’ influence exclusively according to their gains, nothing more. Magazine’s experts had counted that Cameron was able to obtain 210 million dollars due to Avatar’s success (the whole movie dragged 2,7 billion dollars). Cameron’s creation had helped him to join the Forbes’ list for the first time and also sit on it’s third spot. This year’s list is quite different from it’s predecessors, Oprah is back on the first place with 315 million dollars of gains - surely her media projects are experiencing another uplift. The second place went to Beyonce who is actively touring, can be seen in the numerous commercials and develops her own clothing line. The list’s authors have underlined that Beyonce has gone far from just being a singer, and works in other projects, which brought her 87 million dollars. Lady Gaga went onto the fourth place, right next to Cameron. If she keeps on repeating all of her successes, then by the next year (unless someone new shows up and kicks her out) Cameron’s spot will be hers.