Leonardo DiCaprio’s turn as a dream invasion specialist in Inception has made him Hollywood’s highest paid actor of the year, dethroning Alice In Wonderland star Johnny Depp from the top spot. DiCaprio, 36, earned $77 million in 2010 to claim the top spot on the Forbes magazine list for the very first time in his career.
His bumper 2010 payday come from the success of his films Inception and Shutter Island which took over more than $1.1 billion at the worldwide box office combined.
The Catch Me If You Can star earned almost twice as much as Angelina Jolie and Sarah Jessica Parker, who tied for first place in the Forbes list of Hollywood top earning female stars published last month.
Last year’s table topper Depp was knocked down to second place with earnings of $50 million, despite starring in the year’s second biggest box office success Alice In Wonderland, which pulled in $1.024 billion.
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Harry shuns luxury, flies budget airline
London: It may not be a royal move, but Prince Harry shunned his usual VIP treatment and opted to fly back from Queen’s eldest granddaughter Zara Phillips’ wedding in Scotland with a budget airline, a media report said.
The third-in-line to the British throne is understood to have ignored more luxurious modes of transport and instead paid a knock down fare to travel from Scotland with easyJet, the Daily Telegraph reported.
In fact, speculation is there that the 26-year-old Prince had paid the bargain price of just 16.50 pounds for the hour-long easyJet flight from Edinburgh to London, the British newspaper said. Friends of the England rugby captain and Zara’s groom, Mike Tindall, has described the wedding as “an incredible day” which was followed by an “amazing party”.
Olly Barkley, the England fly-half, tweeted: “Sweet weekend and a wedding to tell the kids about. Harry coming back on easyJet was comfortably the highlight.” —PTI