[lang_fr]Le magazine Forbes a sorti son classement des couples d’Hollywood qui ont gagné le plus d’argent entre juin 2007 et juin 2008. C’est Beyoncé et Jay-Z qui arrivent en tête, ayant gagné à eux deux 162 millions de dollars sur cette période : Jay-Z a gagné 82 millions de dollars et Beyoncé 80 millions.

C’est grâce au contrat qu’il a signé pour 10 ans avec Live Nation que le rappeur a pu atteindre cette somme. De son côté, sa femme, la chanteuse Beyoncé, a très bien géré ses contrats au cinéma, dans la mode et l’édition.

Le couple qui les suit (de loin, sans mauvais esprit) est celui formé par Will Smith et Jada Pinkett Smith, puisque les deux acteurs ont touché, selon le classement de Forbes, 85 millions de dollars, dont 80 millions gagnés par l’acteur qui a cartonné au cinéma avec Hancock, Je suis une légende et A la recherche du bonheur. Les recettes de ces trois film représentent en effet 1,2 milliards de dollars, faisant de Will Smith l’acteur le plus “bankable” (celui qui rapporte le plus) du cinéma américain.

David et Victoria Beckham arrivent en 3e position, grâce en partie au transfert de David Beckham dans le club américain des Los Angeles Galaxy mais aussi en raison de la tournée des Spice Girls et des lignes de vêtements de Posh. Les Beckham ont ainsi gagné 58 millions de dollars.

Brad Pitt et Angelina Jolie (34 millions de dollars), Gavin Rossdale et Gwen Stefani (28 millions)ou encore Nicole Kidman et Keith Urban (25 millions), Eva Longoria et Tony Parker (22.5 millions de dollars), Calista Flockhart et Harisson Ford (22 millions) viennent compléter le classement.

Il a été réalisé en tenant compte des recettes perçues dans le cadre de projets télévisés, cinématographiques, musicaux, mais aussi dans la mode, l’entreprenariat et les partenariats.

Jim Houran, spécialiste des célébrités et psychologue, analyse : “Les personnes de pouvoir ont tendance à se rapprocher les unes des autres.”

Et ça leur rapporte gros.[/lang_fr][lang_en]By Lacey Rose and Lauren Streib

For these Tinseltown celebrities, one plus one equals millions.

What happens when you marry an $82 million hip-hop brand and an $80 million R&B empire? You get Hollywood’s best-paid power couple. It is Beyonce and Jay-Z.

David and Victoria Beckham came third. Conquering fans on both sides of the Atlantic, the power couple brought in $58 million over the year-long period.

Becks’ share was $50 million, proving the much-covered move to America has paid off for the British soccer star. Though his Los Angeles Galaxy salary was $5.5 million, the sum more than doubled when his cut of the team’s ticket, merchandise and sponsorship revenues were factored in. He also pulled down a cool $35 million from lucrative endorsement deals with Motorola (nyse: MOT – news – people ), Adidas (other-otc: ADDDY.PK – news – people ), Coty and PepsiCo (nyse: PEP – news – people ), among others.

His wife, better known by her pop-star moniker, Posh, generated another $8 million, thanks to her cut of a $23 million Spice Girls reunion tour and a slew of product lines, including sunglasses, perfume, couture clothing and her DVB jeans line.[/lang_en][lang_pl]Magazyn Forbes przygotował ranking najlepiej zarabiających par show-biznesu. Niektóych może to zaskoczy, ale na pierwszym miejscu znaleźli się “nowożeńcy” – Beyonce Knowles i Jay-Z. Zostawili w tyle wszystkie inne znane pary. Tylko w ubiegłym roku ich wspólne konto zasiliło 162 milionów dolarów!

To istny fenomen – mówi dziennikarz Forbesa. Lepiej dobrać się nie mogli. Ich akcje po ślubie wzrosły kilkukrotnie. Mogą dziś liczyć na najlepsze umowy i największe pieniądze.

Na drugim miejscu znaleźli się Will i Jada Pinkett Smith. Większość z 85 milionów, które zarobili, do domu przyniósł aktor. Trzecie miejsca zajęli Brytyjczycy, David i Victoria Beckhamowie, którzy do swojego majątku dodali 58 milionów. Angelina Jolie i Brad Pitt zarobili “tylko” 34 miliony.

Kto by pomyślał, że Jay-Z i Beyonce zarobili niemal tyle, co wszyscy oni razem wzięci.[/lang_pl][lang_en]

Thanks to a monster year filled with music, movies, fashion and endorsement deals, Jay-Z and his new bride, Beyoncé Knowles, collectively raked in $162 million between June 1, 2007 and June 1, 2008. The jaw-dropping sum garners them bragging rights atop our first annual ranking of Hollywood’s Top-Earning Couples, a list that also includes A-list pairings Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman, David and Victoria Beckham, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes and Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner, among others.

“Naturally, powerful people tend to gravitate toward other powerful people,” explains clinical psychologist and celebrity researcher Jim Houran, for reasons that range from proximity (stars hang around other stars) to familiarity (people are attracted, at least initially, to others like them) to clearer expectations (shared priorities make it easier for celebrities to relate). No matter how they get together, the results are good for the bottom line.

Take Will and Jada Pinkett Smith. They hauled in some $85 million over the past year, making them No. 2 on our list. Though Jada’s resume continues to grow, Will’s the family breadwinner. He raked in $80 million in the year ending June 2008, thanks to another set of top-performing blockbusters: I Am Legend, The Pursuit of Happyness and this past summer’s Hancock. Together the flicks banked $1.2 billion at the worldwide box office, making him Hollywood’s most bankable star.

Jada pulled in $5 million during the same 12-month period, thanks to roles as an actress (The Women), producer (The Human Contract) and businesswoman (a stake in beauty line Carol’s Daughter).

Not far behind are country sweethearts Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, who collectively brought in $35 million over the course of the year.

In addition to the big loot they made on their Soul-2-Soul concert tour, he earned millions from festivals and a double-platinum album, Let It Go. Hill recorded another album, The Hits, and the NFL Sunday Night Football theme song. Every time NBC plays the catchy tune, Hill sees a check.

Live-in lovers and tabloid staples Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, who banked $34 million together, round out the top five.

Along with globe-trotting and parenting six, Jolie appeared on screen in the films Beowulf and A Mighty Heart. During the same period, Pitt spent time both in front of the camera (Oceans 13, The Assassination of Jesse James) and behind it (The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, A Mighty Heart and Tree of Life).[/lang_en]

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