The highest-paid actors of 2025
Adam Sandler continues to laugh all the way to bankability as Hollywood’s top earner. And the youngest-ever newcomer joins the salary A-List this year along with an actress who came out of retirement.
Matt Craig, Forbes Staff
Why Bad Bunny won’t get paid for the Super Bowl halftime show
Puerto Rico’s favorite son is the first Spanish-language musician to headline the big game’s big show, and he will be performing for free. Donald Trump won’ t be there to see it—but ICE will.
Beyoncé is now a billionaire
A bold pivot to country music led to the most successful concert tour in the genre’s history and helped Cowboy Carter lasso a 10-figure fortune—becoming just the fifth musician to do so.
How Mark Wahlberg became the king of streaming
As theatrical releases decline, the 54-year-old actor has become the most bankable star on Netflix, Amazon and Apple—earning $20 million or more a movie—in a major paradigm shift of Hollywood economics. Inside the new A-Minus List.
The highest-paid dead celebrities of 2025
The 25th annual of the posthumous success of deceased musicians, athletes and authors, from The Notorious B.I.G. to Jimmy Buffett. Plus: How Michael Jackson earned $3.5 billion in the afterlife.
Dana White on how UFC landed its blockbuster $7.7 billion streaming deal with Paramount
UFC’s CEO reveals why he wanted David Ellison’s muscle behind his MMA giant, why pay-per-view events no longer work, and what a potential UFC fight at the White House would look like on CBS.
South Park’s creators are now billionaires
After signing a new $1.5 billion deal with Paramount, Trey Parker and Matt Stone are part of Hollywood’s most elite club.
How this Hollywood producer turned Brad Pitt into a $40 million ‘F1’ ad
Mercedes, IWC, Expensify and other brands paid millions to sponsor a fictional Formula 1 team in Apple’s new F1 movie, which blurs the line between cinema and commerce—and could shape the future of both.
America’s Richest Women Celebrities 2025
After years of booming entrepreneurship, the market is softening for celebrity-backed companies. But eye-watering earnings continue to roll in for the biggest female movie, TV and pop stars in the country.
J.K. Rowling is a billionaire – again
The Harry Potter books transformed her from a single mother on welfare to an author with a ten-figure fortune—but her massive charity initiatives dropped her from the ranks of billionaires. Now, thanks to new Potterverse books, movies, a play, and several theme parks—and despite a divisive social-media presence—she is magically back in the three-comma club.