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Forbes Ranks Hollywood's Top 10 Overpaid Actors

Filed under: Wealth

Forbes loves lists, and this is a great one if you love to resent actors' huge paychecks -- the Top 10 Overpaid Actors, that is, actors who cost more than their box office worth. According to MSN, in order to qualify for the list, each actor had to have appeared in three films in the last five years that opened in at least 500 theaters. No. 1 on the list is Will Ferrell. For every $1 Ferrell earns, his movies only earn $3.29. The No. 2 spot is filled by Ewan McGregor. His ratio is $1 to $3.75. Nos. 3, 4, and 5 are Billy Bob Thornton, Eddie Murphy, and Ice Cube. Coming in at No. 6 is Tom Cruise; No. 7 is the only woman on the list, Drew Barrymore; and Nos. 8, 9, and 10 are Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson, and Jim Carrey. Forbes explains it all here. View the official list, with photos, here.

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Wilson Daniels Starts Second Season Of Wine Films

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Wine

Have you started making videos with the iPhone 3G-S yet? Wine sales and marketing agency Wilson Daniels Ltd. has, taking their iPhones and other cameras out into vineyards around the world for the second volume of online wine films in the Wilson Daniels Films documentary series. Bret Lyman, filmmaker and proprietor of B.Napa Studio, who created the Wilson Daniels Films series last year is back this summer to expand the series of short films to include California and Oregon producers. Wilson Daniels fans, friends and followers can experience the filmmaking process by watching outtakes, reviewing scene shots, and picking their favorite landscape panoramics and people shots through Facebook and Twitter. Wine enthusiasts visiting Napa Valley and Oregon's Willamette Valley during film dates can also attend filming activities like a sunrise balloon ride with the filmmaker and winery owner, grape harvesting with the picking crews and editing parties at tasting rooms. Those interested in participating are encouraged to join the Facebook group for Wilson Daniels Wines or follow them on Twitter.

Filming will occur August 17–18 at Ponzi Vineyards and August 20–21 at WillaKenzie Estate. October filming dates for Clos Pegase and Silverado Vineyards will be announced in early September at Wilson Daniels Wines on Facebook.

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Wilson Daniels Wine Documentary Films

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Wine

Wilson Daniels Films Trailer from Wilson Daniels on Vimeo.
Bret Lyman, a Napa Valley-based filmmaker has created an interesting series of short documentary films on the vineyards, wineries and principals of Wilson Daniels Ltd.'s French and Hungarian properties. The individual films will premiere online over the next six weeks, beginning with the October 2, 2008, debut of "The Renaissance of Tokaji," showcasing Royal Tokaji. Wineries Lyman profiled in the series of Wilson Daniels films include: Royal Tokaji of Tokaj; House of Champagne Delamotte and House of Champagne Salon of Champagne; Domaine Faiveley of Burgundy; Domaine Leflaive of Burgundy; Domaine Pierre Morey of Burgundy; Domaine Philippe & Vincent Jaboulet of northern Rhône; and Domaine Marc Kreydenweiss of Alsace and southern Rhône.

The films can all be downloaded as well as viewed online. The goal of the series is to give U.S. wine lovers a look at the Wilson Daniels properties in Europe and foster interest in their wines. Each mini-documentary explores the history, setting, and distinct personality of the properties through lush imagery and interviews with winery principals. It's like a five minute wine vacation. Check out the trailer above for a small taste.

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Nelson Mandela to Defend De Beers

by Anne Metz (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Jewelry, Celebrity Shopping

When Marilyn Monroe sang, "There may come a time when a lass needs a lawyer, but diamonds are a girl's best friend," she probably never thought that the diamond, not the girl, would ever need a good defense.

De Beers, the largest purveryor of a girl's best friend, has recruited none other than South African activist Nelson Mandela to be the new best friend of the diamond industry.

Diamond executives are growing nervous about a new movie called The Blood Diamond, which is scheduled for release in January, 2007. The film, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Connelly, tells the story of two South Africans, a mercenary and a fisherman during the savage Sierra Leone civil wars. During this conflict, rebels seized mines to sell "conflict" or "blood diamonds."

But will the PR effort work?

I guess it's hard to say. One thing is certain, Moissanite executives have probably already singing, "There may come a time when a girl needs a lawyer, but laboratory-produced-diamonds are an girl's best friend."

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