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Police accuse bank robbery suspect of gobbling up note (with dashcam video)
Victim of beating in Kent last week is declared dead at Akron hospital
Dad accused of forcing son into field, killing him
Man found dead in North Akron home is identified
Can DNA tests free ex-Akron captain?
Browns' roster nearly devoid of consistent players
Coventry man killed in crash at I-77 ramp
Does it work? Test team returns to try out new products advertised on television
Blogs:
Pets:
Cat-loving chihuahua suckles seven abandoned kittens
The Heldenfiles:
Friday Night Notebook
Patrick McManamon:
Browns vs. Lions live …
Akron Zips:
Akron trounces Howard to reach .500
Tribe Matters:
Seven players added to Tribe’s 40-man roster
Cleveland Browns:
Robiskie, Harrison inactive
Kent State Sports:
Kent State blown out in second half, loses to Temple 47-13
Cleveland Cavaliers:
Gameblog: Cavs vs. Philadelphia 76ers
Buckeye Blogging:
OSU – Michigan college football rivals meet in Baghdad
Varsity Letters:
Four area football teams play tonight
All Da King's Men:
The Sunday Sanity Challenge
Blog of Mass Destruction:
Will Health Care Reform Pass?
Akron Law Café:
Health Care Financing Reform: (69) The Brookings Institute Study on "Bending the Curve" – Four General Strategies
See Jane Style:
Vintage Chic
Car Chase:
TIME TO GET YOUR COLLECTOR CARS WINTERIZED
Let's Talk Real Estate:
Silverdome Potentially SOLD!
Ohio Travels with Betty:
George is looking for a Thanksgiving buffet in Akron.
Sound Check:
Steely Dan Plays "The Royal Scam" at E.J. Thomas Hall
HRLite House:
A Random Rant on Testing
Akron Gamer:
Nintendo's Mario endures even as games come and go
Published on Thursday, Jul 24, 2008
Bank on these stars
Vince Vaughn is the best star for the buck, says Forbes magazine.
Vaughn raked in $14.73 of gross income for studios for every dollar he was paid for The Break-up, Wedding Crashers and Dodgeball, the magazine calculated for its special entertainment issue, now on newsstands.
''That's because until recently his salary was relatively low, and the films he was in, like Wedding Crashers and The Break-up, had modest budgets yet did extremely well at the box office worldwide ($285 million and $205 million, respectively),'' Forbes said.
Forbes said it compiled the Ultimate Star Payback list by looking at the stars' last three films that opened wide in at least 1,000 theaters before 2008 and were made in the last five years. It calculated the gross income for each film and divided it by the actor's total compensation.
Tobey Maguire ranked No. 2 on the list, with a gross income return of $13.44 for each dollar of his pay for the Spider-Man sequels and Seabiscuit. Julia Roberts was in third place at $13.19.
Brad Pitt ranked fourth with $12.73, followed by Naomi Watts and Matt Damon ($12.16 each), George Clooney ($11.56), Jennifer Aniston ($10.48), Hugh Jackman ($9.90) and Ben Stiller ($9.50).
The highly paid, highly bankable Will Smith ranked 21st with a gross income return of $5.64 for every dollar spent on the big-budget superstar.
Nicole Kidman is at the bottom of the list, at No. 35. Her high-paying roles in The Golden Compass, The Invasion and Bewitched averaged only $1.01 of gross income.
Amy Winehouse in wax
Madame Tussauds unveiled a waxwork of Amy Winehouse on Wednesday complete with her signature beehive, black eyeliner and a bright yellow minidress.
Winehouse's hair and 5-inch black heels make the model nearly 6 feet tall. The wax Winehouse's dress resembles one that the singer wore to the BRIT music awards in 2007, when she won best female solo artist.
Her sailor-inspired tattoos are lovingly reproduced, including a lightning bolt, horseshoe and pinup girls on her arms.
The singer's parents, Mitch and Janis Winehouse, attended the unveiling, but the 24-year-old soul diva did not. Her father said she was working and would see the waxwork in the next few weeks.
Rapper DMX indicted
Rapper DMX has been indicted on felony charges by a grand jury in Arizona for allegedly trying to get out of paying a hospital bill.
Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas says the 37-year-old rapper, whose real name is Earl Simmons, has been charged with one count of theft and one count of taking someone else's identity.
Authorities say Simmons went to Scottsdale's Mayo Clinic in April, said his name was ''Troy Jones,'' and received care with the intent of not paying the bill.
Simmons was arrested Saturday at a Phoenix mall.
Stalker charges upheld
A criminal court judge has upheld charges against a Long Island, New York, man accused of stalking Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels.
A misdemeanor complaint says Oyster Bay resident Evans Pidhajecky, 31, claimed Michaels overheard his conversations and singing and used his thoughts on the SNL show without his permission.
The complaint says an ''upset'' Pidhajecky tried to contact Michaels, 63, several times at NBC's Manhattan studios and at his home to ''chat.''
Police arrested Pidhajecky in December and charged him with stalking and resisting arrest.
And finally . . .
This is Barack Obama's third day in the Middle East. And President Bush said that he has no timetable for bringing him back home.
— Jay LenoEdited from wire reports
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