Oprah Winfrey tops Forbes celebrity 'power list'

0 Comments | AFP, June, 2008

NEW YORK (AFP) — US talkshow diva Oprah Winfrey was ranked the world's most powerful celebrity for the second year running in a new survey published by Forbes magazine on Wednesday.

The top ranking is based on income over the past 12 months as well as web references, press clippings, broadcast mentions and major magazine covers devoted to the celebrity, Forbes said on its website.

Winfrey, the 54-year-old high priestess of US daytime television, beat out golfer Tiger Woods in second place and Hollywood heavyweight Angelina Jolie in the list.

Forbes reported that Winfrey earned 275 million dollars between June 2007 and June 2008, while Woods pocketed 115 million.

While Jolie earned a fraction of those sums -- 14 million dollars according to Forbes --...