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Tell us what you’d like to know about celebs and credit. We’ve written about a number of our favorite celebrities on the Celebs and Credit blog. Some of the topics on the blog include:
Celebrity bankruptcy tales are the unfortunate- and all too common- stories of celebrities who have money troubles and have to file for bankruptcy. Our favorite celebs who have had to declare bankruptcy have bounced back, becoming an inspiration for us all. Some of the celebrities who have had to declare bankruptcy include Kim Basinger, Derek Sanderson and MC Hammer.
Marketing Celebrities talks about the many ways celebrities use their image to make money. Pioneers of the image marketing industry include Jaclyn Smith, Tori Spelling and Martha Stewart.
Celebrity entrepreneurs also use their celebrity image to help them make money. Moby, Elizabeth Taylor and Tyra Banks are all making money in ingenious ways- from restaurants to perfumes to TV shows, these celebrities know how plan for the future.
Celebrity Divorces explores the most expensive marriage dissolutions on record in Hollywood. It’s all about the numbers, and these people walked away with millions. Find out just how much in stories that detail the celebrity divorces of Harrison Ford, Mick Jagger and Steven Spielberg.
And of course, we also love to read about celebrity spending sprees, how celebrities sometimes fail to pay their bills and celebrity real estate transactions. Let us know if there’s a story you’d like to read about on Celebs and Credit by commenting below.
Fans avidly watched Harrison Ford and Melissa Mathison’s celebrity divorce unfold in tabloids and entertainment magazines. The couple married on March 14, 1983 after Ford divorced his first wife, Mary Marquardt, in 1979. Melissa Mathison wrote screenplays for a series of blockbuster films including The Black Stallion and E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. Ford had been in some movies when the couple married, but his career took off in the 90’s when he started raking in more than $20 million- plus a piece of the box office profits- for his movie roles.
The 2004 celebrity divorce was particularly lucrative because in addition to the divorce settlement, Ford has to continue to pay Mathison a portion of any future earnings on the movies he made while they were together. These include the Indiana Jones movies and The Fugitive DVD sales. The settlement that Mathison received is in the $118 million dollar neighborhood. And her additional earnings are unlimited because the movies are still popular and will continue to sell into infinity, probably.
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Elvis Presley’s earnings once again top the Forbes’ dead celebrities list, according to news reports. The singer’s estate had fallen out of first place for the first time in years when a portion of Kurt Cobain’s song catalog were sold by his widow, Courtney Love last year. However, Elvis’ earnings are once again leading the pack with estimated earnings of $49 million. So how does Elvis’ estate still make him the King 30 years after his death?
The celebrity’s earnings increased in part due to the changes that happened at Graceland this year. Graceland, Elvis Presley’s Memphis, Tennessee home, continues to be a major tourist attraction for fans. Graceland’s overhaul included extensive renovations to the star’s home, a new hotel convention center and a new advertising campaign to garner more public interest in visiting the mansion- and so far, it’s working.
A new VIP tour of Graceland was also recently introduced, helping to bump up visitor attendance. The VIP Graceland tour includes touring the mansion and grounds, Elvis Presley’s automobile museum, his two custom airplanes and two additional exhibits, the Sincerely Elvis Museum and Elvis After Dark. The VIP Graceland tour also includes front of line access, an all-day ticket and a number of other perks for adoring fans.
Aggressive licensing of Elvis’ image and name, song lyrics and images of Graceland also help keep the King at the top of the dead celebrities’ heap. Only a fool would use the images without permission, as the estate rigorously watchdogs unauthorized use. And of course, earnings from the sale of Elvis Presley’s music and movies continue to add more money to the coffers, too.
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The celebrity divorce (still pending) between Paul McCartney and Heather Mills continues to provide us with titillating tabloid headlines. Mills and McCartney married on June 11, 2002. By 2006, the couple had split. And this celebrity divorce has not been pretty: Mills has claimed McCartney hurt her; McCartney famously locked her out of their house, and her security guard’s (successful) attempts to scale the wall made worldwide headlines.
Heather Mills was all set to receive $100 million of Paul McCartney’s $700 million dollar fortune in one of the nastiest celebrity divorces- and the most expensive- of all time. Unfortunately for her, Mills may have messed up her chances of getting a fat settlement. Heather Mills continues to let things slip out on television about the marriage and the “cute Beatle” continues to get angrier and angrier. The latest report states that McCartney has slashed his original settlement offer of $100 million to $14 million in a fit of pique after Mills blamed him for their split on TV. On a side note, the couple hired lawyers from the same firms that represented Princess Diana and Prince Charles to represent them during their celebrity divorce.
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- Celebrity Divorces: Lionel & Diane Richie
- Celebrity Divorces: Jerry Hall and Mick Jagger
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- Celebrity Entrepreneur Heidi Klum
- Celebrity Entrepreneur Tyra Banks
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- Jessica Simpson: Young Hollywood’s Favorite Celebrity Entrepreneur
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- Paul Newman Makes Celebrity Giving Cool
- Celebrity Entrepreneur Sean Combs
- Aaron Spelling’s Dynasty: The Biggest Mansion in Hollywood
- The Rise, Fall and Rise Again of MC Hammer
- Celebrity Money Manager Scheme Unraveled Quickly; Non-Celeb Clients Still Feel the Pinch
- Collectible Celebrity Credit Cards Rule at Auctions
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- Celebrity Real Estate Transactions: Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt’s Home
- Celebrity Entrepreneur Moby
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- Britney Spears Shops Away Her Pain
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