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Beyonce highest paid woman in music in 2014 with $115M - Forbes

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Beyonce is the highest paid woman in music in 2014, with estimated earnings of $115 million, more than double what she pulled in last year, Forbes magazine said on Tuesday.  The huge sum, most of which was from her world tour, propelled Beyonce, 33, from fourth place last year and put her firmly ahead of pop star Taylor Swift, 24, with $64 million, who jumped up one spot from last year to No. 2.  Pop singer Pink, 35, climbed up from No. 8 in 2013 to third with $52 million.  "Beyonce played 95 shows during our scoring period, bringing in an average of $2.4 million per city," said Forbes, citing data from the Pollstar trade magazine.
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CJ mama's Blog: Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, biochemist, teacher-turned politician is one of the frontline governorship aspirants in the race to succeed the outgoing administration of Governor Theodore Orji in Abia State. Ikpeazu, from Obingwa resigned from his position as Deputy General Manager of the Abia State Environmental Protection Agency, to pursue his governorship ambition. He shares his thoughs below. Excerpts: WHAT is your assessment of the present administration and how can you lift the state from its present position? In the first place, by the time Ochendu took over, the socio economic framework of Abia State was in shambles, without discipline from politicians coming from other parts of the country. It took the transparency of Ochendu, to bring everybody together under the big umbrella of the PDP, and even those that were not within the PDP family are also going to him, that he was the person that came to unify Abia, that is an intangible achievement but very crit...

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A 27-year-old millionaire reveals how he built his wealth

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Anton Ivanov isn’t your average millionaire. For starters, he’s barely 27 years old, he doesn’t work in Silicon Valley and he isn’t heir to a family fortune. He doesn’t live in a tiny house or get his food from a compost garden in his backyard, either. Ivanov, who shares wealth-building tips on his blog, Financessful.com, made his million the old-fashioned way: He read books. He saved early and often. And he started planning his rise to millionaire status before most kids his age had their driver’s license. “I’m a testament that if you want something bad enough and you keep working towards it ... you will get to where you want to go,” he says. "It was my habits and my principles that made me rich." Here’s how he did it. Starting young A decade ago, Ivanov was like any other teenager in the U.S.. He went to high school, earned decent grades, and held down a minimum-wage job at Subway. His parents, who had moved his family from their native Russia in 2002, both w...

Tyler Perry sues alleged stalker, who is an ex-employee

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Tyler Perry is suing an ex-employee named Joshua Sole, 27, (pictured right) for trespassing and stalking him but some people are twisting the story and saying the guy is Tyler's ex, not true. Joshua, who is also a model, went to Tyler's studio and refused to leave until he spoke with the director. From Atlanta Journal Constitution A reputed stalker seems to have put a fright into movie mogul Tyler Perry right before Halloween. Perry filed for a protective order Monday in Fulton County Superior Court against Joshua Sole, 27, of Dunwoody, who was booked into the county jail Friday for criminal trespass at Tyler Perry Studios. Sole is trying to intimidate him, Perry says in the lawsuit. Sole had tried to contact Perry Thursday with no success, the lawsuit said. He apparently was so determined to get a face-to-face with the movie makerthat the lawsuit said he disengaged the power to disable the alarms and surveillance equipment at the studio in southwest Atla...

Photos From Iyanya's Birthday in London

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CJ mama's Blog: Iyanya turned a year older on Friday October 31st. A party was thrown for him in London where's he's currently performing on shows, here are some shots from Mr Oreo's Bash!

Who Would You Vote?

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Amongst this three men, without bias and with all sincerity and honesty, who would you vote?