The “greatest trick in music that people ever pulled off,” Jay-Zsaid to Forbes in 2010, was convincing young aspiring musicians that “you can’t be an artist and make money.” The rapper followed up on his words this week by rising to become the fifth-richest figure on the magazine’s annual ranking of celebrity wealth in America — and the wealthiest musician on the list.
Jay trails behind George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey and Michael Jordan with his net worth of $900 million — a number that Forbes says comes from an examination of published earnings, private stakes, publicly traded assets as well as lifetime earnings estimates — but he is the figure who saw the biggest dollar gains. Jay’s net worth has risen $90 million in the last year because of his stakes in various companies including entertainment giant Roc Nation, streaming service Tidal and liquor companies Armand de Brignac and D’Ussé. He’s now ahead of fellow rapper Diddy, who previously held the top music spot on the list.
But Jay may not have the crown for long: Dr. Dre was reported to have an estimated net worth of $770 million earlier this year, and the number has likely climbed after his stock-rich exit from Apple this autumn.
America’s 10 richest celebrities together hold around $18.7 billion, which is up 4 percent from $18 billion last year and marks the biggest cumulative figure since Forbes began tracking the fortunes of the famous three years ago, the magazine said. (Note that the celebrity net worth ranking is separate from the publication’s list of highest-paid celebrities and its list of highest-paid dead celebrities.)
There’s still much left to say about Alessandra De Rossi’s directorial debut romantic film featuring Piolo Pascual. From the trailers, the film sets out to be a story of two couples going through the tides of their relationships.
Love Or Money
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Coco Martin and Angelica Panganiban are teamed up for the first time for this romantic film. The Plot of the film has yet to be revealed but this was set to be Star Cinema’s latest Valentine’s flick.
Watch List
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This is Alessandra De Rossi’s second entry on the list! The crime drama highlights events based on the real-life drug war the Philippines is facing.
It follows the story of a widowed mother whose husband becomes a casualty in the drug war. Fueled by her will to protect her children, she dives into the game and finds herself in battling her own demons.
Fan Girl
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This film gets Meta as Paulo Avelino plays himself in a movie that centers on a teenager who finds herself stuck with a celebrity she has a major crush on inside a mansion.
However, even as it seemed like cloud-nine, she slowly realized that she doesn’t know the celebrity as well as she thought she would.
Whether the Weather is Fine
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During the aftermath of Yolanda, the Filipino people were left in ruin. Hundreds of families lost homes and loved ones to the massive storm.
This movie, starring Daniel Padilla and Charo Santos-Concio as a mother and son duo, pays homage to the survivors and tells a story of hope, love, and resilience after loss.
Night Shift
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Filipino horror is something that needed many improvements – luckily, it did! The previous iterations of horror flicks highly depended on predictable jump scares, however, this film is not.
Yam Laranas’ Night Shift is an eerie vision of isolation. Just from the trailer, you could tell that it sets a premise and dwells on a unique storyline that revolves around demonic resurrections.
Viewers follow Yam Concepcion as she plays an overworked assistant of a pathologist who has to spend the night in the morgue only to find herself isolated as dead bodies begin to reanimate.
James and Pat and Dave
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Ronnie Alonte is back as James in the spin-off to the massive hit “Vince and Kath and James”.
Following the aftermath of Kath and Vince’s (played by Julia Barretto and Joshua Garcia) happy ending, James is left to tackle the tides of his emotions and sets his own journey forward.
Block Z
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What’s the one thing we always dreamt of happening but were too afraid to see in real life? Zombies in the Philippines! Growing up on zombie flicks, we made scenarios in our heads about what would happen if a zombie apocalypse hit our schools.
Block Z brings that to life on the silver screen! Following massive success on “Dead Kids”, Mikhail Red does another youth-centered thriller.
After a viral epidemic breaches the city, a group of University students must stick together to survive. However, due to panic and fear, humans could sometimes prove to be worse than the dead.
Death Of Nintendo
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What could stop young kids from giving up playing on their old Nintendo’s? Apparently an impending eruption of a volcano!
The movie directed by Raya Martin takes us on a nostalgic trip down memory lane through the lens of four 13-year old friends.
Due to blackouts across the country caused by earthquakes leading to the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo, kids were forced to stop playing video games and go outside.
This begins their journey into self-discovery together as they deal with new dilemmas such as first loves, circumcisions, and heartbreaks.
It doesn’t shy away from the more adult themes of life and gives us a glimpse of the harsh realities of relationships.
The main character of our story, Nimfa Dimaano, is stuck between two lovers, his long-term janitor boyfriend, and a wealthy entrepreneur.
What will happen to the relationship? How do Nimfa and the rest of the ensemble grow because of the transpiring events? Those questions are certainly something we need to answer when we watch this film.
