The Richest Rock Stars

 

Britain's "dinosaur rockers" still roll in the dough.

 

Former Beatle Paul McCartney, 63; Rolling Stone Mick Jagger, 62; Elton John, 59; and Tom Jones, 65, all place in the musicians' Top 10 in the annual Sunday Times Rich List, with estimated wealth of $1.47 billion for McCartney, $365 million for Jagger and John, and $329 million for Jones.

 

Among the younger generation, Chris Martin, 29, and other members of Coldplay, who had last year's best-selling global album, each have estimated wealth of $44 million in 2006, the newspaper said in a statement about its 18th annual Rich List of Britain's 1,000 richest people and families, to be published Sunday.

 

Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards, 62, is estimated to be worth $320 million in the Rich List; drummer Charlie Watts, 65, worth $151 million; and guitarist Ronnie Wood, 58, worth $124 million. Others in the Top 40 for musicians include Sting, 54, at $329 million; Eric Clapton, 61, and Phil Collins, 55, at $240 million; Ringo Starr, 65, at $222 million; David Bowie, 59, at $213 million; and Rod Stewart, 61, at $178 million.

 

Actor Shut Out Of U.S.

 

The lead actor in the movie "United 93" will miss the film's premiere Tuesday in New York City because the U.S. Embassy is denying him a visa.

 

British actor Lewis Alsamari plays the main hijacker in the film, which depicts the final hours of the passengers on United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in Shanksville, Pa., on Sept. 11, 2001.

 

Although Alsamari was granted asylum in the United Kingdom in 1998, American authorities are less keen to welcome him across the Atlantic. "I was born in Iraq but have lived in Britain since 1995 and am about to apply for British citizenship," he told contactmusic.com.

 

Ga-Ga, Goo-Goo Little Foo

 

Foo Fighters star Dave Grohl's wife, Jordyn Blum, gave birth to the couple's first child, Violet Maye, in Los Angeles last week.

 

Violet, named after Grohl's grandmother, weighed in at 6 pounds, 15 ounces.

 

Grohl, 37, is hoping the new arrival will be musical: He has been playing hits, spanning every genre, to the baby since before she was born.

 

"Likes The Beatles. Doesn't really get down to The Beach Boys. Digs Mozart," Grohl said recently.

 

Today's Birthdays

 

Critic Stanley Kauffmann is 90. Actress Shirley MacLaine is 72. Author Sue Grafton is 66. Actor-singer Michael Parks is 66. Actress-singer-director Barbra Streisand is 64. Country singer Richard Sterban (The Oak Ridge Boys) is 63. Rock musician Doug Clifford (Creedence Clearwater Revival) is 61. Actor-playwright Eric Bogosian is 53. Actor Michael O'Keefe is 51. Rock musician David J (Bauhaus) is 49. Rock musician Billy Gould is 43. Actor-comedian Cedric the Entertainer is 42. Actor Djimon Hounsou is 42. Rock musician Patty Schemel is 39. Rock musician Aaron Comess (Spin Doctors) is 38. Actress Melinda Clarke is 37. Latin pop singer Alejandro Fernandez is 35. Actor Derek Luke is 32. Actor Eric Balfour is 29. Country singer Rebecca Lynn Howard is 27. Singer Kelly Clarkson is 24.

 

Source: courant.com

FUCK!

 

 

 

 

 

They are LOADED. Whoa.

:stunned: $44 million!