Y do superstarts in movies get all the money????
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Because they are the ones the paying audiences want to see. If the stars weren't in the movie, nobody would get paid (who worked on the movie ,I mean.)
536257
Get yourself a sugar momma that will pay your way at the movies...
264486
most celebrities are i would imagine.... actor's play exciting funny characters all the time...it wouldn't be acting if they were like that :P
90405
No, they get medals.  If they are lucky, they get an endorsement from a company and can make money doing commercials, ads, etc.
232109
It's always boring. They pick the boring movies to win, or be nominated for, the awards. Then the celebrities get millions of dollars worth of stuff, just for either reading a card or just plain showing up.
1136384
if the money is there, you want it go and spend your money and let hollywood know that that market is still active, if not dont bother, movies follow the path of money, where theres a market the movie will follow
518042
STARS R VERY DEMANDING & THEY R DESPERATELY NEEDED FOR A MOVIE TO SHINE ON BOX OFFICE SO I GUESS ITS THE STARS
313546
Some of the pornstars are really particual in what they like to do. Most pornstars are willing to do anything to get paid.
471223
Ok heres my view. Celebrities I don't think are over paid. Movie stars are definately not. The work they put into there role is amazing. As for footballers I believe they are stupidly over paid. When you think that people play football for fun the majority of football stars today are only in it for the money and don't even play that great. It get ridiculous, especially if they are supposed to big a fan of the team they are playing for yet want to demand as much money out of there team as possible. Come on the only good players I know are Van Nistleroy, Henry, and Terry.
239242
Some of them yes...I support the ones who smile for the camera at the red-carpet, and then you don't see them again untill the next red-carpet, you know? THose who act/sing because thats what they like to do, not for the fame and fortune. Its ridiculous some of the people in Hollywood right now, Lindsey Lohan? Paris Hilton? those fairy lookin' dudes from those dumb shows I never watch? The damn reality shows? GARBAGE!!! One day I will be a great actor!! And I promis you, I will live modestly!!
217549
Not really, especially if they ask you to use their consultants to market you as an "extra".  That usually means spending money to try to get placed into a movie.
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Hollywood stars, making $20 million a movie or $10 million per TV-season, qualify for many people's overpaid list. But for every one of those actors and actresses, there are a thousand waiting tables and taking bit movie parts or regional theater roles awaiting a big break that never comes.\n\n"A lot of people are overpaid because there are certain things consumers just don't want screwed up," said Bill Coleman, senior vice president of compensation for Salary.com. "You wouldn't want to board a plane flown by a second-rate pilot or hire a cheap wedding photographer to record an event you hope happens once in your lifetime.\n\n"With pro athletes, one owner is willing to pay big money for a star player and then all the other players want to keep up with the Joneses," Coleman said. "The art with CEO pay is making sure your CEO is above the median -- and you see where that goes."\n\nWhat follows is a list of the 10 most overpaid jobs in the U.S., in reverse order, drafted with input from compensation experts:\n\n10) Wedding photographers\nPhotographers typically charge $2,000 to $5,000 to shoot a wedding, for what amounts to a one-day assignment plus processing time. Some get $15,000 or more. Yet many mope through the job, bumping guests in their way without apology, with the attitude: "I'm just doing this for the money until Time or National Geographic calls."\n\nThey must cover equipment and film-development costs. Still, many in major metropolitan areas who shoot two weddings each weekend in the May-to-October marrying season pull in $100,000 for six months' work.\n\nYet let's face it; much of their work is mediocre. Have you ever really been wowed flipping the pages of a wedding album handed you by recent newlyweds? Annie Leibovitz and Richard Avedon they're not, but some charge fees as if they're in the same league.\n\n9) Pilots for major airlines\nCaptains with 12 years of experience earn up to $265 an hour at Delta, United, American and Northwest, which translates to $250,000 a year and more for a job that technology is making almost fully automated.\n\nBy comparison, senior pilots at low-fare carriers like Southwest and Jet Blue make about 40 percent less. That helps explain why their employers are profitable while several of the majors are teetering on the brink of bankruptcy.
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Star value = Box Office Draw = £££££\n\nUnfortunately, Show Business is a Business & Execs are more willing to pile money in, when it increases there chance of getting more back.\n\nIt is a shame though, not only do more talented actors generally get paid less, but Movie Stars on the whole get paid more than the person Directing them!\n\nPersonally, I rarely pay more than £10 for DVDs (thank you internet), so I don't really see them as over priced. Cinemas have more overheads - all those staff get paid out of movie profits, so, like going to the pub, you expect to pay more.\n\nIt is a shame that big stars have such an effect over a movie's sucsess, but that's the way it is.
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I think the other two answers say it all.  Not only are athletes over paid, but the entertainment industry is too.  Bruce Willis made something like 100M for the Sixth Sense, and Mel Gibson supposedly 400-500M for the Passion of the Christ.  Those are ridiculous figures.  It is a checks and balances scenario.  They say why should the network or film company make all the profits when we are putting a**es in the seats.  \n\nI think the ridiculous salaries of CEO's and other top level jobs are way out of hand too.  There was an article where the Sultan of Brunai had a home built for something like 100M, didn't like it, and had them tear it down and rebuild it.  BS!!  He has a home in LA that he had built for around 30-40M, and he has yet to step foot in it.  And you ask why we question it?  If it wasn't thrown into the our faces day in day out, maybe we would not question it.  We don't need to hear about their unbelievable acts of selfishness when we have men and women dying every day to protect our freedoms, and their families get close to nothing for their heroic efforts.
1115209
no one they all get paid the same amount of money bacause theyall play boring\nno thousands
529857
no. its not worth it. money doesn't guarantee happiness and being stalked 24/7. maybe that's why most celebrities are border-lining on the insane. something to think about.....
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Used to be and probably still is, the minimum union contract for a member of SAG gets $3k because it involves a "speaking" part. A speaking part guarantees in a movie you get your name in the end credits. Many donate those talk-show proceeds to charity.\n\nSource: recollection from a TV Guide article.