The only difference is, they can shell out for a live performance - by the original artists.
A survey has revealed just how much they are willing to pay stars such as the Rolling Stones or Christina to appear at private parties.
No matter how busy, or how wrinkly, the singers all seem to have their price.
Top of the list for party fees are the Eagles.
OuOutstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama SeriesTerry O’Quinn as John Locke, ABC’s Losttstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy SeriesJaime Pressly as Joy Turner, NBC’s My Name Is EarlOutstanding Supporting Actor In A Miniseries Or A MovieThomas Haden Church as Tom Harte, AMC’s Broken Trail
Outstanding Writing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy ProgramNBC’s Late Night With Conan O’Brien
Outstanding Directing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy ProgramRob Marshall (Director), NBC’s Tony Bennett: An American Classic
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A MovieRobert Duvall as Prentice ‘Print’ Ritter, AMC’s Broken Trail
Outstanding MiniseriesAMC’s Broken Trail
Outstanding Directing For A Drama SeriesAlan Taylor (Director), HBO’s The Sopranos
Outstanding Writing For A Drama SeriesDavid Chase (Writer), HBO’s The Sopranos
Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy SeriesComedy Central’s The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy SpecialNBC’s Tony Bennett: An American Classic
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Miniseries Or A MovieJudy Davis as Joan McAllister, USA’s The Starter Wife
Outstanding Made For Television MovieHBO’s Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A MovieHelen Mirren as Jane Tennison, PBS’s Prime Suspect: The Final Act (Masterpiece Theatre)
Outstanding Directing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Dramatic SpecialPhilip Martin (Director), PBS’sPrime Suspect: The Final Act (Masterpiece Theatre)
Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive TelevisionAl Gore and Joel Hyatt, Current: An Interactive TV Network
Outstanding Individual Performance In A Variety Or Music ProgramTony Bennett (Performer), NBC’s Tony Bennett: An American Classic
Outstanding Directing For A Comedy SeriesRichard Shepard (Director), ABC’s Ugly Betty
Outstanding Writing For A Comedy SeriesGreg Daniels (Written by), NBC’s The Office for “Gay Witch Hunt”
Outstanding Reality-competition ProgramCBS’s The Amazing Race
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama SeriesJames Spader as Alan Shore, ABC’s Boston Legal
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama SeriesJames Spader as Alan Shore, ABC’s Boston Legal
Outstanding Comedy SeriesNBC’s 30 Rock
Outstanding Drama SeriesHBO’s The Sopranos
Snoop Dogg - Calvin Boradus
Madonna - Madonna Louise Ciccone
Eminem - Marshall Bruce Mathers III
50 Cent - Curtis Jackson
Carmen Electra - Tara Patrick
Demi Moore - Demetria Gene Guynes
Sting - Gordon Summer
Pink - Alecia Moore
Tom Cruise - Thomas Cruise Mapother IV
Whoopi Goldberg - Caryn Johnson
Ricky Martin - Enrique Morales
Alicia Keys - Augello Cook
George Michael - Georgios Panayiotou
Britney Performance (oh..goodness)
Sarah Silverman Intro (Oh..goodness)
Alicia Keyes Wastes Time
"Monster" Single of the Year: Rihanna "Umbrella"
Kanye Performance (split by commercial)Akon mini performance
Quadruple Threat award Justin Timberlake
Fall Out Boy..half performance
Foo Fighters half performance
Most Earth Shattering Collaboration Beyonce and Shakira "Beautiful Liar"
Maroon 5 half Performance
T.I half performance
Chris Brown FULL PERFORMANCEChris Brown/Rihanna Umbrella Remix Performance
Soulja Boy half performance
Male Artist of the Year Justin Timberlake
Cee Lo Mini Performance
50 cent and Justin mini performance
Female Artist of the Year Fergie....
Kanye mini performance
Gym Class heroes mini performance
Timbaland's performance at Rain with Linkin ParkBest Group
Fall Out Boy (music officially died at this moment)
System of a Down mini performance
Fall Out Boy and Rihanna half performance(she jumped on a bed)
Alicia Keyes performs
Kanye West and Common mini performance
Fall Out Boy mini performance
Gym Class Heroes mini performance butchering a classic
Best New Artist Gym Class Heroes
Fifty Cent mini performance
Mark Ronson? mini performance
Dr. Dre presents Video of the Year to Rihanna for Umbrella
Timbaland, Jtimbs, Nelly
RANT: the awards have tried to hard to be DIFFERENT lately. just go back to doing what you do well, mtv! show music. shows about music. dont make all these NEW awards to try to be cool. You are MTV, you have a better chance of making a comeback than britney. Get back to your roots, please. PLEASE.
Dear MTV,If you need ideas for next year (which you obviously could use) please contact us. We would love to see you back and thriving. A part of all of us died watching the show tonight.
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I predict…..
Britney will be on the cover of all the celebrity magazines this week.
Oh, Britney!
You couldn’t even keep your fake press-on nails from falling apart?
Just like your performance!
You didn’t even try!!!!!
You should have just cancelled, bitch.
Your performance was beyond pathetic. The old Britney Spears, who was at one point (a long time ago) truly great, would be embarrassed by your lack of professionalism and utterly shiteous appearance at the VMAs.
iPhone users will also be able to access the wireless iTunes store. And, as part of a new deal between Apple and Starbucks, Starbucks customers will be able to log on to iTunes for free wirelessly to buy songs and find out which songs the Starbucks store has recently played. Additionally, the iPod touch will be able to use a WiFi connection to surf the Internet via a built-in Web browser and display YouTube videos. However, the company apparently didn’t build in any communications software such as an email program or instant messaging software.
The new nano will replace a device that Jobs dubbed the “most popular music player in history.” The new model will include a two-inch screen and will be smaller, if wider, than its predecessor. In addition to playing videos, the device will also play games and include the company’s Cover Flow feature, which lets users scan through their music collection by viewing album cover art.
The other updates were more minor. The only change that Apple announced to the shuffle were color changes. The company will still only offer one capacity - one gigabyte - and the shuffle will remain at $79.
The hard-drive based iPod, renamed the iPod classic, also continues largely unchanged, except for a capacity increase. The company will offer two versions: an 80-gigabyte model for $249 and a massive 160-gigabyte model for $349. Formerly, at those same prices, the company offered 30-gigabyte and 80-gigabyte models. The announcements came as Apple’s lineup was starting to look long-in-the tooth and sales were starting to slow. Apple’s revenue from iPod fell year-over-year for the first time ever in the first quarter this year and grew less than five percent in the second quarter.
Meanwhile, a survey by research firm iSuppli released Tuesday suggested that iPhone sales had slowed markedly after their first days on store shelves and were not on pace to meet Apple’s own forecast for current quarter sales.
Will her performance be a trainwreck or the comeback we hope? We’re not sure!
Here’s the complete list from TV Guide:
Oprah Winfrey - $260 million a year
Simon Cowell - $45 million a year
Judge Judy - $30 million a year
Katie Couric - $15 million a year
Zach Braff - $6.3 million a year
William Petersen - $500,000 (per episode)
Charlie Sheen - $350,000 (per episode)
Mariska Hargitay - $350,000 (per episode)
Christopher Meloni - $350,000 (per episode)
Hugh Laurie - $300,000 (per episode)
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