The Most Powerful Celebrities In The Entertainment Industry
Oprah Winfrey
We all know Oprah Winfrey from her talk show ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’, there was a time where you could discuss with anyone what had happened on the show because everyone was watching it. Since then, she has been on the up and is now a media executive, actress, talk show host, television producer and philanthropist. She is a self-made billionaire and her 2018 Golden Globes speech had everyone wanting her to step into politics. We’d vote for you Oprah!
Reese Witherspoon
Actress Reese Witherspoon has always played fantastic roles and her skills haven’t gone unnoticed. She has scooped some of the best awards in the industry including a Primetime Emmy Award, an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe! But, there’s more to her than her acting skills, she is now TV’s in demand producer following the success of Big Little Lies.
Dwayne Johnson
Once a professional wrestler where he made his name ‘The Rock’, Dwayne Johnson burst onto the movie scene and portrayed some great characters. Just recently he played a key role in the reinvented Jumanji movie which hit $962 million and then there was Fate of the Furious which brought in $1.2 billion. He has a further 23 projects coming up plus an NBC and HBO show. Johnson is one of Hollywood’s highest-paid Actor/Producer earning $124 million in 2018.
David Benioff and D.B. Weiss
Best known as co-creator and showrunner’s of the awesome, all-person loving and obsessed with Game of Thrones, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are a much-loved pair of writers and producers in the industry. Also creating Star Wars, these guys are producing some of TV’s most watched, loved and talked about moments. Thrones have won too many Emmy’s to count and already has five potentials prequels lined up.
