Forbes' 2013 list of highest earning US celebrities under 30

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Forbes yesterday released their annual 'list of top-earning celebrities under 30' and Lady Gaga topped the list. Forbes calculated their earnings between June 2012 and June 2013. See the top 10 below...

LADY GAGA SLAPPED WITH $31.5M PLAGIARISM LAWSUIT BY FRENCH ARTIST

According to Radar Online , a French
artist by the name of Orlan is suing
Mother Monster for more than
$31.5 million plus interest. Yes,
interest. I’m laughing, too, no be
small matter.
"In February, she cancelled her Born
This Way Ball Tour at a cost of
approximately $25 million to
undergo hip surgery and now, as
she’s reportedly preparing a
triumphant return to the stage at
the MTV VMA’s in August, there’s
more bad news: RadarOnline.com
has exclusively learned that French
artist ORLAN is suing Gaga for more
than $31.5 million over claims
Mother Monster repeatedly
plagiarized her visual work". writes
Rada Online
Her attorney, Philippe Dutilleul, told
Radar, “Lady Gaga copied the look
and style of ORLAN [in promotional
materials and appearances] for Born
This Way.”
Dutilleul added, “Whether or not
it’s ethical to steal someone’s life is
not in question. Lady Gaga and her
record company went one step too
far and crossed the red line by
reproducing two major artworks by
ORLAN without her permission.”
THE OFFENSES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
The first, Bumpload, is a 2009
sculpture of a hybrid being with
growths on her face and shoulders
— a look Gaga rocked on the cover
of her Born This Way single in 2011,
in the video and in many
performances and appearances
related to the track.
“All you have to do is put them side
by side and it’s very striking,”
Dutilleul says.
The second piece in question,
Woman With Head, a 1996
performance showing ORLAN’s
head on a table, appears almost
exactly replicated in the opening
sequence of the Born This Way
video.
“It’s the same haircut,” Dutilleul
says. “The same forehead implants.
The same makeup.”
“Copyright rules follow a strict
protocol,” he continues. “Lady Gaga
should have asked ORLAN
permission for this. She never did,
nor did she contact ORLAN. She
made over $400 million thanks to
ORLAN’s work and efforts, so we
are asking for 7.5 percent, as French
law allows.”
And though Born This Way was
released more than two years ago,
Dutilleul says ORLAN was initially
unsure if she wanted to take on this
fight.
“It was not an easy decision for
ORLAN to move forward in this
case, even if the copyright violation
is obvious,” the attorney explains.
“One always thinks twice before
engaging in such a battle. This is
David vs. Goliath, and ORLAN
needed some time to think of the
consequences. She would have
moved much faster if Lady Gaga
was not so famous.”