Record-Breaking Celebs

Sept. 30, 2006 — -- The 2007 Guinness Book of World Records is out, and included are the names of winners in a star-studded category: celebrities.

From the most Googled celeb in the world to the highest paid person on TV, Guinness has charted the most famous of the famous.

Talk show host extraordinaire Oprah Winfrey's on the list. She's the highest paid person on television.

"Everything Oprah touches turns to gold. We're talking anything that has to do with -- about a book, a television show, now she has ventures into satellite radio… I mean, this woman, anything she touches… if she touches me, I'd be excited," said Dawn Yanek, editor of the magazine Life & Style Weekly.

Nicole Kidman earned a quick $3.71 million for a four-minute Chanel perfume commercial,breaking the record for the most money paid per minute of screen time to an actor.

Though she's broken records in the past, Britney Spears didn't make the cut this year. She was booted out of the Guinness book by two 40-something icons. Madonna took Spears' place as the female singer with the highest annual salary.

And Janet Jackson bumped Britney to become the most Googled celebrity. Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" at the 2004 Superbowl led to the largest fine ever paid by a TV network -- $550,000, by CBS.

"Janet really is in the most perfect spot … It was bad publicity in the beginning, but now it's turned into this wave of good publicity, which is going to translate into good sales for her new album," said Yanek.

So who is the most searched for guy on Google? It's new dad, Brad Pitt.

"He is one of the sexiest, most gorgeous men in the entire universe… he's one half of Brangelina, everybody has been focused on them so much over the past year and a half," Yanek said.

Though the records are based on the past year -- which is why Janet Jackson is being featured now for her 2004 Superbowl appearance -- they're still a benchmark for who's hot and who's not.

"It's just fun to see," Yanek said. "Celebrities pitted against celebrity, who's on top, who's not -- we love to live vicariously through them, and that's exactly why we're interested in this Guinness Book of World Records."