These
stars banked more than any of their peers over the past 12 months.

This week, Jay-Z and Kanye West dropped their long-awaited
collaboration, Watch the Throne. The
album's timing and title couldn't have been more appropriate-the Empire State of Mind rapper is hip-hop's
top earner with $37 million in the past 12 months, claiming his fourth Cash
Kings crown in five years; his partner-in-rhyme ranked third.

Fueled
by the tail end of his Blueprint 3 Tour and a vast portfolio of business
interests, Jay-Z barely edged second-ranked Diddy-who raked in $35 million,
roughly half of that total coming from a lucrative partnership with Diageo's
Ciroc vodka-but handily topped West, who earned $16 million. The duo is steaming
ahead with plans for co-headlining tour starting this fall.

"Jay-Z
and Kanye are hip-hop ambassadors," says Steve Stoute, chief of Translation
Marketing and author of The Tanning of
America. "They bring the art form around the world, and they've taken
production and

The life of Elvis Presley is rife with legends, rumors, and unexplained stories. However, one of the longest-running mysteries surrounding the entertainer has finally been solved.

More than five decades ago, a 21-year-old Elvis was caught on film giving a playful French kiss to a lovely--and unidentified--young woman. The photo became iconic; but even the photographer, Alfred Wertheimer, didn't know who the girl was. Her name, if not her image, remained unknown for years.

Until now. According to an interview with Vanity Fair, a 75-year-old real estate manager from Charleston has stepped forward to claim the identity of Elvis's anonymous "date for the day."

Barbara Gray, who has endured seeing herself in the photo repeatedly--as well as in other shots from the famous series Wertheimer captured on a summer day in 1956--told Vanity Fair she has decided to reveal herself simply to get her story out.

"My granddaughter went to Graceland and brought back a coffee cup, a little lunch

After popping the question back in November, R&B singer Eric Benet has finally tied the knot with his girlfriend of nearly four years, Manuela Testolini.

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The happy couple wed in Newport Beach, Calif. this past Sunday during a "low-key ceremony," his rep confirms to Us Weekly. In attendance were 150 family members and close friends like Samuel L. Jackson, Neicy Nash, and Access Hollywood host Shaun Robinson who tweeted a pic of her and the newlyweds saying, "Congratulations to the new Mr. and Mrs. Eric Benet Jordan! Luv you Manuela and Eric!

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The nuptials mark marriage number two for Benet, 40 and Testolini, who both have famous exes. The Grammy-nominated artist and actress Halle Berry ended their three-year marriage in 2005 after he cheated. Testolini was married to Prince from 2001 to 2006.

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Back in January, Benet told Us how the proposal went down. "During a

Is this the end of Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez's tween-tastic romance? The rumor mill is speculating that the singing sensations have split.

According to unsubstantiated reports on the Web, the photogenic couple have gone their seperate ways, possibly over a text message that Bieber allegedly sent to ex-girlfriend Jasmine Villegas.

While this is all just speculation, the searches are already through the roof. Over the past several hours, online lookups for "selena gomez break up," "justin selena split," and "justin bieber single" have all hit high notes in the Search box.

Phone calls seeking comment from representatives for Gomez and Bieber were not immediately returned.

This rumored breakup comes just a week after Bieber made a surprise appearance at one of Gomez's concerts. The well-groomed young man took the stage, much to the delight of the thousands of fans in attendance, and sang Justin Timberlake's mournful tune "Cry Me a River." The song choice may have seemed odd at the