Entertainment | Celebrity Net Worth

Merv Griffin may be best remembered as the creator of Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune, but his most surprising career payday came from something far simpler — a 30-second lullaby he wrote for his son…

Michael Hutchence was one of the biggest rock stars of the 1980s and '90s, fronting INXS at the peak of their global fame. When he died in 1997, his will appeared to guarantee his young daughter and family a share of a presumably very large. Instead, decades later, his relatives say they've received nothing — and leaked documents suggest a tangled web of offshore trusts, rights sales, and unanswered questions about who controls his legacy.

What happens when the richest woman in the world gets pulled over and is accused of being drunk… a bunch of times?

From a farmer's son in rural Italy to the $3.5 billion "Jeans Genius" behind Diesel, Renzo Rosso has spent five decades rewriting the rules of fashion.

Beto O'Rourke is often slammed for marrying a "billionaire heiress." But is that actually true? We dug into the fortune of his father-in-law, William Sanders, and the answer is… kind of…

Silvio Santos grew up so poor that he was forced to work as a street vendor in Rio de Janeiro at the age of 14. He eventually built a media empire, earned a fortune, and became one of the most famous and powerful people in Brazil. This is how he did it.

When Johnny Carson died in 2005, he quietly left behind a secret trust for his charitable foundation. Even the foundation's directors had no idea how big the gift was. Five years later, a routine IRS filing revealed the astonishing truth.

Disinherited Barneys heir Bob Pressman just detonated the ultimate family bomb: a $50 million tax fraud lawsuit accusing his own siblings of faking their mother's residency.

When Nancy Pelosi was first elected to Congress in 1987, her net worth was around $3 million. Today it is…. much higher.

Tyrese Gibson's messy divorce battle with ex-wife Samantha Lee just got uglier — she's demanding he be thrown in jail for allegedly ignoring a court order to pay nearly $500,000 in legal fees. The Fast & Furious star's financial drama continues to spiral, with contempt charges, mansion liens, and a possible 20-day jail sentence all back on the table.

In 1997, Disney fired executive Michael Ovitz after just 14 months on the job—and handed him what would become one of the largest exit packages in corporate history.

John Daly once won $750,000 for finishing as the runner-up at a tournament. He immediately proceeded to lose the entire amount PLUS another $750,000 playing slots in a single sitting.

Hulk Hogan was famous for many things. But one of his most INFAMOUS situations involved wife-swapping, a secret sex tape, a billionaire with a grudge, and a $100 million defamation lawsuit that changed the media landscape forever.

Hulk Hogan may be king of the wrestling ring, but when it comes to product endorsements he can't catch a break. This is the story of how one stupid decision cost the Hulkster lost $200 million.

Just yesterday, we thought Trey Parker and Matt Stone had signed one of the richest TV deals of all time. Turns out… that was only half the story. Between two new South Park agreements with Paramount—streaming and production—the duo will now split hundreds of millions per year through 2030.