Miley Cyrus, the 15 year old star of the Disney TV show “Hannah Montana”, earned an estimated $25 million during June 2007 to June to 2008 according to Wikipedia.
Cyrus was ranked #35 on the “2008 Forbes Celebrity 100″. Quite impressive for a 15 year old girl!

One of the controversial Vanity Fair photos, for which Miley Cyrus has already apologized, is shown above on the left.

A few days ago I found a very posh area in Los Angeles while surfing on Live Maps. First I had no idea which area in L.A. it could be, but according to this article on Forbes it’s “Beverly Park”, an exclusive, gated community for the very very upperclass. It’s the highest accumulation of mega swimming pools and tennis courts I’ve ever seen.

Here are a few facts about people and prices in Beverly Park:

–Faith Hill/Tim McGraw (paid $6,200,000 in 2003 through their MHA Trust to buy it from Sasha Madron): 3 Beverly Park (11,000 square feet on 4.853 acres)

–Magic Johnson: 12 Beverly Park (12,169 square feet on 4.283 acres)

–Samuel L. Jackson (paid $8,350,000 in 2000 to buy it from actress Roseanne’s Big Buck Trust): 17 Beverly Park (11,738 square feet on 5.193 acres)

–Eddie Murphy (paid $10,000,000 in 2001): 19 Beverly Park (18,598 square feet on 4.373 acres)

–Rod Stewart (paid $12,085,575 in 1991 through his Beverly Park Trust): 23 Beverly Park (18,794 square feet on 3.963 acres)

–Martin Lawrence (paid $12.5 million, 2000-2001): 24 Beverly Park (13,835 square feet on 2.23 acres)

–Sylvester Stallone (owns through his Lion’s Castle Trust): 30 Beverly Park (15,121 square feet on 4.173 acres)

–Sumner Redstone (his Beverly Park LLC paid $14,500,000 in 2002): 31 Beverly Park (15,355 square feet on 2.593 acres)

–Paul Reiser (purchased it through his Chatham Trust in 1998 from rocker Alex Van Halen): 32 Beverly Park (14,547 square feet on 4.373 acres)

–Denzel Washington (purchased it in 1996 through his TTL Trust) : 41 Beverly Park (28,887 square feet on 2.833 acres)

–Reba McEntire: (paid exactly $9,000,000 in 2003): 46 Beverly Park (9,242 square feet on 2.513 acres)

–Hockey star Wayne Gretzky sold 60 Beverly Park (9,816 square feet on 2.933 acres) in 1995

–Kelsey Grammer paid $17,500,000 in early 2004 through his Fossil II Trust to purchase 80 Beverly Park (17,831 square feet on 3.013 acres), but sold it in April 2006 for $22,000,000

The last picture shows some homes of people with a more decent bank account, shot in the same altitude:

The winning ticket was bought in the city of Catania in Sicily, and is worth $126 million (100 million Euro).

Catania is one of Italy’s poorest cities, and when the news broke residents took to the streets singing, dancing and waving flags.

The identity of the winner or winners is unknown. The only known fact is that the lucky ticket was bought from a tobacconist in the city centre. There were dark warnings that mobsters would try their hardest to get their hands on a portion of their windfall if they found the identity of the winner, either an individual or a syndicate of friends or work mates.

Having rolled over since April, the huge Superenalotto jackpot became one of the largest seen anywhere in the world.

One consumer rights group said the lottery was ruining families who spent all their money on tickets. Before the draw was made it called for the jackpot to be seized and redistributed.

Already one woman in Catania, who claims to have leukaemia, has placed an advert in the local newspaper asking for a share of the money.

Italy’s Federation of Psychologists and Psychotherapists has issued advice saying the ”winner or winners may experience joy but could also feel pain and paranoia unless they handle their winnings carefully”.