Have you ever thought how fast can one earn a sum to buy a mansion? For some it’s a matter of hours.

Some high profiled celebrities even earn money when they are sleeping. Literally.

Here’s the top 10 list by our beloved money-counter Forbes.

Cate Blanchett

The actress is better known for her acting skills than her box office draw. She has been nominated for five Oscars. But she stumbled in the list with her 2003 movie The Missing, which earned only $38 million in worldwide box office but cost approximately $65 million to produce. For every dollar Blanchett was paid, the film lost $2.94. She did better with Babel, in which she played Brad Pitt’s injured wife. The film grossed $135 million worldwide, $13.20 for every dollar Blanchett earned.

For every dollar she was paid, Cate Blanchett’s movies averaged $4.97 of gross income.

Nicole Kidman

Kidman has an Oscar and earns $15 million paydays, but she’s proved to offer a poor return on investment. Despite bringing in $370 million in worldwide box office, The Golden Compass only grossed $3.36 for every dollar Kidman was paid. The Invasion lost $2.68 for every dollar that went to Kidman. She has a chance for a high-profile comeback with this fall’s epic Australia, which could earn the Aussie her third best actress nomination.

For every dollar she was paid, Nicole Kidman’s movies averaged $1 of gross income.

Jennifer Garner

Garner has stayed fairly under the radar since her 2005 big-budget disaster Elektra, which cost $40 million to make and earned only $56 million worldwide. Unfortunately for Garner her follow-up films didn’t do much better. Both Catch and Release and The Kingdom underperformed at the box office.

For every dollar she was paid, Jennifer Garner’s movies averaged $3.60 of gross income.

Tom Cruise

His recent cameo as a foul-mouthed studio exec in Tropic Thunder is earning raves and might usher in the era of Tom Cruise comedies. In the meantime, Cruise has to deal with the fallout from his recent dramatic blunder, Lions for Lambs. The film’s box office ($63 million worldwide) was bad enough that even without taking any upfront pay Cruise still earned the movie only $1.88 for every dollar he was paid.

For every dollar he was paid, Tom Cruise’s movies averaged $4 of gross income.

Cameron Diaz

The highest paid actress in Hollywood, Diaz pulled in $50 million last year. But her high salary makes it hard for the romantic comedies she stars in to earn a good return. The Holiday brought in $205 million worldwide but Diaz’s high payday meant the film only grossed $3.70 for every dollar Diaz was paid.

For every dollar she was paid, Cameron Diaz’s movies averaged $4 of gross income.

Jennifer Lopez

The singer/actress/designer has struggled at the box office for the past few years, choosing small projects like 2006’s El Cantante, a low-budget musical biopic starring her husband Marc Anthony, which barely registered at the box office. Her last big film was 2005’s Monster-in-Law, which grossed $155 million worldwide returning $6.85 for every dollar J Lo was paid.

For every dollar she was paid, Jennifer Lopez’s movies averaged $4.10 of gross income.

Jim Carrey

Long gone are the days when Carrey could attract crowds with his talking backside. The actor’s latest attempt at a serious film, last year’s The Number 23, flopped at the box office, earning only $77 million worldwide. Carrey has a chance to turn things around with this winter’s Yes Man. Carrey has so much faith in the comedy that he reportedly took no money upfront for his starring performance.

For every dollar he was paid, Jim Carrey’s movies averaged $4.11 of gross income.

Nicolas Cage

2007 was a year of highs and lows for Nicolas Cage. Book of Secrets, the sequel to Cage’s 2004 hit National Treasure, grossed $456 million worldwide. The sci-fi thriller Next, released that spring, brought in only $73 million. The movie lost 50 cents for every dollar Cage was paid.

For every dollar he was paid, Nicolas Cage’s movies averaged $4.16 of gross income.

Drew Barrymore

Barrymore has been unlucky at the box office recently despite the title of her last film: Lucky You. The movie grossed a mere $8 million in worldwide box office, which means it lost 17 cents for every dollar Barrymore was paid. Maybe that’s why she’s taking a bigger role behind the camera. She’s currently directing her first film, Whip It!, about a female roller derby league.

For every dollar she was paid, Drew Barrymore’s movies averaged $4.38 of gross income.

Will Ferrell

The former Saturday Night Live star did well with high-grossing comedies like Blades of Glory. The sports tale grossed $4.95 for every dollar Ferrell was paid. But he stumbled with his more serious turn in 2006’s Stranger Than Fiction, which grossed $53 million in worldwide box office, only $1.63 for every dollar Ferrell was paid.

For every dollar he was paid, Will Ferrell’s movies averaged $4.67 of gross income.

Now, that’s with Hollywood. Let’s talk some serious talk right here.

Bill Gates

Bill Gates makes so much money from sales of computer operating systems that he wouldn’t have to think twice about upgrading his PC.

Even Windows Vista Ultimate, which has a list price of $319.95, would require the equivalent of about 2.4 seconds’ worth of earnings for the world’s richest man, who is estimated to be worth about $59 billion.

Someone who makes a living helping people cope with computer operating systems would need a lot more time to earn enough to buy the priciest version of Windows Vista. It would take a typical computer-support specialist about 14.7 hours to earn enough.

Here you go!

Have a wonderful day, people!

Ladies, wanna be as glamorous as Jackie Kennedy, then wear Jackie’s signature Cartier Tank. Gents, you want to be as fierce as James Bond, won’t you like Rolex 6538 or 5508 on your wrist?

Celebrities are the ones that sell this particular product better than anyone else in the world. It is about prestige. Brad Pitt and Uma Thurman are excellent example of Tag Heuer’s faces.

Nicole Kidman is Omega’s signature face

Glamorous starlets are keeping time with the trend. More and more stylish Hollywood girls appear nowadays wearing men’s watches that turned into more feminine accessory. They might look not as elegant as this Cartier…

But there is something so bold into it, they just look very cool. Kim Kardashian knows what she’s doing. She’s wearing Timex.

Paris Hilton has even had her own watch collection made back in 2005.

Here is my chic choice of wristwatches.

Longines Evidenza Ladies Wristwatch also called Audrey Hepburn

Longines established its first factory in Switzerland in 1897, but can trace its roots back to 1832. It is world renowned for producing elegant and technically superior timepieces, and for being associated with legendary pioneers that include aviator Charles Lindbergh. Longines produces high-quality watches with both quartz and mechanical movements.

Case: Stainless Steel

Dial Color: Black Guilloche

Watch Bracelet trap: Leather - Brown

Leather - Brown Automatic

Functions: Hours, Minutes, Seconds, Date

Crystal: Sapphire - Scratch Resistant

Case Diameter: 26.0 mm

Bezel Material: Stainless Steel with 156 diamonds (1.48ct)

Bezel Function: Fixed

Water Resistance: 30m / 100ft (suitable for splashing, light rain; unsuitable for swimming or diving)

Calendar: Automatic Date at 6 o’clock

Power Reserve: 42-hour power reserve

Rolex Oyster Perpetual Lady-Datejust

But above all, of course, I call the new Rolex Oyster Perpetual Lady-Datejust in 18ct Pink Gold with Diamond-set Mother-of-Pearl Dial.

The unique hue of Rolex Everose gold works in perfect harmony with the solid steel to lend a specific personality to the Rolesor watch. In the 18ct Everose gold alloy developed by Rolex, a touch of platinum is added to lock in the copper, and thus the colour. Its enduring beauty is a true delight.

The Oyster Perpetual Lady-Datejust combines the prestigious elegance of a ladies’ watch with the most exclusive materials. It is available in steel, Rolesor, 18ct gold or platinum.

This is the next Bond girl’s watch, don’t you think?

Fancy and expensice is chic if there’s taste… No matter how sophisticated Rolex brand is, sometimes even their designers make mistakes by overdosing the diamonds. Below is what I call bad taste. Not elegant.

Ok, let’s admit it! It’s not enough to be just an actor, or just a singer, or just a fashion designer nowadays. You gotta be multi-talented to dwell in Hollywood. That’s why most of celebs launch their own fashion lines, try their hand in, writing, painting, etc. Some of them prefer singing to all other kinds of part-time celeb activity. For some of them being in front of the camera and being in the recording studio isn’t equally successful. Anyway, this is my selected list of top 10 actors-turned-singers.

10 Scarlett Johansson

The Hollywood star, 23, released her debut album Anywhere I Lay My Head in May, 2008 and didn’t receive positive reviews from critics. Seems like Scarlett is better in acting…

9 Gwyneth Paltrow

How this mother of two manages to combine two careers is still a mystery to me. Paltrow’s song collection comes mostly form her film Duets (2000). Her voice is described as “pretty good,” well tastes differ.

8 Keanu Reeves

I don’t know if many people know that besides being a good actor and a pretty handsome man, Keanu is also a bass guitarist and once even had his band Dogstar. The last Dogstar performance was in October 2002 , and they have since folded. Reeves later performed in band Becky but left due to his working schedule, but he reportedly still plays with the band sometimes.

7 Mini Driver

Mommy-to-be, 40, had her debut album Everything I’ve Got In My Pocket in 2004. Though receiving more negative than positive reviews for her musical career Ms. Driver decided to please her few fans with the second album Seastories that was released in May this year. Though not really ardent about this kind of music I did like her song ‘Beloved’. Does it make me her fan?

6 Bruce Willis

I love this guy! He’s so cute and he manages to safe his charm through years. Bet, most women came to his concerts not as much because of his music, but because of his personality. Anyways, Bruce started his musical career back in the ’80s and managed to go all the way up till now, though these days he focuses more on politics than music.

5 Russell Crowe

In the ‘80s he recorded a track called ‘I Want To Be Like Marlon Brando’ under the name Rus LeRoq. In the ‘90s he fronted the Australian band 30 Odd Foot of Grunts, the only thing I know for sure about the band is that the name sucks. In 2006 he formed a new band called The Ordinary Fear Of God. Like his music?

4 Lindsay Lohan

Oh, Lindsay… no day without Lindsay news. She recorded her debut album Speak in 2004. It went platinum. She released her second album, A Little More Personal, the following year but it wasn’t as successful due to Lohan’s inability to promote it properly because of acting commitments. Lindsay’s next album is scheduled for release this year. Wonder what songs will be about? Samantha Ronson will co-write, I suppose…

And this is the song I liked. Watch ‘Rumors’ from Lindsay’s debut album Speak.

3 Nicole Kidman

As for this Hollywood mommy, she must be good in everything she does. Remember her singing in Moulin Rouge? I must confess I was impressed, really. Though she’s too busy for singing nowadays her prior experience is worth praising. Check her song ‘Something Stupid’ featuring Robbie Williams

2 Evan McGregor

And once again about Moulin Rouge… Nicole Kidman had a wonderful partner, Ewan McGregor who turned out to have a good musical ear and a pretty good voice. He’s great, don’t you think?

1 Kylie Minogue

And here’s No. 1 actor-turned-singer. Australian born pop princess Kylie started her career in showbiz as a child actor, alongside her sister Dannii. She starred as Charlene on Neighbours in 1986. She recorded her first single ‘I Should Be So Lucky’ in 1987. The song was so catchy and sweet that it went to No 1 in the UK. Since then Ms. Minogue is more into singing than acting, actually. But anyway, Kylie’s by far the hottest actor-turned-singer of the decade.

Here’s one of her latest videos ‘In my arms’

But actually, the best actor-turned-singer (even if only for a while) is Cameron Diaz with her “dazzling vocal styling” in My Best Friend’s Wedding episode. She kicks everyone’s ass here.

I’m just kidding.

It’s a girl! Nicole Kidman and her husband, Keith Urban, have welcomed their first child together, a daughter named Sunday Rose Kidman Urban, born Monday morning in Nashville, Tennessee, PEOPLE reported. The baby girl weighs 6 lbs., 7.5 oz.

“Husband Keith was by Nicole’s side, and mother and baby are very well,” said spokesman Paul Freundlich.

The new parents had enough time to get ready for the precious addition to the family. ”She [Nicole] has never been happier and healthier,” said a close family friend. “She is absolutely radiant and enjoying nesting and homemaking with Keith at their new home in Nashville.”

Keith Urban admitted to the source he was learning a new vocabulary for fatherhood and doing Lamaze lessons. “He doesn’t know the name [of the classes], but he has been very good at it!” Kidman told a local radio station on June 24. The new parents also bought a couple of books to help them along: Pocket Dad: Everyday Wisdom and Your Pregnancy, Week By Week.

”The unknown excites me a lot,” Urban told in May. “What kind of feelings will fatherhood bring? I’m sure I can’t even imagine, but I am really looking forward to finding out.” Looks like it’s time to learn what it’s like being a parent, Keith!

Nicole Kidman has two other children with her ex hubby Tom Cruise: Isabella, 15, and Connor, 13. But Sunday Rose is her first biological child.

Absolutely gorgeous she shines on the cover of Vogue. In her revealing interview she talks how she feels being pregnant and her husband Keith Urban. After all/ Tom Cruise/ she has finally found her happiness, as she gardens in Tennessee.

On carrying a child for the first time:

When I first saw the baby on the ultrasound, I started crying. I didn’t think I’d get to experience that in my lifetime. I like the unpredictable nature of it. To feel life growing with you is something very, very special, and I’m going to embrace that completely. I don’t believe in flittering around the edges of things. You’re either going to walk through life and experience it fully or you’re going to be a voyeur. And I’m not a voyeur.”

On her husband Keith Urban:

I’m so committed to this relationship, and so is he. I don’t have addiction problems, but love is a very powerful force in my life. It’s my fatal flaw and my virtue.”

Yves Saint Laurent, one of the most successful fashion designers of the 20th century, died last night in Paris at the age of 71, The Daily Mail reported earlier today.

Saint Laurent was one of the most successful and famous fashion designers of the 20th century. He was considered the last of generation that included Christian Dior and Coco Chanel and made Paris the fashion capital of the world.

Laurent passed away after a long illness.

World of fashion owes much to the couturier. “Just as Chanel brought modernism into women’s fashion, you could say Yves Saint Laurent brought fashion up to a kind of contemporary life,” The Hollyscoop wrote about him. He made high fashion more accessible to a person on the high street. He was generally considered the founder of modern fashion for women.

Saint Laurent’s nipped-in trouser suits, slinky tuxedos for women, safari jackets, see-through blouses, bolero jackets and smocks, ethnic themes, bright colors mixed with black are still popular with women of all ages and backgrounds, from all over the world. And don’t forget his famous perfume called Opium.

The couturier was the first to use black models on the catwalk. It was he who introduced Naomi Campbell to the fashion world, doing her first campaign for his house in the 1990s.

First taken under Dior’s wing, Laurent opened his couture house in 1962. Though Saint Laurent retired in 2002 his fashion house continued and now his label is designed by Stefano Pilati, who bases his styles on those of Laurent.

Earlier this week, YSL unveiled Naomi Campbell as the new face of the French fashion house. She will replace her friend Kate Moss in the role, for a reported £200,000, according to the source.

Gabrielle Chanel gave women freedom. Yves Saint Laurent gave them power,”

Pierre Bergé, his business partner, told France Info radio.

Nicole Kidman, Salma Hayek, J Lo, Reeze Witherspoon, Katie Holmes, Victoria Beckham and Lauren Bacall were among Yves Saint Laurent’s celebrity fans.

At the Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas I picked my 5 best dressed celebrities. Here they are, like it or not, that’s my choice.

#5 Jewel in yellow Mischen frock and gold sandals. This season yellow is trendy but its getting on my nerves. Too much.

#4 Julianne Hough
The DWTS star punched up her all black mod ensemble from up and coming designer Katie Ermilio with a red clutch. Classy.

#3 Taylor Swift
The Top New Female Vocalist winner glittered in Marchesa’s delicately embroidered strapless chiffon gown. Stunning, but looks like she dressed up for her own wedding.

#2 Carrie Underwood
Fred Leighton jewels, a flapper-esque Badgley Mischka platinum sheath and metallic Rickard Shah heels. Loved the dress.

#1 Nicole Kidman
A mom to be is wearing Yves Saint Laurent’s empire waist frock. She is the glam.

While pregnant Angelina Jolie walks the red carpet at The Cannes International Film Festival, Nicole Kidman walks the orange carpet at the 2008 Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday afternoon in Las Vegas.

Her petite pregnant belly looks great in Yves Saint Laurent dress. She is truly a definition of refined manners, she’s glamorous style icon.

The reason for her appearance at the event is her husband Keith Urban who’s a country singer. Humm, Nicole, I’m sure he has nice personality if not style.

Nicole is expected to give birth this coming July.