Forbes.com recently announced that super model turned TV producer Tyra Banks earned $30 million between June 2008 and June 2009, making her prime-time TV’s biggest female money maker this year!
Among them: “America’s Next Top Model’s” Tyra Banks, who lands atop our list with estimated earnings of $30 million during the 12-month period. The supermodel turned super-personality serves up her unscripted model competition series on the CW as well an eponymous daytime talk show (also on the CW) and frequent cameos (most recently, on “Gossip Girl”). Off camera, Banks acts as a producer on a host of shows, from ABC’s “True Beauty” to the CW’s since-canceled “Stylista.”
Check out these photos of Tyra getting her super model on at a photoshoot in Chelsea and Madison Square Park in New York City Monday afternoon (Oct 12). Continue reading for more!
Tyra Banks‘ talk show, “The Tyra Banks Show,” won a Daytime Emmy Award in the “informative” category for daytime talk shows Sunday night (Aug 30) at the 2009 Daytime Emmy Awards, held this year in Los Angeles at the The Orpheum Theatre. Other folks at the annual event, hosted by Vanessa Williams this year, were Wendy Williams, Tatyana Ali, Ellen DeGeneres and more.
Tyra Banks and a mob of women took over the streets of Union Square Monday (Aug 17) in New York City as they “flash danced” for a taping of The Tyra Banks Show.
In related news, the talk show host plans to ditch her weave and reveal her “natural hair” for the season 5 premiere of her CW talk show, which airs on September 8th.
“This season on The Tyra Show we’re taking it to the next level and getting more real than ever before by encouraging women everywhere to own and rock what they’ve got and be proud!” she says in a press release. “For the season 5 premiere, I will be doing just that – no fake hair, I’m rocking my REAL hair. This will all be going down on September 8, 2009, which we’re declaring National Real Hair Day! We welcome everyone to go natural with me!”
Here’s a shot of Kanye West and his girlfriend Amber Rose on the red carpet of the 2009 BET Awards, which went down Sunday (Jun 28) in Los Angeles at the Shrine Auditorium. The show itself pretty much sucked. And that’s us being nice. But for the most part, everyone looked good on the red carpet. Continue reading for 80+ pics of celebrities like Beyonce, Ne-Yo, Tyrese, Soulja Boy, Ciara, Mario and tons more!
Ne-Yo and his girlfriend Tenille Jiminez stopped for a quick pic in the audience as they watched the 2009 BET Awards go down at the Shrine Auditorium Sunday (Jun 28) in Los Angeles. Continue reading for lots of pics of celebrities like Beyonce, Kanye West, Soulja Boy, Keri Hilson, Monica, Keyshia Cole, Lil Wayne and much more chilling in the audience and backstage at the show.
Tyra Banks was an honoree at the 20th annual GLAAD Media Awards, held Saturday in Los Angeles. GLAAD is an acronym for “Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation,” and the organization holds an annual awards show where they recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representation of the lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender community and the issues that affect their lives. Continue reading for more photos from the red carpet and to see who else attended the ceremony.
An open New York casting this past Saturday call for Tyra Banks‘ hit show, America’s Next Top Model, ended in three arrests and six injuries, following a stampede after someone yelled “fire!” when a smoking car pulled up beside the queue . Apparently, as the aspiring models waited in line, fights broke out and a stampede/riot ensued as news of a supposed care on fire began to spread. During the mayhem, someone mentioned a gun, which made the situation a bit worse.
Police were forced to shut down the casting call, and arrested two women and one man on charges of disorderly conduct and inciting to riot, according to the NY Times. Two people were taken to a local hospital with minor injuries, while four others refused treatment.
In a statement released Monday to Usmagazine.com, executive producers Banks and Ken Mok said “We are concerned by the events that occurred Saturday afternoon in the vicinity of the New York City casting call for the next cycle of America’s Next Top Model. At this time, we still don’t know all the details of what happened or what triggered the incident. We appreciate the efforts of the NYPD and will assist them in any way possible in this matter.”
Supermodel Tyra Banks is featured on the cover of the December 2008 issue of EBONY Magazine.
Supermodel, businesswoman, talk show host, producer…there isn’t much that Tyra Banks can’t do. She recently sat down with EBONY magazine and dished on why she’s just an ordinary lady who’s all about value and appreciates a good sale! In fact, she even offers readers six ways to save money and time.
Although Banks boasts some frugal ways, word has it that she is a huge tipper and takes great care of her employees. “I gotta take care of my people,” she says. Tyra also discusses why she has yet to place her name or face on a product and gives the latest scoop on her love life. “One thing I can say is I try not to date people who are famous because one celebrity equals five…I get set up by friends,” says Banks. (p. 76)
Tyra Banks graces the latest cover of V Magazine. Tyra shot a fashion spread with fellow model Sesslie Lopezfor this issue of V. Ms.Tyra has been getting her hustle on, the latest season of Americas Next Top Model premiered a couple weeks ago, she has been posing for some of the hottest fashion magazines, and The Tyra Show is one of the top rated talk shows airing right now! It seems like every time you turn around a celeb is talking about retiring and the you start seeing them more than you did before! I ain’t mad at cha! Get that paper Tyra!
