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Oprah tops celebrity power list for second year

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  • Talk show host Oprah Winfrey is ranked the world's most powerful celebrity
  • Golfer Tiger Woods claims second place, ahead of actress Angelina Jolie
  • David Beckham's 5th place is 45 places higher than his wife, Victoria
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(CNN) -- U.S. talk show host Oprah Winfrey has been ranked the world's most powerful celebrity for the second year running by Forbes magazine.

Oprah Winfrey is the world's most powerful celebrity for the second year running, Forbes magazine says.

The top ranking is based on income over the past 12 months as well as web references, press clippings, broadcast mentions and major magazine covers devoted to the celebrity, Forbes said on its Web site.

Winfrey, the 54-year-old leader of U.S. daytime television, beat golfer Tiger Woods into second place, with Hollywood star and big family fan Angelina Jolie coming in third.

Jolie's partner, Brad Pitt, was 10th on the list.

Husband and wife music stars Beyonce and Jay-Z bagged fourth and seventh respectively. David Beckham cornered himself the fifth spot, 45 places higher than his Spice Girl wife, Victoria.

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Johnny Depp was sixth, and the Police's world concert tour helped them garner eighth place.

J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter books, was ninth.

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Forbes reported that Winfrey earned $275 million between June 2007 and June 2008, while Woods pocketed $115 million.

Jolie (the most searched celebrity on the Internet) earned a fraction of those sums: $14 million, according to Forbes.

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