LOS ANGELES: Oscar-winning Emma Stone capped a perfect 12 months on Wednesday as she knocked Jennifer Lawrence off the top spot on Forbes’ 2017 list of the world’s highest-paid actresses. Lawrence’s $24 million was enough for third spot but a shadow of the 27-year-old’s earnings in the last Forbes list. Melissa McCarthy and Mila Kunis — on $18 million and $15.5 million respectively — rounded off the world’s five highest-paid actresses. Born Emily Jean Stone in Scottsdale, Arizona to a homemaker mother and businessman father, Stone began acting in youth theater in Phoenix. A string of hit films followed, including two “Spider-Man” movies and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s “Birdman,” which earned Stone a best supporting actress nomination.

Source: Manila Times August 17, 2017 03:09 UTC