访谈录 2008-04-28&4-30 谁是最富有的小孩

Now under some of the richest kids in the world and the money they are making, the current issue of People Magazine features very famous faces who are under 15, and cash in on concert tours, movies, TV shows and more.  Julie Dam is People`s senior editor. Jelie, good morning.

 

Good morning.

 

So when you look at some of these kids, will you amaze at the money they are making?

 

Yeah, I mean, it`s nothing like when I was a kid, I`m so sure.

 

That`s right, well, let`s get start with the big //, Miley Cyrus, I mean this girl is a machine.

 

She is in industry and // herself. She only has the biggest kid show on cable, she had this huge concert tours,  she was taking home a million dollars a week. (Wow.) Er, she just signed a 7 Figure book deal, and this year her merchandise sells for // are expected to hit a billion dollars. (A billion?) A billion, with a B.

 

And she get a percentage of that right?

 

She does, she got a percentage of it, I mean, she is really rating at it. But, (Ok, go ahead.) she does have her, you know, have her no shoulders. Her mom says that most of them money is going into investment fund, that she won`t touch until she is 18.

 

Wow, what is all that, besides all that money, I mean, does she seem like she`s handling these stuff ok?

 

I mean she seems like an incredibly mature grounded girl which is great to see.

 

Another, er, one of her Disney stable mates, this is such a hard band, the Jonas Brothers, I mean they, Disney basically // them, now they are just polling in the dough¹.

 

They are huge, they just signed a multi million dollar of two year concert deal. They are taking in 12 million on this concert tour, among the three of them, and you know, they are also super ground, they have a good family around them, they give 10% to charity, so it`s a good story.

 

And what cash, do they have?

 

They do spend money, they give their mom a really nice diamond watch, they buy new computers and Nick, the youngest he`s 15, has just shared out 15,000 dollars for a pair of shoes.

 

They are all kind of close boys.

 

Yes, they are definitely not //.

 

All right, Abigail Breslin who is just a fantastic young actor, 12 years old, and she, her price per movies is doing ok.

 

She`s got 2 million in a movie, but you know, just because she is an Oscar nominated actors, // two million, she`s still a normal 12 year girl, she likes, you know, american girl dolls, like Jonas Brothers.

 

And she like working with these super stars?

 

Yeah, I mean, she is heading incredible career already.

 

Dakota Fanning, who //, she`s now a 14 years old, and she`s doing pretty well per movie.

 

She`s a total Hollywood player, I mean she can open a movie, she`s making 4 million in a movie now, she`s working with some of the biggest starts //.

 

And she doesn`t get an allowance?

 

She doesn`t get an allowance. Er, she says that her parents want her to feel like she wants to //, not because she has to hope out. // the house.

 

And she`s also done some modeling too, hasn`t she?

 

She has, she did a gap at among other things.

 

Are this young men, is quite a comic actor, he`s on "Two and a Half Man", Angus T. Jones, and TV starts, you know, I mean, usually make one million a season or more, he`s doing all right for 14 year old.

 

Yeah, he`s making 1.2 million per season, which makes him one of the biggest starts in Hollywood.

 

And, for a young man like this, I mean he`s still has his whole career ahead of it, but there is always that those child actors, that`s always a dangerous, a dangerous position because you always hear about these child actors who gain the flame on early.

Right, you now, but for every, you know, true Hollywood`s story you hear about, people going off the real, you do have people like ///, Jodie Foster, who actually just started with ///in a movie, (Right.) who have shown that you can have a long great career.

 

And Tyler James Williams, who`s the star of "Everybody hates Chris", this again, seems like a very grounded young man.

 

Yes, and he`s also making 1.2 million dollars a season, and he said when he got the role, that he`s good at making fried // sandwiches, picking good movies and making money.

 

Yeah, and when you look at the, all these young actors, what`s the common thing you see among in the actors, these // goals.

 

Well, these are really successful //like // Jonas Brothers have really good families around them, and they are clearly not in this on their own, (Right.) they have families help them along, and they seem to be totally normal kids.

 

Great, well, Julie Dam, thank you so much.

 

Thanks for //.

 

And you can read more about these Hollywood kids and their families in this weeks issue of People Magazine that hits news stand today.

 

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