Forbes is out with its annual listing of the world’s most powerful celebrities, and the formidable Ms. Winfrey is no longer No. 1. That honor goes to none other than Angelina Jolie, equally famous for her roles as Hollywood star and mother to the world.

Who else made the list? Here’s the top 10:

1. Angelina Jolie

2. Oprah Winfrey

3. Madonna

4. Beyonce Knowles

5. Tiger Woods

6. Bruce Springsteen

7. Steven Spielberg

8. Jennifer Aniston

9. Brad Pitt

10. Kobe Bryant

What makes these the elite of the elite? Read all about it, and catch the rest of the list, at Forbes.

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1. Madonna: $242,176,466

The U.S. leg opens with an April 1 show in San Jose, Calif. and wraps up May 23 in East Rutherford, N.J. The band then crosses the pond to spend a few months in Europe, kicking things off on May 30 in Holland and rolling through to Aug. 2 in Spain.

Here are the dates announced so far:

4/1: San Jose, CA (HP Pavilion at San Jose)
4/3: Glendale, AZ (Jobing.com Arena)
4/5: Austin, TX (Frank Erwin Center)
4/7: Tulsa, OK (BOK Center)
4/8: Houston, TX (Toyota Center)
4/10: Denver, CO (Pepsi Center)
4/15: Los Angeles, CA (LA Memorial Sports Arena)
4/16: Los Angeles, CA (LA Memorial Sports Arena)
4/21: Boston, MA (TD Banknorth Garden)
4/22: Boston, MA (TD Banknorth Garden)
4/24: Hartford, CT (XL Center)
4/26: Atlanta, GA (Philips Arena)
4/28: Philadelphia, PA (Wachovia Spectrum)
4/29: Philadelphia, PA (Wachovia Spectrum)
5/2: Greensboro, NC (Greensboro Coliseum)
5/4: Hempstead, NY (Nassau Veterans Mem. Col.)
5/5: Charlottesville, VA (John Paul Jones Arena)
5/7: Toronto, ONT (Air Canada Centre)
5/8: University Park, PA (Bryce Jordan Center)
5/11: St. Paul, MN (Xcel Energy Center)
5/12: Chicago, IL (United Center)
5/14: Albany, NY (Times Union Center)
5/15: Hershey, PA (Hersheypark Stadium)
5/18: Washington, DC (Verizon Center)
5/19: Pittsburgh, PA (Mellon Arena)
5/21: E. Rutherford, NJ (Izod Center)
5/23: E. Rutherford, NJ (Izod Center)
5/30: Landgraaf, Holland (Pink Pop Festival)
6/2: Tampere, Finland (Ratinan Stadion)
6/4: Stockholm, Sweden (Stockholm Stadium)
6/5: Stockholm, Sweden (Stockholm Stadium)
6/7: Stockholm, Sweden (Stockholm Stadium)
6/9: Bergen, Norway (Koengen)
6/10: Bergen, Norway (Koengen)
7/2: Munich, Germany (Olympiastadion)
7/3: Frankfurt, Germany (Commerzbank Arena)
7/5: Vienna, Austria (Ernst Happel Stadion)
7/8: Herning, Denmark (Herning MCH)
7/11: Dublin, Ireland (RDS)
7/16: Carhaix, France (Festival des Vielles Charrues)
7/19: Rome, Italy (Stadio Olimpico)
7/21: Turino, Italy (Olimpico di Torino)
7/23: Udine, Italy (Stadio Friuli)
7/26: Bilbao, Spain (San Mames Stadium)
7/28: Benidorm, Spain (Estadio Municipal de Foietes)
7/30: Sevilla, Spain (La Cartuja Olympic Stadium)
8/1: Valladolid, Spain (Estadio Jose Zorrilla)
8/2: Santiago, Spain (Monte Del Gozo)

For more information, check out brucespringsteen.net. For ticket prices and availability, visit Ticketmaster.

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MOTION PICTURES:

– Picture, Drama: Slumdog Millionaire

– Picture, Musical or Comedy: Vicky Cristina Barcelona

– Actor, Drama: Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

– Actress, Drama: Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road

– Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

– Actor, Musical or Comedy: Colin Farrell, In Bruges

– Actress, Musical or Comedy: Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky

– Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

– Supporting Actress: Kate Winslet, The Reader

– Foreign Language Film: Waltz With Bashir

– Animated Film: WALL-E

– Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire

– Original Score: A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire

– Original Song: “The Wrestler” (performed and written by Bruce Springsteen), The Wrestler

TELEVISION:

– Series, Drama: Mad Men

– Actor, Drama: Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment

– Actress, Drama: Anna Paquin, True Blood

– Series, Musical or Comedy: 30 Rock

– Actor, Musical or Comedy: Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock

– Actress, Musical or Comedy: Tina Fey, 30 Rock

– Miniseries or Movie: John Adams

– Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Laura Linney, John Adams

– Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Paul Giammatti, John Adams

– Supporting Actress, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Laura Dern, Recount

– Supporting Actor, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Tom Wilkinson, John Adams

– Cecil B. DeMille Award: Steven Spielberg

Source: Hollywood Foreign Press Association

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Slumdog Millionaire was the big winner with five wins for Best Picture, Best Director for Danny Boyle, Best Writer for Simon Beaufoy, Best Young Actor/Actress for Dev Patel and Best Composer for A.R. Rahman. Sean Penn and Milk received two awards, Best Actor and Best Ensemble. Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married) and Meryl Streep (Doubt) tied in the lead actress category, marking only the second tie in a lead actor category.

WINNERS OF THE 14TH ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARDS

BEST PICTURE: Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ACTOR: Sean Penn – Milk

BEST ACTRESS: – Tie: Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married and Meryl Streep – Doubt

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Kate Winslet – The Reader

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE: Milk

BEST DIRECTOR: Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire

BEST WRITER (Original or Adapted Screenplay): Simon Beaufoy – Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Wall-E

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS (Under 21): Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ACTION MOVIE: The Dark Knight

BEST COMEDY: Tropic Thunder

BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION: John Adams

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Waltz With Bashir

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Man On Wire

BEST SONG (performer/writer, film): “The Wrestler” – Bruce Springsteen/Bruce Springsteen – The Wrestler

BEST COMPOSER: A.R. Rahman – Slumdog Millionaire

JOEL SIEGEL AWARD: Richard Gere

For a complete list of winners, celebrity interviews from the red carpet and to see the full televised broadcast, go to VH1’s “Critics’ Choice Awards” site.

Source: VH1

Here is a list of the songs on Bruce Springsteen’s Working on a Dream. The album is due Jan. 27, 2009 from Columbia Records:

1. Outlaw Pete

2. My Lucky Day

3. Working On a Dream

4. Queen of the Supermarket

5. What Love Can Do

6. This Life

7. Good Eye

8. Tomorrow Never Knows

9. Life Itself

10. Kingdom of Days

11. Surprise, Surprise

12. The Last Carnival

13. The Wrestler (Bonus Track)

Related downloads at Amazon.com:

• Magic Tour Highlights — $2.99
• Greatest Hits — $11.99
• Working On A Dream (single) — $.99
• The Essential Bruce Springsteen — $11.99
• Born To Run — $6.99

Related lists:

• Top 2008 albums for $5 each
• 5 classic digital albums under $2

See more TRACK LISTS in Songs-Albums

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Here is a list of the most popular Christmas songs on iTunes:

• Mariah Carey – “All I Want for Christmas Is You” –  $0.99 download now
• Trans-Siberian Orchestra – “Christmas / Sarajevo 12/24″ (Instrumental) — $0.99  download now
• Taylor Swift: “Last Christmas” – $0.99 download now
• Bobby Helms: “Jingle Bell Rock” — $0.99 download now
• Dean Martin: “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” — $0.99 download now
• Trans-Siberian Orchestra: “Christmas Canon” — $0.99  download now
• José Feliciano: “Feliz Navidad” –  $0.99 download now
• Nat King Cole: “The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)” — $0.99 download now
• Bruce Springsteen: “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town” — $0.99 download now
• Michael Bublé: “Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow” — $0.99 download now

Blender approached both Republican nominee John McCain and Democratic hopeful Barack Obama about sharing their Top 10 favorite songs. The responses were enlightening, to say the least.

Here’s what Obama had to offer:

1. Ready or Not, Fugees

2. What’s Going On, Marvin Gaye

3. I’m On Fire, Bruce Springsteen

4. Gimme Shelter, Rolling Stones

5. Sinnerman, Nina Simone

6. Touch the Sky, Kanye West

7. You’d Be So Easy To Love, Frank Sinatra

8. Think, Aretha Franklin

9. City of Blinding Lights, U2

10. Yes We Can, will.i.am

To see McCain’s list, to access videos of each candidate’s selections, and to find out what Girl Talk and Randy Newman had to say about the selections, visit Blender.

1. Bob Dylan (26)
2. Paul Simon/Simon & Garfunkel (12)
3. Bruce Springsteen (5)
4. The Rolling Stones (4)
5. The Beatles (3)
6. The Grateful Dead (2)
7. Joni Mitchell (1)

According to the Times, “Professor Long freely notes that his casual methodology, which involved typing names of artists into the LexisNexis database and searching federal and state cases, might have missed some artists and citations.”

Long’s entire article — complete with oft-cited lyrics — is here.

• Whenever We Wanted: John Mellencamp (1991/remastered 2005) — Mellencamp tends to be underrated overall — guess some people never could get over the John Cougar thing. But this early ’90s effort shows its staying power with “Love and Happiness” (oddly more relevant today than when it was released) and exquisite, timeless rockers “I Ain’t Ever Satisfied” and “Get a Leg Up.” A tremendous effort across every song.

• Talk Is Cheap: Keith Richards (1992) — A lost jewel, this album should be ubiquitous on any Classic Rock station that doesn’t just suck. Released during Keith and Mick’s trial separation in the early ’90s, this album easily matches the best of the Rolling Stones catalog. The rhythmic “You Don’t Move Me” stands tall as Keith’s Love Gone Wrong Letter to Mick (think Lennon on “How Do You Sleep?”) Play it loud and often.

• Human Touch: Bruce Springsteen (1992) — A great disc from Springsteen that was hurt by its simultaneous release with Lucky Town, a solid but lesser offering. “Human Touch” is very affecting and still shows up on collections, but left behind are some of the most powerful, infectious songs that Springsteen ever created: “Gloria’s Eyes,” the Stonesy “Roll of the Dice,” and “All or Nothing at All.”

• Fisherman’s Blues: The Waterboys (1988) — Considered a modern Irish-folk classic by purists, this spectacular album nevertheless has been long ignored by the music mainstream. From the haunting beauty of “Strange Boat” to the swirling intensity of “We Will Not be Lovers,” this is a career album full poetry and spirit, vim and vigor. Were Mike Scott never to have recorded another thing, this album alone would make him noteworthy.

• Nothing But a Burning Light: Bruce Cockburn (1991) — Canadian Cockburn has never enjoyed the U.S. attention he deserves.  But no one could argue the power of this brilliant album that explored the human spirit with a clear-headedness that is rarely found in any medium. These songs are so multidimensional and arresting that you can return to them time and again and still find them fresh, as with any classic work.

Listen to samples below: