Nicole Kidman is Hollywood's highest paid actress. Kidman makes up to $17 million US per movie. Reese Witherspoon came in second, making 15 million. Other notable actresses in the top five are Renee Zellweger, Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz.

Hilary Duff and Joel Madden have ended their two and a half-year relationship. Madden's rep confirmed the split to E! News today. The Chicago Tribune reported that while Joel was in town DJing on November 22nd, he announced he was single. The couple have been dating for more than two years but the relationship only became public last year.

Hinder have been doing a cover of Eddie Money's Take Me Home Tonight at their shows throughout this year, and now they plan to record the song with guest vocals from the Money Man. The band will track the song after they play at The Roxy in Los Angeles on December 18th, where Money will perform the song with them for the first time. There's no word yet on when the cover will be released.

Linkin Park singer Mike Shinoda says he and his bandmates have been making good progress on their next album. He tells us, "We've narrowed a hundred songs down to about 18. There won't be 18 songs on the album, so we're gonna cut some of them. But as far as I can tell, it'll be some time in the beginning of next year that the album will come out."
 

The first Mr. Britney Spears is writing a tell-all book. Jason Alexander will tell the world what it was like to be married to the pop princess for 55 hours and won't skimp on details about their sex life. Alexander says there will be things that will upset Britney but he's always loved her. Brit is reportedly aware of the plans for the book.
 

Christina Aguilera is the latest star to have a wax figure at Madame Tussauds Museum in London. The singer is featured in a 1920's room which is modeled after her video for Ain't No Other Man. The room is actually interactive, fans can sing along with some of Christina's biggest hits or dance to her videos.

The final track listing has been revealed for The Family Values Tour 2006 CD and DVD which will be released December 26 on Firm Music. The CD and DVD (sold separately) will feature live tracks from Korn, Deftones, Stone Sour, Flyleaf, Dir En Grey, 10 Years and Deadsy. The DVD takes viewers on-stage, backstage, behind the scenes and in the dressing room with exclusive concert footage, interviews and out takes all in digital 5.1 Surround Sound.

Kevin Federline is hoping to boost his profile with appearance tonight on the hit gameshow, 1 vs.100. And no, as much as he might need the cash, K-Fed is not a contestant. Instead, Federline is a part of the mob which tries to steal the contestants money once they fail to answer a question correctly.

The hard-touring Nickelback is up for artist of the year and rock artist of the year, as well as group of the year. Its 2005 release All the Right Reasons will vie for album of the year and rock album of the year. The set has sold 4 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

A&E has greenlit a second season of the reality-TV show Gene Simmons Family Jewels. The cable channel has begun production on 20 one-hour episodes for a premiere sometime in 2007.

Eddie Murphy will be back as Axel Foley. Paramount Pictures and Hollywood power producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura will be working on Beverly Hills Cop 4. The original film was released in 1984 followed by a sequel 1987. Both films grossed more than $380 million dollars domestically but the franchise ran into trouble with the third film, which grossed only $44 million.

A third Starship Troopers film is on the way. Plans are afoot to shoot next year. Casper Van Dien will be back as Colonel John Rico.

The Killers have also thrown their support behind the RED campaign. All proceeds from their freshly recorded holiday single A Great Big Sled will go to the Global Fund. The track is available for download on itunes.

Actress Lindsay Lohan, who has been a frequent target of the tabloids for her partying ways, has begun attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, according to her publicist.