Arts & Entertainment
World's Highest Paid Celebrities 2016 Flock to Hamptons
Seven out of top 100 highest paid live in the Hamptons.

EAST HAMPTON, NY — You may want to borrow more than a cup of sugar from your neighbor after you read this.
Forbes has come up with its annual World’s Highest-Paid Celebrities List 2016, and seven of them have homes right here in the Hamptons. It's pre-taxed earnings scored between June 2015 to June 2016.
According to the Forbes report, here's a rundown of familiar Hamptons faces who made the list:
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Clocking in at #7 is Southampton’s Howard Stern, who earned $85 million last year.
Next up is Bridgehampton’s Madonna at #12 having earned $76.5 million.
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East Hampton’s Sean Combs hits it at #22 with 62 million.
Amagansett’s Paul McCartney comes in at #25 with $56.5 million.
At #57 is East Hampton’s Jerry Seinfeld who earned $43.5 million.
North Haven’s own Jimmy Buffet makes the list at #66 with his $40.5 million earning.
And rounding out the Hamptons’ celeb earners is Southampton’s Jennifer Lopez at #68 for her $39.5 earnings.
Also, three frequent visitors made the list: Robert Downey Jr. is #86 having earned $33 million, Beyonce ia at #34 at $54 million for the year and her husband, Jay-Z, is #36 with his $53.5 million earnings.
The top spot went to Taylor Swift who earned $170 million. But while she has a vacation house at the beach, it's not in the Hamptons, it's in New England.
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