‘Big Bang’ stars are tops at bank
The Big Bang Theory does a bang-up job of making its stars rich.
The CBS comedy claims TV’s four best-paid actors, according to the annual list released Thursday by Forbes.
Jim Parsons led with a $25.5 million take between June 2015 and this June, Forbes said, followed by cast-mates Johnny Galecki ($24 million), Simon Helberg ($22.5 million) and Kunal Nayyar ($22 million).
In fifth place: Mark Harmon, star of CBS drama NCIS, was paid $20 million (as with all these actors, before management fees and taxes).
Forbes’ list of TV actresses, released last week, reaffirms the generous salaries for Big Bang stars: Leading lady Kaley Cuoco placed second on that list, with $24.5 million.
In that top spot: ABC’s Modern Family bombshell Sofia Vergara, with $43 million.
Cotillard dispels Pitt rumors
Marion Cotillard is announcing her pregnancy and shooting down rumors of any romantic involvement with Brad Pitt.
The star of such films as Inception and Rust and Bone affirmed her longtime relationship with actor Guillaume Canet. The couple are parents to a 5-year-old son. She said in an Instagram post that he is “the only one that I need” and they are expecting another child.
Mia Farrow mourns son’s death
The 27-year-old paraplegic son of actress Mia Farrow fatally shot himself in the torso before being found in his vehicle along a Connecticut road, the state medical examiner’s office ruled Thursday.
Thaddeus Wilk Farrow was found seriously wounded in his vehicle in Roxbury on Wednesday, about 8 miles from his mother’s home in neighboring Bridgewater. He was later pronounced dead at a hospital.
The medical examiner’s office determined in an autopsy the cause of death was suicide. State police had said there was no criminal element to the death.
Mia Farrow wrote in a Twitter posting on Thursday that her family is devastated by Thaddeus’ death.