Wow.....
As expected, Ryan Seacrest is getting a nifty raise. Reuters reports Seacrest will get about $45 million over three years, tripling his salary from the past few seasons.

The Wall Street Journal has slightly different numbers but comparable:

Seacrest will receive a total of $30 million for the next three seasons, as well as a $7.5 million signing bonus. In addition, 19 Entertainment paid $15 million last week for all Seacrest marketing rights related to “American Idol.”

This makes him the highest paid reality show host in America.

Seacrest has separate contracts for his morning radio show, the syndicated show heard locally on Star 94, his E! News responsibilities and AT40. He also executive produces “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” and “Denise Richards: It’s Complicated.”

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Ryan Seacrest is so over-rated.

thought there was a recession
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hollywood isn't broke huh?

funkpill said:

Hollywood has always had tons of money, recession or not. Their perennial problem is that to many of their executives tend to spend it unwisely. They should be looking for great talent, whether in front of the camera, behind it, or writing for it; instead they get cold feet and spend zillions promoting lame sequels like the Transformers or X-Men: Origins or try to resurrect old TV series like Knight Rider, Bionic Woman, or Land of the Lost which weren't exactly Oscar or Emmy caliber series to begin with.

I was tempted to write a screenplay for a movie about an older hot interracial couple who have children from previous relationships that fall in love, get married, and try to deal with the tribulations of integrating two families while fending off flesh-eating zombies and dealing with a sassy, talking stuffed bunny named Rufus, but I guess I'd be better off trying to pitch a big screen remake of the early 1980's TV series B.J. and the Bear.

BTW, Ryan Seacrest is looking to become this generation's Dick Clark. We mostly know Dick Clark from hosting American Bandstand, New Year's Rockin' Eve and TV Bloopers and Practical Jokes, but I believe he became a near-billionaire from his production company that produced a number of hit TV shows and specials and created the American Music Awards.

728huey said:

he is on track.....

PaisleyPark5083 said:

Is he really? Does anyone think he's actually good at anything or is he just inoffensive?

He seems very reliable and consistant, and handles weird situations with class.

728huey said:

Lol, that sounds great.