Jennifer Lawrence Named Top-Grossing Actors of 2014 by Forbes

Jennifer Lawrence is named the top-grossing actor of 2014 by Forbes, beating Chris Pratt who trails behind her on second place. On Thursday, December 26, Forbes released their annual list of the top-grossing actors which was compiled with data from Box Office Mojo. Lawrence is on the first spot after she appeared as Mystique in "X-Men: Days of Future Past" and played Katniss Everdeen in "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1" which grossed an estimated $1.4 billion worldwide.

Pratt, meanwhile, is not far behind. This year, he took part in "The Lego Movie" and "Guardians of the Galaxy" as Peter Quill a.k.a. Star Lord. They garnered an estimated $1.2 billion worldwide in total. Next on the list is Scarlett Johansson whose projects "Captain America: The Winter Soldier", Luc Besson-directed "Lucy" and "Under the Skin"scored an estimated $1.18 billion.

The fourth and fifth place on the list are taken by Mark Wahlberg and Chris Evans respectively. Wahlberg earns the position following his performance in "Transformers: Age of Extinction" which grossed $1 billion globally. Evans, meanwhile, starred in "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" and "Snowpiercer" which grossed $801 million.

Other names in the list include Emma Stone, Angelina Jolie and "X-Men: Days of Future Past" stars James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender and Hugh Jackman. Stone's projects "The Amazing Spider-Man 2", "Magic in the Moonlight" and "Birdman" scored $764 million worldwide. Jolie's "Maleficent" raked in $758 million worldwide, while McAvoy, Fassbender and Jackman round out the list with $747 million, $747 million and $746 million respectively.

Forbes' List of Highest-Grossing Actors of 2014:

1. Jennifer Lawrence - $1.4 billion
2. Chris Pratt - $1.2 billion
3. Scarlett Johansson - $1.18 billion
4. Mark Wahlberg - $1 billion
5. Chris Evans - $801 million
6. Emma Stone - $764 million
7. Angelina Jolie - $758 million
8. James McAvoy - $747 million
9. Michael Fassbender - $747 million
10. Hugh Jackman - $746 million

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Cristiano Ronaldo will finish his career at Real Madrid- Jorge Mendes

Cristiano Ronaldo's agent Jorge Mendes appears to have ruled out the prospect of his client leaving Real Madrid any time soon after confirming he expects the Portuguese star to finish his career at the Bernabeu.

Ronaldo has been persistently linked with a move to his former club Manchester United over the last couple of years, with question marks his future in the Spanish capital reaching fever pitch last summer as the Old Trafford club were rumoured to be preparing an offer to lure him back to England.

Yet Mendes seems convinced the 29-year-old Ronaldo will see out his playing day with the reigning European champions, in comments appearing in an interview with Globo Esporte.

"I believe that Cristiano will finish his career at Real Madrid," Mendes is reported to have said. "He's happy at the club and is still keen to achieve more success in Madrid."

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Report: Kim Kardashian is finding it difficult to have a second child

Kim Kardashian is having a hard time getting pregnant with her and Kanye West's second child, TMZ reports. According to the site, Kim and Kanye have been trying to have another baby for the past nine months but nothing has worked yet.

Kim is said to have visited fertility doctors who have told her that having another child was a "long shot." The doctors told the "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" star to reduce her stress and cut down on traveling. The site says that Kanye has been accompanying Kim to almost every doctor's appointment.

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US President 'Barrack Obama' was insulted by North Korea, blame US for Web outage

North Korea has released a statement, blaming the U.S. for internet outage in the country. The blackout took place shortly after the U.S. named North Korea as the one responsible for massive cyber attack at Sony Pictures Entertainment and that they would "respond proportionally." A spokesperson for Policy Department of the National Defense Commission said on Saturday, December 27 that it was the U.S. who caused the internet blackout.

"The U.S., a big country, started disturbing the Internet operation of major media of the DPRK, not knowing shame like children playing a tag," read the statement on state-run Korean Central News Agency on Saturday, December 27 as reported by The Associated Press. The statement also mentioned, "Obama always goes reckless in words and deeds like a monkey in a tropical forest." There is no immediate response from the U.S. regarding the statement.

Earlier this month, North Korea said the U.S. was behind the making of "The Interview", a Seth Rogen and James Franco-starring comedy which shows the assassination of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un. "The DPRK has clear evidence that the U.S. administration was deeply involved in the making of such dishonest reactionary movie," they said, as reported by CNN.

Sony who originally decided to cancel "The Interview" Christmas Day release following a 9/11-style threat on theaters later retracted their statement and released it in select theaters. It is also available on YouTube, Microsoft's Xbox Video, Google Play, and Sony's official website.

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