Eddie Murphy, Katherine Heigl, Reese Witherspoon Top List Of Overpaid Actors

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Forbes magazine based its selections on how much a celeb was paid for his or her recent projects and compared it to what the movies actually made in ticket sales.

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Topics: actor eddie murphy katherine heigl overpaid actors reese witherspoon

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