For Paris Hilton, it's pet supplies and handbags. For Beyonce, it ranges from L'Oreal to DirecTV. Here's a run-down of celebrities that are beefing up their bank accounts by selling an eclectic array of merchandise and consumer goods.
The gap between America's super-wealthy and the rest of us has grown so vast it's hard to even comprehend the sums they spend on their luxuries. But if you measure, say, a $200 million luxury yacht in terms of the average U.S. family's household income, the picture comes back into focus.
Pool clubs have become ubiquitous in Las Vegas. With dance-floor-packing DJs and islands adorned with stripper poles, they're the daytime versions of Sin City's famously profitable nightclubs. And, they can generate $1 million a week.
For Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) heiress Casey Johnson, 30, the battle between a desire for media attention and her family's struggle for privacy translated into a painful choice between wealth and fame. On Monday, the struggle ended sadly: Johnson found dead of undetermined causes in her Los Angeles home.
