After two years as a runner-up, Oprah Winfrey has been named the most powerful celebrity by Forbes, heading the six women and four men who make up the top 10.

A man who took his ex-girlfriend’s pregnancy test for a joke found out he had testicular cancer after being alerted by users on a website where his story was posted.

Kristen Stewart, who shot to fame as Bella Swan in the Twilight films and has a starring role in Snow White and the Huntsman, has knocked Angelina Jolie from top place in Forbes.com’s annual list of highest-paid actresses.

IMCLONE SYSTEMS founder Sam Waksal was sentenced to seven years and three months in prison yesterday for an insider-trading scandal that ensnared his family and threatens US home and style guru Martha Stewart and her home decorating empire.