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28. Seth MacFarlane
Creator, writer, producer, Family Guy
Age: 37
Rank change: Down
Industry: Hollywood

Hollywood multitalent MacFarlane hit the road to lambaste Arizona's immigration law and California's gay marriage ban in 2010 but somehow made all his protests hilarious -- a secret of his success. TV's highest-paid writer-producer in history (his $100 million contract with Fox runs through 2012) has three primetime satires: Family Guy, American Dad, and The Cleveland Show. This year Family Guy, already a $1 billion-plus franchise, became the bestselling TV series ever on DVD.

New gig: Universal picked up rights to his $65 million live-action/CGI film about a man and his teddy bear.

By Scott Cendrowski, reporter


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