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| Lony Pizarro – “If you give 100 all of the time, some how things will workout” |
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A round-up of what my much-cooler-than-I friends are up to on Instagram this weekend:
Pop/rock star Richard Marx closed out his successful 3 week residency at the Flamingo Las Vegas:
Tony Award winner Betty Buckley performed at 54 Below in NYC with Michael Feinstein:
Out singer/songwriters Matt Zarley and Jeb Havens announced a multi-week run in Puerto Vallarta titled, “Works of Heart:”
Tyson Beckford prepares for his final (for now) performances with the world-famous Chippendales in Las Vegas:
Nashville super-gays Joe Wooley and Jim Schmidt have been sharing awesome pics of Amsterdam:
Ruby Lewis, star of Las Vegas’ “Baz” takes an extra bow as she looks to her day off:
Ever wonder what celebrities do with all those social media followers?
Make money!
NewTheory.com compiles a list of the “Top 10 Paid Celebrities for Sponsored Posts on Instagram” in 2017.
Selena Gomez tops the list as she earns a whopping $550,000 per sponsored post on her Instagram.
Check out the rest of the Top 10 below.
Instagram can be a fun place.
You look around, discover people, their lives, their personalities.
I’ve been following model & comic artist Steve Raider for a while. Furry, muscle-hottie who clearly likes to get out and enjoy life.
I think I would like Steve if we ever met.
And then, he shaved. Still handsome, just a whole different flavor.
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| Former UK pro footballer David Beckham |
Instagram is easily the most popular social media platform currently in the game.
Back in December of 2016, Instagram crossed the mind-blowing threshold of 600 million users. Of those, around 55% are age 18-29.
And we know how young folks love to follow the escapades of famous athletes, musicians, and reality TV stars.
A study conducted by Project Know looked into how celebrity Instagram posts affect their young followers, and in doing so, found some astounding numbers.
Surprisingly, the data showed that the most-followed users aren’t always the one getting the most engagement on their posts.
Check the stats below which show that Selena Gomez, the most-followed person on Instagram with an eye-popping 115 million followers, doesn’t average nearly the most “Likes” per post.
Instead, one of the world’s most famous soccer players gets that honor.
Here are the 15 artists, entertainers, and athletes with the highest number of likes on average.
You’ll see the expected Kardashians and former boy banders, but it’s male athletes who get the most pop per Instagram post:
15. David Beckham (former UK pro footballer) — followers: 34.7 million – 515,405 likes on average
14. Kim Kardashian (reality TV celeb) — followers: 96.5 million – 535,693 likes on average
13. Kendall Jenner — (reality TV celeb) followers: 77.5 million – 538,945 likes on average
12. Demi Lovato — (recording artist) followers: 55.5 million – 593,296 likes on average
11. Beyoncé — (actress/recording artist) followers: 98.3 million – 672,358 likes on average
10. Kylie Jenner — (reality TV celeb) followers: 90.4 million – 706,261 likes on average
9. Ariana Grande — (recording artist) followers: 101 million – 708,019 likes on average
8. Emma Watson — (actress) followers: 27.7 million – 845,961 likes on average
7. Niall Horan — (former One Direction boy bander) followers: 19.1 million – 868,029 likes on average
6. Harry Styles — (One Direction boy bander) followers: 19.8 million – 870,954 likes on average
5. Louis Tomlinson — (One Direction boy bander) followers: 12.7 million – 1,047,075 likes on average
4. Taylor Swift — (recording artist) followers: 99.7 million – 1,059,970 likes on average
3. Selena Gomez – (actress/recording artist) followers: 115 million – 1,065,909 likes on average
2. Cristiano Ronaldo — (Portuguese professional footballer) followers: 95.8 million – 1,126,447 likes on average
1. Leo Messi (Argentine pro footballer) followers: 67.4 million – 1,145,563 likes on average
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| Argentine pro footballer Leo Messi |
Vice President Joe Biden is the star of this hilarious Instagram account featuring faux moments between the Veep and his bestie, Barack.
TGIF! Time to kick back and enjoy the summer sun – just like “sexiest math teacher in the world” Pietro Boselli. Cause look what it does for him and HIS abs. Even in black and white, he’s bringing a lot of color to my life 🙂 If you’re not following Boselli on Instagram, you really should start. Always a nice brain break. More wine! https://www.instagram.com/p/BIwGRQxDBrn/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link https://www.instagram.com/p/BIwKyWMjLiG/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link https://www.instagram.com/p/BI3xzvYjHu1/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
This Democratic National Convention worker was popping balloons 🎈🎈after Hillary Clinton accepted her party's nomination. "At one point, he pretended to be counting each balloon he popped, pausing to say: ‘Twelve thousand,’” says Ben Von Klemperer, who took this video in a hall that was more than 2-feet deep with balloons. #behindthescenes #demconvention #balloons #demsinphilly #democrats #politics #cnnA video posted by CNN Politics (@cnnpolitics) on Jul 29, 2016 at 10:16am PDT