Ryan Seacrest

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18. Ryan Seacrest, 44, $71.5 million

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In a Saturday, May 13, 2017, file photo, Ryan Seacrest arrives at Wango Tango at StubHub Center, in Carson, Calif. Seacrest will be back hosting “American Idol” when it returns for a first season on ABC. Kelly Ripa made the announcement Thursday, July 20, 2017, on “Live with Kelly and Ryan,” which she has co-hosted with Seacrest since he joined her in May. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

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Ryan Seacrest speaks on stage during the iHeartRadio Music Awards at the Forum on Sunday, March 5, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

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Ryan Seacrest arrives at the iHeartRadio Music Awards at the Forum on Sunday, March 5, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

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FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2016 file photo, Ryan Seacrest attends Z100's iHeartRadio Jingle Ball at Madison Square Garden in New York. Seacrest says he and about five other people got stuck in a Times Square elevator before an appearance on ABC's "Good Morning America" and were rescued by firefighters. The host of "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest" was heading up to the crystal ball on Friday morning, Dec. 30, 2016, when the elevator got stuck. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)