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By Lynda Johnson and Philippa Bourke Oct 30, 2009

Why is everyone picking on Adam Lambert and his new photo for his album, "For Your Entertainment"? He logs on to Twitter to scold critics to lighten up. Hollywood Nights learned long ago, old money is the best money. Yves Saint Laurent is the highest earning dead celebrity sayeth Forbes magazine. He trumps Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley to the top of a Forbes list of the world's highest earning dead celebrities. Details on both stories follow.

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One - What controversy? Debra Beste has Adam Lambert defending himself from attacks on his first real album cover titled "For your Amusement". The LP will have the usual American idol buzz and now a bit of a fight so it should help sales. The key word is 'campy'.

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Two - Michael Jackson was eclipsed on the Forbes list of high-earning celebrities in death. Fashion icon Yves Saint-Laurent was named the top-earning dead celebrity in the ninth annual macabre ranking put together by Forbes. The publisher claimed Saint-Laurent, who died in 2008, earned a staggering $350 million.

Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein came in second at $235 million and were followed by Jackson, who ranked third at $90 million. Forbes Senior Editor Matt Miller, who edits the list, pointed to a massive estate sale made by Saint-Laurent and said Jackson's longevity in earnings would likely push him higher in the future.

"Michael Jackson will make tens of millions of dollars a year because he has lucrative publishing rights, rights to all his memorabilia. There's still profits to be made from the movie which comes out tomorrow." Fourth on the list was Elvis Presley, whose earnings in death tallied $55 million.

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