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The Green Stuff: Bill Cosby has recouped his ranking as the entertainment world’s top earner from singer Michael Jackson, Forbes magazine reports. Forbes issued its list of the world’s highest-paid entertainers, headed by an estimated $115 million in earnings by Cosby in 1989 and 1990. Jackson had earnings of about $100 million in that period. The Rolling Stones rock group rose from eighth place two years ago to third place on the 1990 list, taking in $88 million. The cream of the Forbes “Top 40” richest entertainers were: Steven Spielberg, $87 million; New Kids on the Block, $78 million; Oprah Winfrey, $68 million; Sylvester Stallone, $63 million; and Madonna, $62 million.