Dwayne Johnson returns to top of Forbes best-paid actor list
By AFP
22 August 2019 |
2:45 pm
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson reclaims his position as the world's highest-paid actor, according to a Forbes rich list otherwise dominated by the cast of Marvel's record-breaking "Avengers" films
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