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HIGHEST PAID DJS: FORBES RELEASES 2016 ELECTRONIC CASH KINGS LIST

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Forbes just released its annual Electronic Cash Kings list ranking the highest paid DJs of the year. Topping the 2016 list was - to no big surprise - Calvin Harris. Despite being down $3 million in income this year, the DJ superstar pulled in a whopping $63 million. This means that Calvin Harris is the highest paid DJ in the world, four years running! Landing near the top as the second highest paid DJ in the world is Dutch veteran Tiësto with $38 million, followed by French DJ David Guetta with $28 million. Zedd came in at number four ahead of Steve Aoki with $24.5 million while Diplo came right in front of Skrillex with $23 million. Kaskade, Martin Garrix and Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike rounded out the top 10 highest paid DJs with $19 million, $16 million and $15.5 million. The collective earnings of the top 10 cash kings is $270.5 million, which - according to Forbes - revealed itself to be the first time since 2012 that the number has gone down year over year. Forbes 201...
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MARTIN GARRIX REVEALED AS DJ MAG TOP 100 DJS WINNER

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Martin Garrix has been revealed as the winner of the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs Poll 2016, with the 20-year-old Dutch superstar becoming the youngest ever No.1 DJ. Garrix, who takes the coveted top spot from 2015 winners, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, was awarded the No.1 trophy by his mentor, Tiësto, on stage at the Top 100 DJs poll award ceremony at the Heineken Music Hall. The event was the opening party in this year’s AMF Festival, the largest of the Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE). The award caps a meteoric rise for Garrix over the past few years — ever since ‘Animals’ shot to No.1 around the world in 2013. He was odds-on favourite to win in 2016, after coming third in 2015. On receiving the award, Martin Garrix said, “It feels unreal to have won. I 100 percent did not expect it at all. I’ve had an amazing year, with awesome shows and amazing fans — I’m so thankful for their support. It just shows how dope the fan-base is.” This year, votes in the Top 100 DJs Poll exceeded one mi...
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WALL·E

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In a distant, but not so unrealistic, future where mankind has abandoned earth because it has become covered with trash from products sold by the powerful multi-national Buy N Large corporation, WALL-E, a garbage collecting robot has been left to clean up the mess. Mesmerized with trinkets of Earth's history and show tunes, WALL-E is alone on Earth except for a sprightly pet cockroach. One day, EVE, a sleek (and dangerous) reconnaissance robot, is sent to Earth to find proof that life is once again sustainable. WALL-E falls in love with EVE. WALL-E rescues EVE from a dust storm and shows her a living plant he found amongst the rubble. Consistent with her "directive", EVE takes the plant and automatically enters a deactivated state except for a blinking green beacon. WALL-E, doesn't understand what has happened to his new friend, but, true to his love, he protects her from wind, rain, and lightning, even as she is unresponsive. One day a massive ship comes to reclaim...
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