Forbes magazine has released its annual list of the top 100 most powerful celebrities, but not every boldface name made the cut.

Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie fell off the 2007 list, thanks to waning interest in their reality series The Simple Life.

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, who had been steadily climbing the ranks from 2002 to 2006, were also left off the list.

“They no longer have the tween fashion cachet,” Forbes’ associate editor Lea Goldman tells USA Today.

She added: “The stock is down on their brand.”

Oprah Winfrey, who consistently cracks the top 10 with earnings of $260 million a year, is in first place this year.

While compiling the list, Forbes considers income, while also taking into account factors such as media interest and the number of friends on stars’ MySpace pages.

Lindsay Lohan was on the list for two years, but dropped off in 2006. Britney Spears, who was ranked No. 1 in 2002, bowed out the following year and hasn’t been back since.

Blockbuster actors cleaned up this year, with Pirates of the Caribbean star Johnny Depp, who earned $92 million last year, coming in at No. 6. and The Da Vinci Code’s Tom Hanks leap-frogging from No. 31 to No. 11.

Brad Pitt finally made it into the top 10 for the first time with a No. 5 ranking.

Meanwhile, child stars are fast on the heels of their adult contemporaries. Harry Potter stars Daniel Radcliffe (No. 79) and Emma Watson (No. 97) join the list for the first time, along with Dakota Fanning (No. 94).

“We’re seeing young kids bringing in adult salaries,” Goldman says.

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