[Anderson:] Hey, there. Welcome back to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. Tonight`s Brangelina baby frenzy worldwide. The first photos of Brad and Angelina`s twins sold for a huge amount of money. But Vivienne and Knox are just the latest in a line of Hollywood`s million-dollar babies. We went all the way to London to find out why. Here`s CNN`s Phil Black for SHOWBIZ TONIGHT.
[Phil Black, Cnn Correspondent:] "Hello" magazine calls it the biggest exclusive of the year, photos of the Brangelina twins, Knox and Vivienne, just three weeks after birth. "Hello" has the international rights. "People" magazine will publish the pictures in North America. Together, they`re said to have paid a record $14 million.
[Darryn Lyons, Big Pictures Photo Agency:] The babies don`t look that impressed.
[Black:] Darryn Lyons calls himself Mr. Paparazzi. He`s made millions selling unofficial photos of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. He`s not shocked by the cost of their latest family snaps.
[Lyons:] They are the number one celebrity couple in the world and the world wants to see those babies.
[Black:] But it`s not just Jolie and Pitt who command big money from magazines for access to their children. Jennifer Lopez reportedly received $6 million from "People" for photos of her twins. For new dad, Matthew McConaughey, it was $3 million from "OK!" magazine. Proud mom Jessica Alba, $1.5 million. And even Britney Spears` younger sister, Jamie Lynn, got away with $1 million for pictures of her child. Darryn Lyons calls it the new celebrity baby boom.
[Lyons:] Hollywood is manipulating their kids, and you can`t scream privacy really when you`re parading your newborn in front of the lenses, who doesn`t really know what`s going on. But I`ll tell you what, those babies are serious new cash these days.
[Black:] Brad and Angelina have done this before with their other children. Once again, they`re giving all the magazine money to charity. But public relations experts say the couple still profits indirectly.
[Mark Borkowski, Celebrity Publicist:] What a publicity coop. They only just control the images, control messages, but you`re doing some good. And every celebrity A-lister, knows that brand has to be seen to be doing good.
[Black:] Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes didn`t take any cash for pictures of baby Suri in "Vanity Fair." And Nicole Kidman recently declared she won`t be doing any deals for photos of her daughter, Sunday Rose. But it`s not a new moral challenge for famous parents. This little guy is Desi Arnaz, Jr., the son of entertainment Lucille Ball. He was on the cover of the first edition of "America`s TV Guide" back in 1953. More than half a century on, the market in celebrity baby photos has become very big business.
[Anderson:] That was CNN`s Phil Black for SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. Now, we asked you whether you think Brangelina`s baby photos are worth $14 million and we got a tremendous response. We will read some of your E-mails later on in the show.
[Hammer:] Well, as we told you earlier, Tyra Banks is raising lots of eyebrows in her new photo shoot where she poses as Barack Obama`s wife, Michelle in the Oval Office. Look at these the photos are in "Harper`s Bazaar" magazine and it really has people talking and it got me thinking, you know, Tyra`s often called the next Oprah. And while Oprah campaigned for Obama, Tyra pretended to be his wife. But how about it? Could Tyra really dethrone Oprah Winfrey as the queen of daytime TV? It`s a showbiz special report. Watching former supermodel Tyra Banks whipping her audience into a frenzy on her hit daytime talk show, "The Tyra Banks Show." The scene seems vaguely familiar. Remember this?
[Oprah Winfrey, Host, "the Oprah Winfrey Show":] Everybody gets a car!
[Hammer:] OK. So Oprah gives away cars and Tyra gives away Vaseline. But you have to admit, the parallels between Oprah and Tyra are heir apparent.
[Banks:] Hi. I didn`t want to interrupt you.
[Hammer:] It took about 10 years but Tyra Banks has transformed herself from top model to top mogul. Whether it`s her hit reality show, her production company or her Oprah-esque daytime talk show, Tyra is definitely making her mark. But SHOWBIZ TONIGHT has to ask, is Tyra the new Oprah?
[Tim Stack, "entertainment Weekly":] Comparisons between Tyra and Oprah inevitable. They both believe in philanthropy. They`re huge philanthropists and also very, you know, involved in issues with young women. And then they also both have very public battles with their weight.
[Samuels:] Oprah likes to have control over every aspect of her business. Tyra supposedly is the very same way.
[Hammer:] Tyra Banks tells SHOWBIZ TONIGHT she loves her some Oprah.
[Banks:] I think she probably sees herself as a vessel to communicate beautiful things and to change I think there`s no ego. It`s not about fulfilling herself. And I think that`s what makes her so special.
[Hammer:] SHOWBIZ TONIGHT can tell you, Tyra`s transition plan to go from model to mogul wasn`t easy, but it certainly helped that it started with Oprah herself.
[Stack:] Tyra got her start as a youth correspondent on the "Oprah Winfrey Show" in the late `90s and like early 2000.
[Samuels:] I think that that was something Oprah had in her mind that maybe Tyra would be able to sort of do her own show.
[Hammer:] Tyra has certainly come a long way since those days. But is she ready to oust Oprah from her media mogul throne? Well, according to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT`s O-ccomplishment chart, Tyra has made impressive strides.
[Banks:] Take them off. Take them off.
[Hammer:] Oh, yes. That would be O-ccomplishment number one, get your own talk show. Oprah`s got the "Oprah Winfrey Show" going on its 22nd year. But the Tyra Banks show has got something Oprah might want a fast- growing, much younger audience.
[Stack:] It is not, you know, a blockbuster by any name but it reaches a very, you know, targeted demo of women 18 to 34 which is what advertisers love because those are the women who are out shopping.
[Hammer:] Two different audiences but Tyra and Oprah share one common quality that make them both successful at daytime talk.
[Banks:] Well, it`s my responsibility to show myself un-retouched, to come out of my talk show with my face washed, to show my cellulite, to show my gluts sagging and my back fat on my bra.
[Hammer:] When SHOWBIZ TONIGHT sat down with Tyra, it was clear she completed O-ccomplishment number two, be relatable.
[Samuels:] Oprah certainly has made that very clear in her struggles with weight. And I think Tyra, who, as I said, told me that`s one reason she wanted to get out of the modeling business because she did not want to worry constantly about her weight.
[Hammer:] But like Oprah, Tyra became the target of tabloid scrutiny when the former "Sports Illustrated" cover girl was caught by the paparazzi looking heavier than ever in a swim suit.
[Stack:] And she went on her talk show and appeared in the same swim suit, and basically gave this whole long speech about how offensive it is that, you know, the media`s so mean towards women that have, you know, fuller figures.
[Banks:] I have one thing to say to you. Kiss my fat ass!
[Stack:] She was, you know, teary-eyed and very real. And I think that really kind of solidified her as Tyra the girlfriend, the one that we want to like have coffee with.
[Hammer:] A girlfriend whose blossoming empire wouldn`t be complete without O-ccomplishment number three create your own production company. That way, you own the show.
[Stack:] They both have their own production companies. Tyra has Bankable, Oprah has Harpo.
[Banks:] And you`re running towards becoming America`s next top model.
[Hammer:] That`s Tyra`s longest running gig yet. "America`s Next Top Model" brings us to Tyra`s fourth big O-ccomplishment use that production company to create a popular reality show. And when it comes to reality, Tyra may have a fashionable edge over her mentor.
[Stack:] She, you know, created "Top Model" which is hugely successful. And, you know, it is in like over 100 countries and, you know, it is all over the world. And, you know, franchise and it`s the CW`s, you know, most popular show at the moment.
[Hammer:] So in the end, Tyra charted really well on our O-ccomplishment chart. But SHOWBIZ TONIGHT is asking, is Tyra Banks the new Oprah?
[Samuels:] I hate to compare her to Oprah exactly because I think Oprah`s world and Oprah`s sort of, you know, the way that she became famous is so vastly different from Tyra`s that I can`t say that I think that she`s exactly like Oprah. But I do think that she has the opportunity.
[Stack:] I mean Oprah, you know, is a phenomenon and icon. You know, I don`t know I don`t know if we`ll see someone that can kind of reach everyone the same way that Oprah did.
[Hammer:] The moment of truth is almost here, Tyra. So no need to be jealous of Oprah, right?
[Mark L. Wahlberg, Host, "moment Of Truth":] Tyra, are you jealous of Oprah Winfrey?
[Banks:] My answer is, no. I`m not jealous of Oprah Winfrey.
[Wahlberg:] Of course not.
[Unidentified Female:] That answer is false.
[Hammer:] All right. So can Tyra dethrone the queen of daytime talk shows? It`s the SHOWBIZ TONIGHT question of the day, "Tyra Banks: Is she the next Oprah?" You can vote at CNN.comShowbizTonight. But if you have more to say, well, by all means, please send us your E-mail at showbiztonight@cnn.com.
[Anderson:] Whoopi Goldberg is sounding off. There are fireworks pretty much every morning on "The View" and Whoopi says she wouldn`t have it any other way. Whoopi talks about how she really feels about all the fighting at the co-host table, next on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. You don`t want to miss that.