NEW YORK — "Bennifer" has been over for months, but the media's love-hate relationship with the celebrity couple continues.

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have been banished from Forbes magazine's annual Celebrity 100 list, after ranking fifth and seventh respectively last year. This year they didn't make the cut on a list that includes "American Idol" reject William Hung, "Lord of the Dance" Michael Flatley and TV's Judge Judy Sheindlin.

Lopez and Affleck shouldn't take it too hard, though -- the magazine said almost 40 percent of the people on last year's list have been cut. Notably absent are Reese Witherspoon, Will Smith and Oscar winner Nicole Kidman.

So who did make the list? Mel Gibson is in the top spot after the phenomenal success of "The Passion of the Christ." Golfer and pitchman Tiger Woods is at No. 2, and TV queen Oprah Winfrey is in third place.

Rounding out the top 20 are: Tom Cruise, the Rolling Stones, J.K. Rowling, Michael Jordan, Bruce Springsteen, Steven Spielberg, Johnny Depp, David Letterman, "Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson, Angelina Jolie, Cameron Diaz, Jim Carrey, Michael Schumacher, Jennifer Aniston, NBA player Kobe Bryant, Beyonce Knowles and radio host Rush Limbaugh.

When compiling the list, Forbes said it considers earnings as well as other media metrics such as Web mentions on Internet searches, press clips, TV/radio mentions and the appearances on major magazine covers.