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Hilarious conversation i had with a Universal rep about "celebs who sing" Im not really sure how i got onto this topic but i was talking to an old friend that still works at Universal and gets me free stuff and into parties etc. But every now and then we will argue about music and promo etc...and I asked him about "Celebs who sing" mainly because in the last 2 weeks i heard tracks from Heidi Montag (some HILLS chick) Leighton Meester (gossip girl) and Hayden Paniettere (who actually sings pretty well), i said to him WHY? and he said "Why not, if Eddie Murphy,Bruce Willis and Don Johnson can have best-of's, who says where u draw a line" "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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it seems easier for people who start out as successful pop stars to cross over to acting than vice versa, though i guess it's not impossible.
though the recordings i've heard haven't really made me a fan, i got to catch some of a juliette lewis concert last summer and she's a kick-ass rock star. i don't see her having the kind of mass appeal that someone like heidi montag is certainly looking for, but it felt like juliette is just doing something she really wants to do, and going full-on with it. good for her! | |
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Anxiety said: it seems easier for people who start out as successful pop stars to cross over to acting than vice versa, though i guess it's not impossible.
though the recordings i've heard haven't really made me a fan, i got to catch some of a juliette lewis concert last summer and she's a kick-ass rock star. i don't see her having the kind of mass appeal that someone like heidi montag is certainly looking for, but it felt like juliette is just doing something she really wants to do, and going full-on with it. good for her! That is also true for acting, the late GREAT Jackie Gleason pointed out back in the mid 1980's, how good "comedic" actors could do Dramatic acting but Dramatic actors rarely did well crossing back over to comedy "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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lastdecember said: Anxiety said: it seems easier for people who start out as successful pop stars to cross over to acting than vice versa, though i guess it's not impossible.
though the recordings i've heard haven't really made me a fan, i got to catch some of a juliette lewis concert last summer and she's a kick-ass rock star. i don't see her having the kind of mass appeal that someone like heidi montag is certainly looking for, but it felt like juliette is just doing something she really wants to do, and going full-on with it. good for her! That is also true for acting, the late GREAT Jackie Gleason pointed out back in the mid 1980's, how good "comedic" actors could do Dramatic acting but Dramatic actors rarely did well crossing back over to comedy interesting...i wonder if that truism has changed with the times, or if it's just my own annoyance whenever i see the likes of jim carrey or adam sandler attempting those "breakthrough dramatic roles".  | |
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Anxiety said: lastdecember said: That is also true for acting, the late GREAT Jackie Gleason pointed out back in the mid 1980's, how good "comedic" actors could do Dramatic acting but Dramatic actors rarely did well crossing back over to comedy interesting...i wonder if that truism has changed with the times, or if it's just my own annoyance whenever i see the likes of jim carrey or adam sandler attempting those "breakthrough dramatic roles". There have been some that have done it but very few, the number of comedic actors though greatly outwieghs it, and the "performances" greatly outweigh those going the other way, Tom Hanks and Robin Williams alone prove that "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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lastdecember said: Anxiety said: interesting...i wonder if that truism has changed with the times, or if it's just my own annoyance whenever i see the likes of jim carrey or adam sandler attempting those "breakthrough dramatic roles". There have been some that have done it but very few, the number of comedic actors though greatly outwieghs it, and the "performances" greatly outweigh those going the other way, Tom Hanks and Robin Williams alone prove that Big shout to Bill Murray | |
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Cinnie said: lastdecember said: There have been some that have done it but very few, the number of comedic actors though greatly outwieghs it, and the "performances" greatly outweigh those going the other way, Tom Hanks and Robin Williams alone prove that Big shout to Bill Murray though he started off a little bumpy, too. "the razor's edge", anyone? i think it took wes anderson to figure out how to best use bill murray in a film that wasn't a broad screwball comedy. | |
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Jasmine Guy, anyone?:
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Anxiety said: Cinnie said: Big shout to Bill Murray though he started off a little bumpy, too. "the razor's edge", anyone? i think it took wes anderson to figure out how to best use bill murray in a film that wasn't a broad screwball comedy. Shout out to LL Cool J | |
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