The lives of the rich and famous; aka the lives of the people living out our fantasies of wealth, fame, and fortune. I am not one to outwardly care what goes on in the lives of superstars and their mothers, although, it has been mentioned that I am a faithful Perez Hilton reader. I can not explain why I enjoy websites citing the downfalls and uprisings of the rich and arrogant; I’ve been sucked in. However, unlike my fellow readers, I do not make these stories of Britney, Amy, Miley, blahblahblah the focus of my conversations. Label me a hypocrit, I take no offense. Perez Hilton is just another one of my unhealthy addictions; add it to the list (see “oh senior year” for another fine addiction).
Regardless, I have formulated an opinion on actresses, actors, and “musicians”.
While the trend of artists infultrating another art has been ongoing for years, the 2000’s (c. 2005 on) arise a pop-culture phenomenon set to destroy eyes, ears, and intellects everywhere. It seems that upon fame in the moving pictures, actors and actresses feel it necessary to test their obviously talented vocal skills. Unfortunately, record producers and companies seem to embrace the arrogance, not testing or questioning. “Oh Lindsay Lohan-Hillary Duff-Lindsay Lohan’s little sister-Hayden Ponettiere-enter actors name here, please come to our studio and record your song. We are sure that an overdone made-for-clubs/made-for-Disney Channel electronic-house-pop song is totally your forte and definitely not cliche at all.” Hold on, let me go vomit. Everyone of these pop-tart-ho’s songs sounds the same – no talent and computer generated. Give a producer a keyboard and an iBook and I am sure that they can make even Tony Danza have an angellic voice with a hip extasy beat. It seems that with fame in the movies or TV comes the necessity to release a CD. The “E True Hollywood Story” always conveys the same, mundane story about how so-and-so was meant to act and was always a talented performer, meant to sing and dance, too.
This is not solely for actors-turned-to-music; the same goes for certain musicians-turned-actors. While I truly believe that many singers have a bit more acting skill in that they are required to exert some sort of acting talent in their music videos, some need to stick to their initial goal. There are exceptions, such as Jennifer Lopez. I am not a fan of her music, however I recognize her talent. Similarly, most of her movies feature decent acting on her part. Britney Spears, though? I reluctantly admit I was a fan of “Crossroads,” but she should stick to singing or drugging or drinking or dancing or whatever it is she does.
Moving on to the combination of it all: the singer-actress combo. The Miley Cyrus. The pop-tart-ho that makes me want to vomit the most. She cannot act and she surely cannot sing. Hearing her speak is like having someone with mucus stuck in that area between your nose and your mouth try to talk. And yet, she is 16-years-old with bajilliions of dollars and an enormous fanbase, and I can only assume, a Playboy Centerfold and cover the day she turns 18. But why? She has nice hair, is that why? Her singing is mediocre and her acting is less than that and she is more successful now that I can ever wish to be. Seriously, someone in power needs to recognnize her lack of talent, and even worse, her lack of good PR, and get her out of the lime light.
People need to stick to their art and quit trying another because it’s hurting our ears and making us that much dumber.
