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Celebrities in 10 years time...

goo**spew — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 06:14:13 GMT

I recently came across an old videotape from 2003, thought I'd see what was on it - a bunch of old Entertainment Tonight shows I used to tape to watch when I came home from work, It was interesting to see the type of stars we celebrated as a culture back then and what has happened to their careers since.

For example, one episode was almost totally devoted to Julia Roberts and the $25 million she was being paid for Mona Lisa Smile. The interest in her was extraordinary. I had almost forgotten about her. Another episode focused on Paris Hilton and her new blockbuster TV show, A Simple Life. TMZ don't even report on her now and yet they'll interview Kim Kardashian's gardener. At the other end of the spectrum, there was a segment on Robert Downey Jnr's battle with drugs and prison and yet today he has been voted the most powerful and bankable star in Hollywood.

It got me to thinking where today's stars will be in 10 years time. Who do you think will be forgotten, succumb to drugs, insanity, go bankrupt or die? Are their outcasts today you think will make a comeback and others who will gain more credibility?

In the 1970's, when "The Sonny and Cher show" was all the rage, I'm sure there were few people, myself included, who thought Cher would win an Oscar for Best Actress and Sonny would become a mayor. I guess in the entertainment industry, anything is possible.

Re: Celebrities in 10 years time...

jethro_woolfe — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 06:17:50 GMT

All celebrities are self-obsessed decadents who should be rehabilitated and put to some honest work.

Re: Celebrities in 10 years time...

goo**spew — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 06:23:39 GMT

@jethro_woolfe wrote:
All celebrities are self-obsessed decadents who should be rehabilitated and put to some honest work.

Why? I, along with billions of people, derive great pleasure from movies and music and many of these artists whom are celebrated, deserve to be.

Re: Celebrities in 10 years time...

silverfaun — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 06:36:57 GMT

Totally love Robert Downey, a superb talent

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spotweldersfriend — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 06:40:05 GMT

"Who do you think will be forgotten etc"
One Direction,I hope.

Re: Celebrities in 10 years time...

goo**spew — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 06:46:15 GMT

@silverfaun wrote:
Totally love Robert Downey, a superb talent

Yes he is, although I have to say I prefer him in his old independent films, like when he played Chaplin, than action films. I didn't like Iron Man at all.

Re: Celebrities in 10 years time...

goo**spew — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 06:51:26 GMT

@spotweldersfriend wrote:
"Who do you think will be forgotten etc"
One Direction,I hope.

Oh God, yes. I saw an interview with Rebel Wilson on Conan, she was hosting some awards show and when into their trailer to introduce herself. They didn't know who she was and when she asked for a photo they got up off the couch REALLY slowly. That says it all. Frankly, I think they're all gay, although I don't believe they will be coming out in ten years time (The Backstreet Boys haven't, lol). All their songs are derivative of earlier, better music from boys bands of the 80's and 90's, They're also very short like Justin Bieber. Short guys don't age well, look at Mickey Rooney. It's cute when you're 16 but by one's 30's, short guys tend to get stocky and it's not a good look. While I don't think the One Direction boys are attractive in the slightest, their appeal in ten years will be long over and if you still don't believe me, I have two words for you: Jason Donovan.

And he wasn't even short!

Re: Celebrities in 10 years time...

jethro_woolfe — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 06:57:00 GMT

@goo**spew wrote:
@jethro_woolfe wrote:
All celebrities are self-obsessed decadents who should be rehabilitated and put to some honest work.

Why? I, along with billions of people, derive great pleasure from movies and music and many of these artists whom are celebrated, deserve to be.

We arent put on earth to enjoy it, we are here to prepare the way.

Re: Celebrities in 10 years time...

Anonymous — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 07:00:10 GMT

Downey was hilarious in tropic thunder. I still use his line about going the full retard 😄

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goo**spew — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 07:04:58 GMT

On the subjec of Rebel Wilson, I saw adverts on TV for her new show, "Super Fun Night" proclaiming it "The new US smash hit is here!" I researched this and found that the reviews weren't good and more importantly, the ratings were on average around 5 or 6 million, which is terrible for America.

Likewise, "Hostage" was also advertised as a "US hit" and their ratings also average around 5 or 6 million. This amazes me as one show I used to love, Medium, was cancelled halfway through it's seventh season, with 14 more episodes to go, because it was rating around 7-8 million viewers. Medium and Super Fun Night aired on the same network. I think executives get bored with long running shows and like to kill them off.

They did this with Murder She Wrote which after 11/12 seasons was still in the top 10. They then moved the show from Sunday night to Thursday night and in the last season it fell to number 52 in the ratings.

I think networks want to always appear fresh, they don't understand that viewers grow with their networks and it's not only the young who watch TV.

Re: Celebrities in 10 years time...

goo**spew — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 07:06:28 GMT

@just*duff wrote:
Downey was hilarious in tropic thunder. I still use his line about going the full retard 😄

Didn't like the movie but Downy WAS hilarious in that role. I'm surprised such a Hollywood outsider could move into commerical films so successfully.

Re: Celebrities in 10 years time...

goo**spew — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 07:06:57 GMT

@jethro_woolfe wrote:
@goo**spew wrote:
@jethro_woolfe wrote:
All celebrities are self-obsessed decadents who should be rehabilitated and put to some honest work.

Why? I, along with billions of people, derive great pleasure from movies and music and many of these artists whom are celebrated, deserve to be.
We arent put on earth to enjoy it, we are here to prepare the way.

Ummm... I don't think this is the right thread for you.

Re: Celebrities in 10 years time...

spotweldersfriend — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 07:08:17 GMT

@just*duff wrote:
Downey was hilarious in tropic thunder. I still use his line about going the full retard 😄

"Ain't nothin' but a thang"

Re: Celebrities in 10 years time...

jethro_woolfe — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 07:08:31 GMT

@goo**spew wrote:
@jethro_woolfe wrote:
@goo**spew wrote:
@jethro_woolfe wrote:
All celebrities are self-obsessed decadents who should be rehabilitated and put to some honest work.

Why? I, along with billions of people, derive great pleasure from movies and music and many of these artists whom are celebrated, deserve to be.
We arent put on earth to enjoy it, we are here to prepare the way.

Ummm... I don't think this is the right thread for you.

The place of the enlightened is everywhere. Everyone needs guidance.

Re: Celebrities in 10 years time...

goo**spew — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 07:13:03 GMT

@just*duff wrote:
Downey was hilarious in tropic thunder. I still use his line about going the full retard 😄

I'm surprised the black community didn't start hollering about his turn at "blackface". Poor Paula Deen, a celebrity cook in America, has seen her entire empire crumble because she admitted to once using the "N" word. She was just being honest, unlike every other celebrity who you can bet your seven plantation slaves has also used the same word (and worse) but would never admit it.

Re: Celebrities in 10 years time...

Anonymous — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 07:14:18 GMT

Jethro, you seem familiar.

or I just havent been here for a while and theres another [crazy] one about 😄

Re: Celebrities in 10 years time...

Anonymous — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 07:15:12 GMT

I remember reading about her Goo

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goo**spew — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 07:18:53 GMT

@just*duff wrote:
I remember reading about her Goo

There are some celebrities like Seinfeld's Kramer and Mel Gibson who had their racist rantings recorded and deserved what they got but Paula Deen hadn't used the word against a black person and hadn't intended it as an insult. She was really being punished because she wanted to have a plantation wedding with black ushers. So WHAT?

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goo**spew — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 07:30:10 GMT

Back on the subject of my OP, I think stars like Meryl Streep and Maggie Smith (if she's still alive) will continue to get ir create great roles for older women. I have a feeling Cher might make a comeback in movies. If you don't believe me, look at Sandra Bullock, who couldn't get arrested ten years ago. In the last four years she has had four films gross over $150 million at the US domestic box office. That is brilliant, especially for a woman of her age. Considered a poor man's Julia Roberts in the 90's, she won the role of a Southener in "The Blind Side" after Roberts turned it down (to play in one of her obscure, uncommercial flops she has continuously made in the last decade) and hasn't looked back since.

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goo**spew — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 07:37:18 GMT

Halle Berry won an Oscar a decade ago - today she still looks great but can't find a good movie role. On the subject of Oscars, I think Oprah has it in the bag as Best Supporting Actress for "The Butler" although Sharon Stone playing the mum of a porn star might be in the running. I don't know if Nicole Kidman will be in the running for the Oscar next year or the year after for "Grace of Monaco" but the trailer looks great - so different to the trailer of "Diana" which looks like tabloid trash. Naomi Watts looks, and is, too old to play Diana and one of the few aspects of her appearance they could have got exactly right - her hair - they didn't. Watta is so over-rated as an actress. 🙂