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Author Topic: I don't care for celebrities and I don't care if they die Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 09-07-2006 11:27 AM                     quote: Stephen Furley but I haven't got the slightest idea who she is. She doesn't either.  |  IP: Logged Michael Gonzalez Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 790 From: Grand Island , NE USA Registered: Sep 2000 posted 09-07-2006 11:45 AM                     The title of this thread kind of looks bad directly above the Steve Irwin one. Just saying...  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 09-07-2006 11:55 AM                    Wasn't she on some video or something? Richard probably knows.  |  IP: Logged Steve Scott Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1300 From: Minneapolis, MN Registered: Sep 2000 posted 09-07-2006 12:47 PM                     Celebrities perpetuate trivial personal drama that's not worth $4 on a checkout magazine rack. Give me weekly world news & those little how to talk to your cat books, any day!  |  IP: Logged Chris Hipp Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1462 From: Mesquite, Tx (east of Dallas) Registered: Jul 2003 posted 09-07-2006 12:53 PM                     She's a girl that was born into (a lot) of money so she makes herself seem succesful without actually doing anything. Leo's comment basically says it all. When she wanted to put out a CD she created her own record label for herself.  |  IP: Logged Wayne Keyser Master Film Handler Posts: 272 From: Arlington, Virginia, USA Registered: May 2004 posted 09-07-2006 03:26 PM                     But ... but ... but ... how can you say she's not important? She's famous, isn't she? And the things famous people do is vital news, worthy of my full attention! Much more so than those boring stories about people in foreign places - heck, some of THOSE people don't even speak English! (Imagine that!) No, to be an informed citizen, I have to know every latest detail about the lives of Oprah, and Katie, and Paris, and Tom Cruise (you know, he seemed very sincere when he said psychology is bunk - I'm gonna throw my kid's meds away, 'cause they're just brainwashing him!) You people should be ashamed of yourselves.  |  IP: Logged Cory Isemann Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 500 From: White Plains, MD, USA Registered: Jun 2004 posted 09-07-2006 03:37 PM                         |  IP: Logged Mark Lensenmayer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1605 From: Upper Arlington, OH Registered: Sep 1999 posted 09-07-2006 03:38 PM                     There are many fine, caring, down-to-earth celebrities out there, who live away from the Hollywood lifestyle, contribute to their communities and raise their families in relative peace. When it is time to work on or promote a film, they do it, but, otherwise, they fade into the background. What I object to is these people famous for being famous. Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, the Olson twins, the Simpson sisters. There may be some talent spread among this group, but not all that much. They seem to spend their life partying, etc. Lindsay has been ripped by her producer and Bill Macy for wasting the time of the entire set by partying and being late. But, as long as there are supermarket tabloids and gossip web sites, I'm afraid we'll just have to put up with them and ignore them as much as possible (and quietly laugh at most of what they do!)  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-07-2006 06:58 PM                        quote: Chris Hipp When she wanted to put out a CD she created her own record label for herself. What's wrong with that? That's actually a very smart thing to do if you can afford the upfront costs (which she can). Why give the record company all the profits when you can keep them yourself and give the company a distribution fee instead? People (myself included) are quick to insult Paris Hilton, but she's very savvy in many ways.  |  IP: Logged Chris Hipp Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1462 From: Mesquite, Tx (east of Dallas) Registered: Jul 2003 posted 09-07-2006 07:41 PM                     Not that there is anything wrong with it. I was simply suggesting that A) she creates her own label which indicates that she does not need talent to get signed and B) that she has enough of her parents money to do so without having to work at it like other pop stars like Britney and Jessica Simpson have.  |  IP: Logged Mike Heenan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1896 From: Scottsdale, AZ, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 09-07-2006 07:51 PM                     Actually I think by now she's got quite a good chunk of change of her own money from business ventures. Granted much of that is due to her parents money no doubt, but in any case it's not like she's solely sponging off them.  |  IP: Logged Chris Hipp Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1462 From: Mesquite, Tx (east of Dallas) Registered: Jul 2003 posted 09-07-2006 08:08 PM                     Agreed, I think I read somewhere that she makes roughly 2 million a year from TV stuff and modeling. I'm sure she is digging into daddy's pocket for a lot of the stuff she does, though. But hey, some people are born fortunate like that. I would do the same if I would have been born under those circumstances. My main point is that she can't really be lumped in with most other pop stars. You may not like their music, I dont like most of it myself, but they did have to have talent to gain their success. Obviously once they make it as a singer they will get parts in movies/tv because of their fame, but they still had to earn that fame.  |  IP: Logged Chad Souder Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 962 From: Waterloo, IA, USA Registered: Feb 2000 posted 09-07-2006 09:01 PM                     quote: Mark J. Marshall Wasn't she on some video or something? Oh come on, man, everybody watched that video. You had to. I watched it a couple times and it certainly wasn't because of the quality. I was helplessly drawn to it. Here is an attractive girl worth way more money than most of us will ever see in our lives. She could buy her way in and out of anything, yet she's eager to perform the same sex acts that many men have to beg their ladies for. And that guy was a nobody. It is what I will always remember her for. It was way better than that "One Night in China" video.  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Fuentes Mmmm, Dr. Pepper! Posts: 1168 From: Corpus Christi, TX United States Registered: Jan 2004 posted 09-07-2006 09:26 PM                     quote: Chad Souder Here is an attractive girl Who are we talking about again? Youre just losing all kinds of points here.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-07-2006 10:08 PM                        quote: Chris Hipp You may not like their music, I dont like most of it myself, but they did have to have talent to gain their success. I have not heard the whole Paris Hilton CD but it's actually getting pretty good reviews from real music critics, and the tracks I have heard are not as bad as I figured they would be. She's definitely a producers' product, but she has a better voice than Britney Spears (which isn't saying much, I guess).  |  IP: Logged

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