A lot of celebrities try to go from end of the business to the other and sometimes it works out very good for them but most times it just doesn’t make sense and totally flops. The Frisky have come up with 13 celebrities who have tried to cross over into the rap game and have failed miserably. Here is 10 of those 13, to see the full list head over to The Frisky .
Spencer Pratt
In 2009, Spencer dropped his first single, “I’m a Celebrity,” and started going by the name The Great White. I guess adding “shark” would have been redundant? The song featured lyrics like, “I’m a celebrity/ Five star everything/ My money is attached to me/ Just like my wedding ring.” Ahh, what a difference two years makes.
Joaquin Phoenix
We weren’t sure what to think when Joaquin announced that he was quitting acting to become a rapper and decided to ditch his razor for, oh, about 365 days. Luckily, we now know that this was all a ruse for a documentary called “I’m Still Here.” Because we don’t think his lyrical flow would have taken him so far.
Jada Pinkett Smith
Jada seems sweet, but beneath that petite exterior beats the heart of a heavy metal rapper. Hey, that’s what marrying Will Smith and having three kids would do to any woman. In 2005, she became the front woman for a rap/metal band called Wicked Wisdom. Here they are performing “Something Inside of Me.”
Mr. T
In 1984, Mr. T released the song “Treat Your Mother Right.” Kids, you can insult the crap out of each other, but he pities the fool who makes a yo’ momma joke. Apparently, Ice-T arranged this track?
Brian Austin Green
We’re still not exactly sure why the makers of “Beverly Hills, 90210” were so insistent on showcasing Brian Austin Green’s vocal and dance skillz on the show. But hey, it brought us incredible moments like this one. I would bet money that Brian himself wrote this song, because in 1996 he released a rap album called One Stop Carnival. Let’s just say the critics didn’t like it as much as they love Brenda’s socks in this video.
John Cena
WWE wrester John Cena liked to drop beats in and out of the ring. In this video for “FU Rap,” he puts the verbal smackdown on Brock Lesnar. For a wrestler, this dude hasn’t got all the sense knocked out of him—he’s kind of a poet. Check out this rhyme: “I’m rockin’ Play Station 2, you can’t figure out Atari.” Oh, snap!
Chet Haze
This face might not be instantly recognizable to you—but this is Chet Haze, aka Tom Hank’s 20-year-old son. A Northwestern student, he did this collegiate-themed take on a Wiz Khalifa track and earned quite a few fans. “It’s not the typical for a hip-hop artist,” he said, when asked about his background. “But it’s 2011. The nature of hip-hop has changed so much the last few years. Nowadays artists come from all walks of life. Everyone has their own story to tell.” He is apparently halfway through making his EP.
David Faustino
I had a crush on David Faustino back in the “Married With Children” days. His shining moment of glory on the show was when he transformed into “Grandmaster B,” Bud Bundy’s rapper alter ego. But like Brian Austin Green, David tried to bring his rapping into real life. In 1992, he released Balistyx and made this video for “I Told Ya.” Oh dear—the earrings.
Ron Jeremy
Porn star Ron Jeremy’s “Freak of the Week” actually managed to find a spot on the Billboard chart. The video features oodles of girls in thongs—plus John Wyane Bobbitt and Joey Buttafuoco. Man, the ‘90s were scary.
Mel Brooks
Mel wants to teach you a history lesson. Back in 1983, the writer/director/producer recorded this number about Hitler, featuring shirtless, dancing Nazis and scantily clad backup singers. I guess he was trying to rehash the “Springtime for Hitler” climax of “The Producers?” This was all for his movie “To Be or Not to Be.” Luckily, his rapping career never was.
I really wish celebrities would stick to the things they are good at instead of doing anything to make a bit of money. Although all of these do bring me a bit of amusement.
It’s still only November so there is plenty of time for better celebrity quotes to come out but here is People’s top 20 celebrity quotes of the year so far.
“That girl is like crack cocaine to me…Sexually it was crazy. That’s all I’ll say. It was like napalm, sexual napalm.”
- John Mayer, oversharing on his former girlfriend, to Playboy
“He’ll never have this napalm again.”
– Jessica Simpson, firing back on The View
“I will never have surgery again.”
– Self-proclaimed plastic surgery addict Heidi Montag, to PEOPLE
“The only ‘bookings’ that i’m familiar with are Disney Films, never thought that i’d be ‘booking’ into Jail… eeeks.”
– Lindsay Lohan, before spending less than a day in jail, on Twitter
“When I first heard about the campaign to get me to host Saturday Night Live, I didn’t know what Facebook was. And now that I do know what it is, I have to say it sounds like a huge waste of time.”
– 88-year-old It girl Betty White, giving a shout-out to the social network during her SNL monologue
“I’m getting death threats. This is unBeliebable!!!”
– Kim Kardashian, who became a target of Justin Bieber fans after the tween heartthrob jokingly referred to her as his girlfriend in a Twitter pic
“When I wake up in the morning, I feel just like any other insecure 24-year-old girl. Then I say, ‘Bitch, you’re Lady Gaga, you get up and walk the walk today.’”
– Lady Gaga, to Rolling Stone
“Kristen’s pregnant.”
– Robert Pattinson, still dodging questions about his relationship with Kristen Stewart by starting a rumor, on Oprah
“You are a fame whore is what you are.”
– The Bachelor’s Vienna Girardi, responding to her ex Jake Pavelka‘s disgust with her, on a Bachelor special following their split
“I had a show. Then I had a different show. Now I have a Twitter account.”
– Conan O’Brien‘s bio description on his Twitter account after NBC gave The Tonight Show back to Jay Leno
“I know he knows who I am… He has to stop lying.”
– Jersey Shore’s Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, calling out President Barack Obama on his claim that he isn’t familiar with the pint-size reality star, to E! online
“I wasn’t a druggie stripper. I was a very good person doing it.”
– Playboy Playmate-turned-author Kendra Wilkinson, sharing details from her memoir Sliding into Home, on the Today show
“It’s the performance of his career.”
– Director Casey Affleck, admitting that his “documentary” featuring a wacked-out Joaquin Phoenix was really a mockumentary, to the New York Times
“I’ll burn the g—–n house down!”
– Mel Gibson, during one of his angry phone rants recorded by ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva
“Katy is sexy, which is good because if I don’t have an orgasm every 15 or 16 minutes, I can become very difficult.”
– Russell Brand, before saying “I do” to new wife Katy Perry, to Parade magazine
“If my sons [Sean and Jayden] told me they wanted to be in the entertainment business, I’d lock them in their rooms until they turned 30.”
– Britney Spears, to Cosmopolitan
“We’re going to Australia!”
– Oprah Winfrey, kicking off the final season of her talk show with her biggest audience giveaway yet
“I’ve heard a lot about these places, mostly from rap music. They’re supposed to be pretty reputable, right? So I envisioned myself on a nice couch in stunna shades with T-Pain and Usher making it rain money. And it just wasn’t like that.”
– Zac Efron, ‘fessing up to a strip club visit with HSM costar Corbin Bleu, on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
“I was acting my way through the whole thing.”
– Jeremy London, recalling how he survived his alleged abduction, to PEOPLE
“Wasn’t painful, not even a little bit.”
– Gisele Bündchen, on how easy childbirth was for her, to the Brazilian TV show Fantastico
“I’m so not winning an Oscar.”
– Sandra Bullock, a month before her Academy Award victory for The Blind Side, to reporters at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival
source: They Said What? 20 Best Celeb Quotes This Year [People]
Happy Friday! It’s that time again for Gone Hollywood to give you the best of the best in celebrity quotes for this week! Today, we’ve got some goodies. Joaquin Phoenix has released the crazy and has re-emerged, shaven on David Letterman, Megan Fox talks about being jealous of Shia LaBeouf’s new co-star and Jennifer Lopez’s Idol “diva demands”. Enjoy!
“I was in dirty diapers when she did Dirty Dancing.”
– Jennifer Grey’sDancing with the Stars partner Derek Hough, to People
“We heard that she only likes yellow M&Ms.”
– American Idol executive producer Nigel Lythgoe, joking about the diva rumors that surround new judge Jennifer Lopez, at a press conference
“Elmo’s up, Elmo’s down, Elmo’s round-n-round…”
– Elmo, singing along with Katy Perry to a slightly altered version of her hit song “Hot N Cold” for a Sesame Street segment that has been pulled from the show
“The second you come into my house I bring you to the sink, show you the soap, then hand sanitizer and then I follow you around with baby wipes. Then I wipe the knobs and stuff.”
– Eric Dane, on becoming a new dad and a germaphobe, on Lopez Tonight
“When I met Justin [Timberlake], I thought I was going to faint…But Jessica Biel was there, so I was like, ‘This is not my night…’”
– Glee guest star Charice, on meeting her celebrity crush, to People
“What is your bust size?”
– Kathy Lee Gifford, grilling the Chippendales dancers who came to visit her on the Today show
“I might be a little jealous when I see somebody kissing my Shia, wearing my jeans that I already had been fit for.”
– Ex-Transformers star Megan Fox, on being replaced in the third installment of the franchise, to MTV
“I’m so proud to be on the 2,999th show. I almost made it to the 3,000 show, which has Justin Bieber, the Pope and a special appearance by Paris Hilton, who’s going to demonstrate the differences between chewing gum and cocaine.”
– Nathan Lane, on The View
“I’m a bodywash guy. It freaks me out to use soap.”
– Kenny Chesney, to People
“All the promotion you got from being on here that night…That’s free publicity. So we want a little something for that, and my talent fee – you know, it’s not my first rodeo.”
– David Letterman, trying to get some kickback from Joaquin Phoenix, whose prior appearance on the show turned out to be all an act for his mockumentary, I’m Still Here
Casey Affleck has settled the sexual harassment lawsuit that two women filed against him back in July, in the lawsuit they accused him of sexually harassing them while working on his documentary about Joaquin Phoenix, I’m Still Here.
Magdalena Gorka, a cinematographer, and Amanda White, a producer, both filed a lawsuit against Affleck back in July in which they asked for $2.25 million and $2 million respectively.
Both women left the production team during filming because of his alleged harassment. Gorka says that he crawled into her bed one night while she was sleeping, while White claims that he refused to pay her because she would not spend the night in a hotel room with him.
Affleck’s rep released a statement saying “The disputes between Flemmy Productions, LLC and Casey Affleck with Amanda White and Magdalena Gorka in connection with the film ‘I’m Still Here’ have been resolved to the mutual satisfaction of the parties and the lawsuits are being dismissed.”
They will both receive a credit on the film but there is no word on how much the Affleck camp paid the women to drop the lawsuit. I never know what to think when somebody pays the other party off because either they are guilty and don’t want their name dragged through the gutter or else they are innocent and just want the case to disappear. What do you think?
source: Casey Affleck settles sexual harassment claims [BBC]
The trailer for Joaquin Phoenix‘s ‘I’m Still Here’ movie is finally here and I don’t really know what to think about it. Take a look and judge for yourself.
The documentary (or mockumentary as some believe it to be), which was directed by Casey Affleck follows Joaquin as he gives up his life as an actor and tries to make it as a hip-hop star. The trailer doesn’t really give much away, it’s just a few shots from the movie and some man talking about water or something like that.
There’s been loads of controversy around this movie, including sexual harassment lawsuits against Casey. But could it all just be to drum up publicity for the movie? I guess time will tell when it’s released. By the way the production company is titled “They Are Going to Kill Us Productions.”
Edward Norton dropped out of reprising his role as The Hulk and since they are going to make another movie here is a list of 12 actors who could end up taking over for Norton.
12. Paul Rudd
Rudd has been insanely likeable in so many comedies over the last few years, we’d love to see him step up to the blockbuster plate.
Incredible Hulk?: Rudd could definitely convince as Banner, bringing a lighter touch to the role than his forebears Bana and Norton.
Hulk Smash: We just can’t imagine Rudd getting angry. Ever.
11. Jon Hamm
TV’s Mad Men has gained Hamm small-screen fame and acting plaudits aplenty, but he’s yet to have a standout film role. Joining The Avengers could be the perfect opportunity to repeat his success on the big screen.
Incredible Hulk?: As Don Draper, Hamm has had plenty of experience dealing with repressed anger.
Hulk Smash: We wouldn’t want anything to conflict with his chance of being cast as Superman in that upcoming reboot.
10. Daniel Craig
With Bond on a seemingly endless hiatus, Craig is currently looking for projects to fill his schedule with.
Incredible Hulk?: He’s no stranger to carrying a high-stakes franchise on his shoulders, and has proved he’s not afraid of rebooting a well-known character in Casino Royale.
Hulk Smash: Taking on two iconic characters can be tricky, and fans might just reject the idea of James Bond hulking out.
9. Timothy Olyphant
Olyphant’s lower-rung level of fame would probably help him slip into a role previously inhabited by Eric Bana and Ed Norton. Come to think about it, he kinda resembles a morph of the two actors.
Incredible Hulk?: TV roles in Deadwood and Justified show Olyphant can really act when required, and he also did a decent job in the better-than-it-should-have-been remake of The Crazies.
Hulk Smash: Olyphant’s previous blockbuster efforts, Die Hard 4.0 and Hitman, have been pretty awful. Perhaps he should stick to quality telly instead.
8. Andy Serkis
The world starting taking notice of mocap acting after Serkis’ CG-augmented performance as Gollum/Smeagol in The Lord of the Rings. He’s also taken advantage of plenty of opportunities to show off his skills as flesh actor
Incredible Hulk?: It’d be exciting to see what mocap king Serkis could do as the green, musclebound lunk.
Hulk Smash: Hobbit commitments could see Serkis called away at any point, should the production get a green light.
7. Mark Ruffalo
Mark Ruffalo has been consistently providing great support in various ace films for so long (Eternal Sunshine, Collateral, Zodiac, Shutter Island), he deserves a shot at an iconic lead role.
Incredible Hulk?: Looks wise, Ruffalo would be an awesome match for the comics’ Bruce Banner.
Hulk Smash: Ruffalo been showing his directorial debut Sympathy for Delicious at various festivals, so he might not be available for superhero shenanigans.
6. Ryan Gosling
Gosling was gathering serious acclaim as his generation’s best actor in film’s like The Believer and Half Nelson. Leaving The Lovely Bones meant things went a bit quiet for a while, but he’s back with a bang in astounding drama Blue Valentine.
Incredible Hulk?: He would make for a fascinatingly conflicted Bruce Banner, ensuring you’d feel the big guy’s angst and anger.
Hulk Smash: We’re not sure we could see Gosling interested in a summer tentpole of this size, and he may not be the commercial investment Marvel would be after.
5. Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Shaking off the ‘that kid out of 3rd Rock from the Sun’ tag, Gordon-Levitt has been building up an increasingly impressive body of film work, including a key role Nolan’s Inception.
Incredible Hulk?: J G-L’s got the same mix of indie cred, lady-slaying charm and genuine acting ability that Robert Downey Jr brought to Iron Man.
Hulk Smash: He’s rumoured to be up for a role in Batman 3, which might see him out of the running here. And he could be just a little too young-looking for Bruce Banner.
4. David Duchovny
The actor formerly known as Fox Mulder was rumoured to be in contention for the Banner role in The Incredible Hulk before Norton was cast. He could really do with a hit, after the disappointment of the second X-Files movie, and the lacklustre reception given to The Joneses.
Incredible Hulk?: There’s no doubting Duchovny can act, and his days in The X-Files earnt him a cult following.
Hulk Smash: Could his ongoing TV role in Californication get in the way? Perhaps he’s just better suited to the small screen.
3. Adrien Brody
Brody won an Oscar for his role in Holocaust drama The Pianist, but the serious thesp has since flexed his action muscles in King Kong and Predators.
Incredible Hulk?: Brody bulked up impressively for Predators, and his role in Splice proves he can wear a lab coat with conviction.
Hulk Smash: The CGI Hulk normally takes on some of the Banner actor’s facial features, and we just can’t see Hulk with Adrien’s massive hooter.
2. Sharlto Copley
Copley had virtually no acting experience (he worked in production and did a bit of directing) before Neill Blomkamp cast him as the lead in District 9. His performance was one of the surprises of last year, and he’s also going to be seen half-inching scenes from this summer’s The A-Team as ‘Howling Mad’ Murdock.
Incredible Hulk?: Copley knows how to bring humanity to an effects-heavy blockbuster, and is familiar with undergoing bodily transformation.
Hulk Smash: Would the role put be too similar to D9′s Wikus for the chameleon-like Copley?
1. Joaquin Phoenix
No sooner had Ed Norton been unceremoniously dissociated from the role than early online rumours were speculating that JQ could be in the running for the job.
Incredible Hulk?: He could certainly pull of the troubled, hounded Bruce Banner in his sleep, and after his wilderness period, The Avengers would be the perfect big-scale blockbuster to put him back on the movie map.
Hulk Smash: We’re not sure we want Hulk to try to reinvent himself as a rapper, however hilarious the consequences.
If I had to choose one of these then I would opt for Timothy Olyphant. Who would you want to take on the role?
Most celebrities are pretty screwed up in the head so it’s no surprise nearly all of them have meltdowns and burnouts, here is a list of some of the biggest ones in recent memory.
Joaquin Phoenix
Joaquin Pheonix’s personal meltdown became more and more noticeable as his beard grew longer and the shades stopped coming off. The climax of it all was when he appeared on The Late Show With David Letterman. Avoiding eye contact behind his shades, barely speaking and stating that he planned on retiring his acting career to start his rap career, Joaquin shocked us all. His entire meltdown was actually captured on camera as a documentary known as I’m Still Here: The Lost Year of Joaquin Phoenix by Casey Affleck, and is said to come out in September.
Mel Gibson
Mel Gibson takes the cake right now for most out of control celebrity. Five tapes have been released recording Mel’s outrageous conversations with ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva. Outraged, he threatened to burn the house down, demanded sex, and made numerous threats to Oksana. Unfortunately in the middle of all this is their 9-month-old daughter who the couple is fighting custody for.
Heidi Montag
You can’t be too normal and under control if you’re married to Spencer Pratt. Thus, Heidi Montag also has some serious issues of her own. Allowing Spencer to micromanage her life before finally splitting up was one fall for the mountain gal. She also at one point joined in on Spencer’s obsessive belief of crystals, and had 13 plastic surgery procedures done. Her next aspiration is H sized breast implants which stand for Heidi. If only we all dreamed so big!
Sean Penn
Speaking of meltdowns, Sean Penn does come to mind. The actor was recently videotaped kicking and apparently punching a celebrity photographer. Penn also threatened the photographer stating that the next time he sees him he’ll put him in a box. Now Sean is sentenced to three years of informal probation and 300 hours of community service.
David Hasslehoff
David Hasslehoff had his meltdown caught on tape in 2007. The clip showed the former Baywatch star intoxicated and incoherent as he sprawled out on the bathroom floor and ate a cheeseburger. The clip was shot by the elder of Hasselhoff and ex-wife Pamela Bach’s two children. David has struggled with alcohol addiction, but has since made an effort toward recovery.
Britney Spears
What goes up must come down, and Britney Spears is testament to that. The pop icon married and divorced dancer Kevin Federline years ago and that’s when her bizarre behavior began. A stint in rehab later, she lost custody of her two sons, shaved her head and then grew it all back. Just recently she had a major mood swing last month when she started screaming and making angry faces outside of a Starbucks.
Whitney Houston
The drama surrounding Whitney Houston’s life can be attributed to Bobby Brown quite easily, but in 2002, Whitney had an interview with Diane Sawyer that made her look ridiculous. Instead of clearing the rumors about her drug use and answering whether or not she ever used crack cocaine, Whit stated, “Crack is Whack,” the now famous quote. Prior to recently cleaning up her act, she also appeared everywhere looking like a total mess, and everyone could tell that wasn’t the Whitney who sang I Will Always Love You.
Lindsay Lohan
After Lindsay Lohan completed two stints in rehab and received two DUIs, she was charged with possession of cocaine and driving on a suspended license. On top of this the young star pulled a no-show at a mandatory progress review hearing and was forced to wear a SCRAM bracelet which went off two weeks later. Now she faces 90 days in jail and Lilo’s usual punishments can’t top this one.
Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise looks good in anything and doing anything, but watching him jump up and down on Oprah’s couch on national television had us all wondering. Yes, shouting out how much you love Katie Holmes is cute but its a little odd when you criticize Brooke Shields for taking antidepressants to treat her postpartum depression. However, at the end of the day Tom seems to have cooled off a bit recently.
Spencer Prat
Somehow we haven’t seen Spencer Pratt in court yet, but we’re sure it wouldn’t be a surprise. Unlike most stars caught in controversy, Spencer is stuck in his own little world. Spencer has been seen too-seriously sprinting through trails in full camo-gear, glasses, boots and knapsack. Before getting kicked off The Hills, friends started questioning his sanity and obsession with crystals. Pratt also dressed up as an older man and creepily stood across the street of the Roosevelt Hotel for The Hills finale event.
Who do you think is missing from this list? I would add Christian Bale for his batman rants and abusing his mother, I would also add Naomi Campbell for her explosive temper and then of course Courtney Love‘s whole life.
source: Famous Celebrity Meltdowns & Burnouts [OK!]
Joaquin Phoenix was involved in a huge brawl while performing at a Miami night club last night, wrestling a heckler to the ground before being dragged off by security.
The actor-turned-rapper, 34, jumped off the stage mid-way through his appearance to confront the mouthy audience member.
An enraged Joaquin, sounding a little more coherent than in recent times, announced: “We have a f***ing b**** in the audience.”
Nodding his head while rapping to a beat, he told the man: “I’ve got $1million in the bank. What have you got b****?”
Joaquin – who sources say arrived four hours late for the gig at the LIV night club in the Fontainebleau Miami Beach hotel – then launched himself into the crowd.
The crowd chanted “beat him up, beat him up” as Joaquin got stuck in.
What others said:
Dlisted says, “I understand that Joaquin wants to join the “You So Artsy” club by doing this performance rap, but can he drop the homeless man look? Can’t he be a hot and freshly shampooed crazy person?”
It’s almost like he’s slowly self destructing — take cover.
