http://my.aol.com/news/news_story.psp?type=4&cat=0806&id=200311180822000190120Does she deserve this? She has already been around for 5 years; since the (inane, imo) Madonna comparisons seem to not go away, this would be almost 1989 in that diva's timeline. Isn't this strange? How much longer will Britney keep going ?
I would have walked out there to laff at her but I think I'd be scared of her freaky bodyguards, I bet I wouldn't want to see the way she rubs up against them in order to promote her new, "edgier" image.
― Vic (Vic), Tuesday, 18 November 2003 17:44 (twenty-two years ago)
I know this sounds hard to believe, but I have never heard a Britney song in its entirety. But based on what I've read about her, she seems (I know this sounds harsh) pretty unintelligent and uninteresting, which I never thought about Madonna, even back when I didn't like her. I haven't heard her new single either, but everyone's saying it stinks, right? Wouldn't it be funny if Madonna gave her a bad song deliberately, just to make Britney disappear faster?
― Sean (Sean), Tuesday, 18 November 2003 19:01 (twenty-two years ago)
For the curious:
"Who Gave Britney a Hollywood Star?
How celebrities get their names on the Walk of Fame.
By Brendan I. Koerner
Posted Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2003, at 2:52 PM PT
MSN
Monday a star featuring Britney Spears' name was unveiled on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The pop diva thus became the 2,242th entertainer to be so honored. What does it take to get a celebrity's name added to the walk?
Step one is for a sponsor to fill out the required application and mail it to the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, which runs the Walk of Fame. This task is usually left to the artist's publicity team, though fans are welcome to submit nominations, too—provided they have the written consent of their idols' representatives, that is. The candidate must be accomplished in the field of film, television, radio, theater, or recording, so painters and novelists are generally out luck. (One notable exception is best-selling author Sidney Sheldon, who earned a star for screenplays like The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer before turning to novels.)
Every June, a five-person committee chaired by Johnny Grant, the honorary mayor of Hollywood, meets to consider the approximately 200 applications that roll in annually. The committee selects around 20 honorees from the batch, including one posthumous recipient per year. The applicants' sponsors must then pony up $15,000 each to pay for the unveiling ceremony—no cash, no star, regardless of the person's artistic achievements. The fee is usually picked up by the celebrity's studio or record label, though fan clubs sometimes pass the hat to raise enough money. Aficionados of 1980s rocker Rick Springfield, for example, have collected $19,607.56 to pay for their hero's enshrinement on the walk. (The committee, alas, has yet to grant the "Jessie's Girl" singer a star.)
The ceremonies are often timed to coincide with a publicity campaign. It was no accident that Spears' star was added the day before the release of her new album, In the Zone. And in January, Nicole Kidman's star was unveiled a few days before the nationwide release of The Hours, as part of Miramax's successful campaign to snag her a Best Actress Oscar.
Publicists lobby to have their clients' stars placed near the most desirable tourist attractions along the walk, as well as close to those of the most recognizable names. There's more cachet in being a few stars down from, say, Clark Gable than winding up adjacent to ex-Entertainment Tonight host Leeza Gibbons.
Visitors are often puzzled to discover that such luminaries as Francis Ford Coppola and Gone With the Wind producer David O. Selznick lack stars, while less celebrated entertainers like Fritz Kreisler and Ferlin Husky made the cut. It all comes down to the willingness of a sponsor to go through the process and shell out the necessary $15,000. Perhaps Coppola feels that The Godfather and Apocalypse Now are legacy enough.
― dave225 (Dave225), Friday, 21 November 2003 19:16 (twenty-two years ago)