With her determination and sex appeal, Aaliyah won Silver over and was cast in her first major film role. Romeo Must Die (2000) was a hit at the box office. This film led to her being cast as one of the stars of the film based on Anne Rice's Queen of the Damned (2002) and in the two sequels to the major box office hit, The Matrix (1999). During the busy schedule of her film career, Aaliyah took time to record her third album, the self-titled "Aaliyah". July 2001 was a busy time for Aaliyah.
It was at number 4 on the bill bored top 200 album charts. The compilation has been certified double platinum and has sold over 3.5 million copies worldwide. In February of 2004 she received a Grammy Award nomination for best dance recording for her song “Love One Another” during the same year Sonny and Cher dvd was released with nine of there shows from the Sonny and
Nadine Zaiour Sarah Stewart ENC 1101 23 October 2012 Bad Romance Lady Gaga’s single Bad Romance shares the main message that expresses that she would be willing to do anything and everything, even self-sacrifice, in order to acquire fame. Throughout the music video, Gaga is shown as a disposed victim in today’s music and media’s sketchy industry. According to the lyrics, Lady Gaga’s dream is to live in a ‘bad romance’ world with the satanic and devilish effects of the music industry. Even though she knows it has it flaws and defects, she still wishes to be part of this elite group no matter what. In a way, the correct term to describe her would be a fame devourer; she lives off of the fame.
Kali Mitchell Mrs. Elliott English 1101 28 September 2012 Madonna of the new millennium “Forbes recently ranked her the most powerful and influential entertainer in the world. She has hundreds of fan Web sites, a video game, a Pepsi commercial, dozens of dolls in her image, a charity foundation, a movie, three hit albums, and multitudinous music videos-all before the age of 21” (Peters). Without a doubt, this is Britney Spears. She is anything but ordinary to the pop music industry. She deserves to be in our hall of fame because she beat her underprivileged childhood, for holding many awards and recognitions for her popular singles, for her amazing comeback from a tragic downfall, and her charity work.
Tyra Banks Tyra came from bleak beginnings and was born on December 4, 1973, in Los Angeles, California. She has grown as an amazing woman who has changed the fashion world in the best possible way. As a model and a very morally correct woman she taught people that appearance do not matter nearly as much as what is on the inside of a person. Tyra grew up with a single mother and a brother, with not very much money. As a child she was ridiculed for her looks.
Michael Jackson: A Life Worth Knowing I. A performer since the age of five, Michael Jackson is one of the most popular singers in history. His 1983 album, Thriller, sold forty million copies, making it the biggest seller of all time. Through his record albums and music videos he created an image imitated by his millions of fans. II.
Heroine = beauty, but never both beauty and brains) and limited encouragement or opportunity for critical thinking (Ex. Career women were generally viewed negatively and ‘unhealthy’ especially from the advertisers’ point of view because they were ‘too critical’). With this
For example, in the advertisement we just showed you, a girl who wants to be a newscaster but she is unable to go for interview due to her dark face, but after the use of Fair and Lovely, she got the job. In another advertisement, a dark color poor girl used the skin whitening cream become white and then she got married with a rich boy. And in the most of their promotion, there always has a silhouette of a girl’s face which is lined up dark to light, and as the girl becomes fairer she also becomes happier. These promotions seem to tell customers the fair skin is a necessity for success and the people with dark skin would have fewer opportunities to get good jobs, become successful or get married with a good person. Many Indian people think this kind of advertising is racist.
Media: Influence to Empower or Break Down In today’s society an unlikely movie scenario would portray a woman who is a size 14 and doesn’t have perfectly clear skin, a toned body or perfect hair. In this film there are countless “hotties” vying for her heart and she bags the hunkiest stud of them all. Viewers are left wondering if the casting director was crazy for choosing such a woman to play this part because movies like this just don’t exist. All the eligible bachelors are always after the girl who is a twelve on a scale of ten. It isn’t just the film industry that functions this way; movies, magazines, celebrities, commercials, the internet, television and diet/exercise advertisements emphasize a high and often unattainable standard of beauty and physical fitness.
She followed this album with “The Fame Monster” and “Born this Way” both hitting the charts at high levels. Each song she produces just good or even better than the last. The song “Born this Way” broke a world record by selling more than 1 million copies in just 5 days. She’s also produced and performed with many famous and well-known artists. Including Akon, who signed her, Elton John, Cher, Nicki Minaj, and multiple singles with Beyoncé.