Post by MileySmiley08 on May 26, 2008 13:27:01 GMT -5
HOLLYWOOD -- Poor Miley Cyrus.
Just when she puts that provocative Vanity Fair spread behind her, along come accusations that one of her popular Hannah Montana tunes was a virtual carbon copy of a raunchy song by Los Angeles punk rock outfit, Lustra.
While lyrically speaking the two songs seem to be worlds apart, a handy little YouTube comparison would suggest Miley's song, Rock Star, has a lot of explaining to do.
Not only does it share virtually the same guitar line from Lustra's Scotty Doesn't Know, the crude but admittedly catchy ditty that was featured prominently in the 2004 gross-out teen comedy EuroTrip (with an amusing, tattooed Matt Damon doing the lip-synching), but the Cyrus song also appears to have borrowed liberally from its hooky chorus.
To be fair, Cyrus didn't personally write the tune which was performed on her recent Best of Both Worlds concert tour -- it was credited to a trio of songwriters which has provided her with material in the past -- but there definitely appears to be something of a Miley backlash brewing.
The good news is the 15-year-old phenom should have already received a few pointers on the perils of overnight success-dom from her Achy Breaky dad, Billy Ray.
If worse comes to worse, she can always blame everything on her conniving evil twin, Ms. Montana.
NOT A PRINCELY SUM
Uh-oh ... first Speed Racer sputters to the finish line, then Disney's Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian comes in about $20 million short of industry projections.
Is the highly vaunted Summer of '08 already in trouble just three weeks in?
After the first instalment in the franchise pulled in a remarkable $292 million in North America alone, expectations were high for the sequel's opening weekend.
But the revised tally of $55 million, while still respectable, was well under even the most conservative of box-office forecasts.
Blame has been placed on everything from the film's darker tone to Disney's less-aggressive marketing approach.
For 2005's C.o.N: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, the studio had taken a page out of Mel Gibson's marketing book for The Passion of the Christ, targeting faith-based groups it felt would respond to the religious themes in the C.S Lewis novels.
The pundits can analyze all they want to, but a more likely reason for those underperforming movies could be the current state of the economy.
When it costs due north of $50 to fill up a gas tank, families could be finding there's less left in the piggy bank for a trip to the megaplex -- which means they'll have to be a lot more selective in their choices.
Can't-miss propositions such as Iron Man and, likely, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull will be unaffected by the belt-tightening but elsewhere the summer moviegoing season could be shortchanged by increases in Netflix or pay-per-view orders.
History has proven that in times of economic down-turns, folks traditionally flock to the movies, but given a wider-than-ever array of delivery options, they might prefer to get their escapism fix without having to start the car.
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Just when she puts that provocative Vanity Fair spread behind her, along come accusations that one of her popular Hannah Montana tunes was a virtual carbon copy of a raunchy song by Los Angeles punk rock outfit, Lustra.
While lyrically speaking the two songs seem to be worlds apart, a handy little YouTube comparison would suggest Miley's song, Rock Star, has a lot of explaining to do.
Not only does it share virtually the same guitar line from Lustra's Scotty Doesn't Know, the crude but admittedly catchy ditty that was featured prominently in the 2004 gross-out teen comedy EuroTrip (with an amusing, tattooed Matt Damon doing the lip-synching), but the Cyrus song also appears to have borrowed liberally from its hooky chorus.
To be fair, Cyrus didn't personally write the tune which was performed on her recent Best of Both Worlds concert tour -- it was credited to a trio of songwriters which has provided her with material in the past -- but there definitely appears to be something of a Miley backlash brewing.
The good news is the 15-year-old phenom should have already received a few pointers on the perils of overnight success-dom from her Achy Breaky dad, Billy Ray.
If worse comes to worse, she can always blame everything on her conniving evil twin, Ms. Montana.
NOT A PRINCELY SUM
Uh-oh ... first Speed Racer sputters to the finish line, then Disney's Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian comes in about $20 million short of industry projections.
Is the highly vaunted Summer of '08 already in trouble just three weeks in?
After the first instalment in the franchise pulled in a remarkable $292 million in North America alone, expectations were high for the sequel's opening weekend.
But the revised tally of $55 million, while still respectable, was well under even the most conservative of box-office forecasts.
Blame has been placed on everything from the film's darker tone to Disney's less-aggressive marketing approach.
For 2005's C.o.N: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, the studio had taken a page out of Mel Gibson's marketing book for The Passion of the Christ, targeting faith-based groups it felt would respond to the religious themes in the C.S Lewis novels.
The pundits can analyze all they want to, but a more likely reason for those underperforming movies could be the current state of the economy.
When it costs due north of $50 to fill up a gas tank, families could be finding there's less left in the piggy bank for a trip to the megaplex -- which means they'll have to be a lot more selective in their choices.
Can't-miss propositions such as Iron Man and, likely, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull will be unaffected by the belt-tightening but elsewhere the summer moviegoing season could be shortchanged by increases in Netflix or pay-per-view orders.
History has proven that in times of economic down-turns, folks traditionally flock to the movies, but given a wider-than-ever array of delivery options, they might prefer to get their escapism fix without having to start the car.
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