Before They Were Famous
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Which Big Movies Should You See
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Top 15 Biggest Pop Culture Turkeys
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When most people think turkey, they think of the North American gallinaceous bird we chow down on for Thanksgiving. But here at Wonderwall, turkey reminds us of people like Christina Aguilera and Ben Affleck. Why? 'Cause their major career flops are unforgettable. So in celebration of the upcoming holiday, we're counting down the biggest pop culture turkeys. Gobble gobble!
15. Christina Aguilera, "Bionic"
After 2006's Grammy-winning "Back to Basics," expectations were high for Christina's sixth studio album. And it's not like "Bionic" was bad, per se. But between
her postponing her tour for unknown reasons and allegations from Lady Gaga fans that Christina was copying Gaga's style, the album was doomed. Worldwide, it only sold 600,000 copies; compare that with the 4.5 million copies "Back to Basics" has sold.
14. Lindsay Price
We're sure she's a really nice lady, but Lindsay Price is TV Teflon. Sure, the pilots she's on get picked up, but how long do the series last? Take her latest show, "Eastwick," for example: Not only was it never picked up for a full season, but all 13 episodes of the 2009 NBC
show never even made it to air. Want more proof of Lindsay's TV turkeydom? "Lipstick Jungle," "Pepper Dennis," "Coupling."
13. Madonna as an actress
From "Shanghai Surprise" to "The Next Best Thing" to "Swept Away," there's no lack of examples of Madonna's suckiness as an actress. Yes, she's one of the great performers of all time, but give her lines and blocking instead of lyrics and choreography and she's a total train
wreck. Thankfully, she got the point after "Swept Away" (could it have been winning yet another Worst Actress Razzie that really drove the message home?). Now we get to look forward to her direction on "W.E." (yay?).
12. "Cutthroat Island"
A box office bomb’s costs exceeds its revenue. By that definition, "Cutthroat Island" wasn't just a bomb; it was a nuclear warhead. Listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest box office loss of all time, the 1995 Geena Davis and Matthew Modine pirate thriller
cost $100 million to make and promote, but made just $11 million total at the box office. Not only that, but it pushed Carloco Pictures into bankruptcy.
11. JC Chasez's solo career
It's hard to live in Justin Timberlake's shadow. But after seeing his solo career explode, JC thought he could do the same. (He was the second-most-popular member of *NSYNC, after all.) But it just didn't work out that way. First of all, calling your album "Schizophrenic" and
wearing a straight jacket on the cover is bound to bring some anger from mental health groups. Also, let's not forget JC is just not JT. Besides, anyone with this facial hair is a turkey by definition.
10. "Coupling"
"Coupling" was about a group of six good-looking thirtysomethings who are either dating, have dated or want to date one another. The UK version was a smash hit, so in 2003 they tried to adapt it for a U.S. audience. It failed miserably (only four episodes aired), but we won't
blame this one all on Lindsay Price, who (surprise!) played Jane Honda.
9. Garth Brooks as Chris Gaines
In 1999 Garth Brooks had begun to develop a movie with Paramount called "The Lamb," in which he'd star as Chris Gaines, an emotionally conflicted rock star. To create buzz for the project, "Chris" recorded "Garth Brooks in … The Life of Chris Gaines," filmed a "Behind
the Music" for Chris and performed on "SNL" when Garth hosted. It all left the public confused, and as a result the album was a bust and the movie went on an indefinite hiatus. No wonder Rolling Stone called the whole project "the most monumentally disastrous marketing idea that mainstream pop had seen in years."
8. "Glitter"
If you've seen "Precious," you know Mariah Carey can act. But back in 2001 when "Glitter" came out, critics were singing a different tune. Reviews for the movie couldn't have been worse, and "Glitter" bombed at the box office. (It grossed just over $5 million worldwide, less
than a quarter of its $22 million budget.) Even the film's soundtrack was a dismal failure: It was Mariah's worst showing on the Billboard charts, and Mariah was dropped from her label as a result.
7. The Spice Girls, "Forever"
By 2000 Geri had peaced out of the Spice Girls, but Victoria, Mel B, Emma and Mel C had enough girl power left in them -- or so they thought. Unfortunately, their edgier R&B sound on "Forever" didn't resonate with audiences, and in early 2001, they officially announced
that they were breaking up. (Forever? Try for never -- or until 2007, when they did their reunion tour.)
6. Lindsay Lohan at Ungaro
Say what you want about Lindsay Lohan's personal life, but the girl has style. So in September 2009, when it was announced that Emanuel Ungaro hired her as its artistic adviser, it actually seemed like a good pairing. But when the collection, designed by Estrella Archs, was
presented that October in Paris, it was met with about as much praise as "I Know Who Killed Me." Women's Wear Daily called the collection "an embarrassment." What? They don't like heart-shaped sequined pasties? By March, Lindsay and Ungaro had parted ways.
5. Prince changing his name to the Love Symbol
Prince was actually born Prince Rogers Nelson, so he actually lucked out in the celebrity name game. So why he would want to change his name to an unpronounceable symbol is absolutely insane. But that's what he did in 1993. Since you can't pronounce the
symbol, people would just call him "The Artist Formerly Known as Prince." On May 16, 2000, after his contract with Warner/Chappell expired, Prince stopped using the Love Symbol moniker, explaining that since he was now freed from undesirable relationships associated with the name Prince, he would use his name again. And all was right with the world.
4. Jessica Simpson's country career
Jessica Simpson's a Texas girl who was raised on country music, so making country music would be a logical step in her career, right? So very, very wrong. While "Do You Know" became Jess's first #1 album of her career, it all went south from there. Less than a year
after the record's release, she and her country label, Sony Nashville, parted ways. Never a good sign.
3. "The Jay Leno Show"
Here are the dismal effects of the 10 p.m. "The Jay Leno Show" and NBC's subsequent flip-flopping: five wasted hours of primetime TV weekly; destroyed ratings for local NBC newscasts; made Jay Leno look like a selfish jerk; made NBC look like bumbling fools; NBC lost Conan
O'Brien. Sure, there's more, but we think that's enough to suffice for turkeydom.
2. "Gigli"
This Jennifer Lopez-Ben Affleck stinker doesn't just make the list because it was so awful that it was yanked from theaters three weeks after release. It's not just on here because it's the only movie ever to win the Razzie gram slam: Worst Picture, Worst Actor, Worst Actress, Worst
Director, Worst Screenplay and Worst Screen Couple. Nope, "Gigli" is mostly on here because it also contributed to the beginning of the end of Jen and Ben's relationship. RIP Bennifer 1.0.
1. Britney Spears's 2007 VMA "comeback"
Where were you when the bomb hit? The bomb that was Britney's 2007 MTV Video Music Awards performance. It was supposed to be her finest hour, her big comeback. Instead, it was an absolute bust. Who could forget that dazed look in her eyes as she basically just stood there,
unable to even lip-sync right while her backup dancers moved around her? But we'd say she made up for it since then, don't cha think?
Hollywood's Biggest Turkeys Of 2010
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2010 is shaping up to be a strong year at the movies with the box office on pace to be the highest ever. But there have still been plenty of bombs. To compile our list of the biggest turkeys of 2010, we compared global box office with each film's estimated budget to come up with a percentage of the budget each film earned back. They are ranked from the worst up.
Thanksgiving Holiday Travel
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Meet the Youngest Top 10 Album Artist
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The Great American Celebrities Who Quit Smoking
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Most Famous Celebrities in 2010 American Music Awards
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Sarah Palin's Style Tranformation
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9 Timeless Celeb Looks Then and Now
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Zagat's Top 20 forever Movies
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Famous Presidential Pardons & Snubs
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This week was all about the pardon. Florida governor Charlie Crist revealed that he's considering a posthumous pardon for Jim Morrison, lead singer of the Doors, before he vacates office in December. The pardon would wipe away an indecent exposure conviction from a wild 1969 concert in Miami.
Meanwhile, George W. Bush told the TODAY show that former Vice President Dick Cheney was angry with him for failing to pardon I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. We take a look back at some of the most memorable pardons of all time.
Patty Hearst: Heiress-turned-bank robber pardoned
The granddaughter of publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst made headlines in 1974 when an urban guerilla group known as the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) kidnapped her from her Berkeley, Calif., apartment. Two months later the 19-year-old Hearst was
photographed robbing a San Francisco bank while toting an assault rifle. Though Hearst's defense lawyer argued that her involvement was the result of pervasive brainwashing, she was convicted of bank robbery. After two years in jail, President Jimmy Carter commuted Hearst's seven-year sentence, but it wasn't until the last day of President Bill Clinton's presidency in 2001 that
she was granted a full pardon.
No pardon for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby
The former chief of staff for Vice President Dick Cheney was convicted of lying during the investigation of the leaked identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame. George W. Bush chose not to pardon the vice presidential aide due to his involvement in the leak, opting only to
commute his sentence.
Richard Nixon's Watergate pardon
Just a little over a year after he resigned in the wake of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon received a highly controversial pardon from then-President Gerald Ford.
George Steinbrenner's illegal campaign donations forgiven
Indicted on 14 criminal counts in 1974, the owner of the New York Yankees pled guilty to obstruction of justice and conspiring to make illegal contributions to President Richard Nixon's reelection campaign. Then-President
Ronald Reagan agreed to pardon Steinbrenner only if he admitted to the crime
Iva Toguri D'Aquino aka "Tokyo Rose" pardoned after serving time
Toguri D'Aquino, known as Tokyo Rose, was one of several women who read Japanese propaganda on Radio Tokyo's "Zero Hour" program during World War II. After World War II she was convicted of treason and served
ten years in prison. Decades later it was exposed that the charges against her were largely false and she was pardoned by President Gerald Ford.
Roger Clinton's big bro excuses his cocaine distribution
On his final day as president, Bill Clinton issued pardons to more than 100 people, including his half brother, Roger. In 1985 Roger pled guilty to distributing cocaine in Arkansas. We guess having a brother who's president
has its perks!
Confederate General Robert E. Lee pardoned 110 years later
After the Civil War ended, any Confederate soldier could apply for a pardon and have his citizenship restored. Famed Confederate General Robert E. Lee applied for the pardon, but his oath of allegiance (the required
document) never made its way to the desk of then-President Andrew Johnson. In 1974, some 110 years after Lee applied for his pardon, a researcher at the National Archives discovered the officer's amnesty oath. In 1975 Lee's full rights of citizenship were posthumously restored when President Gerald Ford signed his official pardon.
Jimmy Hoffa: Head of Teamsters pardoned
Hoffa, the notorious head of the Teamsters, had been serving a 15-year prison sentence for jury tampering and fraud when President Richard Nixon pardoned him in 1971. Nixon's pardon came with one condition, which Hoffa agreed to: "not [to] engage in direct or indirect
management of any labor organization" until at least March 1980. Some believe that Hoffa was attempting to reassert his power over the Teamsters when he mysteriously disappeared in 1975.
Eugene V. Debs: "espionage" excused
Eugene V. Debs, a famed American Socialist who ran for president five times, was convicted of treasonous speech under the Espionage Act for speaking out against the American involvement in World War I. He was sentenced to ten years in prison in 1918 for his crime. Debs was
released after just three years when President Warren Harding issued a blanket pardon to anyone convicted under the Espionage Act. Harding then asked Debs to drop by the White House so the two could meet.
Caspar Weinberger's missile transfer pardoned
Former Defense Secretary Weinberger was involved in the transfer of U.S. anti-tank missiles to Iran in what became known as the Iran-Contra Affair. Following his resignation in 1987, Weinberger was charged with lying to the independent counsel. However, George H.W. Bush
pardoned Weinberger and in the process, halted the legal proceedings against him.
Vietnam Draft Dodgers forgiven
On his first day as president, Jimmy Carter issued a pardon to those who avoided serving in the Vietnam War by fleeing the U.S. or not registering. However, some groups, such as deserters, were not included in the terms of the pardon.
2010 Women of the Year
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