Rock & Roll Hall of Game Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 http://new.music.yah...stina-aguilera/ It seems like only yesterday that she was a teen-pop star, but Christina Aguilera turns 30 on Saturday, facing an uncertain commercial and personal future as a middle-aged "Dirrty" girl. How happy is this birthday for her? She won't be spending it alone, at least. There's a new guy in the life of this suddenly single superstar, and if he weren't around to ease her through her divorce, she'd still have the paparazzi to keep her company. Still, there are other factors that might make the candles look a little dimmer as she faces her fourth decade: * Burlesque, her debut as a movie star, is going down as a box-office bomb. It had a $55 million budget—before many millions more in marketing costs—making it the most expensive gamble in Screen Gems' history. After three weeks in theaters, the movie has edged up to a $34 million gross, only about half of which is headed back to the disappointed studio's coffers. Reviews weren't much kinder to her performance than to the overall film, which got a 38% approval rating among the critics surveyed at Rottentomatoes.com. (Among "top critics," it was an even lower 26%.) USA Today called her "clearly not at ease in front of a camera." The New York Times said Aguilera is "a serviceable screen presence" who gives "a dutiful, stolid performance in a movie that quickly proves achingly dull." "Aguilera can dance like nobody's business," opined the New York Post, "but her acting debut isn't going to keep Anne Hathaway awake at night." * When Aguilera canceled her summer tour just after tickets went on sale last May, she cited the need to do interviews promoting Burlesque, among other factors. "With both the album press and film press I am booked the entire summer and need the time to focus on the work at hand... I realized there was not enough time to put together and rehearse for a proper show," she said in a statement. Which most people took as code for: I realized my dignity could not bear the sight of half-empty arenas. * The album she was also supposedly canceling the tour to further promote, Bionic, was an unmitigated bust. It debuted on the Billboard chart at No. 3 with 110,000 copies sold, less than a third the opening-week total of her previous studio album. It dropped out of the top 20 after two weeks. That wasn't altogether surprising, given that lead single "Not Myself Tonight" had peaked at No. 23 on the Billboard Hot 100. Further singles did nothing to revive the album's fortunes. By the end of November, Bionic had sold a career-low 252,000 copies, and by December it had dropped off the list of the hundred best-selling albums of 2010. poor Xtina... will she ever make a comeback? Will she ever be as popular or pretty as before? Will she find a personality? don't hold ur breath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Ouch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquaria Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Sad The only time she had any edge and purpose was when she was rebelling against her squeaky clean image... only to prove that she really is that boring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaquero Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Sad The only time she had any edge and purpose was when she was rebelling against her squeaky clean image... only to prove that she really is that boring. I swear I wanna slap you sometimes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquaria Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 I swear I wanna slap you sometimes I'm not gonna stop you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaquero Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 I'm not gonna stop you :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetDAYZ Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 That INDEED is her hangup..stop trying so hard to "prove" and just BE. She's so not believable these days .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s.omner Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 WOW. That was a crazy article to read. LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*~WhitePicketDreams~* Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 She'll bounce back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Wonder Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 She just needs to dumb down her talent for hits. Some of that article is just plain biased and not true. Burlesque is being released in another 60 countries. It will definitely recuperate the budget. The Bionic Tour was in Ticketmaster's top 10 selling tours before she POSTPONED it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanka Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 She just needs to dumb down her talent for hits. Some of that article is just plain biased and not true. Burlesque is being released in another 60 countries. It will definitely recuperate the budget. The Bionic Tour was in Ticketmaster's top 10 selling tours before she POSTPONED it. You really think she's gonna do that bionic tour? She said on T.V she's going back to recorded for a new album in January. That tour & whole era seems pretty much a wrap. That shade at the film is nonsense. The film will make their budget...and if it doesn't...so what...xtina still got paid But got damn @ 252,000 copies....ouch. I thought it was at least near gold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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