Today's Blind Items
This A list female country singer was hired to shoot a video of her just talking. She was given the script ahead of time and had cue cards at the ready. She came in the morning after a concert in a nearby town and was put in hair and makeup. A room was especially decorated for her to shoot the video in. The building was cleared for only essential people and the camera started rolling. And rolling. And rolling. Because for all of her posturing and songs of "I am a strong, smart woman" our singer couldn't even read her cue cards right. Also, "uh" is one of the main words in her vocabulary. The crew, ever the professionals, stuck it out waiting for her to get her few lines right. After a few hours, the director called it a day and said they have what they need and proceeds to try to edit those few lines into something passable. He had to use a lot more video of her singing then he thought he would but he made it work.
Underwood?
ReplyDeleteUnderwood does seem to fit.
ReplyDeleteCarrie Underwood was my first thought, too.
ReplyDeleteNot Simpson then? :p
ReplyDeleteCarrie does seem to fit though.
I was thinking Underwood too. She gives of an "I'm a strong woman" vibe. Miranda Lambert gives off that impression too.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the singer was just really sleep-deprived?
Hi. Dolly Parton, Kelli Pickler, Taylor Swift? Although, Carrie does seem to fit the bill.
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Shania Twain?
ReplyDeletemlovesny - I don't think anyone would be surprised (hence blind) if it were Kellie
ReplyDeleteI love her, her music and her show dearly, but maybe Reba?
ReplyDeleteGretchen Wilson is A-List. I wouldn't think Carrie Underwood is. Kellie Pickler is damn sure this classy, but she is certainly not A-List.
ReplyDeleteLauren! No, it can't be Reba. No, no, no.
ReplyDeletePlus, she's not an uh-er. Carrie is. Kellie is. Let's flip a coin for one of those two.
I'm wondering if it could be someone who maybe can't read properly? Given her hard childhood, I guess maybe Kellie didn't receive a proper education? I'm just saying it's a possibility.
Ya, sleep deprivation and/or wild partying could also be the reason. I know I can't form a sentence after a crazy night.
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ReplyDeleteDefinitely not Reba. Just trust me. I work in the country music biz. Reba has only had like one tour date in the last month and would probably use her own studio to record the video. Not, some place after the concert. She's a pro. No way that she would forget lines or be there all day.
ReplyDeleteGretchen Wilson is no longer A-list by the way.
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ReplyDeleteI CAblondy, I don't want it to be her either! I just thought she was an A list country singer that hadn't been mentioned yet!
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ReplyDeleteUh Kendal? We get it.
ReplyDeleteGonna throw out Faith Hill just for somethin' different.
Kendel, I am forever jealous that you work in the country music industry.
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ReplyDeleteI'm thinking it has to be one of the younger singers as the pros like Reba, and even Faith Hill have been around long enough to know what is expected of them and they wouldn't have had a very long career like this.
ReplyDeleteI'm going with Underwood on this one as I wouldn't consider Kellie to be A list yet.
Martina McBride / strong woman
ReplyDeletewhat about LeAnn Rimes? Is she A list coutry singer? I can totally imagine her umming her way through an interview...
ReplyDeleteCarrie Underwood is hosting the CMAs, so maybe,
ReplyDeleteMy fist thought like Lauren was Reba McEntyre
For the heck of it, what about Matina McBide
carrie underwood has to be A list in the country music world. pickler, no way.
ReplyDeletei thought of shania twain too but i don't know that she's A list anymore. not reba though. not faith hill.
whoever it is, i'm cutting her some slack. she may well have been tired and/or hung over.
I've recently seen a commercial with a singer talking about animals being abused. They used a lot of her performance footage - she spoke very little. I can't remember who it was. Anyone see it??
ReplyDeletemcbride maybe?
ReplyDeleteREBA IS SMART...DOLLY IS VERY SMART...
ReplyDeletecaptivagirl, that's Sarah McLachlan with her "Do you remember me" schmaltz fest.
ReplyDeleteur- oh, thx.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great opportunity for someone to use her fame to expose the high rate of adult illiteracy.
ReplyDeleteCarrie Underwood is totally A list, and I think Shania is too, even if she hasn't done much lately.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking Shania because of the smart strong woman stuff ... what I'm MORE trying to figure out is under what circumstances does someone want a country singer to do a talking video, and for what audience?
I've seen Carrie talk extemporaneously and she does fine; no idea if she freezes with an actual script.
So I'm going with Shania.
Faith Hill.
ReplyDeletecarrie Underwood has a college degree, so could probably handle reading the cue cards.
ReplyDeleteShaninny Tw*t isn't performing (other than living a lie. Again. Heh heh heh.)
ReplyDeleteNot Carrie. She's a pretty decent speaker. Not Dolly or Reba. I'm putting my money on Shania, Faith or LeeAnn.
ReplyDeletei'm going with martina mcbride too. All of her songs make me feel like my guidance counselor is singing to me. Total girl power overkill.
ReplyDeleteCheck out this Kellie Pickler quote I found (http://www.bankrate.com/finance/fame-fortune/q-a-with-country-singer-kellie-pickler-1.aspx):
ReplyDeleteWho am I? I've found that everything I've been through and every obstacle that I've had to overcome, that I'm just allowing all that to make me a strong woman. I'm starting to feel like a strong individual and now accepting who I am. I'm happy with who I see when I look in the mirror.
Now, I would argue that Kellie Pickler is A list, but maybe some would by virtue of her exposure on "American Idol," not the country music world.
I don't think Faith ever said she was smart, did she? The smartest thing she ever did was get pregnant and get Tim to marry her. ^..^
Reba is much too much of a pro to do something like this. Much as I don't like her, LeAnn, too.
I'm thinking it's a younger gal, so I'm going with Kellie. Besides, can't stand her music! Hee hee
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ReplyDeleteNo way in the world Gretchen is close to A list. She wishes.
ReplyDeleteUnderwood FTW
Oh, I got it! Even though I REALLY would argue that Jewel is A list country music singer, she did sing "Stronger Woman."
ReplyDeleteAnd she's touring.
Plus, I think she thinks she's smarter than the rest of us because of living in a car, etc., that she's always talking about.
Can't stand her, either! LOL
To me this just SCREAMS jessica simpson but thats because she comes across as SUCH an airhead, nothing between the ears but nitrous oxide.
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i'm probably way off base though.
Underwood is an excellent speaker and does so quite often. She is the subject of the stuck up and snotty blinds. She hates Jessica Simpson and sometimes lets it show.
ReplyDeleteReba had a hit show and can read the pants off of cue cards.
Dolly is a pro.
This is someone else, Shania possibly.
Dolly's a completely brilliant businesswoman (Martha Stewart-style mania, always working), plus she writes her own songs ... for instance, "I Will Always Love You," which was fucking BUTCHERED by Whitney Houston.
ReplyDeleteWhich brings to me the reason I have NEVER been able to watch American Idol: I tried once, thought 'give it a shot,' and half an hour in, soeone sang it and Simon said (paraphrased) "I don't know how you thought you'd be able to match the WHITNEY HOUSTON ORIGINAL," and I threw some shit at my teevee and never watched it again.
Hmmmmmmm
ReplyDeleteI would say Gretchen Wilson, but... I don't think she qualifies as A list.
Alright, I'm jumping on the Underwood bandwagon.
Gretchen Wilson.
ReplyDeleteShe's A-list based on record sales, and "Redneck Woman" is a power ballad if there ever was one.
She comes across as a hard partying redneck, and recently has gotten a lot of press on how she finally got her GED.
I just can't see Wilson being A-list at all. She hasn't had a hit in a couple of years.
ReplyDeleteI'm loving the Jewel guess!
I'm torn between Martina McBride or Jewel. MM was my first choice, then someone tossed Jewel out there.
ReplyDeleteMM:
Independence Day
This One's For the Girls
In My Daughter's Eyes
Carrie Underwood
ReplyDeleteNo way is this Dolly. Firstly, she's a great speaker. Secondly, she runs a major international literacy campaign/foundation, so she would have had no troble reading the cards.
Not in a million years is this Dolly Parton. It would have said "country music legend and all around awesome in every way" *L*
ReplyDeleteMy first thought was Shania Twain. But does she even count as country anymore? Or is she just plain crap?
There aren't many current A-list female country stars anymore. Dolly, Reba, Martina, Shania, and Faith are pretty much the entire list. Dolly, Reba, and Martina are articulate and intelligent. Shania and Faith have come across as real airheads in the past. Shania has been out of the spotlight for years, and hasn't performed anywhere lately. But just a few days ago she was at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert in New York. The blind item states "She came in the morning after a concert in a nearby town and was put in hair and makeup". I first thought it couldn't be Shania, because she hasn't sung at a concert since her Up! tour ended in 2004. But if the concert in question was the Hall of Fame concert that Shania attended, rather than sung at, my guess is Shania. If not, it's got to be Faith Hill.
ReplyDeleteCarrie was a journalism major in college. I am pretty sure she can read. What about Faith Hill? She comes from a family whose illiteracy is well documented.
ReplyDeleteTwain, Hill, Rimes. Lee Ann Rimes really doesn't strike me as all that bright, and neither does Faith Hill.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely NOT Reba or Dolly. Both have acting chops and are very bright. And Dolly doesn't have a "smart strong woman" persona. She's got a cutesy down-home persona that belies just how very smart she is.
lari white "because I am a woman"
ReplyDeleteLove Lari, but I don't even think in her day she counted as A list.
ReplyDeleteThe movie star rankings aside, I think Enty and other non-country music folks might take A list country to mean sales but mostly name recognition.
I'm sticking with my Jewel guess.
@Harriet: High five, sistah! Was Shaninny EVER country?!?! ^..^
Im thinking twain...
ReplyDeleteI would absolutely love for it to be Twain. :P Can't stand that woman.
ReplyDeleteI would absolutely love for it to be Twain. :P Can't stand that woman.
ReplyDeleteI'm with the Faith Hill guess.
ReplyDeletei wanna say Underwood because she's already proven to be that stupid before.
ReplyDeleteAny hockey fans remember this? LOL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsIslnig9pQ
Pssst. The camera's already ON you honey....
for me,she's Taylor Swift:that explains her no-reaction during Kanye West moment!
ReplyDeleteOddly I don't find any of the guesses plausible.
ReplyDeleteDisliking a singer does not make them guilty of being dense. haha!
I have seen Twain, Hill, Swift, Pickler, Wilson, McEntire, Jewel & Underwood do interviews without it being an effort.
Matter of fact I have seen them all talk non stop. Including Jessica Simpson.
The only girl singer listed here I have seen stumble in interviews is Marina McBride. But not to the point of looking completely dense.
And thinking about this blind... I am more curious if the singer was desperately hung over verses just dense.
Miley is an A list country singer
ReplyDeleteTaylor swift. Duh!
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