Posted on 03/30/2009 7:46:15 AM PDT by holy joe
Milli Vanilli was a duo from the late 1980s and early 1990s who rose to superstardom but were forced to give back a Grammy when the public discovered that they didn’t sing their own songs.
Universal Pictures even optioned a Jeff Nathanson script on the Milli Vanilli story to make into a motion picture.
In a similar inauthentic vein, a rep for “American Idol” has admitted reluctantly that the group performances on the show are lip-synched, according to The New York Times,.
Meanwhile, President Obama, who seems to be overly attached to his teleprompter, recently conducted an Internet town hall meeting that smacked of showbiz sleight of hand.
The event had been promoted as open to any and all citizens with an Internet connection.
But questioners called on at the event by Obama included: a member of the pro-Obama Service Employees International Union; a member of the Democratic National Committee who campaigned for Obama in the Hispanic community; a former Democratic candidate for the Virginia House of Delegates who endorsed Obama; and a Virginia businessman who was a donor to Obama's 2008 campaign.
So the virtual deck was stacked with supporters whose questions would give the president the opportunity to launch on his preferred message of the day.
An unsubstantiated source indicates that Obama has plans to leave his teleprompter at home and instead lip-synch his next town hall meeting.
Speaking of theatrics, another Hollywood remake is coming soon to a multiplex near you.
A “Planet of the Apes,” “Superman,” “The Manchurian Candidate,” “Titanic,” or “Psycho” redo?
No, it’s a 21st-century feature film version of “The Three Stooges.”
Two real-life stooges of Hugo Chavez will be in it. Sean Penn is all set to play Larry, and Benicio Del Toro, Moe...
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>> Meanwhile, President Obama, who seems to be overly attached to his teleprompter, recently conducted an Internet town hall meeting that smacked of showbiz sleight of hand.
President Ron Burgundy. “... anything you type on that prompter, Burgundy will read!!”
“Go F*** yourself, San Diego”
SnakeDoc
Everything about Obammy and the Dim Dhims is fake and nothing but lies and phony baloney.
I hate when they talk about Milli Vanilli. They were a talented duet that got very bad advice from their handlers. One of them committd suicide.
One of them committd suicide.
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Gosh. I didn’t know that. How horrible. :(
In some respect, Milli Vanilli brought it on themselves. “Handlers” or not — they sought to get rich by perpetrating a fraud on the public. They got caught. They knew what they were doing was wrong, but allowed themselves to be talked into it because of promises of fame and fortune. Pride comes before the fall.
It is a shame that one of them committed suicide.
SnakeDoc
Lip sync present ping.
He’s speaking live right now, telling Americans the government is taking over GM. His head is now pausing in the middle, along with his beloved tennis match side prompters.
I think he could now be referred to as Tritotusaurus!! LOL!!!
Hey, let's see YOU do it.
I watched a special on this whole Mili Vanilli fiasco. they won a Grammy and all of the singing was done by some poor no-name studio singer. I hope they gave him the Grammy.
This is a great comparison for the current President though. He is lost without the prepared statments fed to him through the teleprompter. I wonder how long before they can hide the teleprompter in the podium so we won’t know if he is using it or not.
Cheaters and fakes don’t deserve sympathy.
Obama is more Silli than Milli so Silli Vanilli.
His death was ruled accidental drug overdose - why do you say he committed suicide?
Any professional dancer with the right “look” would have been just as “talented” as either Milli or Vanilli.
Does the Teleprompter have his own Presidential Seal?
>> I wonder how long before they can hide the teleprompter in the podium so we won’t know if he is using it or not.
They already have computer screens in the podium — but I’m not sure they’d work as a teleprompter. We’d notice him staring at the podium. The purpose of a teleprompter is that it will appear that the speaker is looking at the audience — if they were going to put one in the podium, it’d be almost the same as reading a handwritten or typed speech.
*sigh* Feeling really old as I realize that has to be explained now.
Milli Vanilli didn’t have the talent. They were puppets. Other people sang and the media knew about it.
The Grammy was given to them and the songs weren’t that great.
The media industry is a culture of corruption and they have given us our first Red president.
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