The Ugly Truth
The reality is that Susan Boyle is unattractive. She's really unattractive. And guess what? The event that catapulted her to stardom in the first place capitalized on the fact that just about anyone who sees her believes this.
The reality is that Susan Boyle is unattractive. She's really unattractive. And guess what? The event that catapulted her to stardom in the first place capitalized on the fact that just about anyone who sees her believes this.
As I watched the transfixed faces of Judy's Carlyle fans, I had to wonder: What long and winding road took them here? Did they ever roll around in the mud at Woodstock? Take LSD?
Susan Boyle's voice is stronger and more beautiful than Paul McCartney's and she sings better in tune. Someday she will be as big a legend as the Beatles.
It's not much of a surprise when megastars like Kanye West land in some kind of trouble. Whatever their moral compass may have been, it no longer works in the upper stratosphere.
Peter, Paul & Mary helped mold the opinions of millions, persistently trying to open the minds of everyone who listened to their recordings or saw them perform live.
Journalists' experience is just what many ad agencies are looking for in 2009. One of their specific needs is experienced journalists who are great story-tellers.
Why have Pakistanis endured decades of bad politics and their violent consequences? Why do they watch their leaders play a foolhardy game with the Taliban? Can they not do more?
Perhaps what America is observing is political opportunism in its freshest form. We see this a great deal in the new order of the entertainment industry: fame without responsibility.
Beyond the very small number of Axelrods, Emmanuels and the like, which of the people staffing the great and the good right now feel empowered, duty-bound even, to give honest, unvarnished feedback?
America's Got Talent last night proved once again that it's a pretty good antidote to the country's woes.
It's time for someone to say "enough." Ms. Boyle's rags-to-riches story is taking a turn toward tragedy, even faster than what we've seen from others traveling the arc of sudden fame.
When I first started blogging, I never imagined it would become one of my favorite things to do.
What is the appeal of Susan Boyle? Is it that she is "one of us"? She is humble? Shy? Unassuming? Why has her performance on Britain's Got Talent, been viewed over 25 million times on YouTube?
Susan Boyle's breakdown in the aftermath of "Britain's Got Talent" illustrates two perplexing areas of human behavior: depression and procrastination. Why do people get stuck in unhappy life spaces?
How wise the body is! As the 7th floor L.A. Radisson Hotel doors opened, I walked smack into a conversation some women were having about "...how terr...
We have turned into a society that sits night after night glued to the TV to find out who's going to the prom. Yet instead of gossiping the next day at recess we can now tweet, Facebook and blog, making the humiliation instantaneous and permanent.
The emotional fallout of Susan Boyle's unexpected and disappointing defeat on Saturday night was clearly devastating. The front-runner failed to take ...
Internet sensation Susan Boyle lost Britain's Got Talent. As I mentioned last week, while Boyle has enjoyed success online with more than 90 millio...
"I had a dream my life would be So different from the hell I'm living So different now from what it seemed Now life has killed the dream I dreamed." ...
The media seemed to forget that Great Britain has filled the world with ugly singers, whether Mick Jagger or Amy Winehouse.
In a shocker that had Clay Aiken's ears bleeding, American Idol champ Kris Allen, who did not even participate, won first place in Saturday's Britain...