tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post7111086009643607613..comments2024-02-04T05:13:04.501-05:00Comments on Nik at Nite: Nikki Staffordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04463618183850438914noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-42895613444699591332007-07-22T22:51:00.000-04:002007-07-22T22:51:00.000-04:00Ah, I love a good Posh debate. Just for the record...Ah, I love a good Posh debate. Just for the record, since the Spice Girls split up, she's had a solo record (how good it was...well, not very) and an autobiography (Learning to Fly, and it's not absolutely terrible, better than Ginger's) and of course, had three kids. So she hasn't done *nothing* since the end of the Spice. <BR/><BR/>I'd much rather watch a funny, self-aware pop star who mocks celebrity culture whilst participating in it than one who thinks being dumb is sexy (Jessica S., Paris, etc.). <BR/><BR/>Bottom line, she is an entertainer and the show was nothing but entertaining. Well done, Victoria. You're major. In a good way.Crissy Calhounhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12649031326901904608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-48473146370709276482007-07-22T20:40:00.000-04:002007-07-22T20:40:00.000-04:00Unlike Paris Hilton, the American celebrity that n...Unlike Paris Hilton, the American celebrity that no American can seem to get enough of, Posh actually did do something at one time to gain her notoriety. She was a member of the Spice Girls. Then, when she released her first solo album, it went #1 in the UK for a gajillion weeks. Next album successful, next album pretty successful. No, we don't hear much of her here (though probably more in Canada than in the UK, since half the country seems to be British), but in the UK she is MASSIVE. I mean, Madonna hasn't really done much of anything lately either, but that doesn't stop her from being absolutely huge no matter what she does. <BR/><BR/>My husband is a sports writer, and he thinks Becks is about 5 years beyond his prime. In N.A., he'll have far more female fans who buy his calendars and magazines with his mug on it than men who think the guy has any talent (face it, if he didn't look the way he did, he wouldn't have half the fans) because he's not nearly the best player in the league. Not by a LONG shot.<BR/><BR/>The UK is obsessed with celebrity in a way even the US isn't. I remember being in the UK in 2000 and there was a biography of Martin (is that right?) Kemp (lead singer of Spandau Ballet, played Steve Owen on EastEnders), and it was HUGE. It was everywhere, in store windows, in airport and train shops, it was absolutely everywhere. A celeb bio comes out, everyone buys it there. A celeb bio comes out here, and we often raise eyebrows and keep walking. <BR/><BR/>But as Chapatikid says, that doesn't mean the US isn't necessarily obsessed with celebrity, it's just that it's a different kind of obsession. They might look in the other direction when Posh and Becks come striding down the street, but Paris Hilton spends about 3 frickin' minutes (total) behind bars and everyone's nuts for her. Britney goes into rehab and comes back out and it's front-page news everywhere. Britney's had about the same success story as Victoria -- first album massive, second one big, next one not so big -- but we'd think she is huge. She's no bigger than Victoria, but Posh just isn't as well known here. <BR/><BR/>I bet if you looked at per capita numbers of the show, Canadians probably watched it more, and loved it more because of the sense of humour that we just get. I can totally see why Americans wouldn't like -- or get -- that show.Nikki Staffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04463618183850438914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-53142671678960873302007-07-22T07:33:00.000-04:002007-07-22T07:33:00.000-04:00Look at the comment from anonymous. Someone at thi...Look at the comment from anonymous. Someone at this person's work already has a negative opinion of her without even watching the show. They have TONS of indifferent people to win over, and I'm not one of them. <BR/><BR/>I think when a 'personality' is stuffed down your throat through an odd tv show, magazine spreads galore, strange pictures of being overdressed and way too thin, you get backlash. Not interest. <BR/><BR/>I guess we'll see where this heads, but I think they went about this all the wrong way.<BR/><BR/>David Beckham will not bring interest in soccer. America just really is not that interested in the sport. Football, basketball, and baseball will always be the big three.K J Gillenwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12023089365553324315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-69070555265529105832007-07-22T01:20:00.000-04:002007-07-22T01:20:00.000-04:00She gets paid to act the way she does. I watched i...She gets paid to act the way she does. I watched it the first night it aired, and I grinned from ear to ear the whole way through. Sadly, I think her dry humour was completely and utterly lost on Americans. You'd think the critics would get it, but they didn't. Come on, if someone offered me a big suitcase of cash (or a cheque) to film a few hours of my life, and I was already a celebrity in the spotlight, I'd say, sure, why not? It's more exposure for her and her husband who's coming to join the LA Galaxy. And for god's sake, it's called ShowBIZ for a reason. I just loved the fact that the whole time she was being filmed, she totally took the piss. I was MOVED by her comment about Lionel Richie dancing on the ceiling. I thought, wow, her wit's as sharp as her cheekbones. She knows how to work it, she does. And the best part is that she's so totally and completely unpretentious about being totally and completely pretentious.<BR/><BR/>I love the way she rakes over that personal assistant of hers on the first day. And the way you can see how the Beverly Hills tea party is like almost like a Mad Hatters party as far as she's concerned. She and her assistant both get drunk there and just egg everyone on. What was with that strange sonic shriek?!<BR/><BR/>Like it or not, Kristin, she will definitely be a star. She may be a has-been pop star, and her husband a has-been football player. But some American company was smart/stupid enough to bring him to LA. They wouldn't have done it if they didn't think there was a huge market for soccer there. It was tried twice before, first with Pele, then with Maradona, but they were way too washed up by then. And unlike Pele and Maradona, the Beckhams are a product, not people, and they are very aware of it. Furthermore, another sad fact: America is OBSESSED with celebrity. That's why you have Paris Hilton.The Chapati Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08916089544395886858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-12450117227624191612007-07-21T22:34:00.000-04:002007-07-21T22:34:00.000-04:00But how is any of this reason for a tv show? What ...But how is any of this reason for a tv show? What does this woman do? She's not a tv or movie personality, she doesn't write books, she has no skill beyond being the anorexic wife of a soccer player. That is the problem I have with her.<BR/><BR/>I know many witty, funny women...beautiful ones...prettier by far than this stick...and they don't have tv shows.<BR/><BR/>You don't get to be a star and famous without having done something worthy of the fame. Even if it is singing badly during an "American Idol" tryout. But she has done nothing since her days as a Spicegirl.<BR/><BR/>I just don't think she will really end up with the same amount of celebrity she has in the UK, because most of America just doesn't care. She and her husband (mostly her) are trying too hard to be international stars, and it turns people off. Me included.K J Gillenwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12023089365553324315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-77231606169572557802007-07-20T22:50:00.000-04:002007-07-20T22:50:00.000-04:00I TOTALLY agree - I pvr'd it last night because I ...I TOTALLY agree - I pvr'd it last night because I missed it on Monday and of course I was curious, being a massive Beckham admirer. My sister and I watched it tonight and we both enjoyed it thoroughly - someone at work today said they thought she was stupid, but after watching the show it seems that either she didn't watch the show or she didn't get the humour. My sister and I both agreed that it's too bad that this wasn't a series - it would have been very enjoyable - of course, the Beckhams are big family people and they wouldn't want their sons exposed to this, so it's understandable that it's a no-go as Victoria is very hands on with her children, so it would be hard to film it.<BR/>I LOVED her facing Perez face to face, the blow up doll decoy (complete with wig cut by her hairdresser) and the look on her face while that crazy socialite did her dolphin speak!!! :) <BR/>p.s. if I was going to go fora job of being Posh's asst, I think I would have dressed a lot better than this one did -Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com