Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, and Gene Kelly: These Hollywood stars could do it all! They could sing without auto-tune, deliver Oscar worthy performances on que and tap dance come rain or shine. Today’s actors are not necessarily made of the same stuff. Beauty and connections seems to have replaced talent, and the right agent can get you a perfume line before you say “Kardashian”. This means that the fight for the limelight is tougher than ever, and to keep your place you gotta do it all! If you’re a pop star you’re bound to have endless merchandise, a documentary of your tour, an E! True Hollywood Story about your life and at least a handful of cameos in the latest summer blockbuster. However, a few singers go a step too far, think Mariah Carey in Glitter, Jennifer Lopez in Gigli or Kelly Clarkson in From Justin to Kelly. This is MoviefiedNYC’s top 5 worst cases of singers turned actors:
1. Vanilla Ice
Oh Vanilla Ice, sometimes you make things so wrong they just feels right. This one hit wonder of the 90’s tried his hand in acting and it was everything you would expect and more. The IMDB page for Cool As Ice (yes, it really is called that) says it’s “A rap-oriented remake of The Wild One, with heavy emphasis on the fact that rap star Vanilla Ice has assumed the Marlon Brando role.”Unsurprisingly the only award this bad boy role won was the 1991 Razzie for ‘Worst New Star’. In recent times Vanilla, real name Robert Van Winkle, seems to have found success in real estate. Who woulda thunk it?
2. Jessica Simpson
3. Britney Spears
Britney Spears starred in Crossroads, a movie about three friends who take a road trip to find themselves and each other through multiple conversations, dramatic incidents and dance routines. All in all, a classic guilty pleasure movie. The film was nominated for a total of eight Razzie awards and Spears’ acting career came to an end soon after. Since then she has stuck to singing and general A-list stardom except for a handful of cameo appearances on shows such as Will & Grace and How I Met Your Mother. However, it is worth noting that her true acting debut came in a hidden gem of a film called Longshot, a movie that supposedly centers on a tennis instructor/giggilo, but in reality is a 90’s boy bands lover’s dream. The movie includes cameos such as O-Town, NSYNC, Ms. Spears and even some Chippendales dancers.
4. 50 Cent
5. Miley Cyrus

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