In an interview with U.K. magazine Pride, Nia Long was asked about singers who try to act and Beyonce's performance in 'Obsessed' specifically, to which Nia replied, “I didn’t see ‘Obsessed,’ so I can’t comment, but it’s just not about how talented you are anymore. It’s about, ‘How much box-office revenue will this person generate?’ When you see certain people – we won’t name names – they just don’t have the skill, and no one in their team has said, ‘You need acting classes.”
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
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In an interview with U.K. magazine Pride, Nia Long was asked about singers who try to act and Beyonce's performance in 'Obsessed' specifically, to which Nia replied, “I didn’t see ‘Obsessed,’ so I can’t comment, but it’s just not about how talented you are anymore. It’s about, ‘How much box-office revenue will this person generate?’ When you see certain people – we won’t name names – they just don’t have the skill, and no one in their team has said, ‘You need acting classes.”
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Go girl!
I know a lot of real actresses have to be po'd that certain folks can buy their way onto a set.
Co-Sign Nia, I saw Obsessed. It seemed like Beyonce was reading cue cards on the side of the set...TERRIBLE. Watching Her act was like somebody screeching chalk on a Black Board. Bad acting is contagious too...Ya' Boy Idris
was trying to hold it together. Bottom line Hollywood already doesn't have spots for Black Actors so when a spot is open they wanna get somebody they KNOW will pack em in (just because) I'd say to Bey...please don't do another movie. It's clear you "just ain't got it" when it comes to acting.
True. Plus she is fuckable.
Oh my.
Wheww. Don't start no S-H won't be no I-T ...
Now that someone in the business said it maybe she will listen and sit her non acting ass down.
I think black actresses are really having a hard time in Hollywood.
That was so messy of that reporter to ask her that...
If she feels like Beyonce has pull (which i dont) why would she commit this suicide...?
She was asked the question and she answered it honestly and so there's not need for Beyonce's fans to get sensitive because like it or not it's the truth. It's a shame talented actors get passed up for singers and rappers with no acting talent. Beyonce is just taking up space in a movie a real actress could shine in. I read a few weeks ago it was confirmed she will star as Eartha Kitt in Eartha's upcoming biopic. It's pathetic she still can't accept she cannot act and will ruin another potentially great film.
Yes, she did answer it honestly but it’s like think! before you say something that could potentially hurt you. She said were not naming names but the interviewer said "Obsessed and Beyonce". That’s stupid (career-wise) to single her out. Why jump on The-I-hate-Bey-because-shes-every-where-bandwagon…? Oh, cause it’s the newest trend; something like that Ventura haircut *giggles*
Should Queen Latifah stop acting? Maybe I shouldn’t use her because she is a good actor but if Bey took lessons and didn’t become any better does that mean she shouldn’t get paid when obviously there is a market for her?
Janet Jackson?
Tyrese?
Mos Def?
All these other cross-overs…?
nia is not lying. the other one is taking perfectly good scripts and ruining them. She does that like what Brittany Spears does to a good beat ruins them
:: standing ovation :: Go 'head, Nia. You ain't never lied!!
Dashit, she did answer the question honestly! Kudos to her! And how did she offend anyone? She said she didn't see Obsessed, but she was also asked about her views on singers turned actors (I am para phrasing here) and she answered that as well. No harm no foul.
Dash!t, Nia hasn't worked in a while anyway, so it's okay for her to "tell the truth and shame the devil." Beyonce is a horrid English language speaker and should never, ever utter anything on the big screen.She can not act and I don't know why she just won't give that OSCAR dream stuff up!SMH
Da Shit is Da Stupid
Janet was a child actress so don't fuckin even put her in that category and the truth is the truth Beyonce can not fucking act I didn't see Obsessed either based on the fact that she didn't sound believable in the promo. She is good at what she does but she definitely needs acting lessons. Queen Latifah had her OWN show which means she was a working progress before she hit the movie scene
Um....Nia didn't diss Beyonce. The reporter brought Beyonce's name into it. Nia did not call her out.
There are a lot more no-acting-talent black actresses out there than Beyonce. I think Nia was addressing them all and the situation overall.
Maybe Tiny and Toya should get themselves an acting career after their reality show bites the dust!
Pretty sure good or bad BK was just happy they brought her up. Poor Michelle and Kelly had to go overeas to get out the shadow. Now we have to see the little nephew in everything everywhere hope he can spell and tie his shoe. Soon as they start showing Jiggas nephew- son here comes little whats his name. Who has a little boy in a grown woman shoe add?
I will say it for you then Nia (cuz you cool-remember that convo?)...
BEYONCE? Bitch, sit down. Your azz can NOT act OR dance in real life. Further more it is hoes like you that water down the ART of acting. Stick to that damn yodeling you do. While I am at it, get a damn SPEECH coach before you get a damn acting coach. That is all.
Signing for Nia...
Get 'em told girl! and since she didnt see the movie she could not have been addressing Bey. Its clear she was referring to this foolishness of putting singers in movies before they become entertainers or actors. Its been done since the days of Elvis and the Beatles. If Hollywood can turn a buck they'll wheel Akon's babymama out in a barrell!!
Nia is looking old in this pic.
Well, Nia responded honestly. I give her credit on that. Plus, she is a seasoned actress so she can give a respected answer. *Shrugs*
Wheeew. CU @ 12:12 PM.
Seriously, what is the difference between Beyonce' and Toya & Tiny? Tiny & Beyonce' really do sound/talk the same and got blonde hair. I'm just saying.
11:45am Go to hell. Ppl like you suck. That.is.all.
To the others: I agree that Beyonce is not a good actor. Not what I'm arguing at all. What I'm saying is I don’t think ppl have to stop what they are doing just because some don’t like it (when its not detrimental to human nature, that is) Read a bitch’s actual comments for ya’ll jump all on my back. Damn. I used Janet because I don’t consider her a good actress, but I don’t feel sick when she’s on the screen. Someone doing what they presumably love doesn’t elicit a response from me. Sorry.
My point on Nia and the interview was why take what was obviously bait? These are both accomplished women; they didn’t need to be pitted against each other. It’s just another way to say there isn’t enough room for Black actresses in Hollywood when there is more than enough. It’s not Beyonce’s fault! If Beyonce disappears it’s not like they are all of a sudden going to hire Nia or anyone else we know as a good Black actress. They are just going to find another marketable woman who would prolly be lighter/tighter/and whatever else than Beyonce.
Instead of crab mentality why not seek out a new opportunity? Beyonce has money for daysssss. Why not reach out to her about opening a production company? Get cha' own and you do the hiring and the firing. I'm all about SisterSpeak. So I'm just a lil’ peeved when we throw stones at each other.
Nia is just keeping it REAL...
MORE people in Hollywood & The Music-Industry should try it -- It's liberating !!!
ACTING requires speaking AND portraying REAL EMOTIONS for everyone to see... Bey-Baby is a HORRIBLE Speaker and COMPLETELY FAKE-AZZ individual WHICH REFLECTS quite vividly on the movie-screen !!!
I'm not being RUDE... I'm being REAL
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Gabrielle Union said the same thing about Aaliyah when she git the role in Romeo Must Die. This is an age old agrument, and the truth is that it is always about MONEY. It is always about who can generate the most revenue.
No disrespect, because I really like Nia Long, but she cannot carry a movie - nor generate as much money. And don't get it too twisted, the movies that she got her start in were carried by musicians/rappers - Ice Cube.
There is a crossover point, because many actresses decide that they want to try their hand in music.
It works both ways and very few people can do both very well. But you would be a fool not to take advantage of the opportunities presented to you.
It has to be hard when you have been classically trained in something and then someone comes around that has no training and gets "your job". It happens in all types of business, it's real and she's right, but it's it all about business and money, the craft is secondary.
I got what you were saying Da Shit.
Nia look different..not as pretty as i thought.
@Da Shit The crab mentality you are mentioning is not warranted IMO, in this case it's just an excuse to justify that some people have no business being in a field they are not good at, when there are others who are qualified to do the job better. That's all Nia was saying. One example is when Megan Good who is an actress released some song a couple months ago and she didn't sound good. Just because Megan could probably get the opportunity to release an album doesn't mean she should try because she's not good at singing. Another example is Terrance Howard trying to be a singer but most people would agree he should stick to acting. This is the same situation Nia is talking about, but in reverse. She was asked by the interviewer about singers who try to act and she simply answered the question. I think you are getting sensitive over Beyonce, because she did not mention names so how is she throwing shade at her? She could have been talking about Alicia Keys or Ashanti for all you know. Are you telling on yourself that you don't think Beyonce is a good actress either by assuming Nia was talking about her?
@ Nikki- maybe cause we Kun-try?! LOL
@12.32 That! Much more understandable than my rant. Thanks. I’m indebted.
It works both ways and very few people can do both very well. But you would be a fool not to take advantage of the opportunities presented to you.
It has to be hard when you have been classically trained in something and then someone comes around that has no training and gets "your job". It happens in all types of business, it's real and she's right, but it's it all about business and money, the craft is secondary.
This really spoke to me: …” and then someone comes around that has no training and gets "your job". ..”because it’s the same thing I hear here when my co-workers argue against affirmative action. When I argue its necessities they say we are bitter and need to move on. I'm know it’s very frustrating to feel you have been passed over because of your skin which happens in Hollywood but Bey is on despite her skin. So instead of saying Beyonce’s Bodied Ass is taking all the roles (and taking the risk of sounding bitter to those old Jews), DO SOMETHING!
Anon 12:47pm
I DONT THINK BEYONCE IS A GOOD ACTRESS. I said that earlier but let me really clarify that. I really don’t. Love her to pieces, but um, just no. I said Nia took the bait because the interviewer specifically said Beyonce and Obsessed. Nia distanced herself with..."I didn’t see Obsessed..." But she continued to say..."but it’s just not about how talented you are anymore..." which basically says shes talking about Beyonce. It’s like taking things out of context, I agree but look what happened to the POTUS and that pic of that girl. It’s a whole new world and you have to be careful about what you say. That’s all. Nia is not speaking the gospel. Everyone knows Beyonce can’t act.
The bottom line is (from Nia and yall): If you wanna be on the big screen, now what the hell you doing!
Yea its true about money and casting but why embarrass yoself? You as the artist should have enough sense to not wanna give a poor ass performance. But you know Bee dont care, its all bout the $$$ for anything she touches.
I know that's right and I ain't mad at Nia one bit because someone should have said it a long fuggin' time ago.
INSTEAD OF BLACK DEFENDING BEYONCE YOU SHOULD TRY TO DEFEND BLACK ACTRESSES WHO TAKES THIS CRAFT SERIOUSLY AND NOT JUST TRYING TO BECOME AN ICON. BEYONCE PAYS FOR ALL HER ROLES!!!
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But you would be a fool not to take advantage of the opportunities presented to you.
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THAT'S NOT TRUE AT ALL...
You WOULD actually be wise in turning down something YOU KNOW you're not qualified OR ready to handle appropriately-n-adequately
BUT this is a MONEY-DRIVEN & MONEY-HUNGRY society now so the vast majority will SEE IT the way you have stated... BUT NOT ME !!!
MONEY doesn't equate to Right OR Good OR GREAT in my opinion ... MONEY doesn't make you better than someone that doesn't have MONEY IMO
Class, Dignity, Intelligence, Talent ALONG with Disciple-n-Responsibility far out-weigh having ALOT of MONEY
LOL
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People in Hollywood are scared to speak up about the Knowles because of stupid people above stating "hater bandwagon"! Why when its about Beyonce people are haters, but with other black females is okay to talk about them? Nia was right!!!!! More and MOre people will start to speak out about Beyonce because she overstayed her welcome....
Nuff said. I'm sure she speaks for and echoes the sentiments of a whole gang of sistas who are ACTUAL ACTRESSES, somethin' I speak on all tha damn time. I'm only surprised that more sistas strugglin' in hollywood don't ride on non-talented and undeserving broads like Beyonce. Hollywood don't give a fuck about nothin' past OPENING WEEKEND because they know that by the time people realize their movies are bullshit, they already cleaned ya asshole out in the first 3-5 days. So a nigga like me downloads and watches a lotta foreign films; just better quality film-making, period. Plus, niggas that can act can't get roles in hollywood no gotdamnway so it's mostly a waste of time.
@DaShit Ok I see what you're saying, but I was looking at the reply differently. I was thinking she answered the question separately saying she didn't see Obessed so she was moving on to the next part of the question about singers trying to act. I may be looking at in a naive way lol. She could be talking about Beyonce. Either way, it may have not been a politically correct answer to some, but I'm glad she didn't hold her tongue. Hell she might as well say something about an issue affecting hers and many other folks employment.
"But you know Bee dont care, its all bout the $$$ for anything she touches." EXACTLY. Trust that Beyonce does not feel embarrassed by her acting. TRUST. Her world is ruled by numbers proceeded by dollar signs. That’s all they care about. She laughs in the face of "Craft" because the bitch is a brand.
Isn’t that how we judge movies now a days? by how much they generate? The good (classic) movies rarely are box office killers. Transformers is hot right? But can we agree it’s not a classic? Megan Fox? Um no. Just pretty (and not really even that...)
Beyonce and my bestest are the same sign and they share a lot of the same characteristics. This is all construed as hate in their minds LOL
I would never allow someone without experience to operate on me, its the same thing......Beyonce is inexperienced and she is making us look bad. Whites are making us look very limited when it comes to entertainment, you dont see whites just giving roles to Britney Spears or Madonna because they take their entertainment seriously. Blacks are given anything and we put up with it, and if we dont we're "haters". Now whites are giving us Beyonce to play Eartha Kitt? A legendary woman who was well rounded.
kudos to nia..its about time some says the way things are.. beyonce needs to sit her ass down.. she is a talented singer but she needs to leave the acting to those who can...
Anways i dnt think the knowles even have the power as her stuns believe..she buys her way into everything, that does not equate to being powerful!!!! for those idiots who think this will hurt nia, please explain how??? just because she said beyounce is wack in acting it will hurt her career??? i laugh so hard at such stupid statements..y'all are too funny!!!!!so many people have dissed beyonce and are still successful...smh at how some idots think!!!
@ 1:13
Although your statement is a blanket one and not necessarily true, your point is well
taken @
"...Blacks are given anything and we put up with it..."
Someone said in the post concerning Beyucki's new video that we should basically stop bashing her and support her because she's Black. I beg to differ, though, because being a BW doesn't mean I'm required [or should be expected] to support garbage from other Black folks [whether it be the peeps in entertainment or those who provide run-of-the-mill goods and services in my real life]. That mentality is the precise reason why she has displayed ZERO growth: her fans/stans/clit fleas have accepted such subpar work from her and praise her for it, so at the end of the day, why would she feel compelled to do better? From where I sit, though, her star is fading and I think by the end of the year, she will have no choice but to take that break she alluded to a couple of months ago.
@ 1:42
Co-sign!!
Nia didn't took no daum bait. Someone in the caliber of Angela Bassit should have said something a long time ago. Agree with everyone, Bey can't act to safe her life and if she is doing Ertha the legend, best believe that her pimp daddy offered a truck load for that role. SMDH
Listen, either you "got it" or you don't.
Puffy took acting classy like it was going out of style...He still can't act. Busta Rhymes ain't take no classes and is better than Him. Will Smith ain't take no classes and came off good, Bey took classes and still can't act. Not everybody CAN ACT...PERIOD
Beyonce is an easy target and easy sell - and because, like her or not, she is the hottest name and everybody is using her to sell their
product. If not for her name in this interview, it WOULD NOT BE POSTED ALL OVER THE INTERNET, because most people didn't know anything about the "PRIDE" magazine.
That's why the interviewer, not Nia raised Beyonce's name in particular. Nia knows that Beyonce is not her competition, not even in her acting lane.
But if she had expressed a concern about losing roles to Taraji, or Jada, or Gabrielle, or Viola, or Tarsha or Latifah or Sanaa - wouldn't nobody be checking for the interview or the magazine.
i sooo wish that the term "hater" would cease to exist. just cuz u r a stan of somebody, doesn't mean that everyone else will be a stan. and just because we don't hold the same folks in the same regard as a deity, doesn't automatically equate with "hating."
I am glad that she gave an honest answer. now maybe someone, though i doubt it, will pull her ass to the side.
i can't sing worth a lick. that absolutely means that if the opportunity presnted itself for me to be a singer, I WOULD TURN IT DOWN. i am not gonna make a fool out of myself trying to sing when that isn't what i am good at...but hey, that's just me.
THANK YOU NIA LONG, TELL THE TRUTH.THE KNOWLES THINK THEY OWN THE WORLD BECUASE BEYONCE THE ROBOT IS ON THE PROWL. ALL HER MOVIES HATED IT.I HATE WHEN SINGER AND RAPPERS TAKE THE JOBS FROM THE ACTRESS, ACTORS, AND OR MODELS.SHE ALWAYS NEED TO BE SEEN.AS NIA LONG IS A CLASSY DARK GLOWING SISTER WHO DON'T NEED TO SABATOGE ANYONE, JUST SPEAK THE REAL,BEYONCE HO SIT YO LACEFRONT WEARING, I CAN NEVER GO A DAY WITHOUT HIGH HEELS AND CAMERAS., ALWAYS WITH A GFAKE PLASTIC SMILE.KICK ROCKS BITYONCE
YES.. REST IN PEACE THE WORD HATER...JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE A DIFFERENCE IN OPINION DON'T NEED TO CALL OUT HATER.FOR BEYONCE SHE KILLS TO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE.BLACK AND THICK BUT SHES LITE SKIN AS USUAL IN HOETOWN AKA HOLLYWOOD.RIHANNA, HALLE, BEYONCE, KERI HILSON, ALICIA KEYES, UNLESS YOU LOOK LIKE THEM FORGET IT IN HOLLYWOOD. THEY DON'T LIKE GENIUNE BLACK WOMEN LIKE NIA LING. THEY LIKE FAKE BLONDES LIKE BEYONCE, AND NOW AMBER ROSE, LORD HELP ME
AND YE'LL STOP ACTING LIKE NIA LONG WASNT EVERYWHERE.UNTIL THE LIKES OF BEYONC. NIA LONG AS PLENTY MOVIES UNDER HER BELT.MABYE SHE DON'T FUCK FOR FLICKS.IF PEOPLE STOP WORSHIPPING CELEBRITIES WHO REALLY COULD GIVES A FUCK ABOUT US ANYWAY.ALL THEY DO IS SHOW OFF THE THINGS WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO BUY.
Oh lawd. Just neva mind.
why she gotta go sit down? she is doing what she loves to do. you might not like her but somebody does because that movies was the highest grossing in it's debut.
i hope most of these rants about "hoe sit down" and "go have some babies" are coming from bored ass middle school children with nothing to do this summer, because grown folk need to be ashamed to think then write this madness.
i am sure that there are a lot of people who don't like nor support what you do. you don't like her - so what, don't support her. why are you even checking for her every post and move?
Cosign with 12:01 & 12:15.
That comment about being long haired and light skinned is not all true but shows a personal bias. Check the stats for Viola Davis. She is not what you described, but she stays working because she is really talented.
But she gets very little shine and acknowledgement from Black blogs or entertainment sites - if that Beyonce's fault too?
that's right tell her Nia, you know Beyonce think she can do everything when in reality she's a mediocre performer with good stage presence and atrocious acting skills.
"Anways i dnt think the knowles even have the power as her stuns believe..she buys her way into everything, that does not equate to being powerful!!!! for those idiots who think this will hurt nia, please explain how??? just because she said beyounce is wack in acting it will hurt her career??? i laugh so hard at such stupid statements..y'all are too funny!!!!!so many people have dissed beyonce and are still successful...smh at how some idots think!!!"
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This bears repeating!
Just because stans see Beyonce as their entire world & their everything doesn't mean that the rest of the world thinks & feels the same.
Life doesn't begin nor end with Beyonce.
"Beyonce is an easy target and easy sell - and because, like her or not, she is the hottest name..."
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Like it or not, Beyonce's not the hottest name. She's the flavor of the moment.
And like many flavors before her, Beyonce is getting old.
"why she gotta go sit down?"
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Because she sucks.
So do the brainless clowns who follow her.
@DaShi Tyrese, Mos Def, and Janet can all act to a certain degree. (I liked Poetic Justice back in the day and she was fine in the Nutty Professor.) Beyonce.can't.act.at.all. It would be nice to hold hands and sing kumbaya, but as far as casting agents are concerned there ISN'T room for everyone in Hollywood. When they go to cast a Black actor/actress in a role, they have a short list. They know goodanddamnwell Beyonce can't act, but her stans will turn out in droves on opening weekend. What the stans don't buy, Papa Shady will just to get the numbers.
Oh and 12:32 Ice Cube can act--and produce--his ass off. There are a lot of singer/rappers who can act: Cube, Will Smith, Latifah, Janet, JHUd, and to a lesser extent LL, Tyrese, and so on.
Nia WAS talking about Beyonce. And whut?
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Nia WAS talking about Beyonce. And whut?
I.Have.Nothing. And just DEAD at how gangster that read. "And whut?" Hahhaha Thats the equivalent of: Run it.
@4:25pm - that was my point about Ice Cube.
I am sure there weren't a lot of people willing to give him a chance initially. But he got his chance did a damn good job and learned and understood the business, and built his own empire - giving other young black entertainers opportunities.
Nia would have been superb in that role. So wrong that the roles aren't out there for her. Why don't these black actresses get together and create their own?
Nia Long is telling the absoulute truth. Preach, honey preach.
WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO GO BACK AND FORTH ABOUT BEYONCE, THAT'S ALL WE SEEM TO TALK ABOUT, BUT I CAN FEEL NIA TO A CERTAIN DEGREE. THE PEOPLE THAT WENT TO SCHOOL FOR THEIR CRAFT, AREN'T GETTING HIRED BECAUSE THE MOVIE MAKERS ARE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT REVENUE. ON THE SAME TOKEN, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BEJAMINS BABY. IF SOMEONE SAID TO ME, AK-RITE, I'LL GIVE YOU 5 MILL TO PLAY IN A MOVIE. (NOT SEXUAL) DO YA'LL ACTUALLY THINK I'M NOT?????? COME ON NOW!, I HAVEN'T STUDIED ACTING, BUT I WOULD TAKE CLASSES, SO I CAN GET THAT MONEY!!!!
She looks very nice on that cover.
*high fives wild safari*
YOU BEYONCE' STANS....ER UH I MEAN FANS....NEED TO JUST ACCEPT THAT FACT THAT BISH CAN'T DO IT ALL.
SHE NEEDS TO STICK TO SCREACHING AND SHAKIN HER ASS ON STAGE WHERE SHE BELONGS. LEAVE THE ACTING TO THE PRO'S LIKE NIA.
I DON'T BLAME HER FOR HER HONEST OPINION.
YOU COULDN'T HAVE PAID ME TO SEE A BE-YAWN-CE MOVIE. I WOULD HAVE FELL ASLEEP ON THAT ISH RIGHT THERE.
SOME OTHER FUNNY ISH. ONE OF BEYAWNCE'S STANS SAID ON THE WENDY WILLIMANS SHOW TODAY THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING TIRED OF HER WHICH IS SO DAMN TRUE. BUT WENDY SHUT HIM DOWN I'M SURE BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO HAVE HER ON HER SHOW ONE DAY.
PEEPS CAN'T EVEN TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT THAT CHICK FOR REAR OF REPRISAL IN HOLLYWIERD.
I'M JUST COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS UNTIL SHE GOES AND SITS HER BOOTY PADS DOWN AND GO MAKE BABIES WITH CAMEL. I'M SICK OF LOOKING AT HER TOO. NEXT.
SMH @ THE BEYAWNCE FAN AT 3:12 PM.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL TO KNOW BAD ACTING WHEN YOU SEE IT.
MY HIGHSCHOOL DAUGHTER KNOWS THAT BISH CAN'T ACT OR SING.
^^ hope you teach her how to express herself without being so disrespectful, but that's not likely since you calling the her a bitch in your post.
Nia's point is well taken. However, in the real/fantasy world, these truths can't be handled. Beyonce is Disneyland/Manchurine Candidate/Life is Science Fiction all wrapped in one. Who needs talent when you have all of the above. Remember and watch for this:
Humans - will betrayed as Robots
Robots - will betrayed as Human
Though the interviewer threw out Beyonce's name, this is really about Oscar winning Jennifer Hudson. There were a lot of actress sisters mad about that, because Jennifer at the time had nothing about American Idol behind her, and she didn't even win. They were hot that she got the role, and when they started talking oscar, that was a slow boil for all of them.
Beyonce is no Nia, but evidently, Nia is no JHud.
Nia, PREACH! You spoke nothing but the truth!
I can agree with her to an extent. If someone got the idea that Nia, could sing or dance she'd get a deal before a ton of professional and deserving singers got deal one. This is a business and you have got to take this with a grain of salt.
Beyonce is not the best actress but Nia has taken some jobs from someone that was totally deserving cause she was Nia. Hence, the number of professional voice actors that missed out on the Clevland show cause Nia got a spot.
@ 6:04
How do you figure? What actresses/singers, aside from Fantasia, complained about JHud being in Dreamgirls? Hundreds of actresses auditioned for the role of Effie, and Jennifer was picked. That is a whole different thing from producing movies and placing yourself in the starring role rather than compete with other actresses. Furthermore, all the awards and positive reviews that JHud received prove that she was the right person for the role.
So what's your point? JHud was the right actress for the role. But the tag line for Nia's interview on the front cover says " If you're a singer, not an actress, then you should sing".
If Jennifer Hudson had taken that advice, she wouldn't be the Oscar winner that she is today.
And she has been in 4 headline movies since Dreamgirls.
People need to except that the world is competitive.
Samuel Jackson was saying the same thing not long ago, that he wouldn't go any movies with no rappers, but guess what? The rappers were doing the movies without him and he changed his tune quick.
I'm glad she said what she said without mentioning any names.
THIS IS A DIFFERENT WORLD, THESE CHILDREN COMING UP BELIEVE [RIGHTFULLY SO] THAT THEY HAVE NO LIMITATIONS, THAT THEY WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ALL OF THE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO THEM. THEY REFUSE TO BE BOXED IN.
THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE SOMEONE LIKE SOULJA BOI WHO STARTED HIS MUSIC ENTERPRISE ON THE NET HIMSELF, AND NOW HAS A BIG DEAL MUSIC CONTRACT, IS ACTING AND HAS A CLOTHING AND SNEAKER LINE. CERTAINLY HE HAS NOT BEEN TRAINED IN FASHION, BUT GUESS WHAT, THE OPPORTUNITY WAS THERE AND I AM SURE SOME FASHION SCHOOL GRADUATE IS MAD AS HELL.
Obsessed grossed over $71 million so far this year. Not including the DVD sales which is anticipated over $25 million.
I probably cost less than $5 million to make it. That's good business in any circumstance.
You want go music, good movies, good entertainment, go old school.
^^^but i wonder how much they had to pay the actors? i am so sure that beyonce and idris made more than $5 mil. that can't be a good draw for the crowd that beyonce was sposed to bring.
Not likely $5 mil for Idris, and being executive producer Beyonce was not working for the actress loot. But even so, even a $60 or $50 million profit only means, that there will be a lot more movies deals.
^^^i so hope not. i know that her marketing team is awesome. but i am sure that her market saturation has hit a drowning point. maybe she should chill out. oh well, i am not a fan of hers, so regardless if she chills or not, she can never get my cash.
Nia said it herself i the interview "it's not about talent". Business people want to make money, so they go to the money makers.
Of course, like anything else, this too will pass and it will be someone else. But the money is going to drive the action - that's just what it is.
This is not new, people forgot about all those House Party movies, not a real actress in none of them at first, but they kept making them and they made money. And Martin and Queen Latifah weren't the best actors then, but they got better. It's all business. Get in where you fit in...and sometimes you have to make your own spot.
Nia told the truth. If the stiletto fits...
Since when is it that people can't tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth? Beyonce wants to be a icon so she feel she got to gobble up everthing that comes on her silver platter, that don't make you a icon when you get up there and make a fool out of yourself, and everybody know you can't act but scared to say something, and matthew aka deputy dog don't scare nobody, Who is he suppose to be the mafia? Thats why music is a joke right now they make any kind of crap and shove it down our throat, and we sit back and they it, voice your opinion we still have that right and it ain't hating it's just calling a ace a ace and a spade a spade.Yall know shit is messed up, we the people can make a change, what are you scared of? let's get back to real actresses and singer that had passion for thier craft!
That's right Nia! Beyonce is NOT God so why the hell should anybody be afraid to speak the truth about her? I like B as a music entertainer but would never pay to see her act. EVER.
@1:13pm -Anonymous
see this is what happens when people post with knowing or without thinking. Madonna acted in more than 20 movies / TV shows, and Britney has had her share. What does this have to do with white people?
And what does this have to do with someone operating on you. Acting ain't "doctoring" LOL unless you playing one on TV. Being a physician requires a lot of education, certification and testing - some actors just show up.
And what does Eartha Kitt being well rounded have to do with a damn thing?
All these blended topics that don't make a bit of sense. Just say, I don't like Beyonce because that's what everyone else says.
black women should stick together...It's like I can hate on my family but YOU can't.hopefully nea wasn't hating:do it behind closed doors not IN FRONT OF WHITEY!!!!!LOL
@5:24....wendie willams had to save face(money) and PRETEND to like B AND HER SISTER("LAYED OUT AND TWITTERING AT THE AIRPORT" AS SHE PUT IT VERBATIM,) so, she through in a monkey wrench, that proves she on the real is a HATER TOO!!!)
I love me some Wendie,she will say "HOW U DOOOIN" AND GIVE YOU THE CORNER EYE,AS she disses you right in your face.....LOVE it....watch this woman RISE to superstardom like jerri springer, with a twist of TYeRA.
B's voice is SQUEAKY she has lost that youthful 20 somthin swag! It's time for her to act or learn how to before her next movie.I studied acting at " " university for a year and a half, METHOD acting ,studied from Stanislovski,the author, was one of the few tecniques. TRUST, TRUST, DAT...SHE DOES NOT "BECOME" HER CHARACTER.reading from que cards as mentioned by another critic ABOVE, just hit the nail on the head!and that new group "riche gurl" the one that sounds like B screaming, please someone tell this group to stop screeeeeching and go put on a skirt cause their bodies is not equal too, in ANY way, to CEECEE.
Thank you for saying this, Nia! Mama Tina need to quit tellin' her Lil' Magic that she can act!
Y'all remember Lil' Magic on In Living Color? That's how Bey's Momma be treatin' her. As if she can do anything because she talented in everythang as long as she does what Momma says. Like wear Momma Tina's clothes......
@8:26pm
SEE that's that Money-Hungry MENTALITY I was talking ABOUT... Is Beyonce broke OR struggling in ANYWAY!!! Why make a crappy movie with YOURSELF as the crappy star JUST BECAUSE you can make money banking on your fame???
HOW IS THAT SO GREAT ???
Oh THAT'S RIGHT, So I can make ANOTHER CRAPPY MOVIE and MAKE SOME MORE MONEY... Yeah that's wonderful, contribute wholeheartedly to the CRAPPY-NESS that already exist. YEAH great business sense indeed
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Nia Long is 110% riight ..at least she got the balls to say it ..I know she aint got balls literally but u know what I mean ..I cant stand beyonce dumb fake ass anymore ..she cant act worth shit ..
Movies, just another DUMB DOWN in visual effects ATM machine. Like Rapping has turned into a culture thing of Hip Hop instead of the sometimes revolutionary voices of the voiceless and sometimes just good fun on the dance floor, Oh I forgot everybody's a thug now, and FAKE thugs don't dance they stand around with they MAN's and hate on the brothas loving the ladies calling them gay. Real Rappers had to go underground. Now we are being VISUALLY Matrix-ed into this money making scheme of the usual suspects (White Folks) by Black KNEE GROWS without conscious boundaries. If it ain't Terrance Howard trying to make BillBoards Top 40 it's Bey trying to follow in the footsteps of Ms. Hudson and get in bed with old Oscar, Jay-Z obviously ain't doing his job right, Bey need to sit down start going though prenatal catalogs. Talking about she scared to have a baby, from what I hear about Jay-Z she taking something the size of a baby in the boudoir. Anyway ain't nobody going to see Bey for her thespian skills and the women went to hear and see Stringer Bell LOL Idris that brotha got mad acting skills and a Nia Long might have brought the movie some credibility, oh, I forgot the Machine banked Booty-bility, even action movies look like some ole' fake a$$ video games now, yeah some can multi task but Nia was dead on spot no matter who the shoe fits. Some of these knee grows need to do like Lupe Fiasco said, "Flatly refuse to DUMB IT DOWN" come on it's not like she needed the money. But that's what this NO boundaries society has become, an ends with no meaning in it. Snitchesssssssssssssssss
Movie roles being taken over by singers/rappers, etc has been going on for awhile now-- it is about tickets sales and artists have a built in fan base (Ice Cube, Ice T, Ludacris, Whitney, Beyonce, Kelly Rowland (tv mostly), Mariah, Madonna, Bobby Brown, and if B really did get $10-20M in residuals for doing "Dreamgirls" why woudn't she continue acting?? Takes a whole lot of cd sales to make that kind of cheese ...In the end it is all about paper- sad for trained actors where that is their passion-- but it is all business....
I am no beyonce stan but I have much respect for her I love me some Nia but I think Beyonce gets a bad rap.
Okay she can't act but beyonce isn't in charge of how many African american roles are out there. The establishment has us fighting over scraps.
WHen she first came out I thought she was a gimmick but after seeing her staying power in an industry that spits women out. The game has to be respected. With the full resect it is due.
There is a graveyard laundry list of female singers actress that fell way off. Shout out to Monique big girl still finds a way to work.
Finally some common sense comments.
She is absolutely correct. This has been a big issue in black hollywood for years. Tyler Perry may not have the best movies as some of us would like to see, but at least he is doing his part in hiring black actors with talent. It would be great if more directors would step up to the plate and do the same.
The problem is there is no "Black" hollywood. It's hollywood, and you have to diversify yourself and your skills enough that you aren't just relying on typical roles for black females. Break the mold.
I agree Tyler has definitely done his best and is putting good work in, but how long before these same black actresses and actors start riding him because they weren't selected for his roles either?
The singers were an easy target for this story, but Taraji worked a lot this past year, those were roles that may have gone to Nia in the past. Understand your time comes and your time goes, people who understand that get ALL the work in when the time is right, because it does not last forever.
this magazine is a lil' messy anyway. nia didn't "lash out" she just answered a question. but they using beyonce's name just like everyone else, to make money.
@8:44 There is a black hollywood. If you haven't heard the term before but it refers to the black acting community. You are looking too deep into Nia's reply. All she is saying is that some singers and actors are not qualified for the roles they have gotten and they should respect the craft enough to take acting courses. Simple as that. That's not hate, it's the truth.
8:59. You said that!
@9:09 I have heard the term before and know exactly what they are referring to, but it's a misnomer because it order for it to be a "Black" hollywood, it would suggest that Black folk run it - and they don't. They can't commission their own movies or projects or even their own roles.
^^ except for Tyler Perry - and Spike.
am not hating on mzjay-z but pleeassssssse she's over exposed and her acting is horrible,most of us have been given a talent and her's was let's say singing cuz he sure was'nt acting,i support my ppl regardless but baby -gurl and leave the acting to the pro's
Nia did not lie one bit! You know, everyone may not be meant to do everything, so let Beyonce sing, and nothing else. Actors don't always make the best singers either. Stick with what you know.
Anon 9:32
Don't forget Mario Van Peeples and Gordon Parks.
Nia is right. But also guilty of the same thing. Nia can't act either.
Love Jones could have been 1000 times better had she been able to act. She was laughable in Big Mamma's House, for cryin' out loud. Nia is beautiful, and that's it. And in her case, she couldn't act AND wasn't fillng seats at the theaters.
The selection of black actresses that can REALLY act is very, very, small.
We black folks are sometimes our own worse enemy. If you fall off your ridiculed.
You continually reinvent yourself your over exposed.
Takeing the bait Life argueing about our own people's success. Life at the top in this industry is brutal. I remember lela rachon angela basset. Alfie Woodard,Theresa Randle,Lynn Whitfield.
Worthy Actresses That had really no worthys scripts tossed there way. No matter how ggod they act. They fawn over Julia roberts and angelina but keep regina king as the housewife.
If you would have told me in the mid 80's That Dana I mean Queen latifah Would have went to cover Girl I wouldn't have believed it but you have to change and Hollywood only seems to allow select few in.
One thing I think Bee knows is that her days are numbered due to Hollywoods over the top requirements of women. Make what you can make while you can.
Amen to that Nia.
You know, I've always had a problem with so-called "artists" who try crossing over into another art and have absolutely no damn business there.
What pisses me off about Beyonce is, she and her ego are attempting to conquer every possible medium there is and I highly doubt it has anything to do ambition, determination or pleasure. It strikes me as greed and an over-inflated ego.
Take Madonna, for instance. Great entertainer, blah singer, terrible actress, loads of ambition. Except for adopting the African kids, we don't see her trying to take over the world like Beyonce!
Beyonce's got the fake Loreal ads, cheesy clothing line, dollar store-grade stank perfume, Amex ads, the Sports Illustrated spread, and the list goes on....
Instead of trying to take food out of the mouths of REAL actresses, I'd love to see her stay in her lane or even possibly create her own production firm (like Tyler Perry) so that Black actors can start thriving.
But that will never happen. She and her camp are too jealous to see any of her peers succeed.
How many roles have Beyonce have. Maybe I am missing something or out the Loop but I remember her in austin powers,Etta James and obsessed. That is not alot to me.
As far as commercials go The business are believing that she sells product so they pay to use her to sell and she charges. Like anyone would. The same as bruce springsteen and alot of other artist.
If they was paying me I would be out there like let me upgrade you. LOL
^^ dreamgirls, the pink panther, fighting temptations, and other crap.
When madonna was at the height of her popularity she had Dolls, Jewelry, Luchboxes
If Who's that girl didn't flop she would probably still be doing movies.
I have to agree with her 100%. I mean seriously how many talented black actor's/actress in hollyweird who have spend years honing their skills, auditioning for parts, pounding the pavements, taking acting classes and graduating schools like Juliard and can't get decent part and here you have TI starting in a movie with Denzel? Beyonce getting choice roles that could have gone to more qualified black actress. I don't want to see seasoned actors actors in a movie with these hacks. I don't want to see Don Cheadel in movie with Lil Wayne. if these fools want to act, then do like a Master Pete and release their own hood movies targeted at their stans. and leave acting to the professionals.
lol, well said Nubian!
I'm sorry what "choice roles" has Beyonce gotten? The same people that are bitchin about her roles would laugh at a person who claimed them to be of any signigicance!
What the hell ever, this is the same song different artist. Black actors have always fought over the scraps they were handed. Even if they weren't given to Beyonce, do you morons really think they'd be given to any other black actress?
If you are able to (I know alot of you arent)take Beyonce out of the equation, Please list the number of movies that have starred a black actress? that have had major box office success?......................(waiting)
Im not mad at Beyonce, just like Im not mad at Whitney for Bodygaurd, or Janet for any of the roles she butchered. Yeah they are all bad actresses/singers, but hell there are alot of bad actresses alone that wouldve filled the same roles.
DaShit...agreed! People need to step their game up, take some singing lessons, get a clothing line...stop complaining. Every business is competitive. Get over yourself.
There are too many examples of creative folk crossing over into other areas for Nia's comment to even make sense. As a non-actor, singer who is in her first play in Los Angeles, I am sick of this debate. Had me feeling guity for a minute about being offered roles but now...bump em!!
^^You clearly missed the point. She didn't say ALL singers shouldn't get roles, only the ones who can't act.
@Nubiangoddez I ditto your statements. And for those that live by the old boots straps & cross over the imaginary bridge, lets peep reality. 1. If a role is advertised with L.DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Ben Stiller or F-ing Jonas Brotha's etc. as a leading man 99.9% of time a Black actress will NOT be seriously considered as a co-leading actor or love interest. And even in movies featuring Black actress it is rare that a chocolate actress is picked over a mixed race or light toned black actress as a leading actress without the baggage of buffon scenes being her major focus. Yet, on the other hand a white, Hispanic etc. is easily choosen in so called black films as leading or love interest to black men(this Christmas, jungle fever, In the mix, most videos, all new dance movies, soap operas etc. So this issue is wayyy deeper than rapper/singer turned actress, seems to me black people are wayyy more color-struck than anybody, so wouldn't you expect them to feed off the paper bag test we enforce more than anybody. And as far as Hollywood goes, if we haven't learned that we can only have one starting black actress during any given era. What have we learned, not a damn thang but hey if you can find one black entertainer in hollywood today that will place community over individualism for the progressive greater good of the unit of black people, openly and loudly, I'll sit on a backwoods Alabama porch in summer, with a glass of kool-aid and no fly swatter for a week, snitchesssssssssssssssss
Excellent posts. How does hollywood think of black folks.
Halle won an oscar for boneing Billy bob
denzel got one for being a gangster
Forrest for being a dictator
hattie maid
whoopie gypsy
Beyonce doesn't have that much pull. Unlike alot of White stars who ride there fame long after it passes black actresses/artist once the time has passed don't have the same luxury. That is why patti labelle had to start doing tv cook books etc.
Smart ones diversify or like holly robinson peete snag a money maker.LOL
We as black folks spend money yet have the least say about what is presented. We are so messed up we hardly support our own.
We will go see denzel or tyler but buy bootleg everything else black. Look and treat black owners like they are ripping us off. We have to get it together.
First off, I agree that Beyonce is no Angela Bassett but neither is Nia. You can't lose a role if you are not a sought off actor or actress. The script is written with an actor in mind. So Nia step your game up! Don't hate on those that you feel don't deserve it because they started off in a different direction. Remember, you started off as a video hoe. You were one of Luke's girls. How many directors did you suck off for a role. Hmmm. John singleton is one. Evreryone has their time to shine. You did in the 90's.
Nia did nothing but speak the truth, which she has definitely earned the right to do. She is a true actress! Also, whoever said she hasn't worked in a while needs to get their facts straight. Nia works all the time. Look it up on imdb.com But she could be working a lot more if these execs would stop giving these roles to non-actors such as Beyonce. Nia said nothing about Beyonce's acting and she's not the first one to speak out about these singers/rappers/athletes/reality peeps turned actors! More real actors need to speak out!!!
Ok first off Nia is no Halle berry Robin Givens Jada Pinkett Angela basset Lynn Whitfield Lela Rochon I think she should just shut da hell up because if she were a true die hard actress she would have known that since movies began actors were also dancers and singers I get what she means but its not like she could carry a film on her own she never has she is always the supporting actress and not even the best one at that I like Sanaa lathan more then her she can carry a film and doesnt seem fake Doris Day was both Lucille Ball was an actress comedian in one so was Marilyn Monroe, Eartha Eartha Kitt, Dorthy Dandridge, Julie Andrews Catherine Hepburn Judy Garland Shirly Temple all the actors in west side story Anne Margrett, Josephine Baker Elvis Prestly,Patrick Swayzie Sammie Davis jr he was also a tap dancer oh and before I forget Tupac Shakur he was a rapper but he was also a trained actor in Boston and a poet along side Jada Pinkett! Will Smith as well so plzzz you aint workin because you cant bring in the dough thats not beyonce's fault. Hell nah she cant act but its not her problem that Nia is old now and her time has passed she should never insult actor'singers like that Hillary Duff not bad janet not bad lindsay wasnt that bad either. Mugs should stop hatin n step aside. She cant carry a whole film by herself anyway. Whitney and Vannessa Williams can and they sing too. I think eminem did an awesome job in 8 mile he carried that film and i know it was based on him but that doesnt make it all that much more esay because you still have to correctly convey the emotions on screen and because he is a rapper it made it easy for him to be in front of people be in front of a screen because he is used to it mistakes in a movie can be edited out but not if you are in front of a thousand people performing a song wtf is her problem? Stop Hatin umma stop there.
DIANA ROSS SHOULD HAVE GOT THE OSCAR FOR LADY SINGS THE BLUES AND THATS ALL I HAVE TO SAY!!!
Nia told the truth, for the people getting upset over her honesty build a bridge and get over it. Most of y'all are only getting mad dismissing what she said as hate is because Beyonce was mentioned and that was the interviewer's fault. If you can't see there is a scarcity among talented actors getting roles and a lot of that is due to the fact directors want to be lazy and hire non-acting singers and rappers to use them as promotional tools because they already have a following, you are delusional. Directors with that mentality won't give real actors the time of day and that is all Nia is saying. Case closed.
@9:58 AM
100% cosign - Lady Sings the blues was the sh*t. The film industry is money driven, and Beyonce knew that if she put her money and name behind it then she would generate some more money to put in the bank. I don't care for her acting but hell, if your hot now go ahead and make as much money as you can, because one day there will be another entertainer who comes a long and takes the spotlight. So let B do her thing even if it's not quality, she's just concerned about the quantity. Life goes on...........
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